Republic of the Philippines

CENTRAL PHILIPPINES STATE UNIVERSITY

Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental

MIDTERM EXAMINATION
GEC 4 – MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD
Prepared by: Cristyflor Escordial

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I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read the questions carefully. Write the capital letter of your
choice before the number on the space provided. Write NA in cases that there is no
correct answer on the choices given. Avoid erasures. Answers with erasures will be
marked incorrect.

_____ 1. What numbers should come next in this sequence? 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, ___, ____.
a. 46, 52 c. 56, 72
b. 54, 70 d. 60, 76
_____ 2. What common pattern can be see observed in the human body, plant leaves, starfish?
a. spirals c. waves
b. symmetry d. fractals
_____ 3. What is the sum of the first ten Fibonacci numbers?
a. 140 c. 88
b. 232 d. 143
_____ 4. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a. The provinces of the Philippines
b. The group of all faculty in CPSU
c. The list of program offerings in the college
d. The set of all even numbers less than 100
_____ 5. Let A={ a , b , c , d , e }, B= { a ,b ,c } and C={b , c , f }. Which of the following is true?
a. A=B c. B=C
b. A B d. B C
_____ 6. Let B={1, a ,−2,3 , b , c , d }. Which of the following is true?
a. ϕ ∈ B c. a ∉ B
b. d ∈ B d. −2 ∉ B

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 _____ 7. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a. The set of letters in the word college
b. The set of positive integers less than -1
c. The set of all numbers divisible by 4.
d. The set of rational numbers
_____ 8. Which of the following is not a proposition?
a. The sum of 6 and 8 is 14.
b. y + z=z + y for every pair of real numbers y∧z
c. Turn on the television.
d. Philippines is the Pearl of Orient Seas
_____ 9. Which of the following statement is true?
a. ∀ x ≥ 0 , √ x 2=x c. ∃ x , y ∈ Z , x 2 + y 2 <1
1 d. ∀ x ∈ Z , x 3 ≥0
b. ∃ x , y ∈ Z , x− y=
2
_____ 10. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a. The sum of 6 and 8 is 14. c. x 2+ y 2=9
b. The product of x and y d. x=± 5

II. A. Write the following sets using the roster method.

11. B= { x|x is a brand of softdrink }

12. C={x∨x is an even number between 20∧40 }

13. D={x∨x is a distinct letter∈the word mathematics }

B. Write the following sets using the rule method.

14. E={single , married , separated , widowed }

15. F={Facebook , Twitter , Instagram, … }

16. G={2 ,3 , 5 , 7 ,11 ,13 }

C. Indicate whether the following relations is a function or not. Write F if it is a

function, otherwise write NF. Write your answers before the number.

_____17. {(1,4), (2,5), (3,6)} _____ 19. {(5,0),(5,1),(7,2), (9,0)}

_____18. {(1,1), (0,3), (2,3)} _____ 20. {(1,3), (0,2), (-1,1)}

III. Give the inverse, converse, and contrapositive of the following implication:

A. If the sky is blue, then deserts are dry.

21. Inverse: If the sky is not blue, then the deserts are not dry.
22. Converse: If the deserts are dry, then the sky is blue.
23. Contrapositive: If the deserts are not dry, then the sky is not blue.
 B. If Superman is the man of steel, then Batman is the Dark Knight.
24. Inverse: If Superman is not the man of steel, then Batman is not the Dark Knight.
25. Converse: If Batman is the Dark Knight, then Superman is the man of steel.
26. Contrapositive: If Batman is not the Dark Knight, then Superman is not the man of
steel.

IV. Solve a Logic Puzzle.

Adam, Betty, Cherrie, and Daniel are attending Central Philippines State University
(CPSU). One student is a Social Science major, one is an English major, one is an Agribusiness
major, and one is a engineering major. From the following clues, determine which major each
student is pursuing.

a. Adam and the social science major are next door neighbors.
b. Betty and the English major have attended CPSU for 2 years. Cherry has attended
FSU for 3 years, and the engineering major has attended CPSU for 4 years.
c. Daniel has attended CPSU for fewer years than Adam.
d. The Agribusiness major has attended CPSU for 2 years.

Social Science English Agribusiness Engineering

Adam X1 x X /
Betty X X2 / X
Cherrie / X X X
Daniel X / X X

Name Course
Adam 27. Engineering
Betty 28. Agribusiness
Cherry 29. Social Science
Daniel 30. Engineering

V. Complete the truth table of the inverse, converse, and contrapositive of the
conditional statement.

Inverse Contrapositive
Conditional Converse
P Q If not P, then not If not Q then not
If P then Q if Q then P
Q P
F F 31. T 35. T 39. T 43. T
F T 32. T 36. F 40. F 44. T
T F 33. F 37. T 41. T 45. F
T T 34. T 38. T 42. T 46. T

VI. ESSAY. Explain the following:

How important math is in the society? Cite three (3) specific examples, (4 points)

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