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