PERMUTATION and COMBINATION

STRATEGIC INTERVENTION
MATERIALS IN MATH -10

Quarter & Week: 3RD Quarter Week 4

Code & Competency: M10SP-IIId-e-1

Solve Problems
Involving Permutation
and Combination
GEMMA S.SINGSON, Ed.D/ MT-2
Author/Illustrator

KABATAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Vincenzo Sagun, Zamboanga del Sur
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Objectives . . . . . 1

Guide Card . . . . . 1-3

Activity Card . . . .. 4-8
Assessment Card . . 9 - 11
Enrichment Card . . 12
Reference Card . . . 13-14
Answer Key Card . . . 15
Impression Card . . . 16
General Objective:

At the end of the lesson, the students

are expected to solve problems involving

permutation and combinations.

Sub-Tasks:
Solve problems involving permutation

and combinations.
 GUIDE
CARD

To my dear students. I am your teacher Gemma. I am

ready to help you form conclusions and making wise
decisions involving problems on permutations and
combinations.
Enjoy your day with God as the center of everything
and believe that all good things are possible to happen.
With a deep sense of challenges, you can find free
expressions of ideas and thoughts. This is where new
skills and knowledge await you.
As your mentor, I want you to love your work in
solving problems involving permutation and combination.
I believe there is such warmth of intelligence radiates
in you. I will provide you the different challenging and
interesting activities for you to grow smarter and ready to
sustain the infinite and difficult real life problems involving
permutation and combination.
To God be the glory.

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GUIDE
CARD

May you will grow smarter and more intelligent as

well, because we are connected by our hearts. I
will always be at your side especially if you will
encounter any difficulty of this lessons. Let me
share to you this one.
Permutation
The number of permutations of n objects taken r
at a time is determined by the following formula,
n!
P(n, r) = ( n−r ) !

In permutation, order matters. There are two

types of permutation: repetition is allowed and no
repetition.
Can you memorize this one? Well, it is easy.
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GUIDE
CARD

The number of combinations of n

objects taken r at a time is determined
by the following formula:
n!
C(n, r) = ( n−r ) ! r !

In Combination, order does not

matter. It can be either repetition is
allowed or not.
I’m sure everything is easy for you. Do
you want to discover more?

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 ACTIVITY
CARD

Let’s us try this one!

A code have 4 digits in a specific order, the digits
are between 0-9. How many different permutations
are there if one digit may only be used once?

A four digit code could be anything between

0000 to 9999, hence there are 10,000 combinations
if every digit could be used more than one time but
since we are told in the question that one digit only
may be used once it limits our number of
combinations. In order to determine the correct
number of permutations we simply plug in our values
into our formula:
n! 10 ! 10∙ 9 ∙ 8 ∙7 ∙ 6 ∙5 ∙ 4 ∙ 3 ∙2 ∙ 1
P(n, r) = ( n−r ) ! = ( 10−4 ) ! = 6 ∙5 ∙ 4 ∙ 3 ∙2 ∙ 1
= 5040

We need to form a 5 team in a class of 12

students. How many different teams can be formed? 
Solution: 
There is nothing that indicates that the order in
which the team members are selected is important
and therefore it is a combination problem. Hence the
number of teams is given by 

12  C 5 = 12! / [ (12 - 5)!5! ] = 792 

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ACTIVITY
CARD 1

Want More!
Directions: Solve the problems using the permutations and
combinations formula.

1. How many 4 digit numbers can we make using

the digits 3, 6, 7 and 8 without repetitions? 
2. How many 3 digit numbers can we make using
the digits 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 without repetitions? 
3. How many 6 letter words can we make using the
letters in the word LIBERTY without repetitions? 
4. In how many ways can you arrange 5 different
books on a shelf? 
5. In how many ways can you select a committee of
3 students out of 10 students? 
6. How many triangles can you make using 6 non
collinear points on a plane? 
7. A committee including 3 boys and 4 girls is to be
formed from a group of 10 boys and 12 girls. How
many different committees can be formed from
the group? 
8. In a certain country, the car number plate is
formed by 4 digits from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8 and 9 followed by 3 letters from the alphabet.
How many number plates can be formed if
neither the digits nor the letters are repeated?
ACTIVITY
CARD 2 5

Let’s Observe!
Directions: Read and understand the problem. Find the
permutation and combination each problem.

1. The soccer team has 20 players. There are

always 11 players on the field. How many
different groups of players can be on the field
at any one time?
Solution
20!
C(20,11) = ( 20−11 ) ! 11! = 167960

2. A student need 8 more classes to complete

her degree. If she met the prerequisites for all
the courses, how many ways can she take 4
classes next semester?
Solution
8!
C(8,4) = ( 8−4 ) !4 ! = 70

3. There are 4 men and 5 women in a small

office. The customer wants a site visit from a
group of 2 man and 2 women. How many
different groups can be formed from the
office?
Solution
4!
C(4,2) = ( 4−2 ) ! 2! =6
5!
C(5,2) = ( 5−2 ) ! 2! = 10
Use the FCP, 6 x 10 = 60
 ACTIVITY
CARD 3 6

Let’s Observe More!

1. If five digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 are being given
and a three digit code has to be made from
it if the repetition of digits is allowed then
how many such codes can be formed.
Remember
Solution:
We can
always use As repetition is allowed, we have five
the Fundame-
ntal Counting options for each digit of the code. Hence, the
Principle in
solving
required number of ways code can be formed
permutati-on is, 5×5×5 = 125.
and
combinati-on. 2. There are 6 people who will sit in a row but
out of them Ronnie will always be left of
Annie and Rachel will always be right of
Annie. In how many ways such
arrangement can be done?
Solution: 

The total number of ways of 6 people being

seated in a row will be 6!.

Now, with the given constraint the total

number of ways will be 6!3!6!
3! = 6×5×46×5×4 = 120120.

It implies that out of 6 people arrangement of

arrangement of 3 people is predefined.
 ACTIVITY
CARD 4 7

You Solve It!

Directions: Read and understand the problems. Encircle
the letter of your best answer.

1. From a group of 7 men and 6 women, five

persons are to be selected to form a committee so
that at least 3 men are there on the committee. In
how many ways can it be done?
A. 564 C. 735 E. None of These
B. 645 D. 756
2. In how many different ways can the letters of the
word 'LEADING' be arranged in such a way that the
vowels always come together?
A. 360 C. 720 E. None of These
B. 480 D. 5040
3. In how many different ways can the letters of the
word 'CORPORATION' be arranged so that the
vowels always come together?
A. 810 C. 2880 E. 5760
B. 1440 D. 50400
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ASESSMENT
CARD

It’s Your Turn!

Directions: Encircle the letter of your best answer

1. Out of 7 consonants and 4 vowels, how many words

of 3 consonants and 2 vowels can be formed?
A. 210 C. 25200
B. 1050 D. 21400
2. In a group of 6 boys and 4 girls, four children are to
be selected. In how many different ways can they be
selected such that at least one boy should be there?
A. 159 C. 205
B. 194 D. 209
3. How many 3-digit numbers can be formed from
the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9, which are divisible by 5 and
none of the digits is repeated?
A. 5 C. 15
B. 10 D. 20
4. In how many ways a committee, consisting of 5
men and 6 women can be formed from 8 men and 10
women?
A. 266 C. 11760
B. 5040 D. 86400
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5. A box contains 2 white balls, 3 black balls and 4 red
balls. In how many ways can 3 balls be drawn from the
box, if at least one black ball is to be included in the
draw?
A. 32 C. 64
B. 48 D. 96
6) How many different 4-digit even numbers can be
formed from the digits 1,3,5,6,8 and 9 if no repetition of
digits is allowed?
a) 1 680 c) 420
b) 840 d) 120
7) In how many ways can be 8 people be seated around a
circular table if two of them insist on sitting beside each
other? a) 360 c) 1 440
b) 720 d) 5 040
8) Find the number of distinguishable permutations of the
letters of the word PASS.
a) 4 c) 36
b) 12 d) 144
9) Katrina wants to produce different sets of test
questions for her easy test. If she plans to do by putting
together 3 out of 5 questions she prepared, how many
different sets of questions could she construct?
a) 10 c) 60
b) 20 d) 80

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 10) In a town fiesta singing competition with 12
contestants, in how many ways can the organizer arrange
ENRICHMENT
the first three singers?
CARD
a) 132 c)1320
b)990 d)1716
Enrich Yourself!
Directions:
11) What is P(Answer
8,5)? the
a) 56following
c) 1400
problems.
b) 336 d) 6 720
1. A number lock has 9 different digits. A
12. If P (n, 4) = 5040, then n = .
combination of three digits can be set to open the
a) 12many combinations
lock. How c.) 9 are possible?
a.b)168
10 d.) 8 c. 42
b. 504 d. 84
13. Given x = P (n, n) and y = P (n, n – 1), what can be
concluded
2. Bill about
has balls of 3x different
and y? sizes (small, medium
and large) and in 5 different
a) x>y c.) x=y colors (white, green, red,
yellow b)
andx<yblue). In how
d.) x=-y
many possible combinations
can he choose two balls?
a. 4Find the numberc.of3distinguishable permutations of
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the letters of the word EDUCATED.
b. 15 d. 7
a) 1680 c.) 20 160
3. A team
b) 10of080
3 students is to
d.) 40 320be formed out of 6
students. In how many ways can the teams be
formed?
15. If a combination lock must contain 5 different digits,
a.how
in 32 many ways can a code
c.140
be formed from the digits 0
b.9?
to 140 d. 20
a) 15 120 c.) 151 200
4. In ab)class, there are
30 240 d.)15 students.
1 000 000 Out of them, 9
are boys. A team is to be formed with 10 students of
them 6 must be boys. In how many ways can the
team be formed?

5. How many 2-digit permutations can be formed 11

using the 7 digits (0,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) exactly once? 12
REFERENCE
CARD

Remember these!
Permutation concerns with arrangement or
orders. It may be either repetition is allowed or
not The number of permutations of n objects
taken r at a time is determined by the
following formula,
n!
P(n, r) = ( n−r ) ! .

However, combination does not concern with

arrangements or order does not matter. It
maybe also either repletion is allowed or not.
The number of combinations of n objects
taken r at a time is determined by the
following formula:
n!
C(n, r) = ( n−r ) ! r !

We can always use the Fundamental

Counting Principle in any problems of

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REFERENCE
CARD

Permutation and Combination

https://www.onlinemathlearning.com/
combinations.html
Permutation and Combination
https://www.indiabix.com/aptitude/permutation-
and-combination/
Permutation and Combination
http://www.probabilityformula.org/permutations-
examples.html
Permutation and Combination
https://www.mathplanet.com/education/algebra-
2/discrete-mathematics-and-probability/
permutations-and-combinations

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ANSWER
KEY CARD
Activity 1

1. 4! = 24 
2. 5 P 3 = 60 
3. 7 P 6 = 5040 
4. 5! = 120 
5. 10 C 3 = 120 
6. 6 C 3 = 20 
7. 10 C 3 × 12 c 4 = 59,400 
8. 9 P 4 × 26 P 3 = 47,174,400

Activity 2 Enrichment
1. D 1) D
2. C 2) B
3. D 3) D
4) 1 260
5) 42
ASSESSMENT
1) C 2) D 3) D 4) C 5) C 6) D 7) C 8) B 9) A

10)C 11) D 12) B 13) C 14) B 15) B

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Congratulations! You did

it well. Great job!
I hope you gain
knowledge in this
journey.
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