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Permutation and Combination SPM 1993 - 2007

1. The document provides sample questions from SPM (Malaysian public exam) papers from 1993-2008 related to permutation and combination. The questions involve calculating the number of possible combinations or arrangements of people, objects, letters or numbers based on certain conditions. 2. Common concepts tested include finding the number of ways to choose or arrange a certain number of items from groups, the probability of certain outcomes, forming combinations or codes with restrictions, and counting arrangements with specified conditions. 3. The questions progressively increase in complexity, involving more steps and considering additional constraints in arranging or selecting items compared to previous years. This allows students to build their skills in solving permutation and combination problems over time.

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Permutation and Combination SPM 1993 - 2007

1. The document provides sample questions from SPM (Malaysian public exam) papers from 1993-2008 related to permutation and combination. The questions involve calculating the number of possible combinations or arrangements of people, objects, letters or numbers based on certain conditions. 2. Common concepts tested include finding the number of ways to choose or arrange a certain number of items from groups, the probability of certain outcomes, forming combinations or codes with restrictions, and counting arrangements with specified conditions. 3. The questions progressively increase in complexity, involving more steps and considering additional constraints in arranging or selecting items compared to previous years. This allows students to build their skills in solving permutation and combination problems over time.

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PERMUTATION AND COMBINATION SPM 2003 - 2007

Group I Group II
Language subjects Science Subjects
English Physic
Japanese Chemistry
French Biology
ART subjects Mathematics subjects
Geography Mathematics A
History Mathematics T

SPM1993
(a) The table above shows the subjects that can be taken by a candidate in an examination. The candidate for the
examination must choose 3 subjects in group I and another 4 in group II. Find
(i) the number of possible combination subjects for a candidate
(ii) the probability that a candidate did not choose any ART subject.

(b) Four letter in the word FLOWER is arranged in a line with condition that the first letter is a vowel. Find the number
of possible arrangement.

SPM1994
10 students want to participate in three competition. 4 participants is needed for choir competition, 3 for quiz and
another 2 for essay writing competition. Find the number of way to choose all the participants with condition that one
student is only allowed to participate in one competition only.

SPM1995
How many 4 digit number which is less than 7000 that can be formed from the prime number between 1 and 10
without repeating?

Refrigerator Refrigerator
TV TV TV

SPM1996
In Pak Adam’s shop there is 5 TV, P, Q, R, S, T, and 4 refrigerator W, X, Y, Z.
(a) If one TV and one refrigerator is chosen randomly find the probability that TV P or Q and refrigerator W will be
chosen.
(b) Pak Adam wants to display the items as shown above in the diagram. Find the number of ways the items can be
displayed.

SPM1997
One committee is going to be formed to overcome the lack of science stream. There will be 7 member which is
chosen from 6 lecturers, 3 principals and 2 teachers. Find the number of ways
(a) The member can be chosen
(b) The member can be chosen if the committee must have 3 or4 lecturers.

SPM1998
Four letter from the word “BESTARI” is arranged in a line. Find the number of arrangements possible

SPM1999
A pack of present which consists of five items will be chosen from 6 calculator and 4 pen. Find the number of package
that can be formed to have
(a) 3 calculator
(b) not more than 2 pen

SPM2000
There is 6 tins of paints with red, blue, green, yellow, black and white colour.
(a) Find the number of ways to arrange 4 of the tins in a line.
(b) If the red, blue, yellow and white paint are chosen, find the number of different paint combination that can be
made.

SPM2002
Azmi choose 8 VCD from a group of 16 VCD.
(a) find the number of ways to choose the VCD
(b) 6 of the VCD is in Malay and others is in English. Find the number of selection if the choice must include at least 4
VCD in Malay.
A B C D E 6 7 8
SPM2003
1. Diagram shows 5 letters and 3 digits. A code is to be formed using those letters and digits. The code must consists
of 3 letters followed by 2 digits. How many codes can be formed if no letter or digit is repeated in each code?[3 marks]

2. A badminton team consists of 7 students. The team will be chosen from a group of 8 boys and 5 girls. Find the
number of teams that can be formed such that each team consist of
(a) 4 boys
(b) not more than 2 girls. [4 marks]

SPM2004
Diagram shows five cards with different letters.

S P A C E
(a) Find the number of possible arrangements in a row, of all the cards.
(b) Find the number of these arrangements in which the letters E and A are side by side [4 marks]

SPM2005
A debating team consists of 5 students. These 5 students are chosen from 4 monitors,
2 assistant monitor and 6 prefects. Find the number of different ways the team can be formed if
(a) there is no restriction
(b) the team contains only 1 monitor and exactly 3 prefects. [4 marks]

SPM2006
Diagram shows seven letter cards.
U N I F O R M

A four letter code is to be formed using four of these cards, find


(a) the number of different four letter codes that can be formed
(b) the number of different four letter codes which end with a consonant [4 marks]

SPM2007
A coach wants to choose 5 players consisting of 2 boys and 3 girls to form a badminton team.
These 5 players are chosen from a group of 4 boys and 5 girls. Find
(a) the number of ways the team can be formed
(b) the number of ways the team members can be arranged in a row for a group
photograph, if the three girls sit next to each other. [4 marks]

SPM2008
Diagram shows six numbered cards.

3 5 6 7 8 9

How many
(a) different numbers can be formed?
(b) different odd numbers can be formed? [4 marks]

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