Possible Classroom Examples:

• A nickel, a dime and a quarter are tossed.

• Construct a tree diagram to list all possible outcomes.
• Use the Fundamental Counting Principle to determine how many different outcomes are possible.

• To fulfill certain requirements for a degree, a student must take one course each from the following groups:  health, civics, critical thinking, and elective.  If there are four health, three civics, six critical thinking, and ten elective courses, how many different options for fulfilling the requirements does a student have?

• How many different Zip Codes are possible using.

• the old style (five digits)
• the new style (nine digits) 

• Each student and State University has a student ID number consisting of four digits (the first digit is nonzero and digits may be repeated) followed by three of the letters A, B, C, D, and E (letters may not be repeated).  How many different student ID’s are possible?

• Calculate each of the following
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• Find the value of  when and