SAT Probability and conditional probability Practice Question 3 (Easy)

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A fair six-sided number cube has faces numbered $1$ through $6$ . If the cube is rolled once, what is the probability of rolling a number greater than $4$ ?

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Answer: 1/3

The outcomes greater than $4$ are $5$ and $6$ , which is $2$ of the $6$ equally likely outcomes. The probability is $\frac{2}{6} = \frac{1}{3}$ .

Including $4$ by mistake gives $\frac{3}{6}$ ; "greater than" does not include $4$ .

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