1.) There are 9 cubic blocks marked with different numbers. 5 of them are blue and the
rest are pink. Maggie puts all the blocks in a row. Find the number of permutations if no
pink blocks are put next to each other.
2.) Pauline has 1 dictionary, 1 comic and 5 different fictions. She wants to put 4 books on
the lower shelf and 3 books on the upper shelf. If the dictionary and the comic are put in
different shelves, find the number of arrangements of the books.
3.) 6 children are arranged to sit in a row. And each one raises one hand before a teacher
takes a photo of them. In how many ways can the children be arranged to sit with each one raising one hand?
4.) Christine is preparing for the examinations of five subjects: Chinese,
English, Mathematics, Liberal Studies and Physics. She plans to study one subject each
day from Monday to Friday and no subjects are repeated in these five days. In how many
ways can the subjects be arranged if she must study Physics on Monday and must not
study English on Friday?