Question

2 dice

If you have two 6-sided dice, each with the numbers 1-6 on a side, what is the theoretical probability of rolling 5 and 5 when both die are rolled together?

Answer 1

There are a total of 36 possible outcomes when rolling two 6-sided dice (6 possibilities for the first die multiplied by 6 possibilities for the second die).

Of those 36 outcomes, there is only 1 outcome where both dice show a 5 (5 on the first die and 5 on the second die).

Therefore, the theoretical probability of rolling a 5 and 5 when both dice are rolled together is 1/36 or approximately 0.0278, which is equivalent to about 2.78%.