combinations

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combinations

Socrates and the three little pigs

1986
A wolf's attempt to figure out in which of five houses he is most likely to find one of three little pigs introduces such mathematical concepts as combinatorial analysis, permutations, and probabilities.

Better together

2011
An illustrated collection of poems that tell what happens when things---like blue and yellow, water and flour--are combined.

The sundae scoop

2003
At the picnic on the last day of school, James, his friends, and the cafeteria lady make a variety of ice cream sundaes, using mathematics to figure out how many different kinds they can create.
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