3rd Quarter Activities

Week 1

Activity 1
Answer the following questions.
1. What is a mathematical system?
2. What are undefined terms?
3. What are axioms or postulates?
4. What are theorems?
5. What is/ are the difference/s of postulates and theorems
Activity 2
Tell whether each statement is a good definition.
1. A late student is a student who arrives after the bell rings.
2. A bicycle is a vehicle.
3. A triangle is a polygon with three sides.
4. A triangle is a polygon with three sides and whose interior angles add up to 180°.
5. They lie on the same plane.
Activity 3
State an axiom that justifies each of the following:
1. (2 + 3) + 5 = 2 + (3 + 5)
2. 14 + 9 = 9 + 14
3. 0 + 15 = 15
4. (6 · 12) · 5 = 6 · (12 · 5)
5. (26 + 5) + 8 = 8 + (26 + 5)
6. 16xy + (–16xy) = 0
7. 9 × (8 + 5) = (9 × 8) + (9 × 5)
8. 28 × 1 = 28

Activity 4
Consider each axiomatic system consisting of the following. Then state a theorem, if any, based on the given information.
1. Undefined term: ully, neely, cally
Definition: Gina is a cally neely.
Postulate: Every cally neely is also an ully.
Theorem:
2. Undefined term: ully, neely, cally
Definition: Harold is a cally neely.
Postulate: No cally neely is also an ully.
Theorem:
Week 2

Activity 1

Activity 2: State the congruence of each triangle.

Week 3
Prove the indicated statements. Write your answers on a clean sheet of pad paper. Submit a scanned copy or photo of your answer to
my messenger.