Mathematics 10

Quarter 3
Self-Learning Module 3
Permutation Formula
Mathematics Grade 10
Quarter 3 – Self-Learning Module 3: Permutation Formula
First Edition, 2020

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Mathematics 10
Quarter 3
Self-Learning Module 3
Permutation Formula
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Mathematics Grade 10 Self-Learning Module on Permutation

Formula!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed, and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st-century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the self-learning module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this self-
learning module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing
them to manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and
assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the self-learning module.
 For the Learner:

Welcome to the Mathematics 10 Self-Learning Module on Permutation

Formula!

This self-learning module was designed to provide you with fun and
meaningful opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and
time. You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being
an active learner.

This self-learning module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the self-learning

module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATION

1. Apply the formula in finding the number of Permutation of n objects taken r at a

time.

PRETEST

Directions: Apply formula in finding Permutation of n objects taken r at a time.

Write only the letter of the correct answer.

1. What is P(8,5)?
A. 56 C. 1,400
B. 336 D. 6,720
2. If P( 9,r ) = 3,024, what is r ?
A. 2 C. 5
B. 4 D. 6
3. If P( n,4 ) = 5,040, which of the following is the value of n?
A. 12 C. 9
B. 10 D. 8
4. What is the total number of different permutations of all the letters of
the word MATH?
A. 48 C. 24
B. 36 D. 12
5. In how many ways can 9 different books be arranged on a shelf?
A. 5,040 C. 120,000
B. 9,000 D. 362,880

RECAP

Direction: Rewrite the following factorials.

1. 7! with a factor of 3!

2. 15! with a factor of 10!

3. 20! With a factor of 14!

 LESSON

During the quarantine period, you have decided to clean your room. You found
the following items:

watch laptop mobile phone shoes

book tablet bracelet shirt

Suppose you want to store each of these items in a box. There are 8 items to
be placed but you only have 3 boxes where only one thing can be placed in each box.
How many options do you have if you are going to choose 3 according to its
importance?

First Box Second Box Third Box

What will you place on the first, second, and third boxes? Why?

In this situation, suppose you choose to place your laptop in the first box,
your mobile phone in the second box, and your book in the third box. Aside from
these, what other arrangements can be formed? How can we compute all the possible
ways of placing these items?

We determine that there are three events here and each event is where an item
will be placed in an empty box. By the Fundamental Counting Principle, there are 8
8×7×6×5!
x 7 x 6 permutations. Observe that 8 x 7 x 6 can be expressed as which is
5!

8!
equal to .
5!
 What does 8 and 5 represent? Eight represents the number of items you
choose from while 5 represents the remaining items that were not chosen. This can
be denoted in permutation notation as;

𝑛!
nPr = (𝑛−𝑟)! where n and r are positive integers and 1 ≤ r ≤ n.

nPr is read as “Permutation of n objects taken r at a time”.

Other notations are:

𝑛
P(n,r), and 𝑃 ( )
𝑟
From our given example, if we use the Permutation formula, nPr, to determine
the number of possible ways of storing 8 things, n = 8, and 3 items at a time in 3
boxes, r = 3, then it will be,

8! 8! 8×7×6×5!
8P3 = (8−3)! = = = 8 × 7 × 6 = 336 ways
5! 5!

Examples:

1. Evaluate the following Permutations.

12
A. 6 P6 B. P(10,4) C. 𝑃 ( )
5
Solutions:
6! 6!
A. 6P6 = (6−6)!
= 0!

6𝑥5𝑥4𝑥3𝑥2𝑥1
= 1

= 720
10! 10!
B. P(10,4) =
(10−4)!
= 6!

10𝑥9𝑥8𝑥7𝑥6!
= 6!

= 10 𝑥 9 𝑥 8 𝑥 7

= 5,040

12 12! 12!
C. 𝑃 ( )= = 7!
5 ( 12−5 ) !

12𝑥11𝑥10𝑥9𝑥8𝑥7!
= 7!

= 12 𝑥 11 𝑥 10 𝑥 9 𝑥 8

= 95,040
2. Find the unknown variable.

A. 9Pr = 504

B. P(n, 3) = 990

Solutions:

A. 9Pr = 504 B. P(n, 3) = 990

9! 𝑛!
(9−𝑟)!
= 504 (𝑛−3)!
= 990

362,880 𝑛(𝑛−1)(𝑛−2)(𝑛−3)!
(9−𝑟)!
= 504 (𝑛−3)!
= 990

362,880
= (9 − 𝑟)! 𝑛(𝑛 − 1)(𝑛 − 2) = 990
504

720 = (9 – r)! 𝑛(𝑛 − 1)(𝑛 − 2) = 11 𝑥 10 𝑥 9

6! = (9 – r)! n = 11

6 =9–r

6–9= –r

–3= –r

3=r

3. Solve the following problems.

A. In how many ways can the letters of the word COVID be arranged if all letters
are used?

Solutions:

5! 5! 5𝑥4𝑥3𝑥2𝑥1
5 P5 = (5−5)! = = = 120 ways
0! 1

B. How many different ways can the 6 Grab Food motorcycles be parked if there
are 8 available parking spaces?

Solutions:
8 8! 8! 8𝑥7𝑥6𝑥5𝑥4𝑥3𝑥2!
𝑃( ) = = = = 20,160 ways
6 (8−6)! 2! 2!
 ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITY 1: LET’S PRACTICE!

Direction: Evaluate each expression.
1. 4P2

2. 6P2

3. 6P6

4. –4 + 7P4
5. 5 • 6P5

ACTIVITY 2: KEEP PRACTICING!

Direction: Solve for the unknown in each item.
1. P(5,5) = _______
2. P(7, r) = 840
3. P(n, 3) = 504
4. P(n,n-1) = 6
5. P(16, 4) = 208 ∙ P(n, 2)

ACTIVITY 3: TEST YOURSELF!

Direction: Answer each permutation problem completely.

1. A teacher wants to assign 4 different tasks to her 4 students. In how many

possible ways can she do it?
2. In a certain general assembly, three major prizes are at stake. In how many
ways can the first, second, and third prizes be drawn from a box containing
120 names?
3. In how many different ways can 5 bicycles be parked if there are 7 available
parking spaces?
4. Eight basketball teams are competing for the top 4 standings to move up to
the semi-finals. Find the number of possible rankings of the four top teams.
5. There are 10 doors to a coliseum. In how many ways can a person go in and
out if one can enter any door but leave using another door?
 WRAP-UP

Remember that …
Permutation of n objects taken r objects
𝑛!
nPr = , where n and r are positive integers and 1 ≤ r ≤ n.
(𝑛−𝑟)!

Other notations are;

𝑛
P(n,r), and 𝑃 ( )
𝑟
nPr is read as “Permutation of n objects taken r at a time”.

VALUING

REFLECTION: (Journal Writing)

In solving problems of permutation, it is easier if you use formula. In real life
we also need a formula to succeed. You, as a student, what is your formula to be
successful in the future?

POSTTEST

Directions: Apply the formula in finding the number of Permutation of n objects

taken r at a time. Write only the letter of the correct answer.
1. What is 10P3?

A. 120 B. 720 C. 1,200 D. 5,040

2. If P( 8,r ) = 336, which of the following is the value of r?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
3. If P(n,4) = 11,880, which of the following is the value of n?
A. 8 B. 10 C. 12 D. 14
4. James has downloaded 15 songs on his cellphone. How many different
ways can he play 5 songs?
A. 225 B. 5,040 C. 12,350 D. 360,360
5. In how many ways can 7 potted pots be arranged in a row?
A. 330 B. 720 C. 2,210 D. 5,040
 KEY TO CORRECTION

5. D 4. D 3. C 2. B 1. B
POSTTEST
5. 90 4. 1680 3. 2520 2. 1,685,040 1. 24
ACTIVITY 3: TEST YOURSELF!

5. 15 4. 3 3. 9 2. 4 1. 120
ACTIVITY 2: KEEP PRACTICING!
5. 3600 4. 836 3. 720 2. 30 1. 12
ACTIVITY 1: LET’S PRACTICE!

5. D 4. C 3. B 2. B 1. D
PRETEST

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