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Counting Problems 2

The document presents 8 problems involving counting and combinations. The problems cover topics like allocating medals among runners, generating license plate codes, counting tennis matches, choosing events for a sports day, selecting students at random from a class, choosing cards from a deck, ordering digits, choosing leaders for a group, and selecting a team with requirements. For each problem the number of possible outcomes is provided.

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Counting Problems 2

The document presents 8 problems involving counting and combinations. The problems cover topics like allocating medals among runners, generating license plate codes, counting tennis matches, choosing events for a sports day, selecting students at random from a class, choosing cards from a deck, ordering digits, choosing leaders for a group, and selecting a team with requirements. For each problem the number of possible outcomes is provided.

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Counting Problems

Choosing from one Group

A. There are 8 runners in a race. In how many B. Car registration plates in Great Britain include a
different ways could the three medals gold, silver random sequence of three letters. Any letters other
and bronze, be allocated? than I or Q can be used and the same letter can
appear more than once. How many different three
letter codes could be used?

C. 12 players take part in a singles table tennis D. On a school sports day, there are 6 different
competition. Each player must play each other team events and 9 different individual events.
player once. How many matches will there be in Pupils must participate in two team events and one
the competition? individual event. How many different ways are
there of doing this?

E. In a class there are 8 boys and 11 girls. F. Two cards are chosen from a standard deck of
(a) Two students are to be selected at random 52 cards. How many different possible pairs of
from the class. How many different pairs can be cards are there?
chosen?
(b) One boy and one girl are to be selected at
random from the class. In how many ways can this
be done?

G. Three cards are picked at random from this set.

(a) In how many different ways could the digits picked be in the order odd-even-odd?
(b) In how many different ways could the digits either be in the order odd-even-odd or even-odd-even?

H. A form group has 32 members. A form captain, I. A team of three is to be chosen from a group of 8
a sports captain and a charity representative are to boys and 7 girls. There must be at least one boy
be chosen. No one can be in more than one of and at least one girl in the team. How many
these positions. How many different combinations possibilities are there?
of results are possible?

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Counting Problems
Choosing from one Group

A. There are 8 runners in a race. In how many B. Car registration plates in Great Britain include a
different ways could the three medals gold, silver random sequence of three letters. Any letters other
and bronze, be allocated? than I or Q can be used and the same letter can
appear more than once. How many different three
letter codes could be used?

336 13,824
C. 12 players take part in a singles table tennis D. On a school sports day, there are 6 different
competition. Each player must play each other team events and 9 different individual events.
player once. How many matches will there be in Pupils must participate in two team events and one
the competition? individual event. How many different ways are
there of doing this?

66 135
E. In a class there are 8 boys and 11 girls. F. Two cards are chosen from a standard deck of
(a) Two students are to be selected at random 52 cards. How many different possible pairs of
from the class. How many different pairs can be cards are there?
chosen?
(b) One boy and one girl are to be selected at
random from the class. In how many ways can this
be done?

171 88 1326
G. Three cards are picked at random from this set.

(a) In how many different ways could the digits picked be in the order odd-even-odd?
(b) In how many different ways could the digits either be in the order odd-even-odd or even-odd-even?

80 140
H. A form group has 32 members. A form captain, I. A team of three is to be chosen from a group of 8
a sports captain and a charity representative are to boys and 7 girls. There must be at least one boy
be chosen. No one can be in more than one of and at least one girl in the team. How many
these positions. How many different combinations possibilities are there?
of results are possible?

29,760 364
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