EXERCISE 4a

1. A four digit code is to be made, using numbers from 0 through 9 (ten choices). But the four-digit code cannot
be a number greater than 6999, can't start with zero, and it must be an odd number. How many different codes
are there? (Ans:3000)

2. Suppose a bookcase shelf has 4 history texts, 3 sociology texts, 5 psychology texts and 4 anthropology texts.
Find the number of ways a student can choose
a) one of the texts (Ans:16ways) b) one of each type of text. (Ans:240ways)

3. A password consists of 5 characters, the first 2 characters must be in the alphabet and the last 3 must be in
digit. Find the number of ways to create
a) a password (Ans:676000) b) a password beginning with a vowel (Ans:130000)

4. A quality control inspector wishes to select a part for inspection from each of four different bins containing 4,
3, 5, and 4 parts respectively. In how many different ways can she choose the four parts? (Ans:240ways)

5. In how many different ways can six tosses of a coin yield two heads and four tails? (Ans:15)

6. A shipment of 10 television sets includes three that are defective. In how many ways can a hotel purchase
four of these sets and receive at least two of the defective sets.(Ans:70)

7. A mathematics quiz consists of 15 true-false questions. How many different ways can a student answer the
quiz. (Ans:32768)

8. How many different ways can all the letters in the word “INFLUENZA” be arranged if
a) there are no restrictions? (Ans:181440)
b) the word must begins with Z ? (Ans:20160)
c) the word must begins with N and ends with Z ? (Ans:5040)

9. Three male and five female applicants show up to apply for jobs as cashier at a grocery shop.
a) Suppose there are only three jobs available and all eight applicants are equally qualified, in how many
ways can three applicants be selected if all the three hired must be the same gender? (Ans:11)
b) In how many different ways could the applicants be lined up while waiting for the interview if the first three
must be female? (Ans:7200)

9. A child has 4 pockets and 5 coins. In how many ways can he put the coins in his pocket? (Ans:1024)

11. How many words can be formed with the letters of the word „WISER‟ when:
a) “I‟ and „E‟ occupying end places. (Ans:12)
b) “E‟ being always in the middle. (Ans:24)
c) Consonants occupying odd-places. (Ans:12)
d) Vowels being never together. (Ans:72)

12. In how many ways can a cricket-eleven be chosen out of 15 players? if

a) A particular player is always chosen. (Ans:1001)
b) A particular player is never chosen. (Ans:364)

13. A real estate agent is showing houses to a prospective buyer. There are eleven houses in the desired price
range listed in the area. The buyer has time to visit only five of them.
a) In how many ways could the five houses be chosen if the order of visiting is considered? (Ans:55440)
b) In how many ways could the three homes be chosen if the order is disregarded? (Ans:462)
14. A test consists of 20 questions. Ten questions are true-false questions and five are multiple-choice questions
that have four choices each. A student must select an answer for each question. In how many ways can this
be done? (Ans:1048576)

15. The names of 4 students are to be randomly drawn without replacement, from a bowl containing the names
of 30 students for lucky draws event during their annual dinner. The person whose name is drawn first
receives RM100, and the students whose names are drawn second, third and fourth receive RM75, RM50
and RM 25 respectively. In how many ways can the student be chosen for the lucky draws? (Ans:30P4)

16. 20 students are divided into groups of 2,3,4,6 and 5 for a specific group project. In how many ways can the
lecturer assigns these students to the five groups? (Ans:9.7772x1010)

17. In how many ways can the letters of the word ACRONYMS be rearranged such that the vowels always appear
together? (Ans:10080)

18. A phone number for a certain area consists of seven digits. How many phone numbers can be made under
the following conditions: (First digit cannot be 0 or 1)
a) The first two digits are 3 followed by 6. (Ans:100000)
b) The third digit is even. (Ans:4 000 000)
c) The fourth digit is greater than 5. (Ans:3 200 000)
d) The fifth and seventh digits are odd. (Ans:2 000 000)
e) The sixth digit is 2. (Ans:800000)