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Sheet # 519 Daily Warm-ups

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Jim has a bag of jelly beans with only four different colors of beans inside. Out of every 10 jelly beans in the bag, 4 were red, 3 were green, 2 were blue, and 1 was orange.

a) What is the ratio of green to red jelly beans in the bag?



b) If there are 60 jelly beans in the bag, find the number of each color and complete the following table.

Color
Red
Green
Blue
Orange
Total
Number
 . . . .
60



c) What is the probability that Jim will select a blue jelly bean if he randomly draws one bean out of the bag?



















































Answers for sheet # 462

a) 3:4

b)

Color
Red
Green
Blue
Orange
Total
Number
 24 18 12 6
60


c) 2/10 = 1/5