College of Education

GE 104 – Mathematics in the Modern World

Midterm Examination

Name: ________________________Course and Year: __________ Semester : _____AY 2020-21, Score :_________

Test I. Multiple Choice

Directions: Read the questions carefully. Select the letter of the best answer. Blacken the letter of your choice on the
answer sheet provided.
1. The following are arithmetic sequence EXCEPT __C__.
A. 2, 4, 6, 8 C. 2, 8, 32, 128, ...
B. B. 3, 7, 11,15,... D. 3, 5, 7, 9, ...
2. Complete the pattern CPD, EQF, GRH, __C__,KTL.
A. ISJ B. IJK C. IRJ D. IST
1 1 1 1
3. Identify the given sequence , , , ,..
2 8 32 128
A. Arithmetic sequence C. Fibonacci Sequence
B. Geometric sequence D. Harmonic sequence
4. What number should come next in the sequence 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, ...
A. 161 B. 197 C. 216 D. 256
5. Given that a n=−2n, what is the 5th term in the sequence?
A. 14 B. -14 C. 32 D. -32
6. Find the missing term in the sequence 256, ______, _______, -32, 16
A. -128, 64 B. 128, -64 C. 128, 64 D. -128, -64
7. Which set of numbers is an example of harmonic sequence?
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
A. ,- , ,- C. , , ,
2 2 2 2 3 9 27 81
1 2 2 2
B. , -1, 2, -4 D. 2 , , ,
2 3 5 7
8. Given that a 1 = 9, S3 = 279, find the common ratio r.
A. 2 B -3 C. 3 D. 5
5 5
9. Find the 4th term of the harmonic sequence , , 5, …, _____.
7 4
2 −2 3 −3
A. B. C. D.
5 5 5 5
10. Find the sum of multiples of 5 from 1 to 50.
A. 105 B. 135 C. 225 D. 275
11. Find the sum of all the odd integers between 100 and 1000.
A. 247,500 B. 247,000 C. 240,000 D. 238,000
12. Gio is fond of collecting colored marbles. On the first day he bought 8 marbles, the next day he bought 16
marbles and the day after 24 marbles. If this goes on, how many marbles would he have on the 30 th day?
A. 3,200 B. 3,520 C. 3,720 D. 3,780
13. Which of the following are equal sets?
A. { f ,l , o , w }∧¿ { w , o ,l , f } C. { f ,l , o , w }∧¿ { a , b , c , d }
B. { 1 , 2, 3 }∧¿ { a , b , c } D. { s , o , c , k , s } ∧¿ { r , o , c , k , s }
14. Which of the following are NOT equivalent sets?
C. { f ,l , o , w }∧¿ { w , o ,l , f } C. { f ,l , o , w }∧¿ { a , b , c , d }
D. { 1 , 2, 3 }∧¿ { a , b , c } D. { s , o , c , k , s } ∧¿ { r , o , c , k }
15. Find the cardinality of the set .
A. 3 B. 1 C. 2 D. 4
16. Identify the set containing Integers greater than -5 and less than 1.
A. {−5 ,−4 ,−3 ,−2 ,−1,0 } C. {−4 ,−3 ,−2 ,−1 , 0 ,1 }
B. {−4 ,−3 ,−2 ,−1 , , 0 } D. {−5 ,−4 ,−3 ,−2 ,−1, 0 , 1 }
17. Describe the set { 0 , 1 ,2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ,7 } in set builder notation.

A. { xx ∈ W ∧x <8} C. { xx ∈ I ∧x<7}
B. { xx ∈ W ∧x <7} D. { xx ∈ I ∧x<8 }
18. Use set-builder notation to write the set: Even integers less than 54.
A. { x / x<54 , x ∈even integers } C. { x / x>54 , x ∈even integers }
B. { x / x<54 , x ∈integers } D. { x / x>54 , x ∈negative integers }
19. Find the number of subsets of the set of vowels in the alphabet.
A. 128 B. 5 C. 32 D. 25
20. Find the number of proper subsets of the set { m , a ,t , h }.
A. 7 B. 8 C. 15 D. 16
21. Write a description of the set { 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 }
A. The set of natural numbers between 5 and 10
B. The set of all integers between 6 and 9
C. The set of real numbers between 5 and 10
D. The set of all real numbers between 6 and 9
22. Let U ={ 1, 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ,6 ,7 , 8 , 9 , 10 } and T ={ 1 ,3 ,7 }. Find T '
A. T ' = {1,2 ,3 , 4 , 5 ,6 ,7 , 8 , 9 , 10 } C. T ' = {1 , 3 ,7 }
B. T ' = {2 , 4 , 5 , 6 8 , 9 ,10 } D. T ' = {1,1 , 2, 3 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ,7,7 ,8 , 9 , 10 }
23. Let U ={ 2 ,5 , 7 , 12, 13 , 16 } and A={ 2 ,5 , 12 ,16 }. If B= {5 , 16 } , determine the relationship between
sets A and B’.
A. A is a subset of B C. B is an element of A
B. B is the complement of A D. B is a subset of A

For nos. 26 – 30, please refer to the figure below

G H
w
n g
r
x h hz b
q p
c
e a

24. Find G ∩ H .
A. { n , x , q } B. { h , g , z } C. { w ,r , b , p } D. { c , e , a }
'
25. Find G ∩ H ' .
A. { n , x , q } B. { h , g , z } C. { w ,b ,r , p } D. { c , e , a }
'
26. Find H −G ' .
A. { n , x , q } B. { h , g , z } C. { w ,b ,r , p } D. { c , e , a }
27. Find (G ∪ H) ' .
A. { n , x , q } B. { h , g , z } C. { w ,b ,r , p } D. { c , e , a }
28. Find ( G ∩ H ¿ ' .
A. { n , x , q } B. { h , g , z } C. { n , x , q , w , r , b , p } B.
{n , x , q , w , r , b , p , c , e , a}
29.It involves using at least one of the four arithmetic operations to solve problems that are practical in nature.
A. Guess and Check C. Routine problem
 B. Non-routine problem D. logic puzzle
30. When ask about her age, Mariel said, this year my age is a multiple of 8, next year it will
be a multiple of 5. How old is Mariel now?
A. 15 B. 20 C. 24 D. 25
31.The group of animals took part in the race. Study the description below. Arrange the
animals from fastest to slowest.
Cat: The cat runs faster than the rabbit.
Dog: The dog runs faster than the cat.
Horse: The horse is the fastest animal in the group.
The rabbit is the slowest animal in the group.
A. horse, dog, cat, rabbit C. Rabbit, cat, dog, horse
B. dog, cat, rabbit, horse D. Rabbit, dog, cat, horse
32. A frog is at the bottom of a 17-foot well. Each time the frog leaps, it moves up 3 feet and slides down 1 foot.
How many leaps will the frog make to escape the well?
A. 6 B. 8 C. 9 D. 10
33. Sally likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144 but not 145. Which of the following does
she like?
A. 2000 B. 1800 C. 1600 D. 1400
34. Which is the first step in Polya’s Problem Solving Strategy?
A. Carry out the plan C. Understand the problem
B. Devise a plan D. Read the problem
35. The product of two numbers is 48, their difference is 13. What are the numbers?
A. 6 and 8 B. 16 and 3 C. 24 and 2 D. 12 and 4
36. In a party, there are 50 persons who attended. If each person shook hands with each of
the other exactly once, then how many handshakes took place?
A. 1,225 B. 1,200 C. 1,150 D. 1,100
37. Jenny bought pencils and pens at a total costs of P29. A pencil cost P4 while a pen costs
P7. How many pens did Jenny buy?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
38. In the backyard, there are pigs and chicken. They had 29 heads and 92 legs. How may are pigs?
A. 5 B. 12 C. 17 D. 29
39. If two ladders are placed end to end, their combined height is 31.5 ft. One ladder is 6.5 feet shorter
than the other ladder. What are the heights of the two ladders?
A.. 19 ft and 12.5 ft. C. 15 ft and 16.5 ft.
B. 15.75 ft and 15. 75 ft D. 14 ft and 17.5 ft.
40. Caitlyn made 10 cookies on Monday, 15 on Tuesday, 21 on Wednesday and 28 on
Thursday. How many cookies would she had made on Saturday?
A. 66 B. 55 C. 45 D. 36

Test II. Solve the following. Show your complete solution.

1. Arithmetic Series. If the clock strikes once at 1 o clock twice at 2 o clock and so on. How many times it
strikes a day? (2 points)
2. a clock strikes once at 1 o' clock , twice at 2 o' clock and so on.
we have to find out number of strikes in a day .

Do you know, in a day there are 24 hours ?

But a clock made for 12 hours . Means, we have to multiply two times to sum
of stikes upto 12 hours .
 so, clock strikes serially , 1 , 2 , 3, 4 , ...... 12

here what you observed?

all are in AP because common difference is always 1 .
Now, use sum of n natural number = n(n+1)/2
Here, n = 12
∴ clock strikes in 12 hours = 12(12 + 1)/2 = 78
∴ clock strikes in a day = 2 × 78 = 156

Hence, answer is 156

General term or nth term of A.P

The general term or nth term of A.P is given by an or tn = a + (n – 1)d, where a
= a1 is the first term, d is the common difference and n is the number of term.

Sum of n terms of an AP
The sum of first n terms of an AP with first term 'a' and common difference 'd' is
given by
Sn = n /2 [ 2a + ( n - 1) d] or
Sn=n /2 [ a + l ] (l = last term)

SOLUTION :
GIVEN :
The clock strikes once at 1 o'clock,twice at 2 o'clock and so on.
[1 day = 24 hours] clock has 12 hours so we have to multiply the series
by 2 to make it 24 hours.

2 [1 + 2 + 3 + ............ + 12]

Sn=n /2 [ a + L ]
Here, a = 1, n = 12, L = 12

S12 = 2 x (n/2) [a+L]

S12= 2 x (12/2) [1+12]
S12 = 12 × 13
S12 = 156

Hence, the clock will strike 156 times in a day.

3. Noel was hired by a BPO company at a starting annual salary of Php 420,000.00 . If the company gives
him an annual salary increase of Php 1,750.00, how much will be his salary at the end of sixth year? How
much is the total salary did he received from the company after six years?
4. Students were asked about the search engine they used. Ninety of them said they used Google Chrome,
70 used Internet Explorer, 40 used Mozilla Firefox, 30 used Google Chrome and Internet Explorer, 20 used
 Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, 15 used Mozilla Firefox and internet explorer, 10 used all the 3
search engine. Use the Venn Diagram to answer the following.
1. How many students were surveyed?
2. How many students used Google Chrome only?
3. How many students used Internet Explorer only? month
4. How many students used Mozilla Firefox only?
5. How many students used both Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox?

Mozilla Firefox

Google Chrome Internet Explorer

5. Shade the region shown in the figure below

1 2 3 4 5

Prepared by:

GEMMA F. AGUSTIN, MAT GIENA L. ODICTA, PhD GIL L. LLORENTE, MS

Course Facilitator Course Facilitator Course Facilitator

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MIRALUNA T. SABID, Ed.D ARLYN L. MARTINEZ, MAT

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MA. LIDA A. SOLANO, Ph. D.

Dean ,College of Education