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Library books

This task is about reading a table.
Kind of Books
Number of books borrowed
Adventure
Mystery
Romance
Poetry
Biographies
Magazines
 
 
Total
600
1200
200
300
900
400
_____
 
3600
 
 
Use the table above of books borrowed from the library to predict the answer to the following questions.

Question 1Change answer

a)  What kind of book is most likely to be chosen by the next person?  
  AdventureMysteryRomancePoetryBiographiesMagazines

Question 1Change answer

b)  What kind of book was chosen by 1 out of every 6 borrowers in that month?
     AdventureMysteryRomancePoetryBiographiesMagazines

Question 3Change answer

c)  What are the chances that the next book to be borrowed is a biography?

(Write your answer as a fraction, decimal or percentage)

      

Question 4Change answer

d)  What are the chances that the next book to be borrowed is an adventure or a mystery book?

(Write your answer as a fraction, decimal or percentage)

      

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