Question 1

How many different numbers can be formed using all the digits of the number 887,711?
_____

Response: 90

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Question 2
How many different ways can 7 people – A, B, C, D, E, F, and G – sit in a row at a
movie theater if A and B must sit together? _____

Response: 720

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Question 3
In how many ways can you select 4 delegates to attend a seminar from 4 supervisors, 3
managers, and 3 assistant managers if 2 of the delegates are supervisor? _____

Response: 9

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Question 4
How many different numbers can be formed using all the digits of the number 882,255?
_____

Response: 90

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Question 5
Put your answers in scientific notation with 4 significant figures if the answers are very
large (e.g. 15! = 1.308E12, 55! = 1.270E73):
A garden has 15 slots for flowering pots. In how many ways can the pots be arranged if
the garden lies beside a horizontal pathway? _____
 Response: 1.308E12

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Question 6
There are 12 distinct books composed of five Mathematics and four English and three
Science books to be arranged in a shelf. In how many ways can these books be put in
to a shelf if only the English books must be together? _____

Response: 362880

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Question 7
There are 12 distinct books composed of five Mathematics and four English and three
Science books to be arranged in a shelf. In how many ways can these books be put in
to a shelf if a random order is needed? _____

Response: 27720

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Question 8
A buyer decides to stock 8 different posters. How many ways can she select and
arrange these 8 posters if there are 20 from which to choose? _____

Response: 5079110400

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Question 9
In how many ways can Emilie hang 8 pictures in a horizontal row? _____

Response: 40320

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Question 10
 In how many ways can 10 students be arranged in a row of a class picture if Joseph
and Jamie want to stand next to each other and Marc and Leanna also insist on sitting
next to each other? _____

Response: 720

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Question 11
In how many ways can six different rings be worn on four fingers of one hand? _____

Response: 15

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Question 12
If there are 24 contestants in a pageant, in how many different ways can they place 1 st,
2nd, and 3rd? _____

Response: 12144

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Question 13
A lock contains 5 digits in its code. How many codes can be formed if all digits must be
different?_____

Response: 30240

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Question 14
There are 12 distinct books composed of five Mathematics and four English and three
Science books to be arranged in a shelf. In how many ways can these books be put in
to a shelf if the English and Science books must be together? _____

Response: 720

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 Question 15
In a qualifying race for an Olympic road cycling event, 15 men competed for 5 slots.
How many different ways could the top 5 slots be arranged if the order in which the men
finished mattered? _____

Response: 360360

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Question 16
A coach must choose five starters from a team of 12 players. How many different ways
can the coach choose the starters? _____

Response: 95040

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Question 17
How many ways can 6 different video game cartridges be arranged on a shelf? _____

Response: 720

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Question 18
In how many ways can 6 people seat in a row? _____

Response: 720

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Question 19
How many permutation are there of the word COMMITTEE? _____

Response: 45360

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 Question 20
How many different 4-letter permutations can be formed from the letters in the word
"DECAGON"? _____

Response: 840

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Question 21
Find the number of ways to assign 12 students to 3 committees, A, B and C, with
members 4, 3 and 5, respectively. _____

Response: 438

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Question 22
Put your answers in scientific notation with 4 significant figures if the answers are very
large (e.g. 15! = 1.308E12, 55! = 1.270E73):
A garden has 15 slots for flowering pots. In how many ways can the pots be arranged if
the garden is circular? _____

Response: 8.718E10

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Question 23
How many 6 letter words can we make using the letters in the word LIBERTY without
repetitions?_____

Response: 5040

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Question 24
 From a group of 7 men and 6 women, five persons are to be selected to form a
committee so that at least 3 men are there on the committee. In how many ways can it
be done? _____

Response: 756

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Question 25
There are 10 men attending a directors meeting, how many handshakes were
exchanged between the men? _____

Response: 3628800