PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS

 KELANTAN PAPER 1 2019

24 Diagram 6 shows 8 tents to be built in two rows.

Diagram 6

There are 3 orange tents and other 5 tents in different colour such as red, yellow, blue, black
and green. Find the number of arrangements of all tents, if 3 orange tents are required to be
side by side.

 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 1 2019

23 A plant nursery has 8 pots of orchid, 6 pots of Begonia and 4 pots of Petunia. Madam Lim
wants to buy 3 pots of orchid, 4 pots of Begonia and 2 pots of Petunia.
a) Find number of ways that Madam Lim can buy the flowers.
b) Madam Lim wants to hang the pots of flower in front of her house in a straight line.
She wants to arrange in a way so that the 3 pots of orchid are in the middle. Find the
number of ways she can arrange the flower pots.

 PERLIS PAPER 1 2019

3 Suhana has 5 different colours to choose to paint her house.

a) In how many ways can Suhana paint her house using 3 different colours?
b) If two different colour paints or three different colours paints can be mixed to form a
new colour. How many new mixed colours can be formed?

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 PULAU PINANG PAPER 1 2019

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22 Solve the equation Cr = 5 x Cr.

 SELANGOR SET 1 PAPER 1 2019

1 Berjaya Company has 4 vacancies for senior managers where each job has an identical
description. 5 men and 3 women have applied for the positions. Find the number of ways of
selecting four people to fill the positions.

 SELANGOR SET 2 PAPER 1 2019

1 A chairman, a secretary and 4 committee members of Science Society will be selected from
10 students that include a set of twins. If a student has been appointed as a chairman, find
the number of ways 6 posts can be filled.

 TERENGGANU PAPER 1 2019

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20 Given that 6( Cr) = Pr, find the value of r.

k k
23 a) Given Ch = Cg, express k in terms of h and g.
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b) Given C3 = Cn, ,state the value of n.

24 Diagram 9 shows five trains carriage at Zoo Negara. Lisa, her two brothers and their parents
wanted to ride the train. Everyone wants to ride in different carriage.

Diagram 9

Find the number of ways if

a) Lisa‟s father rides in carriage 1, while Lisa‟s mother rides in carriage 5,
b) Lisa‟s mother and father were sitting on the first two carriages.

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 KELANTAN PAPER 1 2018

4 a) Diagram 2 show Box A and Box B containing numbered cards.

Diagram 2

Calculate the number of ways for a two digit number to be formed if the place value
„tens‟ is taken from Box A and place value „ones‟ is taken from Box B.

b) A family consisting of 4 males and 5 females booked back row cinema tickets
consisting of 9 seats. Find the number of arrangements if all males are to sit together
and all females are to sit together.

 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 1 2018

22 Diagram 7 shows nine number cards.

Diagram 7

a) How many 5 digit numbers can be formed without repetition?

b) Aaron chooses randomly a number from the 5 digit numbers formed. Find the
probability of getting a 5 digit number which is greater than 70000.

 JUJ PAHANG SET 2 PAPER 1 2018

x
22 a) State the value of Cx.
b) A question paper consists of part A and part B. Each part contains 5 questions.
Calculate the number of different ways if a student needs to choose 3 questions from
part A and 2 questions from part B.

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23 A five digit serial numbering system has been created by an NGO organization to be given to
the recipient of financial special contribution. The recipients of the contribution will receive a
card that has been printed with the serial numbers without repeating. The five digits that
make up the serial numbers are 1, 4, 6, 7 and 9. If each permutation of the digits are listed in
increasing order, how many percent of cards that end with digit 4?

 PERLIS PAPER 1 2018

20 A group of 5 students are to be chosen from 9 boys and 7 girls to form a school‟s debate
team. Find the number of different ways to form the team which consists of
a) boys only,
b) at least 4 girls.

 SELANGOR SET A PAPER 1 2018

22 How many numbers from 1000 to 9999 which do not contain four different digits?

 SELANGOR SET B PAPER 1 2018

19 Diagram 19 shows four letter cards and five digit cards.

Diagram 19

Three letters and three digit cards are taken from 9 cards to form a car plate number.
How many ways to form a car plate number if
a) it must begin with letter „C‟,
b) it begins with letter „C‟ and ends with digit 6.

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 TERENGGANU MPP3 PAPER 1 2018

23 Diagram 23 shows 5 male and 5 female players of a national badminton team.

Diagram 23

Two mixed double is chosen from the team.

a) Find the number of ways the mixed double team can be formed.
b) Find the number of ways these two mixed doubles is arranged in a row with the
two ends of the row must be male.

 YIK PAPER 1 2018

23 A team consists of 5 students are to be chosen from 4 girls and 6 boys.

Find the number of ways the team can be formed if
a) there is no restriction,
b) a minimum of 3 girls must be chosen.

 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 1 2017

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2 a) State the value of P1.

b) Diagram 2 shows six number cards.

Diagram 2

Find the numbers of four digit even number which is greater than 5000 that can be
formed from the given cards.

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 PAHANG PAPER 1 2017

24 Diagram 24 shows nine letter cards.

Diagram 24

A nine-letter code is to be formed using all these cards.

Find
a) the number of different nine-letter codes that can be formed,
b) the number of different nine-letter codes which
(i) must begin with the letter M and end with the letter N or vice versa,
(ii) the letter M and the letter N must be separated by four other different letters.

 PERLIS PAPER 1 2017

20 Annual meeting of the membership of the Coop Mart SMK Abi is held in the month of
November to choose the 15 members of the board of the cooperative school from 12 teachers
and 20 students.
Find the number of different ways to choose the member of the board of the cooperative if
a) there is no restriction,
b) 6 teachers and 9 students are choosen.

 TERENGGANU BK7 PAPER 1 2016

22 Diagram 22 shows a hexagon ABCDEF.

Diagram 22

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Using the hexagonal vertices as vertices of a triangle, find the number of triangles that can be
formed if
a) there is no restriction,
b) A and B are two of the vertices.

23 Diagram 23 shows the arrangement of photo session for school football team. The front liner
consists Headmaster, Headcoach, 2 Assistant Coaches and 3 team Official Staffs.

Diagram 23

Find the number of possible arrangements on the front line can be formed if
a) headmaster must be at “1” position and the headcoach is beside to the headmaster.
b) two of the assistant coaches must be at “7” position and “4” position.

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