Permutations and Combinations

How many ways can you arrange 2 letters from the word
S Q U A R E?

• 30
• 140
• 320
• 45

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

Student council has 24 members.  In how many different ways can a president, vice-president, treasurer, historian, and secretary be selected?  

• 5,100,480
• 0
• 42,504
• 5.17 x 10²¹

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

A team of 17 volleyball players needs to choose three players to refill the water cooler.  How many different ways can the players be chosen?  

• 3360
• 560
• 4080
• 680

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

Find the possibilities when a group of 15 people are going to run a race.  The top 5 finishers advance to the finals.

• 1.3 x 10¹²
• 120
• 3003
• 360,360

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

Ten students in your math class are presenting unique proofs to their classmates.  The order in which the proofs are chosen to be presented is random.   Find the probability that the proof using the HL Theorem is chosen first and your proof on CPCTC Theorem is chosen to go second.  

• 1/10
• 1/10!
• 4/5
• 1/90

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.6

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

Your history teacher randomly chooses 2 out of 18 students to give an impromptu debate on freedom of press in the high school news paper.  What is the probability that both you and your best friend are chosen to give the debate?  

• 1/153
• 1/306
• 2/153
• 40/51

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.8

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

When does the order in which you are choose matter?

• Combination
• Permutation

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

Determine whether the following scenarios are a permutation or a combination:
 
Selecting a lead and an understudy for a school play.

• Combination
• Permutation

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

How many 5-digit (numerical) passwords are possible for the school email system if the first digit cannot be 0?

• 11,424,400
• 10,967,424
• 9000
• 90,000

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

Choosing 3 toppings for your sundae out of a list of 15.

• Permutation
• Combination
• Neither

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9