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Mathematics
Quarter 3 – Module 23:
Combination
Mathematics – Grade 10
Quarter 3 – Module 23: Combination

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 Mathematics 10

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.
.

In this module you are expected to demonstrate understanding on

the concepts about Permutations and Combinations. Specifically you
should be able to :

1. Illustrates the combination of objects.

2. Differentiates permutation from combination of objects taken
at a time

Vocabulary List

Combinations - the number of ways selecting from a set when the order
is not important.

Permutations – refers to the different possible arrangements of a set of

objects where order is important.
 Let’s Try This

Identify whether each of the following situations is a permutation or

combination.
1. matching shirts and pants
2. forming different triangles out of 5 points on a plane, no three of
which are collinear
3. assigning telephone numbers to subscribers
4. forming a committee from the members of a club
5. creating seating arrangement of the students

Study and Learn!

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Learning Activities
There are cases that a certain arrangement can be repeated and in
the case of combination, things would not be repetitive. Meaning selecting
of objects should not be more than once.
The order of arrangement of objects in a combination does not
matter. It is just the selection or the inclusion of objects which is important,
and not its arrangement with respect to other selected objects.

Let us compare permutation and combination with this example,

In how many ways can we In how many ways can we
arrange 2 letters from the choose 2 letters from the letters
letters A,B,C A,B,C

This is permutation of 3 In this situation there are 3

objects taken 2 at a time, thus combination since AB = BA,
we have 6 ways: AC = CA and BC = CB
AB, BA, AC, CA, BC, and
CB This is a Combination
It is because the because the arrangement of
arrangement of objects is objects is not important.
important.
 Let me give you another situation;
Situation:
In a raffle contest, the three major prizes were called wherein the
first person called is the winner for the third prize, second person called
wins the second prize while the last person called wins the third prize. If
Andrea , Ashley and Angel are the possible winners for the three major
prizes,
a. In how many way can they be called as winners? Does it matter who
will be called first?
b. If they won the consolation prize wherein the prizes are the same
does it matter who will be called first?
Solution:
a. The order of names called matters . The possible arrangements for
the third, second and first prize would be;
Andrea, Ashley, Angel
Ashley, Andrea, Angel 3 permutation
Ashley, Angel, Andrea
b. For consolation prizes, the order of calling names of the winners
does not matter since they have the same prize, thus,
Andrea, Ashley, Angel one combination since it
Ashley, Andrea, Angel involves same persons and
Ashley, Angel, Andrea the same prize

The above examples further explain that, permutation is the

arrangement of objects without repetition while combination is the
collection of objects in no particular order.

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

We’re you able to identify situations that involve permutations? How

about combinations? I guess you are now ready to answer the foregoing
exercises. Good luck!

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.

Let’s Try Harder

Identify which of the following situations the order of arrangement matter

and which does not. Justify your answer.
1. Ingredients in the salad dish

2. Selection of team for the peep squad

3. Announcement of grand winner in a pageant

4. Entering you password in your facebook account

5. Forming a committee of 5 from 10 members of the Math Club

Let’s Test Ourselves

Determine whether each situation involves a permutation of a
combination.
1. Five badminton players chosen from a group of nine
2. Seven toppings for a pizza
3. Finding the diagonal of a polygon
4. A classroom sitting arrangement
5. 15 books in a library shelf
6. Choosing a class president, vice- president and a secretary
7. Eight outfits chosen from fifteen outfits to be modelled
 8. A six – person committee from you Math class
9. Winning combination for a jackpot lotto
10. Arranging 6 couple for a picture taking.

Let’s Enrich Ourselves

` One of the most interesting number pattern is the Pascal’s Triangle

(named after Blaise Pascal a famous French Mathematician and
Philosopher). The triangle shows how many Combinations of objects are
posssible. Its notation is “ n chosen k” or C ( n, r).

Patterns in the Pascal’s Triangle

Diagonal 1
Row 1 1
1 1
1 2 1
1 3 3 1
1 4 6 4 1

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

Let’s Try This

1. permutation
2. combination
3. permutation
4. combination
5. permuation

Let’s Do This

Situations 1, 4,5, and 7 illustrate permutations

Situations 2, 3, 6, 8, 9 and 10 illustrate combinations

Let’s Do More
1. Combination
2. Permutation
3. Combination
4. Permutation
5. Combination
6. Combination
7. Permutation
8. Permutation
9. Combination
10. Permutation

Let’s Try Harder

 1. Combination because if you put ingredient alternately it’s the
same ingredients and it does not later the taste of the food.
2. Combination because you can only select one person to be part
the peep squad
3. Permutation because the order of names called matter. Whoever
called is the winner of the pageant.
4. Permutation because if your faceboof Password is ry11s01 but
you pressed ry1101s you will not be able to access you account.
5. Combination because a committee member consisting of Rea,
Ana, Fiel and Marlon is the same as the committee compossed
of Fiel, Rea, Marlon and Ana.

Let’s Test Ourselves

1. Combination 6. Combination
2. Permutation 7. Combination
3. Combination 8. Combination
4. Permutation 9. Permutation
5. Permutation 10. Permutation

Let’s Enrich Ourselves

Row 0 1=1
Row 1 1 1=2
Row 2 1 2 1= 4
Row 3 1 3 3 1= 8
Row 4 1 4 6 4 1 = 16
Row 5 1 5 10 10 5 1 = 32
Row 6 1 6 15 20 15 6 1 = 64
Row 7 1 7 21 35 35 21 7 1 = 128
1. The horizontal sum double each time the powers of 2
𝑛!
2. C ( n, r) = ( 𝑛−𝑟)!𝑟!, C ( 3,2) means row 3 term 2 located at

1 3 3 1 Its here
𝑛! 3!
C ( n, r) = ( 𝑛−𝑟)!𝑟! = C ( 3,2) = ( 3−2)!2! = 3