Systematic Listing – Demonstration

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 List the factors of 60.

What systematic method could you use?

Counting up: 1 Factor pairs: 1 & 60

2
2 & 30
3
4 3 & 20
5 4 & 15
6
7 5 & 12
8 6 & 10
9
10 & 6 repeat
…etc…

Which method is more efficient?

 At the ice cream kiosk you can choose…
one flavour of ice cream & one topping.
Hmmmm…
Flavours Toppings
Vanilla Flake
Chocolate Sprinkles

How many different ice creams could Sam order?

Vanilla & Flake

Vanilla & Sprinkles

Chocolate & Flake

Chocolate & Sprinkles

 At the ice cream kiosk you can choose…
one flavour of ice cream & one topping.
Hmmmm…
Flavours Toppings
Vanilla Flake
Chocolate Sprinkles
Banana Nuts

How many different ice creams could Sam order?

Vanilla & Flake Chocolate & Flake Banana & Flake

Vanilla & Sprinkles Chocolate & Sprinkles Banana & Sprinkles

Vanilla & Nuts Chocolate & Nuts Banana & Nuts

She has 9 choices.

How can we make these choices easier to list?
 At the ice cream kiosk you can choose…
one flavour of ice cream & one topping.
Hmmmm…
Flavours Toppings
Vanilla Flake
Chocolate Sprinkles
Banana Nuts
Marshmallows

How many different ice creams could Sam order?

Use letters to make it easier to list.

VF CF BF
VS CS BS
VN CN BN
VM CM BM

What is the connection between the number of options & the total choices?
Flavours Toppings
Vanilla Flake We can map each choice.
Chocolate Sprinkles
Banana Nuts
Marshmallows Start

V C B

F S N M F S N M F S N M
VF VS VN VM CF CS CN CM BF BS BN BM
In total we have 12 choices.
3 first choices × 4 second choices.
 A set menu at a restaurant costs £15.
You can choose one main meal & one dessert.

List all the different choices for the set menu.

(Use letters instead of the full words.)

Main Meal Dessert

Lasagne Toffee Pudding
Pizza Ice Cream
Curry Mousse

L T P T C T
L I P I C I
LM PM CM
= 9 choices in total.
 Here are the menus from 2 different restaurants.
Customers can choose one main meal & one dessert.
List all the meals you can have at each restaurant.

Main Meal Dessert Main Meal Dessert

Pasta Cheesecake Noodles Ice Cream
Roast Fondue Pie Custard
Brownie BBQ Flan
Shortcake Milkshake
Tiramisu
PC RC NI PI BI
PF RF NC PC BC
PB RB NF PF BF
PS RS NM PM BM
NT PT BT
What is the connection between the options & the total number of choices?
 How many different ways
can you arrange the letters AB? How many different ways
can you arrange the letters ABCD?

AB BA

ABCD BACD CABD DABC

ABDC BADC CADB DACB

How many different ways
ACBD BCAD CBAD DBAC
can you arrange the letters ABC?
ACDB BCDA CBDA DBCA

ABC BAC CAB ADBC BDAC CDAB DCAB

ACB BCA CBA ADCB BDCA CDBA DCBA

How can you approach this systematically?

Do you notice a pattern?
 Questions?
Comments?
Suggestions?

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