California
Spinner Survey
Solution
| Antoine | Spinner 1 |
| Belinda | Spinner 5 |
| Craig | Spinner 4 |
| Haley | Spinner 2 |
| Thangthip | Spinner 3 |
Explanation
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
| Antoine | Haley | Thangthip |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | |
![]() |
![]() |
|
| Craig | Belinda |
The probability for each color for each spinner :
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
| Spinner 1 | Spinner 2 | Spinner 3 | Spinner 4 | Spinner 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| red | |||||
| yellow | |||||
| blue | |||||
| green |
Match the clues to the spinners:
- Thangthip has the best chance of getting yellow.
Spinner 3 has 4 yellow sections out of 8.
It has more yellow sections than any other spinner.
It has the best chance of getting yellow.
It must be Thangthip's. - Antoine and Haley have the same probability of spinning red.
Spinners 1 and 2 each have 2 red sections. They have the same probability of getting red.
Spinners 3 and 4 each have 1 red section. They also have the same probability of getting red.
Since Spinner 3 belongs to Thangthip, Spinners 1 and 2 must belong to Antoine and Haley.
Read more clues to see who has each spinner. - Thangthip and Haley have the same probability of getting green.
Thangthip has Spinner 3.
Its probability of getting green is 2 out of 8.
The other spinner with the same probability of getting green is Spinner 2.
Its probability of getting green is also 2 out of 8.
Spinner 2 must belong to Haley.
Using the information left from clue #2: Since Haley has Spinner 2, then Antoine must have Spinner 1. - Of all the players, Belinda has the greatest chance of spinning green.
Spinner 5 has a 3 out of 8 chance of getting green.
It's probability of getting green is more than any other spinner.
Spinner 5 must belong to Belinda.




