Question

Iris is playing a game at the school carnival. There is a box of marbles, and each box has a white, a green, a red, and an orange marble. There is also a spinner separated into 4 equal sections. How many outcomes are in the sample space for pulling a marble out of the box and spinning the spinner?

9
8
16
18

Answer 1

16

Explanation:

Answer 2

There are 4 colors, White ,Green , Red and Orange. And there is a spinner which has 4 sections.

To see how many there are visually you could write out the outcomes.

-White and section 1
-White and Section 2
-White and Section 3
-White and Section 4

-Green and Section 1
-Green and section 2
-Green and Section 3
-Green and Section 4

-Red and Section 1
Red and Section 2
Red and Section 3
Red and Section 4

Orange and Section 1
Orange and Section 2
Orange and Section 3
Orange and Section 4

When you count them up it equals 16 outcomes.

FAST WAY: just multiply the colors and spinner sections, which is also 16.