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Extra Practice - Counting, Permutations & Combinations

This document contains a worksheet with 19 counting principle, permutation, and combination problems. The problems involve calculating the number of possible outcomes in situations like selecting outfits from various clothing items, choosing committees and teams from groups of people, arranging candles and soup cans, and determining lottery and Olympic medal combinations. The student is asked to provide the number of possible outcomes for each problem.

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Extra Practice - Counting, Permutations & Combinations

This document contains a worksheet with 19 counting principle, permutation, and combination problems. The problems involve calculating the number of possible outcomes in situations like selecting outfits from various clothing items, choosing committees and teams from groups of people, arranging candles and soup cans, and determining lottery and Olympic medal combinations. The student is asked to provide the number of possible outcomes for each problem.

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Name____________________Teacher______________________Period______Date_________

COUNTING PRINCIPLE, PERMUTATIONS, AND COMBINATIONS


WORKSHEET
1.

If a girl has 5 skirts, 8 shirts, and 6 pairs of


shoes, how many outfits can she wear?

6.

How many different ways can 1 committee


of 5 students be selected from a class of
25?

Answer:__________
Answer:__________
2.

Three people run for class president, 4 for


vice-president, and 2 for secretary. How
many ways can the 3 officers be selected?

7.

Answer:__________
3.

For a school lunch you can get a


hamburger, hot dog, or chicken sandwich.
To drink you can get a soft drink or a
milkshake. List all of the different lunches
consisting of 1 sandwich and 1 drink are
possible below and give the total number
of possibilities as well.

A car dealer sells 4 makes of cars in 5


colors with either standard or automatic
transmissions. How many variations does
the dealership offer?

Answer:__________
8.

How many outcomes are possible when


you roll 3 dice?

Answer:__________
9.
Answer:__________
4.

Sally has 7 candles, each a different color.


How many ways can she arrange from left
to right the candles in a candelabra that
holds three candles?

Answer:__________
10.

Answer:__________
5.

Eight toppings for pizza are available. In


how many ways can Jim choose 3 of the
toppings?

A golf club manufacturer makes irons with


7 different shaft lengths, 3 different grips,
and 2 different club head materials. How
many different combinations are offered?

Answer:__________
11.

Answer:__________

A briefcase lock has 3 rotating cylinders,


each containing 10 digits. How many
numerical codes are possible?

How many 7-digit telephone numbers can


be formed if the first digit cannot be a 0 or
a 1?

Answer:__________

12.

In how many ways can the 4 call letters of


a radio station be arranged if the first letter
must be W or K and no letters repeat?

18.

The state of Ohio has a Super Lotto


drawing twice a week in which 6 numbers
(1 through 46) are drawn at random. How
many ways are 6 numbers drawn?

Answer:__________
Answer:__________
13.

There are 5 different routes that a


commuter can take from her home to the
office. In how many ways can she make a
round trip if she uses different routes for
coming and going?

19.

A box contains 12 black and 8 green


marbles. In how many ways can 3 black
and 2 green marbles be chosen?

Answer:__________

14.

How many ways can you select a


volleyball team (6 players) from a group of
8 people?

Answer:__________
15.

How many 4-letter words can you make


from a list of 12 letters if you use each
letter only once in each word?

Answer:__________
16.

How many ways can eight different cans


of soup be displayed in a row on a shelf?

Answer:__________
17.

At the 1992 Olympic Games, eight women


qualified for the womens 400-meter finals
in track and field. Only three women can
win medals. How many different ways
could the top three medal winners occur?

Answer:__________

Answer:__________
Hint: This is a double combination
AND a counting principle at the same
time.

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