Playing Cards – An Introduction for Use in Probability Theory
David Bridge, PhD, Professor of Mathematics & Statistics
There are four suits: Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades. The Clubs and Spades are
black, and the Diamonds and Hearts are red.
There are thirteen denominations: Ace, 2, 3, ... 10, Jack, Queen, King. Sometimes Ace (A) is
the lowest card, and sometimes it is the highest card. It will be specified in each problem
whether it is considered the lowest or highest.
Here is what the cards look like ...
Face cards are the Jack (J), Queen (Q), and King (K):
Some probability problems specifically use Aces: