Question

There are 4 portable classrooms at Glynn High School. Four teachers will be assigned to the rooms. In how many ways can these assignments be made?

Answer 1

24

Explanation:

In the first classroom, there are 4 possibilities of teachers to be assigned.

In the second classroom, 1 teacher has already been assigned, so there are 3 possibilities.

In the third classroom, 2 teachers have already been assigned, so there are only 2 possibilities.

Finally, there is only 1 possible teacher for the fourth classroom, since 3 teachers have already been assigned to other classrooms.

We can find the total number of possibilities using the product rule.

N = 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 24