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Practice Form K

Permutations and Combinations

1. A museum gift shop sells hats in 3 sizes and 3 different colors. How many
different hats are there to choose from? 9

2. A local store has options for buying televisions, shown in the table below.

Color Screen size

Silver 32”
Black 36”
40”

How many different televisions are there to choose from? 6

3. In how many different orders can 6 students line up? 720 orders

4. Evaluate 4!. 24

5. Evaluate 6 P3 . 120

6. What is the value of nC r when n = 8 and r = 7? 8

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Practice (continued) Form K

Permutations and Combinations

7. Vacation  When renting a car, you can choose from the types and colors in the
table shown below?

Type Color
SUV Green
Convertible Red
Sedan Blue

How many different choices do you have? 9

8. Five index cards numbered 2 to 6 are face down on a table. What is the
probability of randomly flipping over the cards numbered 2 and 3?
2 OR equivalent fraction, decimal, or percent.
10

9. Reasoning  A skier has 2 pairs of skis, 2 pairs of boots, and 2 different pairs
of gloves to choose from for a day of skiing. If she buys another pair of gloves,
how many more combinations will be possible? 4

10. Sports  From a team of 7 golf players, a coach will pick a captain, a manager,
and a scorekeeper. In how many different ways can the manager choose these
positions from the 7 players? 210 ways

11. Writing  Explain why you can use 4! to find the number of orders in which
4 people can finish a race. There are 4 possible first-place finishers. Once the
first place finisher is determined, there are 3 possible 2nd -place, etc. So the
number of orders is 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 4! = 24.

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