Probability Word Problems

Combinations
Name: Date:

(1) Molly asked the pet store owner for (2)
any 6 tadpoles from an aquarium
containing 7. How many possible
combinations of tadpoles could be
picked?
How many different 7-person teams
can be created from a classroom of 9
students?

(3) 3 names will be picked from a jar to
win prizes. There are a total of 8
names in the jar. How many different
combinations of names can be
picked?
(4) There are 7 different marbles in a jar.
How many different sets could you
get by randomly picking 5 of them
from the jar?

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 Probability Word Problems
Combinations
Name: A N S W EDate:
R KEY
(1) Molly asked the pet store owner for (2) How many different 7-person teams
any 6 tadpoles from an aquarium can be created from a classroom of 9
containing 7. How many possible students?
combinations of tadpoles could be 9! 362880
picked? nCk• • •36
7! ( 9 – 7 ) ! 10080
7! 5040
nCk• • •7
6! ( 7 – 6 ) ! 720

(3) 3 names will be picked from a jar to (4) There are 7 different marbles in a jar.
win prizes. There are a total of 8 How many different sets could you
names in the jar. How many different get by randomly picking 5 of them
combinations of names can be from the jar?
picked? 7! 5040
nCk• • •21
8! 40320 5! ( 7 – 5 ) ! 240
nCk• • •56
3! ( 8 – 3 ) ! 720

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