Question

Fred Has A bag Of Sweets:

Contents:
3 Yellow Sweets
5 Green Sweets
7 Red Sweets
4 Purple Sweets
1 Black Sweet

He Is Going To Take A Sweet From The Bag At Random,

a.) What is The Possibility That He Will Get A Black Sweet?

b.) Write The Missing Colour In The Sentence Below:

The Possibility Fred Will Get A ______ Sweet Is 1/4

Answer 1

a: 1/20 (number of black sweet divided by total number of sweets)
b: Green (convert 1/4 to common denom of 20 (5/20), therefor sweets which equal 5 are green.