Counting Principle Teacher Resources

This QuickTime movie provides a great activity to practice the fundamental counting principle using license plate numbers and letters. A pdf worksheet is available by clicking on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page. As you watch and...

This QuickTime movie provides another great activity to practice the fundamental counting principle using playing cards. As you watch and listen to the teacher and students interact it helps clarify the thinking behind applying this...

Get independent practice using the Fundamental Counting Principle. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.

This QuickTime movie provides still another great activity to practice the fundamental counting principle using phone numbers. As you watch and listen to the teacher and students interact it helps clarify the thinking behind applying...

This QuickTime movie provides practice using the fundamental counting principle with a variety of word problems. As you watch and listen to the teacher and students interact it helps clarify the thinking behind applying this concept.

This QuickTime movie provides a great introduction to the fundamental counting principle. A pdf worksheet is available by clicking on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page. As you watch and listen to the teacher and students interact...

The probability resource investigates the basic counting principle. Students learn about the topic through notes and examples. The tutorial consists of practice exercises to check for comprehension of the concept.

Practice counting possible outcomes in a variety of situations. These problems cover everything from counting the number of ways to get dressed in the morning to counting the number of ways to build a custom pizza. Students receive...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use this lesson to learn about The Counting Principle.

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to permutations, factorials, and counting principle. The lesson is framed in the context of a wedding, in which (at first) people are arranged to sit in a...

The Fundamental Counting Principle can be used to find permutations. This tutorial will walk you through the steps with an example of finding the number of ways to rearrange the letters in the word NUMBER. [4:25]

A tutorial on combinatorics methods of fast counting.

Students will solve discrete math problems involving permutations, factorials, and combinations. Students are responsible for deciding which is appropriate to solve a given word problem.

Using baseball as an example, watch how you can apply the Fundamental Counting Principle to count the number of different ways a coach can fill his infield. This video will show you how to make a drawing to better understand the problem....

In this activity, students evaluate expressions using permutations and combinations of data elements on the calculator. They solve problems using these counting principles.

In this activity, students explore concepts related to the counting principle and exponential notation. They write rules for calculations involving the counting principle and find the total number of possibilities from a set of rules.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find probabilities of specified outcomes using the Counting Principle.

Using the counting principle, permutations, combinations, probability, and odds, students will solve problems encountered in day to day experiences.

A video [48 mins, 48 sec] explaining 21 different math concepts to help students prepare for the ACT including; circumference; averages; probability; multiplication counting principle; functions; circles; percentages; factoring; rules of...

Explore probability using the fundamental counting principle by watching this animated video. [5:28]

This lesson demonstrates how to use the Fundamental Counting Principle or tree diagrams to find the probability of an event occurring. Students can watch a video tutorial and then take an online quiz.

Explains the fundamental principle of counting, which is the beginning point for any study of counting techniques such as combinations and permutations.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers how to define and apply the Fundamental Counting Principle.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This Concept introduces students to the most basic counting rule: the multiplication rule. It also explains the probability of simple random samples.