Question

You spin a spinner that has eight equal-sized sections numbered one to eight. Find P(perfect square or odd).

1/8
3/8
5/8
6/8

Answer 1

In the numbers from 1 to 8: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8


How many perfect squares are there?

Answer 2

Is 7 a perfect square?

Answer 3

i think so

Answer 4

\[\sqrt{7}=?\]

Answer 5

1/8?

Answer 6

\[\frac{1}{8}\times \frac{1}{8}=\frac{1}{64}\]

Answer 7

There are 2 perfect squares: 1, 4

and 4 odd numbers: 1,3,5,7

So there are 6 numbers total out of 8 giving us the probability 6/8