Date | November 2018 | Marks available | 3 | Reference code | 18N.1.AHL.TZ0.H_2 |
Level | Additional Higher Level | Paper | Paper 1 (without calculator) | Time zone | Time zone 0 |
Command term | Find | Question number | H_2 | Adapted from | N/A |
Question
A team of four is to be chosen from a group of four boys and four girls.
Find the number of different possible teams that could be chosen.
Find the number of different possible teams that could be chosen, given that the team must include at least one girl and at least one boy.
Markscheme
* This question is from an exam for a previous syllabus, and may contain minor differences in marking or structure.
METHOD 1
(A1)
(M1)
= 70 A1
METHOD 2
recognition that they need to count the teams with 0 boys, 1 boy… 4 boys M1
(A1)
= 70 A1
[3 marks]
EITHER
recognition that the answer is the total number of teams minus the number of teams with all girls or all boys (M1)
70 − 2
OR
recognition that the answer is the total of the number of teams with 1 boy,
2 boys, 3 boys (M1)
THEN
= 68 A1
[2 marks]