Question

Each card in a set of cards has one of the letters from the word mathematics. The cards are shuffled. What is the probability of drawing a consonant?

Answer 1

7/11 or 64%

Step-by-step explanation: Since there are 11 letters in the word mathematics, and 7 consonants, you have the fraction 7/11. however, if it's required as a percentage, We know that

7/11

is the same as

7÷11

Then using

Long Division for 7 divided by 11

gives us

0.636

Converting our number to a percentage:

0.636×100

is 64% rounded to the nearest 10. Rounding to the nearest hundredth, you'd get 63.64%

Answer 2

7/11

Explanation:

“mathematics” has 11 letters total. remove the vowels(aeiou) and you’re left with 7 letters, therefore 7 out of the 11 letters are consonants.