Counting Principle Worksheet
A Grade 10 math worksheet covering fundamental counting principle, permutations, and combinations with real-world problems.
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Counting Principle Worksheet
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1. A restaurant offers a dinner special with 3 appetizer choices, 5 main course choices, and 2 dessert choices. How many different dinner specials are possible?
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2. The Fundamental Counting Principle states that if there are 'm' ways to do one thing and 'n' ways to do another, then there are ways to do both.
3. A permutation is an arrangement of items where the order , while a combination is an arrangement where the order .
4. How many different ways can the letters of the word 'MATH' be arranged?
5. A committee of 3 people needs to be chosen from a group of 7 volunteers. How many different committees can be formed?
6. The number of permutations of 'n' items taken 'r' at a time is given by the formula P(n, r) = n! / (n-r)!.
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7. A license plate consists of 3 letters followed by 3 digits. If repetition of letters and digits is allowed, how many different license plates are possible?