Lesson Plan: Pascal’s Triangle Mathematics
This lesson plan includes the objectives and prerequisites of the lesson teaching students how to solve problems on Pascal’s triangle.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- construct Pascal’s triangle,
- locate the triangular and tetrahedral numbers in Pascal’s triangle,
- sum the rows of Pascal’s triangle,
- use the formula ,
- use Pascal’s triangle to expand binomials,
- apply Pascal’s triangle to problems in combinatorics and probability.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- factorials,
- binomial expansions.
