Chapter - 10 Revision Sheet

I. Identify the following situations are arrangement or permutation or II. Practice the following questions.
combination. Formula: Number of arrangements in a line/row = n!
1. Arranging books in a shelf: Arrangement n! = n(n − 1)(n − 2) . . . × 3 × 2 × 1
2. Organizing tasks in a daily planner: Arrangement n! = n (n − 1)!
3. Designing a shop display for different products: Arrangement 1. Find the value of each of the following.
4. Assigning tasks to a team members in a specific sequence: 8! 9! 5! 7! 11!
Permutation a) 5!
b) (3!)2 c) 3! × 4! d) 8!3!
5. Forming a password without repetition: Permutation
2. Rewrite each of the following using factorial notation.
6. Selecting students for roles such as President, Vice President, and
a) 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1
Secretary in a school club: Permutation.
b) 17 × 16 × 15 × 14 × 13
7. Selecting books from a library shelf to borrow: Combination
c) n(n − 1)(n − 2)(n − 3)(n − 4)
8. Forming a committee from a group of employees: Combination.
�(�−1)(�−2)(�−3)
9. Choosing 2 ice cream flavors from 10 available options: Combination. d)
4×3×2×1
10. Event schedule: Arrangement. 3. a)Find the different arrangements of the letters in the word
11. Stacking Boxes: Arrangement GRADIENTS if there are no restrictions.
12. Medals in a race: Permutations. b) Find the number of arrangements that begin with GRAD.
13. Competition Line-up: Permutation c) Find the number of arrangements that begin with G and end with S.
14. Seating positions: Permutation 4. a Find the number of different six-digit numbers which can be made
15. Team Selection: Combination using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 without repetition. Assume that a
16. Lottery: Combination number cannot begin with 0.
17. Packing for Travel: Combination b How many of the six-digit numbers in part a are even.
18. Making a simple salad: Combination 5. 6 girls and 2 boys are to be seated in a row.
19. A chef is layering a cake or constructing a dish: Permutation Find the number of ways that this can be done if the 2 boys must have
20. In Social media filters: Combination exactly 4 girls seated between them.
6. An art gallery displays 10 paintings in a row. a) there are no restrictions
Of these paintings, 5 are by Picasso, 4 by Monet and 1 by Turner. b) the number is odd
i) Find the number of different ways the paintings can be displayed if c) the number is greater than 6000
there are no restrictions. d) the number is odd and greater than 6000.
ii) Find the number of different ways the paintings can be displayed if Formula: The general rule for finding the number of combinations of r
the paintings by each of the artists are kept together. �!
items from n distinct items is nCr=
�!(�−�)!
7. Six-digit numbers are to be formed using the digits 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9.
Note: In Combinations, order does not matter
Each digit may only be used once in any number.
10. Four of the letters of the word PAINTBRUSH are selected at random.
a) Find how many different six-digit numbers can be formed.
Find the number of different combinations if
Find how many of these six-digit numbers are
a) There is no restriction on the letters selected
b) even,
b) The letter T must be selected.
c) Greater than 500 000,
11. An athletics club has 10 long distance runners, 8 sprinters and 5
d) even and greater then 500 000.
jumpers. A team of 3 long distance runners, 5 sprinters and 2 jumpers is
Formula: The general rule for finding the number of permutations of r
�!
to be selected. Find the number of ways in which the team can be
items from n distinct items is Pr=
n
(�−�)! selected.
Note: In Permutations, order matters. 12. A committee of 6 people is to be chosen from 6 men and 7 women.
0! = 1 The committee must contain at least 1 man.
8. Numbers are formed using the digits 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9. No digit can be Find the number of different committees that can be formed.
used more than once. Find how many different 13. Rafiu has a collection of 10 CDs.
a) three-digit numbers can be formed. 4 of the CDs are classical, 3 are jazz and 3 are rock.
b) Numbers using three or more digits can be formed. He selects 5 of the CDs from his collection.
9. A four digit number is formed using four of the eight digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Find the number of ways he can make his selection if
6, 7 and 8. No digit can be used more than once. a) there are no restrictions
Find how many different four-digit numbers can be formed if b) his selection must contain his favorite jazz CD
c) his selection must contain at least 3 classical CDs. ii. the four balls all have different numbers
14. In a group of 15 entertainers, there are 6 singers, 5 guitarists and 4 iii. the four balls have numbers that total 3.
comedians. 17. a A 6-character password is to be chosen from the following 9
A show is to be given by 6 of these entertainers. characters.
In the show there must be at least 1 guitarist and 1 comedian. letters A B E F
There must also be more singers then guitarists. numbers 5 8 9
Find the number of ways that the 6 entertainers can be selected. symbols * $
15. a How many even numbers less than 500 can be formed using the Each character may be used only once in any password.
digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5? Each digit may be used only once in any number. Find the number of different 6-character passwords that may be chosen
b A committee of 8 people is to be chosen from 7 men and 5 women. if
Find the number of different committees that could be selected if i. There are no restrictions.
i. the committee contains at least 3 men and at least 3 women. ii. The password must consists of 2 letters, 2 numbers and 2 symbols,
ii. the oldest man or the oldest women, but not both, must be included in that order.
in the committee. iii. The password must start and finish with a symbol.
16. a. A lock can be opened using only the number 4351. State b An examination consists of a section A, containing 10 short questions,
whether this is a permutation or a combination of digits, giving a and a section B, containing 5 long questions. Candidates are required to
reason for your answer. answer 6 questions from section A and 3 questions from section B. Find
b. There are twenty numbered balls in a bag. Two of the balls are the number of different selections of questions that can be made if
numbered 0, six are numbered 1, five are numbered 2 and i there are no restrictions
seven are numbered 3, as shown in the table below.
ii candidates must answer the first 2 questions in section A and the first
Number on ball 0 1 2 3
Frequency 2 6 5 7 question in section B.

Four of these balls are chosen at random, without replacement.