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a spinner has 10 equal sections each section of 1 through 10 what percent of the spinner is prime numbers

a spinner has 10 equal sections each section of 1 through 10 what percent of the spinner-example-1
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50% of the spinner consists of prime numbers. Since the only prime numbers would be 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7, there are 5/10 prime numbers, reducing to 1/2. 1/2=50%
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