Arithmetic and Number Theory
Arithmetic and Number Theory
Arithmetic and Number Theory
C. 16,000 m
D. 14,000 m
B. -4
C. -24
D. -48
C. 21
D. 22
A. -11
B. -8
4. Susan has Php 1,000 in a bank. She withdrew money to buy her twin
nieces a present that cost Php 274.50 and Php 195.50. She received
Php 250.00 from her mother as her allowance and deposited half that
money in her account. How much money did she have in a bank?
A. Php 655B. Php 595
5.
[(
3 1 5
+
2 4 8
A.
1
5
C. Php 1,125
D. Php 250
]
B. -2
C.
25
32
D. 2
B. 1
C. 15
D. -15
B. 2
C. 8
D. 6
C. 15360
D. 8
B. 960
B. 2001
C. 2004
D. 2010
10.
A certain supermarket repacks rice in smaller bags from big
sacks of about 50 kg. Whether they use 2 kg or 3 kg bags, they still
have 1 kg of rice left in the sack. How many kg of rice does a sack
contain?
A. 50 kg
B. 55 kg
C. 48 kg
D. 49 kg
11.
Janice has several small boxes that she wants to pack in bigger
boxes. If she packs 4 or 5 small boxes in a bigger box, she has 2 left
over. If she packs 6 of them together, none is left over. How many
small boxes does she have?
A. 42
B. 60
C. 22
D. 122
12.
If a is divided by 2, theres a remainder of 1, divided by 3, a
remainder of 2; divided by 4, a remainder of 3, and so on up to the
number divided by 9 which gives a remainder of 8. What is the
number?
A. 2517
13.
D. 2520
B. 30
C. 200
D. 23
15.
C. 2519
14.
B. 2518
B. 1021
C. 2101
D. 1120
B. 632
C. 416
D. 832
16.
For a given number126.3_8 what number may be placed in the
blank to make it divisible by 3.
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
17.
Given 25_3_9, what numbers may be placed in the blank to make
it divisible by 9?
A. 8 &9
B. 10 &7
C. 5&4
D. 6&3
18.
Find the largest three-digit number that is divisible by 22 and the
sum of whose digit is 11.
A. 209
B. 920
C. 290
D. 902
19.
In one section, the ratio of boys to girls is 4:3. If there are 42
students in class, how many are girls?
A. 18
B. 6
C. 24
D. 36
20.
A hospital charges a patient Php 78.00 for 12 capsules. How much
should it charge for 18 capsules?
A. Php 111B. Php 114
C. Php 117
D. Php 120
21.
A Magnolia bar contains 200 calories. How many bars would you
need to eat to get 500 calories?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 2
D. 3
22.
The distance between two cities on a road map is 11cm. Actually,
the cities are 308 km apart. The distance between two other cities is
15 cm. How far apart are the cities?
A. 420 km B. 3388 km
C. 4620 km
D. 312 km
23.
Lyn has 25 m ribbon. If she needs 3 dm to tie a certificate, how
many certificates can she prepare with the ribbon?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
24.
Two people take 12 days to repair a sidewalk. How many people
are needed to complete the repair in 4 days?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
25.
Three numbers are in the ratio of 2:4:6. The middle number is 68,
what is the sum of the three numbers.
A. 196
B. 200
C. 204
D. 208
26.
If a certain amount of food will last 50 days for 200 soldiers, how
long will it last if 50 soldiers are added at the end of 20 days?
A. 24 daysB. 26 days
27.
B. 5%
D. 50%
C. 4.8
D. 480
C. 607.6
D. 6076
6.2% of 98 is_________?
A. 6.076
30.
C. 20%
29.
D. 30 days
28.
C. 28 days
B. 60.76
B. 80%
C. 85%
D. 90%
31.
The cost of an electric fan was Php 1053 including 8% sales tax.
What was the price of the electric fan without tax?
A. Php
B. Php 975
968.76
C. Php 975.50
D. Php 980
32.
In a group of 100 students, 48 have black pens, 32 have blue
pens and 20 have red pens. What percent of the students have either
black or red pens?
A. 8%
B. 32%
C. 48%
D. 80%
33.
A jacket on sale at Php 480 is 60% of the regular price, what is the
regular price?
A. Php 288B. Php195
C. Php800
D. Php768
34.
A room is 10 m by 7 m. There is a 7.5 m by 5 m carpet in the
middle. What percent of the room is uncovered?
A. 46.4% B. 53.6%
C. 26.5%
D. 73.5%
35.
What is the area of the largest circle which can be cut from a
rectangle whose length and width are 40 cm and 30 cm respectively?
A. 1256
cm2
B. 706.5 cm2
C. 2826 cm2
D. 94.2 cm2
36.
Two empty tanks are being filled with water. The first tank fills at
the rate of 60 liter per minute for 2 minutes before the water to the
second tank is turned on. The second tank fills at the rate of 80 liters
per minute. How many minutes will it take until the second tank has
the same amount of water as the first tank.
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
37.
A faucet starts dripping into a 120 milliliter glass. The first minute
it drips 1 milliliter, the second minute it drops 2 milliliters, the third
minute 3 milliliters, and so on. How many minutes will it take to fill the
glass.
A. 10
B. 100
C. 15
D. 120
38.
How many circles of radius 5 cm can be cut from a piece of
cartolina 52 wide by 71 cm long?
A. 47
B. 35
C. 78
D. 117
39.
A picture 10 cm by 8 cm is mounted on a piece of hard
cardboard. If there is a margin of 2 cm around the picture, what is
the perimeter of the cardboard used?
A. 37cm
B. 47cm
C. 57cm
D. 67cm
40.
A picture 25 cm by 35 cm is to be framed. If the width of the
wood is 2 cm, how long would be the piece of wood needed for the
frame?
A. 128cm B. 136cm
C. 120cm
D. 875cm
B. 28t-r
C. r-28t
D. r-28t
A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
C. 11
D. 28
B. 2
A. 3
B.
C. 3
1
3
x-1
the
D. -3
C. 3x3+2x2+2x+3 D. 3x3-2x2+2x+3
2x+3
C. 11a3b-7ab3
D. 7a3b+11ab3
7. If the replacement set is the set of positive integers, find the solution
set of
4x
3x
2<3
.
3
4
A. X< 24 B. { 1,0,1,2 }
C. { 1,2 }
D. { 1,2,3 }
-17
y 23
B. -23 y 17
C. 23 y 17
D. 17 y 23
9. Two candles of the same height are lighted at the same time. The first
is consumed in 4 hours and the second in 3 hours. Assuming that each
candle burns at a constant rate, in how many hours after being lighted
was the first candle twice the height of the second?
A. 2
10.
B. 2.2
A kerosene tank is
C. 2.4
5
7
D. 2.6
3
5
of it and the
A. 6.85
B. 78.75
C. 21
D. 31.5
11.
An open box is made from a rectangular sheet of metal by cutting
2 cm square from each corner. If the perimeter of the base of the box
must be 40 cm. What is the maximum possible volume of the box?
A. 100cm2 B. 200cm2
C. 300cm2
D. 400cm2
12.
Find the length of a rectangular garden with a perimeter of 124 m
such that its area is a maximum.
A. 31cm
B. 32cm
C. 33cm
D. 34cm
13.
One quarter, a student received 22 grade points for making A or B
in each of the 6 subjects he studied. If each A was worth four grade
points and each B was worth 3 grade points, in how many subjects did
he make A?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
14.
Fred thinks of three numbers. If they are added in pairs the result
are 38, 44 and 52. Find the largest of the three numbers.
A. 15
B. 23
C. 29
D. 31
15.
A childs age increased by 3 years gives a perfect square. The age
decreased by 3 years gives the square root of that perfect square.
What is the childs age.
A. 1
16.
B. 23
C. 29
D. 31
a+
b
c
and
b
c
A.
b(a 1) B.
a
a bb
C.
b(a +1)
a
2
D. b( a 1)
17.
The sum of the squares of two numbers is 225 and the squares of
their sum is 441. What is their product?
A. 108
B. 216
C. 250
D. 300
18.
By what expression of lowest degree can (2x 2-x-6) (x2+x-6) be
multiplied to make it a perfect square.
A. 2x2-9x-9B. 2x2+9x+9
19.
D. 2x2-9x+9
A. -2
20.
(5 x 11)
(2 x2 + x6)
The fraction
A
( x2)
C. 2x2+9x-9
B. -1
C. 0
D. 1
B. (x+3)(4x2+1)
C. (x-3)(2x+1)
(4x -1)
D. (x-3)(2x+1)(2x-1)
(2x+1)
1
21.
Simplify
A. 1
22.
1+
1
1+1
B.
C. 3/5
when x= 3
A. 1/12
23.
1+
D. 5/3
1 1 1
= +
x y z . What is the value of y
and z= 4 ?
B. 12
C. -1
D. 1
24.
25.
B. (x2+a2)1/2
x2
Simplify : ( 1x )
2 3/ 2
C. X+ 2ax +a
2
+ ( 1x 2 )1/ 2
D. X+2 ax+a
1x 2
B.
(2x 2 )
A.
26.
Simplify
[ 4 t ( l+t
3 /2
2t 3 ( l+ t 2 )
2 [ 2 ( l +t 2) t 2 ]
l +t 2
t
l+t 2
2
2
C. 2(l+t2) [ 2(l+t )t ]
D.
2 [ 2 ( l+t 2) t 2 ]
( l+t 2 )l
B. 15+i
C. 15-9i
D. -15-i
C. i
D. -i
C. 9-6i
D. 4i
Simplify i9+i7+i5+i3+i.
A. 1
29.
D.
1x 2
(x2 2)
28.
2 1/ 2
1x 2
( x 2+ 2)
C.
B.
l+t 2
2
A. 2(l+t2) 2 t
27.
1x 2
(x 22)
B. -1
Multiply (3-2i)(3+2i)
A. 9-4i
B. 13
30.
64 +4 i
B.
9
64 4 i
+
9 9
C.
64 4 i
+
9
9
D.
(3+2 i)
45 i
64 4 i
9
9
31.
Find the quadratic equation with the integer coefficient in which
one root is 3-i 2 .
A. X2+6x+B. X2-6x-11
11
C. X2-6x+11
D. X2+6x-11
32.
If the half life of a certain radioactive substance is 1690 years.
What fraction of an original amount of the substance will remain after
6760 years.
A.
B. 1/3
C.
D. 1/5
33.
If the value of a diamond necklace appreciates exponentially at a
yearly rate of 18%, how much will be its cost in 5 years time if the
initial cost of the necklace is Php 25,000.
A. 57,194 B. 47,500
34.
C. 1 and 4
B. 10bn
Solve for x:
A. X>16
37.
B. 4
D. 1 or 4
36.
D. 147,500
2
Solve for x: log10 ( x 3 x +6 )=1.
A. 1
35.
C. 60,175
C. 10/n
D. 10n
C. X<16
D. X<-16
C. x>3 or x<2
D. 2<x<3
(3 x2) (2 x+ 7)
<
4
2
B. X>-16
or
B. x>3 or x>2
38.
An 8 cm square picture is to be surrounded by a matting that is
the same width on all sides, the total area of the picture plus the
matting must not exceed 225 cm. how wide can the matting be?
A. -23
x 7
B. 0 x 7
C. 0 x 7
D. -23 x 0
39.
Find the value of k so that 8k+4, 6k-2 and 2k-7 will form an
arithmetic progression.
A.
B. 2
C. -
D. -2
40.
If a clock strikes the appropriate number of times on each hour,
how many times will it strike in one day
A. 300
41.
B. 156
C. 78
D. 9
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9
512
759 ?
42.
A man accepts a position at Php 3,600 with the understanding
that he will receive a 2% increase every year. What will his salary be
after 10 years of service?
A. 4,388
43.
B. 4,320
C. 4,302
D. 4,300
B. 1/5
C. 10
D. 1/10
44.
The period of a pendulum varies directly as the square root of the
length of the pendulum. If a pendulum 2 m long has a period of 1.5
seconds, find the period of the pendulum 8 m long?
A. 3
B. 4.5
C. 6
D. 7.5
45.
The illumination from the source of light on a surface varies
inversely as the square of the distance. A table light is 40 cm from a
book. How far should the light be so that the book receives twice as
much illumination.
A. 20 cm B. 20 2cm
C. 40 2cm
D. 80cm
46.
If z varies jointly as x 2 and y and z= 24 when x=2 and y=3 find
the value of z when x=3 and y=5.
A. 45
B. 15
C. 90
D. 180
47.
The stiffness of a beam varies jointly as its breadth and depth
inversely as the square of the length. What is the change in the
stiffness if each of the three dimensions is increased by 10%?
A. Increased byB. decreased
10%
48.
10%
by
C. increased
byD. none
5%
B. -2
C. 0
D. 4
49.
How many possible rational roots does the equation 4x 516x4+17x3-19x2+13x-3=0.
A. 4
50.
B. 6
C. 10
D. 12
C. -1,2,-5
D. -1,-2,-5
PLANE GEOMETRY
1. K, L and M are collinear points. K has coordinate 12 and L has
coordinate -6. If L is between K and M, and KM =25. What is the
coordinate of M.
A. 13
B. 37
C. -13
B. 18
D. -37
AB
, what is the coordinate of point
C. 22
D. 31
C. Three
D. infinite
C. Only 1
D. Two
B. Right
C. Obtuse
D. straight
B. 128
C. 90
D. 52
C. 3x-2y-1=0
D. 3x-2y-2=0
C. 21cm2
D. 9cm2
C. ICDl<IADI
D. ICDl IADI
and
B. Acute and
equilateral
and
equilateral
11.
If two sides of the triangles are of lengths of 7 & 10, how long
must the third side be?
A.
Between
&10
B.
3 Between 7 &17
C. Between 3 &17
D. Greater that 3
12.
A man travels 7 km due north, 3 km due east and then 3 km due
south. How far is the he from his starting point?
A. 13 km B. 7km
C. 5km
13.
ABCD is a square, triangle XCD
equilateral. How many degrees is BXC ?
A. 100B. 75
C. 9 0
D. 4km
is
D. 60
14.
In a parallelogram, two adjacent angles differ by 70 . Find the
measure in degrees of the largest angle.
A. 55
B. 12
C. 130
D. 125
15.
EF is the median of the trapezoid ABCD. If AD// BC, AD=5 cm and
EF= 9 cm. Find BC
A. 13cm
16.
C. 9cm
D. 4cm
17.
B. 10cm
B. 10
C. 11
D. 12
B. 108
C. 120
D. 156
18.
Find the sum of the measure of the five angles at points of this
star.
A. 180
B. 360
C. 540
D. 900
19.
A circle has a radius of 8 cm. what is the radius in cm of a circle
which has four times its area?
A. 32cm
B. 16cm
C. 256cm
D. 8cm
20.
Two circles with centers at A and C intersect at B and D. If each
circle has radius 5, what is the perimeter of the quadrilateral with
vertices A, B, C, and D?
A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 20
21.
If the chords AB and AC of a circle are of equal length and divide
the circle into 3 arcs according to the ratio 2:5:2, then BAC equals
A. 80
B. 100
C. 120
D. 200
22.
Mr. Heintz brought his geometry class a portion of a circular plate.
Suppose that the students were given that AB=8; AC=BC=5. What
would be the diameter of the plate?
1
A. 4 6
1
B. 8 3
1
C. 8 6
1
D. 1 6
^
BC and DE are secants intersecting at A. if m EC =115 and m
23.
^
A=37 . Find m BD
A. 41
24.
B. 78
C. 152
D. 30
B. SAA
C. SAS
D. SSA
LET RAN . Let LE=8, ET=6, LT=11 and AN=24. What is the
perimeter of RAN ?
25.
A. 25
B. 49
C. 80
D. 90
26.
The floor plan for Sallys living room has a scale of 1 inch=4 feet.
The actual dimension of the living room are 13 ft by 23 t. what are the
dimensions of the floor plan?
A.
3.25in
5.75in
by
B. 32.5in by 57.5in
C. 52in by 92in
D. 3.25ft by 5.75ft
27.
Find the area of a right triangle, given that the altitude to the
hypotenuse separates it into segments of lengths 9 and 16.
A. 72
B. 150
C. 96
D. 54
28.
Two similar triangles have areas k and 16k. what is the ratio of
corresponding sides?
A. 1:8
B. 1:16
C. 1:4
D. 1:2
29.
Find the length of the wire needed to brace the two poles if the
angles made by the wire
with the ground are congruent.
A. 20m
B. 25m
C. 30m
D. 32m
30.
B. 20 6
C. 8+48 2 +4 D. 12+4 2 +4
3
3
ANALYTIC GEOMETRY
1. Find the slope of the line passing through (2,3) and (4,-6).
A. -2
B. -1
C.
D.
B. 1
C. -8
D. undefined
C. 2x-y-5=0
D. 2x+y+5=0
4. Find the equation of the line with slope of passing through the point
(-2,3).
A. x+2y+8B. x-2y-8=0
=0
C. x-2y+8=0
D. x-2y+8=0
5. Find the equation of a line passing through the points (1,4) and (6,8)
A. 4x+5y+ B. 4x-5y+16=0 C. 4x-5y-16=0
16=0
D. -4x-5y-16=0
B. -4
C. -4/3
D. 4/3
7. Find the equation of the line with y-intercept of 10 and parallel to 2x5y+1=0.
A. 2x-5y50=0
B. 5x-2y-50=0
C. 2x+5y+50=0
D. 2x-5y+50=0
B. 4
C.
D.
C. -2x-y=0
D. X+2y=0
Find the distance between the pair of points (3,-1) and (6,-5).
A. 5
B. -5
C. 25
D. 12.5
11.
Find the distance between the line 2x + 4y -3=0 and the point (2,5).
13
A. 20
B.
13 5
20
13
C. 10
D.
13 5
10
12.
Find the equation of the lines 7x +12y=4 and 8x-y=4 and through
the point (2,1).
A. X+2y+1B. X-2y-1=0
=0
C. X-2y+1=0
D. -X-2y-1=0
13.
Find the midpoint of the segments that has endpoints (-1,3) and (2,-7).
A.
( 32 , 2)
B.
( 32 , 2)
C.
( 32 ,2)
D.
( 32 ,2)
14.
One endpoint is (3,1), the midpoint is (1,5), find the other
endpoint.
A. (-1,9)
B. (1,9)
C. (-1,-9)
D. (1,-9)
15.
A point P(x,y) is on the line passing through A (-2,5) and B(4,1).
Find the coordinates of P if it is twice as far from A from B.
A. (10,3) B. (10,-3)
16.
C. (-10,3)
D. (-10,-3)
2
3
of the
A.
17.
(2, 103 )
B.
( 103 , 2)
C.
(2, 103 )
D.
(2, 103 )
B. (-2,-3)
C. (2,3)
D. (-2,3)
18.
The equation x2-2x+y2-16y=p represents a circle with radius 2.
Find p.
A. -61
B. 61
C. 65
D. -63
19.
A circle is tangent to the line 2x-y+1=0 at the point (2,5), and the
center is on the line x+y=9. Find the equation of the circle.
A. (x+6)2+(y+3)2=20
B.
B (x-6)2+(y+3)2=20
(x-6)2+(y-3)2=20
D (x+6)2+(y-3)2=20
.
20.
Find the equation of the circle which passes through the points
P(1,-2), Q(5,4) and R (10,5)
A. (x+9)2+(y+3)2=65
B.
(x-9)2+(y-3)2=65
B (x+9)2+(y-3)2=65
D (x-9)2+(y+3)2=65
.
CIRCULAR AND TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
1. Express
11
6
A. 330
C.
180
D. 350
B. -1
C. 0
D. 2
C. 3/2
D.
3. Find sin(-420
A.
B. - 3/2
A. 120
B.
9
4
C.
23
36
D. 150
5. Triangle ABC is a right triangle with right angle at C. if tan A=2/3, find
secB
A. 13/3
B. 3/2
C. 3/ 3
D. 2/ 3
B. 12
3
7. Find sec if sin = 2
A. -2
B. 2
C. 3
D. 540
and tan = 3
C.
D.
B. 10 2
tan +cot
sec
A.
C. 20 2
D. 40
B.
C.
D.
10.
A wheel having 3 ft diameter is rotating on its axis at a speed of
280 rad/ sec. how far has a point on the rim of the wheel travelled after
1 minute?
A. 420ft
11.
B. 840ft
C. 25,200ft
D. 50,400ft
17
cm . If the radius is
3
C. 270
D. 430
12.
B. -2
C. -2/ 3
D. 2 2
13.
At a certain time of a day, a 100 ft tree casts a 23 ft shadow. What
is the angle of elevation from the tip of the shadow to the top of the
tree when rounded to the nearest degree?
A. 13
14.
B. 43
D. 77
15.
C. 76
C. 7.1853
D. -7.1853
is in QIII
3
and cos = 8
A. -5/8
B. 5/8
C. 3/ 55
D. -3/ 55
16.
How high is a building whose horizontal shadow is 45m. when the
angle of elevation of sun is 55.6 ?
A. 60.5m B. 65.7m
17.
D. 55.7m
18.
C. 67.5m
B. 4
C.
D. / 2
1
B.
C. / 2
19.
In triangle ABC, a=4, b= 106
Cosines, the measure of angle B is:
A. - /4
B. /4
C. 2 /3
D. 2
and c=5 2 . Using Law of
D. 3 /4
20.
Let sin A= 5
4
and sinB 5
B. 1
C. -7/25
D. 7/25
21.
From the top of a house, the angle of depression of a point on the
ground is 25 . The point is 35m from the base of the building. How
high is the building? (Round to the nearest meter).
A. 16
B. 17
C. 18
D. 15
22.
Assuming the earths radius to be 4000 miles, find the linear
speed of a point on the equator in mph.
A. 1047
23.
B. 947
C. 1147
D. 1247
17
32
revolution counterclockwise.
A. 191
15
B. 181 15
C. 180 15
D. 190 15
24.
A tractor wheel has a diameter of 2m. how far will the tractor
travel as the wheel makes 5.4 revolutions.
A. 30m
B. 35m
C. 33.9m
D. 23.9m
25.
Find the circumference of a circle whose diameter is 4.2m. (Use
3.14 for
A. 13m
B. 44m
C. 12m
D. 15m
B. 1/3
C.
D. 1/5
2. A single card is drawn from a deck of cards. What is the probability that
the card id either a queen or a spade?
A. 13/52
B. 4/52
C. 2/13
D. 4/13
3. A coin is tossed three times. What is the probability that not all three
tosses are the same?
A. 1/8
B. 3/8
C.
D.
4. Two cars are drawn from a deck of 52 cards with the first card replaced
before the second card is drawn. What is the probability that neither
card is a spade.
A. 9/16
B.
C. 1/16
D. 19/34
G. 600
H. 156
C. 13
D. 42
7!
6. Evaluate: 6 !
A. 1
B. 7
B. 3
C. 40
D. 8/5
C. 504
D. 124
8. Evaluate: P(9,3)
A. 27
B. 3
9. If 20 people won prizes in a state lottery, how many ways were there
for these 20 to win 1st, 2nd , 3rd and 4th prizes. Assume there were no
ties.
A. 180200 B. 5120
10.
C. 1168
D. 116280
B. 225
C. 325
D. 23
11.
When people are seated at a circular table, we consider only their
positions relative to each other and are not concerned with the
particular seat that a person occupies. How many arrangements are
there for seven people to seat themselves around a circular table.
A. 620
B. 120
C. 720
D. 820
12.
A supermarket manager who wants to study traffic in her store
finds that 295, 1002, 941, 768 and1283 persons entered the store
during the past 5 days. Find the mean number of persons who entered
the supermarket during these 5 days.
A. 856
B. 858
C. 859
D. 855
13.
In a factory, the time during working hours in which a machine is
not operating as a result of breakage or failure is called a downtime.
The following distribution shows a sample of the length of the
downtime of a certain machine:
Downtime (minutes)
0-9
10-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
Find the standard deviation.
A. 9.90
B. 8.90
C. 7.90
Frequency
2
15
17
13
3
D. 9.80
14.
The following are the response time of a smoke alarm after the
release of smoke from a fixed source: 12, 9, 11, 7, 9, 14, 6 and 10
seconds. Find the range.
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 12
15.
In fifteen days, a restaurant served breakfast to 40, 52, 55, 38,
40, 48, 56. 56, 60, 37, 58, 63, 46, 50 and 61 customers. Find the
median.
A. 50
B. 51
C. 52
D. 56
16.
The following are the range of thirty persons empaneled for jury
duty
by
a
court,
42,45,51,39,32,61,27,62,53,51,48,40,34,37,28,58,55,43,29,39,40,22,5
8,28,31,31,52,44, 38 and 36. Find their mean age.
A. 31.8
B. 21.8
C. 41.8
D. 51.8
17.
In a biology class, there are 20 freshmen, 18 sophomore and 12
juniors. If the freshmen averaged 68 in an examination; the
B. 74.84
C. 84.84
D. 74.74
18.
From a bag containing 8 black ball, 6 white balls and 4 red balls,
one ball is drawn at random. What is the probability that the ball drawn
is not red?
A. 4/9
B. 8/18
C. 6/18
D. 7/9
19.
The 1960 graduating class of a cetain college composed of 200
aged 21 and 100 aged 22. According to the CSO table, approximately
how many should be alive at the 50th reunion?
A. 152
B. 142
C. 132
D. 122
20.
From an ordinary deck of cards, M has drawn a card, say, the jack
of diamonds. Without replacing this card, he draws another. What is
the probability that the second card will be a card of lower rank than
jack.
A. 12/17
B. 1/52
C. 4/52
D. 1/17
BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
1. Find the amount of discount for a dining set with a list price od P5,350
and a discount rate of 10%.
A. P53.50 B. P535
C. P635
D. P5350
C. P13570
D. P135.70
B. 5%
C. 4 %
D. 5 %
5. How long will it take any sum of money to double itself by 5% simple
interest.
A. 10 yearsB. 15 years
C. 20 years
D. 25 years
C. P77.50
D. P87.50
7. What is the value today of bond coupons totalling P1,200 which fall
due in one month money worth 6% simple interest?
A. P1,090 B. P1,194.03
C. P1,295.05
D. P1,145.05
C. P2,712
D. P27,155
C. P21,1730
D. P211.073
10.
In buying a house, Y pays P100,000 cash and agrees to pay
P75,000 two years later. At 6% compounded semi-annually, find the
cash value of the house.
A. P16,663.B. P156,636.5
65
C. P166,636.5
D. P166,500
11.
At what discount rate was a stereo sold if the marked price was
P7,250 and the selling price was P5,945.
A. 18%
B. 12%
C. 15%
D. 82%
12.
Mr. Cortez receives a commission of 15% on sales. He received a
commission of P891 on his sales in July. What are his sales?
A. P5,940 B. P1,336
C. P1,683
D. P594
CALCULUS
x4
1. Find the limit of the function: f(x)= 3 ( 32) , 4 as x tends 4
A.
B. 5/4
C. 4/3
D. 4/5
B. 2x
C. 4
D. 4x
x 21
3. Find the derivatives: f(x)= x2 +1
4x
A. ( x2 +1 )
x +1
2
x 1
B.
C.
2 x1
2 x +1
4x
D. x1
3 x+2
4. Evaluate: lim = 5 x +4
A.
B. 3/5
C.
D. 2/5
C. 0
D. 2
(3)
5. Evaluate: lim = n
A. 1
B. -1
B. 3x-4
C. 2x2+3x
D. 4x+3
7. Fid the value of f(x) for the given value x: f(x)=(x 2+2x+3)2/3, x=-1
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 0
8. The difference between two numbers is 20. Select the numbers so that
the product is as small as possible.
A. 5,4
B. 10,2
C. 10,-10
D. -5,-4
9. Find the coordinated of the point or points on the curve y= 2x2 which
are closest to the point (9,0)
A. (1,2)
B. (2,3)
C. (3,4)
D. (-1,0)
10.
Water is flowing into a vertical cylindrical tank of radius 2ft. at the
rate of 8ft3/min. how fast is the water level rising?
A. 4ft/min
B.
2
ft/min
C. ft/min
KEY CORRECTIONS
ARITHMETIC AND NUMBER
THEORY
D. ft/min
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
ANALYTIC
1
2
3
4
C
D
B
A
B
C
C
A
C
D
A
C
B
C
D
B
A
D
A
C
GEOMETRY
C
A
B
C
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
C
A
B
C
C
A
C
D
A
B
B
D
C
A
B
D
C
B
C
A
11
12
13
14
D
C
C
A
5 B
15 B
6 D
16 B
7 A
17 D
8 C
18 A
9 B
19 C
10 A
20 D
PROBABILITY AND STATISCTICS
1 A
11 C
2 D
12 B
3 D
13 A
4 A
14 A
5 B
15 B
6 B
16 C
7 C
17 B
8 C
18 D
9 D
19 C
10 A
20 A
BUSINESS
MATHEMATICS
1 B
7 B
1 D
26 B
2 A
27 A
3 C
28 C
4 B
29 B
5 A
30 D
6 B
31 C
7 C
32 C
8 A
33 A
9 C
34 D
10 D
35 A
11 B
36 B
12 A
37 C
13 B
38 C
14 C
39 A
15 D
40 B
16 A
41 D
17 A
42 A
18 B
43 B
19 B
44 A
20 D
45 B
21 C
46 C
22 C
47 D
23 A
48 A
24 D
49 D
25 A
50 B
CIRCULAR AND TRIGONOMETRIC
FUNCTIONS
1 A
13 D
2 C
14 C
3 B
15 C
4 A
16 B
5 B
17 D
6 C
18 A
7 A
19 D
8 C
20 A
9 A
21 A
10 C
22 A
11 A
23 A
12 A
24 C
25 A
2 C
3 A
4 D
5 C
6 A
CALCULUS
1 C
2 B
3 A
4 B
5 C
8
9
10
11
12
B
B
C
A
A
6
7
8
9
10
A
D
C
A
B