CAIE S1 2017 March — Question 5

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2017
SessionMarch
TopicCombinations & Selection

5
  1. A plate of cakes holds 12 different cakes. Find the number of ways these cakes can be shared between Alex and James if each receives an odd number of cakes.
  2. Another plate holds 7 cup cakes, each with a different colour icing, and 4 brownies, each of a different size. Find the number of different ways these 11 cakes can be arranged in a row if no brownie is next to another brownie.
  3. A plate of biscuits holds 4 identical chocolate biscuits, 6 identical shortbread biscuits and 2 identical gingerbread biscuits. These biscuits are all placed in a row. Find how many different arrangements are possible if the chocolate biscuits are all kept together.