QUANTITATIVE ABILITY HANDOUT

(Permutations and Combinations –II)

Ref: QAHO1002128
Directions for questions 1 to 15: Solve the following questions.

1. (i) How many six-digit numbers can be formed (iii) Find the number of ways in which an ant can
using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 8, if the travel from A to B. (It can travel only horizontally
digits can be repeated? to the right or vertically up along the gridlines).
(ii) How many of them are odd?
(iii) How many of them are divisible by 5? B

2. In how many ways can 6 letters be posted into

7 letterboxes?

3. A question paper has 10 multiple choice questions

and each question has five choices, out of which
only one choice is to be selected. In how many ways
can a student attempt all the questions?

4. All the possible eight-letter passwords are formed

using the letters C, I, K, Q, R, S, T, Y and Z.
If repetition of letters is allowed, how many of the
A
passwords are palindromes?
10. There are eight letters and eight corresponding
5. (i) Find the number of words (not necessarily envelopes. Each envelope can hold only one letter.
meaningful)that can be formed using all the (i) In how many ways can the letters be placed into
letters of the word INDEPENDENT. the envelopes?
(ii) Find the number of words(not (ii) In how many ways can each letter be placed
necessarilymeaningful)that can be formed using into its corresponding envelope?
all the letters of the word INDEPENDENT such (iii) In how many ways can exactly one letter be
that placed into a wrong envelope?
all ‘E’s are together. (iv) In how many ways can exactly seven letters be
(iii) How many three-letter words (not placed into their corresponding envelopes?
necessarilymeaningful)can be formed using the (v) In how many ways can exactly three letters be
letters of the word INDEPENDENT? placed into wrong envelopes?
(vi) In how many ways can exactly four letters be
6. (i) In how many ways can 60 books be distributed placed into their corresponding envelopes?
equally among five students?
11. There are 7 Reasoning books, 6 Quant books and
(ii) In how many ways can 60 books be divided 5 English books in a shelf. In how many ways can
equally into five unnamed parcels? a person select
(i) atleast one book?
7. Of the twenty points in a plane, six are collinear. (ii) atleast one book on each subject?
Except these six points, no other set of three points 12. There are 7 identical copies of a Reasoning book,
is collinear. 6 identical copies of a Quant book and 5 identical
(i) How many straight lines can be drawn by copies of anEnglish book in a shelf. In how many
joining the points? ways can a person select
(ii) How many triangles can be drawn by joining (i) atleast one book?
these points? (ii) atleast one book on each subject?
8. (i) Find the number of diagonals in a regular 13. (i) Find the number of positive integral solutions
decagon. of the equation x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 + x5 + x6 = 20.
(ii) Find the maximum number of points inside a (ii) Find the number of non-negative integral solutions
15-sided polygon at which 2 or more diagonals of the equation x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 + x5 + x6 = 15.
meet. (iii) In how many ways can 10 identical balls be
distributed among 4 students such that each
9. The figure shows a 9  9 square grid. student gets atleast one ball?
(i) How many squares are there in the figure? 14. If all the words (not necessarily meaningful) that can
(ii) Find the number of rectangles in the figure. be formed by using all the letters of the word ROSE
are arranged in the dictionary order, find the rank of
the word SORE.
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15. Four-digit numbers are formed using the digits 4, 5, all the numbers that are formed.
6 and 8 without repeating the digits. Find the sum of
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE
Directions for questions 1 to 5: Solve the following questions.

1. There are four letters and three letterboxes in which 5. In the figure below, ABCD is a 6  6 square grid.
the letters are to be posted. Find the number of
ways of doing it, if D C
(i) all the letters are non-identical and the boxes       
are non-identical.   XR
(ii) all the letters are non-identical but the boxes are  
identical.
(iii) all the boxes are non-identical but the letters are   QX
identical.  
(iv) all the letters as well as all the boxes are  
identical.
 X
A P B
2. Find the number of positive integral solutions of
abc = 385. (i) How many straight lines can be drawn by
joining the dots?
3. Find the number of terms in the expansion of (ii) How many triangles can be formed using the
(a + b + c)20. dots?
(iii) In how many ways can an ant go from P to
4. Five unbiased dice are rolled.In how many ways can R without going through Q (It can only go
the total be 27? horizontally to the right or vertically up)?

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