Name: _______________________________ Date: ______________________

Strand and Section: ____________________ Instructor: __________________

Adviser:____________________

PERFORMANCE TASK # 2
PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS
Instructions:
1. Identify whether the given problem is PERMUTATION or COMBINATION.
2. Solve and organize your solution paper on any clean sheet of paper.
3. Once all items are solved, accomplish the puzzle and include it on your solution paper.
4. At the bottom of your solution paper, affix your signature. NO SIGNATURE, NO SCORE.
5. Take a picture of your written solution paper on a Word file, make sure it is CLEAR and READABLE. But don’t forget to
change the word file to PDF format.
6. Attach the PDF file only upon submission. Make sure you double check before you click submit.
7. NOT FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS will be given a deduction.

PUZZLE
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5 9 18 18 17 19 15 9 19 18 6 19 14 9 18 8 11 13 19 17 2 18 12 16

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14 18 16 1 3 7 19 11 12 15 4 10 12 1

WORD PROBLEMS:

1. In how many different ways can 11 people be seated at a round table?

2. A coach must choose five starters from a team of 12 players. How many different ways can the coach choose the
starters?
3. In how many ways can 8 different books be arranged on a shelf?
4. How many arrangements can be made out of the letters of the word ENGINEERING?
5. How many five-digit zip codes can be made where all digits are unique if the possible digits are the numbers 0-9?
6. How many different four-letter passwords can be created for a software access if no letter can be used more
than once?
7. In how many ways can a cricket team of eleven be selected out from a batch of 15 players?
8. How many different ways can you elect a Chairman and Co-Chairman of committee if you have 10 people to
choose from?
9. Box A contains 7 balls and Box B contains 16 balls. How many different selections of 10 balls each can be made if
3 balls are to be selected from box A and 7 from Box B?
10. In a group of 18 people, a $20, $15 and $10 prize will be given. How many ways can the prizes are distributed?
11. A group of 10 women and 6 men must select a four-person committee. How many committees are possible if it
must consist of 2 men and 2 women?
12. Find the number of permutations of the letters of the word PENNSYLVANIA?
13. A local school board with 15 people needs to form a committee with four different responsibilities. How many
ways can this committee are formed?
14. A box of 10 articles contains one that is defective. In how many ways can Ken select 4 articles such that the
defective article is included?
 15. A class consists of 12 boys and 15 girls. How many different committees of four can be selected from the class if
each committee is to consist of two boys and two girls?
16. Suppose there is a class of 20 students and elections are being made for class president and vice president. How
many different ways could the candidates be picked?
17. A committee of 5 people is to be chosen from a group of 6 men and 4 women. How many committees are
possible if it must consist of a majority of women?
18. A committee of 5 people must be selected from 5 accountants and 8 educators. How many ways can the
selection be done if there are at least 3 educators in the committee?
19. In how many ways can five people line up for a group picture if two want to stand next to each other?

LETTER CHOICES:

A. 675 J. 45 S. 66
B. 1 365 K. 32 760 T. 6 930
C. 30 240 L. 3 628 800 U. 39 916 800
D. 40 320 M. 90 V. 252
E. 48 N. 6 497 400 W. 84
F. 4 896 O. 966 X. 5 040
G. 190 P. 120 Y. 792
H. 400 400 Q. 56 Z. 14 950
I. 277 200 R.380