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A wall calendar page for a month of 31 days is used for a class activity: one of the 31 dates is chosen at random. What is the probability that the chosen date is a multiple of 5?

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The multiples of 5 up to 31 are 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 - six dates out of 31. would need the number of dates to be a multiple of 5, but 31 is not; counts 35, which is not a date; counts only up to 25.
Answer: B)

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