You roll a 6-sided die what is p(odd)

Probability is the estimation of the possibility of random events happening, and its value ranges from 0 to 1. The probability of a sure event is always one, and the event that will never occur has a probability of zero. You may have also wondered how weather stations predict that it will rain today and how a cricket team’s winning and losing is made. Probability theory helps in finding answers to all such questions. Probability deals with the chances of occurrence of random experiments.

The probability of getting an outcome is defined as the ratio of the number of times the event is occurring to the total number of trials.  

P(A) = (Number of times event A is occurring/Total number of Trials)

Let’s try this formula to calculate the probability of all the possible outcomes of rolling a single die. Suppose you roll a die, there are six possible outcomes. They are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. The probability of getting 1 on die is P(1) = 1/6. Similarly, the probability of getting 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 is also 1/6.

Terminologies Related to Probability

There are different terms specifically used in the probability that are used to understand the problems and the language of probability, for instance, anything occurring which may require probability is known as an experiment. Let’s take a look at these terms,

• Experiment: The experiment is a trial that can be repeated infinitely, and for each trial, possible outcomes are obtained.
• Sample space: All the possible values of trials or experiments can be represented using a Set, and this set is known as Sample space.
• Event: The set of favorable outcomes from the performed experiment is known as an event, or one can also say that it is a subset of the sample space of the experiment.

Addition Rule of Probability

If there are two events A and B having probability as P(A) and P(B) respectively. Then, according to the addition rule of probability, the combined probability will be calculated by the formula given below.

P(AUB) = P(A) + P(B) – P(A∩B)

What is the probability of rolling a 1 on a 6 sided die?

Solution:

To find the probability of getting 2, 4, or 6 on the face when a die is rolled. It can be done this by using the formula of probability.

Because all outcomes are equally weighted, the probability you are looking for is given by :- $$\frac{\text{Number of favorable events}}{\text{Total number of events}}$$

In your case: $6\text{ or Even outcome}=\{2,4,6\}$ and $\text{Outcomes}=\{1,2,3,4,5,6\}$

Hence:

$$\frac{\text{Number of favourable events}}{\text{Total number of events}}=\frac{3}{6}=\frac1{2}$$

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Question 1160726: You roll a 6-sided die.
What is P(odd or greater than 5)?
Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.
The image of the dice and the question itself are in the kink here: https://i.imgur.com/1QcQeMV.png
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)

 

 

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A six sided die has the values {1,2,3,4,5,6} on the faces.
Of that list, {1,3,5,6} are either odd or greater than 5.

We have 4 values we want (1,3,5,6) out of 6 total (1,2,3,4,5,6)
Therefore, 4/6 = 2/3 is the answer.

What is P even on a 6 sided die?

Save this answer. Show activity on this post. The probability of rolling just a 6 is 16. The probability of rolling an even number is 12.

What is the probability of rolling a 6 sided die and getting an odd number?

And there is six possible outcomes, the numbers one to six. The probability when rolling a regular six-sided dice that the score is an odd number is three-sixths or three out of six. Both three and six are divisible by three. Therefore, this fraction could be simplified to one-half.

What is P odd or greater than 5?

If you have a 10 sided die, what is the probability that you will roll an odd number greater than 5? I tried to approach this as P(odd)*P(greater than 5). Since the probability of rolling an odd number is (1/2) and the probability of rolling a number greater than 5 is also (1/2) the answer should be (1/4).

What are the odds in favor of rolling a 6 with a 6 sided die?

The probability of rolling six dice and getting a 6 on each one is . This is about 0.00002 or about a 1 in 50,000 chance.