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Permutations and Combinations

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
7!
a)
4050
b)
5400
c)
5040
d)
4500
2.
20P2
a)
20
b)
380
c)
6840
d)
116280
3.
What does 10Pmean?
a)
Permutations with 5 choices and 10 positions
b)
Permutations with 10 choices and 5 positions
c)
Permutations with 5 numbers and 10 operations
d)
Permutations with 5 hot dogs and 10 drinks
4.
Determine whether the following scenarios are a permutation or a combination:
 
Selecting a lead and an understudy for a school play.
a)
Combination
b)
Permutation
5.
Permutation, combination, or neither?
Rob and Mary are planning trips to 9 countries this year.  There are 13 countries they would like to visit.  They are deciding which countries to skip.
a)
combination
b)
permutation
c)
neither
6.
Permutation, combination, or neither?
The batting order for seven players on a 12 person team.
a)
combination
b)
permutation
c)
neither
7.
Is the order of arrangement important?
Find the number of ways to form a team of three players for a game out of a group of 10 individuals.
a)
Yes
b)
No
8.
Permutation, combination, or neither?
There are 45 applicants for three Computer Programmer job positions.
a)
combination
b)
permutation
c)
neither
9.

Find the number of words, with or without meaning, that can be formed with the letters of the word ‘CHAIR’.

a)

5

b)

3125

c)

120

d)

25

10.

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

a)

12

b)

60

c)

15

d)

125

11.
At the middle school, a student takes 4 core classes a day.  There are 6 different core classes offered.  How many different combinations of classes are there?
a)
24
b)
15
c)
720
d)
360
12.
Choosing 3 toppings for your sundae out of a list of 15.
a)
Permutation
b)
Combination
c)
Neither
13.
Find the number of possibilities:
A group of 25 people are going to run a race.  The top 8 finishers advance to finals.
a)
625
b)
4.36 X 1010
c)
1,081,575
14.
How many outfits are possible with 5 pairs of jeans, 8 t-shirts, and 2 pairs of shoes?
a)
15
b)
40
c)
80
d)
10
15.

In Cornville, bicycle license plates have 2 letters followed by a 1-digit number. How many different license plates are possible?

a)

6760

b)

62

c)

2600

d)

6084

16.
Find the total number of outcomes for picking a day of the week and a month of the year.
a)
19
b)
84
c)
60
d)
210
17.

At Papa John's you are deciding on what you want for dinner. The pizza offers 8 different meats, 4 different cheeses, 3 different crust types and 2 different sauces. Each pizza can only have 1 meat, 1 cheese, 1 crust, and 1 sauce. How many different pizzas do you have to choose from?

a)

32

b)

192

c)

40,320

d)

51,200

18.
A combination lock has 7 digits.  How many distinct combinations does this lock have if the numbers used have to be 0 through 5?
a)
279936
b)
78125
c)
823543
d)
16807
19.
Which of the following is an example of combination?
a)
Form a passcode with 4 digits
b)
Students line up in a queue to assembly
c)
Choose 4 students in a class committee
d)
Choose the chairperson, secretary and treasurer in a club
20.
How many ways can two jellybeans be chosen from a bag of 15 unique jellybeans. 
a)
15C2=105
b)
15P2=210
c)
15 x 2 = 30
d)
100 ways
21.

When three-digit telephone area codes were first put in place, the first number could be any digit (2-9), the second number could only be 0 or 1, and the third could be any digit (0-9). How many possible area codes can be created with this format?

a)

24

b)

126

c)

140

d)

160