SAT Math Question of the Day

Math Category: Probability:

Q: Caleb has a randomly shuffled deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability that the next card drawn will be a Jack, Queen, or King?

  1. 3/13
  2. 1/4
  3. 1/3
  4. 5/13
  5. 2/3

UNANSWERED.

The correct answer is A.

A: The answer is 3/13.
Probability = Number of ways to get the outcome you want / All possible outcomes
There are 12 ways to get a Jack, Queen, or King (4 Jacks + 4 Queens + 4 Kings = 12 cards) and 52 cards in all. So the probability of selecting a Jack, Queen, or King next is 12/52= 3/13.