Question

A bag with 6 marbles has 2 blue marbles, 1 red marble, and 3 yellow marbles. A marble is chosen from the bag at random. What is the probability that it is blue?

Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

Answer 1

1/2

Explanation:

We know the total amount of marbles in the bag, 6. Now, we need to make a fraction, there are 3 blue marbles, so our fraction is 3/6. This can be simplified to 1/2.