Combinations

Permutation or Combination?

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

• Permutation

• Combination

Permutation or Combination?

Picking a team of three people out of a group of 10.

• Permutation

• Combination

Permutation or Combination?

A team of 8 basketball players need to choose a co-captain and captain.

• combination

• permutation

Permutation or Combination?

There are 45 applicants for three Computer Programmer job positions.

• combination

• permutation

Permutation or Combination?

You have 4 framed portraits. How many ways can you arrange all 4 of them on the top of your bookshelf?

• combination

• permutation

Which of the following is an example of combination?

• Form a passcode with 4 digits

• Students line up in a queue to assembly

• Choose 4 students in a class committee

• Choose the chairperson, secretary and treasurer in a club

How would you solve?

A book club offers a choice of 8 books from a list of 40. In how many ways can a member make a collection?

• Permutation

• Combination

• Factorial

Six friends are going to play a ball game. Each team has 3 players. How many different team combinations are possible?

• 120

• 6

• 18

• 20

Kimberly has seven colors of lanyards. She uses three different colors to make a key chain. How many different combinations can she choose?

• 210

• 5.040

• 6

• 35

How many combinations of 4 letters are possible from the letters A B C D E?

• 4
• 5
• 6
• 69