Combinations worksheet with visual examples for counting possible outfit and food combinations.

Let's solve each scenario in Section A of the worksheet step by step, listing all possible combinations and calculating the total number of outcomes.

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🔹 Scenario 1: Super Kid is getting dressed to fight evil

Choices:
- Masks: Green mask, Purple mask → 2 options
- Capes: Red cape, Yellow cape, Blue cape → 3 options

We need to find all possible combinations of one mask + one cape.

#### ✔ Step-by-step combinations:

| Mask | Cape |
|------------|-----------|
| Green mask | Red cape |
| Green mask | Yellow cape |
| Green mask | Blue cape |
| Purple mask | Red cape |
| Purple mask | Yellow cape |
| Purple mask | Blue cape |

✔ Total combinations:
2 masks × 3 capes = 6 combinations

👉 Fill in the blank:
There are 6 possible combinations

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🔹 Scenario 2: Betty is ordering an ice cream

Choices:
- Ice cream flavors: Strawberry, Chocolate, Mint Choc Chip → 3 options
- Toppings: Nuts, Toffee sauce, Sprinkles → 3 options

Each ice cream has one flavor + one topping.

#### ✔ Step-by-step combinations:

| Flavor | Topping |
|----------------|---------------|
| Strawberry | Nuts |
| Strawberry | Toffee sauce |
| Strawberry | Sprinkles |
| Chocolate | Nuts |
| Chocolate | Toffee sauce |
| Chocolate | Sprinkles |
| Mint Choc Chip | Nuts |
| Mint Choc Chip | Toffee sauce |
| Mint Choc Chip | Sprinkles |

✔ Total combinations:
3 flavors × 3 toppings = 9 combinations

👉 Fill in the blank:
There are 9 possible combinations

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🔹 Scenario 3: Mr Patel is putting on a hat and scarf

Choices:
- Hats: Spotty hat, Stripy hat, Bobble hat, Black hat → 4 options
- Scarves: Stripy scarf, Orange scarf → 2 options

Each outfit has one hat + one scarf

#### ✔ Step-by-step combinations:

| Hat | Scarf |
|---------------|--------------|
| Spotty hat | Stripy scarf |
| Spotty hat | Orange scarf |
| Stripy hat | Stripy scarf |
| Stripy hat | Orange scarf |
| Bobble hat | Stripy scarf |
| Bobble hat | Orange scarf |
| Black hat | Stripy scarf |
| Black hat | Orange scarf |

✔ Total combinations:
4 hats × 2 scarves = 8 combinations

👉 Fill in the blank:
There are 8 possible combinations

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✔ Final Answers Summary:

1. Super Kid: 6 combinations
2. Betty’s Ice Cream: 9 combinations
3. Mr Patel: 8 combinations

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📝 How to fill in the tables:

For each scenario, write the combinations in the two-column table (e.g., left column for first item, right for second). Here's how you'd fill them:

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#### ✔ Table 1: Super Kid
| Mask | Cape |
|--------------|------------|
| Green mask | Red cape |
| Green mask | Yellow cape |
| Green mask | Blue cape |
| Purple mask | Red cape |
| Purple mask | Yellow cape |
| Purple mask | Blue cape |

> There are 6 possible combinations

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#### ✔ Table 2: Betty’s Ice Cream
| Flavor | Topping |
|----------------|---------------|
| Strawberry | Nuts |
| Strawberry | Toffee sauce |
| Strawberry | Sprinkles |
| Chocolate | Nuts |
| Chocolate | Toffee sauce |
| Chocolate | Sprinkles |
| Mint Choc Chip | Nuts |
| Mint Choc Chip | Toffee sauce |
| Mint Choc Chip | Sprinkles |

> There are 9 possible combinations

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#### ✔ Table 3: Mr Patel
| Hat | Scarf |
|---------------|--------------|
| Spotty hat | Stripy scarf |
| Spotty hat | Orange scarf |
| Stripy hat | Stripy scarf |
| Stripy hat | Orange scarf |
| Bobble hat | Stripy scarf |
| Bobble hat | Orange scarf |
| Black hat | Stripy scarf |
| Black hat | Orange scarf |

> There are 8 possible combinations

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💡 Key Concept:

This is about counting combinations using the multiplication principle:
> If there are m choices for one item and n choices for another, then there are m × n total combinations.

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