ENGINEERING DATA ANALYSIS

COUNTING RULES
Review Exercises

1. Zip Codes. How many 5-digit zip codes are possible if digits can be repeated? If there cannot be
repetitions?
2. Video Games. How many different ways can 6 different video game cartridges be arranged on a
shelf?
3. Laundry Soap Display. A store manager wishes to display 7 different kinds of laundry soap in a row.
How many different ways can this be done?
4. Campus tours. Student volunteers take visitors on a tour of 10 campus buildings. How many
different tours are possible? (Assume order is important.)
5. Identification Tags. How many different 3-digit identification tags can be made if the digits can be
used more than once? If the first digit must be a 5 and repetitions are not permitted?
6. Selection of Officers. Six students are running for the positions of president and vice-president, and
five students are running for secretary and treasurer. If the two highest vote getters in each of the
two contests are elected, how many winning combinations can there be?
7. Evaluate each of these.
a. 8! f. 12P4
b. 10! g. 5P3
c. 0! h. 6P0
d. 1! i. 5P5
e. 7P5 j. 6P2
8. Sports Car Stripes. How many different 4-color code stripes can be made on a sports car if each
code consists of the colors green, red, blue and white? All colors are used only once.
9. Threatened Species of Reptiles. There are 22 threatened species of reptiles in the United States. In
how many ways can you choose 4 to write about? (Order is not important.)
10. How many different 4-letter permutations can be formed from the letters in the word decagon?
11. Ticket Selection. How many different ways can 4 tickets be selected from 50 tickets if each ticket
wins a different prize?
12. Evaluate each expression.
a. 5C2 f. 3C0
b. 8C3 g. 3C3
c. 7C4 h. 9C7
d. 6C2 i. 12C2
e. 6C4 j. 4C3

Permutations and Combinations

13. Selecting Posters. A buyer decides to stock 8 different posters. How many ways can she select these
8 if there are 20 from which to choose?
14. Selecting Rats. How many different ways can a researcher select 5 rats from 20 rats and assign each
to a different test?
15. Textbook Selection. How many different ways can an instructor select 2 textbooks from a possible
17?
16. Public Service Announcements. How many different ways can 5 public service announcements be
run during 1 hour?
17. Dinner Selection. How many ways can a dinner patron select 3 appetizers and 2 vegetables if there
are 6 appetizers and 5 vegetables on the menu?
18. Selecting Officers. In a board of directors composed of 8 people, how many ways can one chief
executive officer, one director, and one treasure be selected?

Compiled by:

ENGR. MARY CRIS YAMUYAM

Instructor