BICOL UNIVERSITY TABACO CAMPUS

Tayhi, Tabaco City

Midterm Examination in GEC 14: Mathematics in the Modern World

Instructions: Answer each item and show systematic computations whenever necessary. Write
legibly and avoid erasures. For problems that require computations, underline or box your
answer.

Modified True or False. Tell whether each statement is True or False. If the statement is True,
write TRUE and change the underlined word or phrase if it is false.

1. The Fibonacci Sequence is formed by adding a constant to a term to find the

succeeding number. _________ 1.
2. Some functions are relations. _________ 2.
3. Some relations are functions. _________ 3.
4. Inductive reasoning is used when making a conjecture out of gathered details
of an event. _________ 4.
5. Deductive reasoning is used to identify whether a person violates a law or
not. _________ 5.
6. Precision in Mathematical language refers to being correct all the time. _________ 6.
7. The language of Mathematics differs from one place to another. _________ 7.
8. The golden rectangle is related to the work of Leonardo Bogollo on sequence
of numbers. _________ 8.
9. In a golden rectangle, the 8 square has a side length of 21 units.
th
_________ 9.
10. The input of a function that results to an undefined value is the domain of the
function. ________ 10.

I. A. Identify the next three terms of each sequence.

1. −2 ,−4 , 1 ,2 , 7 , 14 , …
2. 1 ,−4 , 11 ,−34 , 101,…
3. −5 ,−1 ,−3 ,1 , 3 ,7 , …
4. 10 ,−4 , 6 , 2 , 8 ,10 , …
7 5 17
5. 9 , 5 , , ,−
3 9 27

B. For each sequence, determine the specified term.

1. 0 , 1 ,1 , 2 ,3 , 5 , 8 ,13 , 21 , …
a. 25 th term b. 30 th term c. 36 th term d. 50 th term
2. 24 , 21 , 18 ,15 , 12 ,9 , …
a. a 10 b. a 21 c. a 40
3. −1 ,−2 ,−4 ,−8 ,−16
a. a 7 b. a 14 c. a 20
 C. Refer to the given sets below to answer the question that follow.

U =¿{ x │ x is a letter of the English Alphabet}

A={ a , e , i , o ,u } B= {b , c , d , f , g , h , j , k , l , m , n , p , q , r , s ,t , v , w }
C={ a , c , e , h , i, m , s , t }

1. A ∪B ∪C 4. A−B 7. A ⨁ B
2. A ∩ B∩ C 5. A−C 8. B ⨁C
3. ( A ∩ B ∩C)' 6. ( B− A )−C 9. A ×C

D. Determine the domain and range of each of the following relations. Use listing method for
items 1 and 2, set builder notation for items 3 and 4, and interval notation for items 5 and 6.

1. ( 3 ,−1 ) , ( 4,0 ) , ( 1,2 ) , (−1,0 ) ,( 2,−1) 4. y−1=15 x

3
2. ( 0.25 , 4 ) , (−0.12 , 1 ) , ( 3 , 7 ) ,(9 ,−11) 5. y= 2
x −1
21 14
3. y= 6. y=
x−8 x

II. Problem Solving

A. Use inductive or deductive reasoning to answer the following.
1. The product of an odd and an even number is an even number. Consider 15 and 36 .
What conclusion can be made?
2. What must be the next letters in the list: O, T, T, F, F, S, ___, ___, ____?
3. What is the next three numbers in the sequence: 2 ,5 ,10 , 17 , 26 ,37 ,50 ?
4. What formula can be used to find the nth term of the sequence in number 3?
5. What is the sum of all the numbers from 84 to 995 ?
6. What is the sum of all odd numbers from 31 to 497 ?

B. Answer the following problems and show complete and systematic solution.
1. A father and daughter leave home at the same time in separate automobiles. The father
drive to his office a distance of 24 km and the daughter drives to school a distance of
28 km . They arrived at their destinations at the same time. What are their rates if the
father’s rate is 12 km/hour less than his daughter’s?
2. A carpet manufacturer blends two fibers, one 20 % wool and the second 50 % wool. How
many pounds of each fiber should be woven together to produce 600 lbof a fabric that is
28 % wool?
3. In three years, Aldrin’s grandfather will be six times as old as Aldrin last year. The sum
of their ages now is 68. How old is each of them?
4. The smaller of two numbers is 9 less than the larger number and their sum is 37 . Find
the numbers.

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