A fridge contains 4 bananas, 3 apples, 8 oranges, and 1 grapefruit. Please explain + show all steps.

Question

1. A fridge contains 4 bananas, 3 apples, 8 oranges, and 1 grapefruit. What are the odds in favour of randomly drawing a banana?

Answer 1

Hi Lia!

When we're calculating odds, the first thing that we want to do is add up all the items. So 4 bananas, 3 apples, 8 oranges, and 1 grapefruit equals 16.

4 + 3 + 8 + 1 =16.

Next, since we're looking for the probability of drawing a banana specifically, we'll divide the total number of items to the total amount of bananas. There were 16 total items and of that 16, 4 were bananas.

4 bananas / 16 total items = 0.25%

There is a 25% chance of pulling a Banana out of the fridge!

Answer 2

4+3+8+1 = 16

4/16 = 1/4 = 0.25 = 25% chance of randomly getting a banana

take the number of bananas, 4, and divide by the total number of fruit, 16.