Combinatorics - math word problems - page 23 of 52
Number of problems found: 1031
- Three dice
The player throwing the three dice asked G. Galilei: "Should I bet on the sum of 11 or the sum of 12?" What did Galilei answer him? Hint: write down all three triples of numbers that can be thrown, have a total of 11, have a total of 12, and compare proba - Tournament
How many matches will be played in a football tournament in which there are two groups of 5 teams if one match is played in groups with each other and the group winners play a match for the tournament's overall winner? - Four-digit 7953
How many four-digit codes on the wheel lock can we create from the digit 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 if it is true that we cannot repeat the numbers? - Twins with friend
The twins Danka and Janka went to the cinema with their friend Betka. Only six seats in the second row were available in the cinema. The twins want to sit next to each other. Danka is always to the right of Janka, and Betka is near one of them. How many m
- Guaranteed 37611
Determine how many different ways a Lotto ticket can be written if we guess six numbers out of 49. At what Jackpot would it already pay to bet so many tickets to be guaranteed to win the 1st prize? The price of one type is €1. - Ružomberok 6070
The tourist group wanted to visit the four Slovak cities: Bratislava, Banská Bystrica, Ružomberok, and Levice. They decided that Levice would be the third place they would visit. How many different ways could they organize their city visit program? - In the orchard
They planted 25 apple trees, 20 pears, 15 plums, and 40 marbles in the orchard. An intense late frost, however, destroyed a fifth of all new trees. Unfortunately, it was all the trees of one kind of fruit. What is the probability that the plums have died - A committee
A committee of 6 is chosen from 8 men and 7 women. If a particular man must be included, find how many committees are possible. - A license
A license plate has
three letters followed by four numbers. Repeats are not allowed for the letters, but they are for the numbers. If they are issued at random, what is the probability that the three letters are in alphabetical order and the three number
- Research in school
For particular research in high school, four pupils are selected from a class of 30 pupils. Calculate the number of all possible results of the selection and further calculate the number of all possible results if it depends on the order in which the stud - Probability 66644
Oskar observes the arrivals and departures of cars in the parking lot. At one point, there were 99 cars in the parking lot: 25 red, 17 white, and the rest were black. What is the percentage probability that a black car was leaving the parking lot at a giv - Tournament's 32031
Twelve men and four women attended the chess tournament. How many different women's placements can be in the tournament's final table if no two participants have scored the same number of points? - Probability 66424
There are 5 chocolate, 3 cottage cheese, and 2 apricot croissants in the bag. Croissants are randomly selected in bags. What is the probability of drawing 1 chocolate, 1 cheese, and 1 apricot croissant without returning? - Successively 63644
In an opaque box, identical cubes of different colors: 15 are red, 8 are blue, and 7 are green. We successively drew 10 red, 4 blue, and 3 green dice. What is the probability that we draw a red die from the remaining dice in the next roll?
- Sequentially 63274
In the pocket, there are six tickets marked with numbers 1 to 6. How many ways can we sequentially, taking into account the order, select 3 of them if the chosen tickets do not return to the pocket? - Combinations and eggs
You have colored 4 red eggs, 3 green, 4 yellow, 5 blue, and 5 white. A caroler stops by you, and you decide to give him three eggs of different colors. How many options (different color combinations) do you have for gifting a caroler? - Three workplaces
How many ways can we divide nine workers into three workplaces if they need four workers in the first workplace, 3 in the second workplace, and 2 in the third? - Roses 2
Aunt Rose went to the flower shop to buy three rose bouquets. The flower shop had white, yellow, and red roses. How many different flowers bouquets can a flower make for Aunt Rose create? Write all the bouquet options. - Indistinguishable 81481
How many ways can a tower of five yellow and four blue cubes be built so that each yellow cube is adjacent to at least one other yellow cube? Yellow dice are indistinguishable, and so are blue dice.
The opaque package contains five lemons, six apples, and three strawberry candies. At least how many sweets do we have to choose so that there is at least one strawberry among them?Do you have unsolved problem that you need help? Ask a question, and we will try to solve it. Solving math problems.
