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maganda12

What is the probability the spinner stops on:

1) 3

2) number less than 4

3) even number

The sample space for the spinner is (1,2,3,4,5,6)

Please help me find the probability for each question.

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Posted by maganda12 on Sunday November 2, 2008 at 5:43 PM and tagged with math, percentages, probability.

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  1. cburr
    cburr Teacher
    Middle School

    eNotes Editor

    There are six possibilities for where the spinner will stop.  To figure out any particular chance, count how many times out of 6 it could happen.

    1) Any one number -- such as 3 -- has a probability of 1 in 6 or 1/6.

    2) There are three numbers less than four, so the probability of landing on one of them is 3 in 6, or 1/2. 

    3) The same is true of landing on an even number.  There are three possible stopping places that are even, so the probability is 3 in 6 or 1/2 again.

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    Posted by cburr on Sunday November 2, 2008 at 5:53 PM

  2. neon-ice-cream
    neon-ice-cream Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    1) you have six numbers and one of them is three so you would have 1/6 of a chance to get three

    2) infering that number doesn't include 4 you would have 1/2 (3/6) of a chance

    3) to get a even number (2,4,6) you would have 1/2 (3/6) of a chance

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    Posted by neon-ice-cream on Sunday January 11, 2009 at 8:11 AM

  3. avieanna
    avieanna Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    I think it is 3 bacause the spinner could land on even numbers

    or it can land on all the numbers

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    Posted by avieanna on Tuesday April 14, 2009 at 5:12 PM