Permutations vs. Combinations

Hiring a math teacher, a history teacher, and a photo teacher.

• Permutation

• Combination

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Hiring three 1st grade teachers.

• Permutation

• Combination

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

Picking two players for quarterback and linebacker.

• Permutation

• Combination

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

Picking four players to play a pickup game of basketball with no positions.

• Permutation

• Combination

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

Placing three scoops of ice cream on a cone, stacked one on top of the other.

• Permutation

• Combination

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

Placing three scoops of ice cream in a blender to get blended up into a milkshake.

• Permutation

• Combination

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

Selecting a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer for the student board.

• Permutation

• Combination

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

Selecting a four representatives for the student board.

• Permutation

• Combination

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

Runners finishing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in a race.

• Permutation

• Combination

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

Runners finishing top three in a race to qualify for the Olympics. The order they finish in is irrelevant as long as they are top three.

• Permutation

• Combination

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9