Performance Task in Math
sandwich, 3 different types of side,
Marvin Almaria
Aldrich Ambion
10 – Charity
Ms. Nicole Raye Sanchez
Fundamental Counting Principle
A fast-food restaurant has a meal
special: $5 for a drink, sandwich,
side item and dessert. The choices
are:
 Sandwich: Grilled chicken, All
Beef Patty, Vegeburger and
Fish Fillet.
 Side: Regular fries, Cheese
Fries, Potato Wedges.
 Dessert: Chocolate Chip
Cookie or Apple Pie.
 Drink: Fanta, Dr. Pepper,
Coke, Diet Coke and Sprite.
Question: How many meal combos
are possible?
Answer: There are 4 stages:
1. Choose a sandwich.
2. Choose a side.
3. Choose a dessert.
4. Choose a drink.
There are 4 different types of
2 different types of desserts and
five different types of drink.
The number of meal combos possible
is 4 * 3 * 2 * 5 = 120
Question: You take a survey with
five “yes” or “no” answers. How many
different ways could you complete
the survey?
Answer: There are 5 stages:
Question 1, question 2, question 3,
question 4, and question 5. There are
2 choices for each question (Yes or
No). So the total number of possible
ways to answer is:
2 * 2 * 2* 2 * 2 = 32
Question: A company puts a code on
each different product they sell.
The code is made up of 3 numbers
and 2 letters. How many different
codes are possible?
Answer: There are 5 stages (number
1, number 2, number 3, letter 1 and
letter 2). There are 10 possible
numbers: 0-9.
There are 26 possible letters: A – Z.
So we have:
10 * 10 * 10 * 26 * 26 = 676000
possible code
Circular Permutation

Question: Find the number of ways

in which 5 people A,B,C,D,E can be
seated at a round table, such that

(I)A and B must always sit together.

Note the following 6 arrangements
(II) C and D must not sit together. are equivalent:

Solution: If we wish to seat A and B

together in all arrangements, we can
consider these two as one unit, along
with 3 others. So effectively we’ve
to arrange 4 people in a circle, the Answer: Therefore the total number
number of ways being (4-1)! or 6. Let of ways in the case will be 2! X 3! =
me show you the arrangements: 12.

In how many ways can 6 people be

seated at a round table?

Answer: Therefore, the total Solution and Answer: the number of

number of ways will be 6 x 2 = 12. ways will be (6-1)! , or 120.

Question: In how many ways can 3 Distinguishable Permutation

men and 3 ladies be seated at around
Question: How many distinguishable
table such that no two men are
permutations exist for the letters in
seated together?
the word CINCINNATI?
Solution: Since we don’t want the
Solution: There are nine total
men to be seated together, the only
letters in word, therefore, n = 10
way to do this is to make the men
and women sit alternately. We’ll n1 = 2 ‘C’
first seat the 3 women, on alternate
n2 = 3 ‘I’
seats, which can be done in (3 – 1)! or
2 ways, as shown below. (We’re n3 = 3 ‘N’
ignoring the other 3 seats for now
n4 = 1 ‘A’
n5 = 1 ‘T’ Solution: This word has 14 letters,
of which three are R’s, two are S’s,
Answer: Therefore the number of
two are M’s, one is a E, one is a Y ,
distinguishable permutations equals:
one is a C, one is a H, one is a I, one
n! is a S.

n1! n2! … nm! Answer: So, the number of

distinguishable ways can be written
10!
as:
2! 3! 3! 1! 1!
14!
(10)(9)(8)(7)(6)(5)(4)
3! 2! 2! 1! 1! 1! 1! 1! 1! 1!
(2)(1). (3)(2)(1)
= 3632428800
= 50, 400

Question: A building contractor is

planning to develop a subdivision that
consists of 6 one-story houses, 4 two-
story houses, and 2 split-level houses.
In how many distinguishable ways can
the houses be arranged?

Solution: There are 12 houses in the

subdivision

n = 12, n1 = 6, n2 = 4, n3 = 2

12!

6! 4! 2!

=13, 860 distinguishable ways

Answer: In how many distinguishable

ways can the letters in
MERRYCHRISTMAS be written?