YTO MATHS CENTRE

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1. A mathematician, a physicist, and an engineer walk into a bar. If
there are 3 seats available at the bar, how many ways are there for
the mathematician, physicist, and engineer to seat themselves?
2. Two boys Benson, Benny and three girls Grace, Gloria, Georgia
are to be seated in a row according to the following rules:
1) Grace must sit next to Gloria.
2) There is no 3 consecutive girls.
If S is the number of different such seating arrangements, find
the value of S.

3. 10 girls are to be seated in a row. Among all of them, Arkar will

sit at the leftmost position and Kathy will sit at the rightmost
position. Find the number of the combination(s) satisfying the
above condition.

4. Five children are to be seated on a bench. Find (a) how many

ways the children can be seated. (b) how many arrangements are
possible if the youngest child is to sit at the left-hand end of the
bench.
5. 5 identical black phones and 7 identical white tablets are put from
left to right. How many different permutation(s) is / are there?

6. 4 identical blue flags and 5 identical red flags are put from left to
right. How many different permutation(s) is / are there?

7. Three different mathematics books and five other different books

are to be arranged on a bookshelf. Find (a) the number of possible
arrangements of the books. (b) the number of possible
arrangements if the three mathematics books must be kept
together.

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8. Four men Peters, Rogers, Smith and Thomas are to be seated at a

circular table. In how many ways can this be done?
9. 7 friends, A,B,C,D,E,F and G are standing around the circular
table. How many arrangement(s) is / are there?

Exercises
1. 6 identical black books and 8 identical white books are put from
left to right. How many different permutation(s) is / are there?

2. Three boys Bobby, Benson, Benny and three girls Grace, Gloria,
Georgia are to be seated in a row. Given that a boy will not sit
next to another boy and a girl will not sit next to another girl. Find
the number of the combination(s) satisfying the above condition.

3. 5 identical black books and 4 identical white books are put from
left to right. How many different permutation(s) is / are there?

4. Two boys Bobby, Benny and two girls Grace, Gloria are to be
seated in a row according to the following rules:
1) A boy will not sit next to another boy and a girl will not sit next
to another girl,
2) Bobby must not sit next to Gloria.
If S is the number of different such seating arrangements, find the
value of S.
5. 5 students Henry, Stephen, Paul, Charles and Mike line in 1 single
file to take a group photo. If Charles has to be in between of Paul
and Mike, how many different ways are there to arrange them?

6. 7 boys are to be seated in a row. One of them, Andrew, will sit at

the leftmost position. Find the number of the combination(s)
satisfying the above condition.
7. Two boys Bobby, Benny and two girls Grace, Gloria are to be
seated in a row according to the following rules:
1) A boy will not sit next to another boy and a girl will not sit next
to another girl,
2) Benny must sit next to Gloria.

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Find the number of combination(s) satisfying the above

conditions.

8. Arrange 5 letters A, B, C, D and E in a row. If C and E must be

adjacent (the order is not restricted), find the number of
permutations.

9. Two boys Benson, Benny and three girls Grace, Gloria, Georgia
are to be seated in a row according to the following rules:
1) A boy will not sit next to another boy and a girl will not sit
next to another girl,
2) Benson must not sit next to Georgia.
If S is the number of different such seating arrangements, find
the value of S.

10. A mathematician, a physicist, an engineer, and a computer

scientist walk into a bar. If there are 4 seats available at the bar,
how many ways are for the mathematician, physicist, engineer,
and computer scientist to seat themselves?

11. 3 identical English books and 3 identical Mathematics books are

put on a book shelf. How many way(s) of arrangement is / are
there?

12. 4 identical blue boxes and 3 identical red boxes are put from left
to right. How many different permutation(s) is / are there?

13. 3 identical blue flags and 3 identical red flags are put from left to
right. How many different permutation(s) is / are there?

14. 5 students Henry, Stephen, Paul, Charles and Mike line in 1 single
file to take a group photo. If Charles has to be in left of Paul (not
necessarily adjacent), how many different ways are there to
arrange them?

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15. 7 boys are to be seated in a row. One of them, Andrew, will sit at
the center position. Find the number of the combination(s)
satisfying the above condition.

16. Andy is standing around with 5 of his friends. How many

arrangement(s) is / are there?

17. In how many ways can five people. Smith, Jones, Clark, Brown
and White, be arranged around a circular table if
(a) Smith must six next to Brown, (b) Smith must not sit
next to Brown?
18. In how many ways can a group of ten children be arranged in a
line?
19. In how many ways can eight different books be arranged on a
bookshelf?
20. In how many different ways can the letters of the word
THURSDAY be arranged?
21. In how many ways can five women be seated at a circular table?

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