Permutations And Combinations combinations activity2

=Activity - It's a Wrap with Combinations=

Estimated Time
40 min

Materials/ Resources needed

 * Pencils
 * Clear bags for paper manipulatives
 * Paper manipulatives copied, cut and placed in plastic bags

Process (How to do the activity)

 * Prepare the paper manipulatives and put in clear bags. NOTE: Be sure to include more of each item than is needed so that students must think about when to stop putting combinations together.
 * Demonstrate how to make wrapping paper/bow combinations using exactly one paper and one bow.
 * Have students work in groups to create all of the possible wraps using exactly one paper and one bow.
 * Once groups are finished, demonstrate how to represent all of the combinations using a tree diagram.
 * Have students create their own tree diagrams to match their wrapping creations.
 * Closure - discuss why there are exactly nine possible wrap combinations using only one paper and one bow.

Activity Keywords
To link back to the concept page Permutations_And_Combinations