Divine Word College of Legazpi

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Legazpi City

Preliminary Exam – GE 04
MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD
Second Semester S.Y. 2018-2019

Name: _______________________________________________ Score: _______________

Course and Year: ______________________________________ Date: _______________

I. Multiple Choice
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on the space provided
(2 pts. each).

1. Find the missing number in the following series: 2, 4, 6, 8. 1. ________

a. 9 b. 10 c. 11 d. 12 e. none of these

2. The numbers in the grid go together in a certain way. Which should be in the
square marked by a question mark? 2. ________

? 4 6
4 6 8
6 8 10

3. Find the missing number in the following series:85 81 83 79 81 77. 3. ________

a. 89 b. 83 c. 87 d. 80 e. None of these

4. Write the next number in the series 16, 13, 17, 12, 18, 11... 4. ________

a. 12 b. 22 c. 19 d. 14 e. none of these

5. Laugh is to weep, what pride is to? 5. ________

a. Sorrow b. humility c. pity d. pleasure e. none of these

6. Today is Saturday, what day of the week will it be after 27 days? 6. ________

a. Monday b. Friday c. Sunday d. Thursday e. Saturday

7. What is the last two letters missing in the series e, h, j, m, o, r, t __, ___? 7. _________

a. p, q b. w, y c. x, y d. u, z e. y, w

8. How many 8’s are there in the following sequence, which are preceded by 5,
but not immediately followed by 3? 8. _________

58375863854584

76558358758285

a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 e. 4

9. Who said that “Mathematics is the alphabet with which God has written
the universe” ? 9. _______

a. Galileo Galilei c. Luca Pacioli

 b. b. Leonardo Fibonacci. D. Leonardo Da Vinci

10. Who said that “Without Mathematics, there is no art”? 10. _______

a. Galileo Galilei c. Luca Pacioli

b. Leonardo Fibonacci. d. Leonardo Da Vinci

11. The hero of Dan Brown’s best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code. 11. _______

a. Robert Langdon c. Luca Pacioli

b. Sophie Neveu d. Leonardo Da Vinci

12. A young French code breaker who explained that the Fibonacci sequence
is one of the most famous mathematical sequences. 12. _______

a. Robert Langdon c. Luca Pacioli

b. Sophie Neveu d. Leonardo Da Vinci

13. It is a number refers to the characteristic of subjects or objects that is used

for ranking and ordering. 13. _______

a. ordinal b. nominal c. interval d. ratio

14. It is a number that refers to the characteristic or attribute of subjects or objects

that is used for naming, labeling, and categorizing only. 14. _______

a. ordinal b. nominal c. interval d. ratio

15. It contains characteristic of the interval data but in this case, zero has a
true value. 15. _______

a. ordinal b. nominal c. interval d. ratio

II. Direction: Answer the following questions (5 pts. each).

1. If you have a wooden board that is 0.75 meters wide, how long should you cut it such that the Golden
Ratio is observed?

Answer: __________________________

2. Convert the sentence into mathematical equation.

The product of twice a number and six is eight plus a number.

Answer: __________________________

For numbers 2-4

Let Fib(n) be the nth term of the Fibonacci sequence, with Fib(1) = 1, Fib(2) = 1, fib(3) = 2,
and so on. Show your complete solutions.

3. Find Fib (8) answer: ________________________

4. Find Fib (19) answer: ________________________

5. Find Fib (45) answer: ________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

Prepared by:
R. Lozano