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MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

GENERAL INSTRUCTION: Picture your answer and send it to the GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
Make sure the photo you send is readable and vertically captured.
I. Determine whether each of the following arguments is an example of inductive or deductive
reasoning and write its conclusion.
Arguments Inductive or Deductive Conclusion
Dogs eat banana. 1 2
Sam is a dog.
Christopher is sick.
If Christopher is sick, he won’t be 3 4
able to go to work.
All prime numbers are odd.
5 6
2 is a prime number.
All Science teachers are ball 7 8
Mark is a Science teacher
Essay test is difficult. 9 10
Problem solving test is difficult.
All birds have feathers 11 12
Ducks are birds.

II. Use Inductive or Deductive reasoning to answer the following (5pts).

13. The map shows six countries in the Indian subcontinent such that no two bordering
countries are the same color.

a. Can this map be colored using only three colors, such that no two bordering
countries are the same color? Explain.
b. Can this map be colored using only two colors, such that no two bordering countries
are the same color? Explain.

14. 80, 70, 61, 53, 46, 40, …

III. Sequence
15. Find the 12th term of the following;
a. 206, 191, 176
b. 30720, 15360, 7680

16. Construct the difference table to predict the next term of the sequence; 3, 5, 10, 29, 79,
186, 390, 757, 1403, 2535