Homework Help: Elmentary Math for Teachers II

Posted by Tracy on Friday, February 8, 2013 at 4:50pm.

A spinner containing 8 numbers is spun. What is the probability of the event that the spinner
A.) lands on an odd number?
B.)lands on a number divisible by 3?
C.)does not land on 5,6, or 7?
D.)lands on a number less than 4?

Elmentary Math for Teachers II - Steve, Friday, February 8, 2013 at 6:12pm
there are 8 possibilities, so count up how many mean success, and divide by 8.

For example, there are 4 odd numbers, so the chance of hitting one is 4/8 = 1/2

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