MULTIPLE CHOICE

QUESTIONS IN

MATHEMATICS
Fausto Uy and Jimmy Ocampo

ENCODED BY
BERSAMINA, Patrick Joseph D.
GIGANTE, Christian Ivan S.
ZAPATA, Jian Carlo D.
1. A sequence of numbers such that the same quotient is obtained by dividing a term by the
preceding term is called
A. arithmetic progression
B. harmonic progression
C. infinite progression
D. geometric progression

2.If x is an irrational number not equal to zero and x2 = N, then which of the following best
describes N?
A. N is a natural number.
B. N is any rational number.
C. N is a positive rational number.
D. N is a positive integral number.

3. In the expression an , the number n is referred to as the

A. power
B. exponent
C. degree
D. index

4. The polynomial 2x3y + 8xyz4 3x2y3 has a degree of

A. 6
B. 3
C. 4
D. 8

5. The equations x + y = 2 and 2x + 2y = 8 are examples of equations which are

A. dependent
B. independent
C. conditional
D. inconsistent

6. A non-terminating and non-periodic decimal is

A. rational
B. prime
C. irrational
D. imaginary

7. The probability that an event is certain to occur is

A. greater than one
B. less than one
C. equal to one
D. equal to zero

8. Radicals can be added to form a single radical if they have the same radicand and the same
A. power
B. exponent
C. index
D. coefficient

9. A set of elements that is taken without regard to the order in which the elements are arranged
is called a
A. sequence
B. permutation
C. combination
D. progression

10. If b = 0, then the number a + bi is

A. complex
B. real
C. imaginary
D. irrational

11. How many prime numbers are there between 200 and 210?
A. one
B. three
C. none
D. two

12. In the expression , the number n is called the

A. power
B. exponent
C. index
D. radicand

13. A harmonic progression is a sequence of numbers such that the reciprocals of the numbers
will form a
A. geometric progression
B. arithmetic progression
C. infinite progression
D. finite progression
14. If a, b and c are rational numbers and if b2 4ac is positive but not perfect square, then the
roots of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are
A. real, irrational and unequal
B. real, rational and unequal
C. real, rational and equal
D. real, irrational and unequal

15. The equation xy = 0 implies that

A. x = 0 and y = 0
B. x = 0 or y = 0
C. x = 0 and y is not equal to zero
D. x = 0 or y is not equal to zero

16. Which of the following events are mutually exclusive?

A. event Ace and event black card
B. event Queen and event heart
C. event Ten and event Spade
D. event diamond and event club

17.Which of the following best describes (-3)1/2?

A. irrational number
B. pure imaginary number
C. natural number
D. complex number

18. It is a sequence of numbers such that the successive terms differ by a constant.
A. geometric progression
B. arithmetic progression
C. harmonic progression
D. infinite progression
19. If the discriminant of a quadratic equation is greater than zero, the roots of the equation are
A. real and equal
B. real and distinct
C. complex and unequal
D. imaginary and distinct

20. Which of the following terms is not rational in x?

A. 6x2
B. -4x
C. x4

D.

21. In the theory of sets, the relation (A B) = A B expresses which of the following laws on
set operations?
A. De Morgans Law
B. Involution Law
C. Complement Law
D. Identity Law

22. The set of odd integers is closed under the operation of

A. addition
B. subtraction
C. multiplication
D. division

23. Which of the following law states that the factors of a product may be grouped in any manner
without affecting the result?
A. commutative law
B. associative law
C. distributive law
D. inverse law

24. Which of the following terms has a degree of 4?

A. x4y
B. xy4
C. 4xy
D. xy3
25. The product of two conjugate complex numbers is
A. a real number
B. an imaginary number
C. zero
D. an irrational number

26. The statement The examinees are not more than 30 years old. implies that the examinees
are
A. less than 30 years old
B. at least 30 years old
C. 30 years old or less
D. 30 years old or more

27. The closure property of numbers is not satisfied by the set of all integers under the operation
of
A. addition
B. multiplication
C. subtraction
D. division

28. The conditional probability of B given A is denoted symbolically by P(B/A). If P(B/A) =

P(B), then the events A and B are
A. dependent
B. independent
C. mutually inclusive
D. disjoint

29. What is the value of k that will make x2 28x + k a perfect square trinomial?
A. 100
B. 121
C. 144
D. 196

30. The roots of 6x2 + 7x + 34 = 0 are

A. real and equal
B. real and unequal
C. complex and unequal
D. pure imaginary
31. What is the conjugate of -6
A. 6
B. -6
C. 6i
D. -6i

32. Which of the following is true?

A.
B. (a + b)2 = a2 + b2
C. a / (b c) = a/b a/c
D.

33. Which of the following cannot be a probability value?

A. (0.99)4
B. 88/100
C.
D. (0.5)-1

34. How many subsets has the set {c, u, t, e}?

A. 12
B. 14
C. 16
D. 18

35. Using the remainder theorem, find the remainder when x6 x + 1 is divided by x 2.
A. 61
B. 62
C. 63
D. 64

36. What is the sum of the numerical coefficient of (2x y)20?

A. zero
B. one
C. greater than one
D. less than one
37. How many subsets of one or more elements can be formed from a set containing 12
elements?
A. 4,096
B. 4,095
C. 4,094
D. 4,093

38. What is the product of and ?

A. 6i
B. -6i
C. 6
D. -6

39. Which of the following is an irrational number?

A. (16)3/4
B. 0.0075
C. 1.36363636...
D. 3(5)1/2

40. Two prime numbers which differ by 2 are called prime twins. Which of the following pairs of
numbers are prime twins?
A. 1 and 3
B. 7 and 9
C. 17 and 19
D. 13 and 15

41. If A B C is not equal to zero, then which of the following notations refers to the set of
elements found in A and B but not in C?
A. A B C
B. A B C
C. A B C
D. A B C

42. Which of the following sequence is a geometric progression?

A. 16, 12, 8, ...
B. 16, 8, 2, ...
C. 16, 12, 9, ...
D. 16, 14, 12, ...
43. The point (x, y) where x = 2 and y = -x is in what quadrant?
A. first
B. second
C. third
D. fourth

44. Experiment: A die is tossed.

Event: A prime number results.
Which of the following is not an outcome of the event?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5

45. The logarithmic equation equivalent to 1/a = bc is

A. logc(1/a) = b
B. logb(1/a) = c
C. logc b = 1/a
D. logb c = 1/a

46. If P(A) = 0.78 and P(B) = 0.35, what is P(A) + P(B) ?

A. 0.83
B. 0.85
C. 0.87
D. 0.89

47. Which of the following is a polynomial in x ?

A. x -2 + x + 4
B. + 3x + 5
3
C. x + 2x + 3
D. 4/x + 3x + 1

48. If a set A has 1,024 subsets, how many elements does A contain?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
49. Which of the terms in the expansion (y3 + y -1)10 will involve y2?
A. 6th term
B. 7th term
C. 8th term
D. 9th term

50. P(A) = 0.60 and P(B) = 0.30 while P(AB) = 0.15, find P(AB) by using Venn Diagram.
A. 0.90
B. 0.30
C. 0.45
D. 0.75

51. Evaluate (i 1)8.

A. 16
B. -16
C. 16i
D. -16i

52. If 16 is 4 more than 3x, then 2x 5 =

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

53. In the series 2, -4, 8, -16, x, -64, ..., what is x?

A. -24
B. -32
C. 24
D. 32

54. If a, b, 2b, -a, ... is an arithmetic progression, find the next term.
A. 2b 3a
B. 3b 2a
C. 2b + 3a
D. 2b + a
55. In how many ways can 6 boys be seated in a row?
A. 520
B. 620
C. 720
D. 820

56. is true only if

A. x > 2y
B. x = 2y
C. x <= 2y
D. x >= 2y

57. Find the fourth proportional to 3, 5 and 21.

A. 27
B. 56
C. 65
D. 35

58. Give the value of (-1/27)

-2/3
A. 9
B. -9
C. 1/9
D. -1/9

59. Simplify (a -1 + b -1) / (ab)

-1
A. ab
B. b + a
C. 1/ab
D. a/b

60. If a die is thrown once, what is the probability of getting a prime number?
A. 1/3
B.
C.
D. 1/6
61. Which of the following are similar radicals
A. and

B. and

C. and

D. and

62. Evaluate x = log 2 8

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

63. What is the greatest common factor (GCF) of 48 and 72 ?

A. 12
B. 24
C. 36
D. 42

64. If x, y and 5x are three consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression whose sum is 81, find
x.
A. 9
B. 10
C. 11
D. 12

65. If f(x) = 2x3 3x + 1, then f(1) =

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3

66. Find the sum to infinity of 3 -1, 3 -3, 3 -5, ...

A. 1/8
B. 3/8
C. 7/8
D. 5/8
 67. Find the value of x if 3 2 = 10
1 x
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

68. Find the value of x in the series 1, 8, 27, x, 125, ...

A. 100
B. 81
C. 30
D. 64

69. Find the least common multiple (LCM) of 72x3y2, 108x2y3 and 9x2y
A. 108x3y3
B. 648x3y3
C. 972x3y3
D. 216x3y3

70. Evaluate (-1/27)-2/3 + (-1/32)

-2/5
A. 6.25
B. 3.25
C. 9.25
D. 7.25

71. For what values of x will (x+3) < 2(2x+1)?

A. x=3
B. x>1/3
C. x<1/3
D. x=0

72. In how many ways can a man choose one or more of 7 ties?
A. 128
B. 127
C. 126
D. 125
73. If i = , solve for x and y if x+2+4i = 5+(y-3)i
A. -3, 7
B. 3, -7
C. 3, 7
D. -3, -7

74. Determine the number of word of five different letters each that can be formed with the
letters of the word VOLTAGE.
A. 5,040
B. 2,520
C. 4,050
D. 2,520

75. If log A 10 = 25, find log10 A.

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

76. The set notation A-B is called the relative complement of B in A. It is equivalent to which of
the following
A. A B
B. A B
C. A B
D. A B

77. What is the sum of the first five prime numbers?

A. 17
B. 18
C. 28
D. 29

78. How many straight lines are determined by 8 points?

A. 28
B. 56
C. 36
D. 64

79. From a group of 10 men, in how many ways can we select a group of 6 men?
A. 120
B. 210
C. 200
D. 60

80. Find x if x = log2 (1/64)

A. -6
B. -5
C. -4
D. -3

81. If (x-2)i = y-3i, solve for x.

A. -4
B. -3
C. -2
D. -1

82. If 1/a, 1/b and 1/c are consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression, then b equals
A. 2ac/(a+c)
B. ac/(a+c)
C. (a+c)/2ac
D. (a+c)/ac

83. What is the third proportional to y/x and 1/x?

A. x/y
B. xy
C. y
D. 1/xy

84. (1/2) x(8) y is equal to

A. 23xy
B. 43y-x
C. 2x-3y
D. 4xy
85. A father is 27 years older than his son and 10 years from now, he will be twice as old as his
son. How old is his son now?
A. 15
B. 16
C. 17
D. 18

86. Find the 7th term of the geometric progression , , , ...

A.

B.

C.

D.

87. If x = (2)^(log2 x), find the value of x.

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

88. In how many ways can 3 boys be seated in a room where there are 7 seats?
A. 200
B. 205
C. 210
D. 215

89. A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards. What is the probability of drawing an ace?
A. 0.0763
B. 0.0765
C. 0.0767
D. 0.0769

90. If log10 x = -1/n, then x is equal to

A. 101/n
B. 10-1/n
C. 10-n
D. -10-n
91. The constant remainder when x30 x + 5 is divided by x + 1 is
A. 7
B. 6
C. 8
D. 5

92. Find the mean proportional between and .

A. 6
B. 4
C. 8
D. 5

93. In how many ways can a poster be colored if there are 5 different colors available?
A. 30
B. 29
C. 28
D. 31

94. If 3x = 4y, then 3x2/4y2 is equal to

A. 16/9
B. 4/3
C.
D. 27/64

95. Find the 8th term of 5x+1, 52x+1, 53x+1, ...

A. 56x+1
B. 57x+1
C. 58x+1
D. 59x+1

96. Find the larger of two numbers if their sum is 190 and the smaller number is 3/7 of the larger
number.
A. 132
B. 133
C. 134
D. 135
97. In how many ways can 6 boys be seated at a round table?
A. 120
B. 110
C. 100
D. 90

98. For what value of x is 2x+4 equal to 1/16

A. 6
B. -6
C. 8
D. -8

99. If x:6 = y:2 and x-y = 12, find y

A. 8
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6

100. Three balls are drawn from a bag containing 5 white balls and 4 red balls. What is the
probability that the balls drawn are all white?
A. 5/42
B. 3/42
C. 7/42
D. 9/42

101. If x3/4 = 8, then x =

A. 16
B. 14
C. 12
D. 10

102. How many 4-digit numbers can be made by using the digits from 1 to 9 if no digit is
repeated in each number?
A. 3,204
B. 3,024
C. 3,240
D. 3,402
103. Find the sum of the infinite geometric series 64 16 + 4 - ...
A. 256/5
B. 256/3
C. 256/2
D. 256/4

104. If 2x = 8x-1, solve for x.

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

105. A tank can be filled by one pipe in 6 hrs and by another in 8 hrs. If both pipes are open, how
long will it take them to fill the tank?
A. 2 hr
B. 2.5 hr
C. 3 hr
D. 3.5hr

106. The 100th term of the series 1.01, 1.00, 0.99, ... is
A. 0.0002
B. 0.002
C. 0.02
D. 0.2

107. How many consecutive numbers beginning with 5 must be taken for their sum to be equal to
95?
A. 12
B. 11
C. 10
D. 9

108. If 2log2x + log2 4 = 1, find x.

A.

B.

C.

D.
109. Find the next tem in the harmonic progression whose first three terms are 1/3, 2/7 and 1/4.
A. 1/9
B. 2/9
C. 5/9
D. 4/9

110. A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards. What is the probability of drawing a black king?
A. 1/25
B. 1/26
C. 1/27
D. 1/28

111. In how many ways can the position of President, Vice-President and Secretary be filled in a
club of 12 members if no person is to hold more than one position?
A. 1,230
B. 1,320
C. 1,203
D. 1,302

112. How many arrangement can be made from the letters of the word RESISTORS when all
are taken at a time?
A. 30,240
B. 20,340
C. 40,320
D. 40,230

113. The odds are 13 to 8 in favor of winning the first prize of a lottery. What is the probability
of winning that prize?
A. 0.691
B. 0.617
C. 0.619
D. 0.671

114. For a geometric progression for which the first term is x+y and the common ratio is the
reciprocal of the first term, find the 10th term.
A. (x+y)-5
B. (x+y)-6
C. (x+y)-7
D. (x+y)-8

115. Twelve boys go out for tennis. How many matches are required if each boy is to play all the
others exactly once?
A. 64
B. 66
C. 68
D. 62

116. An urn contains 5 white balls, 4 black balls and 3 red balls. If 3 balls are drawn
simultaneously, find the probability that all are white balls.
A. 1/20
B. 1/21
C. 1/22
D. 1/23

117. How many committees can be formed from a group of 9 persons by taking any member at
any time?
A. 411
B. 511
C. 611
D. 711

118. A bag contains 4 black balls and 6 red balls. Two balls are drawn at random. What is the
probability that the balls drawn are both black?
A. 0.131
B. 0.133
C. 0.134
D. 0.135

119. How many liters of pure alcohol must be added to 10 liters of 15 percent alcohol solution in
order to obtain a mixture of 25 percent alcohol?
A. 1/3
B.
C.
D. 1/5

120. What is the probability of getting a sum of 5 by throwing two dice once?
A. 0.111
B. 0.112
C. 0.113
D. 0.115
121. The first term of a geometric progression is 3 and the last term is 48. If each term is twice
the previous term, find the sum of the geometric progression.
A. 93
B. 92
C. 91
D. 90
122. How many numbers of two different digits each can be formed by using the digits 1,3,5,7,9?
A. 18
B. 20
C. 22
D. 24

123. What is the sum of the coefficients of (x + y + z)5 ?

A. 240
B. 241
C. 242
D. 243

124. In a single throw of a pair of dice, what is the probability of obtaining a total of 9?
A. 1/8
B. 1/9
C. 1/7
D. 1/6

125. Evaluate i113 + 4i84 + i

3
A. 4
B. -4
C. 4 + 2i
D. 4 2i

126. What is the number of permutation of the letters in the word CHACHA?
A. 80
B. 85
C. 90
D. 95
127. What is the sum of the first one hundred positive odd integers?
A. 13,000
B. 12,000
C. 11,000
D. 10,000

128. In the arithmetic progression -9, -2, 5, ... which term is 131?
A. 20
B. 21
C. 22
D. 23

129. Fnd the sum of the first fifty positive multiples of 12.
A. 15,300
B. 15,200
C. 15,100
D. 15,000

130. In a geometric progression, if the first term is x2 and the common ratio is x4, which term is
x18?
A. 4th
B. 5th
C. 6th
D. 7th

131. When f(x) = (x+3(x-4)+4 is divided by x-k, the remainder is k. The values of k are
A. 2 and -4
B. -2 and 4
C. 3 and 4
D. -3 and 4

132. From a group of 6 men and 5 women, in how many ways can we select a group of 4 men
and 3 women?
A. 25
B. 39
C. 150
D. 420
133. In a single throw of pair of dice, what is the probability of obtaining a total greater than 9?
A. 1/6
B. 1/3
C. 2/3
D.

134. A man can finish a certain job in 10 days. A boy can finish the same job in 15 days. If the
man and the boy plus the girl can finish the job in 5 days, how long will it take the girl to finish
the job alone?
A. 30
B. 45
C. 15
D. 35

135. In how many ways can 4 boys and 4 girls be seated at a round table if each girl is to sit
between two boys?
A. 256
B. 16
C. 144
D. 96

136. If f(x) = x 1 and f(g(x)) = 4, find g(x).

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7

137. If John is 10 percent taller than Peter and Peter is 10 percent taller than May, then John is
taller than May by
A. 18%
B. 20%
C. 21%
D. 22%
138. A bag contains 4 white balls and 5 black balls. Four balls are drawn in succession and not
replaced. Find the probability that the first two balls are white and the last two balls are black.
A. 3/63
B. 4/63
C. 5/63
D. 6/63

139. If xy = 12, xz = 15 and yz = 20, find the value of xyz.

A. 60
B. 55
C. 50
D. 45

140. A committee of 4 is to be selected by lot from a group of 6 men and 4 women. What is the
probability that it will consist exactly of 2 men?
A. 2/7
B. 1/7
C. 3/7
D. 4/7

141. Solve for x in the equation (x+3):10 = (3x-2):8

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

142. If , find the value if x3y.

A. 8
B. 32
C. 64
D. 128

143. If four electricians can earn P465.80 in 7 days, how much can 14 carpenters paid at the
same rate earn in 12 days?
A. P2,749.80
B. P2,974.80
C. P2,479.80
D. P2,749.80

144. How many four-digit even numbers can be written by using the digits 1 up to 9?
A. 1,144
B. 1,244
C. 1,344
D. 1,444

145. If 1 + x + x2 + ... = , find the value of x.

A. -1/2
B. -1/3
C. -1/4
D. -1/5

146. If it takes A twice as it takes B to do a piece of work and if working together, they can do
the work in 6 days, how long would it take B to do it alone?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 7
D. 6

147. What is the probability that a coin will turn up heads twice in 6 tosses of the coin?
A. 15/64
B. 14/64
C. 13/64
D. 12/64

148. Simplify 3n 3n-1 3n-2.

A. 5(3n-2)
B. 3(3n-2)
C. 33n-2
D. 33-n

149. If the odds are 5:3 that Juan will receive P5,000 in a Math contest, find his mathematical
expectation.
A. P2,135
B. P2,315
C. P3,215
D. P3,125
150. Find the sum of all integers between 90 and 190 if each integer is exactly divisible by 17?
A. 847
B. 857
C. 867
D. 887

151. If P(n,3) = 60(n,5), find n.

A. 7
B. 6
C. 5
D. 8

152. Solve for x in the equation

A. 2
B. 4
C. 8
D. 7

153. Two balls are drawn from a bag containing 9 balls numbered from 1 to 9. Find the
probability that both balls drawn are numbered even.
A.
B. 1/5
C. 1/6
D. 1/7

154. What is the coefficient of the term containing x4 in the expansion of (2x+x -1)8 ?
A. 19,270
B. 19,720
C. 17,920
D. 17,290

155. The bob of a pendulum swings through an arc of 24cm long on its first swing. If each
successive swing is approximately 5/6 the length of the preceding swing, find the approximate
total distance it travels before coming to rest.
A. 121 cm
B. 114 cm
C. 144 cm
D. 169 cm

156. If 6x2 + 36x + k = 6(x+a)2, what is the value of k?

A. 12
B. 18
C. 54
D. 36

157. Two dice are rolled. Find the probability that the sum of the two dice is greater than 10.
A. 1/11
B. 1/12
C. 1/13
D. 1/14

158. If z = 2 + i and w = i 2, find (z-w)/(z+w).

A. 2i
B. -2i
C. i
D. i

159. A card is chosen from a deck of 52 cards. In how many ways can a spade or a ten be
chosen?
A. 14
B. 15
C. 16
D. 17

160. Simplify .

A. a7/8
B. a1/8
C. a2/3
D. a5/6

161. Determine the 7th term of the arithmetic progression 3xy y, 2xy, xy +y, ...
A. 5y 3xy
B. 5y + 3xy
C. 5x xy
D. 5x + xy
162. How many arithmetic means must be inserted between 1 and 36 so that the sum of the
resulting arithmetic progression will be 148?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8

163. Transform the logarithmic equation 4(log x)2 + 9(log y)2 = 12 (log x) (log y) to its
equivalent cartesion form.
A. x3 = y2
B. x2 = y3
C. 3x = 2y
D. 2x = 3y

164. Given 3 dots and 3 dashes. How many code words of exactly 6 symbols can be formed?
A. 18
B. 20
C. 22
D. 24

165. Given 1 2 6 = 25, find x.

x -2 1
0 1 -1
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

166. A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards. What is the probability of drawing an ace or a
spade?
A. 17/52
B. 16/52
C. 15/52
D. 14/52
167. A man invested P4,000 at a certain rate of interest and P7,200 at 2% less than the first rate.
The yearly income from both investments is P640. Find the rate of interest for P4,000
A. 5%
B. 6%
C. 8%
D. 7%

168. Rationalize (2+i)/(3-i)

A. i/2
B. (5+i)/2
C. (1+i)/2
D. (1-i)/2

169. If the first term and third term of a harmonic progression are 5/21 and 5/23 respectively,
find the 6th term.
A. 26/5
B. 27/5
C. 24/5
D. 23/5

170. A boat travels 12km downstream and 16km upstream in 12 hours. If the rate of the current is
3kph, what is the rate of the boat in still water?
A. 7 kph
B. 8 kph
C. 9 kph
D. 10 kph

171. Two people are selected randomly from a group of 4 men and 4 women. The probability
that a man and a woman are selected is
A. 4/7
B. 2/7
C.
D. 3/7

172. Find the 5th term of (x2 3y)5 without expanding.

A. 403x2 y4
B. 402x2 y4
C. 404x2 y4
D. 405x2 y4

173. The equation whose roots are the reciprocals of the roots of 3x2 7x 20 = 0 is
A. 20x2 + 7x + 3 = 0
B. 20x2 7x + 3 = 0
C. 20x2 + 7x 3 = 0
D. 20x2 - 7x 3 = 0

174. Find the 50th term of 1 + i, 2 + 4i, 3 + 7i, ...

A. 47 + 148i
B. 48 + 148i
C. 49 + 148i
D. 50 + 148i

175. Fifty liters of acid solution contains 22% water. How many liters of water must be added to
the solution so that the resulting mixture will be 60% acid?
A. 15
B. 10
C. 20
D. 12

176. From the letters a, e, i, o, r, s, t, how many arrangements of 5 different letters each can be
formed if each arrangement involves 2 consonants and 3 vowels?
A. 100
B. 121
C. 144
D. 169

177. Six coins are tossed. What is the probability that exactly two of them are heads?
A. 0.423
B. 0.342
C. 0.234
D. 0.243

178. There are 0 defective per 1000 items of product in a long run. What is the probability that
there is one and only one defective in a random lot of 100?
A. 0.2770
B. 0.2707
C. 0.2077
D. 0.2207

179. The value of k which will make 8x2 + 8kx + 3k + 2 a perfect square trinomial is
A. 5
B. 6
C. 3
D. 2

180. The 3rd term of an arithmetic progression is 4 and the 9th term is -14. Find the 5th term.
A. -2
B. -3
C. -4
D. -5

181. If x:y:z = 4:-3:2 and 2x + 4y 3z = 20, find x.

A. -8
B. -6
C. -4
D. -2

182. Two brothers are respectively 5 and 8 years old. In how many years will the ratio of their
ages be 3:4?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

183. If f(x) = (x+2)/(x-2) and G(y) = y+2, find g(f(3)).

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7

184. How many consecutive even integers beginning with 4 must be taken for their sum to equal
648?
A. 20
B. 22
C. 24
D. 26
185. Determine the value of the given determinant
1 1 0 0
1 1 1 0
0 1 1 1
0 0 1 1

A. 1
B. 0
C. -2
D. -1

186. At what time after 3 oclock will the minute hand of a clock be as far in front of the 5
oclock mark as the hour hand is behind that mark?
A. 32.21
B. 32.31
C. 32.41
D. 32.51

187. If 2x = 4y and 8y = 16z, find x/z.

A. 1/3
B. 2/3
C. 8/3
D. 5/3

188. If n is a perfect square, what is the next larger perfect square?

A. n2 + 2n + 1
B. n2 + n + 1
C. n2 + 1
D. n + +1

189. If 2 men can repair 6 machines in 4 hours, how many men are needed to repair 18 machines
in 8 hours?
A. 6
B. 5
C. 4
D. 3
190. In how many ways can 9 books be arranged in a shelf so that 4 books are always together?
A. 2,880
B. 3,024
C. 14,400
D. 17,280

191. If the roots of (2k +2)x2 + (4 4k)x + k 2 = 0 are reciprocals to each other, find the value
of k.
A. -2
B. -3
C. -4
D. -5

192. The 3rd term of a geometric progression is 5 and the 6th term is -40. Find the 8th term.
A. -140
B. -150
C. -160
D. -170

193. The equation x2 4kx + 10 6k = 0 will have two equal roots if the value of k is
A. 5/3
B. -5/2
C. -5/3
D. 5/2

194. The arithmetic mean of a set of 50 numbers is 38. Two numbers of the set, namely 45 and
55, are discarded. What will be the arithmetic mean of the remaining set of numbers?
A. 35.5
B. 36.5
C. 37.5
D. 38.5

195. The sum of two numbers is 37. If the larger is divided by the smaller, the quotient is 3 and
the remainder is 5. Find the smaller number.
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9

196. In how many ways can 6 boys be seated at a round table if two particular boys must always
sit together?
A. 42
B. 44
C. 46
D. 48

197. Maria is twice as old as Ana was when Maria was as old as Ana is now. If Maria is 24 years
old now, how old is Ana now?
A. 18
B. 17
C. 16
D. 15

198. If 1/x = a + b and 1/y = a b, then x y is equal to

A. 2b/(b2 a2)
B. 2a/(b2 a2)
C. 2b/(a2 b2)
D. 2a/(a2 b2)

199. The 4th term of a geometric progression is 81 and the 7th term is 9. What is the 10th term?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

200. If log 2 = x and log 3 = y, find log(1.2)

A. 2x + y -1
B. 2x + y +1
C. 2x y + 1
D. 2x y 1

201. How many consecutive terms must be taken from the sequence 3, -6, 12, -24, ... for the sum
to equal 8,193?
A. 11
B. 12
C. 13
D. 14

202. At what time between 7 and 8AM will the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock be
opposite one another?
A. 7:05:23
B. 7:05:25
C. 7:05:27
D. 7:05:29

203. A man can do a job with his son in 30 days. If after working together for 12 days, the son
worked alone and finished the job in 24 more days, how long will it take the son to do the job
alone?
A. 40 days
B. 45 days
C. 50 days
D. 55 days

204. How many arrangements can be made from the letters of the word TRANSIENTS when
all are taken at a time?
A. 435,600
B. 453,600
C. 436,500
D. 463,500

205. Find the middle term of (x1/3 y1/3)12 without expanding.

A. -924x2 y2
B. 924x2 y2
C. -492x2 y2
D. 492x2 y2

206. A bag contains 6 red balls, 4 white balls and 8 black balls. If 3 balls are drawn at random,
determine the probability that 2 balls are white and one is red.
A. 0.0414
B. 0.0441
C. 0.0144
D. 0.0141

207. If 102x = 4 find 106x-1.

A. 4.4
B. 5.4
C. 6.4
D. 7.4

208. Find the sum of the first n terms of 2, 8, 14, ...

A. n(3n+1)
B. n(2n+3)
C. n(n+3)
D. n(3n-1)

209. In how many ways can 4 men be selected out of 12 men if 2 of the men are to be excluded
from every selection?
A. 66
B. 45
C. 210
D. 495
210. Three drawn from a pack of 52 cards. Determine the probability that all cards drawn are of
the same suit.
A. 0.0516
B. 0.0518
C. 0.0520
D. 0.0522

211. If log x = 2(1 log 2), find x.

A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 25

212. Mary is three times as old as Ricky. Three years ago, she was four times as old Ricky was
then. Find the sum of their ages now.
A. 32
B. 24
C. 38
D. 36
213. An air plane went 360 miles in 2 hours with the wind and flying back the same route, took 3
hours and 36 minutes against the wind. What was its speed in still air?
A. 60 mph
B. 120 mph
C. 140 mph
D. 160 mph

214. A ball is dropped from a height of 28 cm. If it always rebounds of the height from which
it falls, how far does it travel after the fifth bounce?
A. 372 cm
B. 374 cm
C. 376 cm
D. 378 cm

215. A tank can be filled by one pipe in 16 minutes, by a second pipe in 24 minutes and can be
drained by a third pipe in 48 minutes. If all pipes are open, in how many minutes can the tank be
filled?
A. 10
B. 12
C. 14
D. 16

216. If 3x 3y = 27 and 2x + y = 5, find x.

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

217. The amount of P300,000 is divided into 3 parts in the ratio 2:5:8 and these parts are invested
at 2%, 4% and 6% respectively. Find the income from the 6% investment.
A. P6,600
B. P7,600
C. P8,600
D. P9,600
218. Find the sum of the first 12 terms of an arithmetic progression whose 7th term is 5/3 and
with a common difference of -2/3
A. 22
B. 24
C. 26
D. 28

219. By use of 3 different red flags and 4 different green flags, how many signals can formed by
flying all the flags from seven positions on a pole if the same color are to be consecutive?
A. 144
B. 288
C. 70
D. 84

220. In a throw of two dice, the probability of obtaining a total of 10 or 12 is

A. 1/16
B. 1/12
C. 1/9
D. 1/18

221. Find x so that x-1, x+2 and x+8 are the first three terms of a geometric progression.
A. 4
B. 3
C. 5
D. 2

222. If , find x.
A. 5/9
B. 9/5
C. 7/9
D. 9/7

223. Find the sum of the infinity of 1 + - 1/8 + ...

A. 1/3
B. 2/3
C.
D.
224. If log 2 = x and log 3 = y, find log4 9
A. x/y
B. xy
C. y/x
D. xy

225. A man drives a certain distance at 50kph and a second man drives the same distance in 20
minutes less time at 60kph. Find the distance traveled.
A. 130 km
B. 120 km
C. 110 km
D. 100 km

226. How many numbers between 200 and 500 can be formed by using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
if each digit must not be repeated in any number?
A. 120
B. 80
C. 60
D. 100

227. A bag contains 10 white balls and 5 black balls. If 3 balls are drawn in succession without
replacement, find the probability that the balls are drawn in the order black, black and white.
A. 0.0733
B. 0.0723
C. 0.0743
D. 0.0713

228. Find the term free of x in the expansion of (x2 x -1)9 .

A. 64
B. 84
C. 96
D. 48

229. How many different signals; each consisting of 6 flags hung in a vertical line can be formed
from 4 identical red flags and 2 identical blue flags?
A. 12
B. 13
C. 15
D. 16

230. Juan can do a job in 6 days and Pedro can do the same job in 10 days. If Juan worked for 2
days and Pedro joined him, in how many days more will the two boys finished the job together?
A. 3.5
B. 3
C. 2.5
D. 2

231. What must be the value of x in the arithmetic progression x-7, x-2, x+3, ... so that its 10th
term will be 40?
A. 4
B. 3
C. 2
D. 1

232. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 12. If the digits are reversed, the new number
is 4/7 of the original number, Determine the original number.
A. 57
B. 75
C. 93
D. 84

233. Find the probability that a couple with three children have exactly two boys.
A. 0.375
B. 0.365
C. 0.345
D. 0.335

234. The sum of three consecutive odd integers is 75. Find the largest integer.
A. 25
B. 27
C. 24
D. 29

235. In how many ways can a man choose 2 or more of 5 ties?

A. 31
B. 26
C. 20
D. 10

236. A boat can travel 10 kph in still water. It can travel 60 km downstream in the same time that it
can travel 40 km upstream. What is the rate of the current?
A. 2 kph
B. 2.5 kph
C. 3 kph
D. 3.5 kph

237. The first term of a geometric progression is 160 and the common ratio is 2/3. How many
consecutive terms must be taken to give a sum of 2,110?
A. 7
B. 6
C. 5
D. 4

238. At what time after 4PM will the 6 oclock mark bisect the angle formed by the minute and
the hour hand?
A. 4:36.62
B. 4:36.72
C. 4:36.82
D. 4:36.92

239. If the product of two positive numbers is 14 and their sum is 6, find the sum of their
reciprocals.
A. 3/7
B. 5/7
C. 4/7
D. 2/7

240. In how many ways can 6 plus signs and 4 minus signs be written on a straight line?
A. 24
B. 744
C. 360
D. 210

241. John and Jack can do a job in 4 hours and the working rate of John is twice that of Jack.
How many hours would it take John to work alone?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 10

242. How many arrangements can be made out of the letters of the word CONSTITUTION?
A. 9,979,200
B. 9,799,200
C. 7,999,200
D. 2,979,900

243. A fair coin is tossed 3 times. Find the probability of getting either 3 heads or 3 tails.
A. 1/8
B.
C. 3/8
D.
244. In how many ways can 4 boys and 3 girls be seated in a row of 7 seats with the girls always
in consecutive seats?
A. 620
B. 720
C. 820
D. 920

245. A tank can be filled by one pipe in 16 minutes; by another pipe in 24 minutes and can be
drained by a third pipe in 48 minutes. If all pipes are open at the same time, in how many
minutes can the tank be filled?
A. 12
B. 14
C. 10
D. 16

246. In how many ways can a panel of 5 judges make a majority decisions?
A. 18
B. 25
C. 14
D. 16

247. A man drove from station A to station B, 60 km away, at an average speed of 30kph and
return to A at an average speed of 20 kph. What was the average speed for the whole journey?
A. 22 kph
B. 23 kph
C. 24 kph
D. 25 kph

248. A man can do a job in 8 days. After the man has worked for 3 days, his son joins him and
together they complete the job in 3 more days. How long will it take the son to do the job alone?
A. 12
B. 11
C. 13
D. 10

249. A tunnel is one kilometer long. A train 250 meters long is passing through the tunnel at
25kph. How long will it take the train to completely pass the tunnel?
A. 6 min
B. 4 min
C. 5 min
D. 3 min

250. If two dice are cast, what is the probability that the sum will be less than 6?
A. 1/15
B. 1/16
C. 5/18
D. 2/19

251. If (3)^(log3 x) = 4x3, find the value of x.

A. 1/3
B.
C.
D. 1/5

252. The probability that both Vic and Ric can solve a certain puzzle is 0.95. The probability that
Vic alone can solve the same puzzle is 0.98. What is the probability that Ric can solve the puzzle
given the Vic does?
A. 0.9361
B. 0.9694
C. 0.9310
D. 0.9496

253. In how many ways can 8 students be divided into 4 groups of 2?

A. 2,250
B. 2,502
C. 2,205
D. 2,520

254. A lottery has a first prize of P10,000,000. Suppose only 8,000,000 tickets are sold and you
have bought 40 tickets, what is your mathematical expectation?
A. P30
B. P40
C. P50
D. P60

255. Thrice the sum of two numbers is 30 and the sum of their squares is 52. Find the product of
the numbers.
A. 22
B. 24
C. 26
D. 28

256. What is the harmonic mean between 3/8 and 4?

A. 24/35
B. 23/35
C. 22/35
D. 21/35
257. Find the third proportional to 4n2 and 2mn2.
A. mn
B. (mn)2
C. 2/m
D. m/2

258. One basket contains 5 apples and 2 oranges and a second basket contains 4 apples and 3
oranges. If a fruit is taken from one of the two baskets at random, what is the probability that it is
an orange?
A. 0.4133
B. 0.4143
C. 0.4153
D. 0.4163

259. If , find the value of x.

A. 3/14
B. 3/15
C. 3/16
D. 3/17

260. The sum of the first three terms of an arithmetic progression is -3 while the sum of the first
five terms of the same arithmetic progression is 10. Find the first term.
A. -5
B. -4
C. -3
D. -2

261. The product of n P n-r and r P 1 is equal to

A. n Pn-r+1
B. nPn+r-1
C. nPn-1
D. nPr-1

262. In how many ways can 12 books be divided among four students so that each student
receive 3 books?
A. 390,660
B. 396,600
C. 366,900
D. 369,600

263. Ann is eleven times as old as Beth. In a certain number of years, Ann will be five times as
old as Beth and five years after that, Ann will be three times as old as Beth. How old is Beth
now?
A. 20
B. 21
C. 22
D. 23

264. Juan after working on a job for 2 hours was helped by Jose and it took 3 hours more for
them working together to finish the job. Had they worked together from the start, it would only
require 4 hours to finish the job. How long would it take Juan to finish the job alone?
A. 6 hr
B. 7 hr
C. 8 hr
D. 9 hr
265. Find the common ratio of a geometric progression whose first term is 1 and for which the
sum of the first 6 terms is 28 times the sum of the first 3 terms.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

266. If x:y:z = 2:5:7 and 4x y + 2z = 51, find z.

A. 21
B. 6
C. 15
D. 8

267. A bag contains an assortment of red and blue balls. If two balls are drawn from it at random,
the probability that 2 red balls are drawn is 5 times the probability that 2 blue balls are draw.
Furthermore, the probability that one ball of each color is drawn is 6 times the probability that 2
blue balls are drawn. How many red balls are there in the bag?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

268. Solve for x in the equation x + 3x + 5x + 7x + ... + 49x = 625.

A.
B.
C. 1
D. 2

269. The sum of the digits of a three-digit number is 14. The units digit is half the tens digit. If
the digits are reversed, the resulting number is 198 more than the original number. Find the
original number.
A. 563
B. 842
C. 284
D. 921
270. Te arithmetic mean of two positive numbers exceeds their geometric mean by 2. Find the
smaller number if it is 40 less than the larger number.
A. 90
B. 101
C. 121
D. 81

271. Juans age on his birthday in 1989 is equal to the sum of the digits of the year 19Juans age
on his birthday in 1989 is equal to the sum of the digits of the year 19XY in which he was born.
If X and Y satisfy the equation X Y 6 = 0, find the age of Juan in 1990.
A. 18 yr
B. 19 yr
C. 20 yr
D. 21 yr

272. A group of neighbors plan to pay equal amount in order to buy a small power mower which
costs P4,800. If the adding 2 more neigbor to the original group, cost to each is reduced by P120.
Find the number of neighbor in the original group.
A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10

273. A chemist mixed 40 ml of 8% hydrochloric acid with 60 ml of 12% hydrochloric acid

solution. She used a portion of this solution and replaced it with distilled water. If the new
solution tested 5.2% hydrochloric acid, how much of the original solution did she used?
A. 50 ml
B. 40 ml
C. 70 ml
D. 60 ml

274. There are two copies each of 3 different books. In how many ways can they be arranged on
a shelf?
A. 80
B. 85
C. 90
D. 95
275. A coin is tossed 6 times. What are the odds in favor of getting at least 3 head?
A. 18:11
B. 19:11
C. 20:11
D. 21:11

276. A bag contains 10 red balls. 30 white balls, 20 black balls and 15 yellow balls. If 2 balls are
drawn, replacement being made after each drawing, find the probability that only one is red.
A. 0.2211
B. 0.2311
C. 0.2411
D. 0.2511

277. In how many ways can 9 people cross a river riding 3 bancas whose maximum capacity is
2,4 and 5 respectively?
A. 5,346
B. 3,654
C. 6,453
D. 4,536

278. A realtor bought a group of lots for S90,000. He then sells them at a gain of S3,750 per lot
and has a total profit equal to the amount he received for the last 4 lots sold. How many lots were
originally in the group?
A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 13

279. A man left Manila for Baguio City at past 9AM. Between 4 to 5 hours, he arrived at Baguio
and noticed the minute and hour hands of his wrist watch interchanged in position. At what time
did the man arrived at Baguio?
A. 1:45.53 PM
B. 1:45.63 PM
C. 1:45.73 PM
D. 1:45.83 PM
280. A and B can do a piece of work in 42 days, B and C in 31 and A and C in 20 days. In how
many days can all of them do the work together?
A. 18.86 days
B. 18.76 days
C. 18.66 days
D. 18.56 days

281. Using the relation nCr-1 + nCr = n+1Cr , find the value of y given that 89C63 88 C63 =x Cy

A. 60
B. 61
C. 62
D. 63

282. A class of 40 students took examination in Mathematics and English. If 30 passed in

English, 36 passed in Mathematics and 2 fails in both subjects, the number of students who
passed both subjects is
A. 26
B. 28
C. 29
D. 30

283. There is a 30% chance of rain today. If it does not rain today, there is a 20% chance of rain
tomorrow. If it rains today, there is a 50% chance of rain tomorrow. What is the probability that it
rains tomorrow?
A. 0.27
B. 0.28
C. 0.29
D. 0.26

284. A group consists of n boys and n girls. If two of the boys are replaced by two other girls,
then 49% of the group members will be boys. Find the value of n.
A. 49
B. 51
C. 98
D. 100
285. If P(n,r) = 840 and C(n,r) = 35, find the value of r.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

286. If three sticks are drawn from 5 sticks whose lengths are 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9, what is the
probability that they will form a triangle?
A. 0.24
B. 0.21
C. 0.30
D. 0.36

287. A passenger train x times as fast as a freight train takes x times as long to pass when
overtaking the freight train as it takes to pass when two trains are going in opposite directions.
What is the value of x?
A. 2.31
B. 2.41
C. 2.51
D. 2.61

288. Three card are drawn from a deck of 52 cards without replacement. Find the probability that
all are of the same color.
A. 0.2353
B. 0.3523
C. 0.3323
D. 0.2335

289. The simplest form of [(n+1)!]2 / n!(n-1)! is

A. n2
B. n(n+1)
C. n+1
D. n(n+1)2

290. How many products can be formed from the numbers 2,3,4,5,6,7 by taking two or more
numbers at a time?
A. 57
B. 64
C. 59
D. 69

291. Juan is thrice as old as Jose was when Juan was as old as Jose is now. When Jose becomes
twice as old as Juan is now, together they will be 78 years. How old is Juan now?
A. 12
B. 14
C. 16
D. 18

292. If z2 = 24 + 10i, find z.

A. 5+i or 5-i
B. 5+i or -5-i
C. 5-i or -5+i
D. 5-i or -5-i

293. There are three candidates A, B and C for mayor in a town. If the odds that candidate A will
win are 7:5 that of B are 1:3, what is the probability that candidate C will win?
A. 0.25
B. 0.13
C. 0.17
D. 0.21

294. The first term of an arithmetic progression is 6 and the tenth term is 3 times the second
term. What is the common difference?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

295. A basket contains 3 red balls and 2 white balls while a second basket contains 2 red balls
and 5 white balls. A man selected a basket at random and picked a ball and placed it on the other
basket. Then another ball is drawn from the second basket. Find the probability that both balls he
picked are of the same color.
A. 601/1680
B. 701/1680
C. 801/1680
D. 901/1680
296. If 7 coins are tossed once, find the probability of tossing at most 6 heads.
A. 0.9911
B. 0.9922
C. 0.9933
D. 0.9944

297. A businessman travelled 1,110km to attend a company conference. He drove his car 60 km
to an airport and flew the rest of the way. His plane speed is 10 times that of his car. If he flew 45
minutes longer than he drove, how long did he fly?
A. 1.25 hr
B. 1.45 hr
C. 1.75 hr
D. 1.50 hr

298. Maria, Ana, Cora, Cely, Jose, Juan and Pedro are participating in elections for four student
officers: President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. What is the probability that a girl
becomes a President and a boy Vice-President?
A. 0.8257
B. 0.2857
C. 0.5827
D. 0.7285

299. A tank can be filled separately in 10 and 15 minutes respectively by tow pipes. When a third
pipe was used simultaneously with the first two pipes, the tank can be filled in 4 minutes. How
long would it take the third pipe alone to fill the tank?
A. 12 min
B. 11 min
C. 10 min
D. 9 min

300. In a single toss of a pair of dice, find the probability of tossing a total of at most 5.
A. 0.278
B. 0.268
C. 0.258
D. 0.248
301. In how many ways can 9 different books be divided among three boys A, B and C so that
they receive 4, 3 an 2 books respectively?
A. 1,600
B. 3,600
C. 1,260
D. 2,460

302. A family budget provides an expenditures of P5,100 per month for food. If the amount
alloted for meat is P300 more than that of milk and if the allotment for other food is twice as
much as that for meat and milk, find the amount alloted for milk.
A. P600
B. P650
C. P700
D. P750

303. Find the probability of throwing 11 each time in 3 tosses of 2 dice.

A. 0.00017
B. 0.00170
C. 0.01700
D. 0.17000

304. A 2.5-liter container has a mixture of 25% alcohol. How many liters of the mixture must be
drained out and replaced with pure alcohol in order to obtain a mixture containing 40% alcohol?
A. 0.35
B. 0.40
C. 0.45
D. 0.50

305. If the sum of two numbers is 1 and their product is also 1, find the sum of their cubes.
A. -3
B. -1
C. -2
D. -4
306. On a trip, a man noticed that his car averaged 21 km per liter of gasoline except for the days
he used the air conditioning and then it averaged only 17 km per liter. If he used 91 liters of
gasoline to drive 1,751 km, on how many of these kilometers did he used the air conditioning?
A. 480 km
B. 580 km
C. 680 km
D. 780 km

307. The 2nd, 4th and 8th terms of an arithmetic progression are themselves in geometric
progression. Find the common ratio of the geometric progression.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

308. The 4th term of a geometric progression is 343 and the 6th term is 16,807. Find the 8th term.
A. 853,243
B. 835,432
C. 824,533
D. 823,543

309. Mary is twice as old as Ann was when Mary was as old as Ann is now. If Mary is 20 years
old now, how old is Ann now?
A. 15
B. 16
C. 17
D. 18

310. The tens digit of a two-digit number is one third of the units digit. When the digits are
reversed, the new number exceeds twice the original number by 2 more than the sums of the
digits. Find the units digit.
A. 5
B. 6
C. 2
D. 3
311. Determine the common difference of an arithmetic progression whose sum to n terms is 2n2
+ 3n.
A. 7
B. 5
C. 4
D. 6

312. A man sold a book at 105% of the marked price instead of discounting the marked price by
5%. If he sold the book at P4.20, what was the discounted price for which he should have sold
the book?
A. P2.80
B. P3.80
C. P3.00
D. P2.50

313. If logb y = 2x + logb x, find y.

A. y = 2xbx
B. y = xbx
C. y = xb2x
D. y = x2 bx

314. The probability of Juans winning whenever he plays a certain game is 1/3. If he plays 4
times, find the probability that he wins at most twice.
A. 0.86
B. 0.94
C. 0.89
D. 0.79

315. A tank can be filled by pipe A in half the time that pipe B can empty the same tank. When
both pipes are operating, the tank can be filled in 1 hour and 12 minutes. Find the time for pipe A
to fill the tank alone.
A. 0.60 hr
B. 0.50 hr
C. 0.40 hr
D. 0.30 hr
316. How many terms of the arithmetic progression 9,11,13,... must be added in order that the
sum should equal the sum of the first nine terms of the geometric progression 3,-6,12,-24,...?
A. 18
B. 19
C. 20
D. 21

317. How many arithmetic means must be inserted between 1 and 36 so that the sum of all
numbers in the resulting progression will be 148?
A. 4
B. 3
C. 5
D. 6

318. The head of a fish measures 22cm long. The tail is as long as the head and half the body and
the body is as long as the head and tail. How long is the fish?
A. 172 cm
B. 174 cm
C. 176 cm
D. 178 cm

319. From a 2-liter vessel containing water a certain amount was drained and replaced with pure
alcohol. Later from the mixture, the same amount was drained and again replaced with pure
alcohol. What amount was removed each time if the resulting mixture has 36% alcohol?
A. 0.50 L
B. 0.40 L
C.0.30 L
D. 0.20 L

320. An urn contains 4 red marbles and 8 black marbles. A marble is drawn from the urn and a
marble of the other color is then put into the urn. A second marble is drawn from the urn. Find
the probability that the 2nd marble is red.
A. 5/18
B. 7/24
C. 13/36
D. 1/12
321. If a man was left with 10 hectares fewer than 40% of his land after selling 6 hectares more
than 70% of his land, how many hectares of land did he initially own?
A. 30
B. 40
C. 50
D. 60

322. The 3rd term of an arithmetic progression is 4 and the 9th term is -14. Find the sum of the
first six terms.
A. 21
B. 19
C. 17
D. 15

323. A number of 5 different digits is written at random by use of the digits 1,2,3,4,5,6,8. Find
the probability that the number will have even digits at each end.
A. 0.2578
B. 0.2785
C. 0.2857
D. 0.2587

324. Without expanding (4x -2 (x/2) )7, find the term involving x
-2
-2
A. 130x
B. 140x-2
C. 150x-2
D. 160x-2

325. Juan and Pedro can do a job together in 4 days. If the working rate of Juan is twice that of
Pedro, how long would it take for Pedro to do the job alone?
A. 12 days
B. 10 days
C. 8 days
D. 6 days
326. A man decided to build a wire fence along one straight side of his property. He planned to
place the posts 6 feet apart but after he bought the posts and the wire, he found that he had
miscalculated. He had 5 posts too few. However, he discovered that he could do with the posts he
had by placing them 8 feet apart. How ling was the side of the plot?
A. 100 ft
B. 110 ft
C. 120 ft
D. 125 ft

327. Solve the given system for z:

x y + 6z = -15
3y 2z = 18
5x + 2z = -8
A. 5
B. -1
C.
D. -3/2

328. The positive value of x so that x, x2 5 and 2x will be in harmonic progression is

A. 6
B. 5
C. 4
D. 3

329. If a number of 6 different digits is written at random by using the digits 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, find
the probability that the number will be even.
A. 1/7
B. 2/7
C. 3/7
D. 4/7

330. Find the number of ways of selecting 9 balls from 6 red balls, 5 white balls and 4 blue balls
if each selection consists of 3 balss of each color.
A. 600
B. 700
C. 800
D. 900
331. What is the probability of drawing a face card on the first selection from a deck of 52 cards
without replacement drawing an ace on the second selection?
A. 0.0181
B. 0.0118
C. 0.0811
D. 0.0188

332. A boy is two years more than twice as old as his brother. The two boys together are 17 years
older than their sister who is 7 years younger than the older boy. How old is the sister?
A. 10
B. 15
C. 18
D. 22

333. The 3rd term of a harmonic progression is 15 and the 9th term is 6. Find the 11th term.
A. 4
B. 8
C. 5
D. 7

334. It takes 10 second for two trains to pass each other when moving in opposite directions. If
they move in the same direction, the faster train could completely pass the slower train in 2
minutes. If the faster train is 120 meters long and the slower train is 130 meters long, find the
rate of the faster train.
A. 11 m/s
B. 12 m/s
C. 13 m/s
D. 14 m/s

335. A bag contains 9 balls numbered 1 to 9. Two balls are drawn at random. Find the probability
that one is odd and the other is even.
A. 7/9
B. 5/9
C. 6/9
D. 4/9
336. Three boys A, B and C working together can do a job in a certain number of hours. If A can
do the job in 1 day more and B alone can do the same job in 6 days more while C alone can do
the job twice as much time, in how many days would the three boys finish the job?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

337. A man drove 156 km at a constant rate of speed. If he had driven 9 km more per hour, he
would have made the trip in 45 minutes less time. What was his initial speed?
A. 28 kph
B. 39 kph
C. 42 kph
D. 50 kph

338. Find the positive value of x so that 4x, 5x+4 and 3x2-1 will be in arithmetic progression.
A. 5
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2

339. In how many ways can 3 men be selected out of 15 men if 2 of the men are to be excluded
from every selection?
A. 284
B. 286
C. 288
D. 282

340. A bag contains 5 red balls and 6 white balls. If we draw 4 balls, find the probability that at
least 3 balls are white.
A. 0.2578
B. 0.4385
C. 0.3485
D. 0.3845

341. The sum of the squares of two consecutive even integers is 340. Find the larger even
integer.
A. 12
B. 14
C. 16
D. 18

342. Find the 10th term in an arithmetic progression where the first term is 3 and whose 1st, 4th
and 13th terms form a geometric progression.
A. 21
B. 22
C. 23
D. 24

343. Town A is 11 kilometers from town B.A boy walks from A to B at the rate of 3kph and a
man starting at the same time walks from B to A at 4kph. When will they be 2kilometer apart
after meeting each other along the way?
A. 1.66 hr
B. 1.76 hr
C. 1.86 hr
D. 1.96 hr

344. A man can do a job in 8 hours, a boy can do the same job in 12 hours and a girl can do it in
16 hours. How long will it take them to do the job if the man and the boy work together for one
hour and then the boy and the girl finish the job?
A. 6.54 hr
B. 6.45 hr
C. 6.34 hr
D. 6.43 hr

345. Three groups of men A, B and C assemble 96 machines. Group A assembles 3 machines, B
4 machines and C 5 machines per day. If B works twice as many days as A and if C works 1/3 as
many days as both A and B together, how many days does group A work?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 10
D. 12

346. The probability that Juan will win a game of chess whenever he plays is . If he plays
twice, what are the odds that he wins the 1st game and loses the 2nd game?
A. 0.2108
B. 0.2208
C. 0.2308
D. 0.2408
347. A bag contains 3 black balls, 7 white balls, 6 black cubes and 14 white cubes. Find the
probability of drawing a ball and a black object.
A. 0.10
B. 0.15
C. 0.20
D. 0.25

348. A man is 4 years older than his wife and 5 times as old as his son. When the son was born,
the age of the wife was 6/7 the age of her husband. Find the age of the son now/
A. 6 yr
B. 7 yr
C. 8 yr
D. 9 yr

349. Equal volumes of different liquids evaporate at different but constant rates. If the first is
totally evaporated in 6 weeks and the second is 5 weeks, when will the second be the volume
of the first?
A. 27/7
B. 29/7
C. 33/7
D. 30/7

350. A piece of work can be done by women in 11 days and 30 men in 7 days. In how many days
can the work be done by 22 women and 21 men?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 3
D. 2
351. It is a measure of dispersion which depends only on two scores in the entire distribution.
A. mean deviation
B. quartile deviation
C. variance
D. range

352. The most numerous or most common value in a series of values is called the
A. range
B. mode
C. mean
D. median

353. Which of the following numbers has two significant figure?

A. 0.039
B. 3,009
C. 39.00
D. 30.09

354. What do you call each possible outcome of an experiment?

A. trial
B. sample
C. event
D. variate

355. Which of the following is a measure of central tendency whose magnitude depends directly
on the size of the scores in the group?
A. arithmetic mean
B. harmonic mean
C. median
D. mode

356. An arrangement of raw numerical data in ascending or descending order of magnitude is

called
A. data
B. array
C. frequency
D. category
357. It is halfway between the upper limit and lower limit of a class interval.
A. average
B. class mark
C. mean
D. boundary

358. A tabulation of data showing the number of times a score or group of scores appears is
called
A. normal distribution
B. Poisson distribution
C. frequency distribution
D. probability distribution

359. The probability of an impossible event is

A. zero
B. unity
C. infinity
D. undefined

360. It is a variable that can only assume designated values.

A. continuous variable
B. parameter
C. discrete variable
D. variate

361. If two events have no outcome in common, then they are said to be
A. dependent
B. independent
C. mutually exclusive
D. mutually inclusive

362. The class interval 50 52 theoretically includes all measurement from 49.5 and 52.5 and
these end points are called the
A. class limits
B. class boundaries
C. class marks
D. class widths

363. The total area under a probability curve is always

A. equal to unity
B. greater than one
C. between zero and one
D. less than one

364. The range is a measure of

A. variability
B. deviation
C. central tendency
D. distribution

365. When 130 numbers are arranged in an array, the median corresponds to the
A. 65th number in the array
B. the mid number of the array
C. the mean of the 65th and the 66th numbers in the array
D. the average of the sum of all numbers in the array

366. It is a measure of dispersion which depends upon the deviation of all scores from the mean.
A. average deviation
B. quartile deviation
C. mean deviation
D. standard deviation

367. Which of the following is not a continuous variable?

A. weight of a body
B. height of a body
C. temperature of an object
D. number of girls

368. How many significant figures has the number 10.01?

A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
369. It represents that point in the data where one half of the scores fall below that point and one
half falls above it.
A. average
B. median
C. midscore
D. mean

370. Which of the following events are mutually exclusive?

A. events ace or black card
B. events king or red card
C. events queen or face card
D. events diamond or black Jack

371. If H is the event of getting a head by tossing a coin and N is the event of getting a prime
number by tossing a die, then which of the following means The probability of getting a tail
given that a prime number has come up on the die.?
A. p(H and N)
B. p(H or N)
C. p(H/N)
D. p(N/H)

372. In probability theory, what do you call the set of all possible outcomes of an experiment?
A. event
B. trial
C. sample space
D. variate

373. If A and B are two events and p(A and B) = p(A)p(B), then the two events are said to be
A. complementary
B. independent
C. disjoint
D. dependent

374. The highest score in a distribution minus the lowest score is called the
A. class mark
B. median
C. range
D. standard score

375. Which of the following is commonly used to illustrate the government income and
expenditure?
A. pie chart
B. frequency polygon
C. histogram
D. scattergram

376. It refers to the number of times a score occurs in a sample.

A. outcome
B. mode
C. average
D. frequency

377. It refers to the facts and figures collected on some characteristics of a sample.
A. array
B. data
C. population
D. histogram

378. In set theory, the sum A + B is denoted by

A. A B
B. A B
C. A = B
D. A B

379. The most widely used measure of dispersion is the

A. mean deviation
B. standard deviation
C. quartile deviation
D. average deviation

380. The number of favorable outcomes divided by the total amount of outcomes is called
A. permutation
B. certainty
C. probability
D. frequency
381. The sum of the squared deviation about the mean is called
A. variate
B. variable
C. variance
D. value

382. In statistics, which of the following is a qualitative variable?

A. number grade in a card
B. letter grade in a card
C. number of people
D. salary of a teacher

383. The positive square root of the variance is equal to

A. quartile deviation
B. mean deviation
C. standard deviation
D. average deviation

384. Which of the following is true?

A.

B.

C.

D.

385. It is equal to the absolute difference between the observations in a sample and the mean
divided by the total number of observations in the sample.
A. arithmetic mean
B. root mean square
C. quartile deviation
D. mean deviation

386. When the sample is large and the variable is quantitative which of the following measures
of central tendency has a distinct advantage in terms of accuracy?
A. geometric mean
B. arithmetic mean
C. median
D. mode
387. When a coin is tossed 8 times in succession, head appeared 3 times and tail 5 times in the
following order HTTTHHTT. In how many other orders could they have appeared?
A. 53
B. 54
C. 55
D. 56

388. In a single toss of a pair of dice, the probability of obtaining a sum of 6 is

A. 5/36
B. 7/36
C. 4/36
D. 6/36

389. A point in the distribution of scores at which 50% of the score fall below and 50% fall
above.
A. mode
B. mean
C. median
D. range

390. If a coin is tossed 100 times, find the theoretical standard deviation.
A. 4
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5

391. If a die is thrown 3 times, what is the probability that all throws show 6?
A. 1/8
B.
C. 3/8
D.

392. If A and B are two independent events and P(A) = 0.9 and P(not B) = 0.2, find P(not A or
B).
A. 0.8
B. 0.9
C. 0.7
D. 0.6
393. A boy has an average of 85 in four subjects. What grade must he make in the fifth subject so
that his average will be 87?
A. 93
B. 94
C. 95
D. 96

394. A Poisson distribution is given by p(X) = [(0.7)X e-0.7] / X!. Find p(2).
A. 0.1172
B. 0.1217
C. 0.1127
D. 0.1721

395. If the probability of a defective bolt is 0.20, how many bolts are expected to be defective if
there are a total of 600 bolts?
A. 100
B. 105
C. 115
D. 120

396. When a test was given, the probability of getting a score of 85 was 0.70. If 40 students took
the test, what is the expected number of students who will get a score of 85?
A. 28
B. 27
C. 26
D. 25

397. Consider two independent events A and B. If P(A) = 0.85 and P(B) = 0.35, find P(A and
B).
A. 0.0795
B. 0.0975
C. 0.0597
D. 0.0759
398. The grades of an examinee in a board examination in three subjects A, B and C were 70, 76
and 82 respectively. If the weights accorded to these grades are 25, 35 and 45 respectively, what
is the mean grade of the examinee?
A. 80
B. 79
C. 81
D. 78

399. The ages of 8 people are 17, 50, 19, 43, 20, 36, 21 and 29. Find the median
A. 24
B. 26
C. 27
D. 25

400. Find the mode for the following numbers: 16,29,19,27,18,20,27,24,19,27.

A. 19
B. 27
C. 18
D. 24

401. Find the mean of 67,53,50,76,66,81,69,77,91.

A. 73
B. 72
C. 71
D. 70

402. The odds that a new product will succeed are estimated as being 5:3. Find the probability
that the product will succeed.
A. 0.625
B. 0.652
C. 0.562
D. 0.626

403. Determine the root mean square (RMS) of the numbers 2.7, 3.2, 3.8, 4.3.
A. 1.55
B. 2.55
C. 3.55
D. 4.55

404. If the variable x assumes that values 1, 3 and 5 while those of the variable y are 2, 4 and 6,
calculate the value of .
A. 184
B. 188
C. 187
D. 186

405. If P(A) = 0.25 and P(B) = 0.35 and if A and B are not mutually exclusive events, find P(A or
B).
A. 0.0875
B. 0.0714
C. 0.6000
D. 0.5125

406. The number of minutes, a girl spent in making 6 phone calls was 3, 8, 9, 11, 15 and 20
minutes. Find the mean number of calls.
A. 10 min
B. 11 min
C. 12 min
D. 13 min

407. In a basketball game, Jawo is given two free throws. Based on his previous record, the
probability that his first free throw will be successful is 0.75 and the probability that he will be
successful on both throws is 0.55. If Jawo is successful on the first throw, what is the probability
that he makes the second throw?
A. 0.71
B. 0.73
C. 0.74
D. 0.75

408. For a sample which consists of the values 45, 50, 55, 60 and 65, the average deviation is
A. 5
B. 4
C. 6
D. 7
409. If and , find .
A. 18
B. 16
C. 15
D. 17

410. Find the geometric mean of 2, 3, 3, 5, 7 and 8.

A. 4.121
B. 4.131
C. 4.141
D. 4.151

411. Of 300 students, 100 are currently enrolled in mathematics and 80 are currently enrolled in
Physics. These enrolment figures include 30 students who are enrolled in both subjects. What is
the probability that a randomly chosen student will be enrolled in either Mathematic or Physics?
A. 0.45
B. 0.50
C. 0.55
D. 0.60

412. On a single roll of a die, what are the odds of rolling either an even number or a 5?
A. 2:1
B. 3:1
C. 4:1
D. 5:1

413. Find the standard deviation of 4, 7, 8, 9 and 12.

A. 2.61
B. 2.81
C. 2.41
D. 2.31

414. If the median (Md) is 57.22 and the mean (M) is 55.78, find the mode (Mo) by using the
empirical formula M-Mo = 3(M-Md).
A. 30.10
B. 40.10
C. 50.10
D. 60.10

415. Evaluate by using the summation formulas.

A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 13

416. Calculate the harmonic mean of the numbers 2, 4, 5 and 7.

A. 3.55
B. 3.66
C. 3.77
D. 3.88

417. In an electric company, the probability of passing an IQ test is 0.75. If ten applicants took
the test, what is the theoretical standard deviation of the group?
A. 1.57
B. 1.47
C. 1.37
D. 1.27

418. A student has test scores of 75, 83 and 78. The final test counts half the total grade. What
must be the minimum(integer) score of the final test so that the average is 80?
A. 83
B. 82
C. 84
D. 81

419. Out of 10,000 men, the probability that a man picked at random weighs over 86 kg is 0.25
and the probability that the man weighs less than 61 kg is 0.15. What is the probability that a
man picked at random weighs between 61 kg and 86 kg?
A. 0.55
B. 0.60
C. 0.65
D. 0.70
420. The amount X of money a certain author earns is shown in the following probability
function:
X: P1,000 P1,200 P1,600 P2,000 P2,400
P(X): 0.20 0.22 0.24 0.21 0.13

What is the probability that the author will earn more than P1,500?
A. 0.66
B. 0.34
C. 0.58
D. 0.80

421. If the probability of a defective bolt is 0.10, find the standard deviation of defective bolts in
a total of 500 bolts.
A. 6.71
B. 7.61
C. 5.71
D. 6.17

422. An urn contains 3 white balls and 2 black balls. If two balls are drawn at random, what is
the probability that the two balls drawn are of different colors?
A. 4/5
B. 2/5
C. 1/5
D. 3/5

423. On the final examination on Algebra, Juan was informed that he received a standard score
of 1.4. If the standard deviation of the examination grades is 10 and the mean is 72, find the
examination grade if Juan.
A. 85
B. 86
C. 84
D. 83

424. A die is tossed 6 times. Using the binomial probability formula, determine the probability of
rolling the number 5 four times.
A. 0.00804
B. 0.00480
C. 0.08004
D. 0.00840

425. For the probability distribution given below, find the mean.
X: -10 -20 30
 P(X): 1/5 3/10 1/2
A. 6
B. 7
C. 5
D. 8

426. The probability that a man will be alive in 20 years is 0.68 and the probability that his wife
will be alive in 20 years is 0.45. What is the probability than both will be alive in 20 years?
A. 0.360
B. 0.306
C. 0.630
D. 0.603

427. In problem 426, find the probability that at least one of them will be alive in 20 years.
A. 0.428
B. 0.482
C. 0.824
D. 0.842

428. If a pack of 52 cards is cut, what is the probability that it shows a king, a jack, a spade or an
ace?
A. 0.3421
B. 0.2431
C. 0.1432
D. 0.4231

429. A box contains 4 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 12 blue marbles. If 3 marbles are drawn,
what is the probability that one of each color is drawn?
A. 0.1897
B. 0.1987
C. 0.1798
D. 0.1879
430. A lottery has one prize of P100,000, two prizes of P50,000, five prizes of P25,000 and ten
prices of P10,000. If there are 100,000 ticket sold, what is the expected value of a ticket?
A. P4.00
B. P4.25
C. P4.50
D. P4.75

431. Out of 800 families with 4 children each, how many of these families would have at least
one boy?
A. 600
B. 650
C. 700
D. 750

432. What is the probability of obtaining a sum of 11 when 3 dice are tossed?
A. 0.145
B. 0.135
C. 0.125
D. 0.115

433. From 5 men and 6 women, a committee consisting of 3 men and 2 women is to be formed.
How many different committees can be formed if 2 men must be on the committee?
A. 35
B. 40
C. 45
D. 50

434. Two students A and B were informed that they received standard scores of 2.6 and -0.8
respectively on the final examinations in Physics. If their examination grades were 83 and 62
respectively, find the standard deviation of the examination grades.
A. 15
B. 13
C. 11
D. 9
435. In how many ways can 30 boys be selected out of 100 boys? Hint: Use Stirlings
approximation to n!
A. 24
B. 25
C. 26
D. 27

436. Find the probability of winning the first prize of a state lottery in which one is required to
choose six of the numbers 1, 2, 3, ..., 45 in any order.
A. 1.52 x 10-7
B. 1.42 x 10-7
C. 1.32 x 10-7
D. 1.22 x 10-7

437. If 3 percent of the electric bulbs manufactured by a company are defective, find the
probability that in a sample of 100 bulbs, 5 will be defective by using Poisson distribution.
A. 0.105
B. 0.103
C. 0.101
D. 0.107

438. A bag contains 3 white balls and 4 red balls. Each of three boys A, B and C, named in that
order, draws a ball without replacement. The first to draw a red ball receives P70. Determine the
mathematical expectation of C.
A. P6.00
B. P8.00
C. P10.00
D. P7.00

439. Find the probability of getting between 2 and 5 heads inclusive in 8 tosses of a fair coin.
A. 0.8203
B. 0.8302
C. 0.8230
D. 0.8032
440. Five sealed envelopes are placed in a box, three of them containing P50 bill each and two of
them containing P100 bill each. Another box has ten sealed envelopes, six of them containing
P50 bill each and four of them containing P100 bill each. If a box is selected at random and an
envelope is drawn from it, what is the probability that it contains a P100 bill?
A. 3/5
B.
C. 2/3
D. 2/5

441. A die is tossed 8 times. What is the probability of tossing 5 and 6 twice?
A. 0.044
B. 0.064
C. 0.054
D. 0.034

442. Given the probability distribution

X: 8 15 16 24
P(X): 1/4 1/3 3/8 1/6
Find the expected value of x2 or E(x2)
A. 283
B. 273
C. 263
D. 253

443. If a man buys a lottery ticket, he can win first prize of P30,000,000 or a second prize of
P20,000 with probabilities of 1.9 x 10-7 and 4.1 x 10-5 respectively. What should be a fair price to
pay the ticket?
A. P5.52
B. P6.52
C. P7.52
D. P8.52
444. A box contains 3 red balls and 7 black balls. A person selects a ball at random and the color
is noted. Then the ball is replaced. After shaking the box, a second ball is drawn and followed by
the same procedure until five drawings were made. What is the probability that of the 5 balls
drawn, 2 were red?
A. 0.3078
B. 0.3708
C. 0.3087
D. 0.3807

445. Three towns A, B and C are equidistant from each other. A car travels from A to B at 40kph,
from B to C at 50 kph and from C to A at 60 kph. Determine the average speed for the entire trip.
(Hint: The average speed is equal to the harmonic mean of the given speeds.)
A. 44.65 kph
B. 46.65 kph
C. 48.65 kph
D. 59.65 kph

446. An airplane travels distances of 1,500 mi, 2,000 mi and 3,200 mi at speeds of 120 mph, 150
mph and 200 mph respectively. Find the average speed of the plane.
A. 160 mph
B. 150 mph
C. 140 mph
D. 130 mph

447. Given the following frequency distribution:

Class Interval Frequency
57 8
8 10 14
11 13 18
14 16 11
17 19 9
Find the arithmetic mean.
A. 10.95
B. 11.95
C. 12.95
D. 13.95
448. In problem 447, find the median.
A. 11.73
B. 11.63
C. 11.83
D. 11.53

449. In problem 447, find the standard deviation.

A. 3.73
B. 3.63
C. 3.53
D. 3.43

450. In problem 447, find the coefficient of variance.

A. 31.21 %
B. 41.21 %
C. 51.21 %
D. 61.21 %

451. Out of 50 numbers, 8 were 10s, 12 were 7s, 15 were 16s, 10 were 9s and the remainder
were 15s. Find the mean.
A. 13.38
B. 10.38
C. 11.38
D. 12.38

452. The probability that a man will be alive in 25 years is 3/5 and the probability that his wife
will be alive in 25 years is 2/3. Find the probability that one of them will be alive in 25 years.
A. 4/15
B. 1/5
C. 2/5
D. 7/15

453. Three marbles are drawn without replacement from an urn containing 4 red marbles and 6
white marbles. If X is a random variable that denotes the total number of red marbles, construct a
table showing the probability distribution and find the variance of the distribution.
A. 0.54
B. 0.56
C. 0.58
D. 0.52

454. Three teachers in mathematics reported mean examination grades of 2.45, 2.25 and 1.85 in
their classes which consisted of 35, 28 and 20 students respectively. Determine the mean grade
of the classes.
A. 2.22
B. 2.24
C. 2.26
D. 2.28

455. A fair die is tossed 6 times. Find the probability that one 2, two 3s and three 4s turn up.
A. 0.0013
B. 0.0015
C. 0.0017
D. 0.0019

456. If it rains, an umbrella salesman can earn P780 per day. If it is fair, he can lose P156 per
day. What is his mathematical expectation if the probability of rain is 0.30?
A. P120.80
B. P122.80
C. P124.80
D. P126.80

457. A continuous random variable X that can be assume values only between X = 2 and X = 8
inclusive has a density function p(X) = a(X + 3) where a is a constant. Find the value of a.
A. 1/45
B. 1/46
C. 1/47
D. 1/48

458. In problem 457, find P(X-4).

A.
B. 3/5
C. 3/7
D. 3/8
459. A factory supervisor finds that 20 percent of the bolts produced by a machine will be
defective. If 5 bolts are chosen at random, find the probability that at most 2 bolts will be
defective.
A. 0.9214
B. 0.9421
C. 0.9124
D. 0.9412

460. A box contains 5 white balls, 3 red balls and 2 black balls. A ball selected at random from
the box, its color noted and then the ball is replaced. Find the probability that out of 5 balls
selected in this manner, 2 are white balls, 2 are red balls and 1 is a white ball.
A. 0.115
B. 0.125
C. 0.135
D. 0.145

461. Compute the standard deviation for a binomial distribution in which out of 60 bolts, 42 bolts
are found to be defective.
A. 3.5496
B. 3.6549
C. 3.4596
D. 3.9546

462. Joey took examinations in algebra, physics, chemistry and english and scored 84, 79, 88 and
93 respectively. If the mean grade in algebra is 80, in physics 75, in chemistry 85 and in english
90 and if the standard deviation are 8, 6, 4 and 5 in algebra, physics, chemistry and english
respectively, in which subject was his relative standing higher? Hint: Calculate the standard
grade corresponding to each subject and compare.
A. algebra
B. physics
C. chemistry
D. english

463. A bag contains 8 one-centavo coins, 6 ten-centavo coins, 4 twenty five-centavo coins and 2
one-peso coins. The coins are placed one each in uniform boxes. What is the mathematical
expectation of a person drawing a box at random?
A. 11.65
B. 12.65
C. 13.65
D. 14.65

464. If the variance of a sample is 29 and its arithmetic mean is 11, find the root mean square.
A. 11.26
B. 12.25
C. 13.24
D. 10.36

465. In a company, the mean earnings per hour is P180. If the mean earning paid to male nd
female employees were P200 and P150 respectively, determine the percentage of male employed
by the company.
A. 50%
B. 55%
C. 60%
D. 65%

466. A box contains 10 red balls, 15 orange balls, 20 blue balls and 30 green balls. Two balls are
drawn in succession replacement being made after each drawing. Find the probability that at
least one ball is blue
A. 103/225
B. 104/225
C. 105/225
D. 106/225

467. A bag contains 1 red marble and 7 white marbles. A marble is drawn from the bag. After its
color has been noted, it is put back into the bag and another marble is drawn from the bag. Using
Poisson approximation, find the probability that in 8 such drawings, a red ball is selected 3 times.
A. 0.0631
B. 0.0541
C. 0.0451
D. 0.0316

468. A bag contains 9 tickets numbered from 1 to 9 inclusive. If 3 tickets are drawn from the box
one at a time, find the probability that they are drawn in the order odd, odd, even or even, eve,
odd.
A. 7/18
B. 5/18
C. 4/18
D. 3/18

469. Between 1 and 3 pm, the average number of phone calls per minute coming into the switch
board of a company is 2. Using Poisson approximation, find the probability that during one
particular minute there will be 4 phone calls.
A. 0.0702
B. 0.0802
C. 0.0902
D. 0.0602
470. A box contains a very large number of red, white, blue and yellow balls in the ratio 1:2:3:4.
Find the probability that in 10 drawing, 9 yellow balls and 1 red ball will be drawn
A. 0.00026
B. 0.00036
C. 0.00046
D. 0.00056

471. In how many ways can 8 persons be seated at a round table if a certain 2 persons are not to
sit next to each other?
A. 3,600
B. 4,600
C. 5,600
D. 6,600

472. How many sums of money each consisting 3 or more coins can be formed from 6 different
kinds of coins?
A. 40
B. 41
C. 42
D. 43

473. There are 5 different chemistry books, 4 different physics books and 2 different history
books to be placed on a shelf with the books of each subject kept together. Find the number of
ways in which the books can be placed.
A. 54,360
B. 64,350
C. 34,560
D. 45,630

474. Evaluate
A.
B.
C. 2/3
D. 1/3

475. Find the area bounded by the curve y = 2x x2 and the x-axis.
A. 1/3
B. 2/3
C. 4/3
D.

476. The integral of secn y tan y dy is

A. (secn+1 y)/(n+1)
B. (secn y)/n + C
C. tan y + C
D. (sec2n y)/(2n) + C

477. Use the Wallis formula to evalute

A. 8/693
B. 9/693
C. 10/693
D. 11/693

476. If f(x) = x + 3 and g(x) = (x+1)2, find

A. 2.4139
B. 2.4319
C. 2.3491
D. 2.1943

477. If the integral of dx from x = 0 to x = y is equal to 14/3, find y.

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

478. Find the integral of 2dx / x3 from x = 0 tp x = infinity.

A.
B. 1/3
C.
D. 1/5

479. The arc of the curve from x=0 to x=1 is revolved about the x-axis. Find the area of
the surface generated.
A. 3.33
B. 4.33
C. 5.33
D. 6.33

480. If , find k.
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3

481. A 30-m long cable weighing 15N/m is to be wound about a windlass. Find the work done.
A. 6750 joules
B. 7650 joules
C. 6507 joules
D. 5760 joules

482. The area bounded by 4x2 + 9y2 = 36 is revolved about the line y = 6 x. Use Pappus
theorem to find the volume of the solid generated.
A. 501.4
B. 502.5
C. 503.6
D. 504.7

483. Evaluate
A. 0.271
B. 0.371
C. 0.471
D. 0.571

484. A particle moves along a straight line with velocity v given at time t by v = 12 t2 m/s. Find
the distance traveled by the particle in the first 5 seconds.
A. 300 m
B. 400 m
C. 500 m
D. 600 m

485. The value of is equal to

A. 0
B. 1
C. -1
D. 2

486. If the area bounded by y = x2, x=k (k>0) and the x-axis is equal to 8/3, find k.
A. -1
B. 1
C. 2
D. -3

487. Evaluate .
A. [(4x2+1)3/2]/20 + C
B. [(4x2+1)3/2]/8 + C
C. [(4x2+1)5/2]/20 + C
D. [(4x2+1)5/2]/8 + C

488. The length of the arc of the curve y = ln sec x from x = 0 to x = pi/3 is
A. 1.4170
B. 1.3170
C. 1.2170
D. 1.1170

489. If and ,

evaluate
A. 3
B. 7
C. 6
D. 5

490. Find the area bounded by y=x2-1 and y=3.

A. 31/3
B. 32/3
C. 35/3
D. 37/3

491. Integrate

A.

B.

C.

D.

492. Find the moment of inertia with respect to the x-axis of the area bounded by y2 = 4x, y = 4
and x = 0.
A. 21.2
B. 31.2
C. 41.2
D. 51.2

493. Find the y-coordinate () of the centroid of the first-quadrant area under the curve y = ex
between x = 0 and x = 1.
A. 0.91
B. 0.93
C. 0.95
D. 0.97

494. Evaluate
A. 1.7726
B. 1.7627
C. 1.6772
D. 1.6727

495. Find the integral of from x = 0 to x = 1.

A. pi/6
B. pi/7
C. pi/8
D. pi.9

496. Find the area bounded by y2 = 1 x, y = x -2, y=1 and y=-1.

A. 7/3
B. 8/3
C. 10/3
D. 11/3
497. If the second-degree equation Ax2 + Bxy + Cy2 +Dx + Ey + F = 0 represents a real conic
and B2 4AC is positive, then it is
a. ellipse
b. circle
c. parabola
d. hyperbola

498. If the slopes of two lines are equal and their y-intercepts are different, then the lines are
a. intersecting
b. parallel
c. coincident
d. perpendicular

499. A line with inclination between 0 and 90 has

a. zero slope
b. no slope
c. positive slope
d. negative slope

500. The parabola x2 4x + 2y 6 = 0 opens

a. downward
b. upward
c. to the right
d. to the left

501. The locus of a point on a circle which rolls without slipping on a straight line is called
a. strophoid
b. trochoid
c. astroid
d. cycloid

502. If b2 4ac < 0, then the graph of y = ax2 + bx + c

a. crosses the x-axis once
b. crosses the x-axis twice
c. does not cross the x-axis
d. touches the x-axis once

503. The point (4,y) where y < 0 lies in quadrant

a. I
b. II
c. III
d. IV
504. The slope of a vertical line is
a. zero
b. one
c. 90
d. undefined

505. The graph of y2 1 = 0 is

a. a pair of parallel lines
b. a pair of intersecting lines
c. a parabola
d. a point

506. The curve y = x3 is symmetric with respect to

a. the z-axis
b. the y-axis
c. the origin
d. both axes

507. The polar equation of the line parallel to the polar axis and 4 units above it is
a. r = 4csc
b. r = 4sec
c. r = 4sin
d. r = 4cos

508. The equation y2 + 12y + 36 = 0 represents

a. two parallel lines
b. two intersecting lines
c. a point
d. a straight line

509. If C = 0, then the graph of the line Ax + By + C = 0

a. is parallel to the x-axis
b. is parallel to the y-axis
c. crosses the positive x-axis
d. passes through the origin

510. If the inclination of a line is an obtuse angle, then the tangent of is

a. positive
b. negative
c. zero
d. infinity
511. Which of the following as no graph?
a. x2 + y2 9 = 0
b. x2 + y2 + 9 = 0
c. x2 y2 9 = 0
d. x2 y2 + 9 = 0

512. The ellipse is symmetric with respect to

a. the x-axis only
b. the y-axis only
c. the origin only
d. both axes and the origin

513. The circle x2 + y2 = 100 has a radius of

a. 25
b. 30
c. 10
d. 50

514. If the eccentricity of a conic is 3/5, then it is

a. an ellipse
b. a circle
c. a parabola
d. a hyperbola

515. The graph of the polar equation r(2 + 4sin) = 3 is

a. a circle
b. a hyperbola
c. a parabola
d. an ellipse

516. if a line slants downward to the right, then it has

a. negative slope
b. positive slope
c. no slope
d. zero slope

517. the equation of the directrix of the parabola x2 =16y is

a. x + 4 = 0
b. x 4 = 0
c. y 4 = 0
d. y + 4 = 0
518. the locus of a point such that its radius vector is proportional to its vectorial angle is
called the
a. Conchoid of Nicomedes
b. Spiral of Archimedes
c. Cissoid of Diocles
d. Folium of Descartes

519. If A = 0 and BC 0, then the line Ax + By + C = 0 is

a. parallel to the x-axis
b. parallel to the y-axis
c. perpendicular to the x-axis
d. coincident with the y-axis

520. The graph of the equation 4y2 = 8 x2 is

a. a circle
b. an ellipse
c. a parabola
d. a hyperbola

521. If the directed distance from a point to the line is negative, then which of the following is
true?
a. The point and the origin are not on the side of the line.
b. The point and the origin are on the opposite sides of the line.
c. The point is below the line.
d. The point is above the line.

522. It is the locus of a point which moves in a plane so that the sum of its distance from two
fixed points is constant.
a. a circle
b. a parabola
c. an ellipse
d. a hyperbola

523. If M is a point that is 1/3 of the distance from point A to point B, then M divides the line
segment AB in the ratio
a. 1:3
b. 1:2
c. 2:3
d. 1:4

524. Which of the following is the polar equation of a limacon?

a. r = 1 + sin
b. r = 2(1 sin)
c. r = 2 sin
d. r = 2sin
525. A line will have a positive slope under which of the following conditions?
a. positive x-intercept and positive y-intercept
b. negative x-intercept and positive y-intercept
c. negative x-intercept and negative y-intercept
d. both b and c

526. If two lines with slopes m1 and m2 are perpendicular to each other, then which of the
following relations is true?
a. m1 = m2
b. m1m2 = -1
c. m1/m2 = -1
d. m1 m2 = 1

527. The graph of y2 + 4x = 0 has symmetry with respect to the

a. x-axis only
b. y-axis only
c. origin only
d. all of a, b and c

528. If the eccentricity of a conic is greater than one, then it is a

a. an ellipse
b. a circle
c. a parabola
d. a hyperbola

529. The graph of Ax2 + Cy2 + Dx +Ey +F = 0 where A and C are not both zero is a parabola
if
a. AC = 0
b. AC > 0
c. AC < 0
d. AC 0

530. Which of the following curves is symmetric with respect to the x-axis?
a. y2 = 2x3
b. y = 2x3
c. xy = 2
d. y = 3x2

531. the graph of a limacon r = a + bcos has an inner loop if

a. a = b
b. 0 < a/b < 0
c. ab = 1
d. 0 < b/a < 1
532. Which of the following is the equation of a pair of parallel lines?
a. y2 x2 = 0
b. x2 + y2 +7 = 0
c. y2 + 4y = 0
d. x2 6x + 9 = 0

533. Which of the following is an equation of a pair of semicubical parabola?

a. y = x3/2
b. y = x1/2
c. y = x4
d. y = 1/x

534. The graph of 3x2 y = y2 + 6x is

a. a parabola
b. an ellipse
c. a circle
d. a hyperbola

535. The equation Ax2 + Cy2 + Dx + Ey +F = 0 is an ellipse if

a. both A and C are not zero, A = C and they have the same sign
b. neither A nor C is zero, A C and they have the same sign
c. both A and C are not zero, A = C and they have opposite signs
d. neither A nor C is zero, A C and they have opposite signs

536. The distance between the foci of an ellipse 6x2 + 2y2 = 12

a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7

537. The distance between the directrices of an ellipse in problem 40 is

a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8

538. What is the polar equation of the line passing through (3, 0) and perpendicular to the
polar axis?
a. r = 3csc
b. r = 3sec
c. r = 3cos
d. r = 3sin
539. Find the equation of the radical axis of the following circles:
C1: x2 + y2 5x +3y -2 = 0
C2: x2 + y2 + 4x y 7 = 0
a. 9x + 4y 5 = 0
b. 9x 4y + 5 = 0
c. 9x 4y 5 = 0
d. 9x + 4y + 5 = 0

540. Find the distance between the points A(-3,0) and B(-4,7).
a.
b.
c.
d.

541. If the slope of the line determined by the points (x,5) and (1,8) is -3, find x.
a. 2
b. 1
c. 0
d. 3

542. The focus of the parabola y2 = 4x is at

a. (4,0)
b. (0,4)
c. (1,0)
d. (0,1)

543. The inclination of the line determined by the points (2,5) and (1,8) is
a. 106.41
b. 107.42
c. 108.43
d. 109.44

544. The length of the latus rectum of 27x2 + 36y2 = 972 is

a. 8
b. 9
c. 10
d. 11

545. The slope of the line through the points (-4,-5) and (2,7) is
a. 2
b. -2
c. 3
d. -3
546. The equivalent of x2 + y2 y = 0 in polar form is
a. r = 2cos
b. r = 2sin
c. r2 = 2sin
d. r2 = 2cos

547. The area of the ellipse x2/64 + y2/16 = 1 is

a. 30
b. 31
c. 32
d. 33

548. Find the equation of the ellipse which has the line 2x 3y = 0 as one of its asymptotes.
a. 2x2 3y2 = 6
b. 3y2 2y2 = 6
c. 4x2 9y2 = 36
d. 9y2 4x2 = 36

549. The transverse axis of the hyperbola 36x2 25y2 = 900 is

a. 13
b. 12
c. 11
d. 10

550. The parabola y = 3x2 6x + 5 has its vertex at

a. (0,5)
b. (1,2)
c. (-1,14)
d. (2,5)

551. The line 4x 6y + 14 = 0 is coincident with the line

a. 2x = 3y 7
b. 2x = 3y + 7
c. 4x = 6y + 14
d. 4x = 14 6y

552. Determine the axis of symmetry of the parabola (y + 5)2 = 24x

a. y = 5
b. y = -5
c. x = 5
d. x = -5
553. Find the area of the triangle which the line 2x 3y + 6 = 0 forms with the coordinate
axes.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

554. The directrix of the parabola is y = 5 and its focus is at (4,-3). What is the latus rectum?
a. 14
b. 15
c. 16
d. 17

555. Find the equation of the circle containing the point (1,-4) and center at the origin.
a. x2 + y2 = 16
b. x2 + y2 = 17
c. x2 + y2 = 18
d. x2 + y2 = 19

556. Find the equation of the line containing the point (2,-3) and is parallel to the line 3x + y
5 = 0.
a. 3x + y 1 = 0
b. 3x + y 4 = 0
c. 3x + y 2 = 0
d. 3x + y 3 = 0

557. The distance from the point (2,1) to the line 4x 3y + 5 = 0 is

a. -2
b. 2
c. -3
d. 4

558. If the slope of the line (k + 1)x + ky 3 = 0 is -2, find k.

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

559. Write the equation of the line with x-intercept -6 and y-intercept 3.
a. x + 2y 6 = 0
b. x 2y 6 = 0
c. x 2y + 6 = 0
d. x + 2y + 6 = 0
560. Write the equation of the tangent line to the circle x 2 + y2 = 80 at the point in the first
quadrant where x = 4.
a. x 2y 20 = 0
b. x 2y + 20 = 0
c. x + 2y 20 = 0
d. x + 2y + 20 = 0

561. If the distance between (8,7) and (3,y) is 13, what is the value of y?
a. -5 or 19
b. 5 or 19
c. 5 or -19
d. -5 or -19

562. If the major axis of an ellipse is twice its minor axis, find its eccentricity.
a. 0.965
b. 0.866
c. 0.767
d. 0.668

563. The center of the circle x2 + y2 18x +10y +25 = 0 is

a. (9,5)
b. (-9,5)
c. (-5,9)
d. (9,-5)

564. Compute the area of the polygon with vertices at (6,1), (3,-10), (-3,-5) and (-2,0).
a. 60
b. 50
c. 40
d. 30

565. A line with the equation y = mx + k passes through the points (-1/3,-6) and (2,1). Find m.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

566. Find the tangential distance from the point (8,5) to the circle (x 2)2 + (y 1)2 = 16.
a. 7
b. 8
c. 9
d. 6
567. Find the equation of the line through (-1,3) and is perpendicular to the line 5x 2y + 3 =
0.
a. 2x + 5y 13 = 0
b. 2x + 5y 12 = 0
c. 2x + 5y 11 = 0
d. 2x + 5y 10 = 0

568. Find the distance between the two lines represented by the two linear equations 4x 3y
12 = 0 and 4x 3y + 8 = 0.
a. 8
b. 6
c. 5
d. 4
569. The distance between the points (sin,cos) and (cos,-sin) is
a. 1
b. 2

c.

d.

570. Find the equation of the line parallel to 3x + 4y + 2 = 0 and -3 units from it.
a. 3x + 4y + 13 = 0
b. 3x + 4y 13 = 0
c. 3x + 4y + 17 = 0
d. 3x + 4y 17 = 0

571. If the circle has its center (-3,1) and passes through (5,7), then its radius is
a. 7
b. 8
c. 9
d. 10

572. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices lie at A, B and C whose coordinates are (4,1),
(6,2) and (2,-5), respectively.
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7

573. Express y3 = 4x2 in polar form

a. r = 4cot2csc
b. r = 4cotcsc2
c. r = 4cot2csc2
 d. r = 4cotcsc

574. If the slopes of the lines L1 and L2 are 3 and -1 respectively, find the angle between them
measured counterclockwise from L1 to L2.
a. 64.33
b. 36.43
c. 63.43
d. 43.36

575. What is the length of the latus rectum of a hyperbola with foci at (-3,15) and (-3,-5) and a
transverse axis equal to 12?
a. 44/3
b. 54/3
c. 64/3
d. 74/3

576. If the line through (-1,3) and (-3,-2) is perpendicular to the line through (-7,4) and (x,2),
find x if x is positive.
a. 3
b. 2
c. 4
d. 1

577. Determine k so that the line y = kx 3 will be parallel to the line 4x + 12y = 12.
a. 1/2
b. 1/3
c. -1/3
d. -3

578. Find the equation of the parabola with focus at (0,8) and directrix y + 8 = 0.
a. x2 = -32y
b. x2 = 32y
c. y2 = -32x
d. y2 = 32x

579. find the tangent of the angle from the line through (-2,-3) and (4,3) to the line through (-
1,6) and (3,-2)
a. 3
b. 4
c. 2
d. 1

580. The second-degree equation

19x2 + 6xy 11y2 + 20x 60y +80 = 0
represents a conic. To remove the xy-term, we rotate the coordinate axes through an angle
of
 a. 16.40
b. 17.41
c. 18.43
d. 19.45

581. Find the value of k given that the slope of the line joining (3,1) and (5,k) is 2.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

582. If the focus of a parabola is at (-6,0) and its vertex is at (0,0), the equation of its directrix
is
a. x + 6 = 0
b. x 6 = 0
c. x + 3 = 0
d. x 3 = 0

583. For what value of k is the line 6y + (2k 1 )x = 12 perpendicular to the line 3y 2x = 6?
a. 5
b. 4
c. 3
d. 2

584. The circumference of the circle x2 + y2 8x +2y + 8 = 0 is

a. 18.85
b. 17.85
c. 16.85
d. 15.85

585. If the perpendicular distance from the line kx 3y + 15 = 0 to the point (2,1) is -4, find k.
a. -4
b. -3
c. -2
d. -1

586. The eccentricity of the hyperbola 16(y 6)2 9(x 7)2 = 144 is equal to
a. 4/3
b. 5/3
c. 7/3
d. 9/4
587. If the tangent of the angle from the line through (6,y) and (-4,2) to the line through (6,6)
and (3,0) is 8/9, find the value of y if y is positive.
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7

588. Find the equation of the line which passes through the point (8,3) and forms with the
coordinate axes a triangle of area 54.
a. 4x + 3y 41 = 0
b. 2x + 4y 28 = 0
c. 5x + 2y 46 = 0
d. 3x + 4y 36 = 0

589. If P0(x0,y0) is such that P1P0/P0P2 = 7/6 where P1(2,5) and P2(5 ,-1), find x0.
a. 45/13
b. 46/13
c. 47/13
d. 18/13

590. Find the polar equation of the line perpendicular to = 20 and passing through the point
(6,20).
a. r = 6sec( + 20)
b. r = 6sec( 20)
c. r = -6sec( + 20)
d. r = -6sec( 20)

591. Determine b so that x2 + y2 + 2x 3y 5 = 0 and x 2 + y2 + 4x + by + 2 = 0 are

orthogonal.
a. 10/3
b. 11/3
c. 13/3
d. 14/3

592. If the value of the invariant B2 4AC is negative, then the second-degree equation Ax 2 +
Bxy +Cy2 + Dx + Ey + F = 0 represents either an ellipse or
a. a pair of parallel lines
b. two intersecting lines
c. a point
d. a line

593. Find the distance between the points (4,40) and (4,220).
a. 7
b. 8
c. 10
d. 9
594. Identify the locus of the curve whose parametric equations are x = 3sin, y = 2cos.
a. a circle
b. a parabola
c. an ellipse
d. a hyperbola

595. Find the equation of the line through the midpoint of AB where A(-3,1), B(2,-1) and is
perpendicular to AB.
a. 10x + 4y + 5 = 0
b. 10x + 4y 5 = 0
c. 10x 4y + 5 = 0
d. 10x 4y 5 = 0

596. Find the length of the tangent line from the point P(4,-7) to the circle x 2 + y2 10x 4y +
25 = 0.
a.
b.
c.
d.

597. Find the equation of the circle with center at the midpoint of A(4,2), B(-1,-2) and having
a radius 3.
a. 4x2 + 4y2 + 12x + 27 = 0
b. 4x2 + 4y2 12x 27 = 0
c. 4x2 + 4y2 + 12x 27 = 0
d. 4x2 + 4y2 12x + 27 = 0

598. Write the polar equation of the circle with center (-5,) and radius 5.
a. r = 5cos
b. r = -5cos
c. r = 10cos
d. r = -10cos

599. Give the Cartesian equation of the line whose parametric equations are x = 2t 1, y = 3t
+ 5 where t is the parameter.
a. 3x 2y + 13 = 0
b. 3x + 2y 13 = 0
c. 3x 2y 13 = 0
d. 3x + 2y + 13 = 0

600. Find the equation of the line through (6,-3) and parallel to the line through (2,8) and (5,-
1).
a. 3x + y + 15 = 0
 b. 3x y 15 = 0
c. 3x y 15 = 0
d. 3x y + 15 = 0

601. The vertices of a triangle are A(4,6), B(2,-4) and C(-4,2). Find the length of the median of
the triangle from the vertex C to the side AB.
a.
b.
c.
d.

602. Find the equation of the circle containing (1,-4) and center at the origin.
a. x2 + y2 = 14
b. x2 + y2 = 15
c. x2 + y2 = 16
d. x2 + y2 = 17

603. If AB is perpendicular to CD and A(-1,0), B(2,5), C(3,-1), D(-3,a), find the value of a.
a. 13/4
b. 13/5
c. 13/6
d. 13/7

604. Find the equation of the line through (4,0) and is parallel to the altitude from A to BC of
the triangle A(1,3), B(2,-6) and C(-3,0).
a. 5x + 6y + 20 = 0
b. 5x 6y 20 = 0
c. 5x + 6y 20 = 0
d. 5x 6y + 20 = 0

605. Find the equation of the circle which has the line joining (4,7) and (2,-3) as diameter.
a. (x 2)2 + (y 3)2 = 26
b. (x 2)2 + (y 3)2 = 27
c. (x 2)2 + (y 3)2 = 28
d. (x 2)2 + (y 3)2 = 29

606. Write the equation of the line with x-intercept -6 and y-intercept 3.
a. x 2y 6 = 0
b. x + 2y + 6 = 0
c. x 2y + 6 = 0
d. x + 2y 6 = 0

607. Find the abscissa of the point P0 which divides P1P2 in the ratio P1P0/P0P2 = r1/r2 were
P1(2,5), P2(6,-3), r1 = 3, r2 = 4.
 a. 25/7
b. 26/7
c. 27/7
d. 28/7

608. Find the equation of the conic with eccentricity 7/4 and foci at (7,0) and (-7,0).
a. x2/33 + y2/16 = 1
b. x2/16 + y2/33 = 1
c. x2/33 y2/16 = 1
d. x2/16 y2/33 = 1

609. Find the equation of the line passing trough (2,-3) and is parallel to the line 3x y = 5.
a. 3x + y 2 = 0
b. 3x + y 3 = 0
c. 3x + y 4 = 0
d. 3x + y 5 = 0

610. If the slope of the line (k + 1)x + ky 3 = 0 is arctan(-2), find the value of k.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

611. Find the equation of the line parallel to 5y 5x + 12 = 0 and contains the point (0,-3).
a. x y + 3 = 0
b. x + y 3 = 0
c. x y 3 = 0
d. x + y + 3 = 0

612. Find k so that the circle x2 + y2 + 2kx + 4y 5 = 0 will pass through the point (5,1).
a. -3/2
b. -5/2
c. -7/2
d. -9/2

613. Find the equation of the line through the points (-7,-3) and (-1,9).
a. 2x y + 11 = 0
b. 2x + y 11 = 0
c. 2x + y + 11 = 0
d. 2x y 11 = 0

614. The equation of the parabola with vertex (-1,2) and directrix at x = -3 is
a. (y 2)2 = 8(x + 1)
b. (y + 2)2 = 8(x + 1)
 c. (x + 1)2 = 8(y + 2)
d. (x 1)2 = -8(y + 2)

615. Find the length of the latus rectum of a parabola with focus at (-2,-6) and directrix x 2 =
0.
a. 6
b. 4
c. 8
d. 10

616. Write the equation of the line tangent to the circle

x2 + y2 + 14x + 18 y 39 = 0
at the point in the second quadrant where x = -2.
a. 5x + 12y + 26 = 0
b. 5x 12y 26 = 0
c. 5x + 12y 26 = 0
d. 5x 12y + 26 = 0

617. The two points on the line 2x + 3y + 4 = 0 which are at a distance 2 from the line 3x + 4y
6 = 0 are
a. (7,-6) and (-11,6)
b. (-88,-8) and (-16,-16)
c. (64,-44) and (4,-4)
d. (-44,64) and (10,-10)

618. Find the equation of the line which forms with the axes in the first quadrant a triangle of
area 2 and whose intercepts differ by 3.
a. x + 4y 4 = 0
b. x 4y + 4 = 0
c. x + 4y + 4 = 0
d. x 4y 4 = 0

619. What is the locus of a point which moves so that its distance from the line x = 8 is twice
its distance from the point (2,8)?
a. a circle
b. an ellipse
c. a parabola
d. a hyperbola

620. Write the polar equation of a line which passes through the points (2,/2) and (-1,0).
a. r(2cos + sin) 2 = 0
 b. r(2cos sin) 2 = 0
c. r(2cos + sin) + 2 = 0
d. r(2cos sin) + 2 = 0

621. The line segment with end points A(-1,-6) and B(3,0) is extended beyond point A to a
point C so that C is 4 times as far from B as from A. find the abscissa of point C.
a. -5/3
b. -7/3
c. -8/3
d. -4/3

622. A semi-elliptic arch is 20-ft high at the center and as a span of 50-ft. find the height of the
arch at a point 10-ft from one end of the base.
a. 14 ft
b. 15 ft
c. 16 ft
d. 17 ft

623. If the slope of a line 3x + y 5 + k(x + 2y 3) = 0 is 11/3, find k.

a. -4/5
b. -3/5
c. -2/5
d. -1/5

624. The equation of the ellipse with vertices at (-3,-2) and (1,-2) and which passes through (-
2,-1) is
a. x2 + 3y2 + 2x + 12y + 9 = 0
b. 3x2 + y2 + 2x + 12y 9 = 0
c. x2 + 3y2 2x + 12y + 9 = 0
d. 3x2 + y2 2x + 12y 9 = 0

625. Find the diameter of the ellipse 9x 2 + 16y2 = 144 defined by the system of parallel chords
of slope 2.
a. 9x 32y = 0
b. 9x + 32y = 0
c. 32x 9y = 0
d. 32x + 9y = 0

626. The locus of 4x2 + 4xy + y2 + 2x + y 2 = 0 is a pair of parallel lines. What is the slope
of each line?
a. -1
b. -2
c. 1
d. 2
627. Find the area of a triangle with one vertex at the pole and the two others are (5,60) and
(4,-30).
a. 13
b. 12
c. 11
d. 10

628. Given A(3,7), B(-6,4), C(-2,8) and D(-7,0). Find the tangent of the angle measured
counterclockwise from AB to CD.
a. 17/23
b. 18/23
c. 19/23
d. 20/23

629. Find the equation of the hyperbola with vertices at (4,0) and (-4,0) and asymptotes y = 2x
and y = -2x.
a. x2/64 y2/16 = 1
b. x2/16 y2/64 = 1
c. y2/64 x2/16 = 1
d. y2/64 x2/64 = 1

630. The equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the points (2,6) and
(-4,3) is
a. x + 2y 8 = 0
b. 4x + 2y 5 = 0
c. x 2y + 10 = 0
d. 4x + 2y 13 = 0

631. Assume that power cables hang in a parabolic arc between two pole 100-ft apart. If the
poles are 40-ft high and if the lowest point on the suspended cable is 35-ft above the
ground, find the height of the cable at a point 20-ft from the pole.
a. 34.8 ft
b. 35.8 ft
c. 36.8 ft
d. 37.8 ft

632. Transform the rectangular equation (x2 + y2)3 = 4x2y2 into polar coordinates.
a. r = 2sin
b. r = sin2
c. r = 2cos
d. r = cos2
633. What is the eccentricity of an equilateral hyperbola?

a.

b.
c. 1.5
d. 2

634. Find the equation of the locus of a point which moves so that its distance from (4,0) is
equal to two thirds of its distance from the line x = 9.
a. 9x2 5y2 = 180
b. 5x2 9y2 = 180
c. 9x2 + 5y2 = 180
d. 5x2 + 9y2 = 180
635. Find the equation of the line through the point which divides A(-1,-1/2), B(6,3) in the
ratio AP/PB = 3/4 and through the point Q which is equidistant from C(1,-1), D(-3,1)
and E(-1,3).
a. x 8y 6 = 0
b. x 8y + 6 = 0
c. x + 8y + 6 = 0
d. x + 8y 6 = 0

636. Find the equation of the line tangent to the hyperbola 9x2 2y2 = 18 at the point (-2,3).
a. 3x + y + 3 = 0
b. 3x y + 3 = 0
c. 3x + y 3 = 0
d. 3x y 3 = 0

637. For the conic 2x2 xy + x + y 5 = 0, find the equation of the diameter defined by the
cords of slope .
a. 7x + 2y 3 = 0
b. 7x + 2y + 3 = 0
c. 7x 2y + 3 = 0
d. 7x 2y 3 = 0

638. The equation of the hyperbola with foci at (0,9) and (0,-9) and conjugate axis 10 units is
a. x2/56 y2/25 = 1
b. x2/25 y2/56 = 1
c. y2/56 x2/25 = 1
d. y2/25 x2/56 = 1

639. An arch is in the form of a semi-ellipse with major axis as the span. If the span is 24.4 m
and the maximum eight is 9.2 m, find the height of the arch at a point 4.6 m from the
semi-minor axis.
a. 6.9 m
b. 5.9 m
 c. 8.9 m
d. 7.9 m

640. If the area of the quadrilateral with vertices at (-5,-1), (x,2), (10,-4) and (-2,7) is 78.5, find
x if x is positive.
a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8

641. Find the value of k so that the radius of the circle x2 + y2 kx + 6y 3 = 0 is equal to 4.
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6

642. A parabolic segment is 32 dm high and its base is 16 dm. What is the focal distance?
a. 0.5 dm
b. 0.4 dm
c. 0.6 dm
d. 0.3 dm

643. Write the equation of the hyperbola conjugate to the hyperbola 4x2 3y2 + 32x + 18y +
25 = 0.
a. 4x2 3y2 + 32x + 18y 49 = 0
b. 4x2 3y2 + 32x + 18y 36 = 0
c. 4x2 3y2 + 32x + 18y 16 = 0
d. 4x2 3y2 + 32x + 18y 64 = 0

644. Find the abscissa of the point P on the line segment AP for A(-8,4) and B(-13,6) if AP:PB
= 3:2.
a. -10
b. -11
c. -9
d. -12

645. Find the point on the parabola x2 = 16y at which there is a tangent with a slope .
a. (8,4)
b. (-8,4)
c. (4,1)
d. (-4,1)
646. What is the equation of the line tangent to the hyperbola if the slope

of the line is 2?
a. 2x + y + 23 = 0
b. 2x + y 23 = 0
c. 2x y + 23 = 0
d. 2x y 23 = 0
647. Find the eccentricity of an ellipse whose latus rectum is 2/3 of the major axis.
a. 0.58
b. 0.68
c. 0.78
d. 0.88

648. The vertices of a triangle are (2,4), (x,-6) and (-3,5). If x is negative and the area of the
triangle is 28.5, find x.
a. -5
b. -6
c. -4
d. -7

649. A parabolic arch has a span of 20 m and a maximum height of 15 m. how high is the arch
4 m from the center of the span?
a. 10.6 m
b. 11.6 m
c. 12.6 m
d. 13.6 m

650. Determine the value of k so the following circles are orthogonal:

C1: x2 + y2 + 2x 3y 5 = 0
C2: x2 + y2 + 4x + ky + 2 = 0
a. 11/2
b. 13/3
c. 14/3
d. 10/3

651. An ellipse has its foci at (0,c) and (0,-c) and its eccentricity is . Find the length of the
latus rectum.
a. 2c
b. 3c
c. 4c
d. 5c

652. The earths orbit is an ellipse with eccentricity 1/60. If the semi-major axis of the orbit is
93M miles and the sun is at one of the foci, what is the shortest distance between the
earth and the sun?
 a. 89.43M mi
b. 90.44M mi
c. 91.45M mi
d. 92.46M mi

653. If the length of the latus rectum of an ellipse is of the length of its minor axis, then its
eccentricity is
a. 0.46
b. 0.56
c. 0.66
d. 0.76

654. If the point P(9,2) divides the line segment from A(6,8) to B(x,y) such that AP:AB =
3:10, find y.
a. -11
b. -10
c. -9
d. -12

655. Find the rectangular equation for the curve whose parametric equations are x = 2cos, y =
cos2.
a. x2 = 2(y + 1)
b. x2 = 2(y 1)
c. y2 = 2(x + 1)
d. y2 = 2(x 1)

656. A parabolic arch spans 200-ft wide. How high must the arch be above the stream to give a
minimum clearance of 40-ft over a tunnel in the center which is 120-ft wide?
a. 60.5 ft
b. 61.5 ft
c. 62.5 ft
d. 63.5 ft

657. In the parabola x2 = 4y, an equilateral triangle is inscribed with one vertex at the origin.
Find the length of each side of the triangle.
a. 13.86
b. 12.85
c. 11.84
d. 10.83

658. The foci of a hyperbola are (4,3) and (4,-9) and the length of the conjugate axis is .
Find its eccentricity.
a. 1.3
 b. 1.5
c. 1.7
d. 1.9

659. Find the length of the common chord of the curves whose equations are x 2 + y2 = 48 and
x2 + 8y = 0.

a.

b.

c.

d.

660. The point (8,5) bisects a chord of the circle whose equation is x 2 + y2 4x + 8y = 110.
Find the equation of the cord.
a. 3x + 2y = 0
b. 3x 2y = 14
c. 2x + 3y = 31
d. 2x 3y = 1

661. Find the length of the latus rectum of the parabola with focus at (-2,-6) and directrix x 2
= 0.
a. 8
b. 7
c. 6
d. 4

662. Find the distance between (1,2,-5) and (-1,-1,4).

a.

b.

c.

d.

663. What is the distance from the origin to the point (4,-3,2)?

a.
 b.

c.

d.

664. Find the direction numbers of the line through (4,-1,-3) and (0,1,4).
a. 4,-2,-7
b. -4,2,-7
c. -4,-2,7
d. -4,2,-7

665. The direction numbers of two lines are 2,-1,4 and -3,y,2 respectively. Find y if the lines
are perpendicular to each other.
a. -1
b. 3
c. -2
d. 2

666. Transform p = 6 to spherical coordinates.

a. r2 z2 = 362
b. r2 z2 = 6
c. r2 + z2 = 362
d. r2 + z2 = 6

667. the surface described by the equation 4x2 + y2 + 26z = 100 is an

a. elliptic hyperboloid
b. elliptic paraboloid
c. ellipsoid
d. elliptic cone

668. Find the Cartesian coordinates of the point having the cylindrical coordinates (3,/2,5).
a. (5,0,3)
b. (3,0,5)
c. (0,5,3)
d. (0,3,5)

669. Find the cylindrical coordinates of the point having the rectangular coordinates (4,4,-2).
a. (

b. (

c. (
 d. (

670. The distance of the point (-4,5,2) from the x-axis is

a.

b.

c.

d.

671. The equivalent of (3,4,5) in the cylindrical coordinate system is

a. (5,31.53,5)
b. (5,51.33,5)
c. (5,53.13,5)
d. (5,35.31,5)

672. If one end of a line is (-2,4,8) and its midpoint is (1,-2,5), find the x-coordinate of the
other end.
a. 4
b. 3
c. 5
d. 6

673. Find the value of k such that the plane x + ky 2z 9 = 0 shall pass through the point
(5,-4,-6).
a. 2
b. 1
c. 3
d. 4

674. The locus of 9x2 4z2 36y = 0 is a/an

a. elliptic cone
b. hyperbolic paraboloid
c. parabolic cylinder
d. ellipsoid

675. The trace of x2 + 4z2 8y = 0 on the xy-plane is

a. a hyperbola
b. an ellipse
c. a parabola
d. a point

676. The locus of y2 + z2 4x = 0 has symmetry with respect to

a. xz-plane only
 b. yz- and xy-planes
c. z-axis
d. xz- and xy-planes
677. If the plane curve b2x2 + a2y2 = a2b2 is revolved about the x-axis, the surface generated is
a/an
a. ellipsoid of revolution
b. hyperbolic paraboloid
c. paraboloid of revolution
d. parabolic cylinder

678. The rectangular coordinates for the point whose cylindrical coordinates are (6,120,-2)
are
a. (3,3 ,-2)

b. (2,3 ,-3)

c. (-3,3 ,-2)

d. (-2,3 ,-3)

679. Which of the following has a locus that is a hyperbolic paraboloid?

a. x2 + y2 2z = 0
b. x2 + 5z2 6y = 0
c. z2 2y2 + 4x = 0
d. 4x2 + y2 4z = 0

680. Find the z-coordinate of the midpoint of the segment whose end points are (4,5,6) and (-
3,1,2).
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6

681. The traces of the surface on the coordinate planes are

a. circles
b. ellipses
c. parabolas
d. hyperbolas

682. Transform the equation = tan to cylindrical coordinates.

a. r = z
b. z = r
c. = rz
 d. r = z

683. Which of the following is a quadric cone?

a. x2 y2 4z2 = 0
b. x2 y2 4z = 0
c. x2 + y2 4z2 = 0
d. x2 + y2 4z = 0

684. Transform z 2r = 1 to spherical coordinates.

a. pcos 2sin = 1
b. p(sin 2cos) = 1
c. cos 2psin = 1
d. p(cos 2sin) = 1

685. If z = 0 in the equation 2y2 + 3z2 x2 = 0, then the trace of the surface on the xy-plane is a
a. pair of parallel lines
b. pair of intersecting lines
c. line
d. point

686. Find the cylindrical coordinates for the point (6,3,2).

a. (

b. (

c. (

d. (

687. A line makes an angle of 45 degrees with the x-axis and an angle of 60 degrees with the
y-axis. What angle does it make with the z-axis?
a. 30
b. 45
c. 60
d. 55

688. Two directions cosines of a line are 1/3 and -2/3. What is the third?
a. 2/3
b. 4/3
c. 5/3
d. 7/3

689. A line makes equal angles with the coordinate axes. Find the angle.
 a. 44.64
b. 54.74
c. 64.84
d. 74.94

690. Find the distance of the point (6,2,3) from the x-axis.

a.

b.

c.

d.

691. What is the locus of any equation of the form x2 + y2 = f(z)?

a. hyperboloid of revolution
b. ellipsoid of revolution
c. paraboloid of revolution
d. cylinder of revolution

692. The radius of the sphere x2 + y2 + z2 6x + 4z 3 = 0 is

a. 2
b. 3
c. 5
d. 4

693. The direction numbers of two lines are 2,-1,k and -3,2,2 respectively. Find k if the lines
are perpendicular.
a. 4
b. 2
c. 5
d. 3

694. Find the equation of the locus of a point which moves so that it is 4 units in front of the
xz-plane.
a. y +4 = 0
b. z 4 = 0
c. x + 4 = 0
d. y 4 = 0

695. The equation x2 + z2 = 5y is a paraboloid of revolution that is symmetric with respect to

a. x-axis
b. y-axis
c. z-axis
 d. origin

696. The equation of the plane through the point (-1,2,4) and parallel to the plane 2x 3y 5z
+ 6 = 0.
a. 2x 3y 5z + 27 = 0
b. 2x 3y 5z + 26 = 0
c. 2x 3y 5z + 28 = 0
d. 2x 3y 5z + 29 = 0

697. Find the distance of the point (6,2,3) from the z-axis.

a.

b.

c.
d. 7

698. A line drawn from the origin to the point (-6,2,3). Find the angle which the line makes
with the z-axis.
a. 147
b. 149
c. 151
d. 150

699. Find the length of the line segment whose end points are (3,5,-4) and (-1,1,2).

a.

b.

c.

d.

700. Find the locus of a point whose distance from the point (-3,2,1) is 4.
a. x2 + y2 + z2 + 6x 4y 2z + 3 = 0
b. x2 + y2 + z2 + 6x 4y 2z 4 = 0
c. x2 + y2 + z2 + 6x 4y 2z + 1 = 0
d. x2 + y2 + z2 + 6x 4y 2z 2 = 0

701. Find the center of the sphere x2 + y2 + z2 6x + 4y 8z = 7.

a. C(3,2)
b. C(-3,2)
c. C(3,-2)
d. C(-3,-2)
702. Find the rectangular coordinates for the point (4,210,30).
a. (

b. (

c. (

d. (

703. The vertices of a triangle are A(2,-3,1), B(-6,5,3) and C(8,7,-7). Find the length of the
median drawn from A to BC.

a.

b.

c.

d.

704. Find the angle between the line L1 with direction numbers 3,4,1 and the line L2 with
direction numbers 5,3,-6.
a. 55.41
b. 60.51
c. 65.61
d. 70.71

705. Find spherical coordinates for the point (-2,2,-1).

a. (3,315,109.5)
b. (3,240,107.5)
c. (3,300,110)
d. (3,215,100)

706. Find the distance from the plane 2x + 7y + 4z 3 = 0 to the point (2,3,3).

a.

b.

c.

d.

707. Transform psinsintan = 5 to rectangular coordinates.

a. x2 = 5y
b. y2 = 5x2
 c. y2 = 5x
d. y = 5x2

708. Two direction angles of a line are 45 degrees and 60 degrees. Find the third direction
angle.
a. 30
b. 35
c. 40
d. 45

709. Find m so that the plane 5x 6y 7z = 0 and the plane 3x + 2y mz + 1 = 0 are parallel.
a. -5/3
b. -7/3
c. -4/3
d. -2/3

710. Transform y2 = 4ax to cylindrical coordinates.

a. rcostan = 4a
b. rcoscot = 4a
c. rsintan = 4a
d. rsincot = 4a

711. The triangle with vertices (3,5,-4),(-1,1,2) and (-5,-5,-2) is

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

712. The sphere x2 + y2 + z2 2x + 6y +2z 14 = 0 has a radius

a. 2
b. 4
c. 5
d. 3

713. Find the x-coordinate of a point which is 10 units from the origin and has direction
cosines cos = 1/3 and cos = -2/3.
a. 19/3
b. 20/3
c. 17/3
d. 22/3

714. Give the equivalent spherical coordinates of (3,4,6).

a. (

b.
 c.
d. (

715. If the line L1 has direction numbers x,-2x3 and line L2 has direction numbers -2,x,4 and if
L1 is perpendicular to L2, find x.
a. 5
b. 4
c. 3
d. 2

716. Find the cosine of the angle between the line directed from (3,2,5) to (8,6,2) and the line
directed from (-4,5,3) to (-3,4,3).
a. 1/12
b. 1/10
c. 1/11
d. 1/13

717. Find the angle between the planes 3x y + z 5 = 0 and x + 2y + 2z + 2 = 0.

a. 69.42
b. 70.43
c. 71.44
d. 72.45

718. Find the coordinates of the point P(x,y,z) which divides the line segment P 1P2 where
P1(2,5,-3) and P2(-4,0,1) in the ratio 2:3.
a. (2/5,-3,-7/5)
b. (-2/5,3,7/5)
c. (-2/5,3,-7/5)
d. (-2/5,-3,-7/5)

719. Find the Cartesian coordinates of the point having the spherical coordinates (4,
.

a. (

b. (

c. (

d. (

720. Find the equations of the line through (2,-1,3) and parallel to the x-axis.
a. y + 1 = 0, z 3 = 0
 b. y 1 = 0, z + 3 = 0
c. y 1 = 0, z 3 = 0
d. y + 1 = 0, z + 3 = 0

721. Give the polar coordinates for the point (1,-2,2).

a. (3,48.2,131.8,70.5)
b. (3,70.5,131.8,48.2)
c. (3,48.2,70.5,131.8)
d. (3,131.8,70.5,48.2)

722. Transform the equation cos = p(cos2 cos2) to rectangular coordinates.

a. y = x2 z2
b. x = y2 z2
c. z = x2 y2
d. z = x2 + y2

723. A point P(x,y,z) moves so that its distance from the z-axis is 4 times its distance from the
x-axis. Find the equation of the locus.
a. 15y2 + 16z2 x2 = 0
b. 15y2 16z2 + x2 = 0
c. 15y2 16z2 x2 = 0
d. 15y2 + 16z2 + x2 = 0

724. Write the equation in rectangular coordinates of p = 5acos.

a. x2 y2 + z2 = 5az
b. x2 + y2 z2 = 5az
c. x2 y2 z2 = 5az
d. x2 + y2 + z2 = 5az

725. The rectangular coordinates for the point (2,90,30,60) is

a. (0,

b. (0,

c. (1,

d. (1,

726. Find the equations of the line through (1,-1,6) with direction numbers 2,-1,1.
a. x = 2z + 11, y = z 5
b. x = 2z 11, y = z + 5
c. x = 2z 11, y = 5 z
d. x = 2z + 11, y = 5 z
727. If the angle between two lines with direction numbers 1,4,-8 and x,3x-6 respectively is
arccos(62/63),find x.
 a. 4
b. 5
c. 2
d. 3

728. Find the polar coordinates of the point (0,-2,-2)

a. (2

b. (2

c. (

d. (

729. Find the point where the line through the points (3,-1,0) and (1,3,4) pierces the xz-plane.
a. (1,0,1)
b. (1.5,0,1)
c. (2,0,1)
d. (2.5,0,1)

730. Find the equation of the plane such that the foot of the perpendicular from the origin to
the plane is (-6,3,6).
a. 2x + y + 2z 27 = 0
b. 2x y 2z + 27 = 0
c. 2x y + 2z + 27 = 0
d. 2x + y 2z 27 = 0

731. Find angle A of the triangle whose vertices are A(4,6,1), B(6,4,0) and C(-2,3,3).
a. 112.39
b. 111.38
c. 110.37
d. 109.36

732. Find the equation of the plane that passes through (3,-2,1), (2,4,-2) and (-1,3,2).
a. 21x + 13y + 19z 56 = 0
b. 21x + 13y 19z 56 = 0
c. 21x + 13y + 19z + 56 = 0
d. 21x 13y 19z 56 = 0

733. Find the acute angle between the lines x + y + z + 1 = 0, x y + z + 1 = 0 and x y z

1 = 0, x + y = 0.
a. 71.20
b. 72.21
 c. 73.22
d. 74.23

734. Find the equation of the plane through the point (-1,2,3) and perpendicular to the line for
which cos = 2/3, cos = -1/3, cos = 2/3.
a. 2x y + 2z 2 = 0
b. 2x y 2z + 2 = 0
c. 2x + y 2z 2 = 0
d. 2x + y + 2z 2 = 0

735. Find the area of the triangle with vertices (1,3,3), (0,1,0) and (4,-1,0).

a.

b.

c.

d.

736. If the acute angle between the planes 2x y + z 7 = 0 and x + y + kz 11 = 0 is 60,

find k.
a. 4
b. 3
c. 1
d. 2

737. Transform the cylindrical coordinates (8,120,6) to spherical coordinates.

a. (10,120,53.13)
b. (11,120,53.13)
c. (12,120,53.31)
d. (10,120,51.33)

738. Find the locus of the point equidistant from the plane y = 7 and the point (0,5,0).
a. x2 z2 + 4y 24 = 0
b. x2 z2 4y + 24 = 0
c. x2 + z2 + 4y 24 = 0
d. x2 + z2 4y + 24 = 0

739. Find the direction numbers of the line 2x y + 3z + 4 = 0, 3x + 2y z + 7 = 0.

a. 5,-11,7
b. -5,11,7
c. -5,7,11
d. 5,-7,11
740. Find the equation of the plane perpendicular to the line joining (2,5,-3) and (4,-1,0) and
which passes through the point (1,4,-7).
a. 2x 6y 3z + 43 = 0
b. 2x + 6y 3z + 43 = 0
c. 2x 6y + 3z + 43 = 0
d. 2x + 6y + 3z + 43 = 0

741. Find the equation of the line which passes through (-1,-3,6) and which is parallel to the
plane 4x 9y + 7z + 2 = 0.
a. 4x 9y + 7z 65 = 0
b. 4x + 9y + 7z 65 = 0
c. 4x 9y 7z + 65 = 0
d. 4x + 9y 7z + 65 = 0

742. Find the value of m so that the line passing through (-m,-1,2) and (0,2,4) be perpendicular
to the line through (1,m,1) and (m+1,0,2).
a. 1 or 5
b. 1 or 4
c. 1 or 3
d. 1 or 2

743. Find the acute angle between the line and the line .

a.

b.

c.

d.

744. If the angle between the planes 2x 3y + 6z = 18 and 2x y + kz = 12 is arccos(19/21),

find k.
a. 4
b. 3
c. 2
d. 1

745. A plane contains the point P1(4,-4,2) and is perpendicular to the line segment from P1 to
P2(0,6,6). Find the equation of the plane.
a. 2x + 5y + 2z 24 = 0
 b. 2x + 5y 2z + 24 = 0
c. 2x 5y + 2z + 24 = 0
d. 2x 5y 2z 24 = 0

746. A line whose parametric equations are is

perpendicular to the plane 2x + ky + 12z = 3. Find the value of k.

a. -3
b. -4
c. -5
d. -6

747. Write the equations of the line through (-2, 2, -3) and (2, -2, 3).
a. x y = 0, 3y + 2z = 0
b. x + y = 0, 3y + 2z = 0
c. x y = 0, 3y 2z = 0
d. x + y = 0, 3y 2z = 0

748. Find the equation of the paraboloid with vertex at (0, 0, 0), axis along the y-axis and
passing through (1, 1, 1) and (3/2, 7/12, 1/2).
a. x2 + 5z2 = 6y
b. x2 + 6z2 = 5y
c. 5x2 + z2 = 6y
d. 6z2 + z2 = 5y

749. Find the equation of the plane determined by the points (6,-4,1), (0,1,-3) and (2,2,-7).
a. x + 2y z + 1 = 0
b. x 2y + z 1 = 0
c. x + 2y + z + 1 = 0
d. x 2y z 1 = 0

750. What is the locus of the moving point, the difference of whose distance from (0,0,3) and
(0,0,-3) is 4?

a.

b.
 c.

d.

751. Find the piercing point in the xy-plane of the line x + y z 3 = 0, x + 2y + z 4 = 0.

a. (1,2,0)
b. (1,0,2)
c. (2,0,1)
d. (2,1,0)

752. Find the acute angle between the line and the plane 2x 2y + z 3 =

0.
a. 25.3
b. 26.4
c. 27.5
d. 28.6

753. Find the equation of the plane through (1,-2,3) and perpendicular to the line of
intersections of the plane 3x + 2y 2z = 12 and x + 2y + 2z = 0.
a. 2x 2y z 9 = 0
b. 2x 2y + z 9 = 0
c. 2x + 2y z + 9 = 0
d. 2x + 2y + z + 9 = 0

754. A plane contains the points (3,1,7) and (-3,-2,3) and as an x-intercept equal to three times
its z-intercepts. Find the equation of the plane.
a. x + 6y 3z + 18 = 0
b. x 6y 3z + 18 = 0
c. x 6y + 3z 18 = 0
d. x + 6y 3z 18 = 0

755. Find the acute angle between the lines through the points (-2,3,1) and (4,6,7) and the
plane x + 4y + z 10 = 0.
a. 35.64
b. 36.74
c. 37.84
d. 38.94

756. Find the equation of the plane which contains the line x 2y + z = 1, 2x = y z and is
perpendicular to the plane 3x + 2y 3z = 0.
 a. 9x 6y + 5z 1 = 0
b. 9x + 6y 5z + 1 = 0
c. 9x + 6y 5z 1 = 0
d. 9x + 6y + 5z + 1 = 0

757. Find the equation of the plane which is perpendicular to the xy-plane and which passes
through (2,-1,0) and (3,0,5).
a. x + y + 3 = 0
b. x y 3 = 0
c. x + y 3 = 0
d. x y + 3 = 0

758. Find the acute angle between the lines and 2x + 2y + z 4 = 0, x 3y +

2z = 0.
a. 4624
b. 4725
c. 4826
d. 4927

759. Find the equations of the line through (2,-3,4) and perpendicular to the plane 3x y + 2z
= 4.
a. x = 3y 7, z = 2y 2
b. x = 3y + 7, z = 2y + 2
c. x = -3y 7, z = -2y 2
d. x = -3y + 7, z = -2y + 2

760. Find the point of intersection of the plane 3x + 2y + z = 1 and the line .

a. (1,0,1)
b. (1,1,0)
c. (-1,1,0)
d. (1,-1,0)

761. Transform 3x2 3y2 = 8z to spherical coordinates.

a. 2psin2cos2 = 8pcos
b. 2psin2cos2 = 8pcos
c. 2p2sin2cos2 = 8pcos
d. 2p2sin2cos2 = 8pcos
762. Find the equation of the sphere whose center is (2,1,-1) and which is tangent to the plane
x 2y + z + 7 = 0.
a. x2 + y2 4z 2y + 2z = 0
b. x2 + y2 4z + 2y + 2z = 0
c. x2 + y2 + 4z 2y 2z = 0
d. x2 + y2 + 4z + 2y 2z = 0

763. If the line is parallel to the plane 6x + ky 5z 8 = 0, find the value of

k.
a. 2
b. 3
c. -2
d. -3

764. Find the equation of the plane that is perpendicular to the yz-plane and having 5 and -2 as
its y- and z-intercepts respectively.
a. 2y + 5z 10 = 0
b. 2y 5z 10 = 0
c. 2y + 5z + 10 = 0
d. 2y 5z + 10 = 0

765. Find the angle between the line with direction numbers 1,-1,-1 and the plane 3x 4y + 2z
5 = 0.
a. 32.42
b. 34.22
c. 42.32
d. 43.22

766. Find the equation of the locus of a point whose distance from the xy-plane is equal to its
distance from (-1,2,-3).
a. x2 + y2 2x + 4y 6z 14 = 0
b. x2 + y2 2x 4y + 6z + 14 = 0
c. x2 + y2 + 2x + 4y 6z 14 = 0
d. x2 + y2 + 2x 4y + 6z + 14 = 0

767. Given the points A(k,1,-1), B(2k,0,2) and C(2+2k,k,1). Find k so that the line segment
AB shall be perpendicular to the line segment BC.
a. 3
b. 1
c. 2
d. 4

768. The angle between two lines with direction numbers 4,3,5 and x,-1,2 respectively is 45
degrees. Find x.
a. 4
 b. 5
c. 2
d. 3

769. At the minimum point, the slope of the tangent line to a curve is
a. positive
b. negative
c. zero
d. infinity

770. A curve y = f(x) is concave downward if the value of y is

a. negative
b. positive
c. unity
d. zero

771. The point where the concavity of a curve changes is called the
a. maximum point
b. minimum point
c. inflection point
d. tangent point

772. If the 1st derivative of a function is a constant, then its graph is

a. a point
b. a line
c. a parabola
d. a circle

773. At the minimum point of y = f(x), the value of d2y/dx2 is

a. zero
b. undefined
c. positive
d. negative

774. If at x = a, f(a) is positive, then f(x) increases as x

a. increases
b. decreases
c. becomes infinite
d. becomes zero

775. If the first derivative of a function is a constant, then the function is

a. sinusoidal
b. exponential
c. linear
d. quadratic
776. A function f(x) is said to be an even function if its graph is symmetric with respect to
a. the x-axis
b. the y-axis
c. the origin
d. both axes

777. Which of the following is an odd function?

a. f(x) = xcosx
b. f(x) = xsinx
c. f(x) = ecosx
d. f(x) = sin2x

778. The notation f(x) was invented by

a. Leibniz
b. Newton
c. Wallis
d. Lagrange

779. At the inflection point of y = f(x) where x = a,

a. f(a) < 0
b. f(a) = 0
c. f(a) > 0
d. f(a) =

780. If a function f(x) is concave downward on the interval (1,10), then f(8) and f(3)
a. may be true
b. cannot be true
c. must be true
d. is never true

781. If a tangent to a curve y = f(x) is horizontal at x = a, then f(a) is

a. positive
b. negative
c. zero
d. infinity

782. For a function y = f(x), if f(x) = -f(x), then the function is

a. logarithmic
b. exponential
c. transcendental
d. sinusoidal
783. Which of the following notations is an open interval?
a. (-3,4)
b. [-3,4]
c. [-3,)
d. (-,4)

784. The graph of y = x5 x will cross the x-axis

a. twice
b. 3 times
c. 4 times
d. 5 times

785. The derivative of an increasing function f(x) must be

a. strictly positive
b. always positive
c. nonnegative
d. negative

786. If the function f(x) increases at x = a, then which of the following is definitely true?
a. f'(a) = 0 or f(a) > 0
b. f(a) = 0 or f(a) < 0
c. f(a) 0 or f(a) > 0
d. f(a) 0 or f(a) < 0

787. At the maximum point, the value of the 2nd derivative of a function is
a. positive
b. negative
c. zero
d. infinite

788. At the inflection point, the value of y is

a. zero
b. positive
c. negative
d. unity

789. Which of the following functions will have an inflection point?

a. y = x4
b. y = x3
c. y = x2
d. y = x
790. The function y = f(x) has a maximum value of x = 2 if f(2) = 0 and f(2) is
a. equal to zero
b. less than zero
c. greater than zero
d. unity

791. At the maximum point, the tangent line is

a. slanting upward
b. oblique
c. horizontal
d. vertical

792. Which of the following is true?

a. = 0
b. + =
c. / =
d. both a and b

793. Which of the following functions is neither even nor odd?

a. h(x) = x2
b. g(x) = x3
c. f(x) = x2 + x
d. t(x) = x3 + x

794. Find the rate of change of the volume of a cube with respect to its side when the side is 6
cm.
a. 108 cm3/cm
b. 107 cm3/cm
c. 106 cm3/cm
d. 105 cm3/cm

795. If f(x) = e x+1, then f(1) is equal to

a. 0
b. 1
c. -1
d.

796. If f(x) = Aekx, f(0) = 5 and f(3) = 10, find k.

 a. 0.1184
b. 0.1285
c. 0.1386
d. 0.1487

797. The function is discontinuous at x =

a. 1 or -3
b. 1 or -2
c. -1 or 2
d. -1 or 3

798. Find the slope of the line tangent to y = 4/x at x = 2.

a. 1
b. -1
c. 2
d. -2

799. If y = cos24x, find dy/dx.

a. 2cos4x
b. 2sin4x
c. -4sin8x
d. -8sin4x

800. Evaluate the limit of ln(1 x)/x as x approaches zero.

a. 0
b. -1
c. 1
d.

801. Evaluate .

a.
b. 0
c.
d. 2

802. The rate of change of the area of a circle with respect to its radius when the diameter is
6cm is
a. 4 cm2/cm
b. 5 cm2/cm
c. 6 cm2/cm
d. 7 cm2/cm
803. At what point of the curve y = x3 + 3x are the values of y and y equal?
a. (0,0)
b. (-1,-4)
c. (2,14)
d. (1,4)

804. If f(x) = ln x and g(x) = log x and if g(x) = kf(x), find k.

a. 0.4433
b. 0.3434
c. 0.3344
d. 0.4343

805. If N(x) = sin x sin and D(x) = x , find the limit of N(x)/D(x) as x approaches .
a. sin
b. cos
c. zero
d. no limit

806. Given z2 + x2 + y2 = 0, find

a. x/z
b. x/z
c. z/x
d. z/x

807. What is the 50th derivative of y = cosx

a. sinx
b. sinx
c. cosx
d. cosx

808. Which of the following has no horizontal asymptote?

a.

b.

c.

d.
809. If f(x) = , find .
a. infinity
b. unity
c. zero
d. undefined

810. Evaluate if f(x) = x 2 and g(x) = x2 1.

a.
b. 0
c.
d.

811. Evaluate .

a. 0
b.
c. 1
d. e

812. If z = xy2 + yx3, find zxyx.

a. 6yx
b. 6x
c. 3xy
d. 3x2

813. If y = x2, find y dy when x = 2 and dx = 0.01.

a. 0.0001
b. 0.001
c. 0.0002
d. 0.002

814. If f(x) = x3 + 2x, find f(2).

a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. 13

815. The motion of a particle along the x-axis is given by the equation x = 2t 3 3t2. Find the
velocity of the particle when t = 2.
a. 10
b. 9
c. 11
 d. 12

816. Find x for which the line tangent to the parabola y = 4x x2 is horizontal.
a. 4
b. -4
c. 2
d. -2

817. The slope of the tangent to y = 2 x2 at the point (1,1) is

a. -2
b. -1
c. 0
d. -4

818. If y = sin2x, the derivative dy/dx is equal to

a. cos2x
b. sin2x
c. 2cosx
d. 2sinx

819. If y = x3 2x2 + 3x 1, then d2y/dx2 is equal to

a. 6x
b. 6x + 4
c. 6x 4
d. 3x 4

820. If y = x2 2x and x changes from 2 to 2.01, find y.

a. 0.0102
b. 0.0210
c. 0.0120
d. 0.0201

821. The radius R of a circle is increasing at the rate of 1cm per sec. how fast is the area
changing when R = 4cm?
a. 8 cm2/s
b. 10 cm2/s
c. 6 cm2/s
d. 12 cm2/s

822. Find the slope of y = 1 x3 at the point where y = 9.

a. -11
b. -12
c. -10
 d. -13

823. If an error of 1 percent is made in measuring the edge of a cube, what is the percentage
error in the computed volume?
a. 3%
b. 2%
c. 4%
d. 5%

824. Find the derivative of y with respect to x of y = xlnx x.

a. 1
b. x
c. lnx
d. lnx 1

825. For what value of x will the curve y = x3 3x2 + 4 be concave upward?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

826. How fast does the diagonal of a cube increase if each edge of the cube increases at a
constant rate of 5cm/s?
a. 6.7 cm/s
b. 7.7 cm/s
c. 8.7 cm/s
d. 9.7 cm/s

827. If f(x) = tanx x and g(x) = x 3, evaluate the limit of f(x)/g(x) as x approaches zero.

a. 0
b.
c. 3
d. 1/3

828. Find the 3rd derivative of y = xlnx.

a. -1/x
b. -1/x2
c. -1/x3
d. -1

829. Evaluate .
a.
b. 1
 c. e
d. 1/e

830. If xy3 + x3y = 2, find dy/dx at the point (1,1).

a. 1
b. -1
c. 2
d. -2

831. The tangent line to the curve y = x3 at the point (1,1) will intersect the x-axis at x =
a. 2/3
b. 4/3
c. 1/3
d. 5/3

832. If y = ex + xe + xx, find y at x = 1.

a. e +1
b. e 1
c. 2e + 1
d. 2e 1

833. Evaluate .
a. 0
b.
c.
d. 1

834. Find the value of x for which y = x3 3x2 has a minimum value.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 0
d. -2

835. Find the angle of intersection between the curve y = x2 and x = y2.

a.

b.

c.

d.
836. If z = xy2, and x changes from 1 to 1.0, and y changes from 2 to 1.98, find the
approximate change in z.
a. -0.0202
b. -0.0303
c. -0.0404
d. -0.0505

837. A ball is thrown vertically upward from a roof 112-ft above the ground. The height s of
the ball above the roof is given by the equation
s = 96t -16t2
where s is measured in ft and the time t in sec. calculate its velocity wen it strikes the
ground.
a. -130 fps
b. -128 fps
c. -126 fps
d. -124 fps

838. If y = ln(tanhx), find dy/dx.

a. 2sech2x
b. 2sech2x
c. 2csch2x
d. 2coth2x

839. Find the approximate surface area of a sphere of radius 5.02 cm.
a. 317 sq. cm
b. 315 sq. cm
c. 313 sq. cm
d. 311 sq. cm

840. Find the value of x for which y = x5 5x3 20x 2 will have a maximum point.
a. -1
b. -2
c. 1
d. 2

841. A man is walking at a rate of 1.5 m/s toward a street light which is 5 m above the level
ground. At what rate is the tip of his shadow moving if the man is 2 m tall?
a. -1.5 m/s
b. -2.5 m/s
c. -3.5 m/s
d. -5 m/s

842. If y = ln(x2ex), find y.

a. -1/x2
b. -2/x2
c. -1/x
 d. -2/x

843. Find the radius of curvature of y = x3 at the point (1,1).

a. 3.25
b. 4.26
c. 5.27
d. 6.25

844. A particle moves along the circumference of a circle of radius 10-ft in such a manner that
its distance measured along the circumference from a fixed point at the end of t sec is
given by the equation s = t2. Find the angular velocity at the end of 3 seconds.
a. 0.40 rad/s
b. 0.50 rad/s
c. 0.60 rad/s
d. 0.70 rad/s

845. Find the point on the curve y = x3 3xfor which the tangent line is parallel to the x-axis.
a. (-1,2)
b. (2,2)
c. (1,2)
d. (0,0)

846. If y = 1/2tan2x + ln(cosx), find y.

a. tan3x
b. tanx sinx
c. tanxsec2x
d. 0

847. If S = 4R2, find S dS when R = 2 and R = 0.01.

a. 0.0021
b. 0.0102
c. 0.0210
d. 0.0012

848. Find two numbers whose sum is 8 if the product of one number and the cube of the other
is a maximum.
a. 3 and 5
b. 4 and 4
c. 2 and 6
d. 1 and 7

849. Find the approximate height of the curve y = x3 2x2 + 7 at the point where x = 2.98.
a. 14.8
b. 15.7
c. 16.6
d. 17.5
850. If y = , find x for which dy/dx = 0.

a.

b.

c.

d.

851. Te volume of a cube is increasing at the rate of 6 cm 3/min. How fast is the surface
increasing when the length of each edge is 12 cm?
a. 3 cm2/min
b. 4 cm2/min
c. 2 cm2/min
d. 5 cm2/min

852. If u = , find the approximate change in u as x changes from 10 to 10.02 and y

changes from 4 to 4.01.
a. -0.00170
b. -0.00701
c. -0.00107
d. -0.00017

853. Find the equation of the line tangent to y = x2 3x 5 and parallel to the line y = 3x 2.
a. y = 3x 14
b. y = 3x 13
c. y = 3x 12
d. y = 3x 11

854. A garden is in the form of an ellipse with semi-major axis 4 and semi-minor axis 3. If the
axes are increased by 0.18 unit each, find the approximate increase in the area.
a. 3.92
b. 3.94
c. 3.96
d. 3.98
855. Find the relative error in the computed area of an equilateral triangle due to an error of 3
percent in measuring the edge of the triangle.
a. 0.05
b. 0.06
c. 0.07
d. 0.08

856. A body is thrown vertically upward from the ground. After 2 seconds, its velocity is 10
ft/sec. Find its initial velocity.
a. 54 fps
b. 64 fps
c. 74 fps
d. 84 fps

857. In problem 345, find the rate at which the length of the shadow of the man is shortening.
a. -1 cm/s
b. -1.5 cm/s
c. -2 cm/s
d. -2.5 cm/s

858. A rectangular field is fenced off, an existing wall being used as one side. If the area of the
field is 7,200 sq. ft, find the least amount of fencing needed.
a. 250 ft
b. 240 ft
c. 230 ft
d. 220 ft

859. The side of an equilateral triangle is increasing at the rate of 0.50 cm/s. Find the rate at
which its altitude is increasing.
a. 0.334 cm/s
b. 0.443 cm/s
c. 0.433 cm/s
d. 0.343 cm/s

860. Find C co that the line y = 4x + 3 is tangent to the curve y = x2 + C.

a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6

861. At what acute angle does the curve y = 1 1/2x2 cut the x-axis?
a. 34.54
b. 44.64
c. 54.74
d. 64.84
862. The angle , made by a swinging pendulum with the vertical direction, is given at time t
by the equation = asin(bt + c), where a, b and c are constants. Find the angular
acceleration at time t.
a. a2
b. b2
c. a
d. b

863. If y = find y at x = 5.
a. 1/13
b. 1/14
c. 1/15
d. 1/16

864. Find the equation of the line with slope -1/2 and tangent to the ellipse x2 + y2 = 8.
a. x + 2y 4 = 0
b. x 2y + 4 = 0
c. x + 2y + 4 = 0
d. x 2y 4 = 0

865. Find the second derivative (y) of 4x2 + 9y2 = 36 by implicit differentiation.
a. -16y3/9
b. -16/9y3
c. -9y3/16
d. -9/16y3

866. Approximate the root of 3x + x 2 = 0 by Newtons Method of Approximation.

a. 0.420
b. 0.419
c. 0.421
d. 0.418

867. The volume of a sphere is increasing at the rate of 6 cm 3/hr. at what rate is its surface area
increasing when the radius is 40 cm?
a. 0.30 cm2/hr
b. 0.40 cm2/hr
c. 0.50 cm2/hr
d. 0.60 cm2/hr

868. If f(x) = ex e-x 2x and g(x) = x sinx, evaluate the limit of f(x)/g(x) as x approaches
zero.
a.
b. 0
 c. 1
d. 2

869. Find the point of inflection of y = 4 + 3x x3.

a. (1,6)
b. (0,4)
c. (-2,4)
d. (2,2)

870. Find the volume of the largest right circular cone that can be cut from a sphere of radius
R.
a. 1.421 R3
b. 1.124 R3
c. 1.241 R3
d. 1.412 R3

871. If s = x2 + 2y2 + 3z2 and x +y +z = 5, find the minimum value of s.

a. 148/11
b. 149/11
c. 150/11
d. 151/11

872. The cost of fuel per hour in operating a luxury liner is proportional to the square of its
speed and is Php. 12,000.00 per hour for a speed of 10-kph. Other costs amount to Php.
48,000.00 per hour independent of the speed. Calculate the speed at which the cost per
kilometer is a minimum.
a. 35 kph
b. 30 kph
c. 25 kph
d. 20 kph

873. Find the slope of the tangent to the curve at the point (1,1).
a. -1/5
b. -2/5
c. -3/5
d. -4/5

874. If y = 1/2x(sin(lnx) cos(lnx)), find dy/dx.

a. sin(lnx)
 b. cos(lnx)
c. sin(lnx)
d. cos(lnx)

875. If x = et and y = 2e-t, find d2y/dx2.

a. 4e-t
b. 4e-2t
c. 4e-3t
d. 4e-4t

876. Two corridors 6 m and 4 m wide respectively, intersect at right angles. Find the length of
the longest ladder that will go horizontally around the corner.
a. 13 m
b. 14 m
c. 15 m
d. 16 m

877. An angle of a right triangle is given by the equation = arcsin(y/x). If x is increasing at

the rate of 1 in/sec and y is decreasing at 0.10 in/sec, how fast is changing?
a. -0.06892 rad/sec
b. -0.08926 rad/sec
c. -0.09268 rad/sec
d. -0.06928 rad/sec

878. Find the maximum capacity of a conical vessel whose slant height is 9 cm.
a. 293.84 cm3
b. 283.94 cm3
c. 284.93 cm3
d. 294.83 cm3

879. If the semi-axes of the ellipse 4x2 + 9y2 = 36 are each increased by 0.15 cm, find the
approximate increase in its area.
a. 2.36 cm2
b. 2.46 cm2
c. 2.56 cm2
d. 2.66 cm2

880. If y = 4/(2x 1)3, find y at x = 1.

a. 190
b. 191
c. 192
d. 193

881. The side of an equilateral triangle increases at the rate of 2 cm/hr. At what rate is the area
of the triangle changing at the instant when the side is 4 cm?
 a.
b. 4

c. 5

d. 6

882. Find the value of x and y which satisfy 2x + 3y = 8 and whose product is a minimum.
a. 1 and 2
b. 3 and 2/3
c. 3/2 and 5/3
d. 2 and 4/3

883. If ln(ln y) + ln y = ln x, find dy/dx.

a.

b.

c.

d.

884. If x = 2sin, y = 1 4cos, then dy/dx is equal to

a. 2cot
b. 2tan
c. 2csc
d. 2sec

885. The upper and lower edges of a picture frame hanging on a wall are 8 feet and 2 feet
above an observers eye level respectively. How far from the wall must the observer
stand in order that the angle subtended by the picture is a maximum?
a. 3.5 ft
b. 4 ft
c. 4.5 ft
d. 5 ft
886. If x increases at the rate of 30 cm/s, at what rate is the expression (x + 1) 2 increasing
when x becomes 6 cm?
a. 400 cm2/s
b. 410 cm2/s
c. 420 cm2/s
d. 430 cm2/s

887. Find the radius of a right circular cylinder of maximum volume that can be inscribed in a
right circular cone of radius R.
a. R/3
b. R/2
c. 3R/4
d. 2R/3

888. Find the area of the triangle bounded by the coordinate axes and the tangent to the
parabola y = x2 at the point (2,4).
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

889. What is the maximum value of y = 3sinx + 4cosx ?

a. 8
b. 7
c. 6
d. 5

890. Find the maximum point of the curve y = 4 + 3x x3.

a. (-2,6)
b. (0,4)
c. (1,6)
d. (-3,22)

891. Water flows into a cylindrical tank at the rate of 20 m 3/s. How fast is the water surface
rising in the tank if the radius of the tank if the radius of the tank is 2 m?
a. 5/
b. 6/
c. 3/
d. 4/

892. If (0,4) and (1,6) are critical points of y = a + bx + cx3, find the value of c.
a. 1
 b. 2
c. -1
d. -2

893. Intensity of light is proportional to the cosine of the angle of incidence and inversely
proportional to the square of the distance from the source of light. A lamp is directly
over the center of a circular table of radius 3 feet. How high above should the lamp be
placed so that there will be maximum illumination around the edge of the table?
a. 2.18 ft
b. 2.16 ft
c. 2.14 ft
d. 2.12 ft

894. Find the value of x so that the determinant given below will have a minimum value.

a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8

895. Find the area of the largest triangle that can be formed by the tangent to the curve y = e-x
and the coordinate axes.
a. 1/e
b. 2/e
c. 3/e
d. 4/e

896. A bus company planning a tour knows from experience that at Php. 20.00 per person, all
30 seats in the bus will be taken but for each increase of Php. 1.00, two seats will
become vacant. The expenses of the tour are Php. 100.00 plus Php. 11.00 per person.
What price should the company charge to maximize the profit?
a. Php. 23.00
b. Php. 24.00
c. Php. 25.00
d. Php. 26.00

897. An isosceles triangle has legs 26 cm long. The base decreases at the rate of 12 cm/s. Find
the rate of change of the angle at the apex when the base is 48 cm.
a. -1.4 cm/s
b. -1.3 cm/s
c. -1.2 cm/s
 d. -1.1 cm/s

898. Find the weight of the heaviest cylinder that can be cut out from a sphere which weighs
12 kg.
a. 4.93 kg
b. 5.93 kg
c. 6.93 kg
d. 7.93 kg

899. If find dy/dx.

a. eaxcosbx
b. eaxsinbx
c. eaxcosbx
d. -eaxsinbx

900. A weight is attached to one end of a 29-m rope passing over a small pulley 17 m above
the ground. A man keeping his hand 5 m above the ground holds the other end of the
rope and walks away at a rate of 3 m/s. How fast is the weight rising at the instant when
the man is 9 m from the point directly below the pulley?
a. 1.2 m
b. 1.4 m
c. 1.6 m
d. 1.8 m

901. A right triangle as a hypotenuse of length 13 and one leg of length 5. Find the area of the
largest rectangle that can be inscribed in the triangle if it has one side along the
hypotenuse of the triangle.
a. 15
b. 16
c. 17
d. 18

902. Evaluate .
a.
b. 1
c. e-2
d. e2

903. The sum of two numbers is K. Find the minimum value of the sum of their cubes.
a. K3
b. K3/2
c. K3/3
d. K3/4
904. A chord of a circle 4 m in diameter is increasing at the rate of 0.60 m/min. Find the rate
of change of the smaller arc subtended by the chord when the chord is 3 m long.
a. 0.81 m/min
b. 0.71 m/min
c. 0.91 m/min
d. 0.61 m/min

905. A manufacturer estimates that he can sell 1,000 units of a certain product per week if he
sets the price per unit at Php. 3.00 and that his sale will rise by 100 units with each Php.
0.10 decrease in price. Find his maximum revenue.
a. Php. 3,000
b. Php. 4,000
c. Php. 5,000
d. Php. 6,000

906. The volume of a pyramid is increasing at the rate of 30 cm 3/s and the area of the base is
increasing at the rate of 5 cm2/s. How fast is the altitude increasing at the instant when
the area of the base is 100 cm2 and the altitude is 8 cm?
a. 0.50 cm/s
b. 0.40 cm/s
c. 0.60 cm/s
d. 0.70 cm/s

907. A closed right circular cylinder has a surface area of 100 cm 2. What sould be its radius in
order to provide the largest possible volume?
a. 3.320 cm
b. 2.330 cm
c. 3.203 cm
d. 2.303 cm

908. A ship 5 km from a straight shore and travelling at the rate of 36 kph is moving parallel to
the shore. How fast is the ship coming closer to a fort on the shore when it is 13 km
from the fort?
a. 34.24 km
b. 33.23 km
c. 32.21 km
d. 31.20 km
909. The sum of the base and the altitude of a trapezoid is 36 cm. Find the altitude if its area is
to be maximum.
a. 18 cm
b. 20 cm
c. 19 cm
d. 17 cm

910. Find the equation of the line parallel to the line x + 2y = 6 and tangent to the ellipse x 2 +
4y2 = 8 in the first quadrant?
a. x + 2y + 4 = 0
b. x 2y + 4 = 0
c. x + 2y 4 = 0
d. x 2y 4 = 0

911. A sector with perimeter of 24 cm is to be cut from a circle. What should be the radius of
the circle if the area of the sector is to be a maximum?
a. 6 cm
b. 7 cm
c. 5 cm
d. 4 cm

912. Find the equation of the line tangent to the curve y = x3 6x2 at its point of inflection.
a. 3x + y + 2 = 0
b. 3x y + 2 = 0
c. 3x + y 2 = 0
d. 3x y 2 = 0

913. Find the radius of a right circular cylinder of greatest lateral surface area that can be
inscribed in a sphere of radius 4.
a. 2.53
b. 2.63
c. 2.73
d. 2.83

914. Evaluate .

a. zero
b. one
c. infinity
d. none

915. Two posts 30 m apart are 10 m and 15 m high respectively. A transmission wire passing
through the tops of the post is used to brace the posts at a point on level ground between
them. How far from the 10-m post must that point be located in order to use the least
amount of wire?
 a. 10 m
b. 11 m
c. 12 m
d. 13 m

916. Three sides of a trapezoid are each 8 cm long. How long is the fourth side when the area
of the trapezoid has the largest value?
a. 14 cm
b. 15 cm
c. 16 cm
d. 17 cm

917. A spherical iron ball 8 inches in diameter is coated with a layer of ice of uniform
thickness. If the ice melts at a rate of 10 cu in per min, how fast is the outer surface of
the ice decreasing when the ice is 2 inches thick?
a. -3.39 in2/min
b. -3.33 in2/min
c. -3.36 in2/min
d. -3.31 in2/min

918. A circular filter paper of radius 15 cm is folded into a conical filter, the radius of whose
base is x. Find the value of x for which the conical filter will have the greatest volume.
a. 11.25 cm
b. 12.25 cm
c. 13.25 cm
d. 14.25 cm

919. Water flows out of a hemispherical tank at the constant rate of 18 cu cm per min. If the
radius of the tank is 8 cm, how fast is the water level falling when the water is 4 cm
deep?
a. -0.1491 cm/min
b. -0.1941 cm/min
c. -0.1194 cm/min
d. -0.1149 cm/min

920. Find the area of the largest isosceles triangle that can be inscribed in a circle of radius 2.
a. 5.2
b. 6.3
c. 4.1
d. 3.8

921. Sand is poured at the rate of 10 ft3/min so as to form a conical pile whose altitude is
always equal to the radius of its base. At what rate is the area of the base increasing
when its radius is 5 ft?
 a. 3 ft3/min
b. 4 ft3/min
c. 5 ft3/min
d. 6 ft3/min

922. Find the altitude of the largest right circular cone that can be cut from a sphere of radius
R.
a. 7R/3
b. 5R/3
c. 4R/3
d. 8R/3

923. A light is placed 3 ft above the ground and 32 ft from a building. A man 6 ft tall walks
from the light toward the building at the rate of 6 ft/sec. Find the rate at which the length
of his shadow is decreasing when he is 8 ft.
a. -1 fps
b. -1.5 fps
c. -2 fps
d. -2.5 fps

924. An open box is made by cutting squares of side x inches from four corners of a sheet of
cardboard that is 24 inches by 32 inches and then folding up the sides. What should x be
to maximize the volume of the box?
a. 16.3 in
b. 15.2 in
c. 13.8 in
d. 14.1 in

925. Let f be a function defined by f(x) = Ax 2 + Bx + C with the following properties: f(0) = 2,
f(2) = 10 and f(10) = 4. Find the value of B.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

926. A rectangle has its base on the x-axis and its two upper corners on the curve y = 2(1 x 2).
What is the maximum perimeter of the rectangle?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7
927. Find the maximum vertical distance between y = cosx and y = sinx over the interval
[0,2].
a. 1.5
b. 2
c. 2.5
d. 3

928. A baseball diamond is a square 90 ft on the side. A runner travels from home plate to first
base at the rate of 20 ft/sec. how fast is the runners distance from the second base
changing when the runner is halfway to the first base?

a.

b.

c.

d.

929. If the line to the curve y = x lnx at x = a, passes through the origin, find a.
a. 2.72
b. 2.83
c. 2.91
d. 2.69

930. Find the radius of curvature of the ellipse 4x2 + 5y2 = 20 at (0,2).
a. -1.5
b. -2.5
c. -3.5
d. -4.5

931. If sin(x/y) = y/x, find dy/dx.

a. x/y
b. x/y
c. y/x
d. y/x

932. Water is running into a right circular cone with vertical angle equal to 60 degrees (at the
bottom) at the rate of 2 cubic feet per second, and at the same time water is leaking out
at a rate which is 4.8 times the square root of its depth. How high will the water rise?
a. 0.1637 ft
 b. 0.1367 ft
c. 0.1673 ft
d. 0.1736 ft

933. If , and evaluate

a. 25
b. 26
c. 27
d. 28

934. Find the area bounded by x = y + 2, x = 1 y 2, y = 1 and y = -1 with or without

integration.
a. 11/3
b. 8/3
c. 7/3
d. 5/3

935. Find the upper area bounded by the curves r = csc and r = 4sin.
a. 9.10
b. 10.11
c. 11.12
d. 12.13

936. If f(x) = x1/2 and g(x) = (2x + 1)5/2, evaluate from x = to x = 4.

a. 37/324
b. 36/324
c. 35/324
d. 43/324

937. Find the perimeter of the cardioid r = 1 cos.

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

938. Find the centroid of the volume of a cone formed by revolving about the y-axis the part

of the line intercepted between the coordinate axes.

a. (0,1)
b. (0,2)
c. (0,3)
d. (0,4)
939. A barrel has the shape of an ellipsoid of revolution with equal pieces but off ends. If the
barrel is 10 units long with circular ends of radius 2 units and the midsection of radius 4
units, find the volume of the barrel with or without integration.
a. 100
b. 110
c. 120
d. 130

940. Each of the vertical ends of a trough is a parabolic segment with base 4 m and altitude 1
m. Find the force against one of the trough if it is full of water.
a. 11.43 kN
b. 12.44 kN
c. 11.45 kN
d. 10.46 kN

941. If the trough in problem 444 is 5 m long, how long will it take a 0.50-hp pump to empty
the trough by pumping all of the water to the top of the trough?
a. 2.1 min
b. 1.2 min
c. 1.4 min
d. 2.4 min

942. Find the centroid of a semicircular arc of radius r by placing its diameter along the y-axis.
a. (r/,0)
b. (3r/,0)
c. (2r/,0)
d. (4r/,0)

943. Find the moment of inertia of the semicircular arc in problem 446 with respect to its
diameter.

r5
a.

r4
b.

r3
c.

r2
d.
944. If , find the value of m.
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

945. A dog is tied to a 4-m circular tank with a cord 3 m long. The point where the cord is
attached to the tank is at the same level as the dogs collar. Compute the total area in
which the dog can move.
a. 18.64 m2
b. 16.84 m2
c. 14.85 m2
d. 16.48 m2

946. If find f(x).

a. x3/3
b. x4/4
c. x3
d. x4

947. An equilateral triangle of side 8 ft is immersed in water with its plane vertical. If one side
is horizontal, and the vertex opposite that side is in the surface of the water, find the
force of pressure on the face of the triangle.
a. 8,500 lb
b. 8,000 lb
c. 7,500 lb
d. 7,000 lb

948. The area bounded by y = x2 and y = 2 x 2 is revolved about the x-axis. Find the volume
of the solid generated with or without integration.
a. 14/3
b. 16/3
c. 17/3
d. 19/3

949. Find the perimeter of the curve x2/3 + y2/3 = 4.

a. 46
b. 47
c. 48
d. 49
950. Evaluate the integral of cos4xdx from x = -/2 to x = /2.
a. 3/8
b. 4/5
c. 5/6
d. 9/4

951. Find the surface area generated by revolving the length of the arc of r = 1 + cos from 0
to about the polar axis.
a. 23.13
b. 22.15
c. 21.12
d. 20.11

952. Evaluate .

a. 5/3
b. 7/3
c. 2/3
d. 4/3

953. Find the area of the region that is inside the curve r = 8cos but is outside the curve r =
4cos with or without integration.
a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. 13

954. A conoid is a solid having a circular base such that every plane section perpendicular to
the diameter of the base is an isosceles triangle. Find the volume of the conoid having a
radius of 2 m and the altitude of the triangle is 4 m.
a. 6 m3
b. 7 m3
c. 8 m3
d. 9 m3

955. A rectangular plate 5 ft long and 4 ft wide is submerged in a liquid at an angle of 60

degrees with the vertical. If the liquid weighs w lb per cu ft, find the force of pressure on
the plate if the longer edge is parallel to the surface of the liquid and is 2 ft below the
surface.
a. 45w lb
b. 50w lb
c. 55w lb
d. 60w lb
956. Find the moment of inertia of the volume of a right circular cylinder with base radius r
and altitude h relative to its base.

a.

b.

c.

d.

957. Evaluate .

a. 1/23
b. 1/24
c. 1/25
d. 1/26

958. Find the area bounded by yx2 = 1, x = 1 and the x-axis.

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

959. If a 10-lb weight could be lifted from the surface of the earth to a height of 4000 miles
above the surface of the earth, how much work would have to be done? Assume the
force of gravitation to vary inversely as the square of the distance from the center of the
earth and take the radius of the earth to be 4000 miles.
a. 20,000 mi-lb
b. 21,000 mi-lb
c. 22,000 mi-lb
d. 23,000 mi-lb

960. Find the value of .

a. 0.4049
b. 0.4409
c. 0.4094
d. 0.4904
961. The cross section of a certain solid made by any plane perpendicular to the x-axis is an
equilateral triangle with the ends of one of its sides on the parabolas y = x 2 + 5 and y =
2x2 + 1. Find the volume of this solid between the points of intersection of the parabolas.
a. 12.76
b. 13.77
c. 14.78
d. 15.79

962. A hole of radius 3 units is bored through the center of a sphere of radius 5 units. Find the
volume of the part of the sphere with or without integration.
a. 278.2
b. 268.1
c. 258.4
d. 248.3

963. Find the x-coordinate (or ) of the centroid of the area in the first quadrant bounded by
the curves y = 2 x2 and y = x2.
a. 3/8
b. 1/4
c. 2/3
d. 4/9

964. Find the length of the arc of the curve r = 2(1 + cos) from = 0 to = .
a. 6
b. 7
c. 8
d. 9

965. A solid has a circular base of radius 3 units. Find the volume of the solid if every plane
section perpendicular to a fixed diameter of the base is an isosceles triangle with its
altitude equal to its base. Solve with or without integration.
a. 42
b. 52
c. 62
d. 72

966. A pit is to be dug in the form of an inverted right circular cone, 4 m deep, and 6 m in
diameter at the surface of the ground. Find the number of kilojoules of work to be done
if the material weighs w kN/cm3.
a. 15w kJ
b. 14w kJ
 c. 12w kJ
d. 13w kJ

967. A trough 6 m long as its vertical cross section in the form of an isosceles trapezoid. The
upper and lower bases are 6 m and 4 m respectively and its altitude is 2 m. if the trough
is full of liquid with specific weight 9.81 kN per cu m, find the forces against the slant
side of the trough.
a. 111.41 kN
b. 121.51 kN
c. 131.61 kN
d. 141.71 kN

968. Evaluate .
a. 4.9348
b. 4.3894
c. 4.4938
d. 4.8439

969. The stretch of a spring is proportional to the force applied. If a force of 5 pounds
produces a stretch of one-tenth the original length, how much work will be done in
stretching the spring to double its original length? (Let L = original length)
a. 20L
b. 22L
c. 24L
d. 25L

970. Find the volume of the ring-shaped solid generated by revolving about the x-axis the
portion of the plane bounded by the line y = 5 and the parabola y = 9 x2.
a. 342.24
b. 442.34
c. 542.44
d. 642.54

971. A uniform chain that weighs 4 N/m has a leaky 15-L bucket attached to it. The bucket
contains a liquid that weighs 9 N/L. If the bucket is full when 8 m of the chain is out and
half full when no chain is out, how much work was done in winding the chain on a
windlass. Assume that the liquid leaks out at a uniform rate.
a. 893 J
b. 938 J
c. 398 J
d. 839 J
972. Find the volume of the torus generated by revolving a circle of radius r about a line on the
same plane of the circle and whose distance is 2r from the center of the circle. Solve
with or without integration.
a. 4r2
b. 4r3
c. 42r2
d. 42r3

973. A plate in the shape of a right triangle is submerged vertically in the water and the base 3
m long is in the surface of the water. Find the altitude of the triangle if the force due to
the water pressure against one face of the plate is 50w kN where w is the specific weight
of the water.
a. 8 m
b. 9 m
c. 10 m
d. 11 m

974. Find the volume of the torus generated by revolving about the x-axis the area bounded by
x2 + (y 4)2 = 4.
a. 315.83
b. 314.73
c. 313.63
d. 312.53

975. The cross section of a deep well containing mineral water is a circle of radius 1.2 m. the
cost of pumping the water to an outlet at the top of the well is 2 pesos per joule of work.
The mineral water weighs 9810 newton per cubic meter. If the surface of the water is
one meter below the top of the well and the water is sold 50,000 pesos per cubic meter,
find the depth to which the water is to be pumped out to realize maximum profit.
a. 2.35 m
b. 2.45 m
c. 2.55 m
d. 2.65 m

976. A wedge is cut from a circular tree whose diameter is 2 m by a horizontal cutting plane
up to the vertical axis and another cutting plane which is inclined by 45 degrees from the
previous plane. Find the volume of the wedge with or without integration.
a. 3/5 m3
b. 2/3 m3
c. 3/4 m3
 d. 2/5 m3

977. Find the moment of inertia of a circle 5 cm in diameter about an axis through its centroid.
a. 30.68 cm4
b. 31.58 cm4
c. 32.48 cm4
d. 33.38 cm4

978. Find the moment of inertia of the circle in problem 481 relative to the line tangent to the
circle.
a. 76.47 cm4
b. 77.57 cm4
c. 78.67 cm4
d. 79.77 cm4

979. Find the perimeter of the astroid whose parametric equations are x = acos3t, y = asin3t.
a. 5a
b. 6a
c. 7a
d. 8a

980. The axes of two right circular cylinders of equal radii 9 cm each intersect at right angles.
Find the volume of the common part of the cylinders.
a. 3666 cm3
b. 3777 cm3
c. 3888 cm3
d. 3999 cm3

981. A hemispherical tank is full of oil weighing 7.85 kN/m 3. The oil is to be pumped to the
top of the tank. Find the work done if the radius of the tank if 0.60 m.
a. 0.799 kJ
b. 0.688 kJ
c. 0.577 kJ
d. 0.466 kJ

982. Find the area of one loop of the curve r2 = 8cos2.

a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
983. Find of the centroid of the solid generated by revolving about the y-axis, the first
quadrant area bounded by y2 = 12x, x = 3 and y = 0.
a. 2.3
b. 2.5
c. 2.7
d. 2.9

984. The angle between 90 degrees and 180 degrees has

A. negative cotangent and cosecant

B. negative sine and tangent
C. negative secant and tangent
D. negative sine and cosine

985. It is defined as the angle subtended by a circular arc whose length is equal to the radius of
the circle.

A. mil
B. radian
C. degree
D. grade

986. In what quadrant does an angle terminate if its cosine and tangent are both negative?

A. first
B. second
C. third
D. fourth

987. Which of the following angles in standard position is a quadrantal angle ?

A. 540 degrees
B. 480 degrees
C. -135 degrees
D. -390 degrees

988. It is an angular unit that is equal to 1/6400 of four right angles.

A. mil
B. grade
C. radian
D. rpm

989. Relative to a right triangle ABC where C = 90 degrees, which of the following is not true ?
 A. sin A = cos B C. cos A = sec B
B. tan A = cot B D. csc A = sec B

990. If the value of sin A is a negative fraction, then angle A terminates in

A. quadrants II and III C. quadrants III and IV

B. quadrants I and III D. quadrants II and IV

991. The secant is the cofunction of

A. sine B. cosine C. cotangent D. cosecant

992. Which of the following is an undirected distance ?

A. The distance of a point from the x-axis.

B. The distance of a point from the y-axis.
C. The distance of a point from the origin.
D. The distance of a point from a line.

993. Which of the following systems of angle measurements uses the degree as the unit of
measure?

A. circular system C. sexagesimal system

B. mil system D. grade system

994. In what quadrant will angle A terminate if sec A is positive and csc A is negative.

A. I B. II C. III D. IV

995. Which of the following relations is not true ?

A. sinx = (tanx/secx) C. cotx = cscx cosx

B. (cotx/cscx) = (sinx/tanx) D. (secx/tanx) = (cosx/cotx)

996. Within what limits between between 0 degrees and 360 degrees must the angle lie if cos
= -2/5 ?

A. between 0 degrees and 180 degrees

B. between 90 degrees and 180 degrees
C. between 90 degrees and 270 degrees
D. between 90 degrees and 360 degrees
997. The coreference angle of any angle A is the positive acute angle determined by the terminal
side of A and the y-axis. What is the coreference angle of 290 degrees ?

A. 70 degrees
B. 50 degrees
C. 30 degrees
D. 20 degrees

998. A measure of 3200 mils is equal to

A. 90 deg
B. 45 deg
C. 180 deg
D. 120 deg

999. The value of vers is equal to

A. 1 - cos
B. 1 - sin
C. 1 + cos
D. 1 +sin

1000. To find the interior angles of a triangle whose sides are given, use the law of

A. sine B. cosine C. tangent D. secant

1001. The point P(x,y) where x 0 and y > 0 is located in quadrant

A. I or IV B. II or III C. I or II D. III or IV

1002. Which of the following relations is true for any angle ?

A. sin(-) = sin C. tan(-) = tan

B. sec(-) = sec D. csc(-) = csc

1003. Coversine A is equal to

A. 1 - cosA C. 1 + cosA
B. 1 - sin A D. 1 + sin A

1004. The terminal side of -1,500 degrees will lie in quadrant

A. one B. two C. three D. four

1005. Which of the following is false as the angle A increases from 0 degrees to 90 degrees ?

A. sin A increases from zero to one

B. tan A increases from zero to infinity
C. cos A decreases from one to zero
D. sec A decreases from one to infinity

1006. Which of the following functions is positive if angle A terminates in the second quadrant ?

A. csc A B. tan A C. sec A D. cos A

1007. An angle in standard position and whose terminal side falls along one of the coordinate
axes is called a

A. reference angle C. quadrantal angle

B. vertical angle D. central angle

1008. Which of the following pairs of angles in standard positions are coterminal angles ?

A. 710 degrees and -10 degrees

B. 120 degrees and 60 degrees
C. -240 degrees and 30 degrees
D. 325 degrees and -40 degrees

1009. The gradient of the line in the figure is

A. tan
B. -1/tan
C. -tan
D. cot
1010. Which of the following is true in quadrants III and IV ?

A. negative cosecant C. negative cotangent

B. positive sine D. positive tangent

1011. Which of the following is not a first quadrant angle ?

A. 450 degrees C. -330 degrees

B. 60 degrees D. -120 degrees

1012. If tan > 0 and cos < 0, then is a

A. first quadrant angle C. third quadrant angle

B. second quadrant angle D. fourth quadrant angle

1013. If an angle is in the standard position and its measure is 215 degrees, the its reference
angle is

A. 25 degrees B. 30 degrees C. 35 degrees D. 40 degrees

1014. In the second quadrant, which of the following is true ?

A. The tangent and secant are positive

B. The sine and cosecant are positive
C. The cotangent and cosecant are positive
D. The sine and tangent are positive

1015. In what quadrant can we locate the point (x, -4) if x is positive ?

A. I B. II C. III D. IV

1016. In what quadrants do the secant and cosecant of an angle have the same algebraic sign?

A. II and IV B. I and II C. I and III D. III and IV

1017. If cos 3A + sin A = 0, find the value of A.

A. 30 degrees B. 45 degrees C. 60 degrees D. 90 degrees

1018. If tan A = 2 and tan B = 1/2, find A + B.

A. 90 degrees B. 30 degrees C. 45 degrees D. 60 degrees

1019. If sin x = 5/13 , find sin 2x.

 A. 120/169 B. 25/169 C. 10/13 D. 12/13

1020. If cot = square root of 3 and cos < 0, find csc .

A. 2 B. -2 C. 1/2 D. -1/2

1021. If sin A = -5/13 and A in quadrant III, find cot A.

A. 12/5 B. -12/5 C. 5/12 D. -5/12

1022. Find the value of sin(Arecos 15/17).

A. 8/9 B. 8/2 C. 17/19 D. 8/17

1023. The cosecant of 960 degrees is equal to

A. -2( square root of 3 / 3)

B. 2( square root of 3 / 3)
C. 1/2
D. -1/2

1024. If sin 3A = cos 6B, then

A. A - 2B = 90 degrees
B. A + 2B = 90 degrees
C. A + B = 180 degrees
D. A + 2B = 30 degrees

1025. What is the period of y = 3 sin(x/2) ?

A. 2 pi B. 3 pi C. 4 pi D. 6 pi

1026. If the product of cot 2and cot 68 degrees is equal to unity, find .

A. 13 degrees
B. 12 degrees
C. 11 degrees
D. 10 degrees

1027. Sec A - cos A is identically equal to

A. sin A cot A
B. cos A tan A
C. sin A tan A
D. cos A cot A
1028. Simplify ( sin / 1 - cos ) - ( 1 + cos / sin )

A. sin B. cos C. 1 D. 0

1029. If tan x = 1/2 and tan y = 1/3, find tan (x + y).

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

1030. If cos = 3/5 and in quadrant IV, find cos2

A. 7/25 B. -7/25 C. 24/25 D. -24/25

1031. simplify (sin + costan)/(cos)

A. tan B. 2cot C. sin D. 2tan

1032. If Arcsin(2x) = 30 degrees, find x.

A. 0.20 B. 0.25 C. 0.3 D. 0.35

1033. If sin 40 degrees + sin 20 degrees = sin , find the value of .

A. 20 degrees B. 60 degrees C. 80 degrees D.120 degrees

1034. The angle that is equal to one half of its supplement is

A. 60 degrees B. 90 degrees C. 80 degrees D. 45 degrees

1035. Find the equivalent value of y in the equation y = (1 + cos 2) / (cot )

A. sin2 B. cos2 C. sin D. cos

1036. If tan A = -3 and tan B = 2/3, find tan(A - B).

A. -11/9 B. -10/9 C. -13/9 D. -12/9

1037. If cos 65 degrees + cos 55 degrees = cos , find the in radians.

A. 1.832 B. 1.658 C. 0.7853 D. 0.0873

1038. If tan (A / 4) = cot A, find A.

A. 52 degrees B. 72 degrees C. 42 degrees D. 62 degrees

1039. Simplify cos^4 x- sin^4 x

 A. cos 4x B. sin 4x C. sin 2x D. cos 2x

1040. If tan 4x = cot 6y, then

A. 2x - 3y = 45 degrees C. 4x - 6y = 90 degrees
B. 2x + 3y = 45 degrees D. 6y - 4x = 90 degrees

1041. Simplify Arctan(1/3) + Arctan(1/5)

A. Arctan (7/4) C. Arctan (8/15)

B. Arctan (4/7) D. Arctan (1/15)

1042. If sin A =3.5x and cos A = 5.5x, find angle A.

A. 32.47 degrees C. 34.47 degrees

B. 33.47 degrees D. 35.47 degrees

1043. If the tangent of an angle x is 3/4, find the value of the cosine of 2x.

A. 0.60 B. 0.28 C. 0.8 D. 0.38

1044. Find the angle which a 9-m ladder will make with the ground if it is leaned against a
window still 6m high.

A. 21.8 degrees C. 41.8 degrees

B. 31.8 degrees D. 51.8 degrees

1045. The expression (1 -sinx) / (cosx) is equal to

A.tanx B.1 C.(1 - cosx)/sinx D.(cosx) / (1 + sinx)

1046. A tree 30 m long casts a shadow 36 m long. Find the angle of elevation of the sun.

A. 39.41 degrees C. 39.81 degrees

B. 39.51 degrees D. 39.61 degrees

1047. Which of the following is true ?

A. tan(180 degrees + ) = - tan C. tan(90 degrees + ) = -tan

B. tan(180 degrees - ) = -tan D. tan(270 degrees - ) = - tan

1048. Express 3i + 5 + (square root of -16) in the standard form.

A. 5 - 7i B. 5 + 7i C. -5 + 7i D. -5 - 7i
1049. Write (square root of 2) cis 135 degrees in rectangular form.

A. 1 -i B. -1 + i C. -1 - i D. 1 + i

1050. Give the conjugate of 2 + (square root of -25) in the standard form.

A. 2 - 5i B. 2 + 5i C. -2 + 5i D. -2 -5i

1051. For the trigometric function y = a sin(bx +c), the absolute value of the ratio c/b is called

A. amplitude B. period C. argument D. phase shift

1052. If sin2x sin4x = cos2x cos4x, find the value of x.

A. 13 B. 14 C. 15 D. 16

1053. If sin = 3.5x and cos = 5.5x, find x.

A. 0.1532 B. 0.1534 C. 0.1536 D. 0.1538

1054. Find if 2tan = ( 1 - tan ) cot 56 .

A. 18 B. 16 C. 19 D. 17

1055. Solve for x if Arctan ( 1 x ) + Arctan ( 1 + x ) = Arctan ( 1/8 ).

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

1056. If A + B = 180, then which of the following is true ?

sin A = sin B
cos A = cos B
tan A = tan B

A. (1) only B. (2) only C. (3) only D. all of them

1057. Simplify (sin x cos x)

A. 1 + sin x B. 1 sin x C. 1 + cos x D. 1 cos x

1058. Find the value of Arctan 2cos(Arcsin 3/ 2) .

 A. 30 B. 45 C. 60 D. 90

1059. If sin A = -7/25 where 180 < A < 270, find tan(A/2).

A. -1/5 B. -5 C. -1/7 D. -7

1060. If sinx + y = m and cosx + y = n, find y.

A. (m + n + 1)/2
B. (m + n 1)/2
C. (m+n)/2 1
D. (m+n)/2 +1

1061. Given cos = 3/2, find the value of 1 - tan .

A. -2 B. -1/3 C. D. 2/3

1062. What is the value of A between 270 and 360 if 2sin A sin A = 1 ?

A. 290 B. 275 C. 300 D. 330

1063. Evaluate ( sin 0 + sin 1 + sin 2 + + sin 90) / ( cos 0 + cos 1 + cos 2 + + cos
90)

A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3

1064. If the supplement of an angle is 5/2 of its complement. Find the value of .

A. 30 B. 25 C. 20 D. 15

1065. Express -4 - 43 i in trigonometric form.

A. 8 cis 120 B. 8 cis 240 C. 8 cis 150 D. 8 cis 300

1066. If cos A = -15/17 and A is in quadrant III, find cos A.

A. 0.29054 B. 0.24125 C. 0.24254 D.0.24354

1067. If sin A = 3/5 and cos B = 5/13, find sin (A + B).

A. 0.388 B. 0.865 C. 0.650 D. 0.969

1068. Simplify (sin 2x) / ( 1 + cos 2x)

 A. cot x B. tan x C. tan 2x D. 1

1069. A pole which leans to the sun by 10 15 from the vertical casts a shadow of 9.43 m on the
level ground when the angle of elevation of the sun is 5450. The length of the pole is

A. 15.3 m B. 16.3 m C. 17.3 m D. 18.3 m

1070. Triangle ABC has sides a, b and c. If a = 75 m, b = 100 m and the angle opposite side a is
32, find the angle opposite side c.

A. 93 B. 80 C. 103 D. 100

1071. If the cosine of angle x is 3/5, then the value of the sine of x/2 is

A. 0.500 B. 0.361 C. 0.215 D. 0.447

1072. If 82 + 0.35x = Arctan( cot 0.45x ), find x.

A. 11 B. 10 C. 12 D. 13

1073. If sec A = -5/4, A in quadrant II, find tan 2A.

A.24/7 B.25/7 C.-25/7 D.-24/7

1074. Evaluate cos( Arcsin 3/5 + Arctan 8/15 )

A. 34/85 B. 35/85 C. 36/85 D.37/85

1075. If sin x = , find the value of 4sin(x/2)cos(x/2).

A. 1/8 B. 1/3 C. D. 1/6

1076. If Arcsin( x 2 ) = /6, find x.

A. 5/4 B. 5/3 C. 5/2 D. 5/6

1077. The trigonometric expression ( 1 - tanx ) / ( 1 + tanx ) is equal to

A. sin1/2x B. sin2x C. cos1/2x D. cos2x

1078. If x + y = 90, then ( sinx tan y ) / ( sin y tan x ) is equal to

A. tanx B. 1/tanx C. tanx D. -1/tanx

1079. Twelve round holes are bored through a square piece of steel plate. Their centers are
equally spaced on the circumference of a circle 18 cm in diameter. Find the distance between the
centers of two consecutive holes.

A. 4.33 cm B. 4.44 cm C. 4.55 cm D. 4.66 cm

1080. Two sides and the included angle of a triangle are measured to be 11 cm, 20 cm and 112
respectively. Find the length of the third side.

A. 26.19 cm B. 24.14 cm C. 23.16 cm D. 22.15 cm

1081. The rationalized value of ( 4 - 43 i ) / ( -23 + 2i ) is

A. 3 + i B. -3 + i C. -3 i D. 3 i

1082. If Arctan(2x) + Arctan(x) = /4, find x.

A. 0.261 B. 0.271 C. 0.281 D. 0.291

1083. A ladder leans against the wall of a building with its lower end 4 m from the building. How
long is the ladder if it makes an angle of 70 with the ground?

A. 12.3 m B. 13.5 m C. 11.7 m D. 10.8 m

1084. Find the product of (4cis120)(2cis30) in rectangular form.

A. -4(3 + i) B. -4(3 i) C. 4(3 + i) D. 4(3 i)

1085. Solve for x if x = (tan + cot) sin - tan

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

1086. If ysinx = a and ycosx = b, find y in terms of a and b.

A. a + b B. a + b C. a + b D. a + b

1087. If tan(Arctanx + Arctan ) = 7/11, find x.

A. 1/3 B. C. 1/5 D.

1088. if tan = 3, in quadrant III, find the value of (1 + cos) / (1 cos).

A. B. C. 1/3 D. 1/5
1089. From the top of a lighthouse 37 m above sea level, the angle of depression of a boat is 15.
How far is the boat from the lighthouse?

A. 138.1 m B. 137.2 m C. 136.3 m D. 135.4 m

1090. The angles B and C of a triangle ABC are 5030 and 12209 respectively and BC = 9,
find the length of AB.

A. 57.36 B. 58.46 C. 59.56 D. 60.66

1091. If the product of csc(x/2) and cos(x/3 + 60) is equal to 1, find the value of x.

A. 46 B. 36 C. 26 D. 16

1092. If Arctanx + Arctan(1/3) = 45, find x.

A. B. C. 1/5 D. 1/6

1093. If csc = 2 and cos < 0, then ( sec + tan ) / ( sec tan ) =

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

1094. Evaluate [6( cos80 + isin80 ) / 3( cos35 + isin35 )]

A. 2 ( 1 + i ) B. 2 ( 1 i ) C. 2 ( 1 + i ) D. 2 ( 1- i )

1095. If sin(x + 10) = cos3x, then x =

A. 23 B. 22 C. 21 D. 20

1096. If cos(x + y) = 0.17 and cosx = 0.50, find sin y.

A. 0.2355 B. 0.3455 C. 0.4344 D. 0.4233

1097. If sin A + sin B = 1 and sin A sin B = 1, find A.

A. 60 B. 70 C. 80 D. 90

1098. At a certain instant, a lighthouse is 4 miles north of a ship which is traveling directly east.
If after 10 minutes, the bearing of the lighthouse is found to be North 21 degree 15 minutes West,
find the speed of the ship in miles per hour.

A. 11.3 mph B. 10.3 mph C. 9.3 mph D. 8.3 mph

1099. Simplify ( sec A + csc A ) / ( 1 + tan A )

A. csc A B. sec A C. cot A D. sin A

1100. Evaluate [2(cos60 + isin60)]

A. 8 B. -8 C. 8i D. -8i

1101. Evaluate (1 + i)^8

A. -16i B. 16i C. -16 D. 16

1102. Two buildings with flat roofs are 15 m apart. From the edge of the roof of the lower
building, the angle of elevation of the edge of the roof of the taller building is 32. How high is
the taller building if the lower building is 18 m high?

A. 26.4 m B. 27.4 m C. 28.4 m D. 29.4 m

1103. If two sides of a triangle are each equal to 8 units and the included angle is 70, find the
third side.

A. 6.15 B. 7.16 C. 8.17 D. 9.18

1104. Express sin(2Arccosx) in terms of x.

A. 2x1 + x B. 3x1 + x C. 2x1 - x D. 3x1 - x

1105. Transform Arctanx + Arctany = pi/4 into an algebraic equation

A. x + xy + y = 1 B. x + xy y = 1 C. x xy + = 1 D. x xy-y =1

1106. A tower 28.65 m high is situated on the bank of a river. The angle of depression of an
object on the opposite bank of the river is 2520. Find the width of the river.

A. 62.50 m B. 60.52 m C. 65.20 m D. 63.25 m

1107. Two cars start at the same time from the same station and move along straight roads that
form an angle of 30, one car at the rate of 30 kph and the other at the rate of 40 kph. How far
apart are the cars at the end of half an hour ?

A. 10.17 km B. 10.27 km C. 10.37 km D. 10.47 km

1108. Given: sec2 = 10 and 2 in quadrant IV

Find : cos4

A. -0.60 B. -0.70 C. -0.80 D. -0.90

1109. The bearing of B from A is N20E, the bearing of C from B is S30E and the bearing of A
from C is S40W. If AB = 10, find the area of triangle ABC.

A. 14.95 B. 13.94 C. 12.93 D. 11.92

1110. Two ships start from the same point, one going south and the other North 28 East. If the
speed of the first ship is 12 kph and the second ship is 16 kph, find the distance between them
after 45 minutes.

A. 17.3 km B. 18.5 km C. 19.2 km D. 20.4 km

1111. If tan = and is in the 1st quadrant, find tan 4.

A. -24/7 B. -20/7 C. -23/7 D.-22/7

1112. Find the height of a tree if the angle of elevation of its top changes from 20 to 40 as the
observer advances 23m toward its base.

A. 138.5 m B. 148.5 m C. 158.5 m D. 159.5 m

1113 If 77 + (2x/5) = Arccos(sin x/4) , find x.

A. 21 B. 20 C. 19 D. 18

1114. Evaluate tan (Arccos(12/13) Arcsin(4/5))

A. -33/56 B. -33/55 C. -33/54 D. -33/53

1115. Three times the sine of an angle is equal to twice the square of the cosine of the same
angle. Find the angle.

A. 20 B. 25 C. 30 D. 35

1116. Stations A and B are 1000 m apart on a straight road running from eat to west. From A, the
bearing of a tower at C is 32 west of north and from B, the bearing of C is 26 north of east.
Find the shortest distance of the tower at C from the road.

A. 243.92 m B. 253.92 m C. 263.92 m D. 273.92 m

1117.If tan35 = y, then (tan145 - tan125) / (1 + tan145tan125) =

A.(1 + y) / 2y B.(1 - y) / 2y C.(y-1) / 2y D. (2y-1)/2y

1118. A tree stands vertically on a hillside which makes an angle of 22 with the horizontal.
From a point 60 ft down the hill directly from the base of the tree, the angle of elevation of the
top of the tree is 55. How high is the tree ?

A. 56.97 ft B. 57.96 ft C. 59.76 ft D. 57.69 ft

1119. If cos 2A = m , find cos 8A.

A. 8m + 8m + 1 B. 8m + 8m 1 C. 8m -8m + 1 D. 8m - 8m -1

1120. The angle of triangle ABC are in the ratio 5:10:21 and the side opposite the smallest angle
is 5. Find the side opposite the largest angle.

A. 13.41 B. 14.31 C. 13.14 D. 11.43

1121. On the top of a cliff, the farthest distance that can be seen on the surface of the earth is 60
miles. How high is the cliff if the radius of the earth is taken to be 4000 miles ?

A. 0.41 mi B. 0.43 mi C. 0.45 mi D. 0.47

1122. Two towers are of equal height. At a point P on level ground between them, the angle of
elevation of the top of the nearer tower is 60 and at a point M 24 meters directly away from
point P, the angle of elevation of the top of the nearer tower is 45. How high is each tower ?

A. 20.8 m B. 19.8 m C. 18.8 m D. 17.8 m

1123. A quadrilateral ABCD has its side AB perpendicular to side BC at B and its side AD
perpendicular to side CD at D. If angle BAD equals 60, AB = 10 m and AD = 12 m, find the
distance (diagonal) from A to C.

A. 11.96 m B. 12.86 m C. 13.76 m D. 14.66 m

1124. The sides of triangle ABC are AB = 5, BC = 12 and AC = 10. Find the length of the line
segment drawn from vertex A and bisecting BC.

A. 5.15 B. 5.25 C. 5.35 D.5.45

1125. Express 1/2 (1 - 3 i ) in trigonometric form.

A. cis 120 B. cis 240 C. cis 300 D. cis 315

1126. If versin = x and 1 sin = , find x if < 90.

A. 0.124 B. 0.134 C. 0.154 D. 0.164

1127. Two points A and B, 150 m apart lie on the same side of a tower on a hill and in a
horizontal line passing directly under the tower. The angles of elevation of the top and bottom of
the tower viewed from B are 42 and 34 respectively and at A, the angle of elevation of the
bottom is 10. Find the height of the tower.

A. 7.3 m B. 8.3 m C. 9.3 m D. 10.3 m

1128. A point P is at a distance of 4, 5 and 6 from the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side of
x. Find x.

A. 8.5 B. 9.5 C. 7.5 D. 10.5

1129. A quadrilateral ABCD has its sides AB and BC perpendicular to each other at B. Side AD
makes an angle of 45 with the vertical while side CD makes an angle of 70 with the horizontal.
If AB = 15 and BC = 10, find the length of side CD.

A. 31.5 B. 51.5 C. 61.5 D. 41.5

1130. A clock has a minute hand 16 cm long and an hour hand 11 cm long. Find the distance
between the outer tips of the hands at 2:30 oclock.

A. 19.6 cm B. 20.6 cm C. 21.6 cm D. 22.6 cm

1131. If rcosxsiny = a, rcosxcosy = b and rsinx = c, find r.

A. a - b - c B. a + b -c C. a - b + c D. a+b+c

1132. From the top of a tower 18 m high, the angles of depression of two objects situated in the
horizontal line with the base of the tower and on the same side, are 30 and 45 degrees. Find the
distance between the two objects.

A. 13.18 m B. 13.28 m C. 13.38 m D. 13.48 m

1133. The sum of the sines of two angles A and B is 3/2 while the sum of the cosines of the
angles is 3 /2 . Find A.

A. 60 B. 30 C. 90 D. 45

1134. Evaluate tan( Arcsec 5 Arccot 2 )

A. 3/7 B. 3/5 C. D. 3/6

1135. What is the greatest distance on the surface of the earth that can be seen from the top of
Mayon volcano which is 2.4 kilometers high if the radius of the earth is 6370 km ?

A. 159.7 km B. 174.8 km C. 179.7 km D. 189.7 km

1136. A pole stands on a plane which makes an angle of 15 with the horizontal. A wire from the
top of the pole is anchored on a point 8 m from the foot of the pole. If the angle between the wire
and the plane is 30 degrees, find the length of the wire.

A. 10.93 m B. 11.93 m C. 12.93 m D. 13.93 m

1137. If sin x + sin y = and cos x cos y = 1, find x.

A. 15 B. 20 C. 25 D. 30

1138. A tower standing on level ground is due north of point A and due east of point B. At A and
B, the angles of elevation of the top of the tower are 60 and 45 respectively. If AB = 20 , find
the height of the tower.

A. 18.32 m B. 17.32 m C. 16.32 m D. 15.32 m

1139. If cot(80 - x/2) cot(2x/3) = 1, find x.

A. 30 B. 60 C. 90 D. 45

1140. If Arctan z = x/2, find cos x in terms of z.

A. (1 + z) / (1 - z)
B. (1 - z) / (1 + z)
C. (z + 1) / (z - 1)
D. (z - 1) / (z + 1)

1141. A flagstaff stands on the top of a house 15 m high. From a point on the plane on which thee
house stands., the angles of elevation of the top and bottom of the flagstaff are found to be 60
and 45 respectively. Find the height of the flagstaff.

A. 10.98 m B. 11.87 m C. 12.76 m D. 13.25 m

1142. Two observers 100m apart and facing each other on a horizontal plane, observer at the
same time the angles of elevation of a balloon in their vertical to be 58 and 44. Find the height
of the balloon .

A. 60.23 m B. 59.34 m C. 61.31 m D. 58.75 m

1143. From a point outside an equilateral triangle, the distances of the vertices are 10 m, 18 m
and 10 m respectively. Find the side of the triangle.
 A. 19.94 m B. 20.94 m C. 21.94 m D. 22.94 m

1144. A spherical triangle which contains at least one side equal to a right angle is called

A. a right triangle C. an isosceles triangle

B. a polar triangle D. a quadrantal triangle

1145. If A, B and C are the angles of a spherical triangle, then which of the following is true ?

A. 180 < A + B + C < 360 C. 0 < A + B + C < 360

B. 180 < A + B + C < 540 D. 0 < A + B + C < 180

1146. The angular distance of the horizon from the zenith is equal to how many degrees ?

A. 45 B. 60 C. 90 D. 180

1147. The point on the celestial sphere directly above the observer is called the

A. zenith B. nadir C. pole D. azimuth

1148. The small circle parallel to the equator is called the

A. equinox B.parallel of latitude C.meridian D.horizon

1149. If a, b and c are the sides of a spherical triangle, then

A. a + b + c < 180 B. a + b + c < 360 C. a + b + c < 540 D. a+b+c< 90

1150. The point on the celestial sphere diametrically opposite the zenith is called the

A. south pole B. nadir C. azimuth D. north pole

1151. It is the angular distance of a heavenly body from the celestial equator.

A. declination B. altitude C. latitude D. colatitude

1152. At sunset or at sunrise, the astronomical triangle is

A. an isosceles triangle C. a right triangle

B. a quadrantal triangle D. an oblique triangle
1153. The azimuth angle is always less than

A. 90 B. 180 C. 360 D. 540

1154. A great circle which passes through the celestial poles and a heavenly body B is called the
________ of B.

A. vertical circle B. hour circle C. longitude D. horizon

1155. The angular distance of a point on the celestial sphere from the horizon is called its

A. longitude C. latitude
B. altitude D. polar distance

1156. It is the angle at the zenith from the upper branch of the observer's meridian toward the
east to the vertical circle of the heavenly body.

A. quadrantal angle C. hour angle

B. polar angle D. azimuth

1157. The zenith distance of a star is the complement of its

A. declination C. altitude
B. polar distance D. latitude

1158. Which of the following given sets of parts of a spherical triangle is possible in order to
define the triangle ?

A. A = 55, B = 65, C = 60
B. a = 110, b = 135, c = 130
C. A = 160, B = 65, C = 90
D. a = 120, b = 150, c = 60

1159. The complement of the declination of a star is called the

A. polar distance C. longitude

B. zenith distance D. altitude

1160. A 90-degree arc on the terrestrial sphere is equal to how many nautical miles ?

A. 3400 B. 4400 C. 5400 D. 6400

1161. How far in statute miles is a place at latitude 40 N from the equator ?

A. 2764.8 B. 2846.7 C. 2684.7 D. 2486.7

1162. Find the distance in nautical miles between A ( 4030'N, 60E ) and B (8020'S, 60E)

A. 6250 B. 7250 C. 8250 D. 9250

1163. Express 8226' in nautical miles.

A. 4946 B. 4694 C. 4964 D. 4496

1164. If a place is 12S of the equator, find its distance in nautical miles from the north pole.

A. 5130 B. 6120 C. 7110 D. 8100

1165. Find the difference in longitude between the following

places: M(3454'33" N, 5612'51" W)
P(3020'46" N, 8718'20" W)

A. 3105'29" B. 3106'28" C. 3107'27" D. 3108'26"

1166. Find the difference in latitude between the places given in problem 22.

A. 432'46" B. 433'47" C. 431'48" D. 430'49"

1167. If an observer is 840 nautical miles south of the equator, find his latitude.

A. 12 S B. 13 S C. 14 S D. 15 S

1168. How far apart are two points on the equator one in longitude 40 East and the other in
longitude 150 West ?

A. 190 B. 180 C. 170 D. 160

1169. Express 3^h 11^m 55^s in angle units.

A. 4547'58" B. 5847'45" C. 4745'58" D. 4758'45"

1170. Express 26034' in time units.

A. 17^h 22^m 16^s C. 17^h 26^m 21^s

B. 17^h 16^m 22^s D. 17^h 21^m 26^s
1171. The plane of a small circle on a sphere of radius 25 cm is 7 cm from the center of the
sphere. Find the radius of the small circle.

A. 22 cm B. 23 cm C. 24 cm D. 25 cm

1172. Find the area of a spherical triangle ABC on the surface of a sphere of raidus 10 where A =
11937', B = 3843' and C = 3423'.

A. 23.18 B. 22.19 C. 21.16 D. 24.13

1173. An hour-angle of one hour is equal to

A. 14 B. 13 C. 15 D. 16

1174.The plane of a small circle on a sphere of radius 10 cm is 5 cm from the center of the
sphere. Find the area of the small circle.

A. 55 B. 65 C. 75 D. 85

1175. If the radius of the earth is 3960 miles, find the radius of a parallel of latitude 50 north.

A. 2445.44 mi B. 2554.44 mi C. 2455.44 mi D. 2545.44 mi

1176. Use Napier's rule to find a formula for finding angle B of a right spherical triangle when
angle A and side c are given.

A. tan B = cos c tan A C. cot B = cos c tan A

B. cot B = sin c tan A D. tan B = sin c cot A

1177. Given a right triangle with angles A = 6315' and B = 13534'. Find side b.

A. 134.1 B. 143.1 C. 131.4 D. 141.3

1178. The two sides of a right spherical triangle are 8640' and 3241'. Find the angle opposite
the first given side.

A. 8812' B. 8711' C. 8610' D. 8509'

1179. If the angles of a spherical triangle are A = 7421' , B = 8341' and C = 5839', find side c.

A. 5554' B. 5455' C. 4555' D. 5545'

1180. The sides of an oblique spherical triangle ABC are given as follows: a = 5131' , b = 3647'
and c = 8012'. Find A.

A. 32.35 B. 33.45 C. 34.55 D. 35.56

1181. Find the distance of Manila(1436' N, 12105' E) from Hongkong(2218' N, 11410' E) in
kilometers.

A. 1123.42 kmB.1124.32 km C.1231.24 km D.1321.42km

1182. If a boat sails N 30 W until the departure is 20 miles, what distance does it sail?

A. 55 mi B. 50 mi C. 45 mi D. 40 mi

1183. A ship in latitude 50 N sails 80 nautical miles due East. Find the resulting change in
longitude.

A. 2.05 E B. 2.07 E C. 2.09 E D. 2.03 E

1184. Find the longitude of an observer if his local apparent time is 10:36:41 AM and the local
Greenwich time is 4:23:12 AM.

A. 9322'15" E C. 9122'15" E
B. 9222'15" E D. 9022'15" E

1185. A ship in latitude 32 N sails due East intil it has made good a difference in longitude of
235' . Find the departure.

A. 128.42 nm B. 129.43 nm C. 130.44 nm D. 131.45 nm

1186. Given a spherical triangle ABC with a = 6827' , b = 8732' and C = 9753'. Find c.

A. 96.41 B. 95.14 C. 94.61 D. 93.65

1187. Find the area of a spherical triangle on the surface of a sphere of radius 10 where a =
14030', b = 7015' and C = 11645'

A. 301.7 B. 370.2 C. 300.7 D. 307.1

1188. If the difference in longitude between two places A and B on the earth is 50 and their
latitudes are each 30 N. Find the distance AB in nautical miles.

A. 2589 B. 2598 C. 2985 D. 2895

1189. A ship leaves A(4515' N, 14038' W) and arrives at a place B(4845' N, 13712' W). Find
the distance AB in nautical miles using middle latitude sailing.

A. 140.49 B. 140.47 C. 140.45 D. 140.43

1190. An arc of one degree on the surface of the earth is approximately equal to how many
statute miles ?

A. 67.1 B. 68.1 C. 69.1 D. 70.1

1191. How many miles away is Manila(1436' N, 12105' E) from San Francisco(3748' N,
12224' W) ?

A. 7051 B. 8051 C. 9051 D. 10051

1192. A ship sails on a course between south and east making a difference in latitude of 13
nautical miles and a departure of 20 nautical miles. Find the course of the ship.

A. 5456'43" E C. 5658'34" E
B. 5553'84" E D. 5854'36" E

1193. Leaving point A(4957' N, 1516' W) , a ship sails between south and west till the
departure is 38 nautical miles and the latitude is 4938' N. Find the distance traveled.

A. 42.49 n miles C. 44.47 n miles

B. 43.48 n miles D. 45.46 n miles

1194. Find the initial course of a flight from Manila(1436' N, 12105' E) to Tokyo(3540' N,
13946' E).

A. 3506' B. 3605' C. 3056' D. 3065'

1195. Given a quadrantal triangle with B = 11754', a = 9542' and c = 90. Find angle A.

A. 95.64 B. 96.46 C. 97.54 D. 94.56

1196. The initial course of a ship sailing from a place at latitude 4040' N and longitude 7358'
W is due east. After it has sailed 600 nautical miles on a great-circle track, find its latitude.

A. 3754' N B. 3854' N C. 3954' N D. 3654' N

1197. If an airplane is to fly from Manila ( 1436' N, 12105' E) to Hongkong(2218' N, 11410'

E) at an average speed of 200 nautical miles per hour, how long should the trip take ?

A. exactly 3 hours C. almost 3 hours

B. less than 3 hours D. about 3 hours
1198. Find the local apparent time of sunrise at Paris ( lat 4850' N) when the declination of the
sun is 1438'.

A. 4:40:31 AM C. 4:50:41 AM
B. 4:45:30 AM D. 4:55:40 AM

1199. Find the local apparent time when an observer at latitude 3752' N finds that the sun's
altitude in the eastern sky is 5010' and the sun's declination is 1230' N.

A. 9:46:51 AM C. 9:56:45 AM
B. 9:45:56 AM D. 9:41:56 AM

1200. An airplane leaves Guam ( 1324' N, 14438' E) with an initial course of 3640' for a
great-circle track. Locate the point on the great-circle track which is nearest to the north pole.

A. (5409' N, 8012' W) C. (4510' N, 8102' W)

B. (5904' N, 8210' W) D. (4905' N, 8021' W)

1201. The declination of a star is 22; its hour angle is 1510' and the place of observation is
Berlin ( 5232' N, 1325' E). Find the altitude of the star.

A. 56.32 B. 57.32 C. 58.32 D. 59.32

1202. At 8:56 AM, the altitude and declination of the sun are found to be 3618' and 1435'
respectively. If the observation is done in the northern hemisphere, find the latitude of the place
of observation.

A. 5256' N B. 5357' N C. 5458' N D. 5559' N

1203. An airplane flew from Manila (1436' N, 12105' E) at an average speed of 300 mph on a
course S 32 E. At what point will it cross the equator ?

A. 13002' E B. 14003' E C. 15004' E D. 16005' E

1204. A ship sails from A( 38 N, 120 W) on a course 300 for a distance of 140 nautical miles
to point B. Find the position of B by middle latitude sailing method.

A. (107 N, 12544' W) C. (108 N, 12655' W)

B. (106 N, 12654' W) D. (109 N, 12745' W)

1205. Find the azimuth of a star at 5:30 PM at a place whose latitude is 41 if the star's
declination is 24.

A. 284.18 B. 274.18 C. 264.18 D. 254.18

1026.Which of the following statements is false ?

 A. The diagonals of a rhombus are perpendicular to each other.
B. The diagonals of a rectangle are equal.
C. The diagonals of a rhombus are equal.
D. The diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other.

1207. The angle inscribed in a semicircle is

A. an obtuse angle C. a straight angle

B. an acute angle D. a right angle

1208. Which of the following points is equidistant from the vertices of a triangle ?

A. incenter C. orthocenter
B. centroid D.circumcenter

1209. The point of intersection of the altitudes of a triangle is called the

A. incenter C. orthocenter
B. centroid D.circumcenter

1210. The point of concurrency of the angle bisectors of a triangle is called the

A. incenter C. orthocenter
B. centroid D.circumcenter

1211. The point inside a triangle that is equidistant from its sides is called the

A. incenter C. orthocenter
B. centroid D.circumcenter

1212. The point of intersection of the medians of a triangle is called

A. incenter C. orthocenter
B. centroid D.circumcenter

1213.The line segment which joins the midpoints of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third
side and is what part of the third side ?

A. one half B. one third C. one fourth D. two thirds

1214. The sum of the interior angles of a convex polygon of n sides is equal to how many right
angles ?
 A. 2(n-1) B. 2(n-2) C. 2(n-3) D.2(n-4)

1215. A convex polygon is a polygon each interior angle of which is less than

A. 45 B. 60 C. 180 D. 90

1216. Which of the following points is two thirds of the distance from each vertex of a triangle to
the midpoint of the corresponding opposite side ?

A. incenter C. orthocenter
B. centroid D.circumcenter

1217. It is a quadrilateral two and only two of whose sides are parallel

A. rectangle C. trapezoid
B. rhombus D. parallelogram

1218. It is a quadrilateral whose four sides are equal and with no angle equal to a right angle.

A. rectangle C. trapezoid
B. rhombus D. parallelogram

1219. The area of a circle is 6 times its circumference. What is its radius ?

A. 12 B. 11 C. 10 D. 13

1220. In a circle of radius 6, a sector has an area of 15 pi. What is the length of the arc of the
sector ?

A. 3 pi B. 4 pi C. 5 pi D. 6 pi

1221. If the length of a side of a square is increased by 100%, its perimeter is increased by

A. 100 % B. 150 % C. 200 % D. 250 %

1222. The side of a regular hexagon measures 10 cm. The radius of the circumscribing circle is
A. 8 cm B. 10 cm C. 12 cm D. 14 cm

1223. The median of a trapezoid is 8 and one base is 5. How long is the other base ?

A. 13 B. 12 C. 11 D. 10

1224. What is the value of in the figure ?

 A. 20 C. 30
B. 10 D. 15

1225. The area of the triangle inscribed in a circle is 40 sq. cm. and the radius of the
circumscribed circle is 7 cm. If two sides of the triangle are 8 cm and 10 cm, find the third side.
A. 10 cm B. 12 cm C. 13 cm D. 14 cm

1226. The altitude of an equilateral triangle is 4. Find the length of each side.
A. 3.62 B. 4.62 C. 5.62 D. 6.62

1227. Find the side of a square whose area is equal to that of a rectangle with sides 32 and 18
cm.
A. 21 cm B. 22 cm C. 23 cm D. 24 cm

1228. A railroad curve is to be laid out on a circle. What radius should be used if the tract is to
change direction by 25 in a distance of 36 m ?
A. 82.51 m B. 81.52 m C. 85.21 m D. 81.25 m

1229. Find the area of a rhombus whose diagonals are 32 cm and 40 cm.
A. 540 cm B. 340 cm C. 640 cm D. 440 cm

1230. The altitude of a triangle is half the base. Find the base if the area is 64.
A. 15 B. 16 C. 17 D. 18

1231. Find the area of a triangle whose sides are 9, 12 and 15.
A. 54 B. 53 C. 52 D. 51

1232. An isosceles trapezoid has two base angles of 45 and its bases are 6 and 10. Find its area.
A. 12 B. 14 C. 16 D. 18

1233. Find the altitude of a trapezoid of area 180 cm if the bases are 16 and 14 cm.
A. 11 cm B. 12 cm C. 13 cm D. 14 cm

1234. Find the area of a sector of a circle of radius 10 cm and whose central angle is 15.
A. 193.32 cm B. 194.33 cm C. 195.34 cm D. 196.35 cm
1235. Find the length of an arc of a circle of radius 20 which subtends a central angle of 30.
A. 10 pi/3 B. 11 pi/3 C. 13 pi/3 D. 14 pi/3

1236. Find the length of a chord which is 2 units from the center of a circle of radius 6 units.
A. 62 B. 72 C. 82 D. 92

1237. How many sides has a convex polygon if the sum of the measure of its angles is 1080?
A. 8 B. 7 C. 6 D. 5

1238. What is the measure of each interior angle of a regular pentagon ?

A. 106 B. 109 C. 107 D. 108

1239. What is the radius of a circle if its circumference is equal to its area ?
A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1

1240. What is the radius of a circle if the length of a 72 arc is 4 ?

A. 11 B. 10 C. 9 D. 8

1241. Find the area of a parallelogram of sides 15 and 16 if one of its angles is 60.
A. 206.82 B. 207.85 C. 208.81 D. 205.83

1242. Each side of a rhombus is 7 and one angle is 42 . What is its area ?
A. 30.69 B. 31.59 C. 32.79 D. 33.89

1243. In triangle ABC, if a = 10 and b = 12 and angle C = 150 , find the area of the triangle.
A. 30 B. 31 C. 32 D. 33

1244. The diagonals of a rhombus are 6 cm and 8 cm long. Find the perimeter of the rhombus.
A. 20 cm B. 24 cm C. 22 cm D. 26 cm

1245. The angles between the diagonals of a rectangle is 30 and each diagonal is 12 cm long.
Find the area of the rectangle.
A. 26 cm B. 36 cm C. 46 cm D. 56 cm

1246. The sides of triangle ABC are a = 14, b = 12 and c = 10. Find the length of the median
from vertex A to side a.
A. 8.34 B. 8.44 C. 8.54 D.8.64

1247. The minute hand of a large clock is 2 m long. Find the distance traveled by the tip of the
minute hand in 5 minutes.
A. pi/4 B. pi/2 C. pi/6 D. pi/3

1248. Find the area of a parallelogram whose sides are 128 and 217 if an included angle is 136.
A, 16942.38 B. 17492.83 C. 19294.83 D. 18249.38
1249. The area of a sector of a circle, having a central angle of 60 is 24 pi. Find the radius of the
circle.
A. 11 B. 12 C. 13 D. 14

1250. Two circles, each of radius 6 units, have their centers 8 units apart. Find the length of their
common chord.
A. 25 B. 35 C. 45 D. 55

1251. What is the apothem of a regular polygon having an area 225 sq. cm. and a perimeter 60
cm?
A. 7.5 cm B. 6.5 cm C. 8.5 cm D. 4.5 cm

1252. Find the area of a regular hexagon of side 3 cm.

A. 22.28 cm B. 23.38 cm C. 24.48 cm D. 25.58 cm

1253. A triangle has sides 3, 6 and 9. Find the shortest side of a similar triangle whose longest
side is 15.
A. 6 B. 10 C. 8 D. 5

1254. The perimeter of an octagon is 32 and its longest side is 6. What is the longest side of a
similar octagon whose perimeter is 24 ?
A. 3.5 B. 4 C. 4.5 D. 5

1255. In the figure AB = AC. The value of is

A. 31 C. 33
B. 32 D. 34
1256. A hexagon is circumscribed about a circle of radius 5. If the perimeter of the hexagon is
38, what is the area of the hexagon ?
A. 75 B. 65 C. 85 D. 95

1257. The circumference of two circles are 6 and 10. What is the ratio of their areas ?
A. 9/25 B. 8/25 C. 7/25 D.6/25

1258. If a regular polygon has 54 diagonals, then it has how many sides ?
A. 10 B. 11 C. 14 D. 12

1259. If AB is parallel to CD where CD is the diameter of the circle as shown in the figure, find
angle .
A. 20
B. 10
C. 25
D. 15

1260. What is the diameter of a circle that is circumscribed about an equilateral triangle of side
7.4 cm.
A. 8.64 cm B. 8.54 cm C. 9.54 cm D. 9.64 cm

1261. If the perimeter of a rhombus is 40 and one of its diagonals is 12, find the other diagonal.
 A. 16 B. 15 C. 18 D. 17

1262. Given a circle as shown. The length of arc AB is

A. 1.527
B. 1.725
C. 1.257
D. 1.275

1263. Find the area of the annulus bounded by the inscribed and circumscribed circles of an
equilateral triangle with a side of length 6.
A. 11 B. 8 C. 10 D. 9

1264. Find the area of a regular octagon inscribed in a circle whose radius is 10 cm.
A. 822.8 cm B. 282.8 cm C. 828.2 cm D. 228.8 cm

1265. In the figure shown, find the shaded area.

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
1266. If the perimeter of a regular hexagon is 24, what is the apothem ?
A. 33 B. 43 C. 23 D. 53

1267. The ratio of the sum of the exterior angles to the sum of the interior angles of a polygon is
1:3. Identify the polygon.
A. hexagon B. heptagon C. octagon D. nonagon

1268. A circular sector has a radius of 6 cm and whose central angle is 60. If it is bent to form a
right circular cone, the radius of the cone is
A. 1 cm B. 2 cm C. 3 cm D. 4 cm

1269. A square is inscribed in a 90 sector of a circle as shown. Find the area of the shaded
region.
A. 1.214
B. 1.412
C. 1.124
D. 1.142

1270. A regular octagon is inscribed in a circle of radius 6. Find the perimeter of the octagon.
A. 34.54 B. 35.64 C. 36.74 D. 37.84

1271. If four angles of a pentagon have measures 100, 96, 87 and 97, find the measure of the
fifth angle.
 A. 150 B. 160 C. 140 D. 130

1272. If the sum two exterior angles of a triangle is 230, find the measure of the third exterior
angle.
A. 130 B. 120 C. 110 D. 100

1273. Given are two concentric circles with line segment AB = 10 cm which is always tangent to
the small circle. Find the area of the shaded region (see figure).

A. 50 pi cm
B. 45 pi cm
C. 25 pi cm
D. 30 pi cm

1274. A circle whose radius is 10 cm is inscribed in a regular hexagon. The area of the hexagon
is
A. 346.4 cm B. 634.4 cm C. 364.4 cm D. 436.6 cm

1275. The area of a parabolic segment having a base width of 10 cm and a height of 27 cm is
A. 270 cm B. 150 cm C. 210 cm D. 180 cm

1276. A side of a regular hexagon is 6. What is the circumference of its circumscribed circle?
A. 12 pi B. 11 pi C. 13 pi D. 10 pi

1277. Two chords PQ and RS of a circle meet when extended through Q and S at a point T. If QP
= 7, TQ = 9 , TS = 6, find SR.
A. 16 B. 17 C. 18 D. 19
1278. What is the angle at the center of a circle if the subtending chord is equal to two thirds of
the radius.
A. 39.95 B. 38.94 C. 37.93 D. 36.92

1279. The area of a rhombus is 250 and one of the angles is 3725'. What is the length of each
side?
A. 20.18 B. 20.28 C. 20.38 D. 20.48

1280. If in triangle ABC, A = 7630', B = 8140' and c = 368, find the diameter of the
circumscribed circle.
A. 989.5 B. 959.8 C. 395.8 D. 958.9

1281. Given a parallelogram ABCD such that AB = 7, AC = 10 and angle BAC = 3607'. Find
the length of BC.
A. 4.992 B. 5.992 C. 6.992 D. 7.992

1282. What is the diameter of the circle that is circumscribed about an isosceles triangle whose
vertical angle is 18 and the sum of the two equal sides is 18 units ?
A. 7.11 B. 8.11 C.9.11 D.10.11

1283. The diagonals of a quadrilateral are 34 and 56 intersecting at an angle of 67. Find its area.
A. 837.62 B. 863.72 C. 826.37 D. 876.32

1284. Find the radius of a circle in which is inscribed a regular nonagon whose perimeter is
417.6 cm.
A. 68.37 cm B. 67.83 cm C. 63.87 cm D. 68.73 cm

1285. If each interior angle of a regular polygon has a measure of 160, how many sides has the
polygon ?
A. 16 B. 17 C. 19 D. 18

1286. The sides of a right triangle are a, b and c where c is the hypotenuse. Find the radius of the
circle that is inscribed in the triangle.
A. 1/2 (a+b+c) C. 1/2(a-b+c)
B. 1/2(a+b-c) D. 1/2(a-b-c)

1287. Two sides of a parallelogram are 20 and 30 and the included angle is 36. Find the length
of the longer diagonal.
A. 74.65 B. 64.75 C. 57.46 D. 47.65

1288. The sides of a triangle are 17, 21 and 28. Find the length of the line segment bisecting the
longest side and drawn from the opposite angle.
A. 11 B. 12 C. 13 D. 14
1289. Two tangent circles of radii 6 and 2 have a common external tangent as shown in the
figure. Find the length of this external tangent.
A. 43
B. 53
C. 63
D. 73

1290. PQ and RS are secants of a circle which when extended beyond Q and S at a point T
outside the circle. Given that arc PR = 105 and arc QS = 67, find the angle QTS.
A. 18 B. 19 C. 20 D. 21

1291. A bridge across a river is in the form of an arc of a circle. If the span is 40 ft and the
midpoint of the arc is to be 8 ft higher than the ends, what is the radius of the circle?
A. 27 ft C. 29 ft
B. 28 ft D. 30 ft

1292. Find the angle formed by the secant and tangent to a circle if one intercepted arc is 30
more than the other and the secant passes through the center of the circle.
A. 15 B. 16 C. 17 D. 18

1293. Find the radius of a circle whose area is equal to the area of the annulus formed by two
consecutive circles with radii 5 and 13.
A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 13

1294. A circle in inscribed in an equilateral triangle. If the circumference of the circle is 3, find
the perimeter of the equilateral triangle.

A. 9.246 B. 6.294 C. 2.946 D. 4.962

1295. Given a square ABCD as shown where E is the midpoint of side AD and G is the midpoint
of side BC. If arc DF has its center at E and arc FB has its center at G, find the shaded area.

A. 6 B. 8 C. 10 D. 12
1296. Two concentric circles each contains an inscribed square. The larger square is also
circumscribed about the smaller circle. If the circumference of the larger circle is 12 pi, what is
the circumference of the smaller circle ?

A. 62 pi B. 52 pi C. 42 pi D. 32 pi

1297. A regular cross is inscribed in a circle as shown. Find the area ( shaded) between the
regular cross and the circle.

A. 43.44 B. 44.55 C. 45.66 D. 46.77

1298. Point P is a point on the minor arc AB of a circle with center at 0 as shown. If the angle
APB is x degree and angle A0E is y degrees, find an equation connecting x and y.

A. 2x - y = 360 B. 2x + y = 360 C. x - 2y = 360 D. x+2y=360

1299. The quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle and its diagonal AC is drawn so that angle
DAC = 34, angle CAB = 38 and angle DBA = 65. Find arc AB.

A. 96 B. 86 C. 76 D. 66

1300. PORS is a quadrilateral that is inscribed in a circle. If angle SQR = 23 and the angle
between the side SP and the tangent line through the point P is 64, find angle PSR.

A. 86 B. 87 C. 88 D. 89

1301. The lines TA and TB are tangent to a circle at points A and B respectively. IF angle T = 42
and P is a point on the major arc AB, find angle APB.

A. 69 B. 68 C. 67 D. 66

1302. A secant and a tangent to a circle intersect an angle of 38 degrees. If the measures of the
arc intercepted between the secant and tangent are in the ratio 2:1, find the measure of the third
arc.

A. 129 B. 130 C. 131 D. 132

1303. Compute the difference between the perimeters of a regular pentagon and a regular
hexagon if the area of each is 12.

A. 0.31 B. 0.21 C.0.41 D.0.51

1304. The area of the sector of a circle having a central angle of 60 is 24. Find the perimeter of
the sector.

A. 34.4 B. 35.5 C. 36.6 D.37.7

1305. Find the common area of two intersecting circles of radii 12 and 18 respectively if their
common chord is 14 long.

A. 34.19 B. 35.29 C. 36.39 D. 37.49

1306. In a parallelogram ABCD, the diagonal AC makes with the angle 2710' and 3243'
respectively. If side AB is 2.8 m long, what is the area of the parallelogram ?

A. 4.7 m B. 5.7 m C. 6.7 m D. 8.7m

1307. The sum of the sides of a triangle is 100. The angle at A double that of B and the angle at B
is double that of C. Find side c.

A. 41.5 B. 42.5 C. 43.5 D. 44.5

1308. A diagonal of a parallelogram is 56.38 ft long and makes an angle of 2613' and 1624'
respectively with the sides. Find the area of the parallelogram.

A. 595 ft B. 585 ft C. 575 ft D. 565 ft

1309. Find the area of a regular five-pointed star that is inscribed in a circle of radius 10.

A. 121.62 B. 112.26 C. 122.16 D. 126.21

1310. What is the difference in the areas between an inscribed and a circumscribed regular
octagon if the radius of the circle is 6?

A. 15.27 B. 16.37 C. 17.47 D. 18.57

1311. If BC = 2(AB), what fraction of the circle is shaded?

A. 1/4 B. 1/3 C. 1/2 D. 1/5

1312. In the figure, the small circle is tangent to 4 circular arcs. Find the area of the shaded
region if the radius of the larger circle is 10.

A. 34.94 B. 35.49 C. 31.94 D. 32.49

1313. A regular five-pointed star is inscribed in a circle of radius b cm. Find the area between the
circle and the star.

A. 4.04 b B. 3.03 b C. 1.01 b D. 2.02 b

1314. From a point outside of an equilateral triangle, the distances of the vertices are 12, 20 and
12 respectively. Find the length of each side of the triangle.

A. 23.95 B. 22.85 C. 21.78 D. 20.68

1315. Using the vertices of a square, four arcs are drawn as shown in the figure. If each edge is
10 units long, find the shaded portion (common area).

A. 21.5 B. 31. 5 C. 41.5 D. 51.5

1316. Assuming that the earth is a perfect sphere of radius 6370 kilometers, a person at a point T
on top of a tower 60 meters high looks at a point P on the surface of the earth. What is the
approximate distance of P from T ?

A. 24.3 km B. 25.4 km C. 26.5 km D. 27.6 km

1317. Each of four circles ( see figure ) is tangent to the other three. If the radius of each of the
smaller circles is 3, what is the radius of the largest circle ?

A. 6.46 B. 6.64 C. 4.64 D.4.46

1318. In the figure, if arc AB = 50, arc BC = 80 and arc AD = 90, find .

A. 85 B. 65 C. 95 D. 75

1319. In the figure, if PB = 6, PC = 10, PA = 5 and = 30, find the area of the quadrilateral
ABCD.

A. 21.5 B. 22.5 C. 23.5 D. 24.5

1320. The solid formed by revolving a circle about an external axis in its plane is called.

A. annulus B. conoid C. torus D. prismatoid

1321. The intersection of two faces of a pyramid is called the

A. lateral edge B. slant height C. altitude D. hypotenuse

1322. It is a polyhedron of which one face is a polygon and the other faces are triangles which
have a common vertex.

A. prism B. pyramid C. cone D. prismatoid

1323. The altitude of any of the lateral faces of a regular pyramid is called the

A lateral edge B.altitude C.median D.slant height

1324. It is a polyhedron whose faces are all squares.

A. tetrahedron C. octahedron
B. hexahedron D.dodecahedron

1325. The dihedral angle is the angle between two intersecting

A.lines B. arcs C.planes D.chords

1326. Which of the regular polyhedrons has faces that are regular pentagons ?

A. tetrahedron C. octahedron
B. dodecahedron D. icosahedron
1327. If the base of a solid is a circle and every section perpendicular to the base is an isosceles
triangle, the solid is called

A. conicoid B. prismoid C. conoid D. astroid

1328. The radius of a sphere that is inscribed in a regular hexahedron of edge e is equal to

A. e/2 B. e/3 C. e/4 D. e/5

1329. It is a polyhedron of which two faces are equal polygons in parallel plane and the other
faces are parallelogram.

A.tetrahedron B. prism C.pyramid D.prismoid

1330. A spherical wooden ball 15 cm in diameter sinks to a depth of 12 cm in a certain liquid.

The area exposed above the liquid is

A. 54 pi cm B. 15 pi cm C. 45 pi cm D. 35 pi cm

1331. What is the total area of a cube whose edge is 5 cm?

A. 150 cm B. 145 cm C. 140 cm D. 135 cm

1332. Find the volume of the frustum of a right circular cone whose altitude is 6 and whose base
radii are 2 and 3.

A. 35 B. 36 C. 37 D. 38

1333. The angle of a lune is 60 and the radius of the sphere is 15 cm. Find the volume of the
spherical wedge whose base is the given lune.

A. 750 cm B. 700 cm C. 650 cm D. 600 cm

1334. A sphere of radius R is inscribed in a cube of edge e. What is the ratio of the volume of the
sphere to the volume of the cube?

A. 0.6523 B. 0.5236 C. 0.3652 D. 0.2635

1335. The slant height of a right circular cone is 13 and the altitude is 12. Find the radius of the
base.

A. 8 B. 7 C. 6 D. 5
1336. A hemispherical bowl of radius 10 cm is filled with water to a depth of 5 cm. Find the
volume of the water.

A. 615/3 cm B. 620/3 cm C. 625/3 cm D. 630/3 cm

1337. The area of a lune is 4 m and the radius of the sphere is 3 m. Find the angle of the lune.

A. 40 B. 45 C. 50 D. 55

1338. The volume of a sphere whose diameter is 20 cm is

A. 4198.87 cm B. 4179.88 cm C. 4188.79 cm D.4187.89 cm

1339 Find the length of the diagonal of a rectangular box whose edges are 6, 8 and 10.

A. 72 B. 82 C. 92 D. 102

1340. Find the area of the base of a prism whose volume is 516.6 cu. ft and whose height is 16.4
in.

A. 372 ft B. 374 ft C. 376 ft D. 378 ft

1341. Find the slant height of a regular pyramid each of whose faces is enclosed by an equilateral
triangle with side 8.

A. 6.73 B. 6.93 C. 6.83 D. 6.63

1342. What is the volume of a pyramid whose altitude is 27 and whose base is a square 8 on a
side ?

A. 756 B. 657 C. 576 D. 675

1343. A concrete pedestal is in the form of a frustum of a regular square pyramid whose altitude
is 1.2 cm and base edges 0.40 m and 0.70 m respectively. Find the volume of the pedestal.

A. 0.372 m B. 0.327 m C. 0.273 m D. 0.723 m

1344. The base radii of the frustum of a cone are 6 cm and 10 cm respectively. Find the altitude
of the frustum if its volume is 1176 cu. cm ?

A. 16 cm B. 17 cm C. 18 cm D. 19 cm
1345. What is the diameter of a sphere for which its volume is equal to its surface area?

A. 7 B. 6 C. 5 D. 4

1346. Find the volume of a spherical wedge whose angle is 36 on a sphere of radius 6 cm.
 A. 28.8 cm B. 27.7 cm C. 26.6 cm D. 25.5 cm

1347. Find the volume of a right circular cone whose base radius is 8 cm and whose altitude is 15
cm.

A. 320 pi cm B. 330 pi cm C. 340 pi cm D. 350 pi cm

1348. The volume of a sphere of radius 1.2 m is

A. 8.372 m B. 2.783 m C. 3.872 m D. 7.238 m

1349. The volume of a square pyramid is 384 cm and its altitude is 8 cm. How long is an edge
of the base?

A. 11 cm B. 12 cm C. 13 cm D. 14 cm

1350. Find the altitude of a right prism flow which the area of the lateral surface is 338 and the
perimeter of the base is 13.

A. 25 B. 26 C. 27 D. 28

1351. A conical tank is 10.5 m deep and its circular top has a radius of 5 cm. How many liters of
water will it hold?

A. 260500 B. 261500 C. 262500 D. 263500

1352. Find the diameter of a sphere whose surface area is 324.

A. 16 B. 17 C. 18 D. 19

1353. Find the area of a zone of a sphere whose radius is 6 if the altitude of the zone is 2.

A. 21 pi B. 22 pi C. 23 pi D. 24 pi

1354. The volume of a 10-cm high conical paper weight is 180 cm. The radius of the base is

A. 4.15 cm B. 4.17 cm C. 4.19 cm D. 4.21 cm

1355. The volume of the frustum of a cone which is 25 cm high and whose base radii are 7.5 cm
and 5 cm long respectively is

A. 3108.87 cm B. 3107.88 cm C. 3170.88 cm D.3180.78 cm

1356. Find the volume of a cube whose total area is 384 cm.
 A. 212 cm B. 312 cm C. 412 cm D. 512 cm

1357. Find the total area of a tetrahedron 3 units on an edge.

A. 83 B. 93 C. 103 D. 113

1358. The volume of a pyramid is 256 cm and its altitude is 24 cm. Find its base area.

A. 52 cm B. 42 cm C. 32 cm D. 22 cm

1359. The radii of the bases of the frustum of a right circular cone are 6 and 9 respectively and
the altitude is 4. Find the lateral area.

A. 75 B. 65 C. 95 D. 85

1360. The altitude of a parallelepiped is 20 and the base is a rhombus with diagonals 10 and 16.
Find the volume of the parallelepiped.

A. 1500 B. 1600 C. 1700 D. 1800

1361. A sphere of radius r just fits into a cylindrical box. Find the empty space inside the box.

A. 2 r/3 B. 8 r/9 C. 4 r/9 D. 20 r/27

1362. Find the volume of a pyramid having a pentagonal base with sides each equal to 12 cm and
an apothem of 3 cm. The altitude of the pyramid is 36 cm.

A. 2660 cm B. 2770 cm C. 2880 cm D. 2990 cm

1363. Find the volume of the frustum of a regular triangular pyramid whose altitude is 3 and
whose base edges are 4 and 8 respectively.

A. 253 B. 263 C. 273 D. 283

1364. The lateral area of a right circular cone with a radius of 20 cm and a height of 30 cm is

A. 2265.43 cm B. 2236.45 cm C. 2245.63 cm D.2253.46 cm

1365. The base of a prism is a rectangle with sides 3 and 5. If its lateral area is 64, find its
altitude.

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

1366. Find the number of degrees on a dihedral angle of a regular tetrahedron.

 A. 68.33 B. 69.43 C. 70.53 D. 71.63

1367. Find the volume of a spherical cone in a sphere of radius 17 cm if the radius of the zone is
8 cm.

A.1126/3 cmB.1136/3 cmC.1146/3cm D.1156/3 cm

1368. Find the volume of a regular square pyramid whose slant height is 10 and whose base edge
is 12.

A. 384 B. 374 C. 364 D. 354

1369. The base of a prism is a rhombus whose sides are each 10 cm and whose shorter diagonal
is 12 cm. If the altitude is 12 cm, find its volume.

A. 1132 cm B. 1142 cm C. 1152 cm D. 1162 cm

1370. Find the volume of a triangular prism whose altitude is 20 cm and whose sides are 6 cm, 8
cm and 12 cm.

A. 426.61 cm B. 421.66 cm C. 461.26 cm D. 416.62 cm

1371. Find the volume of the solid as shown.

A. 2330 B. 2440 C. 2660 D. 2770

1372. Find the volume of a spherical segment if the radii of the bases are 3 and 4 respectively
and its altitude is 2.

A. 83.27 B. 87.32 C. 83.72 D. 82.73

1373. A stone is dropped into a circular tub 40 inches in diameter, causing the water therein to
rise 20 inches. What is the volume of the stone ?

A. 6000 in B. 7000 in C. 8000 in D. 9000 in

1374. The base of a right parallelepiped is a rhombus whose sides are each 10 cm long and one
of whose angles is 60 degrees. If the altitude of the parallelepiped is 4 cm, find its volume .

A. 1003 cm B. 2003 cm C. 3003 cm D. 4003 cm

1375. Find the volume of the largest cube that can be out from a circular log whose radius is 30.

A. 76367.53 B. 75567.33 C. 73675.36 D. 77653.36

1376. Find the lateral area of a pyramid whose altitude is 27 cm and whose base is a square 8 cm
on a side.

A. 437.62 cm B. 436.72 cm C. 432.76 cm D. 427.63 cm

1377. The diagonal of a cube is 23. Find its volume.

A. 9 B. 7 C. 8 D. 6

1378. Find the lateral area of the frustum of a regular square pyramid whose base edges are 6 and
12 and whose altitude is 4.

A. 150 B. 160 C. 170 D. 180

1379. If the radius of a sphere is 8 and if a plane passes through the sphere at a distance of 5
from its center. what is the area of the circle of intersection ?

A. 38 pi B. 39 pi C. 40 pi D. 41 pi

1380. Find the lateral area of a right circular cone that can be inscribed in a cube whose volume
is 64.

A. 28.1 B. 26.1 C. 24.1 D.22.1

1381. Find the lateral edge of a regular square pyramid whose slant height is 8 and whose base
edge is 6.

A. 6.54 B. 7.54 C. 8.54 D.9.54

1382. The base edges of a triangular pyramid are 12, 14 and 16. If its altitude is 22, what is the
volume of the pyramid ?

A. 594.64 B. 564.94 C. 544.69 D. 596.44

1383. The volume of the frustum of a right circular cone is 78 pi. The upper base radius is 2 and
the lower base radius is 5. What is the altitude of the frustum ?

A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8

1384. The volume of a right circular cone having a slant height of 13 and altitude 12 is

A. 100 B. 150 C. 200 D. 250

1385. Find the lateral area of a regular triangular pyramid whose base edge is 4 and its lateral
edge is 6.

A. 212 B. 222 C. 232 D. 242

1386. Find the height of a pyramid whose volume is 35 and whose base is a triangle with sides 4,
7 and 5.

A. 11.72 B. 10.72 C. 8.72 D. 9.72

1387. The radii of the bases of the frustum of a right circular cone are 6 and 9 respectively and its
altitude is 4. Find its lateral area.

A. 75 B. 85 C. 95 D. 65

1388. Find the volume of a sphere whose surface area is 64.

A. 256/3 B. 254/3 C. 252/3 D. 250/3

1389. What is the area of a sphere if a zone on it having an area of 18 and has an altitude of 2?

A. 79 pi B. 80 pi C. 81 pi D. 82 pi

1390. A spherical bowl of radius 8 inches contains water to a depth of 3 inches. Find the volume
of the water in the bowl.

A. 199.72 in B. 197.92 in C. 179.29 in D. 192.27 in

1391. The volume of a pyramid is 256 cm and its altitude is 24 cm. Find the area of its base.

A. 32 cm B. 34 cm C. 31 cm D. 33 cm
1392. Find the lateral area of a right circular cone if its slant height is 22 and the circumference
of its base is 8.

A. 55 B. 66 C. 77 D. 88

1393. What is the diameter of a sphere for which its volume is equal to its surface area ?

A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8

1394. The lateral area of a regular pyramid is 2048 and the perimeter of the base is 128. Find the
slant height.

A. 42 B. 22 C. 32 D. 52

1395. The area of the base of a right circular cone is 144 . If its altitude is 14, find its slant
height.

A. 18.44 B. 17.33 C. 16.22 D. 15.11

1396. Find the approximate change in the volume of a cube if each edge x of the cube is
increased by one percent.

A. 0.02 x B. 0.03 x C. 0.04 x D. 0.05 x

1397. The area of a diagonal section of a cube is 42 cm. Find the edge of the cube.

A. 3 cm B. 2 cm C. 4 cm D. 1 cm

1398. Find the volume of the largest circular cylinder that can be inscribed in a cube whose
volume is 64 cu. cm.

A. 13 cm B. 14 cm C. 15 cm D. 16 cm

1399. The altitude of a square pyramid is 10 and a side of the base is 15. Find the area of a cross
section at a distance of 6 from the vertex.

A. 81 B. 82 C. 83 D. 84

1400. The diameter of one solid ball is 3 times the diameter of another ball of the same material.
If the weight of the smaller ball is 250 pounds, what is the weight of the larger ball ?

A. 6957 lb B. 6750 lb C. 6507 lb D. 6570 lb

1401. Find the volume of a regular tetrahedron whose edges are each equal to 6.

A. 162 B. 172 C. 182 D. 192

1402. The lateral area of a regular pyramid is 514.5 and the slant height is 42. Find the perimeter
of the base.

A. 24.5 B. 26.5 C. 22.5 D.28.5

1403. A wedge is cut from a circular tree whose diameter is 2 m by a horizontal plane up to the
vertical axis and another cutting plane which is inclined at 45 degrees from the previous plane.
The volume of the wedge is

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

1404. The zone of a spherical cone has a altitude of 2 cm and a radius of 4 cm. Find the volume
of the spherical cone.

A. 115/3 cm B. 110/3 cm C. 105/3 cm D. 100/3 cm

1405. The base of a prism is the triangle ABC with A = 35 degrees, B = 68 degrees and c = 25. If
the altitude of the prism is 10, find the volume of the prism.

A. 1607.5 B. 1705.6 C. 1507.6 D. 1076.5

1406. The capacities of two hemispherical tanks are in the ratio 64:125. If 4.8 kg of paint is
required to paint the outer surface of the smaller tank, then how many kg of paint would be
needed to paint the outer surface of the larger tank ?

A. 6.5 kg B. 7.5 kg C. 8.5 kg D. 9.5 kg

1407. Find the volume of a sphere that is circumscribed about a cube of edge 4.

A. 303 B. 323 C. 343 D. 363

1408. A sphere is inscribed in a right circular cone. The slant height of the cone is equal to the
diameter of its base. If the altitude of the cone is 15, find the surface area of the sphere.

A. 125 B. 120 C. 110 D. 100

1409. The base of a tetrahedron is a triangle whose sides are 10, 24 and 26. If the altitude of the
tetrahedron is 20, find the area of a cross-section whose distance from the base is 15.

A. 9.5 B. 8.5 C. 7.5 D. 6.5

1410. If the length of each edge of a cube is increased by 3 cm, its volume is increased by 387 cu
cm. Find the length of each edge of the original cube.

A. 5 cm B. 6 cm C. 7 cm D. 8 cm

1411.The lateral area of a regular pyramid is 2048 and the perimeter of the base is 128. If its base
is a regular octagon, find the altitude of the pyramid.

A. 24.5 B. 25.5 C. 26.5 D. 27.5

1412. Find the area illuminated by a candle h meters from the surface of a ball r meters in radius.

A. (2rh) / (r+h) C. (2rh) / (r+h)

B. (2rh) / (r-h) D. (2rh) / (r-h)

1413. Find the volume of the frustum of a pyramid whose bases are regular hexagons with base
edges 5 cm and 10 cm respectively and the altitude is 15 cm.

A. 2273.31 cm C. 2327.13 cm
B. 2171.33 cm D. 2713.32 cm

1414. What is the volume of the cube if the number of cubic units in its volume is twice the
number of square units in its total surface area ?

A. 1827 B. 1287 C. 1872 D. 1728

1415. Find the lateral area of a regular hexagonal pyramid whose lateral edges are each 13 cm
and whose base has sides 10 cm each.

A. 350 B. 360 C. 370 D. 380

1416. The ratio of the volume of two spheres is 8:27. What is the ratio of their surface areas?

A. 2/9 B. 4/9 C. 5/9 D. 7/9

1417. Each edge of the upper base of the frustum of a regular quadrangular pyramid is 2 less
than an edge of the lower base. Find the edge of the lower base if the slant height is 10 and the
total area is 160.

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

1418. Find the volume of a solid formed by revolving an equilateral triangle with side e about an
altitude.

A. (3 e) / 24 C. (2 e) / 24
B. (3 e) / 12 D. (2 e) / 12
1419. If the diameter of a sphere is increased by 40 percent, by what percent is the volume
increased ?

A. 144.7% B. 147.4% C. 177.4% D. 174.4%

1420. The radii of two spheres are in the ratio 3:4 and the sum of their surfaces is 2500. Find the
radius of the smaller sphere.

A. 14 B. 15 C. 16 D. 17

1421. If the ratio of the lateral area of the frustum of a cone to its volume is 15:28, find the
altitude of the frustum if its base radii are 3 and 6 respectively.

A. 6 B. 5 C. 4 D. 3

1422. The lateral area of a right circular cone is 3 times the area of its base. Find the angle at
which the slant height of the cone is inclined with the base.

A. 71.35 B. 72.15 C. 70.53 D. 73.25

1423. The volume of a rectangular parallelepiped is 162. The three dimensions are in the ratio
1:2:3. Find the total area.

A. 198 B. 197 C. 196 D. 195

1424. The base edge of a square pyramid is 3 m and its altitude is 10 m. Find the area of a
section parallel to the base and 6 m from it.

A. 1.22 m B. 1.33 m C. 1.44 m D. 1.55 m

1425. The area of the base of a pyramid is 25 and its altitude is 10. What is the distance from the
base of a section parallel to the base whose area is 9 ?

A. 4 B. 3 C. 5 D. 2

1426. The edge of a regular tetrahedron is 5. Find the edge of a cube which has the same volume
as the tetrahedron.

A. 2.35 B. 2.45 C. 2.55 D. 2.65

1427. The segment of a paraboloid of revolution( see figure ) is a solid in which every section
parallel to the base is a circle the radius R of which is the mean proportional between the
distance H from the vertex and the radius r of the base. Find the volume of the segment of
altitude h.

A. 1/2 rh B. 1/3 rh C. 1/2 rh D. 1/3 rh

1428. A right circular cone whose slant height is 18 cm and the circumference of whose base is 6
cm is cut by a plane parallel to the base such that the cone is cut off, has a slant height of 4 cm.
Find the lateral area of the frustum formed.

A. 48.3 B. 49.1 C. 50.2 D. 51.3

1429. A tank has the form of a cylinder of revolution whose diameter is 60 cm and whose height
is 244 cm. The tank is in horizontal position and is filled with water to a depth of 46 cm. Find the
approximate number of liters of water in the tank.

A. 566 B. 567 C. 568 D. 569

1430. A solid gas a circular base of radius 20. Find the volume of the solid if every section
perpendicular to a certain diameter is an equilateral triangle.

A. 18475.21 B. 14871.52 C. 17845.12 D. 15781.25

1431. In a cone of altitude h and elliptic base A, every section parallel to the base has an area Ay
= Ay / h where y is the distance from the vertex to the section ( see figure ). Find the volume of
the elliptic cone.

A. abh / 3 B. abh / 2 C. abh / 4 D. abh / 5

1432. Find the total area of a regular hexagonal pyramid whose slant height is 5 ft and whose
base is 4 ft.

A. 105.71 ft B. 107.15 ft C. 101.57 ft D. 110.75 ft

1433. For the solid shown, every section perpendicular to the edge AB is a circle. If arc ACB is a
semicircle of diameter 18, find the volume of the solid ( see figure ).

A. 342 pi B. 423 pi C. 432 pi D. 243pi

1434. A solid consists of a hemisphere surmounted by a right circular cone. Find the vertical
angle of the cone if the volume of the conical and spherical portions are equal.

A. 51.13 B. 52.13 C. 53.13 D. 54.13

1435. The slant height of the frustum of a right circular cone makes an angle of 60 with the
larger base. If the slant height is 30 cm and the radius of the smaller base is 5 cm, find the
volume of the frustum.

A. 15283.7 cm B. 14283.7 cm C. 13283.7 cm D.12283.7 cm

1436. The lateral area of the frustum of a regular pyramid is 336 sq cm. If the lower base is a
square having a side of 8 cm; the upper base is a square of side x cm and its slant height is 12
cm, find the value of x.

A. 6 B. 4 C. 7 D. 5

1437. If the area of the base of a regular hexagonal prism is 33 / 2 sq cm and the total area is a
453 sq cm, find the volume of the prism.

A. 20.5 cm B. 31.5 cm C. 21.5 cm D. 30.5 cm

1438. If a cylinder has a lateral area of 88 pi and a volume of 176 pi, what is its total area ?

A. 120 pi B. 125 pi C. 130 pi D. 135 pi

1439. A rectangular prism has a width of 2 cm, a height of 4 cm and a length of 33 cm. If its
volume is equal to the volume of a cube with diagonal d, find the value of d.

A. 8 cm B. 7 cm C. 6 cm D. 5 cm

1440. The axes of two right circular cylinders of equal radii 3 m long, intersect at right angles.
Find the volume of their common part.

A. 122 m B. 133 m C. 144 m D. 155 m

1441. Which of the following statements is false ?

A. Any two integrals of a given function differ by a constant.

B. The integral of secnxdx where n is an odd integer requires integration by parts.
C. If f(x) is an even function, then the integral of f(x)dx from x = -a to x = a is equal to
zero.
D. The key connection between the derivative and integral is known as the fundamental
theorem of calculus.

1442. Which of the following differentials must be integrated by parts ?

A. (lnx/x)dx B. sin(3x)dx C. xcos(x)dx D. (lnx)dx

1443. The process of finding the function f(x) whose differential f'(x)dx is given, is called
integration or

A. involution B. evolution C.antidifferentiation D. exponentiation

1444. Evaluate xexdx

A. ex(x-1) + c B. xex 1 + c C. ex x + c D. xex x + c

1445. For some constant k, the antiderivative of xk is equal to

A. (xk+1)/(k+1) B. [(xk+1)/(k+1)]+c C. [(x2k) / 2k] +c D. A or B

1446. The mathematician who first give a modern definition of the definite integral is

A. Riemann B. Leibniz C. Newton D. Gauss

1447. To integrate (xdx) / (1+x4) by the u-substitution method, let u =

A. 1 + x B. x C. 1 + x4 D. x4

1448. Which of the following is correct ?

A. cos2xdx = -sin2x + c C. sin3xdx = [(sin4x) / 4] + c

B. sin2xdx = sin2x + c D. excosxdx = exsinx + c

1449. Who proved that the area under a parabolic arch is 2bh/3 where b is the width of the base
of the arch and h is the height ?

A. Wallis B. Newton C. Riemann D. Archimedes

1450. Evaluate 1-1(x2 4) dx

A. -25/3 B. -22/3 C. -20/3 D. -28/3

1451. The antiderivative of tanhudu is

A. lnsinhu + c B. lnsechu + c C. lncoshu + c D. lncothu + c

1452. using the theorem of Pappus, find the volume of the torus generated by revolving the area
of the circle x2 + y2 = a2 about the line x = b where b > a.
 A. 2 a2b B. 2 ab2 C. 22ab2 D. 22a2b

1453. If f(x) = x3 1and g(x) = x 1, evaluate 10 [f(x) / g(x) ] dx.

A. 11/6 B. 13/6 C. 10/6 D. 14/6

1454. Find the area bounded by the curve y = ex , the lines x = -1, x = 1 and the x-axis.

A. 2.15 B. 2.25 C. 2.35 D. 2.45

1455. If the area bounded by y = x2 and y = 2 x2 is revolved about the x-axis and a vertical
rectangular element is taken, the element of volume generated is a

A. disk B. washer C. shell D. torus

1456. If 5-2 f(x)dx = 18, 5-2 g(x)dx = 5, and 5-2 h(x)dx = -11, evaluate 5-2 [f(x)+g(x)-
h(x)]dx.

A. 32 B. 33 C. 34 D. 35

1457. Find the length of the curve y = coshx from x = -1 to x = 1.

A. 2.15 B. 2.25 C. 2.35 D. 2.45

1458. Evaluate 2-1 (2x-(2/x)+(x/2) dx

A. 2.3637 B. 2.3763 C. 2.3367 D. 2.6733

1459. If the area bounded by the parabola y = x2 and the line y = x is revolved about the x-axis,
the volume of the solid formed may be found by using which of the following methods ?

A. washer method only C. shell or washer method

B. washer or disk method D. shell or disk method

1460. The differential xnex^2dx is integrable if n is

A. an even integer C. any positive integer

B. an odd integer D. any whole number

1461. If a vertical element of area is used in finding the area bounded by the parabolas y = x2 7
and y = 1 x2, then the elemental area dA =
 A. (2x2 8)dx B. (8 2x2)dx C. (2x2 6)dx D. (6 2x2)dx

1462. If x0 sin2ycos2ydy = , then x is equal to

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

1463. If the area bounded by the ellipse 9x2 + 4y2 = 36 is revolved about the line 2x + y = 8 and
a horizontal rectangular element is taken, the element of volume generated is a

A. washer or circular ring C. circular disk

B. cylindrical shell D. none of A, B or C

1464. Which of the following cannot be evaluated by the power rule formula ?

A. (dx) / x2 (1 + (2/x))3 C. (ln(x+1)dx) / (x+1)

B. (1 + sinx)dx / (secx) D. (x2 x2 + 4 ) dx

1465. Evaluate 20 10 rdrd

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

1466. Find the area bounded by y = x2, the x-axis and the lines x = 1, x = 3.

A. 26/3 B. 25/3 C. 23/3 D. 20/3

1467.Evaluate the integral of xsin(x2)dx from x = 0 to x =

A. -1 B. 0 C. -1/2 D. 1/3

1468. Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving about the x-axis, the area bounded by
y = x3, the x-axis and the line x = 1.

A./3 B. /5 C. /7 D. /9

1469. The integral of e4lnx dx from x = 0 to x = 1 is

A. B. 1/3 C. D. 1/5

1470. Evaluate sec2xtanx dx

 A. tan2 x + c C. sec2 x + c
B. 1/3 sec3 x + c D. A or C

1471. To integrate x2 ex dx by parts, it is wise to choose u =

A. x B. x2 C. ex D. xex

1472. Evaluate sin2 xdx

A. 1/2(x-sinxcosx) + c C. 1/3sin3 x + c
B. x - sin2x + c D. A or B

1473. Evaluate 10 2x 3x dx

A. 2.971 B. 2.719 C. 2.197 D. 2.791