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. 720
    C. 360 D. 30
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  2.   You have an assignment for an art class to paint a painting using only four colors. Visiting an art store, you find 20 colors from which to choose. How many different combinations of colors are there?
    A. 24 B. 4,845
    C. 116,280 D. 74
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  3.   Which situation is a permutation?
    A. The number of ways each person can shake hands with the other 11 people in the room.
    B. The number of ways you can choose 3 hot dog toppings from a total of 5.
    C. The number of ways 8 students can finish first, second, or third place at the Math Olympiad.
    D. The number of games it would take to start 5 different basketball players from a team of 10.
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  4.   Which situation is a combination?
    A. The number of ways a committee can choose a president, vice-president, and treasurer.
    B. The number of ways 3 books can be displayed in a store window.
    C. The number of ways 50 people can line up to enter a concert hall.
    D. The number of ways a coach can choose 3 co-captains for a soccer team.
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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. 90 B. 120
    C. 45 D. 30
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