Mathematics in the Modern World – UNIT 3

Problem Solving

Department of Mathematics and Physics

University of Santo Tomas

Prepared by: Xandro Alexi Nieto

Contributors: Myla Detecio, Mark Lao
What was your very first
problem? And how did
you solve it?

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Functions

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Mathematics
Problem 1 in the Modern World – UNIT 3

It’s Sept 3, 12MN, and

starting at the bottom of a
15-foot hole, a bug crawls
up 3 feet each day but
slips down 2 feet each
night. On what date will it
emerge from the hole?

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Mathematics
Problem 2 in the Modern World – UNIT 3

How many squares

are in the figure?

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Mathematics
Problem 3 in the Modern World – UNIT 3

Natural numbers are arranged in a triangular

shape as shown below.
1
2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9
10 …

If the pattern continues, what is the

tenth number in the 50th row?

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Mathematics
Problem 4 in the Modern World – UNIT 3

Dog A barks every 12 minutes

while Dog B
barks every 16
minutes.
If they bark together at
midnight, how many times will
they bark together in the next
24 hours?

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Mathematics
Group Problem
in the
1 Modern World – UNIT 3

(3 minutes)
I am thinking of a two-digit number.
It is odd.
Its tens digit is even.
It is prime.
The sum of its digit is 11.
The product of its digits is 24.
What number am I thinking of?

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Mathematics
Group Problem
in the
2 Modern World – UNIT 3

(5 minutes)

How many squares

are in the figure?

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Mathematics
Group Problem
in the
3 Modern World – UNIT 3

(10 minutes)
Find the units digit for the sum of

13 + 4 + 5 .
25 81 411

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Mathematics
Group Problem
in the
4 Modern World – UNIT 3

(7 minutes)
Calculators allowed.
If it is now 10:45 am, what time will
it be in 143,999,999,995 minutes
from now?

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END OF UNIT 3