Question

you roll 1 red and 1 white die. What is the probability that the number on the red die is the same as the number on the white die?

Answer 1

Let's start smaller. Suppose you roll a 2 on the red die. What is the probability that you also roll a 2 on the white die?

Answer 2

favourable results are
1 and 1
2 and 2
3 and 3
4 and 4
5 and 5
6 and 6

six possibilities

Answer 3

Hmmm, @welshfella, we are going opposite ways to encircle the problem, and @Nia_Autry has dropped offline.

Answer 4

yeah . Maybe I was a bit hasty....

Answer 5

Seems like there is important information not provided here, namely, the number of sides on the dice! 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20 are all possible values...