Junior High School

Mathematics Area

Proficiency Task 4.2

Combinatorics and Probability
Mathematics 10

Name: Cathryn Michaelle G. Gayosa Score:______________/36

Grade/Section: 10-13 St. Odo of Cluny Date: May 20, 2022

Directions: Answer the following questions completely using the concepts of combinatorics and
probability. Submit your answers with complete solutions in the Assignments Tab entitled Math
10 Proficiency Task 4.2

A. Identify if the given problem involves permutation or combination. (10 points)

Permutation 1. A team of 8 basketball players needs to choose a captain and co-captain.

Combination 2. Rob and Mary are planning trips to nine countries this year. There are 13
countries they would like to visit. They are deciding which countries to skip.

Permutation 3. The batting order for seven players on a 12-person team.

Permutation 4. Castel and Joe are planning trips to three countries this year. There are 7 countries
they would like to visit. One trip will be one weeklong, another two days, and the other two
weeks.

Combination 5. There are 45 applicants for three Computer Programmer positions.

Combination 6. There are 110 people at a meeting. They each shake hands with everyone else.
How many handshakes were there?

Combination 7. A group of 25 people are going to run a race. The top 8 finishers will advance to
the finals.

Combination 8. You are setting the combination on a three-digit lock. You want to use the
numbers 1, 2, and 3 but do not care what order they are in.

Combination 9. A team of 17 softball players needs to choose three players to refill the water
cooler.

Combination 10. 5 out of 13 students will ride in a car instead of a van.

B. Combinatorics: Solve for the answer for each of the question below. Write your answers
with complete solution and proper labels, otherwise you will not be credited with any point. (2
points each)

1. In how many ways can 8 students arranged themselves for a picture taking?

2. In how many ways can a committee of 7 students be chosen from 9 juniors and 9 seniors, if
there must be 4 seniors in the committee?

3. Find the number of distinguishable permutations of the letters of the word PHILIPPINES.

4. If the combination lock must contain 5 different digits, in how many ways can a code be
formed from the digits 0 to 9?
5. There are 15 applicants for four jobs: Computer Programmer, Software Tester, Manager,
and Systems Engineer. In how many ways can these positions be filled?

6. If there are 15 teams in a basketball tournament and each team must play every other team in
the eliminations, how many elimination games will there be?

7. From 7 Biology books and 6 Chemistry books, in how many ways can one select 2 Biology
and 2 Chemistry books to buy if all the said books are equally necessary?

C. Probability: Consider each problem below. Draw a Venn Diagram for each. Determine
whether the events are mutually exclusive or not mutually exclusive. Then find the probability.
(3 points each)

1. A card is drawn at random from a standard deck of cards. Find the probability that the
card drawn is as follows:

a. a face card or a red card b. a club or a diamond

2. Mara has 45 red chips, 12 blue chips, and 24 white chips. What is the probability that
Mara randomly selects a red chip or a white chip?
3. Ruby’s dog has 8 puppies. The puppies include white females, 3 mixed-color females, 1
white male, and 2 mixed-color males. Ruby wants to keep one puppy. What is the
probability that she randomly chooses a puppy that is female and white?