8.

1 Permutations

Use the Fundamental Counting Principle.

1. For her aquarium, Susan can choose from 4 types
of fish and 3 types of plants. If she chooses one type
of fish and one type of plant, how many different
aquariums can Susan set up?
2. Lottery numbers in a particular state consist of
6 digits. Each lottery ball that is drawn has six sides,
numbered 1–6. How many different lottery numbers
are possible?

Evaluate.
6! 2!3!
3. 5! 4. 5.
2! 4!

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Solve.
6. For an art exhibit, Craig has to choose 3 ceramic mugs out
of the 7 that he made over the summer. In how many ways
can he arrange these 3 mugs in a row?

Evaluate.
8. 4P3 9. 5P2 10. 8P4

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Solve.
11. How many ways can the letters from A through H be used to create
5-letter passwords if there are no repeated letters in a password?
a. Does the order of the letters matter in the password?
b. How many letters are there from A through H?
c. Find the number of permutations of 8 letters taken 5 at a time.
8!
8 P5  
8  5!
12. An editor has 4 different spaces to arrange articles in a magazine. He must
choose from 6 articles. How many different arrangements are possible?
Use the Fundamental Counting Principle.
13. The soccer team is silk-screening T-shirts. They have 4 different
colors of T-shirts and 2 different colors of ink. How many different
T-shirts can be made using one ink color on a T-shirt?
14. A travel agent is offering a vacation package. Participants choose the
type of tour, a meal plan, and a hotel class from the table below.

Tour Meal Hotel

Walking Restaurant 4-Star
Boat Picnic 3-Star
Bicycle 2-Star
1-Star
How many different vacation packages are offered?

Evaluate.
3!6! 10! 9!  6!
15. 16. 17.
3! 7! 9  6!
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Solve.
18. In how many ways can the debate team choose a president
and a secretary if there are 10 people on the team?
19. A teacher is passing out first-, second-, and third-place prizes
for the best student actor in a production of Hamlet. If there are
14 students in the class, in how many different ways can the
awards be presented?
Evaluate.
20. 5P4 21. 8P3

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22. When text messaging on a telephone, pressing a 3 types D, E, F, or 3. Pressing

a 7 types P, Q, R, S, or 7. How many messages are possible by pressing a 3, a 7,
and then a 3?

23. At a company, each employee has an ID that consists of 2 digits followed by a

letter. The letters Q and X are not used. How many employee IDs are possible?

24. If there are 8 finalists in a talent show, how many ways can a winner and a
runner-up be chosen?

25. Jim’s soccer team has 18 members. How many ways can the coach choose a
right forward, a center forward, and a left forward?
26. John has an ADT home security system that has a code consisting of four digits that must
be entered in the correct order. How many different combinations are possible?

27. Social security numbers are sequences of nine digits. How many combinations are
possible if numbers can be repeated? How many combinations are possible if numbers
cannot be repeated?

28. How many different ways can the letters GABNITR be arranged?

29. How many possible area codes are there with 1 or 0 as the second digit if the code cannot
end in 00 or 11?

30. In history class, students had to determine the first three dates in order out of 15 dates.
How many different combinations are possible for students who guess?