Question

There is a bag with 50 popsicles inside. 5

are red, 15 are orange, 12 are blue, 8 are
yellow and 10 are purple. If you were to
grab one popsicle from the bag, what is
the probability that it is purple?

Answer 1

25%

Explanation:

We know that there are ten purple popsicles. Together without the purple popsicles, there are 40 popsicles in total. Therefore there is a 10/40 chance to get purple. We need to turn this into a percentage so we do (10 / 40) x 100. This would equal to 25%, therefore, there is a 25% probability to get a purple popsicle.