Sort the flag counts
Exercise and reference answers
- Items
- Group
- Two flags
- Item
- 5 then 4
- Group
- Two flags
- Item
- Gives 20
- Group
- Two flags
- Item
- Two places
- Group
- Three flags
- Item
- 5 4 then 3
- Group
- Three flags
- Item
- Gives 60
- Group
- Three flags
- Item
- Three place
- Group
- Five flags
- Item
- All five
- Group
- Five flags
- Item
- Gives 120
- Group
- Five flags
- Item
- 5 factorial
- Groups
- Item
- Two flags
- Item
- Three flags
- Item
- Five flags
- Instructions
- Drop each count onto two flags, three flags or five flags.
Explanation
_Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 7, Permutations and Combinations._