Question

One ticket is drawn at random from a bag containing tickets numbered 1 to 40. The probability that the selected ticket has a number which is a multiple of 5 is

A. 1/5

B. 3/5

C. 4/5

D. 1/3

Answer 1

A. 1/5

Number of total outcomes = 40

Multiples of 5 between 1 to 40 = 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40

∴ Total number of possible outcomes = 8

∴ Required probability = 8/40 = 1/5