Combinations

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Combinations Starters:

Ice Cream: How many different ice cream cones can be made by choosing two scoops from six flavours?

Noughts and Crosses: In how many different ways can the first X and O by placed on the grid?

Snowman and Woman: How many different ways can you spell out the word "Snowman" by moving from snowflake to snowflake.

Thai Baht: How many different ways can you make a given total with the coins available in theThai currency?

Tran's Hats: In how many different ways might Tran decide to wear his hats in one week?

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"A combination is a way of selecting several things out of a larger group, where (unlike permutations) order does not matter. In smaller cases it is possible to count the number of combinations. For example given three fruit, say an apple, orange and pear, there are three combinations of two that can be drawn from this set: an apple and a pear; an apple and an orange; or a pear and an orange." - Wikipedia

Combinations Teacher Resources:

Ice-cream Combinations: How many two-scoop ice creams can you make from the given flavours?

Combinations Activities:

Ice-cream Combinations: How many two-scoop ice creams can you make from the given flavours?

Take Baht: How many different ways can you make a given total with Thai coins?

Triplets: Find as many sets of three of the available numbers as possible which add up to the given total.

Combinations Investigations:

Egg boxes: In how many different ways can two eggs be arranged in an egg box?

House Painting: The houses in Mathsland are all three storeys tall. Each storey is painted using one colour. How many ways can the houses be painted.

Odd Dice: Take three dice. How many ways can they be turned so that they show only odd numbers on top?

Traffic Jams: How many ways can three cars be lined up in a traffic jam?

Transum Club: How many different colour schemes can you devise for the Transum Club Badge.

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