Counting The Number of Occurences of An Outcome in An Experiment

PUTLOD – SAN JOSE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
PUTLOD, JAEN, NUEVA ECIJA

Mathematics 8
Quarter 4, Week 6
Learning Activity Sheet
Name: ______________________________________________ Score: __________
Grade & Section: __________________________ Date: ___________
Counting the Number of Occurences of an Outcome in an Experiment
LESSON 1: Table, Tree Diagram and Systematic Listing
LEARNING COMPETENCY:
The learner counts the number of occurrences of an outcome in an experiment: (a)
table; (b) tree diagram; (c) systematic listing; and (d) fundamental counting principle.
At the end of the module, you are expected to:
1. determine the number of sample space in an experiment using (a) table, (b) tree
diagram and (c) systematic listing;
2. use fundamental counting principle to count the outcome; and
3. apply it in a real life-situation.
WHAT IS IT
It is important to determine the number of the possible outcomes of an experiment to
easily visualize the choices that we have. A sample space or probability space is the set of
all possible outcomes of an experiment. There are different methods to count the number of
possible outcomes of an experiment:
A. Using a table
One method to determine the number of possible outcomes of an experiment is by
creating a table or chart. This method is commonly used for two events.
B. Using a tree diagram
A tree diagram is the useful method to easily enumerate all the possible outcomes using
the line segment as the branch from starting point to outcome point.
C. Using a systematic listing
Another method to count the number of the sample space of an experiment is by listing
down all the possible outcomes in systematic way.
Illustrative Example 1:
GreenCab’s Pizza Parlor offers three kinds of toppings and four kinds of crust. How
many pizza choices with 1 kind of toppings and 1 kind of crust can be made in GreenCab’s
Pizza Parlor?
A. Using a table
Crusts/Toppings Ham Pepperoni Veggie

Classic Ham-Classic Pepperoni-Classic Veggie-Classic
Pan Ham-Pan Pepperoni-Pan Veggie-Pan
Thin Ham-Thin Pepperoni-Thin Veggie-Thin
Stuffed Ham-Stuffed Pepperoni-Stuffed Veggie-Stuffed
Answer: There are 12 possible 1-topping pizza choices in GreenCab’s Pizza Parlor.
A. Using a tree diagram
1
Answer: Maria can wear 6 different outfits to attend her friend’s birthday party.
B. Using a systematic listing
1. Yellow Shirt-Jeans 4. Yellow Shirt-Slacks

2. White Shirt-Jeans 5. White Shirt-Slacks
3. Black Shirt-Jeans 6. Black Shirt-Slacks
Answer: Maria can wear 6 different outfits to attend her friend’s birthday party.
WHAT’S MORE
Activity 1: MORE OR LESS…
Direction: Read and analyse the situation. Complete the tables below. Write your answer on
a separate piece of paper
1. The menu in a school cafeteria is shown, for food: fish, chicken and vegetables; and for
drinks: bottled water, soft drinks and juice.
A. Using Table
Food/Drink Bottled Water Soft Drink Juice
Fish Fish-Bottled Water (1) _ (2) _
Chicken (3) _ (4) _ Chicken-Juice
Vegetable (5) _ Vegetable-Soft Drink Vegetable-Juice
A. Using Tree Diagram
B. Using Systematic Listing

(1) _ (2) _ Vegetable-Bottled Water
Fish-Soft Drink Chicken-Soft Drink (4) _
Fish- Juice (3) _ (5) _
WHAT I CAN DO
Activity: CREATE YOUR OWN
Direction: Create a real-life situation using the given items below and enumerate all the
possible outcomes from them using different counting methods. Write your answer on a
separate piece of paper.
Masks Alcohol
Surgical Mask Ethyl
Cloth Mask Isopropyl
N95
KN95
Your output is rated using the scoring rubric below:
5 3 1
Shows some
Shows uniqueness uniqueness and Shows total ‘copy
Originality and creativity of creativity with little right’ of another’s
ideas evidence of another’s ideas
2
ideas
Presents complete, Presents complete Presents incomplete
Presentation
organized and clear and organized and disorganized
Concepts and Illustration is correct Illustration is correct
Has no illustration
Application and accurate with minor errors
LESSON 2: Fundamental Counting Principle

Another way to count all possible outcomes of an experiment is through fundamental
counting principle when given two or more events by multiplying the outcomes for each
individual event.
KEY CONCEPT Fundamental Counting Principle
If event M has m possible outcomes and event N has n possible outcomes,

then event M and event N has m x n possible outcomes.
Illustrative Example 1:
Upin and Ipin were playing “Snake and Ladder”. If they rolled a dice at the same time,
how many possible outcomes can they move on the spaces?
Step 1: Identify the events.
The event is rolling a two dice at the same time.

Let, M = the first event (first dice)
N = the second event (second dice)
Step 2: Determine the number of the outcomes for each event.
The total number of possible outcomes of rolling a die is 6.
**Note that the first and second event occur at the same time.
Step 3: Compute using FCP. m
x n = total outcomes 6 x
6 = 36
Step 4: Interpret the result.

When Upin and Ipin rolled a pair of dice at the same time, the total number of
possible outcomes is 36.
WHAT’S MORE
Activity: YOU’RE TURN!
Direction: Read and analyse the problem below.
1. A combination lock consists of 3 numbers in which each number can be any digit from 1 to
5. How many different combinations are there?
______________________________________________________________________
2. Lotte Ice Cream Parlor offers 5 different flavors of ice cream and 4 different topping. In how
many choices can Lotte Ice Cream Parlor offer to their customers?
______________________________________________________________________
3. Samuel has 4 different shirts, 2 different pants and 3 different pair of shoes. In how many
ways can Samuel wear a shirt, a pants and a pair of shoes?
______________________________________________________________________
4. Manang Josie wants to open a karinderya or eatery. She is planning to offer varieties of
3
menu (see the table below).
Rice Meat Vegetable
Plain Rice Fried Chicken Chopsuey
Garlic Rice Adobong Manok Ginataang Kalabasa
Menudo Ginisang Sayote
Nilagang Baboy
How many different meals can offer of her carinderia?

______________________________________________________________________
5. Mr. Dela Cruz wants to surprise his daughter with a new cellphone. The agent show to him
different phones they have. The choices are android phone or smart phone with different
screen size 5.5”, 5.8”, 6”and 6.2” which the manufacturer are Samsung, Vivo, Oppo and
Huawei. How many choices of new phone can Mr. Dela Cruz have?
______________________________________________________________________
ASSESSMENT
Directions: Read and analyse the questions carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer
on a separate paper. Please answer all the items.
1. Jenny rolled a die and tossed a coin. How many times will the head possibly occur in the
experiment?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 4 D. 6
2. What are the possible outcomes if you toss a coin twice?
A. {HH, HT, TH, TT} {TH, HT}
B. {HH, TT}
C. {H, T, H, T}

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PUTLOD – SAN JOSE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

PUTLOD, JAEN, NUEVA ECIJA

Crusts/Toppings Ham Pepperoni Veggie

A. Using a tree diagram

B. Using a systematic listing

1. Yellow Shirt-Jeans 4. Yellow Shirt-Slacks

B. Using Systematic Listing

Your output is rated using the scoring rubric below:

LESSON 2: Fundamental Counting Principle

If event M has m possible outcomes and event N has n possible outcomes,

The event is rolling a two dice at the same time.

Step 4: Interpret the result.

Direction: Read and analyse the problem below.

How many different meals can offer of her carinderia?

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