Exercises:

1. Write the following in mathematical symbols:

a) The sum of a number and 8, multiplied by 6.
Answer: 6(n + 8)
b) Twice the sum of 5 and 7.
Answer: 2(5+7)
c) The product of a number and 8, subtracted by 9.
Answer : 8x - 9
d) The square of negative 4.
Answer : (-4)2
e) The cube of 2 diminish by 5.
Answer: 23 - 5
f) Three-fourths times the sum of a number and 5.
Answer: 3/4(n+5)
g) There are 12 more males than females.
Answer: x ------ females
X+12 ---- males
h) The first number is thrice the second number. What are the two numbers?
Answer: x ------ 2nd number
3x ------- 1st number
i) I have D pesos in my pocket and pay Php 200 for my lunch. How much is left in my
pocket?
Answer: D- 200
j) I have Php 600 in my pocket then gave y pesos for the beggars. How much is left in my
pocket?
Answer : 600 - y
k) There are a total of 60 cows and chickens in the farm. If there are x chickens, how
many are cows?
Answer: 60 - x

2. What is the next number of the number series below:
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ____,____,
Answer: 36 , 49
3. Fibonacci sequence:
a) 2, 5, 7, 12, ____, _____
Answer: 19 , 31
b) In a Fibonacci sequence, the 3rd number is 19 and the 5th number is 49, what is the first
number?

Answer : 8
4. Ane is x+8 years old 2 years from now. How old is Ane 10 years ago?
Answer: x+8-2-10
5. John is n years old 4 years ago, how old is John 8 years from now?
Answer: n+4+8
6. How many seconds are there in 6 minutes?
Answer 360
7. How many 25-seconds are there in 30 minutes?
Answer: 72
8. There are 50 students in GE 4. If there are 12 more males than females, how many are
males?
Answr: 31

9. Give the values of the following:
a) 42 --------------------------------- 16
b) -42------------------------------------ -16
c) (-4)2--------------------------------- 16
d) 23------------------------------------ 8
e) -23 --------------------------------- -8
f) (-2)3 ------------------------------ -8

10. How would you interpret this “ 20 ± 5”
Answer: 20+5
20-5