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MIDTERM EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD
2nd SEMESTER 2018-2019
Name:________________________________________ Score:_________
Section:_______________________________________ Date:__________

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read each question carefully and choose the best answer. Shade the letter of the
correct answer. If applicable, show your solutions on the space provided.

Items 1 – 30: (1 point each)

1. Regular, repeated or recurring forms or designs that refer to usual types of procedures or rules that can
be followed.
a. Sequence c. Patterns
b. Growth d. Symmetry

2. The quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis. It is exhibited
when two or more parts are identical after a flip, slide or turn.
a. Symmetry c. Rotation
b. Patterns d. Flexibility

3. The ratio of two consecutive terms of the series that was discovered by Leonardo Fibonacci, which has
a value of 1.618.
a. Fibonacci Sequence c. Pi
b. Phi d. The amazing ratio

4. This term in mathematics that applies to sentences which means to get a different name for the
expression, which in some way is simpler.
a. Synonym c. Sentence
b. Simplify d. Similarity

5. It is a basic concept of mathematics which means a collection of objects.

a. Variables c. Ordered pairs
b. Functions d. Sets

6. It is a correct arrangement of mathematical symbols that states a complete thought.

a. Expression c. Sentence
b. Equation d. Noun

7. The smallest angle that a figure can be rotated while preserving the original formation.
a. Angle of rotation c. Angle of order
b. Angle of incidence d. Angle of symmetry

8. Type of symmetry that is indicated when you can draw an imaginary line across an object and the
resulting parts are mirror images of each other.
a. Rotational c. Circular
b. Bilateral d. Ordered

9. It is a correct arrangement of mathematical symbols used to represent a mathematical object of

interest.
a. Expression c. Equation
b. Sentence d. Noun

10. The most popular “verb” used in mathematical sentences.

a.  b. 

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c.  d. 

11. A set of ordered pair between two variables is known as a ________.

a. Relation c. Set
b. Function d. Coordinates

12. All relations are functions.

a. This statement is true.
b. This statement is false.
c. This statement is sometimes true and sometimes false.
d. We cannot determine the truth to this statement.

13. The domain of a function can be determined by its:

a. X-values c. X and Y values
b. Y-values d. None of the above

14. This is a method used to determine if a relation is a function by passing a vertical line through its graph.
a. Scissor test c. Vertical line test
b. Horizontal line test d. Diagonal line test

15. Which of the following sets is a relation?

a. {3, 6, 8, 9, 10} c. {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, …}
b. { } d. {(3, 4), (5, 3), (4, 7)}

16. Which of the following is a function?

a. {(0, 1), (2, 6), (9, 4), (7, 2), (2, 3)} c. {(0, 1), (0, 2), (0, 3), (0, 4), (0, 5)}
b. {(0, 2), (3, 4), (5, 6), (3, 7), (8, 9)} d. {(0, 1), (2, 6), (9, 4), (7, 2), (12, 3)}

17. Is the following relation continuous or discrete?

a. Continuous
b. Discrete
c. Both
d. Cannot be determined

18. Which of the following relations is not a function?

24.
26.

25.
27.

19. Determine the domain of the following relation:

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 a. (−4, 3)
b. [−4, 3)
c. (−4, 3]
d. [−4, 3]

20. Given the function in number 19, what is the value of f(-4)?
a. 0 c. 1
b. −2 d. −1

21. What completes the following pattern?

CSD, ETF, GUH, __ __ __, KWL
a. HIJ c. TUV
b. IXM d. IVJ

22. Which figure completes the statement?

a. b. c. d.

23. What type of symmetry does the figure have? If applicable, what is its angle of rotation?

a. Bilateral, no angle
b. 4-fold rotational, 60°
c. 6-fold rotational, 60°
d. 6-fold rotational, 45°

For items 24 – 30, classify the following as an EXPRESSION or a SENTENCE. For each sentence, determine
if it is true, false or sometimes true/sometimes false. Choose your answers from the following:
a. Expression c. False sentence
b. True sentence d. Sometimes true/sometimes false sentence

24. x  1  3 28. 1  2  x  x  1  2
25. 1  2  x 29. 0  1
26. x  3 30. x  3  9
2

27. x  3  2

Items 31 – 35: (4 points each)

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 31. Given: h ( w )=√ 2 w+10, determine h(w+ 4)
a. 2 √ w+9 c. √ 2 w+18
b. √ w+ 9 d. √ −2 w+18

32. Given: h ( w )=w 2−4 w and f ( w )=2+ w2 compute (h−f )( w)

a. 4 w+2 c. 4 w−2
b. −4 w+2 d. −4 w−2

33. Given: h ( w )=w 2−4 w and f ( w )=2+ w2 compute ( f +h)(−4 )

a. 32 c. 50
b. 18 d. −46

34. Given: f ( t )=2 t+ 9 and g ( t ) =2t−1 compute ( f ∘ g)(−2)

a. −3 c. 5
b. 3 d. −5

35. Given: f ( t )=2 t+ 9 and g ( t ) =2t−1 compute ( g ∘ g)(0)

a. −3 c. 15
b. 3 d. −15

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Prepared by: Engr. Irene R. Billones

Subject Professor