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Name of student: ________________________________ Class: Friday

Date: 21.07.2017
Week: 29
Time: 6.00 pm ~ 9.30 pm
Kipli Yassin Resources, Heritage Garden, Kuching
Subject: AddMaths Form 5
Topic: 6 PERMUTATION & COMBINATION
Sub-topic: 6.2 Combination (Gabungan)

A combination is a group of objects where the order of the objects selected is immaterial or the order of
the objects in the chosen set is not taken into consideration.

A combination of r objects, chosen from n objects, is a selection of a set of r objects from n objects.

The number of combinations of r objects, chosen from n objects, is given by

n! n(n 1)( n 2).....( n r 1)
n
Cr
r!(n r )! r (r 1)( r 2)......3 2 1
n
Pr
n
Cr
r!

1. Find the number of ways of selecting 3 books out of 18 books on a shelf.

2. A test paper consists of 12 questions. Calculate the number of choices can answer any 5 questions.

3. In how many ways can 3 boys and 4 girls be chosen from a group of 5 boys and 7 girls?

4. E A The diagram shows 5 points which are not collinear.

B Find the number of straight lines that can be formed.


D C

5. A group of 9 persons to be separated into 3 teams with 2, 3 and 4 members in the teams respectively.
Find the number of possible ways that can be formed. [1260]

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6. A group of 18 persons intend to travel to Cameron Highland by driving a 12-seaters van, 4-seaters car
and 2-seaters motorcycle. Find the possible number of arrangements that can be done. [278460]

7. Solve the equation n C 6 n C 4 . [n = 10]

8. C A bridge is to be built across the river as shown in

diagram. Points A, B, C, D, E, F and G are the
B G
possible locations where the bridge can be built, Find
A river F the number of possible ways that the bridge can be built
(a) without any restriction,
E (b) if A or C and D or F are to be used to build the
D
bridge. [(a) 12 (b) 4]

9. How many 4-member committees can be formed from 5 women and 3 men if each committee must
include at least 1 man?

10. A squash team will consist of 8 students to be chosen from a group of 8 boys and 6 girls. Find the number
of teams that can be formed if each team must consist of
(a) exactly 4 boys,
(b) not more than 2 girls.

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11. A committee is made up of 5 people chosen from 3 men and 6 women. Find the number of ways to form
the committee if
(a) it consists of 3 women,
(b) the number of men is more than the number of women.

12. A school team that consists of 3 students is to be formed from a group of 4 male and 3 female chess
players. Calculate the number of ways the team can be formed if
(a) it must consist of exactly 2 males,
(b) the number of females must be more than the number of males. [(a) 18 (b) 13]

13. Gift packs consisting of 6 items each are to be prepared for a particular Childrens Day celebration. If
the items are chosen from 4 different pencil cases and 5 different boxes of watercolors, calculate the
number of ways the gift packs can be prepared if each one must consist of not more than 3 boxes of
watercolors. [50]

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14. A group of 7 workers is to be selected from 5 male workers and 9 female workers. Find the number of
different selections that can be made if
(a) there is no restriction,
(b) all male workers are to be selected,
(c) not more than 2 male workers are to be selected.

15. A committee which consists of 8 people are chosen from 3 teachers, 5 policemen and 7 students.
Find the number of ways to form the
(a) committee,
(b) committee if 1 or 2 teachers are chosen,
(c) committee if at least 6 students are chosen,
(d) committee if not more than 2 policemen are chosen,
(e) committee if at most 3 students are chosen.

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PERMUTATION AND COMBINATION SPM 2003 - 2009

A B C D E 6 7 8
SPM2003
1. Diagram shows 5 letters and 3 digits. A code is to be formed using those letters and digits. The code must
consists of 3 letters followed by 2 digits. How many codes can be formed if no letter or digit is repeated in
each code?[3 marks]

2. A badminton team consists of 7 students. The team will be chosen from a group of 8 boys and 5 girls.
Find the number of teams that can be formed such that each team consist of
(a) 4 boys
(b) not more than 2 girls. [4 marks]

SPM2004
Diagram shows five cards with different letters.

S P A C E
(a) Find the number of possible arrangements 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]

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SPM2005
A debating team consists of 5 students. These 5 students are chosen from 4 monitors,
2 assistant monitor and 6 prefects. Find the number of different ways the team can be formed if
(a) there is no restriction
(b) the team contains only 1 monitor and exactly 3 prefects. [4 marks]

SPM2006
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
(b) the number of different four letter codes which end with a consonant [4 marks]

SPM2007
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 a row for a group
photograph, if the three girls sit next to each other. [4 marks]

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SPM2008
Diagram shows six numbered cards.

3 5 6 7 8 9

How many
(a) different numbers can be formed?
(b) different odd numbers can be formed? [4 marks]

SPM2009
There are 4 different Science books and 3 different Mathematics book on a shelf. Calculate the
Number of different ways to arrange all the books in a row if
(a) no condition is imposed
(b) all the Mathematics books are next to each other [4 marks]

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