Question

2. You spin a spinner that has eight equal-sized sections numbered one to eight. Which event is

least likely to occur?
The number is even.
The number is less than three.
The number is greater than three.
The number is a multiple of five.

Answer 1

Getting a multiple of 5 is the least likely outcome.

Explanation:

We spin a spinner that has 8 equal-sized sections numbered 1 - 8.

We have to find which is the least likely to occur.

The number is even when outcomes are 2,4,6 or 8.

Number of outcomes = 4

If the number is less than 3, the number of possible outcomes are 2 that is 1 and 2.

If the number is greater than 3 , number of possible outcomes is 5 which are 4,5,6,7 and 8.

If the number is a multiple of 5, only 1 outcome is there which is 5 itself.

Hence getting a multiple of 5 is the least likely outcome.