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This document contains a monthly examination with 27 multiple choice questions about permutations and combinations. The questions cover topics such as distinguishing between permutations and combinations, calculating factorial expressions, determining the number of possible arrangements or selections of objects from a set given certain conditions, and solving word problems involving permutations and combinations. An answer key is provided at the end.

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Monthly Examination

This document contains a monthly examination with 27 multiple choice questions about permutations and combinations. The questions cover topics such as distinguishing between permutations and combinations, calculating factorial expressions, determining the number of possible arrangements or selections of objects from a set given certain conditions, and solving word problems involving permutations and combinations. An answer key is provided at the end.

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MONTHLY EXAMINATION

Choose the letter that you think best answers the question
1. What do you call the different arrangements of the objects of a group?
A. selection
C. permutation
B. differentiation
D. combination
2. Which situation illustrates permutation?
A. forming a committee of councilors
B. selecting 10 questions to answer out of 15 questions in a test
C. choosing 2 literature books to buy from a variety of choices
D. assigning rooms to conference participants
3. It is the selection of objects from a set.
A. combination
B. differentiation

C. permutation
D. distinction

4. Which of the following situations illustrates combination?


A. arranging books in a shelf
B. drawing names from a box containing 200 names
C. forming different numbers from 5 given digits
D. forming plate numbers of vehicles
5. Which of the following situations does NOT illustrate combination?
A. selecting fruits to make a salad
B. assigning telephone numbers to homes
C. choosing household chores to do after classes
D. selecting posters to hang in the walls of your room
6. Which of the following expressions represents the number of distinguishable permutations of
the letters of the word CONCLUSIONS?
A. 11!
B.

C.

11!
8!

D.

11!
2! 2! 2!
11!
2! 2! 2! 2!

7. A certain restaurant allows you to assemble your own vegetable salad. If there are 8
kinds of vegetables available, how many variations of the salad can you make
containing at least 5 vegetables?
A. 56
B. 84
C. 93
D. 96
8. Calculate P(12, 4).
A. 40 320

B. 11 880

C. 990

D. 495

9. How many different 3-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 1, 3, 4,
6, 7, 9 if repetition of digits is not allowed?
A. 840
B. 720
C. 360
D. 120
10. Miss Cruz plotted some points on the board, no three of which are colinear.
When she asked her student to draw all the possible lines through the points, he
came up with 45 lines. How many points were on the board?

A. 10

B. 9

C. 8

D. 7

11. If P(9, r) = 504, what is r?


A. 7
B. 6

C. 5

D. 3

C. 13

D. 14

12. If P(n, 4) = 17 160, then n =


A. 9
B. 11

13. If x = P(7, 4), y = P(8, 4), and z = P(9, 3), arrange x, y, and z from smallest to
greatest.
A. x, y, z
B. z, x, y
C. y, x, z
D. x, z, y
14. Calculate

7!
3 ! 2!

A. 420
B. 840
C. 1680
D. 2520
15. Which of the following can be a value of r in C(15, r) = 1365?
A. 6
B. 5
C. 4
D. 3
16. If C(n, 5) = 252, then n =
A. 7
B. 8

17. Calculate: C(20, 5)


A. 6840
B. 15 504

C. 9

D. 10

C. 116 280

D. 1 860 480

18. Let a = C(7, 4), b = C(7, 5), c = C(7, 6) and d = C(7, 7). If there are 7 points on the
plane, no three of which are collinear, what represents the total number of polygons that
can be formed with at least 5 sides?
A. a + b
C. a + b + c
B. c + d
D. b + c + d
19. Find C(18, 4).
A. 2400
B. 3060
C. 4896
D. 73 440
20. Evaluate: C(25, 4) + C(30, 3) + C(35, 2)
A. 17 900
B. 17 305
C. 16 710

D. 4655

21. In how many different ways can 7 potted plants be arranged in a row?
A. 5040
B. 2520
C. 720
D. 210
22. In how many different ways can 10 different-colored horses be positioned in a carousel?
A. 504
B. 4032
C. 362 880
D. 3 628 800
23. In how many possible ways can Juan answer a 10-item matching type quiz if there are also 10
choices and he answers by mere guessing?
A. 3 628 800
B. 40 320
C. 720
D. 10
24. Khristelle was able to calculate the total number of 3-digit numbers that can be formed from
a given set of non zero digits, without repetition. If there were 60 numbers in all, how many digits
were actually given?
A. 8
B. 7
C. 6
D. 5
25. How many different rays can be formed from 8 distinct points on a plane, no three of which
lie on the same line?
A. 56
B. 28
C. 26
D. 4

Answer Key
I.
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. B
9. D
10. A

11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

D
C
B
A
C
D
B
D
B
B

21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.

A
C
A
D
A
C
B
D

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