Counting Principle Worksheet
This worksheet helps Grade 6 students understand and apply the fundamental counting principle to solve probability problems.
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Counting Principle Worksheet
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Read each question carefully and use the fundamental counting principle to find the total number of possible outcomes. Show your work where applicable.
1. A restaurant offers a lunch special with 3 choices of sandwich, 2 choices of side, and 4 choices of drink. How many different lunch combinations are possible?
2. You are choosing an outfit for school. You have 5 shirts, 3 pairs of pants, and 2 pairs of shoes. How many different outfits can you make?
3. If there are 4 different flavors of ice cream and 3 different toppings, the total number of single-scoop ice cream combinations is .
4. A code consists of 2 letters (A-Z) followed by 1 digit (0-9). If repetition is allowed, there are possible codes.
5. A new car can be ordered in 6 exterior colors, 2 interior colors, and with or without a sunroof. How many different ways can the car be ordered?
10
12
24
36
6. If you flip a coin and roll a standard six-sided die, there are 8 possible outcomes.
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False
7. A combination lock has a 3-digit code. Each digit can be any number from 0 to 9. How many possible codes are there if digits can be repeated?
8. Sarah is creating a playlist for her party. She wants to choose 1 song from her pop genre (10 songs), 1 song from her rock genre (8 songs), and 1 song from her dance genre (12 songs). How many different playlists can she create?