SAT Math Question of the Day

Math Category: Combinations:

Q: The Olive Garden Italian restaurant is offering its Never Ending Pasta bowl special. You can choose any of the 6 sauces: Meat, Alfredo, Marinara, Five Cheese Marinara, Spinach Alfredo, and Sundried Tomato Parmesan and any of the 7 Pastas: Spaghetti, Linguine, Whole Wheat Linguine, Fettuccine, Penne, Farfalle and Angel Hair. How many different combinations of pasta bowls can you try?

  1. 36
  2. 42
  3. 46
  4. 48
  5. 54

UNANSWERED.

The correct answer is B.

A: The answer is 42.

# of sauces × # of pasta = # of pasta bowl combinations
6 × 7 = 42