Table of Contents
- 1 How many combinations are possible with 6 items?
- 2 How many ways can 6 items be arranged?
- 3 How many ways can 6 people be arranged in 6 seats?
- 4 How many ways can you arrange 6 things?
- 5 How many possible combinations can you make with 12 different balls?
- 6 How many combinations can you make with only one element?
How many combinations are possible with 6 items?
For any combination of items, each item is either included or not included in the combo. That means each item has 2 possibilities for every combination. For 6 items, that would make the number of combinations = 2^6 = 64.
How do you find how many different combinations something has?
The formula for combinations is nCr = n! / r! * (n – r)!, where n represents the number of items, and r represents the number of items being chosen at a time.
How many ways can 6 items be arranged?
720 arrangements
So the six letters can be a combination of 6×5×4×3×2×1 letters or 720 arrangements.
How many combinations of 5 items are there?
120 ways
Note that your choice of 5 objects can take any order whatsoever, because your choice each time can be any of the remaining objects. So we say that there are 5 factorial = 5! = 5x4x3x2x1 = 120 ways to arrange five objects. In general we say that there are n!
How many ways can 6 people be arranged in 6 seats?
720 ways
This can be written as, ⇒6×5×4×3×2×1=6! Which is permutation of the number 6. Therefore, 720 ways are there for six people to sit in a six-passenger car.
How many different ways can 6 different books be arranged on a shelf?
Therefore, we have 720 ways of arranging 6 books on the shelf.
How many ways can you arrange 6 things?
So the six letters can be a combination of 6×5×4×3×2×1 letters or 720 arrangements.
How many ways can 5 objects be arranged?
So we say that there are 5 factorial = 5! = 5x4x3x2x1 = 120 ways to arrange five objects.
How many possible combinations can you make with 12 different balls?
If you choose only one element r = 1 at once from that set, the number of combinations will be 12 – because there are 12 different balls. However, if you choose r = 12 elements, there’ll be only 1 possible combination that includes every ball. Try it by yourself with the n choose r calculator!
How many combinations of 3 people are there from a set?
In Combinations ABC is the same as ACB because you are combining the same letters (or people). Now, there are 6 (3 factorial) permutations of ABC. Therefore, to calculate the number of combinations of 3 people (or letters) from a set of six, you need to divide 6! by 3!.
How many combinations can you make with only one element?
You may notice that, according to the combinations formula, the number of combinations for choosing only one element is simply n. On the other hand, if you have to select all the elements, there is only one way to do it. Let’s check this combination property with our example. You’ve got the total number of objects that equals n = 12.
How do you find the number of permutations of an object?
The number of permutations of n different objects taken r at a time, where 0 < r ≤ n and the objects do not repeat is: n(n – 1) (n – 2) (n – 3) . . . (n – r + 1) ★ When repetition is not allowed: C is a combination of n distinct things taking r at a time (order is not important).