CHAPTER 2.

2 MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS AND SENTENCES

Application: Choose a quantity to be represented by a variable, then write a

mathematical expression for each.

1. Lota’s age in 5 years

X=5

2. a three-digit number whose hundred digits is half the tens digit and the tens digit is 2 ore than the
units digit

486

3. the total interest earned after one year when P100, 000 is invested, part at 6% annual interest rate
and the remaining part at 7.5% annual interest rate

0.135 x

4. the distance traveled by a man driving at the rate of 60 kph

60H

5. the total distance traveled by a boat 1 hour upstream and 30 minutes downstream in which the rate
of current is 3kph.

D=60t

6. the fraction of work done by a man who can finish a job in 2 hours

1
2
7. the percentage of alcohol in a mixture of ¾ liter of pure water and x liters of 8% alcohol solution

32 x
%
4 x +3
8. the total peso value of 20 coins consisting of P5-coins and P10-coins

200-5x

9. the perimeter of a rectangle whose length is twice the width

P= 6W
10. the sum of three consecutive even integers

x+x+2+x+4

= 3x+6

CHAPTER 2.3 The Language of Sets

Application:

A. Consider the following sets:

U= {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, }, A= {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7}, B= {1, 5, 6, 7}, C= {1, 2, 3, 6}

16-20. Illustrate the Venn Diagram for the sets A, B, and C.

A. B.

4 7

2,3 6

C.

B. Refer to a group of 191 students, of which 10 are taking math, business,

and language; 36 are taking math and business; 20 are taking math and

language; 18 are taking business and language; 65 are taking math; 76 are

taking business and 63 are taking language.

21-25. Illustrate the Venn Diagram

36

65 10 76

20 18

63

_ _128_ _26. How many are taking math and language but not business?

_ _ 74_ __27. How many are taking at least 2 subjects?

__65 OR 76_28. How many are neither taking math nor business?

_ _ 120__ _29. How many are taking exactly 1 subject?

_ __0____30. How many are not taking any of the three subjects?