Question

Jane wrote the numbers 1-100 and placed them in a bag. If she selects a number without looking, what is the probability that the number is less than 5? Input your answer as a decimal or fraction.

Answer 1

Since she wrote the numbers 1-100, we know that the probability for one number is 1/100.

If she selects a number without looking, it's a 1/100 chance she'll pull out one specific number.

However, here we need to find the probability of a number below 5. There are four numbers below 5 from the range to 1-100 and they are 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Therefore, since there are 4 numbers below 5, we have a 4/100 chance of Jane pulling out a number below 5.

In simplified terms it would be $\frac{1}{25}$

In decimal form, it would be 0.04