Selecting 2 orange tabbies from 9 kittens at an animal rescue shelter.

Choosing 3 side-dishes from a menu that offers 6 vegetable side-dishes and 4 starches if you want at least one of each.

An airline is hiring 5 flight attendants. If 8 people apply for the job, how many different groups of 5 attendants can the airline hire?

From a standard deck of 52 cards, in how many ways can 7 cards be drawn?

Seating 8 students in 8 seats in the front row of the school auditorium.

Electing 4 candidates to a municipal planning board from a field of 7 candidates.

Making a 5-sided polygon by choosing any of 5 of 11 points located on a circle to be the vertices.

Introducing the 5 starting players on the Blue Devil’s basketball team at the beginning of the next basketball game.

Checking out 4 library books from a list of 8 books for a research paper.

electing a 4-person bobsled team, if one of the team members must be from a group of 9 football players and the other 3 may be from a group of 8 other athletes.

Choosing the first, second, and third-place finishers in a race with 10 competitors

From a group of 10 men and 12 women, how many committees of 5 men and 6 women can be formed?

A photographer is taking pictures of a bride and groom and their 6 attendants. If she takes photographs of 3 people in a group, how many different groups can she photograph?