ARITHMETIC AND NUMBER THEORY

1. An airplane flying at 15,000 meters climbs 3,000 meters to avoid a

storm. Then in drops 4,000 meters and finally climbs 2,000 meters.
What is its final altitude?
A. 24,000 B. 6000 m
m

C. 16,000 m

D. 14,000 m

2. Given the set of numbers {8,6,1, 1, 4 } , what is the smallest product

that can be obtained by multiplying two numbers of the set?
A. -1
3. Simplify:

B. -4

C. -24

D. -48

C. 21

D. 22

{2[ 3+4 ( 53 ) +7 ]+8 }

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

6. On a number line, what is the distance between -7 and 8?

A. 1

B. 1

C. 15

D. -15

7. What us the GCF of 16, 24, 40?

A. 4

B. 2

C. 8

D. 6

C. 15360

D. 8

8. What is the LCM of 16, 24, 40?

A. 240

B. 960

9. Two Filipino families migrated to Australia. They came home regularly

as balikbayans. The Garcia family comes back to the country every
two years and the Dizon family every three years. If they came
together last year (1998), when will they come home again?
A. 2000

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

Which of the given numbers is divisible by 11?

A. 1211

15.

C. 2519

Which of the given numbers is both divisible by 2 and 3?

A. 27

14.

B. 2518

B. 1021

C. 2101

D. 1120

Which of the following numbers is divisible by 8?

A. 518

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%

79.2 is 16.5% of what number?

A. 13.068 B. 66.132

29.

D. 30 days

90 is what percent of 450?

A. 2%

28.

C. 28 days

B. 60.76

If x is 125% of y, then y is what percent of x?

A. 75%

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

BASIC AND ADVANCE ALGEBRA

1. Simplify : 2(3r-7t) 5(2r + 3t) + (5r + t)
A. r+28t

B. 28t-r

C. r-28t

D. r-28t

2. If five times the smaller of 2 consecutive integers is added to 3 times

the larger, the result is 59. Find the smaller integer.

A. 7

B. 8

C. 9

D. 10

C. 11

D. 28

3. If (28-27) (25-24)=2x, what is x?

A. 1

B. 2

4. What is the real value of x such that if 64 x-1 is divided by 4

quotient is 2562x.
1

A. 3

B.

C. 3

1
3

x-1

the

D. -3

5. What must be subtracted from 5x3-4x2+3x-5 to get 2x3-8+5x-2x2?

A. 3x3-2x2- B. 3x3-2x2-2x-3

C. 3x3+2x2+2x+3 D. 3x3-2x2+2x+3

2x+3

6. Multiply and simplify 3ab2(3a2+3b)-2b(a3b-ab2)

A. 11a3b+7B. 7a3b+11ab3
ab3

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 }

8. If y=3-4x and -5 x , find the range of y.

A.

-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

full. Mother used

3
5

of it and the

remainder is 9 liters. How many liters does the tank contain?

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

If a, b and c are positive integers, the radical

a+

b
c

and

b
c

are equal when and only c=____?

2

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

was obtained by adding to fractions

and (2 x3) . Find the value of B.

A. -2
20.

(5 x 11)
(2 x2 + x6)

The fraction
A
( x2)

C. 2x2+9x-9

B. -1

C. 0

D. 1

Factor completely: 4x3-12x2-x+3

A. (x+3)

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

x, y and z satisfies the equation

1

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

If 2a(3b)(5c)=180, find the positive values for a, b and c.

A. a=2,b=2B. a=2,b=1,c=2 C. a=1,b=2,c=2 D. a=1,b=1,c=2
,c=1

24.

(x1/2+ a1/2)2 is identical to

A. X+a

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)

Express (12+ 16 )+ (3+ 25 )in the form a + bi.

A. 15-i

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.

Perform the indicated operations and simplify

A.

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

If log10 m=blog10 n , find the value of m

A. 10b/n

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

Solve for x: x2-5x+6> 0.

A. x=3
x=2

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

In a geometric progression 18, -12 and 8, which term is

A. 6

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

Find the constant variation if u varies directly as v and w; u=2

2

when v=15 and w= 3

A. 5

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%

If (x-2) is a factor of x3-2x2-ax+8, what is the value of a?

A. -4

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

Find the zeroes of f(x)=x3-6x2+3x+10 if (x-2) is one of the factors.

A. -1,-2,5 B. -1,2,5

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

2. If AB=36 and C is the midpoint of

C if the coordinate of A is 5?
A. 13

B. 18

D. -37

AB
, what is the coordinate of point

C. 22

D. 31

3. Through a given external point, there is _______ line parallel to a given

line.
A. Only 1 B. Two

C. Three

D. infinite

4. In a plane through a point on a given line, there is ____ line

perpendicular to the given line.
A. infinite B. Three

C. Only 1

D. Two

5. If one angle of a linear pair is obtuse, the other angle is ________.

A. Acute

B. Right

C. Obtuse

D. straight

6. What is the supplement of the complement of an angle 38 ?

A. 142

B. 128

C. 90

D. 52

7. What is the equation od the perpendicular bisector of the segment

whose endpoints are (-2,3) and (4,-1)?
A. 3x+2y- B. 3x-2y+1=0
5=0

C. 3x-2y-1=0

D. 3x-2y-2=0

8. ABCD id a trapezoid such that AB is parallel to CD. Points M and N are

the midpoints of AD and BC respectively. If the altitudes of ABCD is 3

cm and the length of the bases are 5 cm and 9

cm, what us the area of the quadrilateral ABNM.
A. 16cm2 B. 18cm2

C. 21cm2

D. 9cm2

9. In Triangle ABC, A is greater than C . The bisector of angles A

and C meet at point D. Which of the following is true?
A. ICDl>IA B. ICDl=IADI
DI
10.
A.

C. ICDl<IADI

D. ICDl IADI

Which of the following cannot describe just one triangle?

Acute
scalene

and
B. Acute and
equilateral

C. Right and isosceles D. Right

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

The angles of a certain convex polygon have an average of 150

. How many sides does the polygon have?
A. 9

17.

B. 10cm

B. 10

C. 11

D. 12

Find the measure of each angle of a regular pentadecagon.

A. 90

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

Which of the following is not a congruence theorem.

A. ASA

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.

In BOY , m B=45 , m O=30 and YX BO . If XY=4, what is

the perimeter of BOY ?

A. 12+8
6

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.

2. Find the slope of a line whose equation is y=-8

A. 0

B. 1

C. -8

D. undefined

3. Find the equation of a line whose slope is -2 and y-intercept is 5.

A. 2x+y- B. -2x+y-5=0
5=0

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

6. Find the slope of the line parallel to 4x 3y 5=0.

A. 4

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

8. Find the slope of the line perpendicular to y+4x+2=0.

A. -4

B. 4

C.

D.

9. Find the equation of the line perpendicular to x+2y-6= and passing

through the origin.
A. 2x+y=0B. 2x-y=0
10.

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)

The points A (2,-4), B (8,4) and C (0,6) are vertices of a triangle.

Find the coordiantes of the point on each median which is

way of the vertex to the midpoints of the opposite side.

2
3

of the

A.
17.

(2, 103 )

B.

( 103 , 2)

C.

(2, 103 )

D.

(2, 103 )

Find the center of the circle whose equation is (x+2) 2+(y-3)2=6.

A. (2,-3)

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

radians in degree measure.

B. 660

C.

180

D. 350

2. Evaluate sin30 +cos60 -tan45

A. 1

B. -1

C. 0

D. 2

C. 3/2

D.

3. Find sin(-420
A.

B. - 3/2

4. Covert to radians: 1.5

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

6. What is the area in square cm of a sector of a circle of radius is 6cm. if

the central angle is 30 .
A.

B. 12

3
7. Find sec if sin = 2

A. -2

B. 2

C. 3

D. 540

and tan = 3
C.

D.

8. Solve for the hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle one of whose

legs has length 20.
A. 10
9. Express

B. 10 2
tan +cot
sec

A.

C. 20 2

D. 40

in terms of sin only

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

The length of an arc of a circular sector is

D. 50,400ft
17
cm . If the radius is
3

6 cm, what is the central angle in degrees.

A. 170 B. 340

C. 270

D. 430

12.

The point P ( 3 , y ) where y<0 is on the unit circle. Find tan

where

is an angle in standard position whose terminal side

intersects the unit circle at point P.
A. -2 2

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

To four decimal places, find csc172

A. 0.1392 B. -0.1392

15.

C. 76

C. 7.1853

Find the exact value of cot

D. -7.1853

if the terminal side of

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

What is the period of y=2cos4x?

A. 8

18.

C. 67.5m

B. 4

C.

D. / 2
1

Evaluate without the use of calculator: arcsin 2

A. / 4

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

where A & B have terminal sides in

QII and QIII respectively. Then sin(A-B) is equal to;

A. -1

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

Find the degree measure of an angle formed by a rotation of:

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

PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

1. A die is tossed. What is the probability of tossing an odd number?
A.

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

5. How many three-letter words composed from the 26 letters of the

alphabet are possible. No duplication of letters is permitted.
E. 13,600 F. 15,600

G. 600

H. 156

C. 13

D. 42

7!

6. Evaluate: 6 !
A. 1

B. 7

7. In how many ways can a fountain and a mountain be chosen from 8

fountains in Rome and 5 mountains in Canada.
A. 13

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

How may 3-digit numbers are there using 1,3,5,7 and 9.

A. 125

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

sophomores averaged 75 and the juniors averaged 86 what is the

mean grade of the entire class.
A. 70.84

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

2. Mr. Cruz is a sales representative of Realty Appliance Company. He is

given 20% of the total sales he makes every week. What is his
earnings if he sales total P67,850
A. P1357 B. P6780

C. P13570

D. P135.70

3. Find the simple interest in the amount of P1,000 at 5% for 10 months.

A. I=P41.67B. I=P45
C. I=P105
D. I=P17.50
S=P1041
S=P1045
S=P1105
S=P1017.5
.67
0
4. At what rate of simple interest will P2,000 amount to P2110 in one
year?
A. 4%

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

6. Find the simple discount on a debt of P1,500 due in 9 months at a

discount rate of 6%.
A. P67.50 B. P57.50

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

8. Find the compound amount of P10,000 for 20 years at 5% compounded

monthly.
A. P2,712.6B. P2,7126.4
2

C. P2,712

D. P27,155

9. Find the present value of P300,000 due in 8 years, 10 months if money

is worth 4% compounded quarterly.
A. P21,073B. P21,1073

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

2. Given f(x)=x2. Find the derivative, f1(x)

A. 2

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

6. Find the derivative of : x2+3x-4

A. 2x+3

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

BASIC AND ADVANCE ALEGBRA

D. ft/min

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2
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C
D
B
A
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C
C
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D
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5 B
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6 D
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7 A
17 D
8 C
18 A
9 B
19 C
10 A
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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

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3 A
4 D
5 C
6 A
CALCULUS
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2 B
3 A
4 B
5 C

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