Odds Math Question

Question

1)You are playing Parcheesi, and you need to roll a sum of exactly 5 on two dice to win. What are the odds against you?
 
 
 
2) Find the reduced odds for and the reduced odds against the event of rolling a fair die and getting a 5

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Answer 1

P(5/2 dice) = 4+1, 1+4, 3+2 or 2+3, 4 ways out of 6x6=36 ways = 4/36 = 1/9

= 11.111...% chance of getting 5 on two rolls of the dice

odds against you are 9:1