Quiz: Practice Questions on Basic Counting Principles (set 1)

This quiz contains questions based on counting principles, permutations and combinations, specifically designed for middle and high school students. Please refrain from using external resources while solving the questions. If your answers are incorrect, you can retake the quiz to improve your score. If you notice any errors in the questions or answers, please leave a comment. Good luck, and enjoy the quiz!

1. 
How many ways can a 5-question true/false quiz be answered?

2. 
How many ways can a president, vice president, and secretary be chosen from a group of 6 students?

3. 
How many ways can a 4-person committee be selected from a group of 10 people?

4. 
How many ways can 3 red, 2 blue, and 1 green book be arranged on a shelf?

5. 
How many numbers between 1 and 100 are divisible by 3 or 5?

6. 
How many trailing zeros are in 100!?

7. 
How many diagonals does a regular hexagon have?

8. 
How many triangles can be formed from 8 non-collinear points?

9. 
In a class of 30 students, 15 play soccer, 12 play basketball, and 5 play both. How many students play at least one of the two sports?

10. 
In a group of 13 people, what is the minimum number of people who share the same birth month?

11. 
How many ways can 4 boys and 3 girls be seated in a row if the girls must sit together?

12. 
In a school, 60% of students play soccer, 50% play basketball, and 20% play both. What percentage of students play neither sport? (Enter answer with % e.g. 50%)

13. 
In a survey of 200 people, 120 like tea, 80 like coffee, and 50 like both. How many people like neither tea nor coffee?

14. 
How many subsets of {1,2,3,...,10} contain exactly 4 elements?

15. 
A locker combination consists of 3 numbers, each from 0-39. If numbers can repeat, how many different combinations exist?

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