This can be considered two independent Bernoulli events, so the probability of the whole is the product of the individual events, or (1/6)(1/6) = 1/36.
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Odds of rolling ONE six - 6:1 Odds of rolling TWO sixes - 36:1 Odds of rolling two sixes, SIX times - 216:1
One in Six
Although statisticians usually use the likelihood or probability rather than odds, the odds of an even happening is the ratio of the likelihood that the event does occur to the likelihood that the even does not occur.Thus the probability of rolling a 6 with a single throw of a fair cubic die is 1/6 whereas the odds for rolling a six are 1:5.
It's deduction. You can find the odds of something happening by first finding out the odds of that something not happening. That is converse probability. For instance the odds of rolling a "3" on a 6 sided die. Using converse probability would be 5/6 (5 sides are not the number "3"). 6/6 (six sides in all) - 5/6 = 1/6 is the odds of rolling that "3".
(1 in 6)2 or (1 in 36)