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CHP 6 Combination
CHP 6 Combination
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.
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?
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]
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
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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