Took me 3 times to pass College Algebra in undergrad--- I literally can't believe I just passed Stats.

I went back to school years after I graduated high school and I still wanted to answer the question with "Nobody Cares"
I did answer a few physics questions like that once. Doesn't help your grade much of course.
I am so glad I only needed one stats class. There are others of us that feel your pain, Good Luck.

will it take, on average, before rolling box-cars?

1 in 36.

not how many rolls it would take. Sorry.

See, I toldja I wasn't any good at this!

less than 36.

Other than that, I got nothing.

Your first answer 1/36 was the correct probability of rolling 6-6 on a single roll. So what's the likelihood of not rolling 6-6? What are the odds of not rolling 6-6 twice in a roll? Three times? Go from there.

on what type of dice you're using. Can't get two sixes on a four-sided die (though you may have to get six stitches if you step on them...)

assume 2d6 (as pictured).

from a math hater:


I don't give a rat's ass.

Right now I kinda like those odds.

All those hours of struggling through advanced math classes were for naught. I never used or will use any of that "knowledge". I don't even remember my times tables sometimes.

That is why someone invented the calculator, IMO.

been a scientist but.. no go.

Just do it for fun

I was never any good at it in school, and I had to resort to hoping that I passed instead of getting a good grade. I was so bad at the more advanced stuff that I had to take College Algebra I about four times before getting full credit for it (three at JC in order to graduate, but it wouldn't transfer to a four year and I had to retake it)

I understand Algebra, Calculus, and Stats, but why Geometry? I suck at Geometry. The GMAT for B-School had Geometry on it. Why? I never used Geometry in B-school. Don't need it programming as well.

One of those things I can hold my own at ( if not excel ) but hate doing, like painting a house or any other chores of drudgery.

No probability, no odds, no math.

So, odds are, you probably don't want to know how to figure your chances of being shot now?

If I get an 83% on the test I'll need an 80% on the final next week to get an 'A' for the course. Then I am done with math except for a statistics course.

Odds of drawing a queen out of a 52 card deck 4/52. 52 total cards 4 total queens. # in sample space equals 52. # in event equals 4. Probability of event equals # in event divided by # in sample space.

Odds of flipping two heads in a row flipping a coin three time are 2/6. Possible outcomes are S = {(HHH), (HTT), (THH), (THT), (TTH), (TTT)} Two outcomes meet the criteria E = {(THH),(HHH)}. There are 6 possible outcomes. Probability is n(E)/n(S) = 2/6.

math moron here.

I hate it...always have.

Seeing numbers of any kind makes my brain short circuit and shut off. Math problems may as well just be written in some obscure foreign language.

I would say my math proficiency level is probably 5th grade or lower.

- Pipi, unapologetic math hater

I can do it if I have to, but "blech"! Both of my kids love math and were/are in advanced levels (they're in college and middle school). I had to get a tutor for our oldest because Mom and Dad couldn't help her with HS calculus and trig. Our youngest just started high school math this year -- except he's only in 7th grade. It's great and it means he's doing a lot of it on his own and still understanding it. He's also in the math league. We're very proud of him, but when he comes to me with a question, I spend hours researching it on line and trying to learn stuff I never had to learn in the first place.

We have a deal with our daughter, if she helps her brother with his stats when Mom and Dad can't get the answer (and as long as it's not interfering with her study time), then she get's her full babysitting rate.

Oh, and my first job out of college was as an accounting/payroll clerk at a car dealership! Go figure....

Not even good at percents. I just give disproportionately big tips.