Question

A middle school held a Career Exploration Day where students could choose to hear an adult talk about his or her career. Out of the 39 middle-school students, 13 went to hear the designer speak.

What is the probability that a randomly selected student went to hear the designer?

Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.

Answer 1

1/3

Explanation:

39 divided by 13 comes out to 3, meaning that 1 out of 3 students chose to hear the designer speak.