Pre-test

Problem Solving on Permutation and Combination

Name: ______________________________________ Section:____________________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read and analyze each question. Write your answer before each number.
___1. In how many ways can 5 different vases can be arranged in a row?
a. 120 b. 60 c. 20 d. 5
___2. In how many ways can the letters of the word “PHILIPPINES” be arranged?
a. 27, 720 c. 1,108,800
b. 34, 650 d. 39,916,800
___3. In a certain general assembly, three major prizes are at stake. In how many ways can the first, second,
and third prizes be drawn from box containing 20 names?
a. 17 b. 60 c. 1,140 d. 6,840
___4. How many ways 10 cheerleaders can make a circular formation?
a. 100 b. 252 c. 362,880 d. 3,628,800
___5. How many different 5 letter arrangements can be made from the letters C, H, A, I, and R if repetition is
not allowed?
a. 25 b. 120 c. 625 d. 3125
___6. Seven points are marked on a circle. How many quadrilaterals can be formed using any 4 of the 7
points?
a. 11 b. 28 c. 35 d. 840
___7. Four students are to be chosen from a group of 10 to fill the positions of president, vice-president,
treasurer, and secretary. In how many ways can this be accomplished?
a. 6 b. 210 c. 5,040 d. 10,000
___8. Calculate the number of three-digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 without
repetition.

a. 60 b. 720 c. 945 d. 1,000

___9. How many ways can 5 people be seated around a circular table if two of them insist on sitting beside
each other?
a. 5 b. 12 c. 36 d. 72
___10. Four students need to be selected from a class of 15 to help clean up the campus. How many ways
can be 4 students be chosen?
a. 1,365 b. 5,040 c. 32,760 d. 55, 432