Our Lady of the Pillar College – Cauayan

San Fermin, Cauayan City, Isabela

COLLEGE DEPARTMENT

Mathematics in the Modern World (Math 0)

(S. Y 2020 – 2021)

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Write your final answer/s on the answer sheet provided below.

Activity #2

A. Determine whether each of the following arguments is a n example of inductive reasoning or deductive reasoning.

1. All home improvements cost more than the estimate. The engineer estimated that a home improvement will cost
P100,000. Thus, it will cost more than P100,000.
2. All students in ADMU are smart. Mary Ann is a ADMU student. Therefore, Mary Ann is smart.
3. All passenger Jeepneys in Metro Manila are at least 10 years old. This jeepney is from Metro Manila. Therefore, this
is at least 10 years old.
4. All engineers are men. My sister is an engineer. Therefore , my sister is a man.
5. Squares have four sides. Rectangles have four sides. Therefore, squares are rectangles.
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6. Obtuse angles are greater than 180 . This angle is 190 . Therefore, this angle is obtuse.
7. It takes 2 hours to get to the school. If Peter leaves at 12 noon, he will reach the school by 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
8. All men are good-looking. Some teachers are good looking. Therefore, some teachers are men.

B. Use Polya’s four-step problem-solving strategy to solve each of the following exercises.

1. Find two consecutive positive integers whose product is 240.

2. The denominator of each fraction exceeds its numerator by 4. If 6 is added to the numerator and 2 is subtracted from
the denominator, the resulting fraction equals 5. Find the fraction. (Hint: Use rational expression)
3. Soledad is going to buy 30 multi-vitamin capsules, some P10 and some P18. If she has P340, what is the maximum
number of P18 multi-vitamin capsules she can buy? (Use inequality)
4. How many different ways can a manager and supervisor select from an IT company branch in Manila if there are 8
employees available? (Hint: Use permutation)
5. The population of a small island is growing continuously at the rate 2% per year. Estimate to the nearest thousand the
population of the island after 20 years, given that the population is now 70,000. (Hint: Use continuous growth formula)
6. Find the sum of the first ten terms of the arithmetic sequence in which the first is 3 and the difference of each term is
4.

Quiz #2:

C. Write the first five terms of the sequence whose nth term is given by the formula

1. an  1  2n 4. an  (n  1)
2

1
an  n 2
2. an  n  1
3
5. 3
n 1
an 
6. an  n  2n
2
3. n

D. Use the difference table to predict the next term in the sequence.

1. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, … 6. 13, 20, 27, 34, 41, 48, …
2. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, … 7. 1, 12, 23, 34, 45, 56, …
3. 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, … 8. 0, 7, 26, 63, 124, …
4. 15, 36, 77, 144, 243, … 9. 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, …
5. 12, 45, 98, 171, 264, … 10. 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, …

ANSWER SHEET:

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Prepared by:
ROWENA CARIASO FORONDA, LPT, MAEd.
Instructor