Chapter 6 : Permutations and Combinations Paper 1 : 1. Diagram shows 6 letters and 4 digits.

A B C D E 6 7 8

A code is to be formed using those letters and digits. The code must consist of 3 letters followed by 2 digits. How many codes can be formed if no letter or digits is repeated in each code ? [ 3 marks ] ( SPM 2003 P1 No.22) 2. A table tennis team consists of 7 students. The team will be chosen from a group of 9 boys and 6 girls. Find the number of teams that can be formed such that each team consists of (a) 4 boys, (b) not more than 2 girls. [4 marks ] ( SPM 2003 P1 No.23) 3. Diagram shows five cards of different letters . H E B A T

(a) Find the number of possible arrangement, in a row, of all the cards. (b) Find the number of these arrangements in which the letters E and a are side by side. [4 marks ] ( SPM 2004 P1 No.23) 4. 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 committee can be formed if (a) there is no restriction, (b) the team contains only 1 monitor and exactly 3 prefects. [ 4 marks ] ( SPM 2005 P1 No.22) 5. Diagram shows seven letter cards U N I F O R M

A four-letter code is to be formed using four of these cards. Find (a) the number of different four-letter codes that can be formed, Permutations & Combinations 1

(b) the number of different four-letter codes which end with a consonant. ( SPM 2006 P1 No.22) 6. A coach wants to choose 5 players consisting of 2 boys and 3 girls to form a badminton team. These 5 players are chosen from a group of 4 boys and 5 girls. Find (a) the number of ways the team can be formed, (b) the number of ways the team members can be arranged in arrow for a group photograph, if the three girls sit next to each other. [ 4 marks ] ( SPM 2007 P1 No.23) 7. Diagram shows six numbered cards 3 5 6 7 8 9

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 ] ( SPM 2008 P1 No.23)

Answers : Paper 1 (1). 360 (2). (a) 700 (b) 708 (4) (a) 792 (b) 160 5(a) 840 (b) 480 (6) (a) 360 (b)240 (3). (a) 120 (b) 48 (5) (a) 60 (b) 36

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