Combination

 

1a)                                   1b)                                   1c)                                   1d)

                                                            

 

 

1e)                                   1f)                                    1g)                                   1h)

                                                

 

 

2) A person has five objects in a box, how many different ways can this person randomly pick out two objects?

 

3) A person has seven objects in a box, how many different ways can this person randomly pick out five objects?

 

4) A magician has ten different rabbits in a hat, how many different ways can this magician randomly pick out five rabbits?

5) A carpenter has eight different power tools in a tool chest, how many different ways can this carpenter randomly pick out three tools?

 

6) A person has six TV-Dinners in the freezer, how many different ways can this person randomly pick out two of these dinners?

 

7) A swimmer has eleven different swimming holes.  The swimmer writes the names of these swimming holes down on little pieces of paper and puts them into a hat.  How many different ways can this swimmer randomly pick out two of these swimming holes?  

 

Answer Key (The answers below are an approximation.  Your answers may vary due to calculation error.)

1a) 126    1b) 210    1c) 120    1d) 1,716    1e) 1    1f) 9    1g) 1    1h) impossible    2) 10    3) 21    4) 252    5) 56    6) 15    7) 55

 

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