You roll a number cube. What are the odds of rolling a 6? What are the odds of rolling a 5 or higher?

1 Answer
Dec 8, 2017

See explanation.

Explanation:

There are 6 possible results of a throw.

In the first part there is only 1 result fulfilling the condition: #6#, so the probability is #1/6#.

The second part has 2 results satisfying the condition.

#B={5,6}#

So the probability is:

#P(B)=2/6=1/3#