Activity 2: Let Me Count the Ways! (GLE: 42)
CC: This website can be used as an introduction to probability and has a interactive spinner, die, and a collection of colored marbles. http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol6/intro_probability.html
Have students record each of the ways they can line up in a single-file line.
Use the attached form to record the list of ways four students can line up. (Form saved as word document and Excel document) Ways 4 Students Line Up - Excel **Please note: There are extra places on the form to not give away the actual number of ways the students can line up. The actual number is 24 ways, but the form has room for 30 ways. Watch out for duplications.
CC: Provide students with a situation in which they are to determine the number of ways they can arrange five different kinds of pizza on a menu. Challenge students to determine and list the number of ways that Pepperoni Pizza, Hamburger Pizza, Canadian Bacon Pizza, Vegetable Pizza and Extra Cheese Pizza can be listed on a menu for the local restaurant.
Use the attached form to record the list of ways the pizzas can be written on the menu. (Form saved as word document and Excel document)
**Please note: There are not enough spaces to list all 120 ways 5 items can be listed. If desired, you can duplicate the form to make enough space. |