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Students use fundamental counting principle to compute combinations and permutations
Students define Pascal's triangle and special notations used to represent nth elements. In this geometry instructional activity, students solve problems using permutations and combinations. They compare the formula for permutation to...
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Answer to May 2007 Problem High Schools in Fort Collins
In this Pascal's Triangle instructional activity, students find the number of routes between schools. The worked out solution is linked to the problem.
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Pascal's Triangle
Fourth graders explore the patterns of Pascal's Triangle. In this problem solving lesson, 4th graders identify the patterns in the triangle by using the elements and the rule of the triangle.
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Pascal's Triangle
In this Pascal's triangle worksheet, students view Pascal's triangle and complete short answer questions about each row of the triangle. Students complete 6 questions.
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Finding Remainders in Pascal's Triangle
Students use clock arithmetic to find remainders. In this patterns in math lesson, students explore the relationship between clock arithmetic and remainders using a computer applet. Students also identify patterns in Pascal's triangle...
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Coalitions and Pascal's Triangle
In this coalitions worksheet, students answer 5 questions involving Pascal's triangle, coalitions, combinations, and the Banzhaf power index.
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Patterns in Pascal's Triangle
Fourth graders investigate the patterns found in Pascal's Triangle by identifying patterns on different items -- including the teachers clothing, a checker board, a quilt, and a spider web. The students access the referenced computer...
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Fibonacci Numbers
Students calculate the Fibonacci sequence of numbers. Through the use of Fibonacci numbers in flowers, leaves, fruits, vegetables, pine cones, and other forms of nature; students explore how Fibonacci numbers occur in nature. Then they...
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Patterns in Pascal's Triangle
Students examine the patterns that exist in Pascal's Triangle. They explore multiples and factors. Sudents use an applet to create and color the multiples in Pascal's Triangle.
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Easy Worksheet: Special Numbers
In this special numbers worksheet, students solve 4 short answer problems. Students find various terms in the Fibonacci sequence, triangular number sequence, and the natural numbers in Pascal's Triangle.
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Visuals Patterns in Pascal's Triangle
Students examine Pascal's Triangle and attempt construct it on their own. In this visual patterns lesson students explore patterns that exist in Pascal's triangle.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Pascal's Triangle and Combinations
This page gives a description of how to use Pascal's Triangle to determine the total number of possible combinations for a sample set. Also provides a helpful example.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Pascal's Triangle
In this lesson plan, students will participate in discussions and activities that will have them explore the number patterns and fractal properties of Pascal's Triangle.
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Shodor Interactivate: Coloring Remainders in Pascal's Triangle
In this activity the student will identify number patterns formed in Pascal's triangle when coloring remainders.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Coloring Multiples in Pascal's Triangle
In this activity, the student can visually identify number patterns in Pascal's triangle by coloring multiples of a given number.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Exploring Pascal's Triangle
Every grade level can learn from Pascal's Triangle, and this site helps make it possible. There are explanations, examples, exercises and printable worksheets available.
PBS
Pbs Mathline: The Smithville Families Lesson Plan [Pdf]
A coin is used to determine the birth of children and the students are to determine the probability of whether the child is boy/girl. Printable instructional activity.
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
University of Saskatchewan: Expanding Binomials
Provides discussion on binomial expansion. Works through an example of this concept and provides example problems.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Pascal's Triangle and the Binomial Theorem
Nineteen problems present a variety of practice working with Pascal's Triangle and Binomial Theorem. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the...
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: The Binomial Theorem
This tutorial contains detailed information about the Binomial Theorem. Includes practice exercises and interactives.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Patterns in Pascal's Triangle
Contains a brief outline on Patterns In the Pascal's Triangle.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Pascal's Triangle and the Ice Cream Cones
Dr. Math explains how Pascal's triangle can be used to determine the possible combinations of ice cream cones that can be made with different numbers of flavors. His response also includes an explanation using combination functions.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Pascal's Triangle
This site from MathWorld provides great information on Pascal's Triangle. Links are provided throughout for additional information, along with several helpful charts and formulas. This is a good site to check out on the subject.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Exploring Pascal's Triangle
Contains lessons and activities on Pascal's Triangle at three levels: elementary, intermediate, and advanced.