STATISTICS Mathematics

What do you call the different arrangements of the objects of a group?

• selection

• permutation

• differentiation

• combination

Which situation illustrates permutation?

• forming a committee of councilors

• selecting 10 questions to answer out of 15 questions in a test

• choosing 2 literature books to buy from a variety of choices

• assigning rooms to conference

Twenty students join a contest in the school. The contest offers first second, and third prize. How many    different combinations of 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place winners can there be?

• 400

• 4 620

• 6 840

• 8 000

Bobby applied for a landline phone in his new house. He was given the number 7-630-8380. How many distinguishable permutations are there in his telephone number?

• 5 000

• 5 040

• 5 060

• 5 080

How many ways can you arrange books of the same kind if there are 4 Math books, 3 Science books, and 2 English books on a shelf?

• 1 720

• 1 728

• 288

• 1 278

. If there are 4 chocolate chips, 2 oatmeal, 2 double chocolate cookies in a box, in how many different orders can be made from these cookies?

• 420

• 440

• 470

• 490

It is the selection of objects from a set.

• combination

• permutation

• differentiation

• distinction

Which of the following situations illustrates combination?

• arranging books in a shelf     

• drawing names from a box containing 200 names

• forming different numbers from 5 given digits                

• . forming plate numbers of vehicles

. Joshua wants to visit 5 resorts. In how many ways can he make the trip to the resorts?

• 4

• 42

• 102

• 120

.  A restaurant offers 4 kinds of soup, 7 kinds of main dish, 5 kinds of vegetable dish, and 6 kinds of dessert. In how many possible ways can the restaurant form a meal consisting of 1 soup, 2 main dish, 3 vegetable dish, and 2 desserts?

• 840

• 12 600

• 106

• 990