In this Demonstration, is the result of drawing a card of a given suit and is the result of drawing a card of a given value (1, 2, 3, …, J, Q, K, A). The suit of the card drawn has no influence on its value, so the product rule applies.

Here is another example (not shown in the graphic). How many ways are there of first drawing a red card and then drawing a spade (♠)? The two sets are reds and spades; they are distinct because a spade is black. There are 26 ways to draw a red card and 13 ways to draw a spade, so the number of possible ways to draw a red card and then a spade is .