Name: Julie Anne B.

Cortez Classwork 3
GE3 Weight: 20 points

Write each sentence in symbolic form. Represent each statement in the sentence with the letter
indicated in the parentheses. Also state whether the sentence is a conjunction, disjunction, a
negation, a conditional, or a biconditional.

English sentences Symbolic form Type of a

sentence
1. If today is Wednesday (w), then
tomorrow is Thursday (t).
𝑤 →𝑡 conditional
2. I went to the post office (p) and the
bookstore (s).
𝑝 ∧𝑞 conjunction
3. A triangle is an equilateral triangle (l)
if and only if it is an equiangular
𝑙 ↔𝑎 biconditional
triangle (a).
4. A number is an even number (e) if 𝑙 ↔𝑎 biconditional
and only if it has a factor of 2 (t).
5. If it is a dog (d), it has fleas (f). 𝑑 →𝑓 conditional
6. Polynomials that have exactly three
terms (p) are called trinomials (t).
𝑝 →𝑡 conditional
7. I will major in mathematics (m) or 𝑚 ∨𝑞 disjunction
computer science (c).
8. If a polygon has five sides (f), then it is
a pentagon (p).
𝑓 →𝑝 conditional

Write each symbolic statement in words. Let

p: The tour goes to Cebu.
q: The tour goes to Palawan.
r: We go Bohol.
s: We go to Camiguin.
t: The hotels fees are included.
u: The meals are not included.

9. 𝑝 ∧ ~𝑞 The tour goes to Cebu and not to Palawan.

10. 𝑟 → ~𝑠 If we go Bohol, then not to Camiguin.
11. ~𝑡 ↔ 𝑟 The hotel fees are not included, if and only if we go to
Bohol.
12. ~𝑞 → (~𝑝 ∧ 𝑢) If the tour does not go to Palawan, then it does not go to
Cebu and the meals are not included.