Permutations & Arrangements

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csat-suneung 2005 Q27 (Discrete Mathematics) 3 marks Distribution of Objects into Bins/Groups
How many ordered pairs $( A , B )$ of disjoint subsets of the set $\{ 1,2,3,4,5,6 \}$ are there? [3 points]
(1) 729
(2) 720
(3) 243
(4) 64
(5) 36
csat-suneung 2006 Q17 4 marks Distribution of Objects into Bins/Groups
As shown in the figure, a rectangular solid is made from 12 transparent glass boxes in the shape of identical cubes. If 4 of these glass boxes are replaced with glass boxes of the same size but black in color such that the rectangular solid viewed from above looks like (가) and viewed from the side looks like (나), how many ways can this be done? [4 points]
(1) 54
(2) 48
(3) 42
(4) 36
(5) 30
csat-suneung 2006 Q17 4 marks Distribution of Objects into Bins/Groups
As shown in the figure, a rectangular solid is made from 12 transparent glass boxes in the shape of cubes of equal size. When 4 of these glass boxes are replaced with black glass boxes of the same size, and the view from above looks like (가) and the side view looks like (나), how many ways can this be done? [4 points]
(1) 54
(2) 48
(3) 42
(4) 36
(5) 30
csat-suneung 2007 Q23 4 marks Linear Arrangement with Constraints
Two adults and three children go to an amusement park to ride a certain ride. This ride has 2 chairs in the front row and 3 chairs in the back row. When each child must sit in the same row as an adult, find the number of ways for all 5 people to sit in the chairs of the ride. [4 points]
csat-suneung 2007 Q26 (Discrete Mathematics) 3 marks Distribution of Objects into Bins/Groups
In how many ways can 9 identical candies be distributed into 5 identical bags such that no bag is empty? [3 points]
(1) 8
(2) 7
(3) 6
(4) 5
(5) 4
csat-suneung 2008 Q9 3 marks Selection and Task Assignment
A music concert is divided into Part 1 and Part 2, with 2 solo teams, 2 ensemble teams, and 3 choir teams performing in total. The performance order of the 7 teams is to be determined according to the following two conditions.
(A) In Part 1, 3 teams perform in the order: solo, ensemble, choir.
(B) In Part 2, 4 teams perform in the order: solo, ensemble, choir, choir. What is the number of ways to determine the performance order for this music concert? [3 points]
(1) 18
(2) 20
(3) 22
(4) 24
(5) 26
csat-suneung 2008 Q14 4 marks Lattice Path / Grid Route Counting
A square is divided into three equal parts horizontally to create [Figure 1], and divided into three equal parts vertically to create [Figure 2]. [Figure 1] and [Figure 2] are alternately attached repeatedly to create the following figure. As shown in the figure, let A be the upper left vertex of the first attached [Figure 1], and let $\mathrm { B } _ { n }$ be the lower right vertex of the figure created by attaching a total of $n$ figures (combining the number of [Figure 1] and [Figure 2]).
When $a _ { n }$ is the number of shortest paths from vertex A to vertex $\mathrm { B } _ { n }$ along the lines, what is the value of $a _ { 3 } + a _ { 7 }$? [4 points]
(1) 26
(2) 28
(3) 30
(4) 32
(5) 34
csat-suneung 2009 Q15 4 marks Distribution of Objects into Bins/Groups
A certain volunteer service center operates the following 4 volunteer activity programs every day.
ProgramABCD
Volunteer Activity Hours1 hour2 hours3 hours4 hours

Chulsu wants to participate in one program each day for 5 days at this volunteer service center and create a volunteer activity plan so that the total volunteer activity hours is 8 hours. How many different volunteer activity plans can be created? [4 points]
(1) 47
(2) 44
(3) 41
(4) 38
(5) 35
csat-suneung 2009 Q25 4 marks Lattice Path / Grid Route Counting
There is a walking path in a rectangular lawn. As shown in the figure, this walking path consists of 8 circles with equal radii that are externally tangent to each other.
Starting from point A and arriving at point B along the walking path by the shortest distance, find the number of possible routes. (Note: The points marked on the circles represent the points of tangency between the circles and the rectangle or between the circles.) [4 points]
csat-suneung 2010 Q6 3 marks Selection and Task Assignment
A company employee has 6 types of tasks to handle, including tasks $\mathrm { A }$ and $\mathrm { B }$. The employee wants to handle 4 types of tasks today, including $\mathrm { A }$ and $\mathrm { B }$, and task $\mathrm { A }$ must be handled before task $\mathrm { B }$. What is the number of ways to select the tasks to handle today and determine the order of handling the selected tasks? [3 points]
(1) 60
(2) 66
(3) 72
(4) 78
(5) 84
csat-suneung 2010 Q7 3 marks Selection and Task Assignment
A company employee has 6 tasks to handle in total, including A and B. The employee wants to handle 4 tasks including A and B today, and A must be handled before B. What is the number of ways to select the tasks to handle today and determine the order of handling the selected tasks? [3 points]
(1) 60
(2) 66
(3) 72
(4) 78
(5) 84
csat-suneung 2010 Q14 4 marks Selection and Task Assignment
There is a computer game where two dolls A and B are dressed in shirts and pants with undetermined colors, and then the colors of the clothes are determined. There are 3 shirts and 3 pants of different shapes, and the color of each piece of clothing is determined to be either red or green. A shirt and pants put on one doll are not put on the other doll. The colors of doll A's shirt and pants are determined to be different, and the colors of doll B's shirt and pants are also determined to be different. In this game, when dressing dolls A and B in shirts and pants and determining their colors, what is the number of possible outcomes? [4 points]
(1) 252
(2) 216
(3) 180
(4) 144
(5) 108
csat-suneung 2011 Q18 3 marks Factorial and Combinatorial Expression Simplification
Find the natural number $n$ that satisfies the equation $2 \times {}_{n}\mathrm{C}_{3} = 3 \times {}_{n}\mathrm{P}_{2}$. [3 points]
csat-suneung 2011 Q26 (Discrete Mathematics) 3 marks Distribution of Objects into Bins/Groups
Among the partitions of the natural number 7, how many distinct partitions can be expressed as the sum of natural numbers not exceeding 3? [3 points]
(1) 6
(2) 7
(3) 8
(4) 9
(5) 10
csat-suneung 2014 Q14 Counting Functions with Constraints
For a natural number $n$, $f ( n )$ is defined as follows:
$$f ( n ) = \begin{cases} \log _ { 3 } n & ( n \text{ is odd} ) \\ \log _ { 2 } n & ( n \text{ is even} ) \end{cases}$$
For two natural numbers $m , n$ with $m, n \leq 20$, how many ordered pairs $( m , n )$ satisfy $f ( m n ) = f ( m ) + f ( n )$?
(1) 220
(2) 230
(3) 240
(4) 250
(5) 260
csat-suneung 2016 Q8 3 marks Probability via Permutation Counting
When a coin is tossed 5 times, what is the probability that the product of the number of heads and the number of tails is 6? [3 points]
(1) $\frac { 5 } { 8 }$
(2) $\frac { 9 } { 16 }$
(3) $\frac { 1 } { 2 }$
(4) $\frac { 7 } { 16 }$
(5) $\frac { 3 } { 8 }$
csat-suneung 2017 Q5 3 marks Forming Numbers with Digit Constraints
Among the numbers $1,2,3,4,5$, if we select four numbers with repetition allowed and arrange them in a row to form a four-digit natural number that is a multiple of 5, how many cases are there? [3 points]
(1) 115
(2) 120
(3) 125
(4) 130
(5) 135
csat-suneung 2017 Q22 3 marks Factorial and Combinatorial Expression Simplification
Find the value of ${ } _ { 5 } \mathrm { P } _ { 2 } + { } _ { 5 } \mathrm { C } _ { 2 }$. [3 points]
csat-suneung 2017 Q27 4 marks Distribution of Objects into Bins/Groups
Find the total number of ordered triples $( a , b , c )$ of non-negative integers satisfying the following conditions. [4 points]
(a) $a + b + c = 7$
(b) $2 ^ { a } \times 4 ^ { b }$ is a multiple of 8.
csat-suneung 2018 Q18 4 marks Distribution of Objects into Bins/Groups
When distributing 4 distinct balls into 4 distinct boxes without remainder, how many ways are there to distribute them such that there is at least one box containing exactly 1 ball? (Here, there may be boxes with no balls.) [4 points]
(1) 220
(2) 216
(3) 212
(4) 208
(5) 204
csat-suneung 2019 Q12 3 marks Distribution of Objects into Bins/Groups
The number of ways to distribute 8 identical chocolates to four students $\mathrm { A } , \mathrm { B } , \mathrm { C } , \mathrm { D }$ according to the following rules is? [3 points] (가) Each student receives at least 1 chocolate. (나) Student A receives more chocolates than student B.
(1) 11
(2) 13
(3) 15
(4) 17
(5) 19
csat-suneung 2019 Q22 3 marks Factorial and Combinatorial Expression Simplification
Find the value of ${ } _ { 6 } \mathrm { P } _ { 2 } - { } _ { 6 } \mathrm { C } _ { 2 }$. [3 points]
csat-suneung 2019 Q22 3 marks Factorial and Combinatorial Expression Simplification
Find the value of ${}_{6}\mathrm{P}_{2} - {}_{6}\mathrm{C}_{2}$. [3 points]
csat-suneung 2019 Q28 4 marks Probability via Permutation Counting
There are 4 white balls with the numbers $1, 2, 3, 4$ written on them and 3 black balls with the numbers $4, 5, 6$ written on them. When these 7 balls are randomly arranged in a line, the probability that the balls with the same number do not lie adjacent to each other is $\frac { q } { p }$. Find the value of $p + q$. (Here, $p$ and $q$ are coprime natural numbers.) [4 points]
csat-suneung 2020 Q16 4 marks Distribution of Objects into Bins/Groups
How many ordered pairs $( a , b , c , d )$ of non-negative integers satisfy the following conditions? [4 points] (가) $a + b + c - d = 9$ (나) $d \leq 4$ and $c \geq d$
(1) 265
(2) 270
(3) 275
(4) 280
(5) 285