A bag contains the following prize tickets:
• 6 tickets labeled “8-ounce bottle of SLIME”
• 2 tickets labeled “4 RINGTONES”
• 8 tickets labeled “32-ounce SLUSHIE”
• 4 tickets labeled “16-ounce ICE CREAM SUNDAE”.
Each of the 190 7th grade students who passed the Math benchmark test will draw a prize ticket from the bag. The prize will be recorded for that student, then the ticket will be returned to the bag.
What is a reasonable prediction for the number of times a slushie or an ice cream sundae prize ticket will be drawn?
Responses
A 7676
B 3838
C 104104
D 114114
To predict the number of times a slushie or an ice cream sundae prize ticket will be drawn, we need to add the number of slushie tickets and the number of ice cream sundae tickets.
The number of slushie tickets is 8, and the number of ice cream sundae tickets is 4.
Therefore, the reasonable prediction for the number of times a slushie or an ice cream sundae prize ticket will be drawn is 8 + 4 = 12.
So the correct answer is not provided among the options.
what would be closest to right
Based on the options provided, the closest answer would be:
C) 104
To find a reasonable prediction for the number of times a slushie or an ice cream sundae prize ticket will be drawn, we need to calculate the probability of drawing a slushie or an ice cream sundae ticket and then multiply it by the total number of students (190).
The probability of drawing a slushie or an ice cream sundae ticket can be calculated by summing the number of slushie tickets (8) and the number of ice cream sundae tickets (4), and then dividing by the total number of tickets (6 + 2 + 8 + 4 = 20):
Probability = (8 + 4) / 20 = 12 / 20 = 0.6
So, the probability of drawing a slushie or an ice cream sundae ticket is 0.6.
To find the reasonable prediction, we multiply the probability by the total number of students:
Prediction = Probability * Total number of students
= 0.6 * 190
= 114
Therefore, a reasonable prediction for the number of times a slushie or an ice cream sundae prize ticket will be drawn is 114.
The correct answer choice is D) 114114.