MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

PROBLEM SET
PRELIMINARY PERIOD
GENERAL INSTRUCTION. PROVIDE SOLUTIONS/EXPLANATIONS FOR EVERY ANSWER.

I.I. MATHEMATICS IN OUR WORLD. DISCOVER THE 9. Which of the following figures is the odd one out?
PRINCIPLE INVOLVED IN EACH SERIES. DETERMINE
THE TERM THAT SHOULD COME NEXT.

1. AN CP FS ___

2. 40 92 117 221 622 778 ___

3. I V X L ___
10. Which of the following figures is the odd one out?
4. 7 16 29 46 67 ___

5. Z V S O L H ___

I.II. PICTURE SEQUENCE

6.

II. MATHEMATICAL LANGUAGE. TRANSLATE THE

FOLLOWING PHRASE/SENTENCE TO
EXPRESSION/EQUATION.

1. A man earned x pesos in 10 days and spent y pesos

Which of the following continues the sequence?
during each of those days. Write an expression to
determine how many pesos he saved per day.

2. Brian earns $420 a day working part time at a

convenience store. Write an algebraic expression to
represent the amount of money he will earn in d days.
7. 3. Several persons rented a boat for $3000 sharing the
cost equally. If there had been one more person in the
group, each person paid $100 less. How many people
were there in the group originally?

4. A dairy farm has two cows. Last month, cow A produced

250 gallons less than twice the amount of milk from cow B.
Which of the following continues the sequence? Together, the two cows produce 1200 gallons of milk.

5. Adrian is four times as old as Audrey. 20 years from now,

Adrian will be twice as old as Audrey then. Find Adrian's
present age.

III. SETS. TRUE OR FALSE.

8. Which of the following figures is the odd one out?
Given that:

U = {a,d,i,t,m,p,h,u,e,b,w,q,o,s,k}

X = {m,t,s,k,w}; Y = {h,m,w,q,o}; Z = {p,u,h,m,t}

1. Is 𝐦 ∈ (𝐗 ∩ 𝐘 ∩ 𝐙) ?
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2. Is (𝐘 ∩ 𝐙′) ⊂ 𝐗′ ? 4. The favorite colors of Ann, Lita, Alvin, and Johnny are
red, blue, green, orange, but not necessarily in that order.
3. Is {𝐨} ⊆ (𝐗 ∩ (𝐘 ∪ 𝐙)) ? No person's name contains the same number of letters of
his/her favorite color. Alvin and the boy who likes blue live
4. Is {𝐚} ⊆ (𝐗 ∩ (𝐘′ ∪ 𝐙)) ? in different parts of the town. Red is the favorite color of
one of the girls. What is each person's favorite color?
5. Is {𝐚, 𝐢} ⊆ (𝐗′ ∩ (𝐘 ∪ 𝐙))
5. How many gifts in all did the "true love" send to his/her
lover in the song, Twelve Days of Christmas?

IV.I. LOGIC. USE TRUTH TABLES TO ESTABLISH

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROPOSITIONAL
FORMS ARE TAUTOLOGIES, CONTRADICTIONS, OR VI. MATHEMATICAL SYSTEM. DETERMINE IF THE
CONTINGENCIES. FOLLOWING ARE VALID UPCs.

1. [(𝐩 ∧∼ 𝐪) ↓ 𝐫]⨁[(~𝐩 ∨ 𝐪)|𝐫] 1. 245501225419

2. [(~𝐫 → 𝐪) ↓ 𝐩] ↔ (~𝐩 ∨ 𝐫) 2. 841351152723

3. (𝐩 ∧ 𝐪) ∨ [~𝐩 ∨ (𝐩 ∧ ~𝐪)] 3. 1100361150125

4. 1544026454217

IV.II. DETERMINE WHETHER THE GIVEN 5. 940122541725

PROPOSITIONAL FORMS ARE LOGICALLY
IV.II. FIND THE CORRECT CHECK DIGIT OF EACH OF
EQUIVALENT.
THE FOLLOWING INCOMPLETE ISBN.
4. ~((𝐩 ∨ 𝐪) ∨ 𝐫) and (~𝐩 ∨ ~𝐪) ∨ ~𝐫
6. 006619452_
5. (𝐩 ↔ 𝐪) ↔ 𝐫 and 𝐩 ↔ (𝐪 ↔ 𝐫)
7. 978251243005_

8. 353078214_
V. PROBLEM-SOLVING
9. 978053400845_
1. Del, Chico, and Gino play a certain game. The player
10. 007840004_
who loses each round must give each of the other player
as much money as the player has at that time. In Round 1,
Del loses and gives Chico and Gino as much money as
they each have. In Round 2, Chico loses and gives Del and IV.III. DETERMINE WHETHER THE GIVEN CREDIT
Gino as much money as they each have. Gino loses in CARD NUMBER IS A VALID NUMBER.
Round 3 and gives Del and Chico as much money as they
each have. They decide to quite at this point and discover 11. 4417548617856411
that they each have 24 dollars. How much money did they
each start with? 12. 5591491276441105

2. In a drawer, there are eight blue socks, six green socks, 13. 6011498810026487
and twelve black socks. What is the smallest number of
socks that must be taken from the drawer without looking 14. 4896419887601970
at the socks to be certain of having two socks of the same
color? 15. 371554873184466

3. Barney is in the jackpot round on a game show and is

going to try win a new car. The host places eight boxes, A
to H, clockwise, in a circular arrangement. Starting with any
box, Barney is to count three boxes (clockwise) and push
the third box out of the circle. Continuing where he left off
(with the fourth box), he resumes counting around the
circle and pushes away every third box until only one box
is left. If that box contains the key to the car, Barney will
win the car. Which box should Barney begin with to win the
car, if the key is in box H?
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