Factorial - math word problems

Number of problems found: 52

  • Words
    words How many 3 letter "words" are possible using 14 letters of the alphabet? a) n - without repetition b) m - with repetition
  • Numbers
    numbers_3 How many different 3 digit natural numbers in which no digit is repeated, can be composed from digits 0,1,2?
  • MATES
    sazka In MATES (Small Television tipping) from 35 randomly numbers drawn 5 winning numbers. How many possible combinations there is?
  • Colors
    peracnik Willie got birthday 6 colour pens in different colors. How many ways he can give them side by side in pencil?
  • Kids
    kids How many different ways can sit 8 boys and 3 girls in line if girls want to sit on the edge?
  • VCP equation
    combinatorics3 Solve the following equation with variations, combinations and permutations: 4 V(2,x)-3 C(2,x+ 1) - x P(2) = 0
  • Combinations
    kvadrat_3 If the number of elements increase by 3, it increases the number of combinations of the second class of these elements 5 times. How many are the elements?
  • Combinations of sweaters
    sveter I have 4 sweaters two are white, 1 red and 1 green. How many ways can this done?
  • Coffe cups
    hrnceky We have 4 cups with 4 different patterns. How many possible combinations can we create from 4 cups?
  • Football league
    football_3 In the football league is 16 teams. How many different sequence of results may occur at the end of the competition?
  • Hockey players
    players After we cycle, five hockey players sit down. What is the probability that the two best scorers of this crew will sit next to each other?
  • Cards
    sedmove karty How many ways can give away 32 playing cards to 7 player?
  • Boys and girls
    boy_6 There are eight boys and nine girls in the class. There were six children on the trip from this class. What is the probability that left a) only boys b) just two boys
  • Commitee
    committees A class consists of 6 males and 7 females. How many committees of 7 are possible if the committee must consist of 2 males and 5 females?
  • Classroom
    ziaci_7 Of the 26 pupils in the classroom, 12 boys and 14 girls, four representatives are picked to the odds of being: a) all the girls b) three girls and one boy c) there will be at least two boys
  • Friends in cinema
    cinema_1 5 friends went to the cinema. How many possible ways can sit in a row, if one of them wants to sit in the middle and the remaining's place does not matter?
  • Candy
    bulls How many ways can divide 10 identical candies to 5 children?
  • School trip
    hostel_1 The class has 19 students. What different ways students can be accommodated in the hostel, where available 3× 2-bed, 3× 3-bed and 1× 4-bed rooms. (Each room has its unique number)
  • Three workplaces
    workers_49 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?
  • Lunch
    skola_15 Seven classmates go every day for lunch. If they always come to the front in a different order, will be enough school year to take of all the possibilities?

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