You are dealt one card from a 52-card deck. Calculate the probability of and odds for being dealt a six or a spade.

Question

You are dealt one card from a 52-card deck. Calculate the probability of and odds for being dealt a six or a spade.

 

(Give answer in an integer or simplified fraction)

Answer 1

In a standard deck of card, there are 4 sixes, and 52 cards.

 

That fact means that the chance of being dealt any six will be 4 divided by 52, or 1 in 13.

 

In the case of any spade, the situation is different, since there are 13 spades in a deck.

 

That fact means that the chance of being dealt any spade will be 13 divided by 52, or 1 in 4.