Permutation or Combination ?

A Mathmatics test contains five different questions labeled A, B, C, D, and E. You are supposed to choose 2 to answer. How many different ways are there to do this?

• 5

• 10

• 15

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A family of 3 plans to sit in the same row at a movie theater. How many ways can the family be seated in 3 seats?

• 3

• 6

• 1

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Benedic wants to order a sandwich with two of the following ingredients: mushroom, eggplant, tomato, and avocado. How many different sandwiches can Benedic choose?

• 8

• 6

• 4

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A group of 8 swimmers are swimming in a race. Prizes are given for first, second, and third place. How many different outcomes can there be?

• 336

• 56

• 24

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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?

• 32 760

• 60

• 1 365

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

• 95 040

• 792

• 60

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You are ordering a triple-scoop ice-cream cone. There are 18 flavours to choose from and you don’t care which flavor is on the top, middle, or bottom. How many different ways can you select a triple-scoop ice-cream cone?

• 54

• 816

• 4896

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An art gallery has 12 paintings in storage. They have room to display 4 of them, with each painting in a different room. How many possible ways can they display the 4 additional paintings.

• 11 880

• 495

• 48

Forming a committee of 5 members from 20 people

• Permutation

• Combination

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How many ways can 4 candy bars be chosen from a store that sells 30 candy bars?

• Permutation

• Combination

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