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Multiple-choice questions
1 Suppose that Nicole has six dresses, two jackets and four pairs of shoes. How many
different outfits does she have if she wears a dress, a jacket and a pair of shoes?
A 6
B 8
C 12
D 16
E 48

2 Mark is having dinner at restaurant that offers two courses for $20. He can choose to
have either an entrée and a main course, or a main course and a dessert. If the menu
offers four entrées, six main courses and five desserts, how many different meals are
possible?
A 15
B 29
C 54
D 120
E 300

3 In how many ways can six people line up in a queue at the bank?
A 6!
B 6
C 30
6
D C2
6
E C1

4 How many different licence plates can be made using two letters followed by two
digits, if both the letters and the digits can be repeated?
A 4
B 2600
C 46 800
D 58 500
E 67 600

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5 How many different four-letter ‘words’ can be formed from the letters of the word
SYMBOLIC?
A 8!
B 8765
C 84
8
D C4
8
E C5

44
6 C4 is equal to
A 44!
44!
B
4!

44!
C
40!
44!
D
4!40!

40!
E
4!44!

7 In how many ways can a hand of four cards be dealt from a pack of 52 cards?
A 4!
52!
B
4!
52!
C
48!
52
D C4
48
E C4

8 In how many ways can four students be chosen from a group of 12 students?
A 12
B 48
C 495
D 11 880
E 40 320

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9 A class consists of six girls and eight boys. In how many ways could a committee of
two girls and three boys be chosen?
A 6
C2  8C3
6! 8!
B
2! 3!
14!
C
5!
14
D C5
E 8
C2  6C3

10 Geoff goes to the library to borrow three novels, two biographies and three travel
books. He finds that there are 10 novels, eight biographies and five travel books he
would like to read. In how many ways could Geoff choose to borrow from these books?
A 400
B 33 600
C 7200
D 21 800
E 490 314

11 Four-letter ‘words’ are to be made by arranging the letters of the word FORTUNES.
The probability that the word begins with a consonant is
1
A 4
1
B 2
3
C 4
3
D 8
5
E 8

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The following information refers to questions 12 and 13.

A team of three tennis players is to be chosen from a group of five Year 11 students and seven
Year 12 students.

12 The probability that the team will consist of one Year 11 and two Year 12 students is
 5  7 
A  1  2 
 12 
3

 5  7 
B  2  1 
 12 
3

 5 
C 1
 12 
3

 7 
D  2
 12 
3

 5 
E  1
 7 
 2

13 The probability that at least one Year 11 student will make the team is
35
A
99

19
B
33
7
C
44
37
D
44
64
E
99

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14 Genevieve releases 15 gold fish and 10 black fish into a pond. If five fish are caught at
random, the probability that there are two gold and three black fish is given by
15
C2 10C3
A 25
C5
15
C5
B 25
C5
25
C2
C 25
C5
15
C3 10C2
D 25
C5
25
C5
E 15
C2 10C3

15 If a team of five is chosen at random from a group of eight, three males and five
females, the probability that it would contain two or three males is
3
A
8

15
B
28

5
C
28

15
D
56
5
E
7

Short-answer questions (technology-free)

1 A menu offers a choice of eight entrées, 10 main course and five desserts. Find the
number of meal choices possible:
a if one of each of the three courses must be chosen
b if you can choose to omit the dessert.

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2 Evaluate:
200 100 100
a C199 b C2 c C100

3 In how many ways can four books be arranged on a shelf?

4 If there are 10 runners in the final of the 1500 metres event, in how many ways can the
first three places be filled?

5 A committee of two is to be chosen from a class of 20 students, 12 boys and 8 girls.

a How many different committees could be chosen?
b In how many of these committees could both students be girls?

6 Peter is making a short list of the applicants who applied for a job in his shop. He has
five applications. If he may choose any number from zero to five to shortlist, how many
possible lists does he have?

7 Three students are to be chosen to represent the school in a swimming carnival. There
are four boys and four girls who are eligible to compete. What is the probability that:
a exactly one girl will be chosen?
b at least two girls will be chosen?

8 A two-digit number is to be formed from the set of numbers {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. No

repetitions are allowed. Find the probability that the number:
a is even b is less than 30
c is even given that it is less than 30.

Extended-response question
Six students, three boys and three girls, are to be seated in a row of six seats.

a Find the number of ways in which they can be seated:

i if there are no restrictions
ii if the boys must sit together and the girls must sit together
iii if the boys must sit together.

b If the students are able to sit anywhere, find the probability that:
i the boys will sit together

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ii the boys and girls will alternate along the row.

Answers
Multiple-choice questions

1 E 2 C 3 A 4 E 5 B

6 D 7 D 8 C 9 A 10 B

11 E 12 A 13 D 14 A 15 E

Short-answer questions (technology-free)

1 a 400 b 480

2 a 200 b 4950 c 1

3 24

4 720

5 a 190 b 28

6 32

3 1
7 a b
7 2

2 2 3
8 a b c
5 5 8

Extended-response question

a i 720 ii 72 iii 144

1 1
b i ii
5 10

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