QUIZ #1

1. Which of the following word problems is an example of combination?

• In how many ways can a coach choose three swimmers from among five swimmers?

• In how many ways can you rank your favorite 5 books from a list of 20?

• In how many ways can you arrange the weight of 10 children in ascending order?

2. Which of the following word problems is not an example of a combination?

• In how many ways can you rank your favorite 5 books from a list of 20?

• In how many ways can a coach choose three runners from among five runners?

• In how many ways can a President select five members from among the seven officials?

2. What do you call the number of ways of selecting from a set when the order is not important?

• Probability

• Permutation

• Combination

3. Which type of combination is used to know the specific outcomes or ways in a given problem?

• Listing

• FCP

• FCM

4. Perform the formula of the combination of picking a team of 3 people from a group of 10.

• 720

• 315

• 120

5. Perform the formula of the combination of C (7, 3).

• 210

• 35

• 24

6. There are 9 players on the basketball team. How many different ways could the coach choose the 5 players that start?

• 15, 120

• 3, 780

• 126

7. A supervisor will select a shift of four workers from a seven-person crew. How many different shifts of four workers can the supervisor choose?

• 210

• 35

• 24

8. In how many combinations we can write the words using the vowels of the word GREAT.

• 720

• 120

• 103