Question

If you randomly select a card from a well-shuffled standard deck of 52 cards, determine the probability that the card you select is a Queen.

a) Write your answer as a reduced fraction.

b) Write your answer as a decimal, rounded to the nearest thousandth.

c) Write your answer as a percent. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent as needed. ________%

Answer 1

a) since there are 4 queens in a deck that would be 4/52 which would be 1/13

b) 1/13 as a decimal would be 0.076923076923077 rounded to the nearest thousandth is 0.08

c) 1/13 as a percent is 7.69%