4. If each Automated Teller Machine card of a certain bank has to have 4 different digits in its passcode, how many different possible passcodes can there be?
5. How many possible permutations are there in the letters of the word PHILIPPINES?
PIVCT
RUNNERS PACKET (Leap)
KS3
Learning Activities
Guide Questions:
1. How did you find the number of ways asked for each item? What mathematical principles or concepts did you apply? How did you apply these concepts and principles?
2. Which situations illustrate permutations? Which do not? Why?
3. Why do you think it is important to be able to perform such mathematical tasks?
Questions:
a. In which tasks/activities above is order or arrangement important? Give an example to illustrate each answer.
b. In which tasks/activities is order not important? Give an example to illustrate each answer. In the tasks you have just done, will you be able to identify situations that involve permutations and those that do not?