Question

A local middle school adopted a policy for school uniforms. Students can wear black pants or tan pants. They can wear a yellow shirt, a red shirt, a green shirt, or a white shirt. The tree diagram shows the possible outfit choices.

How many different choices does a student have when choosing a pair of pants and a shirt?
2
4
8
10

Answer 1

8

Explanation:

Answer 2

So you are given a choice of black or tan pants, and in shirts yellow, red, green or white. Therefore the possible combinations for red are:
Black pant + red shirt
Tan pant + red shirt
Possible combinations for yellow are:
Black pant + yellow shirt
Tan pant + yellow shirt
Possible combinations for green are:
Black pant + green shirt
Tan pant + green shirt
Possible combinations for white are:
Black pant + white shirt
Tan pant + white shirt
Therefore you have a total of 8 different assortments of pants and shirts.