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LECTURE 1 Counting Principal and Basic Factorial Formula PRACTICE

1) The document is a lecture on basic probability and statistics concepts. It includes 10 practice questions related to counting principles, permutations, and combinations. 2) The questions cover topics like counting the number of possible arrangements of letters/digits without repetition, the number of possible sequences given multiple choice questions with different answer choices, and counting the number of possible numbers or code words given certain criteria. 3) The practice questions provide examples of how counting principles can be applied to calculate probabilities and engage with basic statistics problems.

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LECTURE 1 Counting Principal and Basic Factorial Formula PRACTICE

1) The document is a lecture on basic probability and statistics concepts. It includes 10 practice questions related to counting principles, permutations, and combinations. 2) The questions cover topics like counting the number of possible arrangements of letters/digits without repetition, the number of possible sequences given multiple choice questions with different answer choices, and counting the number of possible numbers or code words given certain criteria. 3) The practice questions provide examples of how counting principles can be applied to calculate probabilities and engage with basic statistics problems.

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GATE 2024 Subject: Mathematics

Topic: Probability and Statistics


Lecture Number – 1 Subtopic: Counting Principal + Basic
● LIVE Factorial and Permutation Formulas

Explanation
QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE
Q1) How many different numbers of two digit can be formed with the digits 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6; so that no digit being repeated.
a) 30 b) 20 c) 36 d) 10
Q2) how many words can be formed out of the letter of the word “SMILE” taking all
the letters at a time so that no letter being repeated
a) 320 b) 220 c) 125 d) 120
Q3) There are 6 multiple choice question in an examination. How many sequences of
answers are possible, if the first three questions have 4 choices and each the next
three have five choices?
a) 3000 b) 2000 c) 8000 d) 10000
Q4) how many 3 digit number can be formed without using the digits 0, 2, 3, 4, 5 and
6?
a) 64 b) 56 c) 36 d) 100
Q5) How many odd numbers less than thousand can be formed by using the digits
0,2,5,7 when the repetition of the digits is allowed?
a) 32 b) 42 c) 52 d) 110
Q6) the code word is to consist of two distinct English alphabets followed by two
distinct numbers from 1 to 9. For example, CA23 is a code word. How many such code
words are there? How many of them end with an even integer?
a) 32000, 25000 b) 36844, 25945
c) 46800, 20800 d) 11000, 25698
Q7) the number of five-digit telephone numbers having at least one of their digits
repeated is
a) 69760 b) 42258 c) 52000 d) 17850
Q8) There are five books on mathematics and six books on physics in a bookshop. In
how many ways can a student buy:
(i) a mathematics book and physics book
(ii) a mathematics book or a physics book
a) 30, 11 b) 25, 36 c) 36, 25 d) 11, 30
Q9. How many three-digit numbers are there?
a) 300 b) 900 c) 800 d) 250
Q10. How many three-digit odd numbers are there?
a) 300 b) 350 c) 450 d) 400

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