Module 23 Math 10 Q3
Module 23 Math 10 Q3
Mathematics
Quarter 3 – Module 23:
Combination
Mathematics – Grade 10
Quarter 3 – Module 23: Combination
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Combination
To the Learner
You already knew when to use the Fundamental Counting Principle
and how to compute for the permutations of objects. Don’t you know that,
arrangement of objects can be important or not. Can you think of a
situations where order arrangement matters and another situation where
arrangement of objects does not matter? In this you will determine that
there are other counting techniques to be learned and o be understood.
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Vocabulary List
Combinations - the number of ways selecting from a set when the order
is not important.
Examples of Combination;
1. Choosing 5 questions to answer out of 10 question in a test.
2. Selecting 7 people to form a Supreme Student Government.
3. Forming triangles from 6 distinct points in which no 3 points are
collinear.
4. Drawing a set of 6 numbers in a lottery containing numbers 1 to
45
5. Listing the elements of subsets of a given set
Let’s Do This
Practice Task 1
Which of the following situation illustrates Combination
1.Determining the top three winners in a quiz
2. Forming lines from 7 given points with no three of which are collinear
3. Forming triangles from 7 points with no three of which are collinear.
4. Four people posing for a pictures
5. Assembling jigsaw puzzle
6. Choosing 2 household chores to do before dinner
7. Selecting 5 basketball players out of 10 team members
8 Choosing three of your classmate to attend the party
9. Picking 6 balls from a basket of 12 balls
10. Forming a committee of 5 members from 20 people
Let’s Do More
Practice Task 2
Identify whether each situation is a permutation or a combination.
1. Choosing 3 toppings for your frappe out of 110 flavors
2. Writing you name
3. Selecting a lead actor and villain in a school play
4. Arranging 5 girls and 4 boys in a bench
5. Drawing an Aces and 3 Kings from a deck of cards.
6. Picking a team of three people out of a group of 10
7. Threading a colored beads in a string
8. Assigning a telephone number
9. Listing the birth order of children
10.Arranging 6 banners in a line.
In the above figure the first row is Row 0 and the first diagonal is
Diagonal 0.
1. For each row, find the sum of the numbers. What patterns do you
see in the sums of the numbers in each row?
𝑛!
2. C ( n, r) = ( 𝑛−𝑟 )!𝑟!
, Predict where to find C ( 3,2) in Pascal’s triangle.
Test your prediction.
ANSWER KEY
1. permutation
2. combination
3. permutation
4. combination
5. permuation
Let’s Do This
Let’s Do More
1. Combination
2. Permutation
3. Combination
4. Permutation
5. Combination
6. Combination
7. Permutation
8. Permutation
9. Combination
10. Permutation
1. Combination 6. Combination
2. Permutation 7. Combination
3. Combination 8. Combination
4. Permutation 9. Permutation
5. Permutation 10. Permutation
1 3 3 1 Its here
𝑛! 3!
C ( n, r) = ( 𝑛−𝑟)!𝑟! = C ( 3,2) = ( 3−2)!2! = 3