Here is a deck of cards: A♥ 2♥ 3♥ 4♥ 5♥ 6♥ 7♥ 8♥ 9♥ 10♥ J♥ Q♥ K♥ A♦ 2♦ 3♦ 4♦ 5♦ 6♦ 7♦ 8♦ 9♦ 10♦ J♦ Q♦ K♦ A♠ 2♠ 3♠ 4♠ 5♠ 6♠ 7♠ 8♠ 9♠ 10♠ J♠ Q♠ K♠ A♣ 2♣ 3♣ 4♣ 5♣ 6♣ 7♣ 8♣ 9♣ 10♣ J♣ Q♣ K♣ There are: 13 hearts 13 diamonds 13 spades 13 clubs ----------- 52 cards total Now 13 times out of 52 we will draw a spade first. That's a probability of 13/52, which reduces to 1/4. Now when we have drawn a spade first, there are only 51 cards left in the deck. 13 hearts 13 diamonds 12 spades 13 clubs ----------- 51 cards total Now 13 times out of 51 we will draw a diamond second. That's a probability of 13/51, which doesn't reduce. So the probability of drawing a spade, and then a diamond isNow when we have drawn a spade first, and a diamond second, there are only 50 cards left in the deck. 13 hearts 12 diamonds 12 spades 13 clubs ----------- 50 cards total Now 13 times out of 50 we will draw a heart third. That's a probability of 13/50, which doesn't reduce. So the probability of drawing a spade, then a diamond, and then a heart is Now when we have drawn a spade first, and a diamond second, and a heart third, there are only 49 cards left in the deck. 12 hearts 12 diamonds 12 spades 13 clubs ----------- 49 cards total Now 12 times out of 49 we will draw a spade fourth. That's a probability of 12/49, which doesn't reduce. So the probability of drawing a spade, then a diamond, then a heart, and then a spade is Now when we have drawn a spade first, and a diamond second, a heart third, and a spade fourth, there are only 48 cards left in the deck. 12 hearts 12 diamonds 11 spades 13 clubs ----------- 48 cards total Now 13 times out of 48 we will draw a club fifth. That's a probability of 13/48, which doesn't reduce. So the probability of drawing a spade, then a diamond, then a heart, then a spade, and finally, a club is Multiplying all the numerators and then all the denominators, That works out to be which upon dividing top and bottom by 12 reduces to , and the decimal approximation is Round it however you were told. Edwin