Question #1

How many different

fractions can be made (not equal
to 1) using the numbers
2,3,5,7,11 and 13? How many of
these fractions are less than 1?
Answer

a. 30
b. 15
Question #2
An examination consists of 13
questions. Find the number of different
ways can 4 students select the questions to
be answered if :

a.he is required to answer any 10 questions?

b.he must answer the first question and the
fourth questions and any 8 of the others.
c.he must answer 5 of the first seven
questions and five of the last 6 questions.
Answer

a. 13C10 = 286
b. 13C8 = 165
c. 7C5 x 6C5
= 126
Question #3

In how many ways can 6 persons

line up for a picture if 2 persons
refuse to stand next to each other
while another 2 insist on standing
next to each other?
Answer

2(5)!- 4(4)!
= 144
Question #4

In how many ways can 4 boys

and 4 girls stand in line if the
boys and the girls are to
alternate in line?
Answer

2(4!) = 1152
2
Question #5

In poker, each player

receives 5 cards. Find the
number of different ways in
which a player can receive four
of a kind?
Answer

13C1 x 48
= 624
Question #6

Three balls numbered 3,4 and 5

are placed in urn A and five balls,
numbered 3,4,5,6 and 7 are placed
in urn B. one ball is drawn at
random from each urn. Find the
probability that the sum is even.
Answer

3C1+ 2C1+ 3C1/ 5x3

= 8/15
10 x 1/5 = 3/15
Question #7
a true or false test has 10
statements which the students may
mark T or F

a.in how many ways can the students

guess at the answers?

b.if each correct answer is worth ten

points, find the number of ways that
the student may score 70 or better.
Answer

a.2 = 1024
10

b. 10C7 + 10C8 +
10C9 + 10C10
= 176
 Question # 8
There are ten boys and 6
girls at the tennis courts. In
how many ways can a
doubles game be arranged
if each side consists of a
boy and a girl?

1350
 Question # 9
 About 80% of the students in III Kelvin are
opinionated and are willing to lecture on
the slightest provocation. The teachers
there are a little reticent and 30% suffer
from this fault. At a recent gathering of 30
students and 10 teachers from II Kelvin a
person selected at random to win the door
prize was very talkative. What is the
probability that winner is a student?

24/27