Angelica has a deck of 52 cards with 4 suits (hearts, spades, diamonds, and clubs) and each suit has cards number 1-13. Calculate the number of not picking a 6. The answer should be a fraction. Remember to simplify

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First, we need to calculate the total number of cards that are not 6s. There are 4 suits, each with 13 cards, for a total of 52 cards. Out of those, there are 4 cards that are 6s (6 of hearts, 6 of spades, 6 of diamonds, 6 of clubs).

Therefore, the number of cards that are not 6s is 52 - 4 = 48.

To calculate the fraction of not picking a 6, we need to divide the number of cards that are not 6s by the total number of cards:

48 / 52 = 12 / 13

Therefore, the fraction of not picking a 6 is 12/13.