TAGOLOAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE Baluarte, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental College of Arts and Sciences MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD MIDTERM EXAMINATION September 08, 2019 SET A Name:_______________________________ Section:______________________________ Date: ________________________ Instructor:_____________________ General Direction: The exam is good for 1 hour. Write your answer in your TEST I. REMEMBERING MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the letter of your answer on the space provided. (1pts each) Mathematics Logical Pattern Word Pattern Precise Geometrical Pattern Concise Powerful _______ 1. Is the study of patterns. _______2. There’s a sequence of objects and a pattern in the attributes the objects possesses. _______ 3. Is a motif or design depicting abstract, nonrepresentational shapes such as lines, circles, ellipses, triangles, rectangles and polygons. _______ 4. Is defined as an arrangement of number in such a way that it follows a particular property or pattern. _______ 5. The Metrical Patterns of Poems, and the synthetic patterns of how we make nouns plural or verbs past tense. TEST II. UNDERSTANDING Define the following terms “kinds of thoughts that mathematicians like to express” in your own words. (5 pts each) 6. Precise – 7. Concise – 8. Powerful – TEST III. APPLYING Complete the pattern. (1 pts each) 1, 1, 1, 3, 5, 9, 17, 31,(9.) ____,(10.) ____, (11.)____, … 2, 5, 10, 17, (12.)____, 37,(13.) ____, 65,(14.) ____, (15.)____,…. 30, 22, 14, (16.)____,(17.) ____, -10, - 18, (18.)____ TEST IV. ANALYZING Analyze the statements carefully and write your answer specifically. 19. Jimmy’s mother had four children. She named the first Monday. She named the second one Tuesday, and she named the third Wednesday. What is the name of the fourth child? (2 pts) 20. You are in a cabin and it is pitch black. You have one match on you. Which do you light first, the newspaper, the lamp, the candle, or the fire? (3 pts) TEST V. EVALUATION Answer the problem correctly, show your solution or diagram. 9. A frog fell down on an abandoned well which was 21 meters deep. The frog found it difficult to jump up the mud coated walls. It started its long jump up the well at six a.m. It took it 15 mins to jump 3 meters deep because the walls were so slippery. At the end of every 15 mins period it rested for 5 mins while it sadly slipped down one meter. It continued on at the rate. At what time did it finally reach the top of the well. (10 pts) 10. Maria went to her grandfather’s farm. Her grandfather has chickens and goats on his farm. She asked him how many chickens and how many goats his farm has. He told her that his animals has 26 heads and 68 legs and from that in formation she could calculate the number of chickens and the number of goats. If you were Maria, how would you solve the problem? (15pts) Note: A Chicken has 2 legs and A Goat has 4.
