Question

What are the odds that the spinner lands on red or the number 4?
4
4
2
33

Answer 1

5 to 3

Explanation:

The desired outcomes are 4 or red.

Here are all the possible outcomes:

1 red

1 red

1 red

2 green

3 blue

3 blue

4 yellow

4 yellow

The desired outcomes are in boldface. There are 5 desired outcomes.

There are 3 outcomes that are not desired.

odds of 4 or red = 5 to 3