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This document is the test paper for a statistics class. It contains 5 questions testing various probability and combination concepts. Question 1 asks to find the number of teams that can be selected from 7 women and 6 men if there must be more women than men. Question 2 tests forming codes from characters and choosing a netball team without selecting all 3 sisters. Question 3 covers selecting parts in a play and choosing singers of different nationalities. Question 4 involves forming 6-digit numbers from digits and choosing friends for a party. Question 5 deals with arranging books on a shelf and choosing a team from men and women.

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1 Permutation and Combinations Test

This document is the test paper for a statistics class. It contains 5 questions testing various probability and combination concepts. Question 1 asks to find the number of teams that can be selected from 7 women and 6 men if there must be more women than men. Question 2 tests forming codes from characters and choosing a netball team without selecting all 3 sisters. Question 3 covers selecting parts in a play and choosing singers of different nationalities. Question 4 involves forming 6-digit numbers from digits and choosing friends for a party. Question 5 deals with arranging books on a shelf and choosing a team from men and women.

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Statistics Class–Test Time: 45 min

Grade: A1 September 2021 Full Marks: 35

1. 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]

2. (a) 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]

(b) 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]

3. (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]

4. (a) A 6-digit number is to be formed using the digits 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9. Each of these digits may be
used only once in any 6-digit number. Find how many different 6-digit numbers can be
formed if
(i) there are no restrictions, [1]
(ii) the number formed is even, [1]
(iii) the number formed is even and greater than 300 000. [3]

(b) Ruby wants to have a party for her friends. She can only invite 8 of her 15 friends.
(i) Find the number of different ways she can choose her friends for the party if there are no
restrictions. [1]
Two of her 15 friends are twins who cannot be separated.
(ii) Find the number of different ways she can now choose her friends for the party. [3]

(Question No. 5 is printed at the back of this paper)

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5. (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]

(b) 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
(i) there are no restrictions, [1]
(ii) there is at least one woman in the team. [2]

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