Practice Sheet On Combinatorics Made by MD - Ishrak Khan (T134)

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Practice sheet on Combinatorics

Made by Md.Ishrak Khan(T134)

Type-1:

(i) Using each digit only once in each number how many significant odd numbers

containing five digits can be formed with the digits 6, 5, 2, 3, 0?

(ii) Using each digit only once in each number how many significant even number

containing five digits can be formed with the digits 5, 3, 2, 6, 0?

Type-2:

(i) The digits from 0 to 9 is written in the telephone dial. All the telephone numbers

in the town of Cox’s Bazar contain 5 digits. How many connections of telephones can

be made in that town?

(ii) 15 letters in each of 3 rings of a lock are printed. If the lock can be opened by only

one permutation of three letters, then find the number of permutations by which the

lock cannot be opened.

(iii) How many numbers of three digits can be formed with the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 so

that any digit may be repeated any number of times in each numbers? How many of

these numbers have the same digit twice or thrice?

Type-3:

(i) In how many ways can the letters of 'Equation' be arranged by using all the letters

at a time?

(ii) In how many ways can the letters of the word 'TRIANGLE' be arranged so that

the vowels do not come together?

(iii) Find the number of arrangements of the letters of the word 'Mathematics'. In how

many of these arrangements the vowels remain together?

(iv) In how many ways can the letters of the word 'MILLENNIUM' be arranged? How
many of them begin with 'M' and also end with 'M'?

(v) In how many ways can the letters of the word 'Permutation' be re-arranged so that the

positions of vowels are not changed?

Type-4:

(i) How many different words taking letters at a time can be formed from the letters

of the word Cambridge' so that each word contains all the vowels?

(ii) How many different words consisting of 3 consonants and 2 vowels can be

formed from 12 different consonants and 5 different vowels?

(iii) How many different words by taking 1 vowel and 2 consonants from the letters

of the word "Permutation" can be formed where the vowel always stays in the middle?

Type-5:

(i) How many teams of 11 players can be formed from 14 players of which 6 are

experienced bowlers so that each team consists of at least 5 experienced bowers?

(ii) From two groups of players of which 6 are in one group and 8 are in the other

group, a cricket team of 11 players is to be formed so that each team consists of at

least 4 players from the group of 6. In how many ways can that team be formed?

(iii) From 6 students having Mathematics and 4 students having Physics, a committee

of 6 is to be formed so that the majority of members of the committee is taken from

the students having Mathematics. In how many ways can the committee be formed?

Type-6:

(i) An examinee is required to answer 6 questions out 12 questions. He will have to select

exactly 4 questions out of 5 questions from the beginning. In how many ways

can he select the questions?

(ii) Question paper on Mathematics has been divided into two groups, each group

contains 5 questions. An examinee is required to answer 6 questions taking not more

than 4 questions from any group. In how many ways can the examinee select
questions?

Type-7:

(i) In how many ways can the letters of the word "Degree" taking 4 letters at a time be

selected?

(ii) In how many ways can selections be made by taking 4 letters at a time from the

letters of the word "Thesis"?

(iii) How many words can be formed by taking 3 letters at a time from the letters of the

word 'America'?

Type-8:

(i) How many triangles can be formed by joining the angular points of a polygon

containing 17 sides?

(ii) How many triangles can be formed by joining the angular points of a polygon

containing 12 sides. Find the number of diagonals of this polygon.

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