How many dinner specials are possible?

Question

or the dinner special at a restaurant, the customer must choose an appetizer, a salad, an entree, a side dish, and a dessert.

Here are the items to choose from.

ChoicePossible items
Appetizer	Chicken strips, Buffalo wings, Onion rings, Cheese sticks, Potato skins
Salad	Southwest, Caesar
Entree	Roast turkey, T-bone steak, Lamb, Pot roast
Side dish	Rice, Corn, Baked potato, Mixed vegetables
Dessert	Ice cream, Brownies, Cheesecake

How many dinner specials are possible?

Answer 1

Assuming that a person must take one of each:

Appetizer: 5 choices

Salad: 2 choices

Entrée: 4 choices

Side Dish: 4 choices

Dessert: 3 choices

Then the total number of possible choices is 5•2•4•4•3 = 480