Question

Which event has the highest likelihood?
A The likelihood of randomly drawing a quarter from a bag that contains 5 quarters, 2 dimes and 4 pennies.
B The likelihood of choosing an even number while randomly drawing a card from a cup containing 20 cards numbered 1 – 20.
C The likelihood of rolling a 7 on a standard six-sided number cube.
D The likelihood of randomly drawing a queen from a standard deck of cards.

Answer 1

Compute each probability:

A: 5 quarters out of 11 coins → 5/11 ≈ 0.4545
B: Evens 1–20 → 10/20 = 1/2 = 0.5
C: Rolling a 7 on a six-sided die → 0/6 = 0
D: 4 queens out of 52 cards → 4/52 = 1/13 ≈ 0.0769

Highest likelihood: B.