MATH MARATHON CLASS

BY SADAF SADMAN (DU IBA BBA 33RD)

PERMUTATION & COMBINATION
PERMUTATION & COMBINATION
PERMUTATION & COMBINATION
PROBABILITY
How many 4-digit even numbers can be formed using the digits 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (without repetition)?
How many 4-digit even numbers can be formed using the digits 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (with repetition)?
From 8 men and 6 women, a 5-member committee is to be
formed including at least 2 women.
The letters of BANGLADESH are arranged randomly. What is the
probability that both A’s are together?
How many distinct arrangements of DHAKA can be made if both
A’s must be separated?
A 5-digit number is formed from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 without repetition.
What is the probability that it is divisible by 5?
A bag contains 4 red, 3 blue, and 3 green balls. Two are drawn
without replacement. What is the probability that they are of
different colors?
Two dice are rolled. What is the probability that the sum is a prime
number?
A committee of 3 is to be formed from 5 teachers and 4 students
such that at least 1 teacher is included.
A word is formed using all letters of STATISTICS. What is the
number of distinct arrangements?
Shooter A hits a target with probability 0.6 per shot, and shooter B
with probability 0.5 per shot. They shoot alternately, starting with A,
until someone hits. What is the probability that A hits first?
A fair die is rolled until a “6” appears. What is the probability that
this happens on the 4th roll?
The probability that a computer starts successfully is 0.9. If the
computer is restarted until it starts, what is the probability that it
starts within 3 attempts?
Shooters A and B take one simultaneous shot each at the same
target. P(A hits)=0.4, P(B hits)=0.3. What is the probability that
exactly one of them hits?
Out of 10 points in the plane, no three collinear, how many triangles
can be formed?
How many ways to put 9 identical balls into 3 distinct boxes (boxes
may be empty)?
How many ways can 10 identical balls be placed into 4 distinct
boxes if each box must contain at least 2 balls?
If letters of BANGLADESH are arranged randomly, what is the
probability that the word starts and ends with a consonant?
Shooters take turns, starting with A. P(A hits)=0.7, P(B hits)=0.5.
What is the probability that the contest ends within the first two
shots (i.e., A hits on shot 1, or A misses then B hits on shot 2)?
A biased coin has P(H)=2/3. It is tossed repeatedly until a head
appears. Find the probability that the total number of tosses is
even.
How many ways to go from (0,0) to (5,5) in a grid?
On a 5×5 lattice (from (0,0) to (5,5)), you may move only right or
up. How many shortest paths pass through the lattice point (2,2)?
On a 5×5 lattice (from (0,0) to (5,5)), you may move only right or
up. How many shortest paths do not pass through the lattice point
(2,2)?
What is ''SWARGO"s Serial in a dictionary which only has the
alphabets of "SWARGO"?
In a car there are two front seats and 3 back seats. A family has
five members- father, mother, 2 sisters and 1 brother. At least one
from the father and mother must sit at the front and the sisters
can't sit adjacently, so in how many ways can they sit?
Hasnain has 4 decks of cards each 1-6. He flips 4 cards. What is
the probability that the cards he flips at least contains a single
pair (same number from different deck)?
In a room filled with 7 people, 4 people have exactly 1 sibling in the
room and 3 people have exactly 2 siblings in the room. If two
individuals are selected from the room at random, what is the
probability that those two individuals are NOT siblings?
 There are n persons sitting around a circular table. They start
singing a 2 minute song in pairs such that no two persons sitting
together will sing together. This process is continued for 28
minutes. Find n.
 There are n persons sitting around a circular table. They start
singing a 2 minute song in pairs such that no two persons sitting
together will sing together. This process is continued for 28
minutes. Find n.
There is a rectangular cuboidal grid with dimensions of 2 by 3 by 3.
How many ways can one go from the front left down vertex to the
back right up vertex by only going back up and right?
A factory has 3 machines: Machine A: 50% of parts, 1% defective, Machine B: 30% of parts,
2% defective, Machine C: 20% of parts, 3% defective. A randomly chosen part is found
defective. Find the probability that this defective part was produced by Machine A
BREAK
 DATA SUFFICIENCY

A. Statement (1) alone is sufficient, but (2) alone is not.

B. Statement (2) alone is sufficient, but (1) alone is not.
C. Each statement alone is sufficient.
D. Both statements together are sufficient, but neither alone is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) together are insufficient.
 Is x = 2?

(1) x2 - 4x + 4 = 0

(2) (x - 2)(x - 5) = 0
The symbol ∇ represents one of the following operations: addition, subtraction,
multiplication, or division. What is the value of 3 ∇ 2?

(1) 0 ∇ 1 = 1

(2) 1 ∇ 0 = 1
If □ and △ each represent single digits in the decimal below, what digit does □
represent?

3.2□△6

(1) When the decimal is rounded to the nearest tenth, 3.2 is the result.

(2) When the decimal is rounded to the nearest hundredth, 3.24 is the result.
If ● represents one of the operations +, -, ×, and ÷, and k ● (l+m) = (k ● l) + (k ● m) for
all numbers k, l, and m?

(1) k ● 1 is not equal to 1 ● k for some numbers k.

(2) ● represents subtraction.

If P and Q are each circular regions, what is the radius of the larger of these regions?

(1) The area of P plus the area of Q is equal to 9π.

(2) The larger circular region has a radius that is 3 times the radius of the smaller circular region.
 Is z less than 0?

(1) xy > 0 and yz < 0.

(2) x > 0.
If the total price of n equally priced shares of a certain stock was $12,000, what was
the price per share of the stock?

(1) If the price per share of the stock had been $1 more, the total price of the n shares would have
been $300 more.

(2) If the price per share of the stock had been 5 percent less, the total price of the n shares would
have been 5 percent less.
In year X, 8.7 percent of the men in the labor force were unemployed in June
compared with 8.4 percent in May. If the number of men in the labor force was the
same for both months, how many men were unemployed in June of that year?

(1) In May of year X, the number of unemployed men in the labor force was 3.36 million.

(2) In year X, 120,000 more men in the labor force were unemployed in June than in May.
If the average (arithmetic mean) of 4 numbers is 50, how many of the numbers are
greater than 50?

(1) None of the four numbers is equal to 50.

(2) Two of the numbers are equal to 25.

 If x and y are integers and y = |x - 3| + |4 - x|, does y equal 7?

(1) x ≤ 4

(2) x > -3
 In the figure, what is the measure of ∠ABC?

(1) BX bisects ∠ABY and BY bisects ∠XBC.

(2) The measure of ∠CBX is 40°.

Quadrilateral RSTU shown is a site plan for a parking lot in which side RU is parallel to
side ST and RU is longer than ST. What is the area of the parking lot?

(1) RU = 80 meters

(2) TU = 20√10 meters

The figure represents the floor plan of an art gallery that has a lobby and 18 rooms. If Lisa goes
from the lobby into room A at the same time that Paul goes from the lobby into room R, and
each goes through all of the rooms in succession, which room will they be in at the same time?

(1) Lisa spends 2x minutes in each room and Paul spends 3x minutes in each room.

(2) Lisa spends 10 minutes less time in each room than Paul does.
In the addition problem, each of the
symbols □, △, and ★ represents a
positive digit. If □ < △, what is the value
□
of △?
+△
(1) ★ = 4

(2) □ = 1
In a certain senior citizens' club, are more than 1/4 of the members over 75 years of
age?

(1) Exactly 60 percent of the female members are over 60 years of age, and, of these, 1/3 are over 75
years of age.

(2) Exactly 10 male members are over 75 years of age.

 What is the area of the rectangular region shown?

(1) l + w = 6

(2) d² = 20
The inside of a rectangular carton is 48 cm long, 32 cm wide, and 15 cm high. The carton is filled to
capacity with k identical cylindrical cans of fruit that stand upright in rows and columns as
indicated in the figure. If the cans are 15 cm high, what is the value of k?

(1) Each of the cans has a radius of 4 centimeters.

(2) 6 of the cans fit exactly along the length of the carton.
The table shows the distance, in kilometers, by the most direct route, between any
two of the four cities, R, S, T, and U. What is the value of x?

(1) Distance between S and R is twice the distance between S and T.

(2) Distance between T and U is 1.5 times distance between R and T.

 Is 1/p > r/(r^2 + 2)?

(1) p = r

(2) r > 0
 If x is a positive integer and w is a negative integer, what is the value of xw?

(1) x^w = 1/2

(2) w = -1
 Does the integer k have a factor p such that 1 < p < k?
(Note: n! is the product of integers from 1 to n)

(1) k > 4!

(2) 13! + 2 ≤ k ≤ 13! + 13

The participants in a race consisted of 3 teams with 3 runners on each team. A team was awarded
6-n points if one of its runners finished in nth place (1 ≤ n ≤ 5). If all runners finished and there were
no ties, was each team awarded at least one point?

(1) No team was awarded more than a total of 6 points.

(2) No pair of teammates finished in consecutive places among the top five places.
If x = [Link], where r, s, t, and u each represent a nonzero digit of x, what is the value of x?

(1) r = 3s = 2t = 6u

(2) The product of r and u is equal to the product of s and t.

What is the circumference of the circle with
center O?

(1) The perimeter of △OXZ is 20 + 10√2.

(2) The length of arc XYZ is 5π.

How long did it take Betty to drive nonstop on a trip from her home to Denver,
Colorado?

(1) If Betty's average speed for the trip had been 1½ times as fast, the trip would have taken 2 hours.

(2) Betty's average speed for the trip was 50 miles per hour.
In the rectangular coordinate system, if OP < PQ,
is the area of region OPQ greater than 48?

(1) The coordinates of point P are (6, 8).

(2) The coordinates of point Q are (13, 0).

 If y is an integer, is y^3 divisible by 9?

(1) y is divisible by 4.

(2) y is divisible by 6.
Two pieces of fruit are selected out of a group of 8 pieces of fruit consisting only of
apples and bananas. What is the probability of selecting exactly 2 bananas?

(1) The probability of selecting exactly 2 apples is greater than 1/2.

(2) The probability of selecting 1 apple and 1 banana in either order is greater than 1/3.
 Is x⁹⁹y⁴z¹¹> 0?

(1) yz < 0

(2) xz > 0
There is at least one Elephant and one Giraffe in Tahrima’s Fridge. How many
Elephants are there?

(1) There are a total of 99 animals in Tahrima’s Fridge.

(2) From any two animals from Tahrima’s Fridge, at least one is a Giraffe.
At a games store, a group of friends bought 9 games. 6 were AAA games and 3 were FPS at a total cost of
$151. The prices of the 9 games, in dollars, were all different integers, and every AAA game cost more than
every FPS game. What can be the price in dollars of the most expensive FPS game?

(1) The most expensive AAA game cost $22.

(2) The less expensive FPS game cost $2.

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