Question

There are 12 boys and 13 girls in a class. If the teacher randomly chooses a student's name out of a hat, what is the probability it will be a girl? 48% 50% 52% 92%

Answer 1

If there are 12 boys and 13 girls, there are 25 kids in the class total.  This means that 13/25 are girls.  In order to know the probability, you must divide 13 by 25, which gets an answer of 0.52, which is equal to 52%.

52%

Answer 2

You must divide 13/25 because there are 13 girls and 25 total students in the class. When you do this your percent would be 0.52%. Hope this helps!