Kevin has a spinner that has 10 equal sections and 2 sections of each color—red, blue, green, yellow, and purple. Kevin spins the spinner 180 times. About how many times should Kevin land on red or purple?
about 18 times
about 36 times
about 72 times
about 1,800 times
Kevin spins the spinner 180 times. Kevin determines about how many times the spinner will land on red or green, and his work is shown below. P (red or green) = StartFraction Number of red or green sections over Total number of sections EndFraction times number of spins = StartFraction 2 over 10 EndFraction (180) = 36.
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