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Mathematics 10
Quarter 3 - Module 3:
Combination of Objects

Name of Learner: ___________________________

Grade & Section: ___________________________
Name of School: ___________________________
 What I Need to Know
The module contains only one lesson:
 Lesson 3 - Illustrate combination of objects.
 Lesson 4 - Differentiate permutation from combination of n objects taken r
at a time.

In this module, you are expected to:

a. Define and illustrate combination of objects.
b. Differentiate permutation from combination of n objects taken r at a time.
c. Relate combination in real life situation.

What I Know

Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the space provided.

_____ 1. What do you call to the selection of objects regardless of their order?
A. combination C. integration
B. differentiation D. permutation

_____ 2. How many ways can a code be formed from the digits 0 to 9 if a combination
lock must contain 5 different digits?
A. 15 120 B. 30 240 C. 151 200 D. 1 000 000

_____ 3. Which of the following situations does NOT illustrate combination?

A. Selecting 2 songs from 10 choices for an audition piece.
B. Fixing the schedule of a group of students who must take exactly 8 subjects.
C. Enumerating the subsets of a set
D. Identifying the lines formed by connecting some given points on a plane.

_____ 4. What is C (10, 4)?

A. 210 B. 200 C. 220 D. 230

_____ 5. From 10 participants in a virtual orientation of Reginal Writers in Mathematics

10, 4 will be chosen to lead in each group. In how many ways can the participants be
chosen?
A. 24 B. 210 C. 5,040 D. 24 720

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 What’s In
Directions: Draw a heart if the given situation is a permutation, draw a diamond
if it is NOT a permutation.

_____ 1. A company has 12 members in its board of directors who will elect a president,
vice president, secretary, and treasurer among themselves. In how many ways can this
be done?

______2. In how many ways can identical pencils be shared by pupils?

_____3. In how many ways can bookmarks be divided among bookworms?

_____4. In how many different ways may 8 numbers be arranged in a spinner?

_____ 5. There are 8 boys in a basketball team. In how many ways can the coach select
5?

What’s New
“Shake it to the right, shake it to the left”

In a Regional Encampment held at Makilala, North Cotabato, there are six

troop leaders. How many handshakes are there if each troop leader shakes hands
with all the others once?

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Guide Questions:
1. What kind of situation is being presented?
2. How are you going to answer this problem?
3. What formula are you going to use?

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 What is it
Troop Leader A: shakes hand with B, then with C, D, E, and F. the total handshakes
made by troop leader A is 5;

Troop Leader B: shakes hand with C, then D, E and F. B did not shake hand with A
since the handshake between A and B is the same as between B and A (Order is NOT
important).

Troop Leader C: made 3 handshakes with D, E, and F.

Troop Leader D: made two handshakes with E and F.

Troop Leader F; make 1 handshake with F.

Total Number of handshakes is 15.

Combination refers to the selection of objects where order is not important. That is,
changing the order of the objects does not create a new combination.

For instance, the 3 combinations of the 3 letters T, I, and N taken 2 at a time are:
TI, TN, and IN

TI and IN are considered one combination. Similarly, IN and NI and TN and NT are the
same combinations.

There is only one combination that can be made from the letters T, I, and N taken 3 at a
time. That is TIN

TIN, TNI, INT, NIT, ITN, and NTI are considered one combination.

The combination of n things or objects taken r at a time can be denoted by

C(n,r).

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How does combination differ from permutation?

Basic Comparison Permutation Combination

Permutation refers to A combination refers to

the different ways of several ways of selecting items
arranging a set of from a large set of objects,
objects in sequential such that their order does not
order. matters.
Meaning

Order Important Not important

Order matters Doesn’t matter

Denotes Arrangement Selecting

How many different How many different groups

arrangements can be can be chosen from a larger
created from a given group of objects?
Question set of objects?

n Pr = nCr =
( ) ( )

Formula/Notation E
P(n,r), Pn,r or C(n,r), C n,r or
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a. Your locker code is 543, if you enter 435 it won’t open because it is a different
ordering. Try to observe the table below.

Order does matter Order doesn’t matter

(Permutation) (Combination)
543

534

435
543
453

345

354

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 b. Consider the number of permutations of the 4 marbles with colors Red, Green,
Blue and Yellow taken 3 at a time.

The 24 permutations are listed below:

6 permutations
6 permutations
6 permutations
6 permutations
24 Permutations

There are 24 permutations but only 4 combinations. This is illustrated below:

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Combination

1
Combination
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4 Combinations

Example 2

For each experiment, tell whether arrangement is important or not.

a. Choosing 3 students from 30 students who will represent the class in Math,
Science, and English contests, respectively.
b. Choosing 2 teachers from 5 teachers in mathematics who will teach the 2
sections in Grade 10.
c. Selecting 3 pizza toppings from 10 toppings suggested in the menu in
Greenwich.
d. Choosing 10 songs from a Grand Videoke lists to be played in a party.

Answers:
a. To represent the class in Math, Science, and English contests, 3 students out of
30 will be chosen. After the 3 students are chosen, they will be assigned to the
contests that they will join. Thus, arrangement is important.
b. After the 2 mathematics teachers are chosen, they will be assigned to the 2
sections in Grade 10. Thus, arrangement is important.
c. The order of the pizza toppings is not important as all the toppings will be placed
on the pizza crust. Thus, arrangement is not important.
d. After 10 songs are chosen from the playlist, they will be lined up for playing in a
party. The different line-ups are the different arrangements of the songs. Thus,
arrangement is important.

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Example 3

a. How many ways can 8 students be seated for a selfie if only 4 seats are available?

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Solution:

There are 8 students to choose from, first seat can be filled in 8 ways. The
occupant of the 2nd seat can be chosen from the 7 students. Thus, the second seat
can be filled in 7 ways. After the first two seats are filled, the third and fourth
seats can be filled using the same reasoning, in 6 and 5 ways, respectively.

P(n,r) = ( )

P(8,4) = ( )

P(8,4) =

= 70
b. Suppose you are given an ordinary deck of playing cards. In how many was can 5
cards be selected?

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The number of ways of selecting r objects taken from n

distinct objects where arrangement is not important.

C(n,r) = ( )
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 Solution:
Selecting 5 cards from a deck of cards is a problem on selecting 5 objects
taken from 52 distinct objects where arrangement is not important. Thus, n = 52, and r
= 5, and

C(n,r) = )

52C2 = )

52C2 =

= 2, 598, 960

c. RRJ apparel is on 50% sale. If you are to select 2 shirts and 2 jeans of which there
8 designs for shirts and 6 different kinds of jeans, how many combinations do you
have?

Number of combinations of Number of combinations of

2 jeans out of 6. 2 shirts out of 8.

C(n,r) = C(n,r) =
( ) ( )

C(6,2) = C(7,2) =
( ) ( )

= =
( ) ( )

= =
= 15 = 28

“and” means multiply

“or” mean add

= 15 28
= 420
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 What’s More

Tell me more!

Given the following experiments, tell whether order is important or not. Then solve each
problem.

1. Choosing 3 winners out of the 10 semifinalists in a certain beauty pageant for the
titles Grand Winner, First Runner-up, and Second Runner-up.
2. Choosing 3 distinct flavors of ice cream from 10 flavors and placing them on an ice
cream cone.
3. Choosing 15 out of 40 students to join in the school’s Mathematics club.
4. Selecting 5 out of 7 available fruits in making fruit salad.
5. Selecting 4 officers from parents who will be President, Vice-President, Secretary,
and Treasurer.

What I Have Learned

Fill me in the value!

“What is the smallest number that can be divided

exactly by all the numbers from 1 to 10?”

2 5 2 0
A B C D
Direction: Solve first all the problems and follow the pattern in filling in the blank in the
table to arrive the answer on the question, “What is the smallest number that can be
divided exactly by all the numbers from 1 to 10?”

1. How many 4-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 if no

repetition is allowed? 360
2. In a group of 8 darters, only the top 2 will be given an award. In how many ways
can the organizer select the top 2 players? 20, 160

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 3. Suppose There are 7 consonants and4 vowels, how many words of 3 consonant
and 2 vowels can be formed?210
4. In how many ways can 4 mango trees be planted in 6 holes dug by the residents of
Pangi? 15

PATTERN
A = hundreds place value of number 3 answer
B = ones place value of answer in number 4
C = ten thousands value of answer in number 2
D = ones place value in number 1

What I Can Do

It’s your time to shine

1. Your mother went to budgetwise to buy the following: coffee (C), milk (M), sugar
(S), and butter (B). Upon reaching the grocery department, she found out that her
money is just enough to buy any three of these items. In how many ways can she
select the three items? List the possible selections.

2. How many choices do you have in the 11-combo meal at Jollibee

if your money is only enough for 4 choices?

3. Olivia was allowed to pick one meat (beef, chicken) and one flavor (spicy, Not spicy)
for her shawarma at Turks, how many different combinations can she make?

Assessment

Choose the letter of the correct answer. Please write your answer on the space provided.

_____1. What is the expanded form of 10C2?

A. C(10, 2) =( )
C. C(10, 2) = ( )

B. C(10, 2) =( )
D. C(10, 2) = ( )

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_____2. What term refers to several ways of selecting items from a large set of objects,
such that their order does not matter?
A. combination C. integration
B. differentiation D. permutation

_____ 3. Which of the following experiments will determine that order is NOT important?
A. Selecting the top 3 winners in Math Quiz Bowl.
B. Setting a 4-digit code in a vault.
C. Buying 3 out 7 designs of face mask.
D. Assembling a jigsaw puzzle.

_____4. What is the correct answer if you will solve C(5,2)?

A. 10 B. 60 C. 20 D. 120

_____5. How many ways of selecting 3 flavors of ice cream can you make if there are 6
flavors available?
A. 15 B. 20 C. 30 D. 40

_____6. How many ways can 5 cars be parked if there are 7 available parking spaces?
A. 1260 B. 1540 C. 2230 D. 2520

_____7. In how many combinations can Coco have in the 5 displays of chicken inasal
with unlimited rice?
A. 1 B. 5 C. 10 D. 120

_____8. How many different words can we make from the letters L, O, V, and E? this
assumes every possible combination is a word.
A. 2 B. 6 C. 12 D. 24

_____9. At the grocery section, Kyvhan wanted to select 2 diapers, 2 milks,

3 shampoos.

In how many different selections does he have if there 5 diapers and 4 milks and 5
shampoos displayed?
A. 30 B. 50 C. 80 D. 120

_____10. How many ways can Cheem invites 3 or more friends to her birthday party if
she has on 5 friends?
A. 5 B. 10 C. 16 D. 50

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Mathematics 10 QUARTER 3 – MODULE 3 ANSWER KEY

WHAT I KNOW WHATS IN ASSESSMENT

1. A 1. PERMUTATION 1. C
2. A 2. COMBINATION 2. A
3. B 3. COMBINATION 3. C
4. A 4. PERMUTATION 4. A
5. B 5. COMBINATION 5. B
6. D
7. A
8. D
9. A
10. C

References
Callanta, Melvin M.,Allan M. Canonigo, Arnaldo I. Chua, Jerry D. Cruz, et.al, 2015,
Mathematics Learner’s Module, edited by Maxima J. Acelajado, 5th floor Mabini
Building, Deped Complex Meralco Avenue, Pasig City, Rex Books Store, Inc.

Ponsones, Rigor B., Arlene A. Pascasio, Shirlee R. Ocampo, Regina M. Tresvalles, 2013,
Math Ideas and Life Applications, Abiya, Building 851 G. Araneta Avenue, 1113
Quezon City, Philippines

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