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Elementary: Discrete Math

Discrete mathematics, with problems involving algorithms, apportionment, combinatorics, graph theory, lattices, or trees, is more likely to form part of the middle or high school curriculum than the elementary curriculum, but the groundwork can be laid in grades 3-5 with simple problems that explore permutations and combinations (how many outfits can you put together?).

A few discrete math problems for elementary students are listed below.

To find relevant sites on the Web, browse and search Discrete Math in our Internet Mathematics Library; to find elementary sites, go to the bottom of the page, set the searcher for late elementary level (3-5), and press the Search button.

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Choosy Chooser's Choices - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Find out how many outfits Charlene can put together for a sunny day. ... more>>

How Does Your Garden Grow? - Team 7 Red Math Students -- Highland Middle School
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 4. Help the HMS students find out how many ways they can arrange their schoolyard garden. ... more>>

Olympic Rings Repair - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 3. Help answer Jellybean's question about the Olympic rings. ... more>>

Payment in Kind - Lisa Lavelle (adapted)
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 3. Determine the spouses of three kind women based on the details of their inheritance. ... more>>

Pondering Palindromes - Mary DeYoung & class
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 1. Explore 4-digit palindromes and find something else they have in common. ... more>>

Puzzling Puzzle Pieces - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Explore the ways 108 puzzle pieces can be arranged. ... more>>

Summer Shoe Leftovers - Teaching the Young Learner Group
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 4. Determine which of the leftover shoes might satisfy three shoppers' needs. ... more>>

Tourists in Turkey - Arda Antikacioglu
teacher support active problem Elementary, difficulty level 4. Analyze tourism data from Turkey to discover how many people visited specific areas of the country last year. ... more>>

Video Trading - Joyce Hoellein & Class
teacher support active problem Math Fundamentals, difficulty level 2. Determine the number of trades necessary for each of the 4-H members to see each of the video tapes. ... more>>

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