Elke has a fair spinner with 4 equal-sized sections labeled 1, 2, 3, and 4. Elke plans to spin the spinner 100 times. Predict approximately how many times the spinner will land on 2. Explain your answer. (2 points)
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Elke will probably land on 2 around 25 times because there are 4 sections on the spinner and 2 is 1 of the numbers. So if we divide 100 spins by 4 sections, we get around 25 spins on 2.
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Elke has a fair spinner with 4 equal-sized sections labeled 1, 2, 3, and 4. Since all the sections are of equal size, we can assume that the probability of landing on any one of the numbers is the same, which is 1/4 or 25%.
If Elke plans to spin the spinner 100 times, it is expected that each number will come up approximately 25 times. This is because in a large number of spins, the actual results should closely match the theoretical probability.
Therefore, we can predict that the spinner will land on 2 approximately 25 times out of 100 spins.