How many ways are there of getting a 2,6,8, or 12 when 2 dice are thrown?

Question

How many ways are there of getting a 2,6,8, or 12 when 2 dice are thrown?

Answer 1

Ways of getting the following numbers on the rolling of 2 die.

2  ---  only one way 1&1 snake eyes

6 ---  5&1, 4&2, 3&3  only three ways

8 ---  6&2, 5&3, 4&4  only three ways

12 -- 6&6 only one way

Don't know where the h**l closeto is coming from with his answers but they are wrong, as you can see!

Answer 2

Closet is correct, the answer is 12:

Since you have two dice, you can get:

2 - 1 way only, snake eyes (1,1)

12 - 1 way also, box cars (6,6)

6 - you can get 5 ways (5,1 -   1,5 -   4,2 -   2,4 -   3,3)

8 - 5 ways also (6,2 -   2,6 -   5,3 -   3,5 -   4,4)

Remember, Itsjust, 5,1 and 1,5 are unique combinations when dealing with 2 dice.

Answer 3

There are 12 ways to get any of those four combinations.

2= 1way

12= 1way

6=5ways

8=5ways