Lesson - Fundamental Principle of Counting
Supposed McQeen’s of Nachos fast food restaurant has many choices of different types of meals you can get.
Meal Options:
Plain Nachos, Loco Nachos, Grande Nachos, Monster Nachos
Meats:
chicken, ground beef, chorizo, steak
Toppings:
Jalapeños, black beans, refried beans, Mexican cheese, black olives, hot sauce, McQueen’s famous salsa
Veggies:
White onions, green peppers, lettuce, fresh tomato
Nacho Cheese:
Mild, Medium, Spicy
* How to figure out the number of different combinations you can make*
There are just 3 simple steps to this
1. First add how many options you have under each category
Meal options- 4
Meat options- 4
Toppings- 8
Veggies- 4
Nacho Cheese- 3
2. Then you are going to take the number of each options you have for each category and find the product
3.
3. 4*4*8*4*3=1,536
4. Using the Fundamental Principle of Counting it shows that at McQueen’s Nachos, there is an option of 1,536 different ways you can get your nachos
carly,
ReplyDeletethis is a cute idea. your calculations are correct, but a definition of the fundamental counting principle would hvae been good to add. there were a few typos, but all in all good.
professor little