Did you know that you have a 1 in 10,000 chance of getting hit by lightning? Or that you have a 1 in 175,711,536 chance of winning the Mega Millions lottery? You have a much better chance of being born with eleven fingers or eleven toes that's 1 in 500 The chance, or probability, that something will or won't happen is called "the odds." Let's look at an easy example. Tonight, there is a 100% chance that the sun will go down, and there is a 100% chance that it will come up again. So, the odds are very good that the sun will go down tonight and come up tomorrow! But other odds aren't as high