St.

Peter’s College of Ormoc

Fr. Ismael Cata-ag St., Ormoc City, 6541 Leyte, Philippines
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SY 2020-2021 School Theme:

“Embracing Difference: Uniting Benedictine Youth in Christ- Focus on Conversation and Community”

ASSIGNMENT ON MATHEMATICAL LANGUAGE AND SYMBOLS:

VARIABLES
COURSE&YEAR: BSA 1 SUBJECT CODE: GE 4
NAME: Rejie N. Ando DATE: March 14, 2021
Answer the following completely:
1. On your own perception, define Variables and illustrate the
advantage on using variables in mathematics.
Answer:
Variables are letters or symbols that is unknown or anonymous yet. It helps you
to give what you’re looking, by giving a temporary name, so that you can do
concrete computations with it to find out its potential values.
2. List some important kinds of Mathematical Statements and
illustrate each.
Answer:
a. Universal Statement – a particular property is true for all elements in a set.
(“For All”) Example: All negative numbers are less than zero.
b. Conditional Statement – if one thing is true then some other thing has to be
true. (“If-then”) Example: If 256 is divisible by 4, then 256 is divisible by 2.
c. Existential Statement – there is at least one thing for which the property is
true. Example: There is a prime number that is even.
3. Based on your answer on number 3, match the type of
statement below to the given examples inside the
box.

i. This type of statement says that a certain property

is true for all elements in a set.
Answer:
B. All positive numbers are greater than zero.

ii. This type of statement says that if one thing is

true then some other thing also has to be true.
Answer:
C. If 378 is divisible by 18, then 378 is divisible by 6

iii. This type of statement says that given a property

that may or may not be true, there is at least one
thing for which the property is true.
Answer:
B. All positive numbers are greater than zero.

A. There is a prime number that is even.

B. All positive numbers are greater than zero.
C. If 378 is divisible by 18, then 378 is divisible by 6