Probability Word Problems

Permutations
Name: Date:

(1) Eric has a collection of 6 toy train (2) In a 7-person race, how many
cars and creates a train using 3 of different ways can the runners arrive
them. How many different ways at the finish line?
could he have made the train?

(3) Madeline was asked to hang 7 (4) How many ways can the letters in
student paintings in a row on the the word CHIMNEY be arranged?
wall. How many different ways could
she arrange them?

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 Probability Word Problems
Permutations
Name: A N S W EDate:
R KEY
(1) Eric has a collection of 6 toy train (2) In a 7-person race, how many
cars and creates a train using 3 of different ways can the runners arrive
them. How many different ways at the finish line?
could he have made the train?
nPk•7!•5,040
6!
nPk• •120
( 6£3 ) !

(3) Madeline was asked to hang 7 (4) How many ways can the letters in
student paintings in a row on the the word CHIMNEY be arranged?
wall. How many different ways could
nPk•7!•5,040
she arrange them?

nPk•7!•5,040

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