Permutations - practice problems
Number of problems found: 260
- Diagonals
What is the number of diagonals of a decagon? - Locker combination
Todd forgot the first two numbers of his locker combination. The numbers can be any number 1 through 6. What is the probability that he will guess the first number correctly and the second number incorrectly? - Five couples
In how many ways can 5 couples arrange themselves in a row if they stay together? - A basket 4
A basket contains 9 fruits, where 4 are oranges, and the rest are mangoes. Three fruits are taken out one at a time and put aside. Find the probability that 3 are oranges. - A ferry
A ferry with a capacity of 10 people takes a group of 13 men and 7 women across a river. Find the number of ways in which the group may be taken across the if all women go on the first group. - Three coins
In a game of chance where three coins are tossed, a player wins if two heads and a tail come up. What are the chances of this occurring? - Kenneth 2 Kenneth has 100 pennies, 20 nickels, 10 dimes, and 4 quarters. How many ways can he choose coins that total 25 cents?
- Morse code 2
We have two characters, a dot and a comma. How many two-element and how many three-element characters can be created with repetition? - Footballers 2
Footballers have jerseys with numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. The coach wants to send them to attack a) so that even jersey numbers are not next to each other b) so that odd jersey numbers are not next to each other. How many options does he have? - In the library
We have 8 different books in the library. How many ways can they be arranged? How many possibilities are there if 3 volumes are to be in a certain order? How many possibilities are there if three volumes are to be in a row independently in order? - Books in Slovak and English Vlasta has 4 Czech and 3 English books. She wants to arrange them on a shelf so that Slovak books are first and then English books are second. How many ways are there to do this?
- Birthday boy 2
In how many ways can seven people be seated around a table so that the birthday boy sits at the head? - HAMMER 3
Determine how many ways it is possible to rearrange the letters of the word HAMMER so that in this rearrangement some group of consecutive letters forms the word WATER. - Relay
The relay race will be run for the class of Katka, Alice, Michaela, and Erika. Determine how many different orders there are in which the girls can run, as long as each of them can run in any position. - Beads
We have 4 beads. One is green, one is yellow, and 2 are pink. In how many possible ways can we string them on a string?
- In a football
In a football tournament of eight teams, where each team played each other exactly once, points were awarded as follows: the winner of the match received 3 points, the loser received 0 points, and in the event of a draw, each team received 1 point. At the - Triangles - combinations
How many different triangles with sides in whole centimeters have a perimeter of 12 cm? - Ways
There are 3 different roads from Lehota to Hradec and 4 different roads from Hradec to Buda. Determine the number of ways in which it is possible to choose the route from Lehota via Hradec to Buda and back so that no road is used twice. - Repeatition not allowed
How many four-digit numbers can be formed from the numbers 3 5 8 9 if they are not allowed to be repeated? - Grouping - combinatorics
In how many different ways can 24 people be divided into: a) 6 groups of the same size. b) Groups of 5, 6, 7, and 6 people. c) Groups of 4, 5, 7, and 8 people.
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