10th

GRADE
 PERMUTATION
-Determines the number
of a possible
arrangements in a set
where ORDER matters.
 𝑛!
𝑛𝑃𝑟 =
𝑛−𝑟 !
𝒏𝑷𝒓= objects taken r at a time

𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒:

25P3 -25 objects taken 3 at a time

35P5 -35 objects taken 5 at a time
 Examples:

5P3 n =5 r =3
𝑛! 𝟓! 𝟓!
𝑛𝑃𝑟 = 5P3 =
=
𝑛−𝑟 ! 𝟐!
𝟓−𝟑 !
𝟓𝒙𝟒𝒙𝟑𝒙𝟐𝒙𝟏 𝟓𝒙𝟒𝒙𝟑𝒙𝟐!
= o𝒓 =
𝟐𝒙𝟏 𝟐!
= 𝟓𝒙𝟒𝒙𝟑

5P3 = 𝟔𝟎
 Examples:

9P4 n =9 r =4
𝑛! 𝟗! 𝟗!
𝑛𝑃𝑟 =
𝑛−𝑟 ! 9P4 = =
𝟓!
𝟗−𝟒 !
𝟗𝒙𝟖𝒙𝟕𝒙𝟔𝒙𝟓𝒙𝟒𝒙𝟑𝒙𝟐𝒙𝟏 𝟗𝒙𝟖𝒙𝟕𝒙𝟔𝒙𝟓!
= o𝒓 =
𝟓𝒙𝟒𝒙𝟑𝒙𝟐𝒙𝟏 𝟓!
= 𝟗𝒙𝟖𝒙𝟕𝒙𝟔

9P4 = 3024
 1. The number of arrangements for the 25
competitors to be taken three times.
n =25 r =3
𝑛! 25!
25P𝟑 =
𝟐𝟓!
𝑛𝑃𝑟 = =
𝑛−𝑟 ! 25 − 3 ! 𝟐𝟐!

𝟐𝟓𝒙𝟐𝟒𝒙𝟐𝟑𝒙𝟐𝟐!
=
𝟐𝟐!
= 𝟐𝟓𝒙𝟐𝟒𝒙𝟐𝟑

25P3 = 13,800
 2. There are nine teams that joined the University Athletic Association
of the Philippines (UAAP) this year. In how many ways can the nine
teams be ranked from the champion to the fifth places?

n =9 r =5
𝑛! 𝟗!
9P5 =
𝟗!
𝑛𝑃𝑟 = =
𝑛−𝑟 ! 𝟗−𝟓 ! 𝟒!

𝟗𝒙𝟖𝒙𝟕𝒙𝟔𝒙𝟓𝒙𝟒!
=
𝟒!
= 𝟗𝒙𝟖𝒙𝟕𝒙𝟔𝒙𝟓

9P5 = 15,120
 3. Find the number of arrangements of the set
of the six letters in the word ‘SAFETY’.

A. Taken two at a time?

𝑛! 𝟔! 𝟔! 𝟔𝒙𝟓𝒙𝟒! = 𝟔 𝒙 𝟓 = 𝟑𝟎
𝑛𝑃𝑟 = 6P2 = = =
𝟔−𝟐 ! 𝟒! 𝟒!
𝑛−𝑟 !
𝟔! 𝟔! 𝟔𝒙𝟓𝒙𝟒𝒙𝟑!
B. Taken three at a time? 6P3 =
𝟔−𝟑 !
=
𝟑!
=
𝟑!
= 𝟔 𝒙 𝟓x4 = 𝟏𝟐𝟎

C. Taken four at a time?

𝟔! 𝟔! 𝟔𝒙𝟓𝒙𝟒𝒙𝟑𝒙𝟐!
6P4 = = = = 𝟔𝒙𝟓x4x3 = 𝟑𝟔𝟎
𝟔−𝟒 ! 𝟐! 𝟐!