Think of it as the old guessing game in which children pick a number from one to 100.

Now we pick a second random number, this time from 1 to 7: it turns out to be 4.

To do a survey, we pick a small number of people and ask them questions.

So Bob picks a number from one to 100, and they all guess.

They were so numerous you had to pick a number before advancing a new one.

Again, the judge reached into a drum and picked a number.

I'm going to pick a number between one and five, inclusive.

Injury Board, in which the teams pick a number between 1 and 12.

Everyone who had wanted to play kicked in a dollar and picked a number.

"I think he just picked a number and stuck it on."