smc-3137-30-Spinner

Probability, NAP-B2-03

Mary turns the arrow on her spinner.

Which shape is the arrow least likely to stop on?

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Jenny and Sam play a board game with a spinner.

Jenny spins the arrow.

On which number is the arrow most likely to stop?

`1`	`2`	`3`	`4`

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`3`

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`text(All sectors are the same size.)`

`text(There are more 3’s than any other number.)`

`:.\ text(Most likely to land on 3.)`

Which of these is more likely to have the spinner land on gray?

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`text(More likely to land on grey if a higher percentage of the)`

`text(spinner is shaded grey.)`

A spinner can land in any of 4 sections, labelled 1 to 4.

The spinner is spun 100 times and the results are recorded in the bar chart below.

Which of these spinners is most likely to give results shown in the graph?

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`text(Landing on 3 should be about 50%.)`

`text(Landing on 4 should be about 25%.)`

`text{Landing on 1 and 2 (combined) should be about 25%.}`

The arrow pictured below is spun once:

Which number is the spinner most likely to land on?

`1`	`2`	`3`	`text(same chance for each number)`

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`2`

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`text(The sections that are labelled with a 2 are)`

`text(the largest when combined.)`

`:.\ text(Spinner most likely to land on 2.)`