College of Arts and Sciences Education

General Education -Mathematics & Electives

2nd Floor, DPT Building, Ma tina Campus, Davao City

Phone No.: (082)300-5456/305-0647 Local 134

DISCRETE MATHEMATICS
Let’s check
Practice Exercise 1

A. Determine if the following sentences are propositions or not. Write P if

proposition and NP if not propositions on the space provided.

6. ____________

7. It will rain tomorrow. __________

8. __________
9. Mathematics is inevitable. __________
10. COVID-19 is known as novel coronavirus __________
SARS-CoV-1.

B. What are the truth values of those that are propositions? Refer to
the sentences in Practice Exercise 1-A.

6. _______ 7. _______ 8. ________ 9. _______ 10. ______

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General Education -Mathematics & Electives

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Phone No.: (082)300-5456/305-0647 Local 134

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Let’s Check
Practice Exercise 2

A. Let p and q be the propositions “Mathematics is a significant part of human

logic and thought” and “Mathematics gives an effective way to create mental
discipline and increases logical reasoning,” respectively. Express each of
these compound propositions as an English sentence.
6. q → p _______________________________________________________
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7. ¬p → ¬q _______________________________________________________
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8. ¬q → ¬p _______________________________________________________
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9. p ↔ q ________________________________________________________
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10. ¬q ∨ (¬p ∧ q) ____________________________________________________
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B. Let p and q be the propositions

p : You get 4.0 grade on the final exam.
q : You do every exercise in this module.
r : You get 4.0 grade in this class.

Write these propositions using p, q and r and logical connectives.

4.You will get 4.0 grade in this class if and only if you either do every exercise in this
module or you get 4.0 grade on the final.________________________________.

5.Getting 4.0 grade on the final and doing every exercise in this module is sufficient
for getting 4.0 grade in this class.________________________
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General Education -Mathematics & Electives

2nd Floor, DPT Building, Ma tina Campus, Davao City

Phone No.: (082)300-5456/305-0647 Local 134

C.Determine whether each of these conditional statements is true or false.

3. If 1 + 1 = 3, then 2 + 2 = 5. __________
4. 3 +5 =8 is a sufficient condition for 4 + 3 = 1. __________

D.Determine the antecedent (Premise) and consequent (conclusion) in each

of the following conditional statement.

Statement Antecedent Consequent

3. If log 1000=3, then 3 is

an integer.
4.The internet access is
low whenever there are
many users.
5. If Pentium 17 is a
computer processor, then
JAVA is a programming
language.

E. Write each of these statements in the form “if p, then q” in English.

[Hint: Refer to the list of common ways to express conditional statements provided in
this unit.] Use five (5) ways only.

1. A sufficient condition for the warranty to be good is that you bought the computer
less than a year ago.
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2. You can access the website only if you pay a subscription fee.
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Phone No.: (082)300-5456/305-0647 Local 134

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F. Determine whether these bi-conditionals are true or false.

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3. Sugar is sweet if and only if monkeys can fly. ________

4. 0 > 1 if and only if 2 > 1. ________
5. 5 -3 = 8 is necessary & sufficient for 5+3=8 ________

G.For each of these sentences, determine whether an inclusive or, or an

exclusive or, is intended. Explain your answer.

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3. The prerequisite for the course is a course in number theory or a course in algebra.
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4. You can pay using U.S. dollars or Philippine pesos.
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5. John will take his dinner in Davao City or He will have it in Manila.
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H.State the converse, contrapositive, and inverse of each of these

conditional statements.

1.When I stay up late, it is necessary that I sleep until noon.

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2.Mathematics is the language of science, hence, it is regarded as an

essential subject.