Fruit Picking Adventure

How many fruits did she pick?

Answer explanation

She picked a total of 12 fruits.

How many different fruits can the little girl choose from? Give me all her options.

Answer explanation

She can choose from 6 different fruits. They are an apple, banana, pear, pineapple, Strawberry and cherries.

Which fruit is she most likely to pick?

Answer explanation

She is most likely to pick an apple because there are 4 of them.

Which fruit is she least likely to pick?

Answer explanation

She is least likely to pick a pineapple of cherries because they each have only 1.

Is there an outcome that is certain for this situation? If so, what is the outcome?

Answer explanation

Yes, it is certain that she will pick a fruit because she is out fruit picking.

Is there an outcome that is impossible for this situation? If so, what is the outcome?

Answer explanation

Yes, it is impossible to get a watermelon because it is not one of the options.

True or False: the pineapple has an equally likely outcome to get picked as an apple. Explain your thinking.

Answer explanation

False, because pineapple can get picked once while apple can get picked 4 times. Mathematically it would look like the pineapple has a 1/12 chance of being picked and the apple has a 4/12 chance of being picked.

True or False: the apple has an equally likely outcome to banana and cherry combined. Explain your thinking.

Answer explanation

False, because apple has 4 and banana and cherries combined have 3. Mathematically this looks like apple 4/12 while banana 2/12 + cherries 1/12 so that equals 3/12. So it is not equally likely 4/12 is more likely than 3/12.