"The combination to the safe is

472"
PERMUTATION

"My fruit salad is a combination of

apples, grapes and bananas"

COMBINATION
Selection made from a group of item
without regard to its order.
How many ways can 2 students be chosen from the
club {Amy, Ben, Dan, Eva}

Amy Dan

Dan Ben
Ben Eva Amy Eva

Ben Eva

Dan Dan
Amy Eva Amy Ben
Permutations Combinations

Amy, Ben
Amy, Ben
Amy, Dan
Amy, Eva Amy, Dan

Ben, Amy Amy, Eva

Ben, Dan
Ben, Eva Ben, Dan

Dan, Amy Ben, Eva

Dan, Ben
Dan, Eva
Dan, Eva

Eva, Amy
Eva, Ben
Eva, Dan
Combination Formula:
The number of combination of n things
taken r at a time is:

n!
n Cr  C ( n, r ) 
(n  r )! r!
You just got a free ticket for a
boat ride, and you can
bring along 2 friends!
Unfortunately, you have 5
friends who want to come
along.

How many different groups

of friends could you take
with you?
10
Omar is packing his bags for
his vacation. He
has 9 unique shirts, but
only 5 fit in his bag.

How many different groups

of 5 shirts can he take?

126
At a party, each guest shook
hands with other guests
exactly once.

How many handshakes can

you make if there are 100
guests?

4,950
A basket contains 4 star apples, 5
mangoes, and 8 guavas. How many
ways can 2 star apples, 1 mango
and 2 guavas be chosen?

4 C2
= 2 out of 4 star apples will be chosen

5 C1
= 1 out of 5 mangoes will be chosen

8 C2
= 2 out of 8 guavas will be chosen

4 C2 5 C1 8 C2  840
A five – member committee is
being formed from a group
of 9 sophomores and 12
seniors. How many
committees consists given
each?
a. All sophomores 126
b. All seniors 792
c. 1 sophomore, 4 seniors 4455
d. 3 sophomores, 2 seniors 5544
A box with 12 articles
contains one that is
defective. In how many
ways can Martin select five
articles such that:
a. the defective article is
included 330
b. the defective article is not
included 462
A bowl contains 6 red balls, 4
yellow balls and 5 green
balls. In how many ways 540
can we select 4 balls such
that 2 are exactly red?

A group of 5 boys and 6 girls

must select a four – person
committee. How many
committees are possible if 310
it consists of any mixture of
boys and girls?