Question

The gym teacher keeps 15 wooden bats and 9 metal bats in the equipment room. Of a student chooses a bat at random, what is the probability that the bat is metal

Answer 1

1.Add the metal and wooden bats together
15+9=24
2. Create fraction
9/24
3.turn into a decimal by dividing numerator(top number) by denominator(bottom number).
9/24=0.375
4.multiply by 100 to get percentage
0.375*100=37.5

Therefore there is a 37.5 chance that he picks a metal bat