How many ways can you distribute $4$ identical balls among $4$ identical boxes?

5 ways

Step-by-step explanation:

We have to name the cases.

1. 4 - 0 - 0 - 0

2. 3 - 1 - 0 - 0

3. 2 - 2 - 0 - 0

4. 2 - 1 - 1 - 0

5. 1 - 1 - 1 - 1

We don't name 0 - 0 - 1 - 3 or 0 - 1 - 1 - 2 etc. because it is the same thing.