A single card is drawn at random from a standard 52 card deck. Work out in its simplest form: probability of getting a 5

Answer 1

The total population of possible outcomes is 52. There are 4 outcomes that result in a 5.

The probability of drawing a 5 will be the number of out comes that are a 5, divided by the total possible outcomes.

Probability of drawing 5 is 4/52 or about 0.096 or 9.6%.