SOLUTION: Find the probability of randomly choosing a prime number when picking a number between 1 and 100.

Question 1057012: Find the probability of randomly choosing a prime number when picking a number between 1 and 100.
Found 4 solutions by Alan3354, kittygoesmeow, ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A no. Chosen between 1 to 100 find the probability of getting a prime no.
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Count the # of primes, call it n.
Probability = n/100
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There are 25 primes, the 23 listed by another tutor and 43 & 67.
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25/100 = 1/4
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It's true that 1 is not a prime number, but it might still be chosen.

Answer by kittygoesmeow(1)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The primes from 1 to 100 are: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 47, 53, 59, 61, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, and 97; so there are 23 numbers between 1 and 100 and the probability of getting one of them is 23/100.
Answer by ikleyn(52835)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Find the probability of randomly choosing a prime number when picking a number between 1 and 100.
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In the solution of the previous tutor the prime number 67 was omitted.

So the answer is = .

Answer by MathTherapy(10555)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Find the probability of randomly choosing a prime number when picking a number between 1 and 100.

Numbers between 1 and 100 EXCLUDE 1 and 100. Furthermore, as we well know, 1 is not prime. Primes are > 1. Therefore, there are 98 numbers that you can choose from,
and since there are 25 PRIMES BETWEEN 1 and 100, we get:
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