Dice Probability

Free interactive math game: Dice Probability — 6-sided die. Part of the Probability category on MathKite.

Example problems

Taken from the generator that powers this exercise. A fresh set appears every time the page is opened, and the printable worksheet holds ten of them.

  1. What is the probability of rolling a 5?
  2. What is the probability of rolling an even number?
  3. What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 5?
  4. What is the probability of rolling a 3?

About this exercise

Probabilities involving a single die.

How to solve it

A fair die has six equally likely faces, so count the ones that satisfy the condition and put them over 6.

Worked example

Rolling an even number has three outcomes out of six, so a half.

Common mistake

Forgetting that all six faces are equally likely. No number is harder to roll than another.