Date: 2 /1/2021 Subject: Mathematics

Question Paper

Question 1 [𝟐 × 𝟏𝟓]
Choose the correct answer in each of the following

1) Given  𝑛 𝑃1 = 42, then 𝑛 =

a) 6 b) 7 c) 8 d) 42

2) The number of terms in the expansion of (2𝑥 + 𝑦)13 is

a) 14 b) 15 c) 16 d) 17
𝑛
3) If 𝐶15 = 𝐶5𝑛 , then 𝑛 =
a) 4 b) 5 c) 9 d) 20

4) The number of ways to arrange the letters of the word “LETTER” is

a) 120 b) 180 c) 720 d) 5040

5) The sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (4𝑥 − 3𝑦)9 is

a) −1 b) 0 c) 1 d) 823543

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6) The order of the term free of 𝑥 in the expansion of (3𝑥 − 𝑥 3) is
a) 3 b) 4 c) 6 d) 7

7) The number of ways to arrange 4 boys and 4 girls around a regular pentagonal table is
a) 6! b) 7! c) 3! × 4! d) 12!

8) If the coefficient of 𝑇3 and the coefficient of 𝑇9 in the expansion of (1 + 𝑥 )2𝑛 are equal,
then the value of 𝑛 is
a) 1 b) 5 c) 10 d) 20

9)  7 𝑃𝑟 =
a) 42 b) 56 c) 58 d) 60

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10) The ratio of the coefficients of the two middle terms in the expansion of (𝑥 2 + 𝑥) is
1 1
a) − 2 b) −1 c) 1 d) 2

11) If the order of the middle term in the expansion of (𝑎 + 𝑏)3𝑛+2 is 11, then the value of 𝑛 is
a) 2 b) 3 c) 6 d) 8
𝑛+1 𝑛+1
12) 𝐶𝑟−2 + 𝐶𝑟−1 =
𝑛+1 𝑛+2 𝑛+2 𝑛+2
a) 𝐶𝑟−2 b) 𝐶𝑟−3 c) 𝐶𝑟−1 d) 𝐶𝑟−2

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13) The coefficient of 𝑦 6 in the expansion of (𝑦 − ) is
𝑦
a) 𝐶512 b) 𝐶612 c) 𝐶912 d) 𝐶812

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 Date: 2 /1/2021 Subject: Mathematics

14) Given  𝑥 𝑃𝑥 + 𝐶𝑥𝑥 = 25, then the value of 𝑥 is

a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5

15) In the expansion of (5𝑥 + 3)𝑘 : if the free term of 𝑥 is 243, then the value of 𝑘 is
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6

Question 2 [𝟏 × 𝟏𝟎]
State whether the following statements are true or false

1) In the expansion of (𝑥 + 1)12 , the coefficient of 𝑇11 is equal to 66 ( )

2) In the expansion of (𝑥 + 3)15 : sum of the orders of the two middle terms is 15 ( )
3) Given 𝐶𝑦9 = 36, the value of 𝑦 = 2 ( )
4) Given 𝑎(2𝑎 − 1)! = 360, then 𝑎! = 6 ( )
5) The number of the terms in the expansion (𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 1)5 is 11 terms ( )
6) Given  𝑥 𝑃3 = 7  𝑥−1 𝑃2 , the value of 𝑥 = 7 ( )
7) The number of terms of the (𝑥 − 𝑦)19 is 18 terms ( )
8) If  𝑛 𝑃𝑟 = 720, 𝑛 ≠ 𝑟, then 𝑟 = 3 ( )
9)  (𝑛−2) 𝑃5 ÷  𝑛−2 𝐶4 = 6(𝑛 − 2) ( )
10)  15 𝐶5 + 2  15 𝐶4 +15 𝐶3 =15 𝐶5 ( )

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