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Week - 11 - Online Quiz On Problem Solving and Reasoning and Polya's Metho

1. The document is an online quiz on problem solving and reasoning using Polya's method. It contains questions to determine whether reasoning examples are deductive or inductive, use inductive reasoning to identify probable next numbers in lists, and solve problems using Polya's four-step method. 2. The questions cover identifying premise(s) and conclusions of reasoning examples, using patterns in lists to predict upcoming numbers, and applying Polya's method which involves understanding the problem, devising a plan, carrying out the plan, and looking back to solve problems and check answers. 3. The quiz aims to test the application of different reasoning and problem solving techniques in mathematics.

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Week - 11 - Online Quiz On Problem Solving and Reasoning and Polya's Metho

1. The document is an online quiz on problem solving and reasoning using Polya's method. It contains questions to determine whether reasoning examples are deductive or inductive, use inductive reasoning to identify probable next numbers in lists, and solve problems using Polya's four-step method. 2. The questions cover identifying premise(s) and conclusions of reasoning examples, using patterns in lists to predict upcoming numbers, and applying Polya's method which involves understanding the problem, devising a plan, carrying out the plan, and looking back to solve problems and check answers. 3. The quiz aims to test the application of different reasoning and problem solving techniques in mathematics.

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PHILIPPINE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

Malate, Manila
nd
2 Sem – S.Y. 2019 - 2020

MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

Name: ____________________________________Class:___________ Teacher: Mr. Santelices

Online Quiz on Problem Solving and Reasoning and Polya’s Method

A. Determine whether the reasoning is an example of deductive or inductive reasoning. Identify the
premise(s) and the conclusion.

1. If you take your medicine, you’ll feel a lot better. You take your medicine. Therefore, you’ll feel
a lot better.

2. Natalie’s first three children were boys. If she has another baby, it will be a boy.

3. If the same number is subtracted from both sides of a true equation, the new equation is also
true. I know that 9 + 18 = 27. Therefore, (9 + 18) - 12 = 27 - 12.

4. All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal.

5. For the past 25 years, a rare plant has bloomed in Columbia each summer, alternating between
yellow and green flowers. Last summer, it bloomed with green flowers, so this summer it will
bloom with yellow flowers.

B. Use inductive reasoning to determine the probable next number in each list:
a) 13, 18, 23, 28, 33

b) 32, 16, 8, 4, 2

c) 1, 4, 9, 16, 25

C. Solve the problem below using the Polya’s Method. Show the complete solution.

1. Twice the difference of a number and 6 is 4 more than that number.  Find the number.

2.  I purchased a new tv at a local electronics store for 8,345.00 which included tax.   If the tax
rate is 3.25%, find the price of the tv before they added the tax.

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