Question

A bag of 20 counters

16 of the counters is green
a counter is picked at random
what is the possibility that it is green
give your answer as a fraction

Answer 1

1.25

Explanation:

You divide the number of outcomes by the number of possible outcomes. So, 20/16 which equals 1.25.

Answer 2

16/20

Explanation:

becuase there is 20 counters and 16 of them are green

so if he picks one of 20 there are 16 green ones he could pick which is is a higher probabilty then the other colors.