Permutation&Combination_2011 Form 5

JOHOR 2010

1. A committee of 6 people is to be chosen from 5 men and 7 women. Find the number
of ways the committee can be formed if

(a) there is no restriction

(b) the committee must has at most 2 men [4 marks]

KEDAH 2010

2. Three letters will be selected from the words “ P H Y S I C S “. Find the number of
possible selections if

(a) no condition is imposed

(b) all the three letters selected must be different [3 marks]
KELANTAN 2010

3. A club committee consists of 8 students. The committee is chosen from 5 prefects, 4

librarians and 3 monitors. Calculate the number of different ways the committee can
be chosen if

(a) there is no restriction

(b) the committee contains all prefects and only 2 monitors [4 marks]
MELAKA 2010

4. An expedition team consisting of 10 members to be chosen from a group of 4

teachers and 12 students.

(a) Calculate the number of teams that can be formed

(b) If the team must consist of at least 2 teachers, calculate the numbers of
teams that could be formed. [3 marks]
MRSM 2010

5. A team of 4 members is to be chosen from 6 boys and 9 girls to participate in a

mathematics quiz. Find the number of ways of selecting the team if

(a) all the participants are of the same gender

(b) the number of boys and girls must be equal [4 marks]
PENANG 2010

6. Four letters have to be selected from the word ‘S A M P L E’. Find the number of
different possible arrangements such that

(a) the arrangement begins with E.

(b) the arrangement has no E [4 marks]

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N.SEMBILAN 2010

7. Diagram 1 shows six letter cards

Four cards are arranged to form four-lettered words. Find

(a) the number of different words can be formed

(b) the probability that the words formed have all the consonants [4 marks]

PAHANG 2010

8. Diagram 2 shows five cards of different letters

(a) Find the number of possible arrangements, in a row, of all the cards.
(b) Find the number of these arrangements in which the letters U and A are not
side by side. [4 marks]
PERAK 2010

9. Find the number of different arrangements that can be formed using all the letters in
the word ‘ H A R M O N I ‘ , if

(a) none of the letters can be repeated

(b) vowels and consonants should be arranged alternatively [4 marks]
SABAH 2010

10. (a) How many five-digit odd numbers can be formed from the digits 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 if
no repetition is allowed?
(b) A karate team of 5 members is chosen from 4 girls and 6 boys. Calculate the
number of different ways the team can be formed if there is no restriction.
[4 marks]
SARAWAK 2010

11. A debate team consists of 2 Form Four and 4 Form Five students. If they are chosen
from 10 Form Four students and 12 Form Five students, find
(a) the number of ways the debate team can be formed.
(b) the number of ways the debate team can be arranged in a row to take
photograph with the 2 Form Four students sitting next to each other.
[4 marks]

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SBP 2010
12. A debating team consists of 5 students. These 5 students are chosen from 4
monitors, 2 assistant monitors and 6 prefects. Calculate the number of different
ways the team can be formed if
(a) there is no restriction
(b) the team contains only one monitor and exactly 3 prefects. [3 marks]

13. Four girls and three boys are to be seated in a row. Calculate the number of possible
arrangements if
(a) all the three boys have to be seated together
(b) a boy has to be seated at the centre. [3 marks]

SELANGOR 2010

14. A mathematics test consists of two sections. The number of questions in Section A is
5, whereas the number of questions in Section B is 4. Find the number of ways a
student can answer the questions in the test if the student must answer
(a) any 6 questions
(b) 4 questions from Section A and 2 questions from Section B. [4 marks]

TERENGGANU 2010
15. A Physics project team from SMK Megat Panji Alam consists of 7 students. The team
will be chosen from a group of 8 boys and 4 girls. Calculate the number of ways the
team can be formed if
(a) there is no restriction
(b) the team consists of not more than 2 girls. [4 marks]

WP KL 2010
16. Diagram 3 shows 3 white circles and 4 black circles

Find the number of ways the circles can be arranged, in a row, in alternate colours.

[2 marks]

17. A team consists of 8 students are to be chosen from 6 boys and 4 girls. Find the
number of different ways the team can be formed if

(a) there is no restriction

(b) the team must consists of at least 3 girls. [4 marks]

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WP PUTRAJAYA 2010

18. There are 4 cars, that is, A, B, C and D and 3 vans, that is, X, Y and Z in a used car
shop. Diagram 4 shows a parking area. Find

(a) the number of ways a man has if he wants to buy two cars and a van from the
shop.

(b) the number of ways of arranging the vehicles if the 3 cars and 2 vans have to
be arranged in the parking area as shown. [4 marks]

TIMES 2010

19. A letter is randomly selected from the word ‘ F R I E N D’ and another letter from the
word ‘ L A D Y’. Find the probability that

(a) both selected letters are vowels

(b) a vowel and a consonant are selected [4 marks]

20. A team of 20 rescue volunteers for earthquake victims is to be set up. There are 8
doctors, 10 nurses and 12 workers volunteering their services. Find the number of
ways the team can be formed if

(a) 3 doctors, 6 nurses and 11 workers are required

(b) at least 2 doctors are required [4 marks]

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