SUNSHINE COLLEGE
NEKEMTE CAMPUS Academic Year 2017 E.C
Department of Pharmacy and Nurse
Worksheet-I: Basic Mathematics for Natural Science (Math-1011)
1. Which of the following sentences are propositions? If it is a proposition find its truth value.
a. Grass is green. e. Is it raining outside?
b. 3 + 4 = 2 + 6. f. I expect I will score A in Mathematics.
c. Wish you best of luck. g. x + 2 = 2x when x = −2.
d. Sit Down! h. Plants are living things.
2. If p, qofand r are simple propositions with truth values T, F, F respectively then what is the truth
value
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3. For two statements p and q if p q is False, then what is the truth value of:
4. What is the truth value of each component proposition if the truth value of
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5. Construct a truth table for each of the following compound propositions and determine which are
tautology, contradiction or contingency.
a. (p q) (q p) c. (p ¬q) (p q) e. (¬p (p q)) q
b. ((p q) (q r)) (p r) d. ¬(p q) (¬q ¬p) f. (p q) (q r)
6. Are the following pairs of compound propositions equivalent?
a. p (q r), ¬q (¬p r) c. (p (q r)), (¬r p) q
b. p (q r), ¬r (¬p q) d. ¬(p q), ¬(p q) ¬(q p)
7. Write the following first by using “ if... then” and then by all the rest description of implication.
a. You can ride a bicycle only if you wear a helmet.
b. b. Polynomials are continuous functions.
c. A number n that is a multiple of 2 and also a multiple of 3 is a multiple of 6.
d. The cardinality of a set is either finite or infinite.
8. Write the converse, inverse and contrapositive of the following conditional statements.
a. If this book is interesting, then I am staying at home.
b. If you live in Ethiopia, then you live in Africa.
c. If it is a dog, then it is a mammal.
d. d. If it is my birthday, then I buy a cloth.
e. A day that’s sunny and not too windy is a good day for walking on foot.
f. If the goods are unsatisfactory, then your money will be refunded.
SUNSHINE COLLEGE
NEKEMTE CAMPUS Academic Year 2017 E.C
9. Let U = {1, 2, 3, 4},
Let P(x) : x is prime, Let R(x) : x is less than or equal to 4
Let Q(x) : x is odd and prime, Let S(x) : x is divisible by 2.
Then, determine the truth values of the following
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10. Determine the truth value of the following quantified propositions.
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11. Is the following argument valid?
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e. If I watch a football, then I don’t do mathematics. If I do mathematics, then I listen a song.
Therefore, if I don’t listen a song, then I watch a football.
f. If I go to my first class tomorrow, then I must get up early, and if I go to pool-house tonight I
will stay up late. If I stay up late and get up early, then I will be forced to exist on only four
hours of sleep. Therefore, I must either miss my first class tomorrow or not go to the pool-
house.
g. Ahmed works part time or full time. If Ahmed does not play in the team, then he does not
work part time. If Ahmed plays in the team, then he is busy. Ahmed does not work full time.
Therefore, Ahmed is busy
