MATH MODULE SERIES 3

1. During the recent Olympics on 4men relay team completed in a 1600meter relay have the following
individual speed, R1 = 26 kph, R2 = 27
kph, R3=28 kph, R4=29kph. What is
the average speed of the team?
a. 25.43
b. 26.44
c. 27.45
d. 28.46
2. A garden can be cultivated by 8
boys in 5 days. 5 men can do the
same work in 6 days. How long would
it take for 8 boys and 5 men to finish
the job?
a. 15/11 days
b. 20/11 days
c. 30/11 days
d. 45/11 days
3. At what time between 7 and 8
oclock are the hands of the clock, at
right angles?
a. 7:22
b. 7:18
c. 7:15
d. 7:24
4. At what time between 7 and 8
oclock are the hands of the clock, at
1800 apart?
a. 7:05
b. 7:10
c. 7:11
d. 7:30
5. At what time between 7 and
8oclock are the hands of the clock
together?
a. 7:38
b. 7:30
c. 7:45
d. 7:20

6. A man left his office for a business

appointment one afternoon and noticed
his watch at past 2 oclock. Between
two to three hours later, the man
returned and noticed that the hands of
the clock have exchanged places. What
time did he leave and arrive?
a. 2:26.01 and 5:12.17
b. 2:15 and 5:30
c. 2:20 and 5:32
d. 2:23 and 5:40
7. A survey is made on the smoking
habit of the male population above 18
years old of a certain community. The
survey was on the three cigarettes A, B
and C.
55% smoke S
40% smoke B
30% smoke C
20% smoke A and B
12% smoke B and C
10%smoke A and C
5% smoke all the three brands
How many % do not smoke?
a. 12
b. 15
c. 3
d. 10
8. Separate 132 into 2 such that the
larger divided by the smaller, the
quotient is 6 and the remainder is 13.
Find the numbers.
a. 17 and 115
b. 20 and 112
c. 24 and 108
d. 30 and 102
9. A number of two digits divided by the
sum of the digits, the quotient is 7 and
the remainder is 6. If the digits of the
number are interchanged the resulting

number exceeds three times the sum of

the digits by 5. What is the number?
a. 39
b. 48
c. 83
d. 72
10. The total tank of the car is filled
with 50 liters of alcogas 25% of which is
alcohol. How much of the mixture must
be drawn off which when replaced by
pure alcohol will yield a 50-50%
alcogas?
a. 16.7
b. 15.6
c. 17.8
d. 18
11. An alloy contains of 25% silver and
10% copper. How much silver and how
much copper must be added to 20 lbs
of the alloy to obtain an alloy
containing 38% silver and 36% copper?
a. 14 lbs. Silver
b. 15 lbs silver
c. 20 lbs silver
d. 30 lbs silver
12. A motorist is traveling from A to B
at a constant rate of 30 kph and return
from B to A at constant rate of 20 kph.
What is his average velocity?
a. 8
b. 15
c. 30
d. 24
13. If log 2 = A and log3 = B, find the
log (2.4)
a. 3A-B-1
b. 3A+B-1
c. 3A+B+1
d. 3A-B+1
14. If logx2 +2logx3 = 2 +logx6, then x
=
a. 3

b. 2
c. 5
d. 6
15. Solve logx2=(logx)2
a. 103
b. 102
c. 101
d. 100
16. If 2 = 100.3010 and 9 = 100.9542,then
4.5 = 10x where x equals
a. 0.2552
b. 0.2553
c. 0.6322
d. 0.6532
17. If logx (1/144)=-2, then x =
a. 11
b. 12
c. 4
d. 10
18. If A and B are not mutually
exclusive events, then the probability of
the joint occurrence of A and B or P(A
and B) is
a. not equal to zero
b. equal to zero
c. equal to unity
d. infinite
19. When the occurrence or no
occurrence of event A has no effect on
the occurrence of event B, then A and B
are said to be
a. complementary
b. dependent
c. independent
d. mutually exclusive
20. Which of the following relations is
true when A and B are dependent
events?
a. P(AandB)= P(A)P9(B A)
b. P(AandB)=P(A)P(B)
c. P(A or B)=P(A)(B A)

d. P(A or B) = P(A)+P(B)
21. If A and B are mutually exclusive
events, then
a. P(A and B) 0
b. P(A and B) = 0
c. P(A and B) >0
d. P(A and B)< 0
22. If P(A) is the probability of event
A;P(B) is the probability of event B and
P(A and B) is the probability of their
joint occurrence, such that P(A and
B)=P(A)P(B), then A and B are said to
be
a. complementary
b. disjoint
c. dependent
d. independent
23.Which of the following events are
not mutually exclusive?
a. events ACE and HEART
b. events ACE and JACK
c. events 2 and odd
d. events1 and prime
24. The probability that the Ginebra
basketball team will win the
championship is assessed as being 1/3.
Find the odds that the team will win.
a. 1:2
b. 2:1
c. 1:3
d. 3:1
25. The odds that a reviewee will not
pass the board exam are 1:4. Find the
probability that the reviewee will not
pass the exam.
a. 0.80
b. 0.20
c. 0.25
d. 0.75
26. An experiment consists of selecting
a random of three-television tubes form
a lot of 5 containing 2 defective. What

is the probability of getting exactly two

defective tubes?
a. 0.25
b. 0.30
c. 0.35
d. 0.40
27. Out of 1, 000 ECE reviewees, the
probability that a reviewee picked at
random is over 25 years old is 0.25 and
the probability that he is less than 20
years old is 0.15. What is the
probability that a reviewee picked at
random is between 20 and 25 years
old?
a. 0.55
b. 0.60
c. 0.65
d. 0.70
28.The mean deviation is a measure of
a. dispersion
b. distribution
c. central tendency
d. frequency
29. It is the highest score in a
distribution minus the lowest score in
the distribution.
a. range
b. deviation
c. variance
d. interval
30. It is halfway between the lower limit
of one class and the upper limit of the
preceding class.
a. class boundary
b. class mark
c. class interval
d. class size
31. In statistics, which of the following
is not considered as a continuous
variable?
a. height
b. weight

c. number of accidents
d. temperature
32. The number of reviewees in a room
is a
a. continuous variable
b. discrete variable
c. variate
d. statistic
33. Find the median of trhe following:
21, 43, 20, 29, 50, 36, 17, 19.
a. 24
b. 25
c. 26
d. 23
34. It is a measure of central tendency,
which depends upon the number of
score and not on the magnitude of the
scores.
a. mean
b. median
c. mode
d. geometric mean
35. A car travels from A and B at 30
kph, from B to C at 40 kph and from C
to A at 50 kph. If A, B and C are
equidistant from each other, determine
the average speed of the car for the
entire trip by using the harmonic lean
formula.
a. 37.3
b. 38.3
c. 39.3
d. 36.3
36. Which of the following relations is
true?
a. sin(-A) = sin A
b. tan(-A) = tan A
c. cos(-A) = cos A
d. csc(-A) = csc A
37. What is the period of y = 3sin(x2)?
a. 2
b. 3

c. 4
d. 5
38. If A and B are complementary
angles, then which of the following is
true?
a. sinAcosB = 1
b. sinAcosB = 0
c. sin2A-cos2B = 0
d. sin2A-cos2B = 1
39. If tanA = 2, then tan2A is equal to
a. 4/3
b. 4/3
c.
d. -3/4
40. If sinx = cosy,then
a.
xy = 900
b.
x+y = 900
c.
x-y = 900
d.
none of the above
41. The value of csc 2400is equal to the
value of
a.
sin600
b.
sin600
c.
cos600
d.
csc600
42. Evaluate: 2sinx 3 cotx = 0; 0
x2
a. /3, 5/3
b. /3, /4
c. 5/3, /4
d. none of these
43. cosx>0 and sin x< 0,then x is in
quadrant
a. I
b. II
c. III
d. IV
44. If an angle is 9 degrees more than
twice its supplement then the number
of degrees in the angle is
a. 27

b. 57
c. 114
d. 123
45. A man travels 4 miles north, 12
miles east and then 12 miles north.
How far is he in miles from the starting
point?
a. 17
b. 20
c. 21
d. 24
46. In a triangle, one angle is 3 times as
big as the other. If the sum of these
angles is 1200. Find the measure of the
third angle.
a.
600
b.
900
c.
1000
d.
1100
47. A triangle has sides of 4, 6, and 8
units long. If the shortest side of a
similar triangle is 12 units long, what
are the lengths of the other two sides?
a. 16 and 26
b. 17 and 25
c. 18 and 24
d. 19 and 23
48. Find the value of (1+i)12.
a. 36
b. 64
c. 36i
d. 64i
49. If sin60 +cos3 = 0, find 0 where
00< <3600.
a.
3200
b.
2400
c.
1200
d.
1100
50. Reduce (2cis600)2(cis(-300C))2 to the
form a + bi.
a. 2+23i
b. 2-23i

c. 2+3i
d. d. 2-3i

36.
37.
38.
39.

ANSWERS FOR MATH MODULE

SERIES 3
1.
C, 27.47
2.
B, 20/11 days
3.
A, 7:22
4.
A, 7:05
5.
AB, 7:38, 7:30
6.
A, 2:26.01 & 5:12.178
7.
A, 12
8.
A, 17 and 115
9.
C, 83
10.
A, 16.7
11.
A, 14 lbs silver
12.
D, 24
13.
B, 3A+B-1
14.
A, 3
15.
D, 100
16.
D, 0.6532
17.
B, 12
18.
A, not equal to 0
19.
C, independent
20.
A, P(AandB)=P(A)
P(B A)
21.
B, P(A and B) = 0
22.
D, independent
23.
A, events ACE and HEART
24.
A, 1:2
25.
B, 0.20
26.
B, 0.30
27.
B, 0.60
28.
A, dispersion
29.
A, range
30.
A, class boundary
31.
C, number of accidents
32.
B, discrete variable
33.
B, 25
34.
B, median
35.
B, 38.3

40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.

C, cos(-A) = cos A
C, 4
C, sin2A cos2B = 0
B, -4/3
B, x+y = 900
D, -csc600
A, /3, 5/3
D, IV
D, 123
B, 20
A, 600
C, 18 and 24
B, -64
D, 1100
C, 2 + 3i