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Systematic Listing Strategies

Apply systematic listing strategies to find the number of combinations and permutations of choices.

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This is level 6: standard combinations questions.

For each of the questions in this level the order of the items picked, selected or dealt does not matter.

1. BooksIt is time for Jasmin to pack for her holiday in the countryside. She loves to read while she is on holiday but only has a limited amount of space for books in her bag.

Jasmin has six books to choose from and will pack only two of them. How many different ways can she do this?

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2. You have seven friends and you can pick three of them to join you on a trip to the theatre. How many ways are there of picking the three friends?

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3. A shop sells nine different types of fruit. I buy two different pieces of fruit for my lunch. How many different ways can I choose?

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4. From a pack of nine cards, numbered 1 to 9, a player is dealt three cards. How many different hands (set of three cards) could the player have been dealt?

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5. There are 14 players in the Transum Football Club squad. Only 11 of them are required for the start of a match. How many ways can 11 be selected from 14?

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6. How many ways are there of selecting two children from a group of two girls and three boys such that at least one of the chosen children is a boy?

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7. The chances of winning The UK National Lottery are quite slim. Six numbers are drawn at random from the set of integers between 1 and 49? How many different groups of six numbers is it possible to choose?

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8. Out of six consonants and three vowels, how many possible sets of two consonants and two vowels can be formed?

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Level 1 - Practical listing activities

Level 2 - Find missing items and errors

Level 3 - The product rule for counting

Level 4 - Find the number of arrangements

Level 5 - Standard permutation questions

Level 6 - Standard combinations questions

Level 7 - Mixed combinatorics questions

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