Balanced Assessment
Classroom Groups
How many different ways can a teacher organize a class into groups? In a grouping activity, learners explore the number of possible combinations of groups given different total participants and size criteria. They then make comparisons...
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Jazz and Math: Improvisation Permutations
Students explore the various rhythmic combinations in jazz and blues music. They watch a video segment, apply a mathematical formula to calculate the number of possible rhythmic combinations, and perform a combination of notes and...
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Permutations & Combinations
Young mathematicianss predict the outcome of an event. Learners solve problems using permutations and combinations. They use the TI calculator to see the different combinations and how the groupings occur.
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Permutations
Learn how to solve the probability that an event will occur. Learners also employ permutations and combinations to find the amount of time it takes for an event to occur. They use the Ti to create a visual of the events.
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Combinations and Permutations
Fifth graders investigate the concepts of combinations and permutations using probability. They practice calculations using probability to measure the outcomes. Students demonstrate how to organize and categorize the data.
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Combination Vs. Permutation
In this probability instructional activity, students analyze word problems, determine whether the situation is a combination or a permutation, and solve. There are 5 multiple choice questions.
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Combinations & Permutations
In this combination and permutations worksheet, students identify possible outcomes. They determine if the given situation is a combination or permutation and solve accordingly. This one-page worksheet contains 10 multiple choice...
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Swensons Milkshake Problemn
In this milkshake activity, students determine the combinations of milkshakes that can be made from the given information. This one-page activity contains 1 problem. The answer is provided.
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Combinations
In this math worksheet, students investigate the concept of using combinations. They compare this with permutations where a different order of the same set of objects is counted separately for the outcome.
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Permutations and Combinations
In this Probability worksheet, students solve problems involving permutations and combinations. The one page worksheet contains 10 questions. Answers are not included.
Balanced Assessment
Initials
Learners explore the meaning of groups formed through permutations and combinations with an activity that asks individuals to determine the total number of pupils needed to guarantee that at least one pair has the same initials. They...
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Jazz and Math: Improvisation Permutations
Students observe that there are myriad combinations of rhythms to choose from when improvising jazz and blues music, and recognize that while the variations seem infinite, they are in fact finite. They notate a 12 bar blues progression...
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Who Does the Lottery Benefit?
Students investigate the pros and cons of the lottery. In this algebra lesson, students use the formulas for permutation and combination to test their arguments about the lottery. They collect data about their argument and plot it on a...
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Combinations
Learners investigate the possibility of different events using combination. In this statistics lesson plan, students investigate the accuracy of permutations and combinations. They solve problems related to combinations.
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What's in the Bag?
Students calculate the probability of an event occurring. In this statistics lesson, students calculate the outcome using combination and permutation. They differentiate between-theoretical and experimental probability.
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What are My Chances?
Students calculate the chance of an event occurring. In this statistics lesson, students use combination and permutation to calculate the probability of an event occurring. They differentiate between theoretical and experimental...
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Probability
Students explore the concept of probability. In this probability lesson, students perform various probability experiments involving dice, coins, and drawing colored balls from a bag. Students use knowledge of permutations and...
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Counting Handout 2
In this counting method, students solve simple and compound probability problems. They determine the number of permutations and combinations that can be made under given circumstances. This two-page worksheet contains 23 problems. ...
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The Four Student Problem
In this four student problem worksheet, students determine the number of combinations to satisfy a given situation. This one-page worksheet contains 1 multi-step problem. The answer is provided at the bottom of the page.
Texas Instruments
Exploring the Binomial Theorem
A comprehensive instructional activity that explores and researches Pascal's triangle and relates its properties to the Binomial Theorem through a variety of lessons. Have the class practice expanding polynomials using the theorem. A few...
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Mid-Module Assessment Task: Pre-Calculus Module 5
Determine if any reteaching with a mid-module assessment task. The assessment covers the general multiplication rule, permutations and combinations, and probability distributions for discrete random variables.
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Group Wall Drawing
Students create a group wall drawing that demonstrate the contributions that each part makes to the whole.
Balanced Assessment
Lotto
You can't win if you don't play! Find out how to increase your chances of winning the lottery. Scholars analyze a state lottery system for the probability of winning. They also consider different combinations of numbers and how they...
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Math Club #4: Combinatorics
In this combinatorics worksheet, 8th graders work in a group to solve 5 problems finding the total number of combinations in a situation.