Question

a bag contains 5 blue, 8 red, and 7 green marbles. a marble is selected at random. Write each answer as a fraction, percent, and a decimal.

Answer 1

1/4 and 0.25 and 25% chance for blue, 2/5 and 0.4 and 40% chance for red, and 7/20 and 0.35 and 35% for green.

Explanation:

add all the marbles (20) and that’s the total. then however many marbles in the color that’s the top number in the fraction. divide the top number by the bottom number to get the decimal and move the decimal 2 spaces to the right to get the percent.