Bicol University

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Department of Electrical Engineering
Legazpi City
Set: A

WORKSHEET 1 - ALGEBRA

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. Find the domain of the function f(x)=ln(x+5). 9. If x-y=5 and xy+k, the x  y 
2 2

a. x>-5 a. 25k
b. x=0 b. 25-k
c. x<-5 c. 25+2k
d. x=-5 d. 25-2k
2. If the product of the roots of 1 / 2
10. Given 32 = 70 (1-e ) dtermine the value of t,
4x  (k  2)x  (k  13)  0 is -15/4, find the sum
2
correct to 3 significant figures.
of the roots. a. 1.22
a. -1 b. 1.2218
b. 2/3 c. 3.22
c. 3/4 d. 1.222
d. 5/3
11. Given the equation 2x  x  10  0. Find the
2
3. If a and ß vare the roots of the equation whose
product of roots.
roots are aß+a+ß and aß-a-ß is: a. 5
a. x  qx  p  0
2
b. -5
b. x 2  2qx  q 2  p 2  0 c. -1/2
c.
2
 2qx  p 2  q 2  0 d. 1/2

d. x 2  2qx  q 2  p 2  0 12. Which of the following equations has roots which

are reciprocals of the roots of the equation
4. If x ; y ; z = 4 ; -3 :2 and 2x = 4y - 3z = 20, find
2x 2  3x  5  0?
x,y,z.
a. 3x  2x  5  0
2
a. -8,-6,-4
b. 2x  5x  12  0
2
b. -5,4,-6
c. 7x  3x  12  0
2
c. 7,-5,6
d. 9, -4, 5 d. 5x  3x  2  0
2

5. Factor: x  y  z  2yz  x  y  z .
2 2 2
13. The value of x for which the polynomials
a. (x + y + z)(x - y - z - 1)  2   
 x  1  and  x 2  2x  1  vanish simultaneously,
b. (x + y + z)(x - y - z + 1)    
c. (x + y - z)(x - y + z + 1) is
d. (x + y - z)(x - y + z - 1) a. 2
b. -2
6. If a and b are the roots of the equation c. -1
a d. 1
4x 2  13x  7  0, the value of
a
a y b z x c
a. 3 14. If   1 and  , then  will be equal
b. 7/11 x b y c a z
c. 13/7 to:
d. 4 a. y/b
b. b/y
7. If a and  are the roots of the equation c. 0
x 2  3kx  k 2  0 and a 2   2  7 / 4, the value of k d. 1
is
a. -1,1
15. If x  y 1 / 3  z 1 / 3  0 , then the value of
1/3

b. 2,1 (x+y+z) 3 will be:

1/3 1/3 1/3
c. 1,1/2 a. 3x y z
d. 1/2, -1/2 1/3 1/3 1/3
b. 9x y z
8. How many negative root(s) are there in polynomial c. 27x.y.z
d. 0
equation P(x)  x 9  5x 5  2x 2  3x  12  0 ?
a. none
b. 1
c. 2
d. 5

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16. Find the value of k in the quadratic equation 25. Solve for y:  5  2y   1  3.
3x  kx  x  7k  0 if 3 is one of the roots.
2
a. 3/2, 2/7
a. 12 b. 3/2,7/2
b. 3 c. 2/3, 7
c. 6 d. 2/3, 2/7
d. 18
26. Solve: 3  x   4  0
x y 3 3
a. x<1 and x>-7
17. Simplify b. -7< x <1
xy
c. (-7,1)
a. x 2  2xy  y 2 d. all are correct
b. x 2  2xy  y 2
2
c. x 2  xy  y 2 27. The roots of the quadratic equation Ax +Bx+C=0
are 3 and 2. Determine the sum of A+B+C.
d. x 2  xy  y 2 a. 2
b. 3
18. Divide 3x  x  3x  5 by x+1.
3 2
c. 1
a. 3x 2  2x  1 d. 0
b. x 2  2xy  5
28. Ten years from now the sum of the ages of A and B
c. x 2  2xy  5 is equal to 50. Six years ago, the difference of their
d. 3x 2  2x  5 ages is equal to 6. How old is A and B?
2
a. A=18, B=12
19. The roots of the quadratic equation Ax +Bx+C=0 b. A=10, B=22
are 1/4 and -07/2. Determine the values of B. c. A=16, B=24
a. 24 d. A=19, B=29
b. 30
c. 28 29. The ratios of pure milk and water in two vessels are
d. 26 3:1 and 7:5 respectively. If equal quantities of the
mixtures of the vessels are mixed together, then the
20. Determine the k so that the equation ratio of pure milk and water in the new vessel is
4x 2  kx  1  0 will have hust one real solution. a. 1 : 2
a. 4 b. 2 : 1
b. 6 c. 5 : 3
c. 5 d. 3 : 5
d. 8 e. NO ANSWER

21. The roots of a quadratic equation are: 1/3 and 1/4. 30. The force of attraction between two bodies of
What is the equation? mass, m1 and m2 respectively varies directly as the
2
a. 2x -17x+10=0 square of the distance between them. If the mases
2
b. x -14x+9=0 of the bodies and the distance between them is
2 doubled, the force of attraction will become
c. 10x -5x+2=0
2
a. Four times
d. 12x -7x+1=0 b. Two times
c. half
22. What is the quadratic equations whose roots are 2/3
d. will not change
and -3/4?
e. no answer
a. 10x  x  8  0
2

b. 12x  x  4  0
2
31. A merchant marked a certain product for P 180,
c. 10x  x  8  0
2 which is 20% off the normal retail price is 50%
higher than the wholesale price, what is the
d. 12x  x  6  0
2
wholesale price of the product?
23. Solve for y. 9-2y  y+6 a. 120
a. y>3 b. 150
b. y1 c. 130
c. y3 d. 140
d. y1 e. no answer

24. Solve for z. -3<2z+15 32. Three consective integers are such that twice the
a. -2z<2 smallest plus 3 times the middle one plus 4 times
b. -2<z2 the largest is 155. What is the sum of these three
c. -2<z2 integers?
d. -2z<2 a. 48
b. 54
c. 51
d. 38
e. no answer

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33. A boatman rows to a place 48 km distant and back 39. The difference two numbers is 24 and their sum is
in 14 hours; he finds that he can row 4km with the 24 and their sum is 60. Find the numbers.
stream in the same time as 3km against the stream; a. 16, 40
Find the ratio of the stream b. 18, 42
a. 2 km/hr c. 20, 44
b. 1.5 km/hr d. 15, 39
c. 1 km/hr e. no answer
d. 2.4 km/hr
e. no answer 40. Alfred runs around a circular track in 60 seconds
and Barry in 30 seconds. Five seconds after, Alfred
34. The difference between two numbers is 12. If 2 is starts, Barry starts from the same point in the same
added to 7 times the smaller, the result is the same direction. When will they be together for the first
as when 2 is subtracted from 3 times the larger. time, assuming that they run around the track
Find the numbers. continously?
a. 20 and 6 a. 6.5 minutes
b. 20 and 8 b. 5.5 minutes
c. 15 and 3 c. 3.4 minutes
d. 17 and 2 d. 6.5 minutes
e. no answer e. no answer

35. The illumination receives from a light source varies 41. John started running at a speed of 10 kph. Five
as the square of the distance from the source and minutes later, Peter started running in the same
directly as its candle power. At what distance from direaction and catches up with john in 20 minutes.
a 50-cp light would the illumination be one-half What is the speed of Peter?
that received at 20 ft from a 40-cp ligtht? a. 17.5 kph
a. 10 sqr 10 b. 12.5 kph
b. 5 sqr 10 c. 15.0 kph
c. 10 sqr 5 d. 14.2 kph
d. 3 sqr 10 e. no answer
e. No answer
42. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock will the
36. The current in a wire varies directly as the hands of the clock be coincident?
electromotive force and inversely as the resistance. a. 4:21.52
If current =12 amperes when voltage= 120 volts b. 4:23.72
and resistance = 6 ohms. Find the current when c. 4:22.42
voltage = 220 volts and resistance =10 ohms d. 4:20.32
a. 13.2 e. no answer
b. 15.2
c. 22 43. How many minutes afer 10:00 o’clock will the
d. 18.5 hands of the clock be opposite each other for the
e. No answer first time?
a. 21:81
37. The sum of the squares of two consecutive odd b. 20:45
numbers is 130. Find the product of the numbers c. 22:76
a. 56 d. 21:48
b. 72 e. no answer
c. 63
d. 69 44. In his wallet, Josh has one-dollar bills, five dollar
e. no answer bills and ten dollar bills. The total amount in his
wallet is $43. If Josh has four times as many
38. If 3 is subtracted from the numerator of a certain one-dollar bills as ten dollar bills, and all together,
fraction, the value of the fraction becomes 3/5. If there are 13 bills in his wallet. How many
one is subtracted from the denominator of the same one-dollar bills does he have?
fraction, the value of the fraction becomes 2/3. a. 3
Find the original fraction b. 5
a. 34/56 c. 8
b. 36/55 d. 2
c. 38/56 e. no answer
d. 34/52
e. no answer

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45. In his wallet, Josh has one-dollar bills, five dollar 53. Find the sum of the first 40 even numbers
bills and ten dollar bills. The total amount in his a. 1640
wallet is $43. If Josh has four times as many b. 3280
one-dollar bills as ten dollar bills, and all together, c. 820
there are 13 bills in his wallet. How many d. 410
one-dollar bills does he have?
a. 3 54. In a potato race, 10 potatoes are placed 8 ft apart
b. 5 in a straight line. If the potatoes are to be picked up
c. 8 singly and returned to the basket and if the first
d. 2 potato is 20 ft in front of the basket. Find the total
e. no answer distance covered by a contestant who finishes the
race.
46. Candy worth 30 cents a pound is mixed with cansy
worth 12 cents a pound to make a mixture of 300 a. 1120 ft
pounds worth 18 cents a pound. How many pounds b. 2120 ft
of the more expensive candy must be used? c. 1210 ft
a. 100 d. 1102 ft
b. 200 55. In a lottery, tickets are numbered consecutively
c. 150 from 1 to 100. Customers draw ticket at random
d. 250 and pay an amount in cents corresponding to the
47. Coffee worth $1.05 per pound is mixed with cofee number on the tickets with numbers divisible by 5,
worth 85 cents per pound to obtain 20 pounds of a which are free. How much is realized If 100 tickets
mixture worth 90 cents per pound. How many are sold.
pounds of coffee worth $1.05 is used? a. $10
a. 5 pounds b. $40
b. 15 pounds c. $30
c. 10 pounds d. $50
d. 12 pounds
e. no answer 56. Determine the fifth term of the expansion (x2-
2 1/2.
48. The sum of twice one number and three times )
x4
another number is 23 and their product is 20. Find
the sum of two numbers. 5
a. 12 a. 
8X 23
b. 7
1
c. 9 b.  11
d. 10 2X
e. no answer 1
c.  17
2X
49. If A={8,9,10,11}, and B={13,14,15} then AB is 1
a. {9,11,12} d.  5
X
b. 
e. NO ANSWER
c. {13,14, 15}
d. {12} 57. Three married couples have purchased tickets to
stage play. Spouses are to be seated next to each
50. Which of te following statement is not correct?
other and the six seats are in a row. In how many
a. If AB, then AB=B
ways can the six people be seated?
b. If AB, then AB=A
c. {a,a,a}={a} a. 24
d. A (BC)=A(B C) b. 48
c. 6
51. From the digits 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9. Find the d. 720
number of sic digit combination.
a. 210 58. Four different colored flags can be hung in a row to
b. 240 make coded signal. How many signals can be made
c. 120 if a signal consists of the display of one or more
d. 150 flags.
52. Find the value of x given equation a. 64
x+2x+4x+8x+16x+.......+256x=1022 b. 68
a. 6 c. 66
b. 4 d. 62
c. 2
d. 1

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59. If three sticks are drawn from 5 sticks whose 65. In how many ways can one make a selection of 5
lengths are 1,2,3,4, & 5 cm. what is the probability red balls 3 blue balls, and 4 yellow balls from a box
that the three sticks drawn form a triangle? containing 10 red balls, 6 blue balls and 12 yellow
balls?
a. 0.30
b. 0.70 a. 2494800 WAYS
c. 0.50 b. 1728700 WAYS
d. 0.80 c. 1764400 WAYS
e. no answer d. 280800 WAYS
e. NO ANSWER
60. The Senate Committee on has 11 Republicans and
9 Democrats. They decide o form a subcommittee 66. A candidate is required to answer six out of ten
consisting of republicans and 3 Democrats. How questions divided into two groups of five questions
many different subcommittees are possible? each. He cannot answer more than four questions
from either group. Determine the number of ways
a. 414 in which he can choose the six questions.
b. 8424
c. 27.720 a. 250
d. 7750 b. 150
e. NO ANSWER c. 200
d. 350
61. A three digit number if formed from the digit used e. NO ANSWER
only once. How many of these are odd numbers?
67. How many district permutations can be made from
a. 90 letters of the word INFINITY?
b. 60
c. 85 a. 40320
d. 75 b. 10280
e. NO ANSWER c. 3360
d. 5710
62. There are 5 main roads between the cities A and B, e. NO ANSWER
and 4 between B and C. in how many ways can a
person drive from A to C and return, going through 68. The first and the last term of a GP is equal to 6 and
B on both trips without driving on the same route 486 respectively. If the sum of all terms is 726, find
twice? the number of terms.
a. 5
a. 250 b. 6
b. 240 c. 8
c. 280 d. 7
d. 310 e. no answer
e. NO ANSWER
69. The number 28, x+2, 112 form a GP. What is the
63. Five different MATH books, 4 different ESAS 10th term?
books and 2 different EE books are to be placed on a. 1733
a shelf with books of each subject together. Find b. 14336
the number of ways in which the books can be c. 16336
placed. d. 15336
a. 34560
1 12
70. Find the constant term in (x 
2
b. 32520 )
c. 30240 x2
d. 35420 a. 465
b. 696
64. In how many ways can 8 persons be seated at a c. 924
round table if a certain 2 persons are not to sit next d. 71
to each other?
71. How many different sums of money can be made
a. 1440 from a penny, a nickel, a dime and a quarter?
b. 4040 a. 24
c. 3600 b. 15
d. 3800 c. 12
e. NO ANSWER d. 20

72. Solve for x in the following equation:

x+4x+7x+10x+.....64x=1430
a. 4
b. 3
c. 2
d. 1

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73. Which of the following forms a Fibonacci 81. An equation which is satisfied by some, but not all,
sequence? of the values of the variablesfor which the members
a. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14... of the equation are not defined is called a:
b. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13.
c. 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37... a. Linear equation
d. 3, 7, 15, 31, 63... b. Conditional equation
c. Rational equation
74. Find the 5th term of the series whose sum of n term d. Identical equation
is given by 3n+2-6
a. 1062 82. An equation which is satisfied by all the values of
b. 1264 the variables for which members of the equation
c. 2432 are defined is:
d. 1453 a. Linear equation
e. no answer b. Conditional equation
c. Rational equation
75. There are 9 arithmetic means between 11 and 51.
d. Identical equation
Compute the sum of the progression.
a. 341 83. A complex number is one which takes the form:
b. 431 x+jy where x and y are real numbers, x is the real
c. 143 part and _____ is the imaginary part, j is the
d. 314 imaginary unit equal to sqr of 1
76. Determine the sum S of the following series S=2 a. x
+5 + 8+11 .... with 100 terms b. jy
a. 15050 c. jx
b. 15500 d. x-jy
c. 51050
d. 51505 84. A polynomial which is exactly divisible by two or
more polynomial is called as:
77. X and y are positive numbers. If z, -3, y forms a GP
and -3, y, x forms an AP. Find the value of x. a. Least common denominator
a. 6 or -3 b. Common multiple
b. 6 or -1 c. Factors
c. 4 or -3 d. Binomial
d. -6 or -3
85. A succesion of numbers in which one number is
78. The sixth term of an AP is 21 and the sum of the designated as first, anothe as third and so on is
first 17 terms is 0. Write the first three terms. called a:
a. 42, 49, 56 a. Series
b. 42, 35, 28 b. Arrangment
c. 56, 49, 42 c. Order of Numbers
d. 35, 42, 49 d. Sequence

79. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 81m. 86. All positive numbers which are used in counting
Each time it strikes the ground, it rebounds (excluding zero)
two-thirds of the distance through which it last fell. a. Natural Number
Through what distance did the ball fall when it b. Rational Number
struck the ground for the sixth time? c. Counting Number
a. 122m d. Irrational Number
b. 211m
87. _________________ Number which cannot be a
c. 222m
root of a rational integral equation
d. 322m
a. Natural
80. A stack of bricks has 61 bricks at the bottom layer, b. Transcendental
58 bricks in the 2nd layer, 55 bricks in the third c. Counting
layer and so on, until the last year which has 10 d. Irrational
bricks. Determine the total number ofbricks used e. no answer
up.
x2
a. 639 88. If f(x)= and g(y)=y+2, then f[g(2)]
x2
b. 178
c. 204
a. 6
d. 192
b. 4
c. 5
d. 3

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89. If x  3x  (K  5)x  2  K is divided by x+1 and

3 2 96. A father is twice older than his son and the sum of
the remainder is 3, then the value of K is their ages is 48. How old is each?
a. -2 a. 8, 40
b. -4 b. 16, 32
c. -3 c. 12, 36
d. -5 d. 15, 33
e. no answer e. NO ANSWER

2 97. A pump discharging 9 gpm requires 36 hours to fill

90. The value of K which will make 4x -4kx+5k a
a tank. If the pump is replaced by one that will
perfect square trinomial is discharge 16 gpm, how long will it take to fill the
a. 6
tank?
a. 64 hr
b. 4
b. 20.25 hr
c. 5
c. 16 hr
d. 3
d. 40.5 hr
e. no answer
e. no answer
91. A certain work can be done in as many days as
98. How many minutes after 2:00 o’clock will the
there are men in the group. If the number of men in
the group is reduced by 3, the job will be delayed hands of the clock extend in the opposite
by4 days. The number of men originally in the directions for the first time?
a. 40.636
group is
b. 41.636
a. 8 men
c. 43.636
b. 12 men
d. 42.636
c. 10 men
e. no answer
d. 14 men
e. no answer 99. A student left his home to attend a party one
92. The other form of log a N  b is
morning at past 6 o'clock and returned at past
3'clock. He noticed the hands of the wall clock
a. N=a b have exchanged position. What exact time did he
b. N=a/b arrive'?
c. N=b a a. 3:26.07
d. N=ab b. 3:34.62
c. 3:31.47
93. Two students were solving a problem that would d. 3:32.19
reduce it to a quadratic equation. The first student e. no answer
committed an error in the constant term and found
the roots to be 5 and 7 while the second student 100. A low cost housing electrical installation takes 10
made an error in the first degree term and gave the days for 3 electricians. How many electricians must
roots as 2 and I6. If you were to check their be hired to finish the work in 5 mo. ifthere are
solutions, the right equation is: 80:uni:ts
2
a. x +12x+35=0 a. 25
b. 16
b. -7x-14+0
c. 36
c. +18x+32=0 d. 48
d. -12x+32=0 e. no answer

94. Three sticks are drawn from 5 sticks whose lengths 101. How many license plates can be made using any
are 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9, what IS the probability that two letters for the first two places and any of the
they will form a triangle? numbers 0 through 9 for the last three?
a. 0.25 a. 38,358
b. 0.35 b. 252,000
c. 0.30 c. 35,283
d. 0.40 d. 676,000
e. No answer e. no answer

95. Tossing a coin is generally called: 102. A man travelling 40 km finds that by travelling one
a. An experiment more km per hour, he would made the joumey in 2
b. an event hrs. less time. How many km per hour did he
c. an outcome actually travel?
d. a trial a. 4
e. No Answer b. 18
c. 8
d. 6
e. no answer

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103. Find the 1996th digit of 5.27832783... 108. Harry is one-third as old as Ron and 8 years
a. 2 younger than Hermoine. If Harry is 8 years old,
b. 8 what is the sum of their ages?
c. 7 a. 40
d. 3 b. 45
e. no answer c. 48
d. 50
104. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock will the
hands of the clock be at right angle for the first 109. Three cats can kill 3 rats in 3 minutes. how many
time. minutes wil it take for 100 cats to kill 100 rats?
a. 4:5:45 a. 3
b. 4:5:42 b. 33.33
c. 4:5:23 c. 100
d. 4:7:62 d. 300
e. NO ANSWER
105. The weight W of an object above the earth varies
inversely as the square of the distance d from the 110. A falling body strikes the ground with a valocity v
center of the earth. If a man weighs 180 pounds on which varies directly as the square root of the
the surface of the earth, what would his weight be distance s it falls. if a body that falls 100 f strikes
at an altitude 1000 miles? assume the radius of the the ground with a velocity of 80 ft/sec, with what
earth to be 4000 miles. velocity will a ball dropped from the Washington
a. 92.5 Monument (approximately 550 ft high) strike the
b. 115.2 ground?
c. 28.8 a. 15.7 ft
d. 56.2 b. 16.7 ft
c. 17.7 ft
106. Bobbie has $1.54 in quarters, dimes, nickles and d. 18.7 ft
pennies. He has twice as many dimes as quarters e. NO ANSWER
and three times as many dimes as nickels as dimes.
The number of pennies is the same as the number 111. Given the z varies directly as x and inversely as y2.
of dimes. How many of each coin does he have? If x=1 and y=2, then z=2. Find z when x=3 and
a. q=2; d=4; n=12; p=4 y=4.
b. q=6; d=3; n=2; p=3 a. 1.5
c. q=4; d=4; n=3; p=4 b. 3
d. q=5; d=4; n=2; p=4 c. 2.5
d. 3.5
107. Suppose the dolls sell for 7 dollars each and toy
train sell or 18 dollars. a store sells only dolls a
train sets and the total amount received is 208
dollars. How many of toy trains were sold?

a. 22
b. 3
c. 18
d. 6

Problem

112. In a class of 40 students, 27 like Calculus and 25
like Chemistry. How many like both Calculus and
Chemistry?
113. A class of 40 students took examination in EE and
ESAS. If 30 passed in EE, 36 passed in ESAS and
2 failed in both subjects, how many students
passed in both subjects?
114. In a surveyof 100 EE reviewees regarding on what
board subject they liked, revealed the following
results:
30 like both MATH and EE; 35 like MATH
and ESAS; 35 like ESAS and EE; 70 like MATH; 60
like ESAS; and 20 like all three board subjects. How
many like EE?
115. In a surveyof 30 freshmen students on what course
they like, sixteen students say they want to take
Engineering, 16 want to take Business. Five say
they want to take both Engineering and Business,
and of these, 3 wanted to take Nursing as well. Five
want only Business, and 8 want only nursing. How
many students want Engineering only?
116. What is the coefficient of the 4th term of the
12
expansion (x + y)
117. What is the coefficient of the 4th term of the
12
expansion (x + y)
5
118. What is the coefficient of the term involving y in
8
the expansion (2x + y) ?

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5 137. In an electric circuit, the voltage is J 5 volts. lfthe

119. What is the coefficient of the term involving x in
current 1s mcreased by 2 amperes and the
2 1 10
the expansion (x + 2x ) ? resistance is dec1:cased by I ohm, the voltage is
reduced by I volt. Find the original current and
120. What is the sum of the coefficients of the expansion resistance.
8
(x + 3y) 138. In an electric circuit A, the impressed voltage is 12
volts and the resistance is 3 ohms. In c.ircuit B, the
121. What is the sum of the coefficients of the expansion voltage is 20 volts and the resistance is 7 ohms.
4 Additional batteries with a total voltage of 28 volts
(2x - 1)
are to be added to these two circuits so that after
the addition, the currents in the two circuits will be
122. Determine the sum of the first 4 terms of the equal. How much voltage should be added to each
n circuit?
sequence whose general term is given by 3  2

123. Determine the 5th term of the sequence whose sum 139. Three resistors when connected in series give a
total resistance of45 ohms and when connected in
n3
of n term is given by 2 5 parallel, give a total resistance of3 ohms. If the
resistance of the third resistor is twice the sum of
124. The 6th term of an AP is 3 and 23rd term is 54. Find the resistances of the two other resistors. Find the
the 35th term. resistance of each of the resistors.

125. The arithmetic progression starts with 3 has 9 140. Solve the following equations:
terms, and the middle term is 19. Determine the x 2 2 x1
A)Find the value of x: (a  b)  (a  2ab  b )
sum of the first 9 terms.
4
B) Find the roots of the equation 4x  1  0
126. Find the sum of all integers between 300 and 800
that are exactly divisible by 14 141. Derive the rth term ofthe binomial expansion of
n
(a  b)
127. How many terms in the expression 3, 5, 7 must be
taken in order that their sum will be 2600.
2/ 3 13
142. A) Expand to 4 terms(x  1 / 2)x
128. Find the value of x so that x-1, x+2 and x+8 are the 2
B) Find the 9th term in the expression of(x +
first three terms of the geometric sequence.
13
1/2)
129. What is the 11th term of the progression if the first C) Write the first four terms and the last term ofthe
and third terms are 1/2 and 1/6 respectively? 65
expansion of(3/x- x/3)
D. Find the term independent ofy in the expansion
130. A rubber ball is made to a fall from a height of 50 ft
2 1 9
and is observed to rebound 2/3 of the distance it of(y  y )
falls. How far will the ball travel before coming to
rest if ball continues to fall in this manner? 2 10
143. Find the middle term of ((x  2y)
131. How many 4-digit numbers less than 4000 can be
formed from the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 if each 2 n
144. If the middle term in the expansion of (x  2y) is
digit must be used only once?
4 4
k x y , find k and n
132. Determine the value of k so that the equation
2 145. Solve the following systems of equations:
x +(k-5)x = k-2=0 is a perfect trinomial square.
A) x+y+z=6
2x +Y _ z = 3
4 3 2
133. The expression x  ax  5x  bx  6 when divided x+ 2y+ 3z= 13
by (x-2) leaves the remainder 16, and when divided B) L/2 + M/3 + N/4 = 62
by (x-1) leaves the remainder 10. Find the values of L/4+ MIS+ N/6 =38
a and b. L/3 + M/4 + N/5 =47

134. An automobile starts from the intersection of two 146. Without expanding find the lOth tem1 ofthe
highways and travels north at the rate of 50km/hr expansion of
2 14
(S- 2t )
135. The area of a square field exceeds another square
by 56 square meters. The perimeter of the larger
field exceeds one half of the smaller by 26 meters, 2 1 12
147. In the expression of ((x  )
What are the sides of each field? x
Find: a)The 6th Term
b)The middle Term
136. The sum of the ar~as of two unequal square lots is
5,200 square meters. If the lots were adpcent to 6
c)The Term involving x
each other, they would require 320 meters of fence d)The Term free of x
to enclose the combined area formed by them. Find
the dimensions of each lot. 9
148. Find the sixth term in the expansion of (x/2 +y)

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26 162. The sum of the digas of a three-digit number is

149. Find the term containing x in the expansion of
twelve. The sum of the squares of the hundreds'
2 3 12
(x  x ) digit and the tens' digit as equal to the square of the
units' digits. lf the hundreds' digit is increased by
two and rhe units' digit is decreased by two, the
9
150. The term containing X in the expansion of digits will be reversed. Find the
3 1 15 number.
(x  )
x
163. April 1978. The square of a number increased by
151. Find x: 16 is the same as 10 times the digits the number.
2 2 2 Find the number.
(x  1)  24  11(x  1)
x x 164. The sum of the digits of a three-digit number is 12.
4  2  30
The middle digit is equal to the sum ofthe other two
3 3 digits and the number shall be increased by l 98 if
2 2 its digits are reversed. find the number.
x  8x 7  0
x x 165. Find three consecutive odd integers such that twice
e e  5
the sum of the first and the second integers plus
2 2 four times the third eequal to 60.
x  5x  10 x  5x  2  14  0
166. A tank full ofalcohol is emptied ofone th1rd of its
152. Maria is 36 years old, Maria was twice was old content and then filled up with water and mixed. if
when Maria was as old as Anna is now. How old is this is done 6 times, what fraction of the volume
Anna now? (original) of alcohol remains?

153. The sum of the ages of the father and his son is 99.
If the age of the son is added to the inverted age of
the father, the sum is 72. If the inverted age of the
son is subtracted from the age of the father, the
difference is 22. What are their ages?
154. Maria is 24 years old now. Maria was twice as old
as Anna was when Maria was as old as Ana is now.
How old is Ana now?
155. Pedro is as old as Juan was when Juan is twice as
old Pedro was. When Pedro will be as old as Juan
is now, the difference betwen their ages is 6 years.
Find the age of each now.
156. The sum of the ages of two boys is four times the
sum o the ages of a certain number of girls. Four
years ago, the sum of the ages of the girls was one
eleventh of the sum of the ages of the boys and
eight years hence, the sum of the ages ofthe girls
will be one half that of the boys. How many girls are
there?
157. Separate 132 into 2 parts such that the larger
div1ded by the smaller the quotient is 6 and the
remamder is 13. What are the parts?
158. A number of two digits divided by the sum of the
digits the quotient is 7 and the remainder is 6. Ifthe
digits ofthe number are interchanged, the resulting
number exceeds three times the sum of the digits
by 5. What is the number?
159. Six times the middle of a three digit number is the
sum of the other two. If the number is divided by the
sum of the digits, the answer is 51 and the
remainder is l I. If the digits are reversed, the
number becomes smaller by 198. Find the number.
160. Find the number such that their sum multipled by
the sum of their squares is 65, and their difference
multiplies by the difference of their squares is 5.
161. Three numbers are ltl the rat:o 2:5:8. Jftheirsum is
60, find the numbers.
167. How much tin and how much iron must be added to
50 kilograms of an alloy containing 10 percent tin
and 25 percent iron to obtain an alloy containing 25
percent tin and 50 percent iron?
168. How many liters of water must be added to 45 liters
of solution which is 90% alcohol in order to make
the resulting solution 80% alcohol?
169. A 40-gram solution of acid and water is 20% acid
by weight. How much pure acid must be added to
this solution to make it 30% acid
170. How much water must be evaporated from 8O liters
of 12% solution of salt in order to obtain a 20%
solution of salt? How many liters of water must be
added to 100 liters of 85% sulfuric acid solution to
produce 60% sulfuric acid solution?
171. A certain solution should contain 8% alcohol. It was
mistakenly mixed to contain 6% alcohol, how much
must be drawn from a 5-L tank and replaced by
I0% alcohol solution to provide the proper
concentration?
172. A certain amount of 80% sugar solution added to
another amount of 40% sugar solution yields a
solution that contains 14 kg of sugar. Had the
amount been reversed, the solution would have
contained 16 kg sugar. How much of the 80%
solution was there
173. A florist wishes to make bouquet of mixed spring
flow ers. Each bouquet is to be made up of tulips at
S 30 a bunch and daffodils at $21 a bunch. How
many bunches of each should she use to make 15
bunches which she can sell for $24 a bunch
174. A store manger wishes to reduce the price on her
fresh ground coffee by mixing two grades. If the
has 50 pounds of coffee which sells for $l0 per
pound, how much coffee worth $6 per pound must
she mix with it so that she can sell the final mixture
for S 8.50 per pound?

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175. Mr. Abernathy purchases a selection of wrenches
for his shop. His bill is $78. He buys the same
number of $1.50 and $2.50 wrenches, and half that
many of $4 wrenches. The number of $3 wrenches
is one more than the number of $4 wrenches. How
many each did he purchase? (Hint: if you have nor
worked with fraction-s, use decimals for all
fi?actional parts.)
176. Terry bought some gum and some candy. The
number of packages of gum was one more than
the number of mints The number of mints was
three the number of candy bars. If gum was 24
cents a package, mints were l 0 cents each, and
candv bars were 35 cents each, how many of each
did he get for $5.72?
177. A chemist has 300 grams of 20% hydrochloric acid
solution. He wishes to drain some off and replace it
with an 80% solution so as to obtain a 25%
solution. How many grams must he drain and
replace with the 80% solution?
178. At the recent Olympic games in Montreal, Canada,
a team which participated in 1600 meters relay
event had the following individual speed. First
runner, 24 fourth kph, second runner, 20kph, third
runner, 22kph and fourth runner, 23 kph. What wa
the team's speed?
179. A troop camp of soldiers after they marched l5km
going to the concentration camp after they were
forced to surrender at the same time that the
victorious general who is supervising the "march"
rode from the rear of the troop to the front and back
at once to the rear. If the distancecovered victorious
by general is 25 km and both the troop and general
traveled at uniform rate, how long is the troop?
180. Two cyclists are practicing on a circular tract of
circumference 276 meter. Starting at the same
instant and from the same place, when they run in
opposite directions they pass each other every 6
seconds and when the run the same direction the
faster passes the slower every 23 seconds.
Determine their rates.
181. Mr. Kasbcrg rides his bike at 6mph to the bus
station. He then rides the bus to work, averaging 30
mph. lf he spends 20 minutes less time on the bus
than on he bike, and the distance from his house to
work is 26 miles, what is the distance from his
house to the bus station?
182. Two cars A and B start at the same point and at the
same time and travel in opposite directions, car B
travelling 20 km/hr slower than A. If they are 420
kilometers apart after 3 hours, find the rate of each.
183. A one kilometer long caravan of men is walking at a
constant rate. A man from the rear end walks
towards the head and back to the rear at the instant
when the caravan has covered a distance of one
kilometer. Find the total distance travelled by the
man.
184. A man walked 24 km in timeT. During the first part
of his time, he walked at 6 kph and the last part at 4
kph. Had he reversed his rates, he would have
walked two km more. Find the timeT.
SET A
185. A traffic check counted 390 cars passing a certain
spot on one day and 430 cars at the same spot on.
the second day. On the first day, there were three
times as many cars going east and half as many
going west as on the second day. What was the
total number of eastbound cars and the total
number of west bound cars for the two days?
186. A man is sent to deliver an important package and
travels by car 75. kilometers per hour from point A
to B and then by airplane to point C against a wind
blowing 40 kilometers per hour. the airplane can fly
280 km/hr in still air. if the package carriertakes 3
2/3 hours in going from A to C and 3 1/6 hours for
the return trip, what is the total distance of travel
covered by the man?
187. A motorcycle messenger left the rear of a
motonzed troop 8 kilometers long and rode to the
front of the troop, returning at once to the rear. how
far did he ride,if the troop travelled 15 kilometers
during this time and each travelled at a uniform rate
188. An army officer made the first part of a trip on a
plane which flew at the rate of 210 kilometers per
hour. At the landing field, he was met by a jeep
which Took him rest of the way to his destination at
rate of 40 kilometers per hour. The trip required 3
hours and 15 minutes. On his return trip the jeep
travelled at the rate of 50 kilometers per hour and
the plane which he took flew at the rare of 200
kilometers per hour. The return journey required the
same amount of time, but this inciuded a minute
which he spent waiting for the plane to take off Find
the total distance that he flew and the total distance
that he travelled by jeep
189. ln a family, there are 8 children, two of them are
twins. The youngest is 3 years old and the eldest is
21 years old. Their agespare 1t1 arithmetic
progression. There are three children younger than
the twins. How old are the twins?
190. A BMW cardnves from A toward Cat 30 miles/ hr.
Another car starting from .B at the same time,
drives towards A at20 mi/hr. IfAB =20 miles, find
when the cars will be nearest together.
191. Two boats started their voyages is in a straight line
towards each other. One has an average
navigational speed of 30 km/h and the other one
has an average of 20kph. Assuming that they can
not avoid a collision, how long will it take before the
collision occurs? How far each boat have travelled
before the collision
192. A boat's crew rowing at half their usual rate can
negotiate 2 km. down a river and back in one hour
and 40 minutes. At their usual rate in still water,
they would have gone over the same course in 40
min. Find their rate of rowing in still water
193. A sets out to walk at the rate of four km per hour.
After he had been walking for 2-3/4 hours, B sets
out to overtake and went 4-l/2 km the first hour,
4-3/4 km the second hr 5 km the third hr and so on
gaining 1 quarter of a km every hour. In how many
hours would B overtake A?
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194. A besieged fortress is held by 5700 men who have
provisions for 66 days. If the garrison loses 20 men
each day, for how many days can the provisions
hold out?
195. The sum ofthree numbers in arithmetic progression
is 60. If the numbers are increased by 2, l, and 28,
respectively, the new numbers will be in the
arithmetic progression. Find the arithmetic
progression.
196. Three numbers are in arithmetic progression. Their
sum is 15, and the sum of their squares is 83. Find
the numbers.
197. A 20-liter container is filled with pure acid. Five
liters are drawn off and replaced with water; then 5
liters of the mixture are drawn offand replaced with
water, and so on until 5 drawings and 5
replacements have been made. Find the amount
ofacid in the final mixture.
198. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 27 meters.
Each time that it hits the ground it bounces to a
height 2/3 of that from which it fell. Find the distance
that it travels up to the time that it hits the ground for
the 5th time. The total distance trave11ed by th'o
bail until it comes to rest.
199. A man wishes lo buy a piece of!and worth 150,000
pesos. If it were possible for hm1 to save one
centavo on the first day, two centavos on the
second day, 4 centavos on the third day and so on,
in how many days would he save to be able to buy
the land?
200. The population of the Philippines doubled in the last
50 years fi?om 1935 to 1985. Assuming that the
rate of population increase will remain the same, in
what year will our population triple?
201. A man cuts a piece of paper 0.03 mm thick into
three equal parts. Then he cuts each of these parts
into three equal parts again and the process is
repeated 10 times after which he piles together the
pieces of paper. How thick is the pile?
202. A rich man called his seven sons. He had with him
a number of pebbles, each pebble representing a
gold bar. To his first son, he gave half the pebbles
that he had and one pebble more. To his second
son, he gave half the remaining pebbles and one
pebble more. He did the same to each of his five
other sons and then found out that he had one
pebble left. How many pebbles were there initially?
203. A man receives a salary of P36,000 per annum for
the first year and a 10 percent raise every year for
ten years. What is his salary dunng the fifth year?
204. A car running at 25 kilometers per hour can cover a
cetain distance in 8 hours. By how many kilometers
per hour must its rate be increased in order to cover
the same distance in three hours less?
205. The 8th term ofanAP is3 ;;j;ile its 84th tetm is 273.
Find the 35th term.
206. Find the sum to infinity of I/3, 1/27, 1/243
SET A
207. In the series I.0 I, l.O, .099, .098 ... Find the 80th
term.
208. Find the sum of 3 + 0.4 + 0.05 + 0.004 + 0.0005
+...
209. A farmland is to be plowed for P10,000. Farmer 1
can be plow the field in 3 days. The same job can
be done by farmer 2 in 5 days. How long will it take
to plow the field if the 2 farmer will work together'1
How much should each receive?
210. A, B and C can do a piece of wor:k in 10 days, A
and B can do it in 12 days, A and C in 20 days. How
many days would it take each to do the work alone?
211. A and B can do a job in 12 days. A and C can do
the same job in 18 days while B and C can do it in
24 days. How long will it take A, B and C to do the
job together?
212. A garden can be cultivated by 8 boys in 5 days.
The same job can be done 5 men in 6 days. How
long will it take to finish the job if A) the 8 boys and
5 men will work together? B) only 6 boys and 3 men
will work together? C) two days after the 5 men
were working the 8 boys arrived to help?
213. Bill, Bob, and Barry are hired to paint signs. In 8
hours Bill can paint I sign, Bob can paint 2 signs,
and Barry can paints 1- I /3 signs. They all come to
work the first day, but Barry doesn't like the job and
quits after 3 hours. Bob works half an hour longer
than Barry and quits. How long will it take Bill to
finish the two signs they were supposed to paint?
214. Two p1pes running simultancoulsycan fill a tmk in
3 hours and 20 minutes. If both pipes run for 2
hours and the first is then shut off, it requires 2
hours more for the second to fill the tank. How long
does it take each pipe to fill it alone?
215. A man can finished a certain job in three-fourths
the time that a boy can; the boy can finish the same
job in two thirds the time that a gil can and the man
and the girl working jointly can finish the job in 4
hours. How long will it take to finish the job ifthey all
work together?
216. The intake pipe to a reservoir is controlled by a
valve which automaticallv closes when the reservoir
is full and opens again when four-fifths of the water
had been drained off The intake pipe can fill the
reservoir m 4 hours and the outlet pipe can drain it
in 10 hours. If the outlet pipe remains open, how
much time elapses between the two instants that
the reservoir is full?
217. Two brothers washed the family car in 24 minutes.
Previously, when each had washed the car alone,
the younger boy took 20 min longer to do the job
than the older boy. how long did it take the older boy
to wash the car alone?
218. A swimming pool holds 54 cubic meters of water. it
can be drained at a rate of one cubic meter per
minute faster than it can be filled. Ifit takes 9
minutes longer to' fill it than to drain it, find the
drainage rate
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219. One input pipe can fill a tank alone in 8 hrs. another
input pipe can fill it alone in 6 hours and a drain pipe
can empty the full tank in 10 hours. If the tank is
empty and all the pipes are wide open, now long
will1t take to fill the tank?
220. A steel company has three blast furnaces of
varying sizes. If furnaces A, B, and Care used full
time, 800 metric tons of steel are produced per day
If A and Bare used halftime and C full time, 545
metric tons are produced. If A is not used, B is used
full time, and C halftime, 410 metric tons are
produced. How many metric tons per day does
each furnace produce?
221. Three observation planes A, B, and C, working
together, can map a certain region in 4 hours.
Planes A and B can map the reg10n in 6 hours,
planes Band C can map it in 6 hours and 40
mmutes. How long would 1t take each of the planes
working alone to map this region?
222. Two pipes running simultaneously can fill a
swimming pool in 6 hours. If both pipes run for 3
hours and the first pipe is then shut off, it requires 4
hrs. more for the second to fill the pool. How long
does it take each pipe running separately to fill the
pool?
223. A pond is being drained by a pump. After 3 hours,
the pond is half empty. A second pump ;spit into
opcratwn, and together the two pumps finish
emptying the pond in half an hour. How long would
it take the second pump drain the pond if it f,3d to
the same job alone?
224. A firm advertises for workers to address
envelopes. Priscilla says she will work 100 hours.
Herb will work for 8O hours. If each can address
10,000 envelops in the time they work, long would it
tctke them to address l 0,000 envelops if they work
together?
225. A certain part can be defective because it has one
or more out ofthreec possible defects: insufficient
tensile strength a burr or a diameter outside of
tolerance limits. In a lot of 500 pcs:
19 have a tensile strength defect
17 have a burr
11 have an unacceptable diameter
12 have tensile strength and diameter defects
5 have burr and diameter defects
2 have all three defects
A) How many have no defects?
B) How many pcs have only a burr defects?
C) How many pieces have two defects?
226. During the last election, the total number of votes
recorded
in a certain municipality was 12,400. Had 2/5 of the
supporters of LABAN candidate stampede away
from the pools and 1/2 of the supporters of GAD
candidate haved likewise, the LABAN candidates
majority would have been reduced by 100. How
many votes did the LABAN & GAD candidates
actually received?
SET A
227. The President just recently appointed 25 Generals
of the Phil Army of these 14 have already served in
the war of Korea, 12 in the war of Vietnam and 10
in the war of Japan. Therefore 4 who have served
both in Korea and Japan, G have served both in
V1etnam and Korea and 3 have served both in
Japan and Vietnam. How many have served in
Japan, Korea and Vietnam.
228. One proposal in the Agrarian Reform-Program is to
have a retention limit of 10 hectares. If a landowner
was left with 10 hectares fewer than 40% of his land
after selling 6 hectares more than 70% of his land,
what size of land did he initially own?
2 2
229. From the equation m  5mn  6n  0, the ration of
m to n?
230. A man leaves P60,000 to his children and
grandchildren seven all The children receive 1/3 of
it, which is P2,000 more a piece than what the
grandchildren get. How many children are there
and how many grandchildren and what does each
received?
231. The time is 3:00 o'clock and the hands of the clock
are at right angles to each other. What is the
nearest time of the clock such that the hands of it
will be at right angles again?
232. How long will it be from the time the hour hand and
the minute hand of a clock are together until they
will be together again?
233. At what time between 4 and 5 o'clock do the hands
of the clock coincide?
234. It is exactly 3 o'clock In how many seconds will the
angle formed by the hour hand and the minute hand
be twice the angle formed by the hour and the
second hand?
235. It is now between 9 and l 0 o'clock. In 4 minutes,
the hour hand will be exactly opposite the position
occupied by the minute hand 3 minutes ago. What
is the time now?
236. The kilowatt that can be transmitted safely by a
shaft varies directly as the number of revolution It
makes per minute and the cube of its diameter. If a
shaft 3 centimeters in diameter making 200
revolutions per minute can safely'transmit 60
kilowatt, what kilowatt can be safely transmitted by
a 2-centirneter shaft making 300 revolutions per
minte?
237. The time required for an elevator to lift a weight
varies directly with the weight and distance through
which it is lifted and inversely as the power of the
motor. If it takes 30 seconds for a 10 HP motor to
lift 100 Ibs through a height of 50ft, what size of
motor IS required to lift 800 lbs in 40 sec through a
height of 40 ft?
238. Eight men can excavate 15 ofdrainage open
canal in 7 hrs. Three men can backfill 10 in 4
hrs. How long will it take 10 men to excavate and
3
backfill 20 m in the project?
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239. A man is sent to deliver an important package and
travels by car 75 kilometers per hour from point A to
8 and then by airplane to point C against a wind
blowing 40 kilometers per hour. The airplane can fly
280 kilometers per hour in still air. If the package
carrier takes 3-2/3 hours in going from A to C and 3
1/6 hours for the return trip, what is the total
distance of travel covered by the man?
250. Mrs. Mahoney went shopping for some canned
goods which were on sale. She bought three times
as many cans of tomatoes as cans of peaches and
two times as many cans of tuna as cans of
peachcs. If Mrs. Mahoney purchased a total of 24
cans, how many of each did she
buy?

240. A sphere 30 cm in diameter is divided into two

segments. One of which is two times as h1gh as
the other. Find the volume of the bigger segment.

241. Two flywheels are connected by a belt The radius of

the flywheels are 30 in and 50 in. The small flywheel
has a speed of350 rpm. Determine the velocity of
the belt in ft/sec. What would be the angular velocity
of the larger flywheel

242. A cylindrical tin can has its he1ght equal to the

diameter of its base. Another cylindrical tin can With
the same capacity has its height t;qual to twice the
diameter of its base. Find the ratio of the amount
oftm required for making the two cans with covers.

243. A man piles 150 logs in layers so that the top layer
contains 3 logs and each lower layer has one more
log than the layer above. How many Jogs are at the
bottom?

244. The diameters of two spheres are in-the ratio 2:3

and the sum of their volumes is I,260 cubtc meters.
Find the volume ofthe larger sphere.

245. A body falls 16.1 meters during the first second,

48.3 meters during the second second, 80.5 meters
during the third second and so on. How long wi ll it
take the body to reach the ground if it was released
at an aititudc of 15,000 meters?

246. find the number ot terms of a geometric progression

in which the first term is 48, the last term is 384 and
the sum of the term is 720

247. A mechanical engineer bought 24 boxes of screws

P2,200. There were three types of screws bought.
Screw A costs P300 per box, screw B costs P 150
per box, and screw C costs P50 per box. How many
boxes of each type did he buy?

248. lf 20 meters are added to the length of a certain

rectangular field and 4 meters are subtracted from
the width of this field, the area will be increased 40
square meter. If 10 meters are subtracted from the
length and 5 meters are added to the width are area
will dimi,nished 50 square meters. Find the
dimensions of the? field. 14. T the new numbers will
be in geometric progression. Find the arithmetic
progression.

249. A merchant purchased two lots of shoes. One lot

the purchased for $ 32 per pair and the second lot
he purchased for $40 per pair. There were 50' pair
in the first lot. How many pairs were in the second
lot ifhe sold them all at $60 per pair and mad?e a.
gain of $2800 on the entire transaction?

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WORKSHEET 1 - ALGEBRA
Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: A PTS: 1
2. ANS: A PTS: 1
3. ANS: B PTS: 1
4. ANS: A PTS: 1
5. ANS: C PTS: 1
6. ANS: C PTS: 1
7. ANS: D PTS: 1
8. ANS: B PTS: 1
9. ANS: C PTS: 1
10. ANS: A PTS: 1
11. ANS: A PTS: 1
12. ANS: D PTS: 1
13. ANS: D PTS: 1
14. ANS: D PTS: 1
15. ANS: C PTS: 1
16. ANS: B PTS: 1
17. ANS: C PTS: 1
18. ANS: D PTS: 1
19. ANS: D PTS: 1
20. ANS: A PTS: 1
21. ANS: D PTS: 1
22. ANS: D PTS: 1
23. ANS: B PTS: 1
24. ANS: C PTS: 1
25. ANS: B PTS: 1
26. ANS: D PTS: 1
27. ANS: A PTS: 1
28. ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: AGE PROBLEM
29. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION
30. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO PROPORTION AND VARIATION
31. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: NUMBER PROBLEMS
32. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: NUMBER PROBLEMS
33. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: MOTION PROBLEMS
34. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: NUMBER PROBLEMS
35. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO PROPORTION AND VARIATION
36. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO PROPORTION AND VARIATION
37. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: NUMBER PROBLEMS
38. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: NUMBER PROBLEMS
39. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: NUMBER PROBLEMS
40. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: MOTION PROBLEMS
41. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: MOTION PROBLEMS
42. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: CLOCK PROBLEM
43. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: CLOCK PROBLEM
44. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: COIN PROBLEM
45. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: COIN PROBLEM
46. ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: COIN PROBLEM
47. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: NUMBER PROBLEMS
48. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: NUMBER PROBLEMS
49. ANS: B PTS: 1 TOP: SET THEORY
50. ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: SET THEORY
51. ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: PERMUTATION AND COMBINATION
52. ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION
53. ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION
54. ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: MOTION PROBLEM
55. ANS: B PTS: 1 TOP: PERMUTATION AND COMBINATION
56. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL
57. ANS: B PTS: 1 TOP: PERMUTATION AND COMBINATION
58. ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: PERMUTATION AND COMBINATION
59. ANS: B PTS: 1 TOP: PERMUTATION AND COMBINATION
60. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: PERMUTAION AND COMBINATION
61. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: PERMUTAION AND COMBINATION

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62. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: PERMUTAION AND COMBINATION

63. ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: PERMUTAION AND COMBINATION
64. ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: PERMUTAION AND COMBINATION
65. ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: PERMUTAION AND COMBINATION
66. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: PERMUTAION AND COMBINATION
67. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: PERMUTAION AND COMBINATION
68. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION
69. ANS: B PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION
70. ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION
71. ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION
72. ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION
73. ANS: B PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION
74. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION
75. ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION
76. ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION
77. ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION
78. ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION
79. ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: MOTION PROBLEM
80. ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION
81. ANS: B PTS: 1 TOP: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION
82. ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION
83. ANS: B PTS: 1 TOP: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION
84. ANS: B PTS: 1 TOP: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION
85. ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION
86. ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION
87. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION
88. ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION
89. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION
90. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION
91. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION
92. ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION
93. ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION
94. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION
95. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION
96. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: AGE PROBLEM
97. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: WORK AND DISCHARGE PROBLEMS
98. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: CLOCK PROBLEMS
99. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: CLOCK PROBLEMS
100. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION
101. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION
102. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION
103. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION
104. ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: NUMBER PROBLEM
105. ANS: B PTS: 1 TOP: NUMBER PROBLEM
106. ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: COIN PROBLEM
107. ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: NUMBER PROBLEM
108. ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: AGE PROBLEM
109. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: NUMBER PROBLEM
110. ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: NUMBER PROBLEM
111. ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

PROBLEM

112. ANS:
12

PTS: 1 TOP: VENN DIAGRAM

113. ANS:
28

PTS: 1 TOP: VENN DIAGRAM

114. ANS:
5

PTS: 1 TOP: VENN DIAGRAM

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115. ANS:
7

PTS: 1 TOP: VENN DIAGRAM

116. ANS:
220

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

117. ANS:
220

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

118. ANS:
448

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

119. ANS:
8065

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

120. ANS:
65536

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

121. ANS:
0

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

122. ANS:
128

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

123. ANS:
128

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

124. ANS:
90

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

125. ANS:
171

PTS: 1 TOP: NUMBER PROBLEMS

126. ANS:
17792

PTS: 1 TOP: NUMBER PROBLEMS

127. ANS:
52

PTS: 1 TOP: NUMBER PROBLEMS

128. ANS:
4

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

129. ANS:
1/2

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

130. ANS:
300

PTS: 1 TOP: MOTION PROBLEMS

131. ANS:
120

PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION

132. ANS:
3 or 11

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

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133. ANS:
a=-11/3 b=5/3

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

134. ANS:
Four minute later another automibile starts from same inter

PTS: 1 TOP: BASIC ALGEBRA

135. ANS:
Ans. larger field, 9m or 25/3m; smaller field, 5mor ll/3m

PTS: 1 TOP: BASIC ALGEBRA

136. ANS:
60m and 40m or 68rn and 24m

PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

137. ANS:
5 amp., 3 ohms

PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

138. ANS:
6 volts to A and 22 volts to B

PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

139. ANS:
5, 10 & 30 ohms

PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

140. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: PERMUTATION AND COMBINATION

141. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

142. ANS:
84

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

143. ANS:
10 5
-8064x y

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

144. ANS:
n=8, k=1120

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

145. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

146. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

147. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

148. ANS:
4 4
63/8x y

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

149. ANS:
26
66x

PTS: 1

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150. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

151. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: POLYNOMIAL

152. ANS:
24 years

PTS: 1 TOP: AGE PROBLEM

153. ANS:
74 & 25

PTS: 1 TOP: AGE PROBLEMS

154. ANS:
16 years old

PTS: 1 TOP: AGE PROBLEM

155. ANS:
JUAN= 24 YEARS OLD PEDRO= 18 YEARS OLD

PTS: 1 TOP: AGE PROBLEMS

156. ANS:
4 GIRLS

PTS: 1 TOP: AGE PROBLEM

157. ANS:
17 & 115

PTS: 1 TOP: DIGITAL/NUMBER PROBLEMS

158. ANS:
83

PTS: 1 TOP: DIGITAL/NUMBER PROBLEMS

159. ANS:
725

PTS: 1 TOP: DIGITAL/NUMBER PROBLEMS

160. ANS:
2&3

PTS: 1 TOP: DIGITAL/NUMBER PROBLEMS

161. ANS:
8, 20, 32

PTS: 1 TOP: DIGITAL/NUMBER PROBLEMS

162. ANS:
345

PTS: 1 TOP: DIGITAL/NUMBER PROBLEMS

163. ANS:
8, 2

PTS: 1 TOP: DIGITAL/NUMBER PROBLEMS

164. ANS:
264

PTS: 1 TOP: DIGITAL/NUMBER PROBLEMS

165. ANS:
5, 7, 9

PTS: 1 TOP: DIGITAL/NUMBER PROBLEMS

166. ANS:
64/729

PTS: 1 TOP: MIXTURE PROBLEMS

167. ANS:
27.5kg (tin), 52.5 kg (iron)

PTS: 1 TOP: MIXTURE PROBLEMS

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168. ANS:
5.63L

PTS: 1 TOP: MIXTURE PROBLEMS

169. ANS:
5.71 grams

PTS: 1 TOP: MIXTURE PROBLEMS

170. ANS:
32 L 39
41.6

PTS: 1 TOP: MIXTURE PROBLEMS

171. ANS:
2.5L

PTS: 1 TOP: MIXTURE PROBLEMS

172. ANS:
10 kg

PTS: 1 TOP: MIXTURE PROBLEMS

173. ANS:
x= 5 bunches at $30 each
15-x=10 bunches at $21 each

PTS: 1 TOP: MIXTURE PROBLEMS

174. ANS:
x=30 pounds of $6 coffee

PTS: 1 TOP: MIXTURE PROBLEMS

175. ANS:
x=5, 2x=10, 2x=10, x+1=6

PTS: 1 TOP: MIXTURE PROBLEM

176. ANS:
X=4, 3X=12, 3X+1=13

PTS: 1 TOP: MIXTURE PROBLEMS

177. ANS:
x=25

PTS: 1 TOP: MIXTURE PROBLEM

178. ANS:
22.149kph

PTS: 1 TOP: RATE AND MOTION PROBLEMS

179. ANS:
8km

PTS: 1 TOP: RATE AND MOTION PROBLEMS

180. ANS:
F=29m/s S=17m/s

PTS: 1 TOP: RATE AD MOTION PROBLEMS

181. ANS:
6x = 6 miles

PTS: 1 TOP: RATE AND MOTION PROBLEMS

182. ANS:
60 kph, 80 kph

PTS: 1 TOP: RATE AND MOTION PROBLEMS

183. ANS:
2.414 KM

PTS: 1 TOP: RATE AND MOTION PROBLEMS

184. ANS:
5 hrs

PTS: 1 TOP: RATE AND MOTION PROBLEMS

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185. ANS:
280 east, 540 west

PTS: 1 TOP: RATE AND MOTION PROBLEMS

186. ANS:
D=605km t 1 =1.5 hr t 2 =5/3 hr

PTS: 1 TOP: RATE AND MOTION PROBLEMS

187. ANS:
25 km

PTS: 1 TOP: RATE AND MOTION PROBLEMS

188. ANS:
532 KM (BY PLANE) & 28 2/3 KM (BY JEEP)

PTS: 1 TOP: RATE AND MOTION PROBLEMS

189. ANS:
12 years

PTS: 1 TOP: RATE AND MOTION PROBLEMS?

190. ANS:
24 MIN

PTS: 1 TOP: RATE AND MOTION PROBLEMS

191. ANS:
4 hrs, 120 km, 80km

PTS: 1 TOP: RATE AND MOTION PROBLEMS

192. ANS:
32/5 km/hr

PTS: 1 TOP: RATE AND MOTION PROBLEMS

193. ANS:
8hrs

PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION

194. ANS:
76 days

PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION

195. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION

196. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSIO

197. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION

198. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION

199. ANS:
About 24 days

PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION

200. ANS:
2004

PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION

201. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION

202. ANS:
382

PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION

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203. ANS:
P52,707.60

PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION

204. ANS:
15 km/hr

PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION

205. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION

206. ANS:
3/8

PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION

207. ANS:
0.46

PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION

208. ANS:
38/11

PTS: 1 TOP: PROGRESSION

209. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: WORK AND DISCHARGE PROBLEMS

210. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: WORK AND DISCHARGE PROBLEMS

211. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: WORK AND DISCHARGE PROBLEMS

212. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: WORK AND DISCHARGE PROBLEMS

213. ANS:
x = 1 -1/2

PTS: 1 TOP: WORK AND DISCHARGE PROBLEMS

214. ANS:
200 min

PTS: 1 TOP: WORK AND DISCHARGE PROBLEMS

215. ANS:
8/3 hours

PTS: 1 TOP: WORK AND DISCHARGE PROBLEMS

216. ANS:
13.3 hr

PTS: 1 TOP: WORK AND DISCHARGE PROBLEMS

217. ANS:
40 minutes

PTS: 1 TOP: WORK AND DISCHARGE PROBLEMS

218. ANS:
3 cu.m/min

PTS: 1 TOP: WORK AND DISCHARGE PROBLEMS

219. ANS:
5.22hours

PTS: 1 TOP: WORK AND DISCHARGE PROBLEMS

220. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: WORK AND DISCHARGE PROBLEMS

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221. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: WORK AND DISCHARGE PROBLEMS

222. ANS:
8 & 24

PTS: 1 TOP: WORK AND DISCHARGE PROBLEMS

223. ANS:
x = 1 -1/5

PTS: 1 TOP: WORK AND DISCHARGE PROBLEMS

224. ANS:
x=44 -4/9

PTS: 1 TOP: WORK AND DISCHARGE PROBLEMS

225. ANS:
A) 475
B) 2
C) 18

PTS: 1 TOP: VENN DIAGRAM

226. ANS:
7000 5400

PTS: 1 TOP: VENN DIAGRAM

227. ANS:
2 generals.

PTS: 1 TOP: VENN DIAGRAM

228. ANS:
40 Hectares

PTS: 1 TOP: FRACTION AND PERCENTAGE PROB

229. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: FRACTION AND PERCENTAGE PROB

230. ANS:
5; 2; P8,000; P10,000

PTS: 1 TOP: FRACTION AND PERCENTAGE PROB

231. ANS:
32.72 minutes

PTS: 1 TOP: CLOCK PROBLEMS

232. ANS:
1 hr and 5.45 min

PTS: 1 TOP: CLOCK PROBLEMS

233. ANS:
4:21.82 o'clock

PTS: 1 TOP: CLOCK PROBLEMS

234. ANS:
22.4 seconds

PTS: 1 TOP: CLOCK PROBLEMS

235. ANS:
9:20

PTS: 1 TOP: CLOCK PROBLEMS

236. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

237. ANS:
48HP

PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

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238. ANS:
9.87 hrs

PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

239. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

240. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

241. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

242. ANS:
0.9524

PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

243. ANS:
17 logs

PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

244. ANS:
972 cu. m

PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

245. ANS:
30.5 seconds

PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

246. ANS:
4 terms

PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

247. ANS:
a=2, b=5, c=17

PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

248. ANS:
NO ANSWER

PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

249. ANS:
x=70

PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

250. ANS:
x=4, 3x=12, 2x=8

PTS: 1 TOP: RATIO, PROPORTION AND VARIATION

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