Question

If you were to roll a dice one time what is the odds of rolling a number less than three?

Answer 1

1/3

Explanation:

Probability is the ratio of the number of possible outcome to the number of total outcome. On a fair die, the number are 1 to 6 while 1 and 2 are the only numbers less than 3.

Hence the odds of getting a number is the ratio of 6 to 6 while the odds of getting a number lower than 3 will be

= 2/6

= 1/3 (in the lowest term)

This is because the odd of getting 1 is 1/6 and the odd of hetting 2 is 1/6 9 recall that both numbers appear once on a die). Hence the odd of getting 1 or 2 will be

= 1/6 + 1/6

= 2/6

=1/3