MATH121ak – Elementary Statistics

Problem Set no. 3

Name: Gonzales, April Jane C.

C/Y/S: PSY24
Professor: Ms. Nelda Nacion

1. How many numbers consisting of 5 digits can be made from 1,

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9?
P =Nn
P =95
P =59,049 5 number digits can be made out of 9 numbers.

2. In how many ways can 5 people be seated on a sofa, if there

are only three seats available?
n!
P =
( n−r ) !
5!
P =
(5−3 ) !
P = 60 ways to arrange them 3 at a time

3. In how many ways can 6 children be seated in a round table?

P = (n-1)!
P = (6-1)!
P = 120

4. An organization sponsored a raffle where they were to sell

all 500 tickets sequentially numbered from 001 to 500. How
many of the tickets
a. Has the same three digits
= 4
b. Ends in 3
c. Contain the digits 1, 2, 3 (not necessarily in that
order)

5. The geographical distribution of the hometown of 80 students

of CvSU-CBE is given as: 50 from Luzon, 10 from Visayas and
20 from Mindanao. How many ways can three students be
selected at random such that
a. All of them come from any three places
= 10,000 (50*20*10)
b. No student comes from Luzon and Mindanao
= 720 (10*9*8)

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6. In how many ways can 10 individuals be selected from 25
individuals?
n!
C =
r ! ( n−r ) !
25!
C =
10 ! ( 25−10 ) !
C = 3,268,760 ways

7. If a student can answer any 6 questions from an exam with 10

questions, how many ways can he answer the exam?
n!
C =
r ! ( n−r ) !
10 !
C =
6 ! (10−6 ) !
C = 210 ways

8. If there are 9 horses in a race, in how many ways can they

finish first, second, and third?
n!
P =
( n−r ) !
9
P =
( 9−3 ) !
P = 504

9. How many ways can 10 students line up in a food counter?

P = n!
P = 10!
P = 3,628,000

10. How many choices do we have if we are going to bet in

the Lotto 6/42 draw?
n!
C =
r ! ( n−r ) !
42 !
C =
6 ! ( 42−6 ) !
C = 5,245,786 combinations to bet

11. In how many ways can 6 boys and 7 girls be seated in a

row of 13 chairs? What if the boys and the girls must
alternate?
P = 7!+6!
P = 5,760

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12. If in an examination consisting of 24 questions a
student may omit 6, in how many ways can he select the
problems he will answer?
n!
C =
r ! ( n−r ) !
24 !
C =
18 ! ( 24−18 ) !
C = 134,596

13. How many three-digit numbers greater than 300 can be

formed from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, if each digit can be
used only once?
P = (7*6*5) + 300
P = 210 + 300
P = 510 three digit numbers

14. How many sample points or elements are there when

simultaneously a coin is tossed once, two dice are thrown
and a card is selected at random from an ordinary deck of 52
cards?
Ω = 2*6*6*52
Ω = 3744

15. In how many ways can a window dresser display four

shirts in a circular arrangement?
P = (n-1)!
P = 6

16. How many distinct permutations can be made from the word
“COMMUNICATION”?
n!
P =
n1 ! n 2 ! … … n k !
13!
P =
2 !∗2 !∗2!∗1 !∗2!∗1 !∗1!∗2 !
P = 194,594,400 permutations

17. How many ways can a manager select the top three
employees based on performance from 8 of his employees?
n!
P =
( n−r ) !
8!
P =
( 8−3 ) !
P = 336

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18. In how many ways can 10 students be split into 2 groups
containing 4 and 6 students, respectively?
10 !
P =
4 !∗6 !
P = 210

19. In how many ways can the 5 starting positions in a

basketball team be filled with 8 men who can play any
position?
n!
C =
r ! ( n−r ) !
8!
C =
5 ! ( 8−5 ) !
C = 56

20. How many distinct permutations can be made from the

letters of the word “REACT”?
P = n!
P = 5!
P = 120

21. In how many ways can a jack, a queen and a king be

chosen from a deck of 52 cards?
n!
C =
r ! ( n−r ) !
52!
C =
3 ! ( 52−3 ) !
C = 22,100

22. How many ways are there to select 3 candidates from 8

equally qualified recent graduates for openings in Intel,
Philippines?
n!
C =
r ! ( n−r ) !
8!
C =
3 ! ( 8−3 ) !
C = 56

23. In how many ways can the letters in the word REPUBLIC
be arranged if 2 letters are used at a time?
P = 4!
P = 24

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