Question

You randomly choose a jelly bean from a jar. The jar contains 20 jelly beans: 4 red jelly beans, 8 yellow jelly beans, 3 green jelly beans, and 5 purple jelly beans. Find the probability of selecting a red jelly bean. EXPRESS ANSWER AS A FRACTION! *

Answer 1

1/5 probability

Explanation:

1) The total number of jelly beans is 20. This will be your denominator.

2) There are 4 red jelly beans. This is your numerator.

3) Using the numerator and denominator we have, your fraction is 4/20.

4) That can be simplified into 1/5.