Permutations and Combinations for Probability

Videos and lessons to help High School students learn how to use permutations and combinations to compute probabilities of compound events and solve problems.

• Define n! as the product: n! (n – 1)! …  3! 2! 1.
• Understand that a permutation is a rearrangement of the elements of an ordered list and calculate probabilities using the permutation formula P(n,r) = n!  (n – 1)!   …  (n – (r – 1)) = n!/(n – r).
• Understand that a combination is the number of ways to choose r items from a set of n elements and calculate probabilities using the combination formula C(n,r) = P(n,r)/r! = n!/[(n – r)! r!].

Common Core: HSS-CP.B.9

Related Topics:
Common Core (Statistics & Probability)

Common Core for Mathematics

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