Odds of rolling the same number on 5 out of 8 12-sided dice

What does your math book say?

The chance of rolling exactly five straight 1's then three numbers that are not 1's is:

(1/12)^5 (11/12)^3 = 3.095e-6

The chance of rolling five one's in any position is that value times 8!/5!/3! = 1.733e-4

The chance of getting any number (not just 1) is that value times 12 = .0021 or 0.21%.

@engineer thank you for the response!