True or False

1. If Joe wins the lottery he will be able to afford a new car.

STATEMENT A: Joe does not win the lottery, therefore Joe cannot afford a new car

This is false because the premise does not say anything about whether or not Joe could
afford a new car without winning the lottery.

STATEMENT B: Joe cannot afford a new car, therefore Joe did not win the lottery

This is true. The premise states that if Joe had won the lottery then he would be able to
afford a new car; since he cannot afford a new car he cannot have won the lottery.

2. You are shown a set of four cards placed on a table each of which has a number on one side and a
pattern on the other side. The visible faces of the cards show 3, 8, stripes and spots.

STATEMENT C: In order to test the truth of the proposition that if a card shows an even number on
one face, then its opposite face is stripes you should turn over the two cards showing 3 and 8.

False. The premise tells us nothing about what should be on the other side of the 3. In order
to test the premise, you should turn over the card marked 8, and the card marked with stripes.

3. STATEMENT D: A rectangle is a trapezium

True. A rectangle is a special type of Trapezium.

STATEMENT E: A rhombus is a kite

True. A Rhombus is a special type of Kite

4. STATEMENT F: n 2 n 41 is prime for n N, n 0

False. If n=41 then n 2 n 41 is divisible by 1, 41, and 43 and so is not prime. Because we
can find a value for which the statement is not true, the statement must be false.
5. STATEMENT G: All triangle with sides of length (n2-1), 2n and (n2+1) where n R , n 1 , are
right-angled triangles.

True. For a right angled triangle, a2+b2=c2.

If a=(n2-1), b=2n, and c=(n2+1) then;

(n2-1)2+(2n)2=(n2+1)2

(n4-2n2+1)+4n2=n4+n2+1
n4+n2+1= n4+n2+1
The statement is true.

6. A palindromic number reads the same forwards as backwards eg 2772

STATEMENT I: Every 4 digit palindromic number is divisible by 11.

True for all numbers tested.