A LITTLE MATHS IN ENGLISH

BY MELODY DMAY

COMBINATIONS

Helen has a free day. She wants to do a lot of things. But she has only time to do four things:

First: she can visit one of her her uncles uncles : the firefighter, builder

,cook

or dentist.

Second: she can buy a pet buy a pet :a cat,a

duckor a dog.

Third: she can buy flowers:roses,

carnations,

orchid,

tulipor sunflowers.

Fourth: she can go to:fish, hunt,play

baseballor watch a boxing match.

HOW MANY COMBINATIONS ARE THERE?

There are 240 combinations

LET’S SEE…

There are 4 visits choices, 3 pets choices, 5 flowers choices, and 4 sports choices. Multiply to find the number of possible combinations:

4 × 3 × 5 × 4 =

So, There are 240 combinations.

ADAPTED FROM http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/combinations