Aim for Success

Form 5: Chapter 6 Permutations and Combinations

Paper 1 (b) Number of teams

2
1. Vowels : E, A, O One saxophonist : C1  7C3 = 70
Consonants : H, X, G, N
2
Two saxophonists : C2  7C2 = 21
The number of ways of arranging all the letters of
the word ‘HEXAGON’ such that they must begin Total = 70 + 21 = 91
with a vowel and end with a consonant
= 3  5!  4
= 1440

2.
WRLD O
√ √

Number of arrangements = 2!  4!
= 48

WRLD
√√√√

3. (a) Number of codes = 5P3 = 60

(b) Number of codes

1 = 4P2

3 = 4P2

5 = 4P2

7 = 4P2

Odd digit

∴ Total = 4P2  4 = 48

4. (a) Number of teams = 9C4 = 126

128