Permutation/Combination

Permutation, combination, or neither?

The batting order for seven players on a 12 person team.

• combination

• permutation

• neither

• arithmetic

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

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

• Permutation
• Combination

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

How would you solve?
From the 20 DVD's you purchased this past year, you plan to take five with you on vacation.  How many different sets of five DVD's can you take?

• Permutation
• Combination
• Factorial
• MPC

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?

• 7C2

• 2C7

• 7P2

• 2P7

How many ways can a club select a president, vice president, and a secretary from a group of 5 people?

• 3P5

• 5P3

• 5C3

• 3C5

Four students need to be selected from a class

of 15 to help clean up the campus. How many different ways can the 4 students be chosen?

• 15P4

• 4P15

• 15C4

• 4C15

A basketball team has 12 members who can play any position. How many different ways can the coach choose 5 starting players?

• 5C12

• 12C5

• 5P12

• 12P5

When ordering a pizza, you can choose 2 toppings from the following: mushrooms, olives, pepperoni, pineapple, and sausage. How many different types of pizza can you order?

• 5C2

• 2C5

• 5P2

• 2P5

Nine students in a Mathematics contest are competing for first, second and third prize. How many ways can the 3 students be chosen?

• 3C9

• 9C3

• 9P3

• 3P9