Review

Experiment
Outcome
Sample space
Element
Event
Review !!
List the elements of the sample space or event in each of the given statement.

1. Flipping a Coin
{ Head, Tail }

2. Rolling a Die
{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
Review !!
List the elements of the sample space or event in each of the given statement.

3. Selecting vowels in the

alphabet
{ a, e, i, o, u }
4. Choosing an even number from 1-15 at random.

{ 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 }
 8th grade

Quarter 4 – Module 7 :
Counting the Number of
Occurrence of an Outcome
in an Experiment
Counting an Outcome in an
Experiment
a. Table
b. Tree diagram
c. Systematic listing
d. Fundamental Counting Principles
Example 1:
A paint manufacturer is planning to produce
different paints. The categories include
Type: latex (L), oil (O)
Color: white (W), blue (B), red (R), green (G),
yellow (Y)
How many kinds of paint can be made if he plans
to select one type and one color?
 1. By using a table
A table of outcomes is a table where the first column and first
row represent the possible outcomes in each event.
Color Green (G) Yellow (Y)
White (W) Blue (B) Red (R)
Type

Latex (L)
L,W L,B L,R L,G L,Y

Oil (O) O,W O,B O,R O,G O,Y

2. By drawing a tree diagram
Tree diagram uses branches to illustrate and find the number of
all the possible outcomes of an experiment.
Type Color Outcomes

White (W) (L, W)

Blue (B) (L, B)

Latex (L) Red (R) (L, R)

Green (G) (L, G)
Type Yellow (Y) (L, Y)

White (W) (O, W)

Blue (B) (O, B)

Oil (O) Red (R) (O, R)

Green (G) (O, G)

Yellow (Y) (O, Y)
 3. By systematic listing
It is the process of listing all the possible outcomes of an event in
an organized or systematic manner to ensure that the outcomes are
complete.
Example 2:
Suppose a shopping mall has four doors. In how many ways can a
customer enter and leaving the shopping mall? List all the possible ways of
entering and leaving the mall by using Systematic listing
.

A B C D
 By systematic listing
Enter and Leaving the Mall
Entrance Doors = {A, B, C, D}
Exit Doors = {A, B, C, D}
AA AB AC AD
BA BB BC BD
CA CB CC CD
DA DB DC DD
Thus, the costumer can enter and leave in 16 possible ways
 4. By applying the Fundamental Counting
Principles
The fundamental counting principle is a technique of finding the number of possible
outcomes of an experiment without listing. We can find the total number of ways that
two or more separate tasks can happen by multiplying the numbers of ways each task
can happen separately.

(No. of Types) x (No. of Colors) = (No. of possible outcomes)

2 x 5 = 10 possible outcomes
Example 3:
Suppose a shopping mall has four doors. In how many ways can a
customer enter and leaving the shopping mall? How many possible ways
of entering and leaving the mall by using Fundamental Counting Principles.
.

A B C D
 Fundamental Counting Principles
Enter and Leaving the Mall

Entrance Exit Numer of

Door
X = Possible
Door Outcomes

4 X 4 = 1
16 possible oucotmes 6
Activity 1. What’s My Outfit?
1. Euri has 5 pairs of socks (A, B, C, D, E) and 2 pairs
of shoes (1, 2) which he uses when he goes to
church. How many ways can he use his pairs of socks
and shoes? Find the possible outcomes using these
following methods.
a. Table
b. Systematic listing
c. Tree diagram
d. Applying the fundamental Counting principles
Thank you!
Activity 1. It’s lunch time
A school canteen offers a student meal. It is composed of cup of rice, a vegetable viand, a
meat viand, and a regular drink. If there are 3 vegetable viands (pinakbet, chop suey, or
mixed vegetables), 3 meat viands (afritada, adobong baboy, or beef steak), and 2 drinks
(lemon juice, or kalamansi juice) organize the possible choices a student can have using
tree diagram.

Questions:

1. How many possible choices of meal does a student have?

2. What are the possible choices of meal that a student can choose from?
3. How important are the counting techniques in our real-life setting or experiments?
Answer
Activity 1
d. 2 x 3 = 6 possible outcomes
 Example 2:
Clarisse wanted to go the Shopping Mall. She was confused on
what to wear. In her wardrobe she found a gray (G) and a black (B)
jeans and a red (R), a yellow (Y) and a white (W) shirts. Help
Clarisse choose her outfit matching her available jeans and t-shirts
using the following methods.

a. Table
b. Tree Diagram
 By using a table
Shirts
Jeans Red (R) Yellow (Y) White (W)

Gray (G) G,R G,Y G,W

Black (B) B,R B,Y B,W

Thus, Clarrise has 6 possibles choices on her outfit matching her

available jeans and t-shirts
By using a Tree diagram
Jeans Shirts Outcomes
Red (R) G,R
Gray (G) Yellow (Y) G,Y
White (W) G,W
Red (R) B,R
Black (B) Yellow (Y) B,Y
White (w) B,W
Review !!
List the elements of the sample space or event in each of the given statement.

5. Choosing a primary color of the

rainbow at random

{ Red, Yellow, Blue }