You throw three darts at the board shown. Each dart hits the board and scores a 1, 5, or ten. How many different total scores can you make?

Question

You throw three darts at the board shown. Each dart hits the board and scores a 1, 5, or ten. How many different total scores can you make?

Answer 1

Since order is unimportant, there are 10 possible scores.

 

1 1 1, 1 1 5, 1 5 5, 1 5 10, 1 1 10, 1 10 10

 

5 5 5, 5 5 10, 5 10 10

 

10 10 10