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PLUMBING ARITHMETIC

101. Which of the following depreciation methods


cannot have a salvage value of zero?
a. Declining balance method.

102. The lessening of the value of an asset due to the


decrease in the quantity available preferring to
the natural resources?
b. Depletion.

103. An increase in the value of a capital asset is called?


b. Capital gain.

104. Lands, buildings, plant and machinery are


example of?
c. Fixed assets.

105. One gallon is equal to?


c. 3.65 liters.

106. If each edge of a cube is decreased by 50%, how


much percentage will the volume be decreased?
a. 87.50 %.

110. What is the radius and the centre of the circle


x2+y2-10x -4y-196=0
b. (5,2) r=15

111. Find the area bounded by the line x-2y+4=0?


a. 4.

114. How many three digit number can be formed


using digits 0-9?
900.

118. Plumber A can finish a plumbing job in 2 days.


Plumber B can finish the job in 3 days. Plumber C
can do the job in 6 days. If they work together,
how long will it take for them to finish the job?
a. 1 day.

120. What rate in percent compounded semi-annually


is equivalent to 20% compounded annually?
b. 19.09%

121. At what rate of interest compounded quarterly


will an investment double in four years?
a. 17.7%

122. Find the distance from the point (5,-3) to the line
7x-4y-28=0
d. 2.36

123. Find the distance from the origin to the line x+2y12=0
a. 5.37

127. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 34 cm. find


the length of the shorter leg if it is 14cm shorter
than the other leg.
b. 16

128. The measure of 1.5 revolutions counter clockwise


a. 540

133. In an isosceles right triangle, the hypotenuse is


how much longer than its sides?
b. 2 and half times.

134. Find the value of A if tan 4A=cot6A


a. 9 degrees.

145. Point C is ¾ of the way from A(1,-4) to B (-3,8).


Determine the abscissa and ordinate of point C?
d. (-2,5)

148. In how many ways can 11 women be seated in a


round table with eleven seats?
d. 3,628,800.

149. A single deck of playing cards is shuffled well. One


card is drawn followed by another. What is the
probability of getting two Aces?
b. 3/663.

150. The arithmetic mean of 50 numbers is 32. If two


numbers namely 16 and 48 are eliminated.
Determine the new arithmetic mean?
a. 32.

151. One period of a sine or cosine function is called


one ____of the sine and cosine curve?
a. Cycle.

152. What is the volume of the sphere whose surface


area is 108 sq.m.?
b. 105.50 sqm.

155. The first cost of a plumbing equipment is P


385,000. It has a life of 8 years and a salvage
value of P 70,000. Find the annual depreciation
using straight line method?
d. P 39,375.00

158. Six consecutive integers are given. Then sum of


the first three is 27. What is the sum of the last
three?
d. 36.

159. If the length of a rectangle is increased by 20%


and the width is decreased by 20 %, what percent
change occurs in the area?
b. It decreases 4 %

160. A gasoline tank that is ½ full has 8 gallons


removed. The tank is then 1/10 full. What is the
capacity, in gallons, of the tank?
d. 20.

161. A motion was adopted by a vote of 5 to 3. What


part of the total vote was against the motion?
a. 3/8.

162. Of Ted’s salary, 1/10 is spent for clothing, and 1/3


for food and for rent. What part of the salary is
left for other expenditures and savings?
a. 17/30.

163. Susan is 4 times as old as Paul and 1 ½ times as


old as Mary. What fraction of paul’s age is mary?
a. 3/8.

164. How much money would a man have to invest at


the rate of 5% per year, to have P1,470 at the
end of the year?
c. P1400.

165. Find the value of x if the average of 1.0, 0.8, 0.2


and x is exactly 0.6
b. 0.4.

166. How many miles can a motorist travel from 9:55


am to 10:15 am at rate of 40 miles per hour?
a. 13 1/3.

167. A salesman travels for 2 hours at 30 miles per


hour and then covers 60 miles in the next 3 hours.
What is the average rate for the entire trip?
a. 18.

168. The elevator in a eleven-storey office building


travels at the rate of one floor per ¼ min, which
allows time for picking up and discharging
passenger. At the main floor and at the top floor,
the operator stops for 1 minute. How many
complete trips will an operator make during a 7
hours period?
d. 76.

169. A vertical pole 6 ft high casts a shadow 4 ft long.


At the same time a tree casts a shadow 64 ft long.
What is the height, in feet, of the tree?
c. 96.

170. If 4 men can clear the garbage near a school in 6


hours, how many hours will it take 12 men
working at the same rate to perform this task?
a. 2.

171. An alloy of copper and tin is 20% copper. How


many pounds of copper must be added to 20
pounds of the alloy in order for the resulting alloy
to be 50% copper?
b. 12.

172. How much water, in cm3


, must be added to 100
cm
3
of 80% solution of boric acid to reduce it to a
50% solution?
d. 60.

173. How many quartz of a 90% solution of alcohol


should be mixed with a 75% solution of alcohol in
order to make 20 quarts of 78% solution?
a. 4

174. A machine can cut some wood in 6 minutes, and a


man using a hand saw can do it in 18 minutes.
After 4 minutes there is a power shortage and the
wood must be cut by hand saw. How many
minutes must the man work to complete the
task?
b. 6.

175. Three pipes are used to fill a pool with water. One
pipe alone can fill the pool in 9 hours. Another
can fill it in 6 hours. The third can fill it in 3 hours.
How many minutes will it take to fill this pool if all
three pipes are used simultaneously?
a. 1.63

176. If three secretaries can type six manuscripts in 12


days, how many days will it take two secretaries
to type three such manuscripts?
b. 9.

178. An office equipment costing P42,000 depreciates


to P11,500 in 10 years. What is the annual
depreciation?
b. P3050

180. The width of a rectangle is 4/5 its length. If its


perimeter is 72, what is its area?
d. 320

182. A rectangle lot 50 ft by 100 ft is surrounded in all


sided by a concrete walk 5 ft wide. Find the
number of square ft in the surface of the walk
a. 1600

183. What is the distance from point A(3,4) to point (-


3,-4)?
c. 10

184. Point (-2,6) is the center of a circle that is tangent


to the x-axis. The coordinates of the point of
tangency are?
a. (-2,0)

185. If ab=6 and a2+b2= 13, then (a+b)(a+b)=


b. 25.

186. In a certain office, 1/3 of the workers are women,


½ of the women are married, and 1/3 of the
married women have children. If ¾ of the men are
married and 2/3 of the married men have
children, what part of the workers is without
children?
d. 11/18

187.
a+b b+a
a-b b-a
a. -1

188. A bag of chicken feed 18 chickens for 54 days. For


how many days will it feed 12 chickens?
d. 72

189. A 14 cm inner diameter (i.d) water main furnishes


water (through intermediate pipes) to a 1.00 cm
id. Faucet pipe. It the average velocity in the
faucet pipe is 3 cm/sec, what will be the average
velocity (in cm/s) it causes in the water main?
a. 0.0153.

191. Vicky buys a refrigerator that sells for P4,800


cash. She pays P2,000 down payment and
promises to pay the balance in 36 monthly equal
payments. What is the size of her monthly
payment, if interest is charged at 6%
compounded monthly?
b. P85.18

192. A marble with speed 20 cm/s rolls off the edge of


the table 80 cm high. How far (in cm),
horizontally, from the edge does the marble strike
the floor?5.71 cm.

193. If a pipe fills a cistern in h hours, how much of the


cistern does it fill in one hour?
a. 1/h

195. A man travels 4 miles north, 12 miles east, and


then 12 miles north. How far, to the nearest mile,
is he from the starting point?
b. 20

197. A pulley whose diameter is 9 inches is connected


by a belt to another pulley whose diameter is 6
inches. If the larger pulley runs at 1200
revolutions per minutes, at how many revolutions
per minutes does the smaller pulley run?
c. 1600

198. How many tiles are needed to cover a bathroom


floor 3 m long and 2m wide if each tile is a square
of side 1 decimeter?
a. 60

199. A tank is ¾ filled with oil. After 65 liters of oil are


drawn out, the tank is still half full. How many
liters can the tank hold?
c. 260

200. There are 252 students in a school. If the ratio of


female to male students is 3:4, how many female
students are there?
b. 108

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