How many different choices does the student have?

Question

An online college offers 5 introductory courses in humanities, 3 introductory courses in in sciences, 4 introductory courses in mathematics, and 4 in English. A
student has to select one course from each of these areas for the upcoming semester. How many different choices does the student have?

Answer 1

When you have a question like this where there are multiple groups of options and you have to select one option from each group, you're total amount of different combinations is simply the product of the amount of options in each group.

 

5 x 3 x 4 x 4 = 240

 

There are 240 possible course schedules.