QUIRINO STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Diffun, Quirino

Mathematics in the Modern World

Final Examination
Name: Darex A. Biagan

Choose the letter of your best answer.

C 1. It is a declarative sentence that can be objectively determined to be true or false, but not both.
a. Logic b. Conjunction c. Statement d. Disjunction c

C 2. A method of voting that is sometimes referred to as the “head-to- head” method. In this
method, each candidate is compared one-on-one with each of the other candidates.
a. Borda Count Method c. Pairwise Comparison Voting Method
b. Plurality method of voting d. Plurality with elimination method c

A 3. It is a long-term loan where the lender has the right to seize the property purchased if the
payments are not made.
a. Mortgage b. Stocks c. Bonds d. Mutual Fund a

C 4. It is a diagram in table form that is used to show when a compound statement is true or false
based on the truth values of the simple statements that make up the compound statement.
a. Conjunction b. Disjunction c. Truth Table d. Symbolic Form c

C 5. A voter who leaves a winning coalition and thereby turns it into a losing coalition is called _________.
a. Coalition b. Critical Voter c. Winning Coalition d. Loosing Coalition b

A 6. It is a statement that is always true.

a. Tautology b. Self-Contradiction c. Antecedent d. Consequent

A 7. It is a percentage of an original amount, as well as a percentage of the new amount including

previously calculated interest.
a. Simple Interest b. Compound Interest c. Annuity d. Future Value b

A 8. It is the formal systematic study of the principles of valid inference and correct reasoning.
a. Logic b. Conjunction c. Statement d. Disjunction a

C 9. Find the simple interest on a loan of Php 4,500.00 for 2 years at a rate of 7% per year.
a. ₱6300 b. ₱360 c. ₱630 d. ₱756 b

D 10. Write the negation of “If they pay me money, I will sign the contract”. a
a. They paid me the money and I did not sign the contract.
b. They paid me the money or I did not sign the contract.
c. They paid me the money and I will sign the contract.
d. If they pay me the money and I did not sign the contract

B 11. What is the maturity value of a loan for ₱150,000 at 6.5% simple interest for 3 years?
a. ₱292,500 b. ₱179,250 c. ₱29,250 d. ₱17,925 c

D 12. Restate the sentence in an equivalent form, “It is not true that, I attended a seminar or I
went
to a concert”.
a. I did not attend a seminar or I went to a concert.
b. It is not true that, I attended a seminar or I went to a concert.
c. I attended a seminar or I went to a concert.
d. I did not attend a seminar and I did not go to a concert. d

B 13. Find the interest if ₱50,000 is invested a 5% compounded quarterly for 8 years.
a. ₱24,046.52 b. ₱74,406.52 c. ₱55,224.31 d. ₱5,224.31 a

C 14. Identify the antecedent in the statement, “If you do not stop smoking then you will die soon”.
a. You stop smoking. c. You will die soon.
b. You do not stop smoking. d. You will not die soon. b

D 15. In order to save for her graduation, a student decided to save ₱200 at the end of each month. If the bank
pays 0.25% compounded monthly, how much will her money be at the end of 6 years?
a. ₱14,507.02 b. ₱15,755.88 c. ₱39,337.82 d. ₱2,251.76 a
D 16. Find the negation of “No even numbers are divisible by 3”. d
a. All even numbers are divisible by three c. Every even numbers are divisible by three
b. Each even numbers are divisible by three d. Some even numbers are divisible by three

A 17. A student would like to save ₱50,000 for his graduation. How much should he deposit in a savings account
every month for 5,5 years if the interest is at 0.25% compounded monthly?
a. ₱725.64 b. ₱752.46 c. ₱527.46 d. ₱550 b

A 18. Find the converse of “If I get the job, I will rent the apartment”.
a. If I rent the apartment, then I get the job.
b. If I do not get the job, then I will not rent the apartment.
c. If I do not rent the apartment, then I did not get the job.
d. If I rent the apartment, then I did not get the job. a

C 19. Find the interest of a Php 1,500.00 loan at 6% for 180 days. Use the Banker’s rule.
a. ₱4,500 b. ₱5,400 c. ₱450 d. ₱540 d.

True or False. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE for incorrect statement.
FALSE 20. The pairwise comparison method of voting is sometimes referred to as the “head-to-
head” method.
FALSE 21. There exist a voting method involving three or more choices that satisfies all four
fairness criteria.
FALSE 22. A weighted voting system is one in which some voters have more weight on the outcome
of an election.
FALSE 23. The relative apportionment is the quotient of the absolute fairness of the
apportionment and the average constituency of the state receiving the new representative.
FALSE 24.In Borda count method of voting, the candidate or issue that receives the least total
points is the winner.
FALSE 25. In Plurality method of voting, the winning candidate does not have to have a majority
of the votes.
FALSE 26. The Hamilton plan uses a modified standard divisor by trial and error.
FALSE 27. Plurality with elimination method of voting ranks the candidates or issues by giving
points.
FALSE 28. An Installment buying is a savings investment for which an individual or business
makes the same payment each period (i.e., annually, semiannually, or quarterly) into a
compound- interest account where the interest does not change during the term of the
investment.
FALSE 29. The Banker’s rule considers the exact number of days of each month, so it uses 365
days in a year.

30.Express the following statements in symbols, where p, q, r, and s are defined as follows, p: John is a big eater,
q: Ran has a big voice, r: Eric likes to ravel, and s: Len likes violet.

“John is a big eater or Ran has a big voice if and only if Len does not like violet and Eric does
not like to travel”

John is a big eater, Ran has a big voice, Len does not like violet and Eric does
not like to travel

31. Express the following statements in words, where p, q, r, and s are defined as follows, p: John is a big eater,
q: Ran has a big voice, r: Eric likes to ravel, and s: Len likes violet.

(p˄(~q))˅(r˄s)

32. Use Euler diagram to determine whether the argument is valid or invalid.
Some psychologist can juggle.
All clown can juggle.
∴ No psychologist is a clown.

Construct the truth table of the following propositions/statement.

33. (p→q) ˄q)→p

Show that the following are tautologies:

34. p→(p˅q) A proposition is said to be a tautology if its truth value is T for any assignment of truth values to
its components.

35. Give one valid argument. If you are making the argument that "the sky is blue if the sky is
blue," and your proof is a single logical statement: "the sky is blue if the sky is blue,"