Question

During free time at Kate's preschool, children can choose their own activity. The chart shows how many children chose each activity yesterday.
play a math game 2
draw 3
play dress-up 2
write a story 1
play at the sand table 1
What is the probability that a randomly selected child chose to draw yesterday?
Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.
P(draw)=

Answer 1

To find the probability that a randomly selected child chose to draw yesterday, we first need to find the total number of children who participated in the activities.

We can find the total by adding up all the children who chose each activity:

- play a math game: 2
- draw: 3
- play dress-up: 2
- write a story: 1
- play at the sand table: 1

Now, let's calculate the total number of children:

\[
\text{Total} = 2 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 9
\]

Next, we need to find the number of children who chose to draw, which is 3.

The probability \( P(\text{draw}) \) is the number of children who chose to draw divided by the total number of children:

\[
P(\text{draw}) = \frac{\text{Number of children who chose to draw}}{\text{Total number of children}} = \frac{3}{9}
\]

Now, we can simplify the fraction:

\[
P(\text{draw}) = \frac{3 \div 3}{9 \div 3} = \frac{1}{3}
\]

Thus, the probability that a randomly selected child chose to draw yesterday is:

\[
P(\text{draw}) = \frac{1}{3}
\]