Permutations - math word problems

Number of problems found: 65

  • You have
    sane You have 4 reindeer and you want to have 3 fly your sleigh. You always have your reindeer fly in a single-file line. How many different ways can you arrange your reindeer?
  • Big numbers
    numbers_1 How many natural numbers less than 10 to the sixth can be written in numbers: a) 9.8.7 b) 9.8.0
  • Possible combinations - word
    dices2 How many ways can the letters F, A, I, R be arranged?
  • Graduation party
    dancers There are 15 boys and 12 girls at the graduation party. Determine how many four couples can be selected.
  • A pizza
    pizza_11 A pizza place offers 14 different toppings. How many different three topping pizzas can you order?
  • Election 4
    vote_1 In a certain election there are 3 candidates for president 5 for secretory and 2 for tresurer. Find how many ways the election may (turn out/held).
  • Combinations 7
    combinatorics A multi-course meal has 3 choices. 3 appetizers, 4 main courses, and 3 desserts. How many different combinations to choose from?
  • How many 2
    chart_2 How many three lettered words can be formed from letters A B C D E G H if repeats are: a) not allowed b) allowed
  • Twins with friend
    cinema2_7 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. How many do they may sit, if the twins want to sit next to each other, Danka always to the right of Janka and Betka near o
  • Desks
    desks A class has 20 students. The classroom consists of 20 desks, with 4 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 are there such that Amy, Bob,
  • 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?
  • How many
    numbers2_41 How many double-digit numbers greater than 30 we can create from digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5? Numbers cannot be repeated in a two-digit number.
  • Digit sum
    cisla_7 How many are three-digit numbers that have a digit sum of 6?
  • Glass with icecream
    zmrzlina_7 We have 6 kinds of ice cream and 5 kinds of fruit. We put 3 cups of ice cream and 2 fruits into each glass. How many can unique decorated glasses be?
  • 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
  • Tournament
    zapisnik_2 Six teams entered the basketball tournament. How many matches will be played if each team has to play one match with each other?
  • Three numbers
    dices2_9 We have three different non-zero digits. We will create all 3 digits numbers from them to use all 3 figures in each number. We add all the created numbers, and we get the sum of 1554. What were the numbers?
  • Dd 2-digit numbers
    numbers_49 Find all odd 2-digit natural numbers compiled from digits 1; 3; 4; 6; 8 if the digits are not repeated.
  • Triangles
    triangle_234_1 Five sticks with a length of 2,3,4,5,6 cm. How many ways can you choose three sticks to form three sides of a triangle?

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