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Odds

Sometimes, probabilities are stated in terms of odds , the ratio of the probability of the event’s occurring to the probability of its not occurring.

$\text{Odds}=\frac{\text{number of favorable outcomes}}{\text{number of unfavorable outcomes}}$

There are two favorable outcomes ( $5$ and $6$ ), and four unfavorable outcomes $\left(1,2,3,4\right)$ . So the odds are

$\frac{2}{4}=\frac{1}{2}$ ,

or "one-to-two odds" that you will roll a number greater than four.