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CATANDUANES STATE UNIVERSITY

Virac, Catanduanes

College of Science – Department of Mathematics

MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN
GEC 4 – MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD
1st Semester, School Year 2022-2023

Name: _____________________________________________ Program: _________________

Direction: Choose the CORRECT answer by writing the letter on the space provided before the number.

_____ 1. Which of the following things in nature portray symmetrical patterns?

a. snowflakes b. leaf arrangement c. hyena’s spots d. all of these

_____ 2. Which of the following patterns in nature is

portrayed by the picture at the right?

a. symmetry c. spiral

b. fractals d. chaos

_____ 3. What is a relation in mathematics?

a. A set of ordered pairs b. A set of real numbers
c. A set of functions d, A set of variables

_____ 4. What number comes next in 1, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, ___?
a. 30 b. 36 c. 42 d. 50

_____ 5. Which of the following patterns does not represents Fibonacci numbers?
a. honeycombs b. rabbit population c. patterns in fabrics d. sunflowers

_____ 6. If A = {1, 2, 3} and B = {2, 3, 4}, what is A ∩ B?

a. {1, 2, 3, 4} b. {2, 3} c. {1, 4} d. {1, 2, 3}

_____ 7. Which of the following is the correct notation for the complement of set A?
a. A' b. A^c c. A~ d. A*

_____ 8. Which of the following is true about the cardinality of a set?

a. The cardinality of a set is always zero.
b. The cardinality of a set is the number of elements in the set.
c. The cardinality of a set is always equal to the power set.
d. The cardinality of a set is the union of all the elements in the set.

_____ 9. Which of the following is true about the Cartesian product of two sets?
a. The Cartesian product is always empty.
b. The Cartesian product contains all the elements of the two sets.
c. The Cartesian product contains only the elements that are common to both sets.
d. The Cartesian product is the union of the two sets.
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_____ 10. Which of the following are the application of Mathematics as a tool?
I. Mathematics allows to predict the future.
II. Mathematics can be used to make a strong encryption algorithm.
III. Mathematics is a powerful tool in everyday living.
a. I and II only b. I and III only c. II and III only d. I, II and III

_____ 11. Which should be the 4th figure to continue the sequence on the left?

____ 12. Twice the sum of 4 and a number is also the same as the sum of eight and twice a number.
What is the equivalent in equation form?
a. 2x + 4 = 8 + 2x b. 2(4 + x) = 8 + 2x c. 2(4 +x) = x + 8 d. 2(x + 4) = 2(x + 8)

____ 13. Given the mathematical expression, translate this to English statement. {x/x ϵ N > 10}
a. x divided by x is an element of N greater than 10.
b. x over x is an element of whole numbers greater than 10
c. x such that x is an element of counting number greater than 10
d. The set of all x such that x is an element of natural number greater than or equal to 10

____ 14. Translate the sentence “the difference of the square of x, and y is less than 10” into
mathematical symbols.
a. x – y < 10 b. (x – y)2 < 10 c. x2 – y < 10 d. x – y2 < 10

____ 15. Which of the following is the symbol used for the statement, “The set of x for all x is an element
of real numbers where x is less than or equal to zero or x is greater than or equal to one.
a. {x є R+ / 0 < x < 1} c. {x є R / x < 0 or x > 1}
b. {x є R / x ≤ 0 or x ≥ 1} d. {x є R / 0 ≤ x ≤ 1}

____ 16. The difference of {1, 2, 3, 6, 8} and {1, 2, 5, 6} is the set ____________
a. {1, 3} b. {5, 6, 8} c. {3, 8} d. {2, 6, 5}

____ 17. If A = {1, 2, 3, 4} and B = {2, 4, 6, 8}, then B – A is

a. {4, 6} b. {1, 3} c. {6, 8} d. {2, 4}

____ 18. Find the domain of the relation 1/ (x-2).

a. (x/x > 3) b. (x/x > - 3) c. (x/x is equal to 2) d. (x/x is not equal 2)

____ 19. If A = {1, 3, 5, 7, 8} and B = {2, 4, 5, 6}, then (A B) B is

a. {2, 4, 5, 6} b. { 2, 4, 5} c. {2, 5, 6} d. {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}

____ 20. By solving the inequality, 3(a – 6) < 4 + a, the answer is ________.
a. a < 9 b. a < 11 c. a < 12 d. a < 13

____ 21. These are the numbers that are used to measure the number of elements in a given set.
a. subset b. sequence c. cardinality d. binary
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____ 22. Two sets A and B are said to be equivalent if and only if they have exact number of elements.
a. True, at all situations c. False, at all situations
b. True, but there are exemptions d. False, but there are exemptions

____ 23. Mathematics can be considered as a language due to:

I. Grammar/Vocabulary II. Range of Meanings III. Community of People

a. I only b. II only c. I and II only d. I, II, and III

____ 24. Which of the following is true about one-to-one functions?

a. One-to-one functions have a unique output for every input.
b. One-to-one functions have multiple outputs for every input.
c. One-to-one functions have a unique input for every output.
d. One-to-one functions have multiple inputs for every output.

____ 25. If A = {1, 2, 3} and B = {2, 3, 4}, what is A × B?

a. {(1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4)}
b. {(1, 2), (2, 3), (3, 4)}
c. {(1, 2), (2, 3), (3, 4), (4, 5)}
d. {(1, 2), (2, 3), (3, 4), (4, 5), (5, 6)}

____ 28. What is the difference between a relation and a function?

a. A relation can have multiple outputs for the same input, while a function cannot
b. A relation can have multiple inputs for the same output, while a function cannot
c. A relation and a function are the same thing
d. A relation and a function have no difference

____ 29. What is the counterexample of the statement x/x = 1?

a. x = 0 b. x = 1/2 c. x = 1 d. x = 2

_____ 30. If A = {1, 2, 3} and B = {2, 3, 4}, what is A - B?

a. {1, 2, 3, 4} b. {2, 3} c. {1, 4} d. {1}

True or False - Direction: Write true if the statement is true, otherwise false.

_____ 31. In a reflection, a line or a point can be a reference in finding the image of the object.

_____ 32 A sequence of number has a pattern, if for every two consecutive number have a common
difference or common quotient.

_____ 33. If there is at least one element in A that is not an element of B, then B⊂ A .

_____34. If there is at least one element in A that is not an element in B, then A ⊈ B .

_____35. The union of two sets A and B is the set of elements in both A and B.
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