1.   From a group of six students, four are to be chosen to form a committee. In how many ways can the committee be chosen?
    A. 15 B. 30
    C. 360 D. 720
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  2.   All-Star Pizza offers a large pizza with any three toppings for $9.95. If you can choose from 13 different toppings, how many different pizzas are possible?
    A. 286 B. 78
    C. 1287 D. 715
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  3.   Which situation is a permutation?
    A. The number of games it would take to start 5 different basketball players from a team of 10.
    B. The number of ways you can choose 3 hot dog toppings from a total of 5.
    C. The number of ways each person can shake hands with the other 11 people in the room.
    D. The number of ways 8 students can finish first, second, or third place at the Math Olympiad.
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  4.   Which situation is a combination?
    A. The number of ways 3 books can be displayed in a store window.
    B. The number of ways a coach can choose 3 co-captains for a soccer team.
    C. The number of ways 50 people can line up to enter a concert hall.
    D. The number of ways a committee can choose a president, vice-president, and treasurer.
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  5.   Ten students are playing in a chess tournament. If each student plays every other student once, how many total games are played?
    A. 30 B. 45
    C. 90 D. 120
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