MBA.Aspirant wrote:A standard deck of 52 cards is shuffled and once card is drawn. What's the probability the the card is an ace or a face card?
It seems like an easy one but I don't know how many aces or faces exist in the deck..? Is it 4 aces and 12 faces?
This feels like a concept a real GMAT question won't count on your general knowledge to include - it's not general knowledge like the number of days in a week, or the meaning of "leap year". So A real problem will specify the actual number.
There are four suits in a standard deck (clubs, hearts, diamonds and spades), and each suit contains 13 cards: number cards 2-10, face cards Jack, Queen, King, and an Ace. So 3 face cards times four suits makes 12 face cards, plus four aces makes for 16 wanted cards out of 52.
