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Chapter 6: Permutations and Combinations Paper 1

The document contains 7 practice problems about permutations and combinations from past SPM exams. The problems involve forming codes from letters and digits, choosing teams from groups of students, arranging cards in different orders, and forming numbers from numbered cards. The document provides the questions and answers for reference when working through similar permutation and combination problems.

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Chapter 6: Permutations and Combinations Paper 1

The document contains 7 practice problems about permutations and combinations from past SPM exams. The problems involve forming codes from letters and digits, choosing teams from groups of students, arranging cards in different orders, and forming numbers from numbered cards. The document provides the questions and answers for reference when working through similar permutation and combination problems.

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Chapter 6 : Permutations and Combinations Paper 1 : 1. Diagram shows 6 letters and 4 digits.

A B C D E 6 7 8

A code is to be formed using those letters and digits. The code must consist of 3 letters followed by 2 digits. How many codes can be formed if no letter or digits is repeated in each code ? [ 3 marks ] ( SPM 2003 P1 No.22) 2. A table tennis team consists of 7 students. The team will be chosen from a group of 9 boys and 6 girls. Find the number of teams that can be formed such that each team consists of (a) 4 boys, (b) not more than 2 girls. [4 marks ] ( SPM 2003 P1 No.23) 3. Diagram shows five cards of different letters . H E B A T

(a) Find the number of possible arrangement, in a row, of all the cards. (b) Find the number of these arrangements in which the letters E and a are side by side. [4 marks ] ( SPM 2004 P1 No.23) 4. A debating team consists of 5 students. These 5 students are chosen from 4 monitors, 2 assistant monitors and 6 prefects. Calculate the number of different ways the committee can be formed if (a) there is no restriction, (b) the team contains only 1 monitor and exactly 3 prefects. [ 4 marks ] ( SPM 2005 P1 No.22) 5. Diagram shows seven letter cards U N I F O R M

A four-letter code is to be formed using four of these cards. Find (a) the number of different four-letter codes that can be formed, Permutations & Combinations 1

(b) the number of different four-letter codes which end with a consonant. ( SPM 2006 P1 No.22) 6. A coach wants to choose 5 players consisting of 2 boys and 3 girls to form a badminton team. These 5 players are chosen from a group of 4 boys and 5 girls. Find (a) the number of ways the team can be formed, (b) the number of ways the team members can be arranged in arrow for a group photograph, if the three girls sit next to each other. [ 4 marks ] ( SPM 2007 P1 No.23) 7. Diagram shows six numbered cards 3 5 6 7 8 9

A four-digit number is to be formed by using four of these cards. How many (a) different numbers can be formed ? (b) different odd numbers can be formed ? [ 4 marks ] ( SPM 2008 P1 No.23) Answers : Paper 1 (1). 360 (2). (a) 700 (b) 708 (4) (a) 792 (b) 160 5(a) 840 (b) 480 (6) (a) 360 (b)240 (3). (a) 120 (b) 48 (5) (a) 60 (b) 36

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