Combinatorics - math word problems - page 22 of 52
Number of problems found: 1031
- Desks
A class has 20 students. The classroom consists of 20 desks, with four desks in each of 5 different rows. Amy, Bob, Chloe, and David are all friends and would like to sit in the same row. How many possible seating arrangements exist, such as Amy, Bob, Chl
- Sum or product
What is the probability that two dice fall will have the sum of seven or product 12?
- Left-handed writer
Eva, Lucia, Barbora, Ivana, and Slávka are good friends, so they always want to sit at one long table next to each other in biology class. How many ways can they sit if Slavka is left-handed and, therefore, always wants to sit on the left side of the tabl
- Competition 67314
The coach must choose two students from Sam, Jura, Emma, Dan, and Nika to go to the competition. He knows them well and knows that Samo will only go with Jura or Ema, and Dano will not go with Ema. How many pairs does the trainer have to choose from?
- Family trip
Dulikovci, Elikovci, Filikovci, and Galikovci visited each other often last month. Each family visited each family exactly once. How many visits did all four families make together? If two families came to visit one family simultaneously, count it twice.
- Twelve flowers
A florist has roses, tulips, daffodils, and carnations to use in flower arrangements. If she were to make an arrangement using 12 flowers, how many different combinations of these four types of flowers would be possible?
- Possibilities 66804
Without listing all the possibilities, calculate how many different pairs can be made A) of 12 pupils who want to go down a water slide on a two-seater inflatable in the water park. B) of 15 pupils who want to ride toy cars in the amusement park.
- Complexity 30631
Here, you have a task to think about but don't look for great complexity in it. You have 6 bulbs connected here. A to F and 6 switches No. 1 to No. 6. Your task will be to gradually determine which bulbs will always be on if any of the switches are in the
- Tournament 4771
Eight tennis players took part in the tennis tournament. They were divided into two groups of four. In each group, everyone played each other once. The winner of the first group played the winner of the second group in the final. They did not play other m
- Differently 69514
Gabika wants to wear pants, a blouse, a skirt, and a T-shirt to the party. She has two pairs of pants, 3 blouses, 3 skirts, and 4 T-shirts to choose from. How many parties can she attend if everyone wants to go dressed differently?
- Different 66944
It was Tibor's birthday, and he bought 8 different cookies for his friends (Horalky, Tatanky, Kávenky, Attack, Mila, Anita, Mäta, Lina). He put them all in a box, and each friend could choose two pieces. Tanya chose first. Which two cookies could Táňa cho
- Karolína
Carolina chose five bodies from the kit - white, blue, and gray cubes, a blue cylinder, and a white triangular prism. How many different roof towers can be built one by one if all the blue bodies (cube and cylinder) are not placed on top?
- Cinema
How many ways can 11 free tickets to the premiere of "Jáchyme throw it in the machine" be divided between 6 pensioners?
- Individual 65004
In the computer game, you need to collect 5 objects in the room: a sword, a ring, a picture, a key, and a coin. It depends on the order in which we collect the individual objects. If the order is wrong, we will lose a life. How many are all in order?
- Film premiere
How can you distribute 40 cinema tickets to 15 people?
- Ornamental 6532
The gardener is to plant 6 ornamental trees. There are 8 different types of trees available. Two trees, A and B, will be planted on the left edge. How many ways can a gardener do this if all the saplings planted are to be different?
- Birthday 6277
Peter got a new bike for his birthday. His bike was equipped with many gears. How many gear options does Peter have if you have three wheels at the front and eight wheels at the back? List them all
- Arrangements 4459
There are 4 classrooms on the ground floor of the school building, which are numbered 1,2,3,4. First-year students A, B, C, and D will be placed in these classrooms. Write all possible class arrangements and their number. Thank you
- Represented 4324
A bag contains 20 candies in five different flavors: cherry, lemon, orange, mango, and cola. We know that there is at least one of each flavor in the pocket and that there are twice as many lemons as cherry ones. How many ways can different flavors be rep
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