There are 20 sweets in a bag, 5 are white and 15 are black. What is the probability that a sweet chosen at random will be white?

5 out of the 20 sweets in the bag are white. This could be written as 5/20. This is the probability. However, this can be simplified to 1/4 'one quarter' or 0.25.

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