1. A woman went shopping for some canned goods on sale.

le. She bought three times as many cans of peaches and two times as
many cans of tuna as cans of peaches. If she purchased 24 cans, how many cans did he buy?
a. 4
b. 8
c. 5
d. 6
2. A man makes a business trip to Cebu two hours from his house. He returns home in traffic at 20 kilometers per hour, less than
his going rate. Suppose he is gone for a total of 6 hours. How fast did he travel going back home?
a. 40
b. 60
c. 50
d. 30
3. A trapezoid has its two bases in meters in the ratio of 4: 5 with a latitude of 20 meters. If the trapezoid has an area of 360 m2
find the two bases.
a. 20 and 16
b. 18 and 10
c. 16 and 32
d. 22 and 50
4. Which of the following is the nth term of numbers 8, 4, 0, and –4?
a. 12 – 4n
b. 10 – 5n
c. 11 – 3n
d. 13 – 5n
5. A spring whose average length is 10 inches has a modulus of 12 pounds per inch. How much work is done in stretching this
spring from 12 inches to a total length of 15 inches?
a. 126 inches pounds
b. 109 inches pounds
c. 141 inches pounds
d. 134 inches pounds
6. A right circular tank of depth 12 feet and a radius of 4 feet is half full of oil, weighing 60 pounds per cubic foot. Find the work
done in pumping the oil to a height 6 feet above the tank.
a. 136 feet–tons
b. 159 feet–tons
c. 180 feet–tons
d. 250 feet–tons
7. Hooke’s law states that the displacement produced in a body is proportional to the force applied within the limits of elasticity.
That is f= kx, where k is called modulus. Thus., if the modulus of the spring is 20 pounds per inch, the work required to stretch
or compress the spring by six inches is __________.
a. 30 inches pounds
b. 32 inches pounds
c. 40 inches pounds
d. 44 inches pounds
8. What is the value of square root –7x square root of –10?
a. Negative square root of 70
b. Square root of 70
c. Imaginary
d. Square root of 70 times i
9. The points A (1, 0), B (9, 2), and C (3, 6) are vertices of the triangle. Which of the following is an equation of one of the
medians?
a. x + 7y = 23
b. 2x – 3y = 12
c. 4x + 4y = 15
d. 2x – y = 13
10. Find the area of the triangle in which the line 4x – 6y + 12 = 0 from the coordinate axes.
a. 3
b. 5
c. 4
d. 6
11. A particle’s position in inches along the axis after one second of travel is given by the equation x = 24t ^ 2 – 3t ^ 3 + 10. What
is the particle’s average velocity, in inches per second during the first three seconds?
a. 45
b. 63
c. 71
d. 57
12. Find the area of the region bounded by y = x ^ 3 – 3x ^ 2 + 2x + 1 the axis, and vertical lines x = 0 and x = 2.
a. 2
b. 4
c. 5
 d. 3
13. Find the rate of change of the area of a square concerning its side when x = 5
a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. 13
14. A spherical snowball melting, so its surface area decreases at one cm^3 per minute. How fast is its radius shrinking when it is
three com?
a. –1/2 Pie
b. –1/4 pie
c. –1/3 pie
d. –1/5 pie
15. Two cities 270 kilometers apart lie on the same meridian. Find their difference in latitude if the earth’s radius is 3, 960
kilometers.
a. 3/55 rad
b. 2/44 rad
c. 1/12 rad
d. 5/27 rad
16. Find the maximum area of a rectangle circumscribed about a fixed rectangle of the length of six centimeters and width of four
centimeters.
a. 60
b. 24
c. 48
d. 58
17. The perimeter of an isosceles right triangle is 10.2426. Compute the area of the triangle in square units.
a. 4.5
b. 2.5
c. 3.5
d. 5.5
18. A piece of wire is shaped in enclose a rectangle with a length of 15 centimeters and whose area is 150 square centimeters. It
is then reshaped to have a square. Find the area of the square in cm^2.
a. 156.25
b. 125.72
c. 453.72
d. 187.45
19. Find the area of the region bounded by the parabola x = y ^ 2 and the line y = x – 2.
a. 8/2
b. 5/2
c. 7/2
d. 6/2
20. Five horses are in a race. A woman picks two horses at random and bets one of them. Find the probability “p” that a person
chose the winner
a. 1/10
b. 2/10
c. 3/10
d. 4/10
21. The probability that it hits the target is 1/3, and the probability that B hits the mark is 1/5. They both fire at the target. Find the
possibility that one of them hits the mark.
a. 2/5
b. 3/5
c. 3/7
d. 2/7
22. What is (1 + i) raised to the power 10?
a. 32i
b. 52i
c. 42i
d. 22i
23. What is the maximum area of the rectangle whose base is on the x-axis and whose upper two vertices line on the parabola y =
12 – x ^ 2
a. 32
b. 44
c. 54
d. 66
24. Find the equation of a line through point A (4, 1) perpendicular to the line 2x – 3y + 4 = 0.
a. 3x + 2y = 14
b. 2x + 5y = 10
c. 5x – 3y =10
d. 2x –10y =15
25. Find the solution of the differential dx/dt = x –1; x (0) =1
a. X(t) = 1
b. X(t) = 2
c. X(t) = 3
d. X(t) = 0
26. Fin the volume of the solid of revolution formed by rotating the region bounded by the parabola y = x ^ 2 and the line y = 0 and
x = 2 about the x-axis.
a. 2 pie/5
b. 3 pie/5
c. 4 pie/5
d. 5 pie/5
27. Find the slope of the curve defined by the equation y: x ^ 2 – 4 = 0 at point (4.4).
a. –2
b. 5
c. –5
d. 2
28. A function y has the set of positive integers N as domain and for each n contained in N, y(n) =12 + cos (n * pi) + sin [(2n – 1)
pi / 2]. What are the values of y corresponding to any odd positive integer?
a. 12
b. 13
c. 14
d. 15
29. Find the volume obtained if the region bounded by y = x ^ 2 and y – 2x = 0 is rotated about the x-axis.
a. 64 pie/15
b. 54 pie/15
c. 34 pie/15
d. 44 Pie/15
30. Which of the following are the solutions to the following: y – 3y + 3y – y = 0?
I. e^x
II. x (e ^ x)
III. e ^ –x
a. I and II
b. II only
c. I only
d. III only
31. Find all integers n such that (2n – 6) is more significant than one but less than 14.
a. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
b. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
c. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
d. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
32. Write the equation of the line with the x-intercept a = 4/5 and the y-intercept b = 1/2.
a. 5x + 8y = 4
b. 5x – 8y = 4
c. 3x + 8y = 4
d. X + 2y =7
33. Find all the values of m for which; y = emx is a solution of 6y – y – y = 0 on (–infinity, + infinity).
a. m = –1/3, 1/2
b. m = –1/2, 2/3
c. m = –1, 2, 3
d. m= –3, –1/3
34. If the columns of a determinant are identical, the value of the determinant is __________.
a. zero
b. negative
c. positive
d. undefined
35. What is I96?
a. m = –1/3, 1/2
b. m = –1/2, 2/3
c. m= –1, 2, 3
d. m = –3, 1/3
36. The probability that a married man watches a particular television show is 0.4, and the probability that a married woman
watches the shoe is 0.5. The probability that a man watches the show given that his wife does is 0.70. Find the possibility that
at least one person of a married couple will watch the shoe.
a. 0.55
b. 0.65
c. 0.45
d. 0.75
37. A coin is biased, so ahead is twice as likely to occur as a tail. If the coin is tossed three times, what is the probability of getting
two tails and one head?
a. 2/9
b. 3/7
c. 2/5
d. 1/5
38. The probability that a doctor correctly diagnoses a particular illness is 0.70. Given that the doctor makes an incorrect and
incorrect diagnosis, is the probability that the doctor makes a wrong diagnosis and the patient sue?
a. 0.27
b. 0.17
c. 0.32
d. 0.70
39. In the curve y = three cos (1/2) x, what is the amplitude and period?
a. 3, 4 pie
b. 3, 3 pie/2
c. 3, 2 pie
d. 3, 5 pie/2
40. A Man invested ₱ 50,00. Part of it he put in an oil stock from which he hoped to receive a 20% return per year. The rest he
invested in a bank stock paying 6% per year. How much did he invest in the oil stock if he received ₱ 400 more in the first
year from the bank stock than from the oil stock?
a. ₱ 10, 000
b. ₱ 15, 000
c. ₱ 14, 000
d. ₱ 12, 000
41. In the non–generate conic 3x ^ 2 + 6xy + 5y ^ 2 – x + y = 0
a. Ellipse
b. Parabola
c. Hyperbola
d. Circle
42. A baseball diamond is a square ………………batter hits the ball and runs to first base at the rate ………………how fast is his
distance from the second base changing when he runs 50?
a. 80 / sqrt / (97)
b. 40 / sqrt / (97)
c. 60 / sqrt / (97)
d. 50 / sqrt / (97)
43. The dimensions of a rectangle are continuously changing. The width increases at three inches per second, while the length
decreases at two inches per second. At one instant, the rectangle is 20 inches square. How fast is the area changing three
seconds later?
a. –16
b. –32
c. –18
d. –24
44. A through filled with water is two m long and has a cross-section in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid 30 centimeters wide at
the bottom, 60 centimeters wide at the top, and 50 centimeters. If the through leaks water at the rate of 2000 cm^3 per minute,
how fast is the water level falling when the water is 20 centimeters deep?
a. –5/21
b. –3/23
c. –1/32
d. –2/23
45. The height at any time of a projectile thrown vertically is: h(t) = –16t ^ 2 + 256t. What was the velocity when it reached the
ground?
a. 16 seconds
b. 18 seconds
c. 17 seconds
d. 19 seconds
46. The height at any time of the projectile thrown vertically is: h(t) = –16t ^ 2 + 256t. What was the velocity when it reached the
ground?
a. –256
b. 312
c. 352
d. –265
47. The charge in coulombs that passes through a wire after 1 second is given by the function Q9t = t ^ 3 –2t ^ 2 + 5t + 2 to
determine the average current during the first two seconds
a. 5A
b. 3A
c. 2A
d. 4A
48. Water is pumped into the conical tank at 100 feet per minute. The height of the tank is 20 feet, and its radius is 5 feet. How
fast does the water level rise when the water height is 10 ft?
a. 16/π
b. 12/π
c. 14/π
d. 15/π
49. Change the equation y = x from rectangular to polar coordinates
a. π/4
b. π/3
c. π/5
d. π/2
50. A runner and his trainer are standing together on a circular track with a radius of 100 meters. When the trainer gives a signal,
the runner starts to run around the track at a speed of 10 meters per second. How fast is the distance between the runner and
the trainer increasing when the runner has run ¼ of the way around the track?
a. 5√ 2
b. 3√ 2
c. 2√ 2
d. 7√ 2
51. Find the point on the graph y = x2 + 1 closest to three and one point.
a. (1, 3)
b. (2, 1)
c. (1, 2)
d. (1, 4)
52. What is the polar equation of the circle with the center at the pole containing the given point (1, 1), rectangular coordinates?
a. r = sq rt of 4
b. r = sq rt of ½
c. r = sq rt of 2
d. r = sq rt of 6
53. An elevator carries two passengers from the first to the second floor, where an additional passenger enters. Two people get
out on the third floor, and the remaining person rides to the fourth floor. Find the work in feet per pound required for the
passengers if each passenger weighs 150 feet per pound and the floors are 12 feet apart.
a. 12, 800
b. 11, 800
c. 10, 800
d. 13, 800
54. An agent has eight master keys to open several homes. Only one master key will open any house. If 40% of that, the agent
can get into a specific home if the agent selects three master keys at random before leaving the office?
a. 1/8
b. 1/4
c. 5/8
d. 1/4
55. Evaluate the following: [(cos 15 deg + I sin 15) to the 3rd power].
a. (1/3 + (sq. rt of 2) i)
b. (sq. of rt 2) /2 + (sq. of rt 2) / 2i
c. (sq. of rt 2) + (sq. of rt 2) + (sq. of rt 2) i
d. (sq. of rt 2) + i
56. A box contains two white socks and two blue socks. Two socks are drawn at random. Find the probability “p” they are a
match.
a. 1/3
b. 1/8
c. 1/4
d. 1/2
57. A long rectangular sheet of metal, 12 inches wide, is to be made into a gutter by turning up two sides so that they are
perpendicular to the sheet. How many inches should be turned up to give the gutter its most extraordinary capacity?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
58. Revolve the area bounded by a pentagon with vertices (1, 0), (2, 2), (0, 4), (–2, 2), (–1, 0) about the axis and find the volume
generated.
a. 104 π / 3
b. 124 π / 3
c. 114 π / 3
d. 134 π / 3
59. Two cars headed to a town. One is 50 kilometers ahead of the other on the same road. The one in front travels 60 kilometers
per hour while the second car travels 70 kilometers per hour. How many kilometers did the second car travels before
overtaking the first car?
a. 350 kilometers
 b. 254 kilometers
c. 312 kilometers
d. 300 kilometers
60. The proportions of blood phenotypes A, B, AB, and O in the population of all Caucasians in the US are reported as 0.41, 0.10,
0.04, and 0.45, respectively. If the Caucasian is chosen randomly from the population, what is the probability of having either
type A or AB blood?
a. 0.45
b. 0.35
c. 0.65
d. 0.55
61. Find the limit of [(–1 to the nth power) (2 to the –nth power)] as n approaches infinity.
a. 0
b. 1
c. ∞
d. |x-y|
62. In the curve y = tan 3x, what is its period?
a. π/3
b. 1
c. ∞
d. |x-y|
63. What number will be more significant in its square by the minimum amount?
a. π/3
b. 1/3
c. ∞
d. |x-y|
64. Find the centroid along the y–axis of the solid formed by revolving about the y-axis, the first quadrant area bounded by the
parabola (y squared) = 4ax and the lines y = 0 and x = a.
a. 5a/6
b. 3a/5
c. 2a/7
d. 3a/5
65. Find the equation of the bisector of the pair of acute angles formed by the lines 4x + 2y = 9 and 2x – y = 8
a. 8x – 25 = 0
b. 4x – 13 = 0
c. 7x – 17 = 0
d. 4x – 15 = 0
66. A kite is flying 100 feet above the ground, moving in a strictly horizontal direction at a rate of 10 feet per second. How fast is
the angle between the string and the horizontal changing when 300 feet of string are out?
a. –1/90
b. –1/70
c. –3/20
d. –5/70
67. Find the rectangular coordinates [ 3 (square root of 2), 45 degrees].
a. (3, 3)
b. (2, 2)
c. (1, 1)
d. (4, 4)
68. Find the area bounded by the parabola y = 5 + 2x – x2 and the chord joining (–2, –3) and (3, 2)
a. 20.833
b. 30.345
c. 17.432
d. 12.475
69. What is the polar equation of the circle with the given radius a = 3/2 and with the center in polar coordinates (3/2, π)?
a. (0,3)
b. (1,5)
c. (2,5)
d. (0,1)
70. Find the pole of the polar line 2x – y = 0 with respect to the conic whose equation is x3 + 8xy – 2y2 – 12x + 6y – 9 = 0
a. (0, 3)
b. (1, 5)
c. (2, 5)
d. (0, 1)
71. Find how far an airplane will move in landing; if in seconds after touching the ground, its speed in feet per second is given by
the equation V = 180 –18t.
a. 900 ft
b. 800 ft
c. 200 ft
d. 150 ft
72. The value of a machine after t years is V(t) = 100t2 – 3000t + 20,000 in pesos. At what rate does the machine depreciate after
five years?
a. –2000
b. –3000
c. –4000
d. –5000
73. The rate at which a tablet of Vitamin C begins to dissolve depends on the tablet’s surface area. One brand of the tablet is two
centimeters long and is in the shape of a cylinder with the hemispheres of a diameter of 0.5 centimeter attached to both ends.
The second brand of the tablet is to be manufactured in the shape of a right circular cylinder of altitude 0.5 centimeters. Find
the volume of the tablet in cubic centimeters.
a. π/8
b. π/2
c. π/3
d. π/6
74. Find the rate of change of the volume of the sphere concerning its radius is five.
a. 100 π
b. 200 π
c. 150 π
d. 250 π
75. The dimension of a rectangle is continuously changing. The width increases at three inches per second, while the length
decreases at 2 inches per second. At one instant, the rectangle is 20 squares. How fast is its area changing 3 seconds later?
a. –16
b. –24
c. –32
d. –45
76. A tank in the form of a frustum of a tight circular cone is filled with oil weighing 50 pounds per cubic foot. If the height of the
tank is 10 feet, the base radius is six feet, and the top radius is 4 feet, find the work required in feet tons to pump oil to a height
10 feet above the tank.
a. –312 feet–tons
b. –342 feet–tons
c. –325 feet–tons
d. –435 feet–tons
77. Find the limit of {[(x cubed) – 2x + 5] / [2(x cube) –7]} as approaches infinity.
a. 1/2
b. 1/3
c. 1/4
d. 1/7
78. In the ellipse (x squared) + 3 (y squared) + 2x – 6y = 0, find the diameter length which has a slope of one.
a. 2 sq. rt of 2
b. 3 sq. rt of 3
c. 3 sq. rt of 7
d. 5 sq. rt of 3
79. A stock certificate of a mining company guarantees a dividend of ₱ 120 at the end of each year for 12 years and a final
additional payment at the end of 10 years of ₱ 1, 200. What is the certificate worth now if the money is 12% effective?
a. ₱ 951.39
b. ₱ 857.54
c. ₱ 695.54
d. ₱ 789.45
80. Find the value of x for the given function CSC 2x is continuous.
a. 1/3 πx
b. 1/3 πx
c. 1/4 πx
d. 1/7 πx
81. Find the radius of curvature for the curve y = sin x at the point (π / 2, 1)
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
82. Find the equation of the set of all points equally distant from the y-axis and (4, 0)
a. y2 – 8x + 16 = 0
b. x2 – 8x + 16 = 0
c. y2 – 10x + 2 = 0
d. x2 – 5y – 10 = 0
83. Find the equation of all points equally, which are twice as far from (4, 4) and (1, 1).
a. x2 + y2 = 8
b. 2 x2 + 3 y2 = 10
c. x2 + y2 = 100
d. xy = 4
84. Find the maximum area of a rectangle inscribed in a semi-circle of the radius of five inches if its base lies along the diameter
of the semi-circle?
a. 25
b. 45
c. 55
d. 35
85. Find the dimensions of the right circular cylinder of maximum volume that can be inscribed in a right circular cone whose
radius is three inches and whose height is ten inches.
a. 40π / 3
b. 32π / 3
c. 15π / 3
d. 17π / 3
86. A television camera is located 5,000 feet from the base of a rocket launching pad. The camera is designed to follow the
vertical path of the rocket. If the rocket’s speed is 500 feet per second when it has risen 2, 000 feet, how fast is the camera’s
angle of elevation changing at this instant?
a. 4.94 degrees
b. 5.48 degrees
c. 6.23 degrees
d. 7.31 degrees
87. A painting of a height of three feet hangs on a wall with the bottom of the painting six feet above the floor. How far from the
wall should Lindsay, whose eyes are five feet from the floor, stand to get the best view of the painting. Does the best view
occur when the angle of vision from the bottom to the top of the painting is maximized?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 5
d. 4
88. A man on point A’s coast of a circular take of radius one mile wants to reach point B on the coast diametrically opposite A. If
he can row a boat three minutes per hour and jog six minutes per hour, at what angle Ѳ with the diameter should he row to
reach B in the shortest possible time?
a. 45.12
b. 35.12
c. 73.23
d. 23.45
89. How much money should a man invest in a bank account paying 8% annual interest compounded continuously if he wants to
use the money to buy 20, 000 equipment in four years?
a. 14, 552.98
b. 15, 346.76
c. 12, 457.51
d. 13, 237.88
90. According to Newton’s Law of cooling, the temperature of an object changes at a rate proportional to the difference in
temperature between the object and the outside medium. If an object whose temperature is 70F is placed in a medium whose
temperature is 20⁰ and 40⁰ after three minutes, what will its temperature be after six minutes?
a. 28 deg
b. 38 deg
c. 26 deg
d. 20 deg
91. A public health report states that in the weeks after the outbreak of a new strain of flu, the number of people in thousands who
will contract the disease is Q(t) = 10/1 + 100e ^ –1.5t. At what rate did people contract the disease after two weeks?
a. 2, 089
b. 3, 125
c. 4, 312
d. 5, 908
92. Find the volume obtained if the region bounded by y = x ^ 2 and y = 2x is rotated about the x-axis.
a. 64 rad/15
b. 58 rad/15
c. 54 rad/15
d. 68 rad/15
93. A police car is 20 feet away from a long straight wall. Its beacon, rotating one revolution per second, shines a light on the wall.
How fast is the beam moving when closest to the police car?
a. 40 rad feet per second
b. 30 rad feet per second
c. 35 rad feet per second
d. 45 rad feet per second
94. A rectangle is to be inscribed in the ellipse x ^ 2/200 + y ^ 2/50 = 1.
a. 200
b. 100
c. 300
d. 150
95. An open box is constructed from a 12 x 12 inches piece of cardboard by cutting away squares of equal size from the four
corners and folding up the sides. Determine the size of the cut-out that maximizes the volume of the box?
a. 128
b. 138
c. 148
d. 158
96. A factory operator bought a diesel generator set for ₱ 10, 000 and agreed to pay the dealer the uniforms sum at the end of
each year for five years at 8% compounded semi-annually, that the final payment will cancel the debt for principal and interest.
What is the annual fee?
a. ₱ 2, 504.50
b. ₱ 2, 505.50
c. ₱ 2, 506.50
d. ₱ 2, 507.50
97. An electric motor has a cash price of ₱ 8,000. It can also be bought on an installment basis with a down payment of ₱ 2, 000
and with periodic equal amounts at the end of every six months for five years. If interest is fixed at 8% compounded semi-
annually, how much is each regular payment?
a. 739.75
b. 439.56
c. 622.56
d. 874.32
98. A ski resort installs two new skis costing ₱ 1, 800, 000. The resort expects annual gross revenue to increase by ₱ 500, 000
while incurs a yearly expense of ₱ 50, 000 for operations and maintenance. What is the payback period?
a. 4 years
b. 3 years
c. 2 years
d. 7 years