Combinations Activity
Combinations Activity
Show your
solutions.
1. From a list of 10 books, how many groups of 4 books can be selected?
2. How many basketball teams of 9 players can be formed from 13
players?
3. From the letters of the word LINEAR, in how many ways can one
consonant and two vowels be chosen?
4. In how many ways can 3 balls, 4 sticks, and 2 flags be chosen from 5
balls, 7 sticks, and 5 flags?
5. A committee of 5 women are to be chosen from a list of 10 women.
Each is allotted a letter A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and J:
a. How many committees can be formed?
How any committees can be formed if:
b. A is included,
c. B is included, and C is excluded,
d. D and E are included,
e. F and G are excluded.
6. In a CCP presentation, you had choice of 5 theater seats from 9
available seats on Saturday night and a choice of 3 seats from 10 similar
seats on Sunday night. On which night would you have a better choice?
7. From a standard deck of cards, how many 7-card hands have:
a. exactly 5 spades and 2 hearts,
b. exactly 3 diamonds and 4 clubs,
c. exactly 1 ace, 2 kings and 4 jacks,
d. exactly 5 red and 1 black cards,
e. exactly an ace, 3 face cards, and 2 number cards?
8. A bag contains 5 red, 7 white, and 8 blue marbles. How many ways can
5 marbles be selected under the following conditions?
a. All the marbles are white.
b. All the marbles are blue.
c. All the marbles are red.
d. Two are red, 2 are white and 1 is blue.
e. Two must be blue.
f. Two are red and 3 are blue.
Read and analyze each problem carefully. Solve what is asked. Show your
solutions.
1. From a list of 10 books, how many groups of 4 books can be selected?
2. How many basketball teams of 9 players can be formed from 13
players?
3. From the letters of the word LINEAR, in how many ways can one
consonant and two vowels be chosen?
4. In how many ways can 3 balls, 4 sticks, and 2 flags be chosen from 5
balls, 7 sticks, and 5 flags?
5. A committee of 5 women are to be chosen from a list of 10 women.
Each is allotted a letter A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and J:
a. How many committees can be formed?
How any committees can be formed if:
b. A is included,
c. B is included, and C is excluded,
d. D and E are included,
e. F and G are excluded.
6. In a CCP presentation, you had choice of 5 theater seats from 9
available seats on Saturday night and a choice of 3 seats from 10 similar
seats on Sunday night. On which night would you have a better choice?
7. From a standard deck of cards, how many 7-card hands have:
a. exactly 5 spades and 2 hearts,
b. exactly 3 diamonds and 4 clubs,
c. exactly 1 ace, 2 kings and 4 jacks,
d. exactly 5 red and 1 black cards,
e. exactly an ace, 3 face cards, and 2 number cards?
8. A bag contains 5 red, 7 white, and 8 blue marbles. How many ways can
5 marbles be selected under the following conditions?
a. All the marbles are white.
b. All the marbles are blue.
c. All the marbles are red.
d. Two are red, 2 are white and 1 is blue.
e. Two must be blue.
f. Two are red and 3 are blue.