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six on a dice roll

The chances of sixes are:

For 200 rolls, each with probability = 1 in 6, on average there will be 33.3 sixes.

Probability

  • 0.166667

    • As a percentage

  • 16.6667%

    • As a rounded-off proportion

  • 1 in 6

    • As approximate fair betting odds

  • 5 : 1

    • Representative example

    For sixes

  • 200 chances for sixes
  • Observed sixes: 43 = 21.500% (expected average: 33.3 = 16.667%)

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