A’ LEVEL

STATISTICS
PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS TEST 1
TIME: 1 hour
45 marks
𝑨𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.
[If a numerical answer cannot be given exactly, and the accuracy
required is not specified in the question, then in the case of an angle
it should be given correct to the nearest degree, and in other cases it
should be given to 2 significant figures.]

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Sharewell B. C

1. (a) In how many ways can seven people sit at a round table? [2]
(b) What is the probability that a husband and wife sit together? [3]

2. In how many ways can the letter of the word FCETIOUS be arranged in a line? [3]

3. On a shelf there are four mathematics books and eight English books.

a) If the books are to be arranged so that the mathematics books are together, in
how many ways can this be done? [4]
b) What is the probability that all the mathematics books will not be together? [4]

4. The letters of the word PROBABILITY are arranged at random. Find the probability
that two Is are separated. [4]

5. How many 9-letter ‘words’ can be formed from the word HYPERBOLA if the letters
P, E and R must be together. [5]

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 6. How many arrangements of 5 red balls and 3 green balls in a row are they? [3]

7. How many distinguishable signals can be constructed to make a vertical display of

ten 10 flags, is 4 are black, 2 are white and 4 are red? [3]

8. An airline pilot reported that in seven consecutive days she spent, in an unspecified
order, one day in Winnipeg, one day in Regina, two days in Edmonton and three
days in Yellowknife. How many different itineraries were possible? [4]

9. From a class of ten students, six girls and four boy, a committee of three students is
to be selected. Find the number of ways they can be selected if there;

a) there are no further restrictions, [2]

b) must be at least one girl, [2]
c) must be a particular boy chosen, [2]
d) must be more boys than girls, [2]
e) must be at most two girls only. [2]

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 A’ LEVEL
STATISTICS
PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS TEST 2
TIME: 1 hour
45 marks
𝑨𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.
[If a numerical answer cannot be given exactly, and the accuracy
required is not specified in the question, then in the case of an angle
it should be given correct to the nearest degree, and in other cases it
should be given to 2 significant figures.]

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Sharewell B. C

1. Two balls are drawn at random without replacement from a bag with, seven red
balls, three white balls and four blue balls. Find the number of ways of selecting two
balls;

a) with the same color, [2]

b) with different colors, [2]
c) one red , one white, [2]
d) red or white. [2]

2. A basketball league has 8 teams. Each team must play each other 4 times during the
season. How many games must be scheduled? [3]

3. Given seven consonants, 4 vowels, how many 5-letter arrangement can be made if
each arrangement consists of three different consonants and two different
vowels…… [3]

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 4. Two marbles are drawn from a bag containing 11 red, 10 white and 9 purple. What
is the probability of drawing:

a) red first, purple second, [3]

b) 1 red, 1 purple, [3]
c) no white marble, [3]
d) same color. [3]

5. Find the number of different arrangements of the letters of the word “SWITCH”. [3]

6. How many 3-letter cord words can be formed from the letters of the word
“CELERON”,

a) using neither of the E’s, [3]

b) using both of the E’s. [3]

7. Find the number of 4-letter code words that can be formed from the word
“VARIABLE”,

a) using neither of the A’s [3]

b) using both of the A’s [3]

8. Find the number of different arrangements of the letters of the word

“MATHEMATICS”. [3]

9. A bag contains 3 red and 2 blue. Three balls are taken out of this bag in arrow from
left to right. In how many might this arrangement be? [3]

10. A box contains five black and four blue disks. Six disks are taken out of this box in a
row from left to right. In how many arrangements might this be? [3]

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 A’ LEVEL
STATISTICS
PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS TEST 3
TIME: 1 hour
45 marks
𝑨𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.
[If a numerical answer cannot be given exactly, and the accuracy
required is not specified in the question, then in the case of an angle
it should be given correct to the nearest degree, and in other cases it
should be given to 2 significant figures.]

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Sharewell B. C

1. Find the different arrangements of letters in the word “STATISTICS” in which all the
letters T, I and S are consecutive. [4]

2. A student has 10 different mathematics books, 6 on Pure Mathematics and 4 on

Statistics. Find the number of different ways in which the books can be arranged on
a shelf given that;

a) all the Pure Mathematics books are together and all the statistics books are
together, [4]
b) all the Pure Mathematics books are together. [4]

3. Find the number of different arrangements of letters in the word “SYLLABUS” in

which the first and last word are same. [5]

4. Find the number of different arrangement of letters in the word “FORMATTED” in

which the first letter is F. [5]

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 5. The digits of the number 1244509 are rearranged so that the resulting number is
even. Find the number of ways in which this can be done. [4]

6. The digits of the number 12455500 are rearranged so that the resulting number is
a multiple of 5. Find the number of ways in which this can be done. [5]

7. In how many ways can three boys and four girls stand in a queue if no two people of
the same sex are to stand next to each other? [4]

8. In how many ways can 6 men and 4 women stand in a row if the four women must
stand next to each other? [4]

9. In how many ways can three boys and five girls be selected from a group consisting
of 6 boys and 9 girls to dance on the stage? [4]

10. A school-parent teacher committee of 5 members is to be formed from 6 parents, 2

teachers and the Principal. In how many ways can the committee be formed in order
to include,

a) the Principal, [3]

b) exactly four parents, [3]
c) not more than 4 parents. [4]

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 A’ LEVEL
STATISTICS
PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS TEST 4
TIME: 1 hour
45 marks
𝑨𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.
[If a numerical answer cannot be given exactly, and the accuracy
required is not specified in the question, then in the case of an angle
it should be given correct to the nearest degree, and in other cases it
should be given to 2 significant figures.]

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Sharewell B. C

1. From a class of 8 students it is decided to send a party of either 3 or 4 or 5 students

to a meeting.

a) Calculate the total number of different parties which could be formed. [3]
b) Find the number of these parties in which two specific students are always
members. [4]

2. Find the number of ways in which 4 questions can be chosen from 7 seven questions
from Section B of a Statistics examination question paper, assuming that the order
in which they are chosen is not relevant. [3]

3. A code consists of 10 digits, 4 of which are zeros and 6 of which are ones. Calculate
the number of such blocks in which the first and last digits are of the same as each
other. [4]

4. Five people, of whom three are women and two are men are to form a queue. Find
how many different arrangements are there

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 a) if two people of the same sex are to stand next to each other, [3]
b) if the first and last people in a queue are both to be men. [3]

5. A delegation of 4 pupils is to be chosen from a class of 4 boys and 5 girls. Find the
number of such delegations that contain at least one boy and at least one girl. [4]

6. Elven cards each bear a single letter, and they can be made to spell the word
“EXAMINATION”. Three cards are selected from the 11 cards, and the order of 11
cards is not relevant. Find how many possible selections can be made

a) if the three cards all bear different letters, [3]

b) if two of the cards bear the same letter. [3]

7. Find the number of eleven players that can be selected from a group of fifteen
players

a) if there are no restriction on choice, [3]

b) if the youngest two players and at most one of the oldest two players are to be
included. [5]

8. A nursery schools teacher has four apples, three oranges and two bananas to share
among 9 children, with each children receiving one fruit. Find the number of
different ways in which this can be done. [3]

9. The digits 314152 are rearranged so that the resulting number is odd. Find the
number of ways in which this can be done. [4]

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 SOLUTIONS

TO

PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS

TESTS (1 - 4)

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 A’ LEVEL
STATISTICS
PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATION TEST 1

SOLUTION

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Sharewell B. C

1. (a) In how many ways can seven people sit at a round table? [2]
(b) What is the probability that a husband and wife sit together? [3]

SOLUTION

a) (7 − 1)!
= 6!
= 𝟕𝟐𝟎

b) Treat husband and wife as one, and this can be done in two ways
(either the wife sits on the right-hand side of her husband or the
opposite).

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 (𝟔−𝟏)!×𝟐! 𝟏
∴ =
𝟔! 𝟑

2. In how many ways can the letter of the word FCETIOUS be arranged in a line? [3]

SOLUTION

𝟖! = 𝟒𝟎 𝟑𝟐𝟎

3. On a shelf there are four mathematics books and eight English books.

a) If the books are to be arranged so that the mathematics books are together, in
how many ways can this be done? [4]
b) What is the probability that all the mathematics books will not be together? [4]

SOLUTION

a) 𝑊𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 4 𝑚𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒

𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 4! 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠
∴ 𝟒! × (𝟖 + 𝟏)! = 𝟖 𝟕𝟎𝟗 𝟏𝟐𝟎

b) 𝑛(𝑆)𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 = (4 + 8)! = 12!

𝑛(𝐸) = 𝑛(𝑆) − 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟
12!−4!9! 𝟓𝟒
𝑃(𝐸) = =
12! 𝟓𝟓

4. The letters of the word PROBABILITY are arranged at random. Find the probability
that two Is are separated. [4]

SOLUTION

𝑛(𝑆) ∗ 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑄𝑛 =

11!
, 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 2𝑅𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2𝐼𝑠.
2!×2!
10!
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 2𝐼𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑤𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 =
2!
11! 10!
𝑠𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 2𝐼𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑛(𝐸) = −
2!×2! 2!

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 𝑛(𝐸)
∴ 𝑃(𝐸) =
𝑛(𝑆)
11! 10!
−
2!×2! 2!
𝑃(𝐸) = 11!
2!×2!
𝟗
𝑷(𝑬) =
𝟏𝟏

5. How many 9-letter ‘words’ can be formed from the word HYPERBOLA if the letters
P, E and R must be together. [5]

SOLUTION

𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑃, 𝐸 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅 𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 3! 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠
𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 7 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 7! 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠
∴ 𝑛(𝐸) = 7! × 3!
= 𝟑𝟎 𝟐𝟒𝟎

6. How many arrangements of 5 red balls and 3 green balls in a row are they? [3]

SOLUTION

5𝑅𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 + 3𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 =

8 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 5𝑅 𝑎𝑛𝑑 3𝐺
8!
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 = = 𝟓𝟔 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔
5!×3!

7. How many distinguishable signals can be constructed to make a vertical display of

ten 10 flags, if 4 are black, 2 are white and 4 are red? [3]

SOLUTION

There are 10 fags all together, of which 4 are black, 2 are white and 4
are red, so
10!
𝑛(𝐸) =
4!×2!×4!
= 𝟑𝟏𝟓𝟎

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 8. An airline pilot reported that in seven consecutive days she spent, in an unspecified
order, one day in Winnipeg, one day in Regina, two days in Edmonton and three
days in Yellowknife. How many different itineraries were possible? [4]

SOLUTION

W-1 day; R-2 days; E-2days; Y-3days WRREEYYY

7!
𝑛(𝑆) =
2!×3!
= 𝟒𝟐𝟎

9. From a class of ten students, six girls and four boy, a committee of three students is
to be selected. Find the number of ways they can be selected if there;

a) there are no further restrictions, [2]

b) must be at least one girl, [2]
c) must be a particular boy chosen, [2]
d) must be more boys than girls, [2]
e) must be at most two girls only. [2]

SOLUTION

a) 𝟏𝟎
𝟑𝐂 = 𝟏𝟐𝟎

b) ( 61C × 42C) + ( 62C × 41C) + ( 63C + 40C) = 𝟏𝟏𝟔

c) 11C × 29C = 𝟑𝟔

d) ( 43C × 60C) + ( 42C × 61C) = 𝟒𝟎

e) ( 60C × 43C) + ( 61C × 42C) + ( 62C × 41C) = 𝟏𝟎𝟎

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 A’ LEVEL
STATISTICS
PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATION TEST 2

SOLUTION

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Sharewell B. C

1. Two balls are drawn at random without replacement from a bag with, seven red
balls, three white balls and four blue balls. Find the number of ways of selecting two
balls;

a) with the same color, [2]

b) with different colors, [2]
c) one red , one white, [2]
d) red or white. [2]

SOLUTION

a) ( 72C + 32C + 42C) = 𝟑𝟕𝟖

b) ( 71C × 31C) + ( 71C × 41C) + ( 31C × 41C) = 𝟔𝟏

c) 71C × 31C × 40C = 𝟐𝟏

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 d) 10
2C = 𝟒𝟓

2. A basketball league has 8 teams. Each team must play each other 4 times during the
season. How many games must be scheduled? [3]

SOLUTION

𝟖
𝟐𝐂 × 𝟒 = 𝟏𝟏𝟐

3. Given seven consonants, 4 vowels, how many 5-letter arrangement can be made if
each arrangement consists of three different consonants and two different
vowels…… [3]

SOLUTION

𝟕
𝟐𝐂 × 𝟒𝟐𝐂 × 𝟓! = 𝟏𝟓 𝟏𝟐𝟎

4. Two marbles are drawn from a bag containing 11 red, 10 white and 9 purple. What
is the probability of drawing:

a) red first, purple second, [3]

b) 1 red, 1 purple, [3]
c) no white marble, [3]
d) same color. [3]

SOLUTION

a) 𝑛(𝑆) ∗ 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑚{𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡} =

30
2𝑃 = 870
𝑛(𝐸) ∗ 𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡, 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 = 111𝑃 × 19𝑃 = 99
99
𝑃(𝐸) =
870
𝟑𝟑
=
𝟐𝟗𝟎

b) 𝑛(𝑆) ∗ 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑚{𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡} = 30

2𝐶
= 435
𝑛(𝐸) ∗ 1 𝑟𝑒𝑑, 1 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑙𝑒 = 111𝐶 × 19𝐶
= 99
99
𝑃(𝐸) =
435

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 𝟑𝟑
=
𝟏𝟒𝟓

c) 𝑛(𝑆) ∗ 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑚{𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡} = 30

2𝐶
= 435
𝑛(𝐸) ∗ 𝑛𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 = 202𝐶
= 190
190
𝑃(𝐸) =
435
𝟑𝟖
=
𝟖𝟕

d) 𝑛(𝑆) ∗ 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑚{𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡} = 30

2𝐶
= 435
𝑛(𝐸) ∗ 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑟{𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 3} = 11
2𝐶 + 102𝐶 + 29𝐶
= 136
𝟏𝟑𝟔
𝑷(𝑬) =
𝟒𝟑𝟓

5. Find the number of different arrangements of the letters of the word “SWITCH”. [3]

SOLUTION

6! = 720 ∵ (𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒)𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 6 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠

6. How many 3-letter cord words can be formed from the letters of the word
“CELERON”,

a) using neither of the E’s, [3]

b) using both of the E’s. [3]

SOLUTION

a) 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝐶𝐸𝐿𝐸𝑅𝑂𝑁 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 7 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠

𝑈𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸 ′ 𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 5 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠
𝑆𝑜 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒; 53𝑃 = 𝟔𝟎

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 b) 𝐸 ′ 𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 5 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠
𝑆𝑜, 51𝑃 = 𝟓

7. Find the number of 4-letter code words that can be formed from the word
“VARIABLE”,

a) using neither of the A’s [3]

b) using both of the A’s [3]

SOLUTION

a) 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑉𝐴𝑅𝐼𝐴𝐵𝐿𝐸 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 8 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠

𝑈𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴′ 𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 6 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠
𝑆𝑜 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒; 64𝑃 = 𝟑𝟔𝟎

b) 𝐴′ 𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡 2 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 6 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠

𝑆𝑜 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒, 62𝑃 = 𝟑𝟎

8. Find the number of different arrangements of the letters of the word

“MATHEMATICS”. [3]

SOLUTION

∵ (𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒)𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 2𝑀𝑠, 2𝑇𝑠, 2𝐴𝑠

11!
∴ 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒, = 𝟒 𝟗𝟖𝟗 𝟔𝟎𝟎
2!×2!×2!

9. A bag contains 3 red and 2 blue. Three balls are taken out of this bag in arrow from
left to right. In how many might this arrangement be? [3]

SOLUTION

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 1, 2 𝑜𝑟 3 𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠

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 3!
𝑆𝑜, 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 3 𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠; =1
3!

𝐼𝑓 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 2 𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 1 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠;

3!
=3
2!

𝐼𝑓 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 1 𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠, 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠;

3!
=3
2!

𝑆𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 = (1 + 3 + 3) = 𝟕

10. A box contains five black and four blue disks. Six disks are taken out of this box in a
row from left to right. In how many arrangements might this be? [3]

SOLUTION

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 1, 2, 3 𝑜𝑟 4 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑘𝑠

6!
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 1 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑘, 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡; = 6
5!
6!
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 2 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑘𝑠, 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡; = 15
4!×2!
6!
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 3 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑘𝑠, 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛; = 20
3!×3!
6!
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 4 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑘𝑠, 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡; = 15
4!×2!
∴ 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 = (6 + 15 + 20 + 15) = 𝟓𝟔

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 A’ LEVEL
STATISTICS
PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATION TEST 3

SOLUTION

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Sharewell B. C

1. Find the different arrangements of letters in the word “STATISTICS” in which all the
letters T, I and S are consecutive. [4]

SOLUTION

Treat (T, I, S) as one letter, therefore we have (TTIISS)STAC=5 letters

𝑆𝑜 𝑖𝑓 (𝑇𝐼𝑆)𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛;
𝟓! = 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬

2. A student has 10 different mathematics books, 6 on Pure Mathematics and 4 on

Statistics. Find the number of different ways in which the books can be arranged on
a shelf given that;

a) all the Pure Mathematics books are together and all the statistics books are
together, [4]

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 b) all the Pure Mathematics books are together. [4]

SOLUTION

a) (𝑀6 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟)(𝑆4 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟), 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛;
2! 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠(𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠)
𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛;
6! × 4! × 2!
= 𝟑𝟒 𝟓𝟔𝟎 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔

b) 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑀6 𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒;

𝑠𝑜, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 6 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛;
𝟔! × 𝟓! = 𝟖𝟔 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔

3. Find the number of different arrangements of letters in the word “SYLLABUS” in

which the first and last word are same. [5]

SOLUTION

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑆 𝑜𝑟 𝐿

𝑆𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑆, 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑆 𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑛 − 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔;
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑌𝐿𝐿𝐴𝐵𝑈, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 2 𝐿𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛;
6!
= 60 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠
2!
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝐿, 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝐿 𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑛 − 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔
6!
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 SYABUS, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 2 𝑆𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛; = 60 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠
2!
𝑆𝑜, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑛;
360 + 360 = 𝟕𝟐𝟎 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔

4. Find the number of different arrangement of letters in the word “FORMATTED” in

which the first letter is F. [5]

SOLUTION

𝑊𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝐹 𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑛 − 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔

𝑆𝑜 𝑤𝑒 ′ 𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑂𝑅𝑀𝐴𝑇𝑇𝐸𝐷, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 2 𝑇𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛;

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 𝟖!
= 𝟐𝟎 𝟏𝟔𝟎 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔
𝟐!

5. The digits of the number 1244509 are rearranged so that the resulting number is
even. Find the number of ways in which this can be done. [4]

SOLUTION

𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛, 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 2 𝑜𝑟 4 𝑜𝑟 0 ∴

𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑛 − 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔
6!
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 2, 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 =
2!
= 360 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 4, 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 = 6!
= 720 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠
6!
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 0, 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 =
2!
= 360 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠
𝑆𝑜, 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 = (360 + 720 + 360)
= 𝟏 𝟒𝟒𝟎 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔

6. The digits of the number 12455500 are rearranged so that the resulting number is
a multiple of 5. Find the number of ways in which this can be done. [5]

SOLUTION

𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 5 , 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 5 𝑜𝑟 0 ∴

𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑛 − 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔
7!
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 5, 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 =
2!×2!
= 1 260 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠
7!
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 0, 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 =
3!
= 840
𝑆𝑜, 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 = (1 260 + 840)
= 𝟐 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔

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 7. In how many ways can three boys and four girls stand in a queue if two people of the
same sex are to stand next to each other? [4]

SOLUTION

𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟 2 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 2 𝑏𝑜𝑦𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛

𝑆𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 2 𝑏𝑜𝑦𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 =
6! × 2!
= 1 440 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 2 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛 = 6! ×
2!
= 1 440 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠
∴ 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 = 1 440(2) = 𝟐 𝟖𝟖𝟎 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔

8. In how many ways can 6 men and 4 women stand in a row if the four women must
stand next to each other? [4]

SOLUTION

𝑊𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 4 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑠 1 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛

𝑆𝑜 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 6 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛; 7! × 4! = 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝟗𝟔𝟎

9. In how many ways can three boys and five girls be selected from a group consisting
of 6 boys and 9 girls to dance on the stage? [4]
SOLUTION

𝐶ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 3 𝑏𝑜𝑦𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑜𝑦𝑠; 63𝐶 = 20

𝐶ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 5 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠; 59𝐶 = 126
𝑆𝑜, 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝 = (20 × 126)
= 𝟐 𝟓𝟐𝟎 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔

10. A school-parent teacher committee of 5 members is to be formed from 6 parents, 2

teachers and the Principal. In how many ways can the committee be formed in order
to include,

a) the Principal, [3]

b) exactly four parents, [3]
c) not more than 4 parents. [4]

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 SOLUTION

a) 𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑛, 𝑠𝑜 𝑤𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 4

𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 (6 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠);
8
4𝐶 = 70
𝑆𝑜, 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = (1 × 70) = 𝟕𝟎 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔

b) 𝑊𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 4 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠; 64𝐶 =

15 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠
𝑊𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦 2 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔; 32𝐶 = 3 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠
𝑆𝑜, 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = (15 × 3)
= 45 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠
c) 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 4 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑛; 64𝐶 × 31𝐶 = 45 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 3 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑛; 63𝐶 × 32𝐶 = 60 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 2 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑛; 62𝐶 × 33𝐶 = 15 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠
𝑆𝑜 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = (45 + 60 + 15) = 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔

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 A’ LEVEL
STATISTICS
PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATION TEST 4

SOLUTION

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Sharewell B. C

1. From a class of 8 students it is decided to send a party of either 3 or 4 or 5 students

to a meeting.

a) Calculate the total number of different parties which could be formed. [3]
b) Find the number of these parties in which two specific students are always
members. [4]

SOLUTION

a) 83𝐶 + 84𝐶 + 85𝐶 = 𝟏𝟖𝟐

b) ( 32𝐶 × 51𝐶 ) + ( 42𝐶 × 42𝐶 ) + ( 52𝐶 × 33𝐶 ) = 𝟔𝟏

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 2. Find the number of ways in which 4 questions can be chosen from 7 seven questions
from Section B of a Statistics examination question paper, assuming that the order
in which they are chosen is not relevant. [3]

SOLUTION

𝟕
𝟒𝑪 = 𝟑𝟓 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔

3. A code consist of 10 digits, 4 of which are zeros and 6 of which are ones. Calculate
the number of such blocks in which the first and last digits are of the same as each
other. [4]

SOLUTION

0000111111
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 0, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 2 0𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑛 −
𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔
8!
∴ 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑠 = = 28
2!×6!
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 1, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 2 1𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑛 −
𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔
8!
∴ 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑠 = = 70
4!×4!
𝑁𝑜𝑤, 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑠 = (𝟐𝟖 + 𝟕𝟎) = 𝟗𝟖 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬

4. Five people, of whom three are women and two are men are to form a queue. Find
how many different arrangements are there

a) If no two people of the same sex are to stand next to each other, [3]
b) if the first and last people in a queue are both to be men. [3]

SOLUTION

a) 3! × 2! = 𝟏𝟐

b) 𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑢𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒𝑛,

𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 2 𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑛 − 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔

∴ 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 = 3! × 2! = 𝟏𝟐

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 5. A delegation of 4 pupils is to be chosen from a class of 4 boys and 5 girls. Find the
number of such delegations that contain at least one boy and at least one girl. [4]

SOLUTION

𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 1 𝑏𝑜𝑦; 41𝐶 × 53𝐶 = 40

𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 2 𝑏𝑜𝑦𝑠; 42𝐶 × 52𝐶 = 60
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 3 𝑏𝑜𝑦𝑠; 43𝐶 × 51𝐶 = 20
∴ 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 = (40 + 60 + 20) = 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔

6. Elven cards each bear a single letter, and they can be made to spell the word
“EXAMINATION”. Three cards are selected from the 11 cards, and the order of 11
cards is not relevant. Find how many possible selections can be made

a) if the three cards all bear different letters, [3]

b) if two of the cards bear the same letter. [3]

SOLUTION

a) 𝑊𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡𝑤𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒; 83𝐶 =

𝟓𝟔 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔

b) 𝐴𝐴 𝑜𝑟 𝐼𝐼 𝑜𝑟 𝑁𝑁 𝑎𝑠 1 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 1 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 3,

𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 1 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 7 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 ; 31𝐶 × 71𝐶 = 𝟐𝟏

7. Find the number of eleven players that can be selected from a group of fifteen
players

a) if there are no restriction on choice, [3]

b) if the youngest two players and at most one of the oldest two players are to be
included. [5]

SOLUTION

a) 15
11𝐶 = 𝟏 𝟑𝟔𝟓 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔

b) 22𝐶 × 21𝐶 × 118𝐶 = 𝟑𝟑𝟎 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔

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 8. A nursery schools teacher has four apples, three oranges and two bananas to share
among 9 children, with each children receiving one fruit. Find the number of
different ways in which this can be done. [3]

SOLUTION

( 49𝐶 × 53𝐶 × 22𝐶 ) = 𝟏 𝟐𝟔𝟎 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔

9. The digits 314152 are rearranged so that the resulting number is odd. Find the
number of ways in which this can be done. [4]

SOLUTION

𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑑𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 3 𝑜𝑟 1 𝑜𝑟 5

𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 3, 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 3 𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑛 − 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔
5!
𝑆𝑜 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 = = 60
2!
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 1, 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 1 𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑛 − 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔
𝑆𝑜 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 = 5! = 120
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 5, 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 5 𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑛 − 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔
5!
𝑆𝑜 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 = = 60
2!
∴ 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 = (𝟔𝟎 + 𝟏𝟐𝟎 + 𝟔𝟎) = 𝟐𝟒𝟎 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔

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