Question

There are 6 crayons in a box. Only one of them is gold. A crayon is selected at random. Find the probability that it is not gold.

Answer 1

5/6 or 83.33%

Explanation:

There are 6 total crayons but only one is gold. The other five aren't. If you were to randomly pick one you'd have a 1/6 chance(16.67%)to pull out the gold crayon. That means there is a 5/6(83.33%)chance that you wouldn't pull out the gold one.

Answer 2

1/6

Explanation: