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Systematic Listing Strategies

Apply systematic listing strategies to find the number of combinations and permutations of choices.

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This is level 2: find missing items and errors.

What is missing from this arrangement of the letters A, B and C?

ABC
ACB
BAC
BCA
CAB

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What is missing from this arrangement of the numbers 1, 2 and 3?

123
132
213
312
321

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What is missing from this arrangement of the letters X, Y and Z?

XYZ
YZX
ZXY
ZYX
YXZ

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Can you spot the duplicate?

JCT, CJT, TCJ, JTC, CJT, TJC, CTJ

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Can you spot the duplicate?

368, 863, 683, 386, 638, 836, 638

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Can you spot the duplicate?

DEF, EFD, FDE, EFD, FED, DFE, EDF

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What would come next in this system for arranging four letters?

ABCD
ABDC
ACBD
ACDB
ADBC
ADCB
BACD
BADC
BCAD
BCDA
BDAC
?

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What would come next in this system for arranging four numbers?

1234
1243
1324
1342
1423
1432
2134
2143
2314
2341
2413
2431
3124
3142
3214
3241
3412
?

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What would come next in this system for arranging four letters?

QUIT
QUTI
QIUT
QITU
QTUI
QTIU
UQIT
UQTI
UIQT
UITQ
UTQI
?

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Find the mistake.

STOP
STPO
SOTP
SOPT
SPTO
SPOT
TSOP
TSPO
TOSP
TOPS
TPSO
TPOS
OSTP
OSPT
OTSP
OTPS
OPST
SPTS
PSTO
PSOT
PTSO
PTOS
POST
POTS

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Find the mistake.

SING
SIGN
SNIG
SNGI
SGIN
SGNI
ISNG
ISGN
INSG
INGS
IGSN
IGNS
NSIS
NSGI
NISG
NIGS
NGSI
NGIS
GSIN
GSNI
GISN
GINS
GNSI
GNIS

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Find the mistake.

HAND
HADN
HNAD
HNDA
HDAN
HDND
AHND
AHDN
ANHD
ANDH
ADHN
ADNH
NHAD
NHDA
NAHD
NADH
NDHA
NDAH
DHAN
DHNA
DAHN
DANH
DNHA
DNAH

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This is Systematic Listing Strategies level 2. You can also try:
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Level 1 - Practical listing activities

Level 2 - Find missing items and errors

Level 3 - The product rule for counting

Level 4 - Find the number of arrangements

Level 5 - Standard permutation questions

Level 6 - Standard combinations questions

Level 7 - Mixed combinatorics questions

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