Mission 3 of 16

Dice Probability

📋 What it is

Different dice and combinations give different odds; rolling two dice makes middle numbers far more likely than the extremes.

🗣️ Coach says

Dice are probability you can hold. One die is equally likely to land on any face — but roll TWO and add them, and 7 shows up far more than 2 or 12 (there are more ways to make it). Understanding this lets a designer set fair odds.

🧠 Memory hook

One die = even odds. Two dice added = middle numbers far more likely.

😂 Giggle

Why did the wizard break up with the d4?
It was too pointy of a relationship!

😲 Whoa!

When you roll two six-sided dice, you’re six times more likely to get a 7 than a 2 — because there are six ways to make 7 and only one to make 2.

✅ Quick check: Why is rolling a 7 with two dice much more likely than rolling a 2?

Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.

🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)

List all the dice pairs that add up to 6 — then to 2. Which has more?

⭐ Do the round to earn your star →

🤸 Brain break: Roll and add: mime rolling two dice, then “add” them with a triumphant total.