6 Choose 6

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What is 6 choose 6?

Answer

6 choose 6 is
1

Order doesn't matter, no repeats: 1 way to choose 6 of 6 items.

There is exactly one way: take all.

C(6, 6) = 6! / (6! · 0!)

= 1

0! = 1 (an empty product), so 6! cancels out completely.

If order matters (permutations): P(6, 6) = 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 720 — each combination in 6! = 720 orders.

Row 6 of Pascal's triangle
k6 choose k
01
16
215
320
415
56
61

Row sum: 26 = 64 — all subsets of 6 items.

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FAQ

What is 6 choose 6?

6 choose 6 is 1

Why is 6 choose 6 the same as 6 choose 0?

Every way to choose 6 of 6 items leaves exactly 0 behind, so choosing 6 and choosing which 0 to leave out are the same count: 6 choose 6 = 6 choose 0 = 1. In the formula n! / (k! (n − k)!) the two factorials below just swap places.

How many ways are there if order matters?

P(6, 6) = 720. The only combination — all 6 items — can be put in order in 6! = 720 ways, so permutations = combinations × k!: P(n, k) = n! / (n − k)!.