Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College
Barotac Viejo, Campus
                                       Barotac Viejo, Iloilo
                                       Midterm Examination
                                            Math 102
                                       August 15 – 16, 2013
Test A. Write the letter of the correct answer on your paper. (1 point each)
   1. _______ is a set of all the common elements in the given sets.
       a. Intersection                  b. union                c. universal set
   2. _______ a set which contains all the elements that belong to either A or B or both.
       a. Intersection                  b. union                c. subset
   3. Two sets are _______ if and only if they have the same number of elements.
       a. Equivalent            b. equal                c. universal
   4. _______ sets are sets that have exactly the same elements.
       a. Equivalent            b. equal                c. universal
   5. The point of origin is _______.
       a. Absolute value                b. number line c. zero
   6. _______ are numbers that can be expressed as a quotient a/b, where a and b are integers,
       and b ≠ 0.
       a. Integers                      b. fractions            c. real numbers
   7. a(b + c) = ab + ac is called the _______ property.
       a.DPMA                           b. CPA          c. ASA
   8. _______ is the distance of a number from zero.
       a. point of origin               b. absolute value        c. number line
   9. B is a _______ of A, if all the elements of B can be found in A.
       a. Superset                      b. universal set        c. subset
   10. {0, 1, 3,…} is the set of _______ numbers.
       a. whole                         b. counting             c. real
   11. 4 + 5 = 5 + 4 is an example of _______ property.
       a. CPA                   b. ASA                  c. DPMA
   12. _______ property tells us that the grouping of a number does not affect the answer in
   addition and multiplication.
       a. commutative                   b. associative c. distributive
   13. A number raised to a zero exponent is equal to _______.
       a. 0                             b. 1                    c. negative
   14. A set whose elements can’t be counted is called an _______ set.
       a. universal                     b. infinite             c.finite
   15. _______ means repeated multiplication.
       a. algebra                       c. exponent             c. integers
Test B. Let U = { 1, 2, 3, … 10}, A = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9}, B = {2, 3, 5, 7} and C = {5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}.
Find the indicated sets. Write your answer on your paper. (2 points each)
   1. A U B =
   2. A U C =
   3. B ∩ C =
   4. A ∩ B ∩ C =
   5. A U B U C =
Test C. Simplify by following the order of operations (PEMDAS). (2 points each)
   1) 14 – 22 - |4 – 7|
   2) 18 ÷ |9 – 23| + (-3)
   3) 16 + 15 ÷ (-5) – 2
   4) 24 – 18 ÷ 3 + 2(2)
   5) 72 – {5 [8.(3 – 2)]}
Test D. Simplify the following expressions. (2 points each)
   1. 30n7
       60n3
   2. 4m9n7
      2m2n8
                  5
        (22ab )
            4
   3.
   4. (6x2y/3z3)-3
   5. (5a7/2b5c)3
Test E. Remove the negative exponents.
   1. 8a-3
        2b5
   2. (m-3n2)2
      (mn)-2
   3. (5y3) * (3y-4)
   4. 2x3y4
      2-2x-5y2
   5. (5x3y6)-3
Test F. Simplify the following expressions. (2 points)
           1. 8{-2 [3t – (5t – 2)] + 16}
            2. -7y + 3[y – 7(3 – 2y)]
            3. 5 (2x + 4) – 3(x – 6)
            4. -5 (2x2 – 3x + 6)
            5. 4 (3x – 2) – 7 (x + 5)
BONUS: Write the lyrics of the NIPSC HYMN. (10 points)
                                                                                     Prepared by:
                                                                                  Clair A. Ganzon
                                                                                        Instructor
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