MATH100--EXAM1

MillersvilleUniversity,Fall2007
RonUmble,Instr.
Name___________________________________
INSTRUCTIONS:Turnoffandstowallcellphonesandpagers.Calculatorsmaybeused,butcellphonemaynotbeusedas
calculators.
MULTIPLECHOICE.Choosetheonealternativethatbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.
Determinethemostprobablenextterminthesequence.
1) 486,162,54,18,6
A) 1

1)

B) 2

UsethemethodofGausstofindthesum.
2) 1+2+3+...+875
A) 191,406.25
B) 382,812.5

C) 3

2
D)
3

C) 383,250

D) 767,376

2)

Usethemethodofsuccessivedifferencestodeterminethenextterminthesequence.
3) 14,20,31,47,68,...
A) 89
B) 98
C) 99

3)
D) 94

Useproblemsolvingstrategiestosolvetheproblem.
4) Imthinkingofanumberbetween4and10.IfIsquaremynumberandfindthedifferenceofthe
digits,Iwillendupwiththecuberootofmynumber.Whatismynumber?
A) 8
B) 6
C) 4
D) 13
Solvetheproblem.
5) Ifyouraise9tothe387thpower,whatistheunitsdigitoftheresult?
A) 6
B) 9
C) 1

4)

5)
D) 7

Inaschoolsurvey,studentsshowedthesepreferencesforinstructionalmaterials.Answerthequestion.

6) Abouthowmanystudentswouldyouexpecttoprefercomputersinaschoolof 650students?
A) About130students
B) About36students
C) About117students
D) About234 students

6)

Completethemagic(addition)square.Amagicsquarehasthepropertythatthesumofthenumbersinanyrow,column,
ordiagonalisthesame.
7)
7) Useeachnumber3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,and11 once.
6
5
10

7
3

8
B)

A)
6 11
5 7
10 3

4
9
8

C)
6
5
10

9 11
7 4
3 8

D)
6 11
5 7
10 3

9
4
8

6
5
10

9 4
7 11
3 8

Writethesetinset-buildernotation.
8) {2,4,6,8}
A) {x|xisanyevennaturalnumber}
B) {x|xisanevennaturalnumberlessthan10}
C) {x|xisanyevenintegerlessthan10}
D) {2,4,6,8}

8)

Findn(A)fortheset.
9) A={x|xisamonthintheyear}
A) n(A)=12
B) n(A)=52

9)
C) n(A)= 1

D) n(A)=24

Decidewhether,,both,orneithercanbeplacedintheblanktomakeatruestatement.
10) {11,12,13}{10,11,12,13}
A)
B) Neither
C)
D) Bothand

10)

Findthenumberofsubsetsoftheset.
11) {6,7,8}
A) 6
B) 7

11)
C) 8

D) 3

Findthenumberofpropersubsetsoftheset.
12) {3,4,5}
A) 2
B) 7

C) 6

D) 5

12)

LetU={1,2,4,5,a,b,c,d,e}.Findthecomplementoftheset.
13) Q={2,4,b,d}
A) {1,3,5,a,c,e}
B) {1,5,a,c,e}
C) {1,5,a,e}
D) {1,2,4,5,a,b,c,d,e}

13)

Listtheelementsintheset.
Let U={q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z}
A={q,s,u,w,y}
B={q,s,y,z}
C={v,w,x,y,z}.
14)

14) (AB)
A) {q,s,t,u,v,w,x,y}
C) {r,t,u,v,w,x,z}

B) {s,u,w}
D) {t,v,x}
2

15) CA
A) {q,r,s,t,u,v,x,z}
C) {s,t}

B) {w,y}
D) {q,s,u,v,w,x,y,z}

15)

16) (AC)B
A) {v,x}
C) {r,t,u,v,w,s,y,z}

B) {r,t,v,w,x}
D) {y,z}

16)

FindtheCartesianproduct.
17) A={12,9,10}
B={14,4}
FindAB.
A) {(12,14),(9,10),(10,14)}
B) {(12,14),(9,4)}
C) {(14,12),(14,9),(14,10),(4,12),(4,9),(4,10)}
D) {(12,14),(12,4),(9,14),(9,4),(10,14),(10,4)}

17)

Findtheindicatedcardinalnumber.
18) Findn(AB)giventhatA={2}andB= {1,3}.
A) 2
B) 1

18)
C) 4

D) 3

Forthegivensets,constructaVenndiagramandplacetheelementsintheproperregion.
19) LetU={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}
A={3,6,8}
B={4,6}
C={1,6,7,8}

A)

B)

C)

D)

20) U={a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p}
A={a,e,i,o}
B={b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m}
C={a,b,c,d,e,f,g}

19)

20)

A)

B)

C)

D)

Showthatthesetisinfinitebyplacingitinaone -to-onecorrespondencewithapropersubsetofitself.Besuretoshow
thepairingofthegeneraltermsinthesets.
21) {5,6,7,8,...}
21)
A) { 5, 6, 7, 8,..., n+4, ...}
B) { 5, 6, 7, 8,..., n+ 4, ...}

{ 4, 5, 6, 7,..., n+3, ...}

{ 6, 7, 8, 9,..., n+5, ...}
D) { 5, 6, 7, 8,..., n+ 5, ...}
C) { 5, 6, 7, 8,..., n+4, ...}

{ 6, 7, 8, 9,..., n+6, ...}

{ 4, 5, 6, 7,..., n+3, ...}
Letprepresentatruestatement,whileqandrrepresentfalsestatements.Findthetruthvalueofthecompound
statement.
22) ~p(q~r)
22)
A) False
B) True
Letprepresent7<8,qrepresent2<5<6,andrrepresent3< 2.Decidewhetherthestatementistrueorfalse.
23) (~pq) ~r
23)
A) True

B) False

Constructatruthtableforthestatement.
24) ~r~s
A) rs(~r~s)
T
T
F
F
C) r

T
F
T
F
s

F
T
T
T
(~r~s)

T
T
F
F

T
F
T
F

F
F
F
T

24)
B) r

(~r ~s)

T T
T
T F
F
F T
F
F F
T
D) r s (~r ~s)
T
T
F
F

T
F
T
F

F
F
F
F

UseDeMorganslawstowritethenegationofthestatement.
25) Adaylateandadollarshort.
A) Adaylateornotadollarshort.
B) Notadaylateandnotadollarshort.
C) Notadaylateandadollarshort.
D) Notadaylateornotadollarshort.
Solvetheproblem.
26) Giventhatpqisfalse,whatcanyouconcludeaboutthetruthvaluesofpandq?
A) Exactlyoneofpandqisfalse
B) Atleastoneofpandqisfalse
C) Bothpandqarefalse
D) pandqhavethesametruthvalue
Writetheconverse,inverse,orcontrapositiveofthestatementasrequested.
27) IfIpass,Illparty.
Contrapositive
A) IllpartyifIpass.
C) IfIparty,thenIpassed.

25)

26)

27)

B) IfIdontpass,Iwontparty.
D) IfIdontparty,Ididntpass.

UseanEulerdiagramtodeterminewhethertheargumentisvalidorinvalid.
28) Notallthatglittersisgold.
Myringglitters.
Myringisnotgold.
A) Valid
B) Invalid
Theargumenthasatrueconclusion.Identifytheargumentasvalidorinvalid.
29) EricisolderthanCamille.
CamilleisolderthanTodd.
ToddisyoungerthanEric.
A) Valid
B) Invalid
Determineiftheargumentisvalidorafallacy.Giveareasontojustifyanswer.
30) IfImhungry,thenIwilleat.
Imnothungry.
Iwillnoteat.
A) Validbymodustollens
B) Fallacybyfallacyoftheinverse
C) Fallacybyfallacyoftheconverse
D) Validbymodusponens

28)

29)

30)

Useatruthtabletodeterminewhethertheargumentisvalid.
31) pq

31)

q
p
A) Valid

B) Invalid

Determinewhethertheargumentisvalidorinvalid.
32) Lorettashobbyisstampcollecting.Ifherhusbandlikestofish,thenLorettashobbyisnotstamp
collecting.Ifherhusbanddoesnotliketofish,thenNathanlikestoread.Therefore,Nathanlikesto
read.
A) Valid
B) Invalid

32)

Usethemethodofwritingeachpremiseinsymbolsinordertowriteaconclusionthatyieldsavalidargument.
33)
33) IfIgetrobbed,Iwillgotocourt.
Igotrobbed.
A) Iwillnotgetrobbedincourt.
B) Iwillnotgotocourt.
C) Iwillgetrobbedincourt.
D) Iwillgotocourt.

AnswerKey
Testname:MATH100EXAM1

1) B
2) C
3) D
4) A
5) B
6) D
7) A
8) B
9) A
10) D
11) C
12) B
13) B
14) C
15) A
16) B
17) D
18) A
19) A
20) A
21) B
22) A
23) A
24) C
25) D
26) C
27) D
28) B
29) A
30) B
31) B
32) A
33) D