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ACTIVITY #1

THIRD QUARTER
January 22, 2025
Instructions:
Write all the solutions and answers in INTERMEDIATE PAD. Write your printed name and
section on each sheet of paper (staple if more than 1 page). To be submitted on FRIDAY, January
31, 2025 during our Math Class. Submission beyond the time given will not be accepted
anymore.
Deduction points for:
• Not following INSTRUCTIONS (no name and section on each page) (-10 points)
• Not following DIRECTIONS (that includes answers are not boxed) (-10 points)
• Copying somebody’s solutions (that includes almost same flow of solutions, same mistakes,
even same number of pages used) (-10 points)
• Letting somebody copy your solutions and answers (that includes almost same flow of
solutions, same mistakes, even same number of pages used) (-10 points)
• Not submitting on the given date and time without valid reason (-10 points)
• Not submitting on the given date and time with valid reason (tentative points).
Solve the following problems. Show your complete solution and box your final answer.
1. In how many different ways is it possible to answer an 8-question true/false quiz?
2. If the NCAA has applications from 6 universities for hosting its intercollegiate tennis championships
in 2008 and 2009, how many ways may they select the hosts for these championships
a) if they are not both to be held at the same university?
b) if they may both be held at the same university?
3. There are five finalists in the Mr. Rock Hill pageant. In how many ways may the judges
choose a winner and a first runner-up?

4. In a primary election, there are four candidates for mayor, five candidates for city treasurer,
and two candidates for county attorney. In how many ways may voters mark their ballots if they vote in all three
of the races?

5. In how many ways may 8 people form a circle for a folk dance?

6. How many permutations are there of the letters in the word “great”?

7. How many permutations are there of the letters in the word “greet”?

8. How many distinct permutations are there of the word “statistics”?

9. A college football team plays 10 games during the season. In how many ways can it end the
season with 5 wins, 4 losses, and 1 tie?

10. If eight people eat dinner together, in how many different ways may 3 order chicken, 4 order
steak, and 1 order lobster?

11. Suppose a True-False test has 20 questions.


a) In how many ways may a student mark the test, if each question is answered?
b) In how many ways may a student mark the test, if 7 questions are marked correctly and
14 incorrectly?
c) In how many ways may a student mark the test, if 10 questions are marked correctly
and 10 incorrectly?

12. Among the seven nominees for two vacancies on the city council are three men and four women. In how
many ways may these vacancies be filled
a) with any two of the nominees?
b) with any two of the women?
c) with one of the men and one of the women?

13. Mr. Jones owns 4 pairs of pants, 7 shirts, and 3 sweaters. In how many ways may he choose
2 of the pairs of pants, 3 of the shirts, and 1 of the sweaters to pack for a trip?

14. In how many ways may one A, three B’s, two C’s, and one F be distributed among seven
students in a CTQR 150 class?

15. A baseball fan has a pair of tickets to 6 different home games of the Chicago Cubs. If the fan
has five friends who like baseball, how many ways may he take one of them along to each of the six games?

16. In a class, there are 27 boys and 14 girls. The teacher wants to select 1 boy and 1 girl to represent the
class for a function. In how many ways can the teacher make this selection?

17. How many numbers are there between 99 and 1000 having 7 in the units place?

18. In how many ways 3 mathematics books, 4 history books, 3 chemistry books and 2 biology books can be
arranged on a shelf so that all books of the same subjects are together.

19. In a local election, voters are select 6 councilors from the set of candidates. If there are 12 candidates for
councilor, how many possible ways can a voter select 6 councilors?

20. Seven grade 12 students volunteered to join the promotions committee that will support the project of the
school’s student council.

a. In how many different ways can 4 students be selected in the promotions committee?
b. In how many ways can 7 students be nominated to be the chairman, vice chairman, secretary and
treasurer of the committee?
21. Given a standard deck of cards, in how many ways can you select
a. three cards?
b. five face cards?
c. four-of-a-kind?

22. In a school photography club, there are 10 boys and 8 girls/


a. In how many ways can a committee of 5 students can be selected?
b. In how many ways can a committee of 4 boys and 3 girls be selected from a group?
c. In how many ways can a committee of 8 people be selected if there must be AT LEAST 6 girls in the
group?

23. Suppose there are 10 points in a plane such that no three points are collinear. How many distinct triangles
can be found with 3 of these points as vertices?

24. A circle has ten randomly-placed points. In how many ways can you form each polygon listed below?
a. triangle b. quadrilateral c. pentagon
d. hexagon e. heptagon f. octagon

25. A five-member committee is being formed from a group of 9 sophomores and 12 seniors. How many
committees can be formed given each condition?
a. all sophomores b. all seniors c. 1 sophomore, 4 seniors d. 3 sophomores, 2 seniors

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