SUMMATIVE TEST

COUNTING PRINCIPLE, PERMUTATION, COMBINATION

Name:________________________________________ Section:__________________________ Score:__________

Direction: Answer the following items using FCP, permutation, and combination. Show solution at the back part of
this paper.

1. How many different 4-digit even numbers can be formed from the digits 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9 if no repetition of
digits is allowed?

2. In how many ways can 8 people be seated around a circular table if two of them insist on sitting beside each
other?

3. Find the number of distinguishable permutations of the letters of the word PASS.

4. Ms. De Leon wants to produce different sets of test questions for her essay test. If she plans to do this by putting
together 3 out of 5 questions she prepared, how many different sets of questions could she construct?

5. If P(9, r) = 3024, what is r ?

6. In a town fiesta singing competition with 12 contestants, in how many ways can the organizer arrange the first
three singers?

7. What is P(8, 5)?

8. If P(n, 4) = 5040, then n = ____.

9. Find the number of distinguishable permutations of the letters of the word EDUCATED.

10. If a combination lock must contain 5 different digits, in how many ways can a code be formed from the digits 0
to 9?

11. In how many ways can 4 men and 3 women arrange themselves in a row for picture taking if the men and
women must stand in alternate positions?

12. In a room, there are 10 chairs in a row. In how many ways can 5 students be seated in consecutive chairs?

13. A caterer offers 3 kinds of soup, 7 kinds of main dish, 4 kinds of vegetable dish, and 4 kinds of dessert. In how
many possible ways can a caterer form a meal consisting of 1 soup, 2 main dishes, 1 vegetable dish, and 2
desserts?

14. In how many ways can a committee of 7 students be chosen from 9 juniors and 9 seniors if there must be 4
seniors in the committee?

15. Find the number of distinguishable permutations of the letters of the word CONCLUSIONS?

16. A certain restaurant allows you to assemble your own vegetable salad. If there are 8 kinds of vegetables
available, how many variations of the salad can you make containing at least 5 vegetables?

17. In how many different ways can 10 different-colored horses be positioned in a carousel?

18. Khristelle was able to calculate the total number of 3-digit numbers that can be formed from a given set of non
zero digits, without repetition. If there were 60 numbers in all, how many digits were actually given?

19. In a gathering, each of the guests shook hands with everybody else. If a total of 378 handshakes were made,
how many guests were there?

20. If 4 marbles are picked randomly from a jar containing 8 red marbles and 7 blue marbles, in how many possible
ways can at least 2 of the marbles picked are red?

“I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating”

- Sophocles