Question

the probability of throwing more than 5 in a single throw of an ordinary die is:

Answer 1

$\frac{5}{6}$

Answer 2

Suppose the ordinary die is unbiased, i.e probability of getting any of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 in a single throw is 1/6. ( since, a die contains numbers from 1 to 6 and every single number has the same probability of come out in the draw.)

Now our objective is to find the probability of throwing more than 5 in a single throw of an ordinary dice. So,

probability = number s more than 5/ total number of the dice

                   = 1/6

Answer: 1/6.