Question

What is the probability of rolling a sum of 5 if two regular 6-sided number cubes are rolled?

Answer 1

hint:

look at this page

http://home.avvanta.com/~math/y1l17hp2h.html

and look at the table where it says "This table shows you what the sum of 2 dice are with the number shown on each die"

Answer 2

Thanks ^-^

Answer 3

you're welcome

Answer 4

tell me what answer you get

Answer 5

i think it is 1/6 ..?

Answer 6

in the table, how many times does 5 show up (ignore the column/row headers)

Answer 7

4 times

Answer 8

out of how many possibilities total?

Answer 9

36

Answer 10

so 4/36 = 1/9 is your answer

Answer 11

ooooh now i understand how to do it ...thanks lots !!!

Answer 12

you're welcome