Question

What is the probability of getting a number less than 2 or greater than 4 upon rolling a six-sided die?

Answer 1

• 1/2 or 50%

Explanation:

We can get 6 different outcomes when rolling a die:

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

The number on the dice, less than 2 is 1 and the the number on the dice greater than 4 are 5 and 6.

So the number of favorable outcomes is 3 (they are 1, 5, 6).

The probability is:

• Probability = Favorable outcomes / Total outcomes.

• P = 3/6 = 1/2 or 50%