Question

you spin the pointer on the spinner . find the probability that the pointer will stop on a number less then 5 . <3 PLEASE HELP ! <3

Answer 1

How many total numbers are on the spinner?

Answer 2

4/6 if there are 6 numbers

Answer 3

oh yea right its 8 numbers on the spinner .

Answer 4

Yeah. You need to tell us more about the spinner. How many numbers? Are each of the numbers equally likely, or do some of the numbers have more area?

Answer 5

So 4/8 = 1/2

Answer 6

so it would be 5/8?

Answer 7

then its 4/8

Answer 8

oh ohkay <3 thanks guys :)

Answer 9

how many nubers are there

Answer 10

Assuming equally likely outcomes, the probability is:

(number of "desirable" outcomes)/(total number of outcomes)

In this case, "desirable" means the outcomes less than 5. Those outcomes are 1, 2 , 3 and 4. We don't count 5 because 5 is not less than 5. The total outcomes are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

4 desirable outcomes / 8 total outcomes = 4/8 = 1/2 = 0.5