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Determining The Top Three Winners in A Science QUIZ BEE

This document provides examples and problems to illustrate combinations - the number of ways to select r objects from n objects without regard to order. It gives examples such as choosing committee members from a larger group, picking balls from a basket, and selecting playing cards. Quiz questions ask the reader to determine the number of combinations in situations like making a fruit salad from 10 fruit options and forming fundraising committees.

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Determining The Top Three Winners in A Science QUIZ BEE

This document provides examples and problems to illustrate combinations - the number of ways to select r objects from n objects without regard to order. It gives examples such as choosing committee members from a larger group, picking balls from a basket, and selecting playing cards. Quiz questions ask the reader to determine the number of combinations in situations like making a fruit salad from 10 fruit options and forming fundraising committees.

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Arlene Castor Aguila
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Determining the top

three winners in a
science QUIZ BEE.
Four people
posing for
picture.
Assembling a
jigsaw puzzle.
Selecting 5 basketball
players out of 10 team
members for the
different positions.
Choosing three of
your classmates to
attend your party.
Picking 6 balls
from a basket of
12 balls.
Forming a
committee of 5
members from 20
people.
Combination of n object
taken by r at time
• 
Combination refers to the arrangement
without regard to order (i.e. AB=BA). In
general, the number of ways in selecting r
objects taken from n objects at a time is
FOR EXAMPLE:
• 
• 
Directions: Find the combination of the
following.
Directions find the combination of the
following problem.
1. In how many ways can a committee of 5 be
selected from a group of 10 person?
2. On a circle there are 9 points selected.
How many triangles with edges in these
points exist?
3. In how many ways you can choose 8 of 20
playing cards not considering their order?
QUIZ:
Directions: Answer the following items below
1. How many different ways can 4 fruits be chosen to
make a fruit salad, if there are 10 different types of
fruit to select from?
2. Of the 9 male and 5 female members of student
council, how many different ways can 4 males or 4
females be selected to form a fundraising committee
of 4 people?
3. Make a table or matrix to differentiate permutation
from combination

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