Question

What is the probability a 1-6 number cube lands on a composite number?

Question 22 options:

0.25


0.33


0.50


0.875

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 2

1,2,3,4,5,6

which numbers in that list above are composite?

Answer 3

4, 2, and 6?

Answer 4

number cube??

Answer 5

2 is prime

Answer 6

so just 4 and 6 and 3?

Answer 7

3 is prime too

Answer 8

and 1

Answer 9

hint:
the favorable cases are given by the numbers 4 and 6, namely 2 favorable cases

Answer 10

1 is neither prime nor composite

Answer 11

okay so just 4 and 6

Answer 12

yes

Answer 13

Hint: composite means that you can multiply two numbers other than 1 and the number itself and get that number eg. 8 =4*2

Answer 14

probability = (# of composites)/(# total)

Answer 15

okay so 2 composties and total of ?

Answer 16

these are the possible outcomes to land on: 1,2,3,4,5,6

Answer 17

Okay what do i do next ?

Answer 18

how many possible outcomes are there?

Answer 19

6

Answer 20

ok, so now plug what you got into the equation jim has provided to determine your probability

Answer 21

2/6?

Answer 22

yep