Question

A die is rolled. Find the probability of getting a number greater than $1$

Answer 1

The possible outcomes when a die thrown is {$1,2,3,4,5,6$}. Therefore, the number of possible outcomes of a die is $6$.

Now, the numbers greater than $1$ between $1$ to $6$ are {$2,3,4,5,6$} then the number of favourable outcome is $5$.

Therefore, probability $P$ of getting a number greater than $1$ is:

$P=\frac{5}{6}$

Hence, the probability of getting a number greater than $1$ is $\frac{5}{6}$.