Warm Up Solutions
List all the possible combinations for the given scenario.
- List all the ways to arrange the letters X, Y, Z in groups of three.
XYZ, XZY, YXZ, YZX, ZYX, ZXY
- Jodi has three shirts: red, blue, and green, two pairs of pants: tan and black, and two pairs of shoes: sneakers and boots. If Jodi must wear a red shirt, how many outfits can she make?
- Red shirt, tan pants, sneakers
- Red shirt, tan pants, boots
- Red shirt, black pants, sneakers
- Red shirt, black pants, boots
Jodi can make 4 possible outfits.
Note
A tree diagram can be used to organize the information.
A calculator is essential for this lesson because most answers are very large numbers.