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1. The document provides an activity on elementary logic for a mathematics department at Quezon City University. 2. The activity contains 8 sections that involve determining whether statements are true or false, writing compound statements in symbolic form, representing sentences symbolically, writing symbolic statements in words, determining truth values, and constructing a truth table. 3. The activity tests students' understanding of logical concepts like conjunctions, disjunctions, conditionals, biconditionals, quantifiers, and truth tables through a series of exercises involving simple and compound statements.

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Mathematics in The Modern World: Page 1 of 2

1. The document provides an activity on elementary logic for a mathematics department at Quezon City University. 2. The activity contains 8 sections that involve determining whether statements are true or false, writing compound statements in symbolic form, representing sentences symbolically, writing symbolic statements in words, determining truth values, and constructing a truth table. 3. The activity tests students' understanding of logical concepts like conjunctions, disjunctions, conditionals, biconditionals, quantifiers, and truth tables through a series of exercises involving simple and compound statements.

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QUEZON CITY UNIVERSITY

Mathematics Department
MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD
Activity on Elementary Logic
Name:___________________________________________ Score: ___________
Course, Year & Section:________________________ Date: ____________

I. Determine whether each sentence is a statement. Write “SEN” if it is a statement otherwise “NOT”. Write your answer
before each number. Any erasure is wrong.

1. x +1=5 4. Open the door.


2. 7055 is a large number. 5. x >3
3. In the year 2024, the president of the United States will be a woman.

II. Consider the following simple statements.

p : Today is Friday. q : It is raining.


r : I am going to a movie. s : I am going to the basketball game.

Write the following compound statements in symbolic form. Write your answer before each number.
Any erasure is wrong.

1. Today is not Friday and I am going to a movie.


2. I am going to the basketball game or I am not going to a movie.
3. I am going to the movie if and only if it is raining.
4. If today is Friday, then I am not going to a movie.
III. Write each sentence in symbolic form. Represent each simple statement in the sentence with the letter indicated in
the parentheses. Also, state whether the sentence is a conjunction, a disjunction, a negation, a conditional, or bi-
conditional. Write your answer before each number. Any erasure is wrong.

1. If today is Wednesday (w), then tomorrow is Thursday (t).


2. I went to the post office (p) and the bookstore (s).
3. A number is an even number (e) if and only if it has a factor of 2 (t).
4. If it is a dog (d), then it has fleas (f).
5. I will major in mathematics (m) or computer science (c).
IV. Write each symbolic statement in words. Write your answer to the space provided below. Any erasure is wrong.

p: The tour goes to Italy. q: The tour goes to Spain. r: We go to Venice.


s: We go to Florence. t: The hotel fees are included. u: The meal are not included.

1. p ∧∼q 2. r→ s 3. s↔ r 4. p →r 5. t ∧u

Answers:

1. .
2. .
3. .
4. .
5. .
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V. Write the negation of each quantified statement. Start each negation with “Some”, “NO”, or “All”. Write your answer to
the space provided below. Any erasure is wrong.

1. Some lions are playful. 4. Everybody enjoyed the dinner.


2. Some actors are not rich. 5. All cars run on gasoline.
3. None of the students took my advice.

Answers:

1. .
2. .
3. .
4. .
5. .

VI. Determine the truth value of the given statement. Write your answer before each number. Any erasure is wrong.

1. 5>2 or 5=2. 4. 3 ≠ 5 and 7 is a prime number.


2. 4 ≤7 . 5. −3 ≤−1.
3. (−1 )50=1 and (−1 )99=−1

VII. Determine the truth value of the given statement. Write your answer before each number. Any erasure is wrong.

1. If x is an even integer, then x 2 is an even integer.


2. If x is a prime number, then x +2 is a prime number.
3. If all cats are black, then I am a millionaire.
4. If 4 <3 , then 7=8.
5. If x <2 , then x +5<7.

VIII. Construct a truth table for ( p ∧ q ¿ ∨( p∨ q). Write your solution to the box provided below. Write your
answer before each number. Any erasure is wrong.

p q p q p∧ q p ∨q ( p ∧ q)∨( p ∨ q)

1. What is the truth value of ( p ∧ q) ∨( p ∨ q) given that p is true and q is false?


2. What is the truth value of ( p ∧ q) ∨( p ∨ q) given that p is true and q is true?

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