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Part I: Arrangement
1. (a) Eight books are to be arranged on a shelf. There are 4 mathematics books, 3 geography books
and 1 French book.

(i) Find the number of different arrangements of the books if there are no restrictions. [1]

(ii) Find the number of different arrangements if the mathematics books have to be kept
together. [3]

(iii) 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]
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2. A photographer takes 12 different photographs. There are 3 of sunsets, 4 of oceans, and 5 of
mountains.
The photographs are arranged in a line on a wall.
(i) How many possible arrangements are there if there are no restrictions? [1]
(ii) How many possible arrangements are there if the first photograph is of a sunset and the
last photograph is of an ocean? [2]
(iii)How many possible arrangements are there if all the photographs of mountains are next
to each other?
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3. A group of students, 4 girls and 3 boys, stand in line.

(a) Find the number of different ways the students can stand in line if there are no restrictions. [1]

(b) Find the number of different ways the students can stand in line if the 3 boys are next to each
other. [2]

(c) Cam and Dea are 2 of the girls. Find the number of ways the students can stand in line if Cam
and Dea are not next to each other. [2]
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4. A group of students, 4 girls and 3 boys, stand in line.
(a)
Find the number of different ways the students can stand in line if there are no restrictions. [1]

Find the number of different ways the students can stand in line if the 3 boys are next to each
(b) other. [2]

Cam and Dea are 2 of the girls. Find the number of ways the students can stand in line if Cam
(c)
and Dea are not next to each other. [2]
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Part II: Combination – order doesn’t matter (chosing, selection)

5. 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
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(i) there are no restrictions, [1]

(ii) there is at least one woman in the team.[2]

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6. 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]

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7. Find the number of ways in which 12 people can be put into 3 groups containing 3, 4 and 5
people respectively. [3]
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8. The number of combinations of n objects taken 4 at a time is equal to 6 times the number of
combinations of n objects taken 2 at a time. Calculate the value of n. [5]
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9. A team of 6 people is to be chosen from 10 people. Two of the people are sisters who must not
be separated. Find the number of different teams that can be formed. [3]
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10. A group of 15 people includes 3 brothers. A team of 6 people is to be chosen from this group.
The three brothers must not be separated. Find the number of possible teams that can be chosen.
[3]
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11.

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12. Find the number of ways in which 14 people can be put into 4 groups containing 2, 3, 4 and 5
people. [3]

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13. A committee of 7 people is to be chosen from 6 doctors, 10 nurses and 8 dentists.

(i) Find the number of committees that can be chosen. [1]

(ii) Find the number of committees that can be chosen if all the doctors have to be on
the committee. [1]

(iii) Find the number of committees that can be chosen if there has to be at least one

dentist on the committee. [2]

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14. Naomi is going on holiday and intends to read 4 books during her time away. She selects these
books from 5 mystery, 3 crime and 2 romance books. Find the number of ways in which she
can make her selection in each of the following cases.

(i) There are no restrictions. [1]

(ii) She selects at least 2 mystery books. [3]

(iii) She selects at least 1 book of each type. [3]

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15. (a) Four parts in a play are to be given to four of the girls chosen from the seven girls in a drama
class. Find the number of different ways in which this can be done. [2]

(b) Three singers are chosen at random from a group of 5 Chinese, 4 Indian and 2 British singers.
Find the number of different ways in which this can be done if

(i) no Chinese singer is chosen, [1]

(ii) one singer of each nationality is chosen, [2]

(iii)the three singers chosen are all of the same nationality. [2]

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16. A netball team of 7 players is to be chosen from 10 girls. 3 of these 10 girls are sisters.
Find the number of different ways the team can be chosen if the team does not contain all 3
sisters. [3]

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17. A band can play 25 different pieces of music. From these pieces of music, 8 are to be selected
for a concert.

(i) Find the number of different ways this can be done. [1]

The 8 pieces of music are then arranged in order.

(ii) Find the number of different arrangements possible. [1]

The band has 15 members. Three members are chosen at random to be the treasurer, secretary
and agent.
(iii) Find the number of ways in which this can be done. [1]
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18. A photographer takes 12 different photographs. There are 3 of sunsets, 4 of oceans, and 5 of
mountains.
Three of the photographs are to be selected for a competition.
(i) Find the number of different possible selections if no photograph of a sunset is
chosen. [2]
(ii) Find the number of different possible selections if one photograph of each type
(sunset, ocean, mountain) is chosen. [2]
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Part III: Permutation – order matter (digit, password)

19. (i) Find how many different 4-digit numbers can be formed using the digits 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 and 9,
if
each digit may be used only once in any number. [1]

(ii) How many of the numbers found in part (i) are divisible by 5? [1]

(iii) How many of the numbers found in part (i) are odd and greater than 7000? [4]

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20. (i) 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]

(ii) How many of the numbers found in part (i) are not divisible by 5? [1]

(iii) How many of the numbers found in part (i) are even and greater than 30000? [4]

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21. 4-digit numbers are to be formed using four of the digits 2, 3, 7, 8 and 9. Each digit may be
used once only in any 4-digit number. Find how many 4-digit numbers can be formed if

(i) there are no restrictions, [1]

(ii) the number is even, [1]

(iii) the number is greater than 7000 and odd. [3]

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22. A six-character password is to be made from the following eight characters.

Digits 1 3 5 8 7
Symbols * $ #

No character may be used more than once in a password.

Find the number of different passwords that can be chosen if

(i) there are no restrictions, [1]

(ii) the password starts with a digit and finishes with a digit, [2]

(iii) the password starts with three symbols. [2]

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23. A 5-digit number is made using 0, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9. No digit may be used more than once in
any 5-digit number.
Find how many such 5-digit numbers are even and greater than 50 000. [3]

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24. A 6-character password is to be chosen from the following characters.

Digits 2 4 8
Letters x y z
Symbols * # !

No character may be used more than once in any password. Find the number of different
passwords that may be chosen if

(i) there are no other restrictions, [1]

(ii)
the password starts with two letters and ends with two digits. [3]
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25. A 5-character password is to be formed from the following 13 characters.

Letters A B C D E
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Numbers 9 8 7 6 5
Symbols * # !

No character may be used more than once in any password,

(i) Find the number of possible passwords that can be formed. [1]

(ii) Find the number of possible passwords that contain at least one symbol. [2]

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26. 6-digit numbers are to be formed using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Each digit may be
used only once in any 6-digit number. A 6-digit number must not start with 0. Find how many
6-digit numbers can be formed if

(i) there are no restrictions [1]

(ii) the 6-digit number is divisible by 10 [1]

(iii) the 6-digit number is greater than 500 000 and even. [3]

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27. A 6-digit number is to be formed using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Each digit can be
used only once in any 6-digit number. A 6-digit number cannot start with 0.

(i) Find how many 6-digit numbers can be formed. [1]

(ii) Find how many of these 6-digit numbers are divisible by 5. [3]

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28. A 5-character code is to be formed from the 13 characters shown below. Each character may be
used once only in any code.
Letters : A, B, C, D, E, F
Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Find the number of different codes in which no two letters follow each other and no two
numbers follow each other. [3]

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29. A 5-digit code is formed using the following characters.

Letters aeiou
Numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6
Symbols @ ∗ #

No character can be repeated in a code. Find the number of possible codes if

(i) there are no restrictions, [2]
(ii) the code starts with a symbol followed by two letters and then two numbers, [2]
(iii)the first two characters are numbers, and no other numbers appear in the code. [2]
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30. A 4-digit code is to be formed using 4 different numbers selected from 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
Find how many possible codes there are if the code forms
(a) a number that is odd and greater than 5000, [3]

(b) a number greater than 5000 with a last digit that is prime. [3]
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