You have equally likely chance of choosing any number from 1 to 10. What is the probability that you choose a number greater than 6?
4 out of 10 or 2/5
To calculate the probability, we need to determine the number of favorable outcomes (choosing a number greater than 6) and the total number of possible outcomes (choosing any number from 1 to 10).
Favorable outcomes:
The numbers greater than 6 are 7, 8, 9, and 10. So, there are 4 favorable outcomes.
Total possible outcomes:
There are 10 numbers in total from 1 to 10.
Now, we can calculate the probability by dividing the number of favorable outcomes by the total possible outcomes:
Probability = (Number of favorable outcomes)/(Total possible outcomes)
Probability = 4/10
Simplifying the fraction by dividing both numerator and denominator by 2:
Probability = 2/5
Therefore, the probability of choosing a number greater than 6 is 2/5 or 0.4.