A binary operation is defined on the set Z of integers by .

Evaluate

1 [49 + 25 - 35 = 39]
ANSWER: 39

2 [121 + 81 + 99 = 301]
ANSWER: 301

3 [ 144 + 144 – 144 = 144]

ANSWER: 144

A binary operation is defined on the set of integers Z by ,

Evaluate

1. [16 – 36 + 2(24) = -20 + 48 = 28]

ANSWER: 28

2. [36 – 16 + 2(24) = 20 + 48 = 68]

ANSWER: 68

3. [ 49 – 25 – 2(35) = 24 – 70 = -46 ]
ANSWER: - 46

Given that evaluate

1
ANSWER: 4
[25 – 2 x 5 x 3 + 9 = 34 – 30 = 4]

2
ANSWER: 4
[49 – 2 x 7 x 5 + 25 = 74 – 70 = 4]

3
ANSWER: 49
[ 25 – 2 x 5 x (-2) +4 = 29 + 20 = 49]
 A binary operation * is defined on the set of integers by a* b = 2a + 3b.
Evaluate
1. (-3) * 3
ANSWER: 3 [(-3) * 3 = 2(-3) + 3(3) = -6 +9 = 3]

2. 7 * 5
ANSWER: 29 [7 * 5 = 2(7) + 3(5) = 14 + 15 = 29]

3. (-8) * 7
ANSWER: 5 [(-8) * 7 = 2(-8) + 3(7) = -16 + 21 = 5]

A binary operation is defined on the set R of real numbers by .

Evaluate

1
ANSWER: 59 [ ]

2
ANSWER: -1 [ ]

3
ANSWER: 9
[ ]

2
The binary operation  on the set Z of integers is defined by x  y  ( x  y ) .
Find the value of
1. 2  (3  5)
2 2
ANSWER: 4 [ 2  (3  5)  2  4  (2  4)  4 ]

2. (3)  (2  1)
2 2
ANSWER: 144 [ (3)  (2  1)  (3)  (2  1)  (3)  9  (3  9)  144 ]

3. (5  4)  3
2 2
ANSWER: 4 [ (5  4)  3  (5  4)  3  1 3  (2)  4 ]

1. A binary operation  is defined on the set R of real numbers by a  b  a  b  2 . Find

the identity e.
 ANSWER: e =2, [ e  a  e  a  2  a, e  2  0, e  2 ]

2. A binary operation  is defined on the set R of real numbers by a  b  ab / 4 . Find

the identity e.
ANSWER: e = 4 [ e  a  ea / 4  a, e  4]

3. A binary operation  is defined on the set R of real numbers by a  b  a  b . Find

the identity e.
ANSWER: There is no identity since the operation

ROUND 2: SPEED RACE

2 A binary operation on the set Z of integers is defined by .

Evaluate .
ANSWER: 16
[ ]

1 If , find the value of

ANSWER: 24
[ 49 – 25 = 24]

3 If the binary operation on the set of integers Z, is given by ,

evaluate
ANSWER: -25
[ 25 – 25 – 25 = -25 ]

2 . A binary operation is defined on the set of integers by .

Evaluate

ANSWER: 133 [ ]

1 If evaluate
ANSWER: 50
[52 – 5(-5) = 25 + 25 = 50]

ROUND 3: TRUE OR FALSE

1 (a ÷ b) ÷ c = a ÷ (b ÷ c)
ANSWER: FALSE

2 The operation is commutative

ANSWER: TRUE

3 The operation of subtraction on the set of real numbers is not commutative.

ANSWER: TRUE

ROUND 5: RIDDLE
1 I am the stuff Arithmetic is made of.
2 I am simply an operation or to be precise a type of operation.
3 I combine two terms to produce a third term.
4 Examples of me are the arithmetic operations of addition and subtraction.
5 Others are multiplication and division.
6 Remember I combine two terms at a time.
Who am I?
ANSWER: BINARY OPERATION