Multiplication principle - high school - math problems

Number of problems found: 159

  • Seedbeds
    mrkva2 The father wants to plant 2 seedbeds of carrot and 2 seedbeds of onion. Use a tree chart to find how many different options for placing the seedbeds he has.
  • Three colors
    balls2 Find the probability that 3 balls of the same color will be drawn from fate with 10 white, 10 red, and 10 blue balls.
  • Wedding guests
    svatba_hatalovi Fifteen wedding guests could not agree on who would stand in the wedding photo. The groom suggested that all possible sets of wedding guests be made in the photographs.
  • School committee
    permutations Seven students were elected to the school committee. In how many ways can become the President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer be selected?
  • Big numbers
    numbers How many natural numbers less than 10 to the sixth can be written in numbers: a) 9.8.7 b) 9.8.0
  • Coffe cups
    hrnceky We have 4 cups with 4 different patterns. How many possible combinations can we create from 4 cups?
  • Tournament
    futball_ball 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 overall winner of the tournament?
  • Research in school
    numbers For particular research in high school, four pupils are to be selected from a class with 30 pupils. Calculate the number of all possible results of the select and further calculate the number of all possible results, if it depends on the order in which th
  • Birthday paradox
    holland How large must the group of people be so that the probability that two people have a birthday on the same day of the year is greater than 90%?
  • The test
    test The test contains four questions, and there are five different answers to each of them, of which only one is correct, the others are incorrect. What is the probability that a student who does not know the answer to any question will guess the right answer
  • Fall sum or same
    dices2 Find the probability that if you roll two dice, it will fall the sum of 10, or the same number will fall on both dice.
  • Birth
    probability Let's assume that the probability of the birth of a boy and a girl in the family is the same. What is the probability that in a family with five children, the youngest and oldest child is a boy?
  • Divide
    hrusky How many different ways can three people divide 7 pears and 5 apples?
  • Possible combinations - word
    dices2 How many ways can the letters F, A, I, R be arranged?
  • Pairs of socks
    probability Ferdinand has twelve pairs of socks, and one sock is leaky. What is the probability of putting on a leaky sock?
  • Beads
    koralky2 How many ways can we thread 4 red, 5 blue, and 6 yellow beads onto a thread?
  • Cube construction
    222cube A 2×2×2 cube is to be constructed using 4 white and 4 black unit cube. How many different cubes can be constructed in this way? ( Two cubes are not different if one can be obtained by rotating the other. )
  • Boys and girls
    dancers There are 20 boys and 10 girls in the class. How many different dance pairs can we make of them?
  • Two groups
    skola The group of 10 girls should be divided into two groups with at least 4 girls in each group. How many ways can this be done?
  • Graduation party
    dancers There are 15 boys and 12 girls at the graduation party. Determine how many four couples can be selected.

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Multiplication principle - math problems. Examples for secondary school students.