1.
Permutations- arrangements
2. Combinations - selections
Word Arrangements Problems.
Repetition and Non repetitions
1. In how many ways can the letters of the word 'LEADER' be arranged?
2. In what ways the letters of the word "COUPLE" can be arranged?
3. In what ways the letters of the word "NANDHA" can be arranged?
VOWLES ALWAYS COMES TOGETHER:
Repetition and Non repetitions
1. In what ways the letters of the word "PUZZLE" can be arranged to form the different new words
so that the vowels always come together?
2. In what ways the letters of the word "CRICKET" can be arranged to form the different new words
so that the vowels always come together?
3. In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'OPTICAL' be arranged so that the vowels
always come together?
4. In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'LEADING' be arranged in such a way
that the vowels always come together?
Consonants always comes together(Repeated & Non-Repeated letters)
1. JUDGE
2. Banker
3. Sister
4. Corporation
Some letters comes together
1. Crystal -> “ay” comes together
2. Education ->”uet” comes together
Vowels/consonants comes never together
Total ways arranged =vowels/consonants comes together + vowels/consonants never comes
together.
vowels/consonants never comes together= - vowels/consonants comes together + Total ways
arranged.
Ex:Machine= machine- mchn(aie)
7! – 5!3!
Optical
Sister
1. In what ways the letters of the word ?ACTORS? can arrange so that the vowels occupy only
the even positions?
2. In what ways the letters of the word ?MACHINE? can be arranged so that the vowels occupy
only the odd positions?
3. How many 4-letter words with or without meaning, can be formed out of the letters of
the word, 'LOGARITHMS', if repetition of letters is not allowed?
4. How many 4-letter words with or without meaning, can be formed out of the letters of the
word, 'LOGARITHMS', if repetition of letters is allowed?
5. How many words, with or without meaning, can be formed using all letters of the word
EQUATION using each letter exactly once?
6. From a group of 7 men and 6 women, five persons are to be selected to form a committee
so that at least 3 men are there on the committee. In how many ways can it be done?
7. In a group of 6 boys and 4 girls, four children are to be selected. In how many different ways
can they be selected such that at least one boy should be there?
8. Out of 7 consonants and 4 vowels, how many words of 3 consonants and 2 vowels can be
formed?
9. In how many ways a committee, consisting of 5 men and 6 women can be formed
from 8 men and 10 women?
10. How many 3-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9, which are
divisible by 5 and none of the digits is repeated?
11. In how many ways can 5 different books be arranged on a shelf?
12. A pizza restaurant offers 4 different toppings for their pizzas. If a customer wants to order a
pizza with exactly 2 toppings, in how many ways can this be done?
13. How many four-digit numbers, each divisible by 4 can be formed using the digits 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
repetition of digits being allowed in any number?
14. How many natural numbers can be made with digits 0, 7, 8 which are greater than 0 and less
than a million?
15. How many numbers can be formed from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (without repetition), when the digit at
the unit’s place must be greater than that in the ten’s place?
16. There are 6 letters for 3 envelopes. In how many different ways can the envelopes be filled?
17. A number lock on a suitcase has 3 wheels each labelled with 10 digits from 0 to 9. If opening
of the lock is a particular sequence of three digits with no repeats, how many such
sequences will be possible?
