Problem of the Week 10_26

Season: 

10

Problem ID Number: 

26

Week Of: 

Monday, April 19, 2010

Due Date: 

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Grade Levels: 

4-6

Content Standards: 

Grade 4, SDAP 2.1, 2.1, Grade 5, SDAP 1.3, Grade 6, SDAP 3.1, 3.3

Problem Of the Week Printout: 

POW 26.pdf

A candy machine contains orange, yellow, and purple gobstoppers. The probability of getting an orange gobstopper is ¾. The probability of getting a yellow gobstopper is 1/6.

1. What is the probability of randomly getting a purple gobstopper? Explain how you determined your answer.

2. What is the fewest number of gobstoppers that could be in the machine?

3. If there are 36 gobstoppers in the machine, how many are purple? What percent are yellow? What percent are orange?

Fresno County Office of Education • Larry Powell, Superintendent
Melinda Riccardi, Math On Call Program Producer, mriccardi@fcoe.org (559) 265-4044
Fax: (559) 265-3041
2009-2010