Question

There are 15 boys and 16 girls in Gabriel’s class. One person is chosenat random. What is the probability that the person chosen to hand out books is a girl?

Answer 1

16/31 or ≈ 52%

Explanation:

1. Find the total students in the class.

15 + 16 = 31

2. Make a fraction (girl/total students)

16/31

Your answer as a fraction is 16/31. If you have to change it to a percent, you would get around 52%.