Odds of rolling 5 on 2d4
Chance per roll
25.00%
4 of the 16 ways 2 4-sided dice land add up to 5 — about one roll in 4.0. Among the 7 totals 2d4 can make, that is the likeliest total.
Every total 2d4 can roll, with 5 picked out. The peak is 5 at 25.00%.
Exactly 5, or past it?
Plenty of games ask you to beat a number rather than hit it, and the two are not close.
| Exactly 5 | 25.00% |
| 5 or more | 62.50% |
| 5 or less | 62.50% |
The 4 ways to make it
Every one of them, which is the whole proof of the figure above — count the rows, divide by 16.
- 1 + 4
- 2 + 3
- 3 + 2
- 4 + 1
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