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

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