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1 (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
(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]
2
[Total: 10]
2 (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]
(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]
3
[Total: 8]
3 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
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]
4 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
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(a) there are no restrictions,
[1]
(b) there are more boys than girls in the team.
[4]
[Total: 5]
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5 A committee of 5 people is to be formed from 6 doctors, 4 dentists and 3 nurses. Find the number of different
committees that could be formed if the committee contains all the nurses.
[1]
[Total: 1]
6 A committee of 5 people is to be formed from 6 doctors, 4 dentists and 3 nurses. Find the number of different
committees that could be formed if the committee contains at least one doctor.
[2]
[Total: 2]
7 A committee of 5 people is to be formed from 6 doctors, 4 dentists and 3 nurses. Find the number of different
committees that could be formed if there are no restrictions.
[1]
[Total: 1]
8 Find how many different 4-digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9. Each digit may
be used once only in any 4-digit number.
[1]
[Total: 1]
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9 360 different 4-digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9. Each digit is used once only
in any 4-digit number.
How many of these 4-digit numbers are even and greater than 6000?
[3]
[Total: 3]
10 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]
11 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]
7
[Total: 1]
12 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]
13 The number of combinations of n items taken 3 at a time is 92n. Find the value of the constant n.
[4]
[Total: 4]
14 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
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(a) there are no restrictions,
[1]
(b) the football trophies are to be kept together,
[3]
9
(c) the football trophies are to be kept together and the cricket trophies are to be kept together.
[3]
[Total: 7]
15 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]
16 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]
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17 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]
[Total: 1]
18 (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]
11
(ii) How many of these 4-digit numbers are divisible by 5?
[2]
[Total: 8]
19 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.
(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]
12
(c) all the boys get tickets.
[1]
[Total: 5]
