REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ILOILO
PAVIA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
PAVIA, ILOILO

COMBINATIONS
Objectives:
a. Define combination.
b. Illustrate the combination of objects
c. Differentiate situations that involve permutations or combinations.
d. Solve real life problems involving combinations and permutations.

COMBINATION
is defined as an arrangement of objects where the order in which selected objects DOES NOT
MATTER.

A problem can be said to illustrate combinations when it involves selecting or choosing a

group of items from a set without regard to the order in which they are selected. Also,
repetitions are not allowed.

The number of combinations of n objects taken r at a time is denoted by:

Where:
n = total number of objects/elements
r = selected number of objects / elements

Example: Given the letters A, B, and C. Illustrate all the possible ways we can pick two letters.
Solution:
Listing Method Formula

AB BC
AC CB
BA CA

It is very important to make the distinction between permutations and combinations. In

permutations, order matters and in combinations order does not matter. To summarize:

keywords The basic difference between a combination and a

permutation is that while the former
PERMUTATION selection, choose, pick
is just a way of selecting something, the latter is a
arrangement, ordered, way of selecting as well as arranging it.
COMBINATION
unique
Example:
a. Determine the top five winners from 6 contestant (1,2,3,4,5,6)in a mathematics
quiz bee. PERMUTATION
b. Choosing 2 household chores to do before dinner from 4 different chores
(cooking, washing, marketing, scrubbing). COMBINATION

MATHEMATICS 10 LEARNING HAND- OUT BY: ZARA MAY HERIA

 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ILOILO
PAVIA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
PAVIA, ILOILO

COMBINATIONS
NAME: __________________________________ SECTION: ____________SCORE:

A. Write P if the situation illustrates permutation and C if combination.

___________1. Choosing 5 questions to answer out of 10 questions in a test
___________2. Opening a combination lock
___________3. Winning in a contest
___________4. Selecting 7 people to form a Student Affairs Committee
___________5. Forming triangles from 6 distinct points in which no 3 points are collinear
___________6. Assigning seats to guests at dinner
___________7. Drawing a set of 6 numbers in a lottery containing numbers 1 to 45
___________8. Entering the PIN (Personal Identification Number) of your ATM card
___________9. Selecting 3 posters to hang out of 6 different posters
___________10. Listing the elements of subsets of a given set
___________11. Determining the top three winners in a Science Quiz Bee
___________12. Forming lines from six given points with no three of which are collinear
___________13. Forming triangles from 7 given points with no three of which are collinear
___________14. Four people posing for pictures
___________15. Assembling a jigsaw puzzle
___________16. Choosing 2 household chores to do before dinner
___________17. Selecting 5 basketball players out of 10 team members for the different positions
___________18. Choosing three of your classmates to attend your party

B. Identify which situations illustrate permutation and which illustrate combination, then solve.

______________________ ______________________
19. Determine the top three winners from 10 20. Choosing 2 household chores to do before
contestant in a mathematics quiz bee. dinner from 5 different chores.

MATHEMATICS 10 ACTIVITY SHEET BY: ZARA MAY HERIA