Permutations And Combinations permutations activity3

Activity - Arranging books

Estimated Time

40 min

Materials/ Resources needed

• 3-Text books
• paper
• pencil

Prerequisites/Instructions, if any

• Tell the students to empty their bags
• Record all possible arrangement in paper

Website interactive/ links/ simulations/ Geogebra Applets

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To see the above geogebra file please [click here]

Process (How to do the activity)

Ask the students to arrange three text books (Kannada, English, and Hindi) in all possible different ways and note down each arrangement in a paper

Developmental Questions (What discussion questions)

1. How many books are there to be arranged?
2. What are those?
3. Can we take Kannada-English and English- Kannada as two different arrangements?

Evaluation (Questions for assessment of the child)

1. In how many different ways can 3 text books be arranged ?
2. Draw the tree diagram of the arrangements?

Activity Keywords

text book,arrangement,permutations

To link back to the concept page Permutations_And_Combinations