Counting Strategies Vocabulary

An ordered listing

• arrangement

• permutation

• factorial

• outcome

1. Having the same probability of occuring

• outcome

• systematic method

• equally likely outcomes

• arrangement

Notation used to show multiplication of successively decreasing integers to 1

• permutation

• factorial

• systematic methods

• tree diagram

1. If an activity A can occur in a ways and is followed by an activity B that can occur in b ways, then activity A followed by activity B can occur in a  ᐧ  b ways

• Permutation

• Factorial

• Fundamental Counting Principle

• Tree Diagram

A possible result or consequence of an action or experiment

• systematic methods

• outcome

• Fundamental Counting Principle

• arrangement

An arrangement of some or all of the objects in a set where order is important and each object is used just once

• Factorial

• Systematic Methods

• Equally Likely

• Permutation

1. A method of problem solving that is planned and organized so as not to skip or miss any steps

• Systematic Method

• Permutation

• Factorial

• Fundamental Counting Principle

1. A graphic tool that depicts the possible outcomes of an action or experiment using a branch-like diagram

• Factorial

• Permutation

• Tree Diagram

• Systematic Methods