Solving Problems Using Counting Techniques - Test

Part A – Multiple Choice

One mark each
1. For their uniforms, the Vikings soccer team has a choice of six different styles for the shirts, five
for the shorts, and five colours for their socks. How many different uniforms are possible?
A) 16 B) 150 C) 60 D) 55

2. The Niagara Ice Dogs have 4 people trying out for goal. Their coach wants to try a different goalie
in each of the three periods of an exhibition game. In how many ways can the coach choose the
three different goalies for the game?
A) 12 B) 24 C) 7 D) 55 E) 20

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3. How many arrangements of the word ALGORITHM begin with a vowel and end with a consonant?

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A) 18 B) 5040 C) 90720 D) 181440 E) 362880

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4. From a class of 14 boys and 9 girls, how many ways can I choose a committee of 6 to analyze

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classroom productivity with and equal number of boys and girls?
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A) 126 B) 252252 C) 30576 D) 448

5. A bag contains three green Christmas ornaments and four gold ornaments. If you randomly pick a
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single ornament from the bag, what is the probability that it will be green?
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A) B) C) D)
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6. A bag contains three green Christmas ornaments and four gold ornaments. If you randomly pick
two ornaments from the bag, at the same time, what is the probability that both ornaments will be
gold?
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A) B) C) D) none of the above

7. How many 4 digit number can be made using 0 -7 with no repeated digits allowed?
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A) 5040 B) 4536 C) 2688 D) 1470

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8. A coin is tossed three times. What is the probability of tossing three heads in a row?
A) B) C) D)
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9. Two standard dice are rolled. What is the probability of rolling doubles (both the same number)?
A) B) C) D)

10. There are 50 competitors in the men’s ski jumping. 30 move on to the qualifying round. How
many different ways can the qualifying round be selected?

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 A) 50! B) 30! C) 80 D) 1500 E) 1.25 × 1046

11. How many ways can the manager of a baseball team put together a batting order of his nine
players, if the shortstop must bat 3rd?
A) 40320 B) 504 C) 362880 D) 120960

12. If a CD player is programmed to play the CD tracks in random order, what is the probability that
it will play six songs from a CD in order from your favourite to your least favourite?
A) B) C) D) E)

13. A group of eight grade 11 and five grade 12 students wish to be on the senior prom committee.
The committee will consist of three students. What is the probability that only grade 12 students will
be elected, assuming that all students have an equal chance of being elected?
A) B) C) D) E) F)

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Part B – Short Answer

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Full marks will be awarded for correct solutions with no work shown, however, NO part marks will be
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1. (4 marks)
Jeremy decides to roll a die and toss a coin.
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a. a) Make a tree diagram or use listing / exhaustion to show the possible outcomes.
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b. b) How many different outcomes are there?

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2. (3 marks)
There are 10 councillors and 12 planning department staff available to serve on a committee to look
into re-establishing two way traffic on the streets of St. Catharines. If the committee will consist of 3
councillors and either 1 or 2 planning staff, how many different committees could the council
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choose?
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3. (8 marks)
Nine stuffed animals, all different, are placed along a babies toy shelf. How many possible
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arrangements are there if:

a. a) there are no restrictions.
b. b) Cookie Monster must be in the middle.
c. c) BERT and ERNIE must be together.
d. d) BERT, ERNIE, and OSCAR must be together.
e. e) BERT, ERNIE, and OSCAR must not be together.

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 f. f) they must not be in alphabetical order.

4. (3 marks)
Miss Morrison has a test bank of multiple choice questions. 15 questions are combinations, and 12
are permutations. Miss Morrison is writing a test with 12 multiple choice questions.
a. a) How many different tests can she write if she wants to choose 7 combination and 5
permutation multiple choice questions.
b. b) After she has chosen the 12 questions, In how many orders can she put them on the
test?

5. (1 mark)
How many different pizza's can be ordered if the restaurant offers 15 different toppings and there is
not limit to the number of toppings on the pizza?

6. (13 marks)

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6 Teachers and 12 students volunteer for a committee to discuss extra-curricular activities. How
many committees of 5 people can be made if:

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a. a) there are no restrictions
b. b) there must be 3 students on the committee

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c. c) there must be no more than 2 teachers on the committee
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e. e) Barry and Miss Morrison cannot be on the committee together.

7. (2 marks)
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A 9-passenger van shuttles athletes between venues at the Canada Summer Games. If 22 athletes
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need to get to the track and field stadium, in how many ways can passengers be chosen for
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a. a) the bus’s first trip?

b. b) the bus’s second trip?

8. (4 marks)
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The starting line up for a basketball team is to consist of two forwards and three guards. Two
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brothers are on the team. Matthew is a forward and Tony a guard. There are four forwards and six
guards from which to choose the line up. If the starting players are chosen at random, what is the
probability that the two brothers will end up in the starting line up?
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9. (5 marks)
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In a truck meet, five entrants of equal ability are competing. What is the probability that
a. a) the finish will be in the descending order of the entrants’ ages?
b. b) Sandy will be first?
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c. c) Shanaze is the first and Sandy is second?

10. (4 marks)
Find the number of paths through the below grid.

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 Answers:
Part A
1. b) 150
2. b) 24
3. c) 90720
4. c) 30576
5. 42.8% chance of the ornament being green
6. 28.5% chance of both ornaments being gold
7. a) 5040
8. 12.5% chance of tossing 3 heads
9. 16.6% chance of rolling doubles
10. e) 1.25 × 1046
11. a) 40320
12. 1/720
13. 220/1771

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Part B
1. a) (1, H) (1, T) b) There are 12 different outcomes.

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(2, H) (2, T)
(3, H) (3, T)

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(4, H) (4, T)
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(5, H) (5, T)
(6, H) (6, T)
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2. 10c3*12c1 + 10c3*12c2 = 10c3(12c1 + 12c2) = 8040 different committees could be chosen.

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3. a) 9! = 362,880
b) 8! = 40,320
c) 7! = 5,040
Placed in any of 8 spots, and also can be Ernie Bert as the order goes.
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5040*8*2 = 80,640
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d) Same as before but add another one in

6! * 7 * 6 = 30,240
e) Total – when they are together
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362,880 - 30,240 = 332,640

f) total-alphabetical
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362,880-1 = 362,879

4. a) 12c5*15c7 = 5,096,520 different tests

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b) 12! = 479,001,600

5. 15! = 1,307,674,368,000

6. a) 18c5 = 8,568
b) 12c3*6c2 = 3,300

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 c) 0 teachers: 12C5 = 792 1 teacher: 6C1 * 12C4 = 2970 2 teachers: 6C2 * 12C3 = 3300
Total = 7,062

d) Total – no teachers – no students

8,568 – 12c5 – 6c5 = 7,770
e) Total – committees with both
8,568 – 16c3 = 8,008

7. a) 22c9 = 497,420
b) 13c9 = 715

8. 4c2*6c3 = 120 Total possible lineups

3c1*5c2 = 30 With brothers in lineup
2 Brothers = 30 / 120
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9. a)1 / 5p5 or (5!) = 1 / 120

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b) 1 / 5
c) (1 / 5) * (1 / 4) = 1 / 20 or 0.05

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10. no grid?
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