1. Which of the following equations could be used to solve the problem?

Find the
number x that is seven less than the product of eight times the sum of six and
three.
A. x = 7 – 8(3 + 6) C. x = 8(3 + 6) – 7
B. x = 7 – 8(3) + 6 D. x + 8(3) + 6 – 7

2. The polynomial x2 + 2x – 24 is the area of rectangular floor. What is the length of

one of its sides?
A. x – 2 C. x + 6
B. x + 2 D. x + 4

3. A car racer covers 225 km in 2 ½ hours. How far can he go in 1 ¾ hours?

A. 157 ½ km C. 168 ¾ km
B. 267 ½ km D. 394 km

4. If there are three microscopes for every four medical students, how many
microscopes are needed for forty four students?
A. 42 C 45
B. 33 D. 44

5. If x and y are both odd number, which of the following numbers must be an even
number?
A. x + y C. 2x + y
B. xy D. xy + 2

6. If x is a positive integer greater than 1, and x(x + 2) is odd, then x must be called:
A. odd C. divisible by 8
B. prime D. even

7. If a, b, c, and d are all integers greater than 2, which of the following is

GREATEST?
A. (a + b)(c + d) C. (a + b)c + d
B. a + bc + d D. a + b(c + d)

8. In a group of students 40% are males. If there are 240 females, how many
students are there in all?
A. 600 students C. 141 students
B. 96 students D. 400 students

9. The arithmetic mean of six consecutive integers is 17 ½. What is the average of

the first five of these integers?
A. 17 ½ C. 17
B. 16 ½ D. 16

10. If the graphs of two linear equation are intersecting lines, then the system has:
A. one solution only C. infinitely many solutions
B. no solution D. at most one solution

11. If we draw a ball from a box containing six white balls and four black balls, what
is the chance of getting a white ball?
A. 1/2 C. 3/5
B. 2/5 D. 2/3

12. If the outcome of one event does not affect the probability of another event, the
two events are:
A. dependent C. mutually exclusive
B. complements D. independent
13. Find the least number divisible by each natural number less than or equal to 12.
A. 27 730 C. 27 703
B. 27 702 D. 27 720

14. If the sum of three different prime numbers is an even number, what is the
smallest of the three?
A. 2 C. 1
B. 5 D. 3

15. A car will go 300 miles on 15 gallons of gasoline. How far, in miles, will the car go
on 18 gallons of gasoline at the same rate?
A. 320 miles C. 360 miles
B. 420 miles D. 340 miles

16. Give the probability a boy is called to recite a poem in a class of fourteen girls
and thirty five boys.
A. 5/7 C. 1/14
B. 2/7 D. 1/4

17. The distance between (0, 1) and point P is 5. The coordinates of P could not be
A. (-4, 4) C. (0, 6)
B. (5, 2) D. (3, 5)

18. Polygons are closed geometric figures with many sides. A polygon with seven
sides is a
A. pentagon C. hexagon
B. heptagon D. nonagon

19. A dish company needs to ship an order of 117 glass bowls. The company will put
the bowls into several boxes. Each box must contain the same number of bowls.
How many boxes could the company use for the order?
A. 17 C. 13
B. 12 D. 11

20. A recipe calls for two eggs for every five cups of flour. A local chef will use 35
cups of flour, how many eggs must he have?
A. 16 C. 14
B. 12 D. 13

21. Five out of every seven households have cable television. If 42, 000 in a certain
city have a TV, how many do not have cable TV?
A. 21, 000 C. 32, 000
B. 12, 000 D. 23, 000

22. Twelve pesos more than twice Andy’s allowance is at most 600 pesos. What is
her maximum allowance?
A. 294 pesos C. 634 pesos
B. 588 pesos D. 300 pesos

23. Glenda has saved three hundred coins, consisting of 25 centavo and 10 centavo
coins. If the total value of her savings is 45 pesos, how many 10 centavo coins
did she save?
A. 400 coins C. 200 coins
B. 100 coins D. 300 coins

24. Using the integers 4, 7, 9, 8, and 5, how many two digit numbers can be formed if
repetition is not allowed?
 A. 28 C. 23
B. 20 D. 25

25. In a university, the ratio of female professors to the male professors is 8:5. If
there are 75 male professors, how many are female professor?
A. 180 C. 375
B. 120 D. 225

26. In a survey to determine the reaction of people about having a new GSIS card,
80% of the 2, 400 people voted in favor of the new card. How many of the voters
did not vote for the new card?
A. 480 C. 1920
B. 1600 D. 800

27. Which among the following has the largest perimeter?

A. Circular pizza with radius 8.5 cm
B. Circular pizza with radius 13 cm
C. Square pizza with perimeter of 80 cm
D. Rectangular pizza with dimension 10 cm x 14 cm

28. A room is 30 ft. long, 25 ft. wide and 14 ft. high. If 42 balloons are inside the
room, how many cubic feet of space does this allow for each balloon?
A. 69 C. 690
B. 25 D. 250

29. A photograph measuring 7 ½ cm by 5 cm is enlarged so that the longer side is 24

cm. What is the length (in cm) of the shorter side?
A. 16 C. 1.6
B. 36 D. 6

30. A new computer measures 462 lbs. in weight. How much does it weight in
grams?
A. 210, 000 g C. 2, 100 g
B. 210 g D. 21, 000 g

31. Sean and his son participated in a marathon. Sean traveled 3 km 50 m while his
son ran 502 m 36 cm. What is the total distance that the father and son tandem
covered?
A. 3, 550 m C. 5, 452 m
B. 3, 760 m D. 3, 552 m

32. The measure of an angle is 25 more than its supplement. What is the measure of
the larger angle?
A. 110 degrees C. 77.5 degrees
B. 90 degrees D. 102.5 degrees

33. What is the measure of an angle if the measure of its supplement is 39 degrees
more than twice the measure of its complement?
A. 59 degrees C. 39 degrees
B. 49 degrees D. 29 degrees

34. A triangle has a perimeter of 50. If 2 sides are equal and the third side is 5 more
than the equal sides, what is the length of the third side?
A. 10 C. 20
B. 15 D. 5
35. The smallest angle of a triangle is two-thirds the size of the middle angle, and the
middle angle is three-sevenths of the largest angle. Find all three angle
measures.
A. 30°, 45°, 105° C. 45°, 45°, 90°
B. 35°, 45°, 110° D. 30°, 60°, 90°

36. In a Filipino test, eight students obtained the following scores: 10, 15, 12, 18, 16,
24, 12, and 14. What is the median score?
A. 14.5 C. 15.5
B. 14 D. 15

37. In how many ways can five basketball players be chosen from a group of nine
players?
A. 15, 120 ways C. 126 ways
B. 362, 880 ways D. 212 ways

38. What measure of central tendency can best describe the size of t-shirts
commonly used by teen-agers?
A. Mode C. Mean
B. Median D. A and C

39. A company manufactured school supply sets for 2/3 of the university belt
population of 48, 000 as its target market. A survey revealed that only 3/4 of the
intended market purchased its product. What is the actual number of
consumers?
A. 36, 000 C. 24, 000
B. 16, 000 D. 10, 000

40. Celia purchased a whole pig weighing 18 kg for P2, 300.00. How much capital is
she paying per pound?
A. P127.70 C. P127.08
B. P58.08 D. P58.06

41. In a seminar, 50 kg of rice is allotted for 30 people for three days. If there are
only 27 attendees, how many kg of rice were left?
A. 3 kg C. 5 kg
B. 6 kg D. 4 kg

42. If the average of six numbers is 9.5, what is the sum of the numbers?
A. 15.5 C. 57
B. 1.58 D. 3.5

43. If a and b are both odd numbers, which of the following expressions must be an
even number?
A. ab + 2 C. 2a + b
B. a + b D. a + b + 1

44. The total number of sixths in three wholes and two-thirds is:
A. 20 C. 22
B. 18 D. 23

45. Andrea planned to buy some butterballs at P5.00 each, but she decided to buy
butterballs at P3.00 each. If she originally had enough money to buy 27 of the
P5.00 each, how many of the less expensive ones did she buy?
A. 70 C. 50
B. 30 D. 45
46. Jose is biking at an average rate of 1.5 km per 15 minutes. At the same rate how
far can he cover for 2 hours?
A. 10 km C. 12 km
B. 9 km D. 2 km

47. A machine puts out 100 watts for every 1 000 watts put into it. The efficient of the
machine is:
A. 100% C. 50%
B. 10% D. 90%

48. Mrs. Santiago weighed 60 kg. She lost 4 kg on her first week of exercise, gained
2 kg on her second week, lost 6 kg on the 3rd week and remained her weight
during the fourth week. What was her weight on the 4th week?
A. 72 kg C. 58 kg
B. 68 kg D. 52 kg

49. In how many ways can five boys be seated in a row of five seats?
A. 120 ways C. 72 ways
B. 102 ways D. 98 ways

50. What are the largest two consecutive odd integers whose sum is at most 60?
A. 27, 29 C. 31, 33
B. 25, 27 D. 29, 31

51. Lilia can finish a project in ten hours while Linda can do the same project in eight
hours. How long will it take them to finish the project together?
A. 18 hours C. 3.44 hours
B. 4.00 hours D. 4.44 hours

52. Dana spends 15% of her monthly income for house rental, 10% for electric bill
and 25% for food and other miscellaneous expenses. After paying all these
expenses, she still has P6, 000 left. How much does she earn every month?
A. P8, 000.00 C. P12, 000.00
B. P9, 000.00 D. P15, 000.00

53. For the fruit punch, 3050 ml of fruit juice is needed. How much fruit juice is
needed in dekaliters?
A. 0.053 daL C. 0.305 daL
B. 5.03 daL D. 3.05 daL

54. If a die is rolled, what is the probability of getting a number divisible by 2?

A. 1/3 C. 1/4
B. 1/6 D. 1/2

55. A defective ruler was found to be 11.5 in long. Using this ruler, Manuel was found
to be 4 ft tall. What is Manuel’s actual height?
A. 4 ft 2 in C. 3 ft 10 in
B. 3 ft 11.5 in D. 4 ft 4 in

56. A slow moving snail traveled 4, 800 mm. How far did it travel in kilometers?
A. 4.8 km C. 0.48 km
B. 0.0048 km D. 0.048 km

57. What is the perimeter of a rectangle whose length and width are 2x + 5 and 3x –
1, respectively?
A. 5x + 4 C. 6x2 + 13x + 5
B. 10x + 8 D. 6x2 + 13x – 5
58. The area of a rectangle whose width is x – 7 is x2 – 2x – 35. What is the length?
A. x – 5 C. x + 7
B. x + 5 D. x – 28

59. What is the number 2/3 of whose square root is 10?

A. 200 C. 225
B. 125 D. 67

60. There are 120 freshmen in the group of 300 students. What percentage of the
group are freshmen?
A. 45% C. 40%
B. 38% D. 42%

61. A road 12 km long, 5 meters wide and 0.2 meters thick is being constructed. How
many cubic meters of concrete will be required?
A. 10,000 C. 6,000
B. 12,000 D. 15,000

62. Twelve employees can work on a task in eight days. How many employees can
be assigned to work on the task if it must be completed in six days?
A. 32 C. 9
B. 16 D. 18

63. In the number 12345.6789, which digit is in the hundredths place?

A. 7 C. 4
B. 3 D. 8

64. What is the amount at the end of four years if Php90, 000 is invested at 12%
simple interest?
A. Php154, 400 C. Php152, 500
B. Php125, 300 D. Php133, 200

65. What is the capacity of a box with length 11 ½ inches, width 8 inches, and height
2 ½ inches?
A. 115 cu. in. C. 230 cu. in.
B. 288 cu. in. D. 96 cu. in.

66. How many square feet of paper would be needed to cover a box in all sides? The
box is 5 feet long, 3 feet wide and 1.5 feet high?
A. 27 C. 54
B. 96 D. 48

67. A community covers 300 hectares of land. 1/8 of the land was reserved for
common areas like parks and roads and the rest for residences. How many
hectares were used for residences?
A. 262.5 hectares C. 260 hectares
B. 240.5 hectares D. 250 hectares

68. How much would Php180, 000 amounts to in 20 years if it earns 9% per annum?
A. Php404, 000 C. Php704, 000
B. Php604, 000 D. Php504, 000

69. A box weighs 1.3 kilos when it is empty. A bottle of wine weighs 1.5 kilos. Which
expression gives the weight of the box when it’s filled with Y bottles?
A. 1.3y + 1.5 C. 1.3 + 1.5y
B. 1.5y – 1.3 D. 1.3y + 1.5
70. Danielle has five pairs of blue socks and seven pairs of orange socks. If she
picks one pair of socks, what is the probability that it will not be blue?
A. 5/12 C. ½
B. 7/12 D. 1/6

71. What is the prime factorization of 540?

A. 2 x 3 x 5 C. 22 x 33 x 5
B. 9 x 6 x 5 x 2 D. 54 x 10

72. What is the probability of getting a sum of five when a pair of dice is rolled?
A. 5/36 C. 5/6
B. 2/3 D. 1/9

73. A bookshop sells a certain book for P1350 and charges P150 for shipping the
book to an address within the city regardless of the number of copies of the book
ordered. Which equation gives the total cost (y) of an order as a function of the
number of books ordered (x)?
A. y = 1350x + 150 C. y = (1350 + 150)x
B. x = 1350y + 150 D. y = 150x + 1350

74. How many boys are there if 55.5% of 2,000 first year high school students are
girls?
A. 445 C. 920
B. 550 D. 890

75. A company issues a three letter security code to each its employees. How many
distinct codes can be generated if each letter can be used only for each code?
A. 15, 600 C. 78
B. 17, 576 D. 75

76. Thirty percent of 65 is what percent of 120?

A. 12.75% C. 18%
B. 16.25% D. 14.50%

77. How much cloth is required to cover a round table whose diameter is 1.5 meters?
A. 1.676 sq. m. C. 17.67 sq. m.
B. 1.767 sq. m. D. 16.76 sq. m.

78. A graduating class of 160 boys and 180 girls held a seniors’ ball. Approximately
what percent attended if 60% of the girls and 70% of the boys were there?
A. 68.97% C. 62.73%
B. 67.06% D. 64.71%

79. By how much is 35% of 220 greater than 55% of 140?

A. 10 C. 15
B. 20 D. 0

80. Charles can paint a room in ten hours. Sherwin can finish the same task in
twelve hours. How long will it take the two of them if they work together?
A. 5.45 hours C. 6.25 hours
B. 5.25 hours D. 4 hours