a standard deck of 52 cards is shuffled and one card is drawn. what is the probability that the card is:
1) a six of heart? 5) a jack? 6)a seven of club?

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a standard deck of 52 cards is shuffled and one card is drawn. what is the probability that the card is: 
1) a six of heart? 5) a jack? 6)a seven of club?

jfraser · Answer

same as last time.

jfraser · Answer

how many 6 of hearts are there in a deck?

anonymous · Answer

@terenzreignz  and @JFraser  i dont know thats the problem

jfraser · Answer

really..

anonymous · Answer

i dont play cards so no i dont know

anonymous · Answer

TJ!

terenzreignz · Answer

LOL poor excuse :D
The gist of probabilities is this... you almost always divide the number of "good" outcomes by the number of *total* outcomes...

IN this case, you pick a card, out of a standard deck of 52... so the total number of outcomes is 52, yes?

anonymous · Answer

yeah but how many hearts are there because whatever the number of hearts is goes over 52 in the fraction and whether it can be simplified is also a factor to the problem .

terenzreignz · Answer

Oh, lol, that is a problem :D
Let me get you up to speed with cards, using my awesome Vegas skills XD

There are 52 cards...
There are 4 "suits" 
Namely, Hearts, Spades, Diamonds, and Clubs
For each suit, there are thirteen possible values...
A, the numbers 2 to 10, a Jack, a Queen, and a King.

So, 4 x 13 = 52.

There are 26 red cards. That's half of 52.
The hearts and diamonds are red.

There are 26 black cards. That's half of 52.
The spades and clubs are black.

That's about all you need to know about the standard deck of cards, as far as probabilities are concerned... for poker tutorials... maybe tomorrow XD

terenzreignz · Answer

With that in mind, how many sixes of hearts are there?

anonymous · Answer

2?

terenzreignz · Answer

No.  There is only 1 six of hearts.
And so, the probability of drawing a 6 of hearts is...?

(remember, number of "good" outcomes divided by *total* number of outcomes)

anonymous · Answer

1/52

terenzreignz · Answer

that's right :)
Okay, what about drawing a Jack?

How many jacks in the standard deck?

terenzreignz · Answer

HINT: Each suit has exactly one Jack.

anonymous · Answer

4 because there are 4 suits

terenzreignz · Answer

Correct :)
You catch on quick :)
So the probability of drawing a Jack is...?

anonymous · Answer

4/52 or 1/13

terenzreignz · Answer

Excellent.
What about the last one, seven of clubs...
How many sevens of clubs are there?

anonymous · Answer

1/52

terenzreignz · Answer

MOST Excellent :)
Well done... you'll get this probability thing in the bag :D