Math 1420 - 008 (Foundations of Mathematics) Spring 2008
Homework Assignments (Do not turn in!)

All problems are from the Exercise sets of the indicated section in the textbook “Mathematical Ideas”, Second Abridged Edition for the University of Memphis.  It is very important that you attempt to do all of these problems on your own; some of them will be discussed in class during lecture. These problems are very good practice in preparing for the exams. Also, the quizzes are based on homework problems.


  • Section 1.1: 2, 7, 10, 16, 19, 20, 26, 32, 40, 45.

  • Section 1.2: 2, 6, 10, 16, 20, 23, 26, 29.

  • Section 1.3: 2, 4, 38, 50, 67.

  • Section 2.1: 2, 4, 6, 10, 16, 28, 30, 31, 32, 37, 38, 54, 56, 62, 66, 74, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82.

  • Section 2.2: 2, 5, 6, 8, 13, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 28, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 44, 48, 50, 54.    

  • Section 2.3: 1-6, 8, 16, 18, 26, 29, 32, 33, 49-54, 64, 68, 70, 72, 78, 80, 83, 86, 88, 96, 104, 112, 114, 116, 129, 130, 132.

  • Section 2.4: 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 16, 20, 26.

  • Section 2.5: 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 15, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 35.

  • Section 3.1: 1, 6, 7, 10, 11, 16, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 39-48, 49-54, 65-74.

  • Section 3.2: 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 22, 23, 29, 47, 49, 63, 65, 67.

  • Section 3.3: 1-10, 14, 16, 18, 22, 26, 27-32, 44, 48, 51, 56, 60, 70, 76, 78.

  • Section 3.4: 2, 3, 6, 10, 12, 14, 20, 22, 26, 28, 32, 34, 38, 45-50, 53, 55.

  • Section 3.5: 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 25-30.

  • Section 11.1: 9-24, 34, 36, 41, 48, 56, 57.

  • Section 11.2: 4, 7, 10, 12, 37-40, 41-44, 52, 58.

  • Section 11.3: 1-8, 18, 24, 33, 40, 41, 44, 50, 53, 57.

  • Section 11.4: 2, 6, 13-16, 21-26, 27.

  • Section 11.5: 3, 4, 7-10, 16, 21, 23, 27, 28, 33-36, 37.

  • Section 12.1: 1-4, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 42-44, 53-56.

  • Section 12.2: 2, 4-9, 20, 26-31, 33.

  • Section 12.3: 2-5, 7-12, 17-22, 28, 29-32, 45-49.

  • Section 12.4: 1-8, 9, 20-23, 27, 28, 32-35, 40-43.

  • Section 12.5: 3, 11, 12, 18, 24-26.

  • Section 13.1: 1, 9, 23, 25, 26.

  • Section 13.2: 2, 9, 12, 14, 25-27, 30, 31, 32, 42, 43, 52, 53.

  • Section 13.3: 4, 6, 13, 14, 21, 22, 29, 30.

  • Section 13.5: 2, 5, 11-14, 19, 20, 23, 24, 37, 38, 46.