Question

Two fair dice are rolled. How do you find the probability that the sum of the two numbers is not greater than 5?

Answer 1

Make a chart to see how many total possibilities there are for two dice ( 36) Then divide the number of possibilities that are not greater than 5 by 36.

Explanation:

make a chart `6xx6` This will give 36 possibilities

`(1,1), (1,2), (1,3), (1.4)` are not greater than five.
`(2.1), (3,1), (4,1)` are not greater than five.
`(2,2) , (2,3)` are not greater than five.
`(3,2)` is not greater than five.

So there are 10 possibilities out of `36` that are not greater than five.

Divide the possibilities that are not greater than five by the total number of possibilities

`10/36` = `5/18` or `27.7bar(7)%`