Question

If you spin a spinner with eight equal sections numbered (1 through 8), find P(factor of 6).

Answer 1

First find all of the factors of 6. They are 1, 2, 3, and 6. The probability of anything is the number of possible outcomes divided by the total number of outcomes. The possible outcomes for factors of 6 are 1, 2, 3, and 6. There are 4. The total number of outcomes is 8, listing all of the integers 1-8. Therefore, the probability is 4/8 or 1/2. This can also be written as 50%.