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PERMUTATION,
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1. Find the value of .
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a. 765 b. 756 c. 19656 d.
600
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2. Find the value of n, if   .
5! 6! n!
a. 5 b. 4 c. 7 d. 6
n! n!
3. and are in ratio 1 : 6.
2(n 2)! 4(n 4)!
a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7
4. There are 10 buses running between Chiangmai Mai and
Bangkok. In how many ways can a man plan his journey from
Chiangmai Mai to Bangkok and back? In how many ways he can
go from Chiangmai Mai to Bangkok and return by a different bus?
a. 144, 132 b. 20, 18 c. 225, 210 d.
100, 90

5. Find n if nC5  nC7.

a. 10 b. 12 c. 2 d. 11
6. Convert 4 5 6 7 8 into factorial.
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7. Find the L.C.M and H.C.F of (2 2!), (3 3!) and (4 4!)
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n
8. Find the value if n = 8, r = 4.
r n r
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1 1 n2
9. Find the positive integer n such that  
10! 11! 12!
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10. Cha always wears a shirt, pants, socks, and shoes. How owns
7 pairs of socks, 5 pairs of shoes, 3 pairs of pants, and 10 shirts.
How many different outfits can Cha make?

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11. You have 6 reindeer, Rudy, Jebediah, Ezekiel, Lancer, Gloopin,

and Balthazar, and you want to have 5 fly your sleigh. You always
have your reindeer fly in a single-file line. How many different ways
can you arrange your reindeer.

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12. You just got a free ticket for a boat ride, and you can bring along
2 friends! Unfortunately, you have 6 friends who want to come
along. How many different groups of friends could you take with
you?

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13. A roller coaster has 5 seats and 10 children want to ride. How
many ride combinations are possible? ( Make an assumption that
little children don’t fight over who sits)

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14. In how many ways can you take 3 letters of the word
PENTAGON and arrange into words with no letter being repeated?

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15. A base team has 12 members. How many lineups of 7 players

are possible?. The position of the player is not important.

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16. There are 10 cars running between Chiangmai and Lamphun.
In how many ways a passenger can plan his journey from
Chiangmai to Lamphun are return by different cars.

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17. how many ways can the letters of the word WONDERFUL be
arranged?

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18. Using the digits 0 – 9, what is the probability if 4-digit number is
picked at random that all four digits are distinct?

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19. If you flip a fair coin 6 times, what is the probability that you will
get exactly 2 tails?

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20. If you flip a fair coin 7 times, what is the probability of getting
atleast one head.

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21. There are 10 students in a class: 7 boys and 3 girls. If the
teacher picks a group of 4 at random, what is the probability that
everyone in the group is a boy ?

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22. A code is made up of 6 letters of the alphabet. If a code is picked
at random, what is the probability all 6 letters are distinct?

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23. What is the probability if a 6 students selected at random from
a group of 10 boys and 8 girls that 4 of the selected would be boys
and 2 are girl?

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24. Two number cubes, colored blue and red, with faces marked by
the number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are rolled and the numbers facing up
are noted. Find the probability of having the sum of the two sides
facing up is 9?

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25. Compute the probability of randomly drawing five cards from a
deck and getting exactly two Aces.

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26. Determine the number of ways of obtaining 4 heads and 2 tails
in 6 tosses of a coin.

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27. A box contains two white balls, three black balls and four red
balls. In how many ways can three balls be drawn from the box if at
least one black ball is to be include in the draw.

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28. How many 4-letter code can be formed using the first 10 letters
of the English alphabet, if no letter can be repeated?

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29. How many 5-digit telephone numbers can be constructed using
the digits 0 to 9 if each number starts with 67 and no digit appears
more than once?

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3 0. From a committee of 8 persons, in how many ways can we

choose a chairman and a vice chairman assuming one person
cannot hold more than one position?

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31. Find the number of ways of selecting 9 balls from 6 red balls, 5
white balls and 5 blue balls if each selection consists of 3 balls of
each colour.

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Good Luck!!!

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