Math A30

Concept A: Permutations and

Combinations
Test

Name:

Date: Mark:

Show work where possible.

1. Calculate.

a) 5! b) 4! 3! c) 6P12

d) 7C3 e) 6C4

2. Find the number of possible outcomes if you toss a coin and roll
a dice.

3. Explain the difference between permutations and combinations.

4. How many ways can the letters of the word FORMAT be

arranged?

5. How many ways can the letters of the word MATHEMATICS be

arranged?

6. You select a president and vice-president from a group of 5

students. Find the number of possible outcomes.

7. You must select a committee of 3 from 12 students. How many

different committees can be formed?

8. How many 3-digit numbers are possible using the digits 0, 1, 4,

5, 7 and 9?

9. Find the number of combinations of 7 objects taking 2 at a time.

10. A class has 14 boys and 16 girls. The class has to elect one boy
and one girl to be representatives on a committee. How many
different ways can they select them?
11. How many arrangements of three types of flowers are there if
there are 6 types to choose from?

12. If a university student has to choose 2 science classes from 5

available science classes and 3 other classes from a total of 7 other
classes available, how many different groups of classes are there?

13. How many different ways can you have 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
in a race with 10 runners?

14. How many ways can 7 people be arranged around a round

table?

15. A license plate has 3 letters and 3 digits in that order. A witness
to a hit and run accident saw the first 2 letters and the last digit. If
the letters and digits can be repeated, how many license plates
must be checked by the police to find the culprit?

Solutions

1. a) 120 b) 144 c) 30 d) 35 e) 15

2. 12

3. Permutations are when order is important. Combinations are

when order is not important.

4. 720 5. 4989600

6. 20 7. 220 8. 180

9. 21 10. 224 11. 20

12. 350 13. 5040 14. 720

15. 2600