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What's the probability of rolling a prime number on a fair six-sided die?

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the probability is 3 / 6 and that simplifies to 1 / 2 or 0.5.

Explanation

The primes from a six-sided die are 2, 3, 5. 4 and 6 are composite, and 1 is not defined either way,
User Samjaf
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Answer:

66.666%

Explanation:

the numbers on the dice would be 1,2,3,4,5,6

1,2,3,5 are all prime numbers.

4/6 =2/3 =66.666%

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