1. Consider the string "SPE" as a unit. The set of elements we need to arrange now is {"SPE", "C", "I", "A", "L"} and this can be done in 5! ways.
There are 5 positions: _ _ _ _ _.
Pick up "SPE", how many places can you put this? 5.
Now we have _ _ SPE _ _ .
Pick up "C", how many places...