MME 5028 – Assignment 1 Oct 24

2021

Submit handwritten solutions.

1. What is the meaning of heuristics and what are problem solving heuristics in
mathematics?
2. In how many different ways can the letters of the word HEURISTICS be
arranged?
3. In how many different ways can the letters of the word HEURISTICS be
arranged so that all the vowels come together?
4. In how many different ways can the letters of the word HEURISTICS be
arranged so that all the vowels never come together?
5. In how many different ways can the letters of the word HEURISTICS be
arranged so that no two vowels come together?
6. In how many different ways can we arrange letters of the word
HEURISTICS so that the position of 'C' remains unchanged?
7. In how many different ways can we arrange letters of the word
HEURISTICS so that 'C' must always occur at the third place?
8. In how many different ways can we arrange letters of the word
HEURISTICS where each of these must start with 'C' and end with 'U'?
9. In how many different ways can we arrange letters of the word
HEURISTICS so that all the 'I's come together?
10.In how many different ways can we arrange letters of the word
HEURISTICS so that no two 'I's come together?

Dr. Chanakya Wijeratne| Department of Mathematics, University of Colombo