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There are 36 permutations of two dice. Of these, six have a sum of seven. The probability, then, of rolling a seven on two dice is 6 in 36, or 1 in 6, or about 0.1667.

It does not matter if two dice are rolled one time, or if one die is rolled two times. The probability of rolling a sum of 7 is still about 0.1667.
The first thing to do is to identify all possible combinations which could give the sum of 7. These are: 6 and 1, 5 and 2, 4 and 3, 3 and 4, 2 and 5, and 1 and 6.

Thus there are 6 possible combinations.

For each of these combinations, the probability of getting the 1st number correct is 1/6 and the probability of getting the second number correct is 1/6, and so the overall probability of the combination is 1/36

There are 6 ways to get 7 though so 6x 1/36 = 1/6

Which means the probability that 2 dice rolls will add up to 7 is 1/6

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