A bag of marbles has 8 red marbles, 4 blue marbles and 5 white marbles. Alyssa picks a marble at random. Is it more likely that
she picks a red marble or a marble of another color? A. A red marble
B. They have the same likelihood
C. Marble of another color
D.They cannot be compared
The answer is A: 4. This is easy once you know the order of operations, aka PEMDAS. Parentheses, exponents, multiplication/division, and addition/subtraction.