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1 (a) A team of 7 people is to be chosen from 5 women and 7 men. Calculate the number of different ways
in which this can be done if
(i) there are no restrictions,
[1]
(ii) the team is to contain more women than men.
[3]
(b) (i) How many different 4-digit numbers, less than 5000, can be formed using 4 of the 6 digits 1, 2,
3, 4, 5 and 6 if no digit can be used more than once?
[2]
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(ii) How many of these 4-digit numbers are divisible by 5?
[2]
[Total: 8]
2 Arrangements containing 5 different letters from the word AMPLITUDE are to be made.
Find
(a) the number of 5-letter arrangements if there are no restrictions,
[1]
(b) the number of 5-letter arrangements which start with the letter A and end with the letter E.
[1]
[Total: 2]
3 Tickets for a concert are given out randomly to a class containing 20 students. No student is
given more than one ticket. There are 15 tickets.
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(a) Find the number of ways in which this can be done.
[1]
There are 12 boys and 8 girls in the class. Find the number of different ways in which
(b) 10 boys and 5 girls get tickets,
[3]
(c) all the boys get tickets.
[1]
[Total: 5]
4 A committee of 6 members is to be selected from 5 men and 9 women. Find the number of different committees
that could be selected if
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(a) there are no restrictions,
[1]
(b) there are exactly 3 men and 3 women on the committee,
[2]
(c) there is at least 1 man on the committee.
[3]
[Total: 6]
5 A 4-digit number is to be formed from the digits 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 and 9. Each digit may only be used once. Find
the number of different 4-digit numbers that can be formed if
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(a) there are no restrictions,
[1]
(b) the 4-digit numbers are divisible by 5,
[2]
(c) the 4-digit numbers are divisible by 5 and are greater than 7000.
[2]
[Total: 5]
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6 (a) Find how many different numbers can be formed using 4 of the digits
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 if no digit is repeated.
[1]
Find how many of these 4-digit numbers are
(b) odd,
[1]
(c) odd and less than 3000.
[3]
[Total: 5]
7 A 5-character password is to be chosen from the letters A, B, C, D, E and the digits 4, 5, 6, 7.
Each letter or digit may be used only once. Find the number of different passwords that can be chosen if
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(a) there are no restrictions,
[1]
(b) the password contains 2 letters followed by 3 digits.
[2]
[Total: 3]
8 How many different groups of 6 children can be chosen from a class of 18 children if the class contains one
set of twins who must not be separated?
[3]
[Total: 3]
9 (a) How many different 5-digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and 9 if no digit is
repeated?
[1]
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(b) How many of these numbers are even?
[1]
(c) How many of these numbers are less than 60 000 and even?
[3]
[Total: 5]
10 (a) How many even numbers less than 500 can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5? Each digit may
be used only once in any number.
[4]
(b) A committee of 8 people is to be chosen from 7 men and 5 women. Find the number of different
committees that could be selected if
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(i) the committee contains at least 3 men and at least 3 women,
[4]
(ii) the oldest man or the oldest woman, but not both, must be included in the committee.
[2]
[Total: 10]
11 A school has 3 concert tickets to give out at random to a class of 18 boys and 15 girls.
Find the number of ways in which this can be done if
(a) there are no restrictions,
[1]
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(b) 2 of the tickets are given to boys and 1 ticket is given to a girl,
[2]
(c) at least 1 boy gets a ticket.
[2]
[Total: 5]
12 A committee of four is to be selected from 7 men and 5 women. Find the number of different committees
that could be selected if
(a) there are no restrictions,
[1]
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(b) there must be two male and two female members.
[2]
A brother and sister, Ken and Betty, are among the 7 men and 5 women.
(c) Find how many different committees of four could be selected so that there are two male and two female
members which must include either Ken or Betty but not both.
[4]
[Total: 7]
13 (a) (i) Find how many different 4-digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 if no
digit is repeated.
[1]
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(ii) How many of the 4-digit numbers found in part (i) are greater than 6000?
[1]
(iii) How many of the 4-digit numbers found in part (i) are greater than 6000 and are odd?
[1]
(b) A quiz team of 10 players is to be chosen from a class of 8 boys and 12 girls.
(i) Find the number of different teams that can be chosen if the team has to have equal numbers of
girls and boys.
[3]
(ii) Find the number of different teams that can be chosen if the team has to include the youngest
and oldest boy and the youngest and oldest girl.
[2]
[Total: 8]
14 There are twenty numbered balls in a bag. Two of the balls are numbered 0, six are numbered 1, five are
numbered 2 and seven are numbered 3, as shown in the table below.
Number on ball 0 1 2 3
Frequency 2 6 5 7
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Four of these balls are chosen at random, without replacement. Calculate the number of ways this can be
done so that
(a) the four balls all have the same number,
[2]
(b) the four balls all have different numbers,
[2]
(c) the four balls have numbers that total 3.
[3]
[Total: 7]
15 A lock can be opened using only the number 4351. State whether this is a permutation or a combination of
digits, giving a reason for your answer.
[1]
[Total: 1]
16 Two teams, each of 4 students, are to be selected from a class of 8 boys and 6 girls. Find the number of
different ways the two teams may be selected if
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(a) there are no restrictions,
[2]
(b) one team is to contain boys only and the other team is to contain girls only.
[2]
[Total: 4]
17 A security code is to be chosen using 6 of the following:
• the letters A, B and C
• the numbers 2, 3 and 5
• the symbols * and $.
None of the above may be used more than once. Find the number of different security codes that may be
chosen if
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(a) there are no restrictions,
[1]
(b) the security code starts with a letter and finishes with a symbol,
[2]
(c) the two symbols are next to each other in the security code.
[3]
[Total: 6]
18 Five different books are to be arranged on a shelf. There are 2 Mathematics books and 3 History books. Find
the number of different arrangements of books if
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(a) the Mathematics books are next to each other,
[2]
(b) the Mathematics books are not next to each other.
[2]
[Total: 4]
19 To compete in a quiz, a team of 5 is to be chosen from a group of 9 men and 6 women. Find the number of
different teams that can be chosen if
(a) there are no restrictions,
[1]
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(b) at least two men must be on the team.
[3]
[Total: 4]
20 6 books are to be chosen from 8 different books.
(a) Find the number of different selections of 6 books that could be made.
[1]
A clock is to be displayed on a shelf with 3 of the 8 different books on each side of it. Find the number of
ways this can be done if
(b) there are no restrictions on the choice of books,
[1]
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(c) 3 of the 8 books are music books which have to be kept together.
[2]
[Total: 4]
21 A team of 6 tennis players is to be chosen from 10 tennis players consisting of 7 men and 3 women. Find the
number of different teams that could be chosen if the team must include at least 1 woman.
[3]
[Total: 3]
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22 A team of 3 people is to be selected from 7 women and 6 men. Find the number of different teams that could
be selected if there must be more women than men on the team.
[3]
[Total: 3]
23 Eleven different television sets are to be displayed in a line in a large shop.
(a) Find the number of different ways the televisions can be arranged.
[1]
(b) Of these television sets, 6 are made by company A and 5 are made by company B.
Find the number of different ways the televisions can be arranged so that no two sets made by company
A are next to each other.
[2]
[Total: 3]
24 A group of people is to be selected from 5 women and 3 men.
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(a) Calculate the number of different groups of 4 people that have exactly 3 women.
[2]
(b) Calculate the number of different groups of at most 4 people where the number of women is the same
as the number of men.
[2]
[Total: 4]
25 A team of 6 players is to be chosen from 8 men and 4 women. Find the number of different ways this can be
done if
(a) there are no restrictions,
[1]
(b) there is at least one woman in the team.
[2]
[Total: 3]
26 Eight books are to be arranged on a shelf. There are 4 mathematics books, 3 geography books and 1 French
book.
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(a) Find the number of different arrangements of the books if there are no restrictions.
[1]
(b) Find the number of different arrangements if the mathematics books have to be kept together.
[3]
(c) Find the number of different arrangements if the mathematics books have to be kept together and the
geography books have to be kept together.
[3]
[Total: 7]
27 A quiz team of 6 children is to be chosen from a class of 8 boys and 10 girls. Find the number of ways of
choosing the team if
(a) there are no restrictions,
[1]
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(b) there are more boys than girls in the team.
[4]
[Total: 5]
28 Jack has won 7 trophies for sport and wants to arrange them on a shelf. He has 2 trophies for cricket, 4 trophies
for football and 1 trophy for swimming. Find the number of different arrangements if
(a) there are no restrictions,
[1]
(b) the football trophies are to be kept together,
[3]
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(c) the football trophies are to be kept together and the cricket trophies are to be kept together.
[3]
[Total: 7]
29 A team of 8 players is to be chosen from 6 girls and 8 boys. Find the number of different ways the team may
be chosen if
(a) there are no restrictions,
[1]
(b) all the girls are in the team,
[1]
(c) at least 1 girl is in the team.
[2]
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[Total: 4]
30 Jess wants to arrange 9 different books on a shelf. There are 4 mathematics books, 3 physics books and
2 chemistry books. Find the number of different possible arrangements of the books if
(a) there are no restrictions,
[1]
(b) a chemistry book is at each end of the shelf,
[2]
(c) all the mathematics books are kept together and all the physics books are kept together.
[3]
[Total: 6]
31 The digits of the number 6 378 129 are to be arranged so that the resulting 7-digit number is even. Find the
number of ways in which this can be done.
[2]
[Total: 2]
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32 In an examination, candidates must select 2 questions from the 5 questions in section A and select 4 questions
from the 8 questions in section B. Find the number of ways in which this can be done.
[2]
[Total: 2]
33 Find how many different 5-digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8, if each digit may
be used only once in any number.
[1]
[Total: 1]
34 The number of combinations of n items taken 3 at a time is 6 times the number of combinations of n items
taken 2 at a time. Find the value of the constant n.
[4]
[Total: 4]
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35 There are 720 different 5-digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8, if each digit
may be used only once in any number.
How many of the 5-digit numbers are not divisible by 5?
[1]
[Total: 1]
36 There are 720 different 5-digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8, if each digit
may be used only once in any number.
How many of these 5-digit numbers are even and greater than 30 000?
[4]
[Total: 4]