Mrs. Baker’s students write word problems each week, and she selects one student's word problem to display on a bulletin board each week. Each student's name is placed in a bag from which Mrs. Baker draws a name. What is the probability that an eighth grade student will NOT be selected?

Question

Mrs. Baker’s students write word problems each week, and she selects one student's word problem to display on a bulletin board each week. Each student's name is placed in a bag from which Mrs. Baker draws a name. What is the probability that an eighth grade student will NOT be selected?

EXPLAIN your process and give your answer as a % or simplified fraction.

students:
Arthur
Jeff
Anita
Mitara
Saree
Bryan
Micheal
Susanna
Maria

Grade:
7
6
7
8
8
7
8
6
6

Answer 1

To find the probability that an eighth grade student will NOT be selected, we need to first determine how many students are in the eighth grade. There are 5 eighth grade students out of a total of 9 students.

Therefore, the probability that an eighth grade student will NOT be selected is calculated as follows:

Number of non-eighth grade students / Total number of students = 4/9

So, the probability that an eighth grade student will NOT be selected is 4/9 or 44.44%.