Institute of Technology

Polytechnic University of the Philippines

Anonas, Sta. Mesa, Maynila, Kalakhang Maynila

MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

(GEED 1000053) SCORE/ GRADE:

ACTIVITY NO. 3 (ONLINE CLASS)

Name: __Colarina, Khyle Andrei B. Section: BSIT 1-4 Schedule: __________ Date: Dec.11, 2021

Answer the following questions:

I. Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

Decide whether the following represent inductive and deductive reasoning.

1. The bank won’t be open tonight at 9pm, because all banks close by six.
Deductive Reasoning
2. Every time I’ve eaten crabs, I’ve been sicked. I must be allergic to crabs.
Inductive Reasoning
3. The car’s battery provides power to the engine, so if the battery is dead, the car won’t start.
Deductive Reasoning
4. I know I will get fined this year, because my tax returns are going to be late, and when you
submit your returns late you get a fine.
Deductive Reasoning
5. My uncle had a severe sore throat. But the problem couldn’t be sore throat; sore throat always
causes a fever, and he didn’t have a fever.
Inductive Reasoning
6. Writers have lively imaginations. So, when our neighbor, a novelist, told us that she had seen a
ghost, we just assumed she was making it up.
Inductive Reasoning
7. Ever since Joel started drinking wine every night about three years ago, he has been suffering
from insomnia. The wine must be causing him to sleep badly.
Inductive Reasoning
8. Every time I call Annie, she is at the store. I guess he loves shopping.
Inductive Reasoning
 9. Charles is a mountaineer, and since mountaineers are very fit, Charles must be very fit too.
Deductive Reasoning
10. If you really loved me, you would have known what I wanted without having to ask me. And
since you ask me, I guess you just don’t love me.
Inductive Reasoning
II. Polya’s Problem Solving Techniques
For question 1 and 2 draw a picture to illustrate each situation. You are not being asked to solve any
problem-just draw the pictures.
1. Seven liters of a 15% sugar solution are mixed with pure water to get 10% solutions.

Seven liters of a Pure water 10% sugar

15% sugar solution
solution

2. Six people clink each other’s glasses in a toast.

For question 3 -4 List the items mentioned. Try to organize your list in a systematic way.
3. List the different combination of heads and tails that can occur when you tossed 2 coins.
Head Head
Head Tails
Tails Head
Tails Tails

4. Using the number 1,2,3,4,5,6, list all the ordered pairs of the number. For example (1,2).
1). (1,2), (1,3), (1,4), (1,5), (1,6), (2,1), (2,3), (2,4), (2,5), (2,6), (3,1), (3,2), (3,4), (3,5), (3,6), (4,1),
(4,2), (4,3), (4,5), (4,6), (5,1), (5,2), (5,3), (5,4), (5,6), (6,1), (6,2), (6,3), (6,4), (6,5)

For questions 5 – 6 Use Polya’s Four Steps to solve the following problems.
5. Susie’s age this year is a multiple of 5. Next year, her age is a multiple of 7. What is her
present age?

Step 1: Understand the problem.

x = multiple of 5
y = multiple of 7
Step 2: Devise a plan
 Guess and test
 x = y -1
 This formula will solve the present age of Susie’s.
Step 3: Carry out the plan
Multiple of 5 5 10 15 20 25 30
Multiple of 7 7 14 21 28 35 42

Step 4: Results
 20 = 21 – 1
 20 = 20
 Her present age is 20 years old.
6. How many perfect squares are there between 100,000 to 90,000?

Step 1: Understand the problem

 x = first integer (100,000)
 y = last integer (90,000)
 j = final answer
Step 2: Devise a plan
 Use of formula and Guest and test
 j = (√x) – (√y)
Step 3: Carry out the plan
90601 301 * 301
91204 302 * 302
91809 303 * 303
92416 304 * 304
93025 305 * 305
93636 306 * 306
94249 307 * 307
94864 308 * 308
95481 309 * 309
96100 310 * 310
96721 311 * 311
97344 312 * 312
97969 313 * 313
98596 314 * 314
99225 315 * 315
99856 316 * 316

Step 4: Look Back

 j = (√100,000) – (√90,000)
 j = 316.227 – 300
 j = 16 perfect squares