Question

Suppose you roll two dice. How many different ways can you roll the dice so that their sum is 2?

Answer 1

Here are all of the possible rolls of two 6-sided dice. How many of them add up to 2?

1 1
1 2
1 3
1 4
1 5
1 6
2 1
2 2
2 3
2 4
2 5
2 6
3 1
...
3 6
4 1
...
4 6
5 1
...
5 6
6 1
...
6 6