Permutation and Combination Quiz

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

• Permutation
• Combination
• Neither

Tags

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

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

Picking a President, Vice-President, and Secretary from a group of 12.

• Permutation
• Combination
• Neither

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

Homecoming has 7 candidates for King. How many ways can a King and a First Runner-up be chosen to form the Festival Court?

• 23
• 840
• 42
• 3,628,800

Tags

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

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

A students locker combination

• Combination

• Permutation

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

A teacher allows a student to select 6 out of 10 math problems to complete for the assessment.

• Combination

• Permutation

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

₃P₃

• 0
• 3
• 6
• 9

₂₀P₂

• 20
• 380
• 6840
• 116280

 6!

• 120
• 720
• 5040
• 40320