CHAPTER 6

PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS PAPER 1

FORM 5

1.

A committee of 3 boys and 3 girls are to be formed from 10 boys and 11 girls. In how many ways can the committee be formed? [2 marks]

2.

How many 4-letter codes can be formed using the letters in the word 'GRACIOUS' without repetition such that the first letter is a vowel? [2 marks] Find the number of ways of choosing 6 letters including the letter G from the word 'GRACIOUS'. [2 marks]

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4.

How many 3-digit numbers that are greater than 400 can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 without repetition? [2 marks] How many 4-digit even numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 without repetition? [2 marks] Diagram shows 4 letters and 4 digits. A B C D 5 6 7 8

5.

6.

A code is to be formed using those letters and digits. The code must consists of 3 letters followed by 2 digits. How many codes can be formed if no letter or digit is repeated in each code ? [3 marks] 7. A badminton team consists of 8 students. The team will be chosen from a group of 8 boys and 5 girls. Find the number of teams that can be formed such that each team consists of a) 5 boys, b) not more than 2 girls. [4 marks] 8. Diagram shows five cards of different letters. R A J I N

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 A and N are side by side. [4 marks]

CHAPTER 6 9.

PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS

FORM 5

A debating team consists of 6 students. These 6 students are chosen from 2 monitors, 3 assistant monitors and 5 prefects. a) there is no restriction, b) the team contains only 1 monitor and exactly 3 prefects. [4 marks]

10.

Diagram shows seven letter cards. U N I F O R M

A five-letter code is to be formed using five of these cards. Find a) the number of different five-letter codes that can be formed, b) the number of different five-letter codes which end with a consonant. [4 marks]

11.

How many 5-digit numbers that are greater than 50000 can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 without repetition? [4 marks] How many 4-digit even numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 without any digit being repeated? [4 marks]

12.

13.

A coach wants to choose 9 players consisting of 6 boys and 3 girls to form a squash team. These 9 players are chosen from a group of 8 boys and 6 girls. Find (a) the number of ways the team can be formed, (b) the number of ways the team members can be arranged in a row for a group photograph, if the 6 boys sit next to each other. [4 marks]

14.

2 girls and 8 boys are to be seated in a row of 5 chairs. Find the number of ways they can be seated if no two persons of the same sex are next to each other. [3 marks] Diagram shows six numbered cards. 1 4 5 7 8 9

15.

A four-digit number is to be formed by using four of these cards. How many a) different numbers can be formed? b) different odd numbers can be formed? [4 marks]