MATHEMATICS

1. Only 26% of 50 students passed the exam. How many students failed the test?
a. 37 b. 35 c. 33 d. 39

2. List the fractions 1/9, 2/15 and 3/15 from LEAST to GREATEST.
a. 3/21, 1/9, 2/15
b. 1/9, 3/21, 2/15
c. 1/9, 2/15, 3/21
d. 2/15, 3/21, 1/9

3. What is the square root of 400?

a. 40 b. 20 c. 8 d. 4

4. Of the 50 students enrolled in the subject – Trigonometry, 90% took the final
examination at the end of the term. Two-thirds of those who took the final exam
passed. How many students passed the exam?
a. 33 b. 45 c. 34 d. 30

5. Which has the most volume?

a. A box 10 meters high, 6 meters wide, and 14 meters long.
b. A box 1 meter high, 60 meters wide, and 14 meters long.
c. A box 9 meters high, 7 meters wide, and 14 meters long.
d. A box 11 meters high, 8 meters wide, and 7 meters long.

6. If p is a positive integer in the equation 12p=q, then q must be a:

a. negative even integer
b. positive odd integer
c. negative odd integer
d. positive even integer

7. Which of the following is NOT a prime number?

a. 43 b. 47 c. 53 d. 57

8. The value of the expression 3xy + 3y + 7 when x=2 and y=3 is:
a. 36 b. 42 c. 34 d. 40

9. 100 is to 121 as 10 is to?

a. 14 b. 12 c. 13 d. 11
10. If 40% of a number is 55, what is 44% of that number?
a. 64 b. 60.5 c. 52.5 d. 56

11. A box holds 222 apples. How many apples are there in 20 boxes?
a. 4400 b. 4440 c. 4420 d. 4460

12. I sold 2/3 of my pencils for 0.25 each. I sold the remaining 8 pencils at 0.25 per
pair. How much money did I collect for the pencils?
a. 7.5 b. 7 c. 6 d. 5

13. If a function is defined by the set of ordered pairs (1,2), (2,4), (3,8), (4,16), (5,Y),
then the value of Y is?
a. 10 b. 32 c. 20 d. 25

14. If n<m and a<b, then _________.

a. n+a > m+b b. m=b c. n=a d. n+a < m+b

15. Why is 1/5 called a unit fraction?

a. Then number 5 is the denominator.
b. The unit is less than one.
c. Unit fraction have 1 as the numerator.
d. It is between 0 and 1, the basic unit.

16. The amount of simple interest denoted by “I” paid by the bank on a savings
account, uses which of these formula?
a. I = principal invested X annual rate of interest X months
b. I = principal invested X annual rate of interest X years
c. I = principal invested X annual rate of interest X years and X months
d. I = principal invested X annual rate of the interest

17. The average of a set of 12 numbers is 12. If 1, 2 and 3 are added to the set,
what is the new average?
a. 8 b. 9 c. 10 d. 11

18. If the scores in Mathematics test of 45 students are arranged from the highest
to the lowest, the 23rd score is the:
a. mean b. variance c. median d. mode
19. To find the perimeter (P) of a rectangle that has length of 16 inches and a width
of 12 inches, which of the following equations can be used?
a. P = 2(16)(12) c. P = 2(16)+(12)
b. P = (16)+(12) d. P = 2(16+12)

20. Which of the following illustrates the procedure and correct answer of
multiplying 2 1/2 X 3 2/3?
a. 3/5 X 6/3 = 9/5 X 30/5 = 270/5 = 54
b. 2/5 X 3/11 = 5/50 X 30/50 = 150/5 = 30
c. 5/2 X 11/3 = 55/6 = 9 1/6
d. 2/3 X 5/2 = 4/6 X 15/6 = 60/6 = 10

21. Six post office employees are working today. It takes one employee one minute
to serve one person. How long would you have to wait in the line if you hold
number 321?
a. 33 minutes c. 20 minutes
b. a half an hour d. 45 minutes

22. If you write all the whole numbers from 1 through 1,000, how many numbers
have the digit 4?
a. 400 b. 271 c. 264 d. 235

23. A vehicle consumes one liter of gasoline to travel 10 kilometers. After a tune-up,
it travels 15% farther on one liter. To the nearest tenth, how many liters of
gasoline will it take for the vehicle to travel 230 kilometers?
a. 20.15 liters c. 23.15 liters
b. 23 liters d. 20 liters

24. A 2-hours television program included 12 minutes of commercials. What

percentage of the program was not commercials?
a. 94% b. 90% c. 88% d. 86%

25. If the score of 10 students are: 76, 80, 75, 83, 80, 79, 85, 80, 88, 90, the mode
is:
a. 85 b. 79 c. 88 d. 80

26. What is 111% of a number, if 132 is 11% of that number?

a. 1,332 c. 1,234
b. 1,432 d. 1,412
27. A rectangle has sides of 10 and 12 units. How can the area of a square be
computed if it has the same perimeter of the rectangle?
a. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then multiply by 4.
b. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, then multiply by 4.
c. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then square the quotient.
d. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then multiply by 2.

28. The ratio of men to women at Mabuhay High School is 3:7. If there are 6,153
women in the said school, how many men are at Mabuhay High School?
a. 2,051 b. 2,637 c. 879 d. 1,895

29. If each of the five members in a basketball team shakes hands with every other
member of the team before the game starts, how many handshakes will there
be in all?
a. 6 b. 8 c. 10 d. 9

30. How many twenty thousand are there in one million?

a. 100 b. 500 c. 50 d. 1000

31. One scoop of fish food can feed 7 fish for two days. How many fish can 6
scoops of fish food feed for a week?
a. 12 fishes b. 14 fishes c. 16 fishes d. 18 fishes

32. Change the following percent to decimals: 23%, 5%, 3%, 3.5%.
a. 2.3, .500, .30, 30.5
b. .23, 50, 03, 3.05
c. .23, .05, .03, .035
d. .023, 5.00, 3.0, 03.5

33. What is the range of the following: 86, 70, 83, 90, 85, 78, 79, 81, 87?
a. 12 b. 15 c. 16 d. 20

34. If Bob is exactly 33 years old on the 333rd day of this year, in what month was
he born?
a. October b. December c. November d. September

35. What value of x will satisfy the equation 5x + 7 = 3x – 9?

a. x = -6 c. x = 10
b. x = +8 d. x = -8
36. Which statement is true? 
a. √5 is a rational number 
b. 0 is a positive number 
c. √3 is a real number 
d. √4 is an irrational number

37. The thousandths digit of the number 1,234.5678 is ________.

a. 1 b. 7 c. 8 d. 5

38. (4)(-6) + (12x3) = ________

a. 10 b. 12 c. 14 d. 15

39. The difference between gross profit and cost of goods sold is known as
________.
a. markdown c. net profit
b. discount d. invoice price

40. Julius has ₱15,000 in the bank. After a year, he expects it to earn ₱750. What is
the rate of interest?
a. 2% b. 4% c. 5% d. 6%

41. The greatest common divisor of 91, 39 and 78 is ________.

a. 24 b. 13 c. 39 d. 91

42. The property of real numbers which describes (5+6)-3 = 3+(5+6) is ________.
a. Commutative c. Distributive
b. Associative d. Reflexive

43. Which is proportion?

a. 5:4 = 15:12
b. 8:3 = 16:9
c. 4:5 = 12:10
d. ½:7 = 5:2

44. After receiving a 30% discount, Jay paid ₱210.00 for an item. What is the
regular price of the item?
a. ₱300 b. ₱350 c. ₱380 d. ₱400

45. Peter borrowed 15,000 from the bank at the rate of 12% per year. How much
will he owe the bank after 1.5 years?
a. ₱16,000 c. ₱17,000
b. ₱16,700 d. ₱17,700
46. John invested ₱5,000 in a certain business. How much will his money be in 2
years if it earns 12% interest in a year?
a. ₱6,000 c. ₱6,200
b. ₱6,100 d. ₱6,300

47. What do you call an equality of 2 ratios?

a. quotient c. percentage
b. fraction d. proportion

48. The number of hours spent for review in Algebra, Chemistry and English is in
the ratio of 4:3:1. How many hours does each student spend for Chemistry in a
24-hour review package?
a. 3 b. 6 c. 9 d. 12

49. What is the value of 3.5 kilograms in grams?

a. 35 b. 350 c. 3,500 d. 35,000

50. The least common multiple of 18 and 24 is ________.

a. 6 b. 24 c. 36 d. 72

51. How many pieces of 7 ½ inches wire can be cut from a 31 ¼ ft roll of wire?
a. 5 b. 10 c. 25 d. 50

52. What do you call a triangle with equal sides?

a. scalene b. equilateral c. isosceles d. right

53. A ball is drawn at random from a box containing 3 red balls, 4 white balls and 5
blue balls. What is the probability that it is not blue?
a. ¼ b. ½ c. 7/12 d. 1

54. A salesman gets a 15% commission for the first ₱20,000, and 10% for the
amount over ₱20,000 of his total sales. How much does he get for a total sale
of ₱50,600?
a. 5,060 b. 6,060 c. 7,060 d. 8,060

55. A TV set that originally cost ₱20,000 is now sold at ₱18,000. What is the
percentage decrease in the price of the TV set?
a. 10% b. 20% c. 30% d. 40%
56. At 70 kph, Robin can reach his home within 50 minutes. At what rate should he
drive his car so that he can reach home 15 minutes earlier?
a. 60 kph b. 80 kph c. 90 kph d. 100 kph

57. A typist can finish 4 pages in 6 minutes. How long will it take for him to finish 10
pages?
a. 20 minutes c. 10 minutes
b. 15 minutes d. 8 minutes

58. Four people can finish painting a room within 4 hours. If only 2 people are
available, how many hours do they have to work to finish the same job?
a. 4 b. 6 c. 8 d. 10

59. Jean bought 5 kilos of rice worth ₱200 and another 4 kilos of rice worth ₱144.
What is the average price of rice per kilo?
a. ₱172.00 b. ₱172.11 c. ₱175.00 d. ₱175.11

60. 72 is ¾ of what number?

a. 76 b. 84 c. 86 d. 96

61. 0.0125 expressed in fraction in lowest term is ________.

a. 1/8 b. ¼ c. 1/800 d. 1/80

62. Jack and Jill work as part of the service crew in one of the fastfood chains. If
their earnings were in the ration of 7:8 respectively, how much did Jack earned
when Jill had earned ₱6,400?
a. ₱6,200 b. ₱5,600 c. ₱5,800 d. ₱6,080

63. Which of the following is a multiple of 8?

a. 5,148 b. 53,250 c. 1,460 d. 32,400

64. The value of the car has depreciated by ₱20,000. It is now worth ₱380,000. By
how many percent did the value of the car decrease?
a. 5% b. 10% c. 20% d. 25%

65. If x is an integer and 90>3x, then x cannot be ________.

a. 29 b. 26 c. 27 d. 30

66. Of the following, which is the greatest?

a. ¾ b. 5/7 c. 6/9 d. 7/10
67. How many times will the digit 7 appear between 1 to 100.
a. 9  b. 20 c. 19 d. 11

68. What is the value of a in the statement: 3ab =15, if b = 5?

a. 3 b. 1 c. 2 d. 5

69. Find the final amount due in investing ₱50,000 at a simple interest rate of
14.5% for 18 months.
a. ₱60,875 b. ₱50,875 c. ₱60,900 d. ₱50,900

70. What is the exact interest of ₱15,000, invested at 5.5% simple interest rate for
108 days?
a. ₱255.62 b. ₱265.62 c. ₱260.62 d. ₱244.11

71. At what rate of interest should ₱2,400 be invested so that it will earn ₱80 in 8
months?
a. 6.5% b. 5.5% c. 5% d. 6%

72. What is the single equivalent discount rate of the discount series 5%, 10% and
25%?
a. 40% b. 35.9% c. 64.1% d. 60%

73. The product of 2 whole numbers is 36, and their ratio is 1:4. Which of these is
the smaller number?
a. 3 b. 4 c. 8 d. 9

74. How much commission does a salesman get if he was able to sell ₱35,000
worth of jewelry and he is given a 15% of it?
a. ₱5,300 b. ₱5,325 c. ₱5,250 d. ₱5,425

75. How much should a man deposit in a bank at 6% simple interest rate if he
wants to earn ₱1,200 a year?
a. ₱10,000 b. ₱30,000 c. ₱15,000 d. ₱20,000

[2 x 9 – 8 x (−3)]
76. Simplify this = _________.
6+15
a. 4 b. 3 c. 2 d. 1

77. A movie ticket cost ₱500 during a premiere night, and ₱320 during the regular
show. What is the percentage decrease in the price of the ticket?
a. 30% b. 36% c. 24% d. 28%
78. A politician wants to get his message to 2/3 of the population of 48,000 in
Bulacan. However, his advertising campaign reaches only ¾ of the number he
intended. How many people does he actually reach? 
a. 16,000  b. 10,000  c. 24,000  d. 36,000

79. The carat is a unit of measure used to weigh precious stones. It equals 3.086
grains. How many grains does a 2.8 carat diamond weigh? 
a. 864.08  b. 86.408  c. 8.6408  d. 8640.8

80. A carpenter wanted three pieces of wood each 1⅝ feet long. If he planned to
cut them from a 6-foot piece of wood, how much of the piece would be left? 
a. 4 ⅜ ft  b. 1 ⅛ ft  c. 4 ⅞ ft  d. 3 ft

81. Four mangoes cost P29.00. At that price, what will 2½ dozen mangoes cost? 
a. ₱217.50  b. ₱188.50  c. ₱348.50  d. ₱870.00

82. If ₱75.00 is shared among three children in the ratio of 3:7:15. The size of the
smaller share is 
a. ₱9.00  b. ₱15.00  c. ₱25.00  d. ₱35.00

83. 4 1/5 + 3 2/7 = __________ 

a. 7 17/35 b. 7 3/35 c. 7 1/35 d. 7 3/12

84. How many whole numbers can divide 30 exactly? 

a. Eight  b. Six  c. Five  d. Four

85. Which is the sum of the infinite progression 3/2, 1, 2/3, 4/9 . . . ? 
a. 6½  b. 5½  c. 4½  d. 7½

86. In the progression 18, -12, 8 . . . which term is 512/729? 

a. the 8th  b. the 6th  c. the 9th  d. the 7th

87. Which are the next three terms in the progression 1, 4, 16 . . . 8 terms?
a. 64, 256, 1024  c. 66, 258, 1026 
b. 67, 259, 1027  d. 65, 257, 1025

88. Which are the next three terms in the progression 1/125, -1/25, 1/5 . . . 7
terms? 
a. -2, 6, -26  c. -4, 8, -28 
b. -3, 7, -27  d. -1, 5, -25
89. Which is the equivalent common fraction of the repeating decimal 3.242424…? 
a. 107/33  b. 110/33  c. 109/33  d. 108/33

90. Benjamin received his report card with the following grades: 93, 88, 80, 86 and
89? What is the average grade?
a. 86  b. 87  c. 86 1/5  d. 88

91. The Miranda Family purchased a 250-pound side of beef and had it packaged.
They paid ₱365.00 for the side of beef. During the packaging, 75 pounds of
beef were discarded as waste. What was the cost per pound for the packaged
beef? 
a. ₱2.08 per pound 
b. ₱2.50 per pound 
c. ₱2.06 per pound 
d. ₱2.30 per pound

92. If a baseball player hits 10 home runs in the first 45 games, at the same rate
how many home runs can he expect to hit during the 162-game season? 
a. 38  b. 42  c. 36  d. 40

93. During a recent shopping spree, Tomas and Nena bought some new
accessories for their apartment. Nena chose a crocheted throw pillow at
₱24.95, and Tomas purchased a rural landscape painting for ₱135.00. How
much did they actually spend if they paid 7% sales tax on their purchases? 
a. ₱171.15  b. ₱139.25 c. ₱159.95  d. ₱148.75

94. You buy a new refrigerator for ₱12,800.00 and make a down payment of
₱2,500.00. If you finance the remainder at 8% annually for three years, how
much will you actually pay for the refrigerator? 
a. ₱12,190.00  b. ₱10,300.00  c. ₱12,772.00  d. ₱15,272.00

95. To pass her English Test, Lucille must get 75% of the items correct. Out of 80
questions, how many must she correctly answer? 
a. 55  b. 60  c. 65  d. 70

96. Employees at Shaira's Musicmart get a 20% discount on all purchases. If

Theresa buys three tapes at ₱7.49 each, how much will she have to pay after
her employee discount? 
a. ₱16.98  b. ₱19.98  c. ₱18.98  d. ₱17.98
97. How many ways can a committee of 4 people be selected from a group of 7
people? 
a. 35  b. 70  c. 140  d. 210

98. In how many ways can you arrange three mathematics books (Algebra,
Geometry, Trigonometry) in order on a shelf? 
a. 6  b. 8  c. 12  d. 24

99. One package is 100 pounds, and the other is 150 pounds. The weight of the
second package is how many times that of the first? 
a. 1½ times heavier 
b. ½ as heavy 
c. 10 pounds heavier 
d. 20 pounds heavier

100. How many gallons of water will fill a fish tank that is 18 inches by 12 inches by
48 inches? (There are 231 cubic inches per gallon). Round your answer to the
nearest gallon. 
a. 45 gallons  b. 40 gallons  c. 47 gallons  d. 38 gallons

101. What are the next four numbers in this sequence 8, 5, 4, 9,17, ___, ___, ___,
___? 
a. 4, 3, 2, 1  c. 6, 3, 2, 0 
b. 5, 4, 3, 2  d. 3, 2, 1, 0

102. How much larger is the supplement of a 57 degree angle than the complement
of a 75 degree angle? 
a. 108 degrees  c. 105 degrees 
b. 18 degrees  d. 123 degrees

103. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 25 feet. If one leg is 24 feet, what is the
length of the other leg? 
a. 5 ft  b. 5 ft  c. 20 ft  d. 7 ft

104. Which is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 5 inches and
12 inches? 
a. 17in.  b. 13 in.  c. 11in.  d. 20 in.

105. A tenant as awarded a house and lot package worth ₱180, 000.00. She has to
pay package for 20 years at 9% per annum. How much will the house and lot
 cost after 20 years? 
a. ₱604, 000  c. ₱704, 000 
b. ₱504, 000 d. ₱500, 000

106. What is the exponential function of Y = f (x)? 

a. y = 2x – 1  c. y = x-1 
b. y = 5x2  d. y = x-5

107. The weather report recorded a temperature of 29°C in the morning and 33.5°C
at two o’clock in the afternoon. How many degrees higher was the afternoon
temperature?
a. 4.5°C  b. 5.8°C  c. 6.3°C  d. 5.5°C

108. Write the ratio in the lowest term two hours to 30 minutes 
a. 2:15  b. 2:4  c. 2:30  d. 4:1

109. Give the value of a if the statement is 4ab = 20 and b = 5: 

a. 3  b. 1  c. 2  d. 4

110. What is the value on N in: 18 2/16 + 26 ¼ = N 

a. 44 3/8  b. 44 ½  c. 44 ¼  d. 43 4/16

111. Which expresses the polynomial in the following? 

a. x – x + 9 – 3x + 10x 
b. 2x + 4x – 3
c. xy – x – 6 
d. x – 4x + 2x – x + 2

112. The meat sent by air cargo is 1,340 pounds. The weight was computed into
kilogram determine the kilogram of the cargo. 
a. 0090 kg  c. 61 kg 
b. 609.09 kg d. 00.908 kg

113. How do you determine the total length of the clothing materials if there are 7
2/10 meter and 15 4/5 meter available? 
a. 18 ½ m  b. 23 m  c. 18 m  d. 18 ¼ m

114. Eight men can paint a 3 unit army school building in 3 days. How many more
units will 12 men pain of this building? 
 a. ½  b. 1 ½  c. 2  d. 1

115. Only 682 examinees passed in a Pharmacists Licensure Examination out of

2550 examinees. What is the passing percentage? 
a. 26.5%  b. 26%  c. 26.7%  d. 26.8%

116. A rice field is divided into four sections. Each section is 25 meters by 38 meters.
Get the perimeter of each section. 
a. 152 m  b. 126 m  c. 156 m  d. 146 m

117. The host had only 8 ¼ gallons of ice cream to serve. Upon arrival of the guest
she served 3 ½ gallons. How many gallons are left for the late corners? 
a. 5 ¼ gallons c. 4 ¾ gallons 
b. 4 ½ gallons  d. 4 1/8 gallons

118. What is the product of (3+20) (4- 30)? 

a. -598  b. 598  c. 59.8  d. 5.98

119. The first prize of ₱40,000,000 was shared by 16 winners. How much will each
claim? 
a. ₱2,500,000.00  c. ₱3,000,000.00 
b. ₱2,800,000.00  d. ₱2,700,000.00

120. The harvest of corn is ₱8.00 per kilograms. The whole harvest total worth is
₱10,000.00. How many kilograms was the corn harvest? 
a. 1,050 kg  c. 2,000 kg 
b. 1,250 kg  d. 2,250 kg