Question

Sharel put colored crayons in a bucket, 2 purple, 3 pink, and 1 red. She will have her friend pick one crayon and record the color. How many times do you think it will take until the red crayon is chosen 28 times?

Answer 1

Answer:

1/6*28 is the answer I believe

Answer 2

Answer:

168 times

Step-by-step explanation

First add all of the crayons together, 6.

One of those crayons is red, or 1/6 of the crayons are red.

So if Sharel's friend is to randomly pick a crayon, she has a 1/6 chance to choose red.

Now just basic math.

If the crayon is chosen 28 times, then times both the numerator and denominator by 28.

You will get: 28/168

That means approximately if Sharel's friend picks a crayon 168 times out of the bucket (placing it back of course), than about 28 of those picks will be a red crayon.

It would take about 168 times.