Question

You roll a 6-sided die.

What is P(greater than 5 or less than 3)?
2/6
2/3
1/2
1/6

Answer 1

1/6

The probability of an event is the number of ways the event can happen divided by the number of possible outcomes. In this case, the possible outcomes are the numbers on the die, which are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

The event of rolling a number greater than 5 or less than 3 can happen in two ways: rolling a 6 or rolling a 1 or 2. So the probability of this event is:

P(greater than 5 or less than 3) = (number of ways the event can happen) / (number of possible outcomes) = 2/6 = 1/3

So the answer is option D. 1/6