CLASS XI APPLIED MATHEMATICS

Permutations and Combinations

I.Evaluate the following:

1) 5! 10! 3) 7!4!
2) 8! 6!2!

4) Evaluate: a) 7 P4 b) P2 c) P6
10 6

5) A club with 10 members is to choose 3 officers- president, vice-president and secretary.

If each office is to be held by 1 person and no person can hold more than one office, how
many ways can these offices be filled?

6) Suppose you are asked to list, in order of preference, the three best movies you have
seen this year. If you saw 20 movies, in how many ways can the 3 best be chosen and
ranked?

7) How many arrangements of 4 letters from the word COMBINE if no letter is used more
than once?

8) How many distinguishable permutations are possible using the letters of the following
words:
a) ATHENS c) SUBSTITUTE

b) BASKETBALL d) ICICLE

9) How many vertical arrangements are there of 8 flags if 4 are white, 3 are blue and 1
is red?
10) Your friend is having a party and has 15 games to choose from. There is enough time to
play 4 games. In how many ways can you choose 4 games to play?

11) The general manager of a fast-food restaurant chain must select 6 restaurants from 11
for a promotional program. How many possible ways can this selection be done?

12) How many different ways can a theatrical group select 2 musicals and 3 dramas from 11
musicals and 8 dramas?
13) How many ways can a jury of 6 women and 6 men be selected from 10 women and 12 men?

14) The state narcotics bureau must form a 5 member investigative team. If is has 25
agents from which to choose, how many different possible teams can be formed?
15) In order to conduct an experiment, 4 students are randomly chosen from a class of 20.
How many different groups of 4 people are possible?

16) Your school yearbook has an editor-in-chief and an assistant editor-in-chief. The staff
of the yearbook has 15 students. In how many ways can students be chosen for these
2 positions?

17) A relay race has 4 runners who run different parts of the race. There are 16 students
on your track team. In how many different ways can your coach select students to
compete in the race?