Task 1

A. Short-response/Essay writing:
1) What new ideas about mathematics did you learn?
2) What is it about mathematics that might have changed your thoughts about it?
3) What is most useful about mathematics for humankind?

B. Write a 2- to 3-page synthesis focusing on one of the following aspects of mathematics:

1) Mathematics helps organize patterns and regularities in the world.
2) Mathematics helps predict the behavior of nature and phenomena in the world.
3) Mathematics helps control nature and occurrences in the world for our own ends.
Your answers will be graded according to the given standards/basis for grading:

Score Criteri
a
Unable to elicit the ideas and concepts from the learning activity, material, or
0 video
Able to elicit the ideas and concepts from the learning activity, material, or video
1 but shows erroneous understanding
Able to elicit the ideas and concepts from the learning activity, material, or video
2 and shows correct understanding
Able to elicit the correct ideas from the learning activity, material, or video and
3 also shows evidence of internalization and consistently contributes additional
thought to the core idea
Task 2

A. Write your answer on the blank after each item.

1. Describe the set {6,8,10,12,14,16,18} using

rule method
2. What is the Cartesian product of the sets
{0,1,2} and {𝑎, 𝑏}?
3. Consider the set 𝐵 = {1,2,3,4,5}. The pair
(𝑥, 𝑦) ϵ 𝑅 if 𝑥 and 𝑦 are both odd or both
even. Write out 𝑅 as a set of ordered pairs.
4. Let 𝑓: {0,1,2} → {0,2,4} defined by 𝑓(𝑎) =
2𝑎, 𝑎 ϵ {0,1,2}. Express 𝑓 as a set of ordered
pairs.
5. A visor costs 90 pesos more than a paper
fan. If we let ℎ be the cost of the fan, what
will be the cost of the visor in mathematical
symbols?
6. Jenny is older than Miko by 4 years. The
sum of their age is 45. If we let 𝑚 be Miko’s
age, what is the representation of the sum of
their ages in mathematical symbols?
7. What is the negation of the compound
statement: “The real number 𝑦 is less than
or equal to the real number 𝑥.”
8. Write the simple statements in the
compound statement: “If the parallelogram
has perpendicular diagonals, then it is a
rhombus.”
9. Write in symbols: “For every positive integer
𝑥, there exists a real number 𝑦 such that the
square of 𝑦 is 𝑥.”
10. Write in symbols: “There exist natural
numbers 𝑥 and 𝑦 such that the difference of
𝑥 and 𝑦 is the same as the difference of 𝑦
and 𝑥.”
B. Essay:
1. What is the nature of mathematics as a language?
2. What is the most useful about the language of mathematics?
3. Give your reaction to the following statements:
a. Mathematics is not a language, but a useless set of formal rules and
alien symbols.
b. Mathematics confuses the communication of concepts and ideas.
c. Mathematics is full of unnecessary symbols, rules, and conventions.
 Your answers in Essay will be graded according to the given
standards/basis for grading:
Score Criteria
Unable to elicit the ideas and concepts from the learning activity, material,
0
or video
Able to elicit the ideas and concepts from the learning activity, material, or
1
video but shows erroneous understanding
Able to elicit the ideas and concepts from the learning activity, material, or
2
video and shows correct understanding
Able to elicit the correct ideas from the learning activity, material, or video
3 and also shows evidence of internalization and consistently contributes
additional thought to the core idea

Task 3

A. Determine whether the given argument is an example of inductive

reasoning (IR) or deductive reasoning(DR). Write your answer on the blank
after each item.

1. Emma enjoyed reading the novel Under the Dome by

Stephen King, so she will enjoy reading his next novel.

2. All pentagons have exactly five sides. Figure 𝐴 is a pentagon.

Therefore, Figure has exactly five sides.

3. Cats do not eat tomatoes. Tigger is a cat. Therefore, Tigger

does not eat tomatoes.

4. A number is a neat number if the sum of the cubes of its

digits equals the number. Therefore, 153 is a neat number.

5. The Mengals have won five games in a row. Therefore, the

Mengals will win their next game.
B. Write the answer to the questions on the space provided after each item.

1. What is the next number in the list?

80, 70, 61, 53, 46, 40, ?

2. What is the next number in the list?

2, 7, −3, 2, −8, −3, −13, −8, −18, ?

3. Find a pair of numbers to show that the given

statement is false.
“If the sum of two counting numbers is an even counting number,
then the product of the two counting numbers is

an even counting number.”

4. Find a pair of numbers to show that the given

statement is false.
“If the product of two counting numbers is an even counting number,
then both of the counting numbers are

even counting numbers.”

5. Use deductive reasoning to give the result of

the given procedure:

Pick a number. Multiply the number by 6 and add 8. Divide the sum
by 2, subtract twice the original number,

and subtract 4.

C. Problem Solving. Solve the following problems using Polya’s four steps to
problem solving or your alternative(systematic) process.

1. What is the 𝑛th- term formula for the figure below?

2. The bacteria in a petri dish grow in a manner such that each day
the number of bacteria doubles. On what day will the number of
 bacteria be half of the number present on the 12th day?

3. The number of ducks and pigs in a field total 35. The total number
of legs among them is 98. Assuming each duck has exactly two legs
and each pig has exactly four legs, determine how many ducks and
how many pigs are in the field?

4. A room measures 12 feet by 15 feet. How many 3-foot by 3-foot

squares of carpet are needed to cover the floor of this room?

Your answers in Problem Solving will be graded according to the given

standards/basis for grading:

Score Criteria
0 You did not make any attempt to solve the problem.
1 You identified what is asked in the problem.
2 You identified what is asked in the problem as well as other needed information.
You identified what is asked in the problem, the needed information, and used
3
a correct process. However, you did not obtain the correct answer.
You were able to completely solve the problem using a correct process.
4
However, you did not give a justification that your solution is indeed correct.
You were able to completely solve the problem using a correct process and with
5
a review of your solution.
Task 4

Direction. Answer each of the following assessment task.

A. Short-response Essay

1. Discuss the possible applications of Statistics in your respective field of

study.
2. Research on new discoveries in your field of study where Statistics was applied.
In which part was Statistics applied?

B. Identification

1. The average weekly allowance of students last year at a private high school was
Php 600.00 per week, based on an enrollment of 1,080 stdents. The third year
students who did not have this information interviewed 50 students and found their
average weekly allowance last year to be Php
550.00. Identify the following:

a. Population
b. Sample
c. Variable of interest
d. Parameter
e. Sample

2. Observe the use of the number seven in the following statements. Classify each
statement according to the level of measurement used to get the value 7.

a. Mark is in the 7th grade

b. Mark measured the temperature of the object as 7℃.
c. Mark has a score of 7 in the Math quiz.
d. Mark’ s basketball shirt number is 7.
e. Mark has 7 cousins.

3. What method of data collection is most appropriate for the following cases?

a. A group of Anthropology students studies the culture and norms of two ethnic
groups.
b. A social welfare organization gathers information on hospital patients with
mental disorders.
c. A construction contractor deciding on future house construction wishes to
determine the type of house demand among families.
d. A milk manufacturer wishes to determine the preference in drink flavor
 among children in planning for new products.
e. A car manufacturer studies the preference of cars for the next production.

4. Indicate the type of chart you would choose to present the information given in
each of the following cases.

a. Percentage distribution of monthly expenditures of a Filipino family for

clothing, footwear, house maintenance, and food
b. The number of hardware stores in Isabela for the year 2015 to 2020
c. Log production for 1990 to 2005
d. Location of Savemore supermarkets in Region 2
e. Distribution of employees by civil status

Your answers in items where you are asked to discuss will be graded according to
the given standards/basis for grading:

Scor Criteri
e a
Unable to elicit the ideas and concepts from the learning activity,
0 material, or
Video
Able to elicit the ideas and concepts from the learning activity,
1 material, or video
but shows erroneous understanding
Able to elicit the ideas and concepts from the learning activity,
2 material, or video and shows correct understanding
Able to elicit the correct ideas from the learning activity, material, or
3 video and also shows evidence of internalization and consistently
contributes additional
thought to the core idea
Task 5
Directions. Answer the following items. You may use online calculators and solvers
in answering.
1. For each of the following data sets determine the mean:

a. 72, 14,8, 11,57,54,31, 11,67,11,19,3,66

b. 63, 9, 87,16, 2, 96,13,67,34
c. 1, 6, 8,2,7,2,9,4,8,9,8,6
d. 12, 0, 4, 5, 8, 3,6, 35,47
e. 2, 7, 17, 33, 67,73, 88, 33, 92, 57,33

2. For each of the following data sets determine the median:

a. 48, 78, 10, 66, 45, 57,96,67, 40, 66, 63,8, 20

b. 28, 3, 10, 60, 8, 23, 45, 97,11, 10
c. 6, 9, 1, 6, 4, 8, 1, 7, 8, 3, 1, 0
d. 63, 9, 86, 16, 2, 97,24, 67, 34, 40
e. 8, 4, 64, 99, 11, 42, 15,88, 54, 77,42

3. For each of the following data sets determine the mode:

a. 98, 37,5, 33, 96, 67, 43, 33, 91, 33,32,8,11

b. 104, 2, 51, 31, 8, 101, 104, 18, 47
c. 3, 4, 5, 3, 9,8,5,7,2,5,1
d. 19, 1, 9,6,4,2,13,15,24,2
e. 8,9,39,44,55,90,19,44,28,69,44
 4. A quiz on the classification of research by general methodology was
administered to a group of 34 students at the College of Arts and
Sciences. The scores are reported below:

Male Female
8 10 20 14 13 10 10 13
10
17 17 12 14 14 14 15 8
9 17
12 10 9 18 14 15 13
17
16 8 18
14
6 16
10

a. Consider all the members of the group and compute the mean, median and
mode.
b. Calculate the mean, median and mode for male and female students.
c. Compare the mean and median within each group. Which has the higher
value? Why?

For items 5-6, find the mean, median, mode, range, variance, standard
deviation, and the coefficient of variation.

5. Cost of notebooks for these sample prizes:

7.95 9.98 5.58 4.99 10.75 6.25 7.63 8.50 8.88

6. Age of college students in ISU:

Number of
Age students
s
16 2
17 10
18 8
19 5
7. Louie’s test scores for two semesters of mathematics are listed below. The
percentage of each semester’s grade represented by each score is also given
1st 2nd % of
Semester Semester Grade
78 87 15
68 66 15
84 81 15
86 89 15
90 88 40

a. Compute the weighted arithmetic mean and standard deviation for each
semester.
b. Is Louie improving? Explain your answer.

8. The following set of data represents a simple random sample of IQ scores of 32

students at ISU.

137 141 128 135 159 122 140 118

126 133 111 125 127 116 138 203
120 121 131 122 125 126 118 119
117 139 133 124 168 135 126 131

a. Calculate the range of the test scores.

b. Calculate the sample variance, and standard deviation.

9. Using the following, calculate the 𝑧-score that corresponds to the raw
score indicated.

𝑥̅ 𝑠 𝑥 𝑧-score
97 9.23 100
46 8.0 38
8 0.52 9
22 4.69 24
31 7.15 24
54 1.50 39
10 6.50 110
0
75 3.75 72
10. Using the following data, estimate the raw score that corresponds to the
𝑧-score indicated.

𝑥̅ 𝑠 𝑧-score 𝑥
28 5.2 −1.62
69 2.35 +2.58
7 0.86 +1.03
41 4.73 −2.37
72 1.05 +0.40
85 3.21 −3.20
150 9.61 −0.26
36 0.90 +3.50