Republic of the Philippines

NUEVA VIZCAYA STATE UNIVERSITY

Bayombong 3700, Nueva Vizcaya

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

FINAL TERM EXAMINATION

Mathematics in the Modern World (GE MATH 1)
First Semester, S.Y. 2018-2019 100
NAME: ______________________________________ SCORE:
COURSE/YR/SECTION: _______________________ DATE: _________________
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read each item carefully and choose the letter of your choice. Write E if no answer
is found in the choices. Write your answer on the space before the numbers. NO CHEATING!!!CHEATING
shall be dealt with a grade of 5.0. (100 points)

____1. The study of the relationship among numbers, quantities and shapes.
a. Mathematics b. Science c. Chemistry d. Biology

____2. They are Early Greek Philosophers who studied patterns except
a. Plato b. Fibonacci c. Empedocles d. Pythagoras

____3. A Belgian Physicist who examined soap film.

a. Joseph Plateau b. D’Arcy Thompson c. Alan Turing d. Benoit Mandelbrot

____4. British mathematician who predicted mechanism of morphogenesis.

a. Aristid Lindenmayer b. W. Gary Smith c. Alan Turing d. D’Arcy Thompson

____5. Leonardo Pisano Bogollo is a/an _____________ mathematician.

a. German b. Greek c. Italian d. Belgian

____6. Excluding 0, the 17th term in the Fibonacci sequence is ______.

a. 377 b. 610 c. 987 d. 1597

____7. The Golden ratio (Φ) is approximately

a. 1.618034 b. 1.168033 c. 1.160834 d. 1.168033

____8. Which of the following represents a golden spiral?

a. Peacock tail b. Nautilus shell c. Spider web d. Butterfly

____9. This regularity in size and distance can be explained mathematically by the law of reflection.
a. rainbow b. pendulum c. image in a mirror d. action-reaction pair

____10. An object that is falling under the influence of gravity.

a. pendulum b. action-reaction pair c. image in a mirror d. free-falling object

____11. ________ is about ideas – relationship, quantities, processes, measurements etc.

a. Algebraic Expressions b. Logic c. Mathematics d. Language

____12. In the expression 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 5𝑦, what is the constant?

a. 2 b. -3 c. 5 d. none
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____13. Given the expressions, I) −2𝑥 2 𝑦 3 , II) 2𝑥 2 𝑦 3 , III) 2 𝑥 2 𝑦 3, which are dissimilar terms?
a. I and II b. II and III c. I, II, and III d. none

____14. Which of the expression below is an open sentence?

a. 2𝑥𝑦 < 3𝑥𝑦 b. 18 = 16.2 c. 2𝑥 + 3 > 2 d. 10 = 1

____15. Which of the expression below is a true closed sentence?

a. 18(2) = 16.5 b. 5 − 3 < 2 c. 10 = 1 d. 0 is positive
____16. A set that has countable number of elements.
a. finite b. universal c. null d. infinite

____17. 𝐴 = {∅} is a
a. unit set b. empty set c. finite set d. infinite set

____18. Given the two sets A={prime numbers} and B={odd numbers}, A and B are
a. Empty sets b. Joint sets c. Disjoint sets d. Equal Sets

____19.𝐴 __ 𝐵 = {𝑥 ∈ 𝐴 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 ∈ 𝐵}
a. intersection b. union c. difference d. compliment

____20. Who invented the pictorial representation of sets?

a. Einstein b. Newton c. Carlos John d. John Venn

For item 21-25, refer to the following sets below.

𝑈 = { 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 } 𝐴 = { 2,4,6,8,10 } 𝐵 = { 1,3,5,7,9 } 𝐶 = { 2,3,5,7 }

____21. What is 𝐴′?

a. 𝐵 b. {0,1,3,5,7,9} c. {1,3,5,7,9} d. {0}

____22. 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 =______
a. U b. {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10} c. {1,3,5,7,9} d. ∅

____23. 𝐴 − 𝐶 =______
a. {2} b. { } c. {4,6,8,10} d. {3,5,7}

____24. 𝐴 ∪ 𝐶?
a. {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10} b. {2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10} c. {1,2,3,5,7,9} d. {2}

____25. A and C are _________ sets.

a. joint b. disjoint c. equal d. equivalent

For item 26 – 30, refer to the problem below.

In a survey of 50 freshmen students, the following information was obtained. 30 took Mathematics, 22
took English, 18 took Physics, 5 took all the three subjects, 12 took Mathematics and Physics, 8 took English
and Physics, and 16 took Mathematics and English.

____26. How many students took Mathematics only?

a. 12 b. 16 c. 25 d. 7

____27. How many students took Mathematics and English only?

a. 11 b. 21 c. 36 d. 16

____28. How many students took English or Physics but not Mathematics?
a. 3 b. 9 c. 32 d. 8

____29. How many students took English or Physics or Mathematics?

a. 11 b. 5 c. 39 d. 50

____30. How many students did not take any of the three subjects?
a. 11 b. 5 c. 39 d. 21

____31. Mathematical entities that give unique outputs to a particular input.

a. Sets b. Relations c. Functions d. Binary Operation

____32. It is a set of inputs and outputs, often expressed as ordered pairs.

a. Sets b. Relations c. Functions d. Binary Operation

____33. 𝐴 = {91, 𝑎), (2, 𝑏), (2, 𝑐 ), (3, 𝑑)}, set is a _________.
a. function b. relation c. set d. binary
For items 34 – 40 refer to the functions below.
Given the functions 𝑓 (𝑥 ) = 2𝑥 2 and 𝑔(𝑥 ) = 2𝑥 + 1;

____34. What is 𝑓 (𝑥 ) + 𝑔(𝑥)?

a. 2𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 1 b. 4𝑥 2 + 1 c. 4𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1 d. 4𝑥 + 1

____35. 𝑓(𝑔(𝑥 )) =______?

a. 4𝑥 2 + 1 b. 4𝑥 + 1 c. 4𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 1 d. 4𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 2

____36. (𝑔 − 𝑓 )(𝑥 ) =_______?

a. 2𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 1 b. −2𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 1 c. 𝑥 2 + 1 d. 2𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 1

____37. 𝑔(𝑓(𝑥 )) =________?

2𝑥+1
a. 4𝑥 2 + 1 b. 4𝑥 3 + 2𝑥 2 c. 2𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 1 d. 2𝑥 2

____38. If 𝑥 = 2, what is 𝑓(𝑥)?

a. 2 b. 4 c. 8 d. 6

____39. What is 𝑓(−2)?

a. 16 b. 8 c. – 8 d. 12

____40. What is 𝑔(𝑦)?

a. 2𝑥 + 𝑦 b. 2𝑦 + 𝑦 c. 2𝑦 2 d. 2𝑦 + 1

____41. A reasoning from general to specific decisions.

a. Inductive b. Deductive c. Logic d. Proof

____42. The ability to understand something instinctively.

a. Proof b. Certainty c. Intuition d. Mathematical Proof

____43. It is sometimes called the minor premise.

a. 1st premise b. 2nd premise c. 3rd premise d. conclusion

____44. Which step of Polya’s process consist of identifying all irrelevant and irrelevant information.
a. first step b. second step c. third step d. fourth step

____45. A problem-solving strategy where in you make pictures/diagrams.

a. Guess b. Act-it-out c. Draw d. List

____46. Complete the sequence 1,4,9,16, ___,36,49.

a. 20 b. 24 c. 25 d. 27

For item 47 and 48, refer to the table below.

Week 1 2 3 4 5
Table 1:
Number of Lilies 4 8 16 32 64

____47. How many lilies will there be in week 7?

a. 96 b. 128 c. 192 d. 256

____48. In which week will there be a 4096 Lilies?

a. 9 b. 10 c. 11 d. 12

Item 49 – 50, refer to the following figures below.

i. ii.
____49. How many squares are there in figure i?
a. 16 b. 21 c. 25 d. 30

____50. How many squares are there in figure ii?

a. 33 b. 46 c. 49 d. 53

____51. It refers to the science that deals with the collection, organization, analysis and interpretation of data.
a. Statistics b. Inference c. Population d. Sample

____52. A data that are expressed in numbers.

a. quantitative b. continuous c. qualitative d. discrete

____53. A member or a portion of a population that is used to described the characteristic of the population.
a. data b. estimate c. parameter d. sample

____54. This scale involves rules for placing individuals or objects into categories.
a. nominal b. ordinal c. interval d. ratio

____55. Temperature in Centigrade is an example of what level of measurements.

a. nominal b. ordinal c. interval d. ratio

____56. Level of measurements in which categories represent a rank-ordered series or relationships.

a. nominal b. ordinal c. interval d. ratio

____57. Which of the following categories is an example of nominal level.

a. educational attainment b. percentage of drop outs c. sex d. height

____58. It is the first hand or original source of data.

a. primary b. secondary c. tertiary d. none

____59. A face-to-face conversation between the researcher and the primary source.
a. experiment b. interview c. questionnaire d. registration

____60. It is a list of questions that are so structured to obtain the relevant information.
a. experiment b. interview c. questionnaire d. registration

____61. The presentation of data in the form of diagram or figures.

a. graphing b. classification c. tabulation d. organizing

____62. It is constructed by joining the points for the class mark and the corresponding frequencies.
a. histogram b. frequency polygon c. pie graph d. pictograph

____63. Using Sturges formula, how many classes will it be for the distribution of 60 students?
a. 6 b. 7 c. 8 d. 9

____64. The distance between the two extreme values (highest and lowest value).
a. class interval b. range c. frequency d. limits

____65. A tabular arrangement of data by class intervals where frequencies are cumulated.
a. cumulative frequency b. midpoint c. exact limits d. class marks

____66. It is the sum of observations divided by the number of observations.

a. mean b. median c. mode d. range
____67. The case with the highest frequency is the _________.
a. mean b. median c. mode d. class interval

____68. The sum of the deviations of the scores from the mean is _____.
a. equal b. different c. -1 d. 0

____69. The point in the series of scores that divides the set of ranked scores into halves.
a. mean b. median c. mode d. midpoint

For items 70 - 72, refer to the distribution below.

10, 23, 15, 16, 23, 10, 18, 17, 21, 23

____70. What is the mean of the distribution?

a. 17 b. 17.60 c. 18 d. 18.6

____71. What is the median?

a. 17.5 b. 16.5 c. 10 d. 23

____72. What is the mode?

a. 10 b. 23 c. 15 d. 16.5

For items 73 – 80, refer to the table below.

Frequency Distribution of the scores in a 70-Item Test in Statistics
Scores f
0–9 16
10 – 19 17
20 – 29 15
30 – 39 15
40 – 49 10
50 – 59 9
60 – 69 18
Total

____73. Find the mean of the distribution.

a. 35 b. 35.5 c. 36 d. 36.5

____74. Where is the median class?

a. 20-29 b. 30-39 c. 40-49 d. 50-59

____75. What is the class boundary of the class containing the median?
a. 19.5 b. 29.5 c. 39.5 d. 49.5

____76. What is the cumulative frequency below the median class?

a. 27 b. 37 c. 52 d. 67

____78. What is the frequency within the median class?

a. 15 b. 16 c. 17 d. 18

____79. Find the median of the distribution.

a. 28.17 b. 37.3 c. 38.17 d. 42.5

____80. What is the mode of the distribution?

a. 50-59 b. 54.5 c. 30-39 & 40-49 d. 34.5 & 44.5
____81. It is the variation that lie in between the highest and the lowest score.
a. coefficient of variation b. standard deviation c. variance d. range

____82. The average of the sum of the square deviation of the observation from the mean.
a. mean b. variance c. standard deviation d. median

____83. Also known as relative dispersion.

a. coefficient of variation b. standard deviation c. variance d. range

For items 84 – 86, refer to the distribution below.

10, 23, 15, 16, 19, 10, 16, 17, 21, 23

____84. What is the variance of the distribution?

a. 21.78 b. 17 c. 19.6 d. 18.89

____85. What is the standard deviation of the distribution?

a. 4.12 b. 4.67 c. 4.43 d. 4.35

____86. The coefficient of variation of the distribution is ______.

a. 26.06% b. 24.24% c. 27.47% d. 25.59%

For items 87 – 89, refer to the table below.

Frequency Distribution of the scores in a 70-Item Test in Statistics
Scores f
1 – 10 4
11 – 20 7
21 – 30 8
31 – 40 11
41 – 50 7
51 – 60 8
61 - 70 5

____87. What is the range of the distribution

a. 51 b. 60 c. 69 d. 59

____88. What is the variance of the distribution?

a. 36.3 b. 317.71 c. 1037.87 d. 6.35

____89. What is the standard deviation of the distribution?

a. 6.02 b. 32.22 c. 17.82 d. 2.52

____90. The coefficient of variation of the distribution is ______.

a. 88.76% b. 49.09% c. 6.94 d. 1%

____91. This are values that divide a set of observation into 100 equal parts.
a. percentile b. decile c. quartile d. percentage

____92. This are values that divide a set of observation into 4 equal parts.
a. percentile b. decile c. quartile d. percentage
For items 93 - 95, refer to the distribution below.

10, 23, 15, 16, 23, 10, 18, 17, 21, 23,25,34,27,35,18,

____93. What is 45th percentile?

a. 18.5 b. 18 c. 17 d. 6.75

____94. 𝐷6 =_____?
a. 9 b. 23 c. 21 d. 22
____95. What is the score the belongs to the third quartile?
a. 23 b. 11.25 c. 25 d. 24

____96. 𝑄1 =_____?
a. 3.75 b. 15 c. 4 d. 16

For items 97 – 100, refer to the table below.

Scores f
5–9 3
_____97. what class belong to the third quartile?
10 – 14 4
a.25 – 29 b. 24 c. 30 – 34 d. 31
15 – 19 6
20 – 24 8
_____98. 𝑃75 =_____
25 – 29 3
a. 33.7 b. 33.79 c. 30.36 d. 32.43
30 – 34 7
35 – 39 5 _____99. 𝐷3 = _____
40 – 44 2 a. 18.67 b. 17.83 c. 15.33 d. 16
45 – 49 2

_____100. 𝑄1 = _____
a. 16.5 b. 17 c. 17.5 d. 18.25

_______101. In what time will ₱650 double itself at the rate of 5% simple interest?

A. 10 years B. 15 years C. 20 years D. 25 years

_______102. Three months after borrowing money, Elijah pays on interest of ₱270. How much did he borrow if the
simple interest rate is 5 ½%?
A. ₱19,366.36 B. ₱19, 636.36 C. ₱19, 636.63 D. ₱19, 666.36

_______103. Matt borrowed ₱15, 600 for 2 years and 8 months and paid ₱2, 150 interests. What was the simple
interest rate?

A. 5.16% B. 5.17% C. 5.18% D. 5.19%

_______104. Megan borrowed ₱12, 500 from a bank at 9 ½% simple interest for 3 years and 6 months. How much did
she pay back the bank?
A. ₱4, 156.25 B. ₱8, 343.75 C. ₱16, 656.25 D. ₱20, 843.75

_______105. Find the ordinary interest on ₱3, 450 for 108 days at 4 2/3% simple interest.
A. ₱47.46 B. ₱47.64 C. ₱43.80 D. ₱48.30

_______106. Accumulate ₱2, 050 for 6 years at 4 3/8% simple interest.

A. ₱538.13 B. ₱2, 588.13 C. ₱3, 126.25 D. ₱3, 664.75
_______107. Determine the present value of a 7-month 12% simple interest loan if its final amount is
₱25,268.82.
A. ₱23, 516.72 B. ₱23, 615.72 C. ₱1, 653.10 D. ₱1, 356.10

_______108. Find the actual time between April 1, 2015 to March 18, 2016.

A. 350 days B. 351 days C. 352 days D. 353 days

_______109. Find the interest on ₱23, 250 at 5% simple interest from August 9, 2014 to May 18, 2015.
A. ₱910.265 B. ₱910.526 C. ₱910.562 D. ₱910.625

_______110. How much exact interest should Reagan pay for a loan of ₱8,000 at 6% he borrowed in April 10, 2015 if
he promised to pay everything on October 31, 2015.
A. ₱268.27 B. ₱286.27 C. ₱8, 268.27 D. ₱8, 286.27

_______111. Which statement is logically equivalent to ?

A. B. C. D.

________112. The statement is logically equivalent to:

A. B. C. D.

________113. Which statement is logically equivalent to ?

A. B. C. D.

________114. Which statement is the negation of “It rains or it shines”?

A. It rains and it shines. C. It does not rain or it does not shine

________115. If is true, which of the following statements is (are) always true?

A. B. C. D. All of these

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