Question

What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 4 on a number cube and then spinning an even number on a spinner divided into 12 equal sectors numbered 1 through 12?
please explain what you did to get the answer

Answer 1

ANSWER:

Let's start from the top:

There is a 1/36 chance of rolling a 2

There is a 2/36 chance of rolling a 3

There is a 3/36 chance of rolling a 4

Adding them up, we get 6/36, or 1/6.

Subtracting this from unity (1) we get 5/6.

There is a 1/12 chance of spinning a 2

There is a 1/12 chance of spinning a 4

There is a 1/12 chance of spinning a 6

There is a 1/12 chance of spinning a 8

There is a 1/12 chance of spinning a 10

There is a 1/12 chance of spinning a 12

Adding them up, we get 6/12, or 1/2

Multiplying the numerators and denominators horizontally, we get  $\frac{5}{12}$

Answer 2

8 maybe 8/12  or 4/12 maybe because 2 4 (6 8 10  and 12 are all even numbers  so 4/12