Mathematics Terminal Exam

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Maria borrowed from cooperative with 20% simple interest; The

principal is automatically deducted from the time the loan is released;
Calculate the actual interest charged by the cooperative after 2
years. *
a. 25%
b. 20%
c. 32%
d. 36%
An aircraft takes the same amount of time to flu 45 miles against the
wind as it will does to fly 60 miles with the wind; Determine the speed
of the aircraft in still air if the speed of the wind is 30 miles per hour. *
a. 220 mph
b. 210 mph
c. 215 mph
d. 225 mph
A sum of P65,000 is invested today and is left for 12 years, at which
the principal is withdrawn; The interest that has earned was left for
another 6 years; Find the amount withdrawn at the end of the 12th
year if the effective annual interest rate is 10%. *
a. P 232,521.2
b. P 211,261.1
c. P 267,821.7
d. P 246,243.2
Two resistors, 4 ohms and 15 ohms are connected in series; If the
total voltage in the circuit is 500 V, find the voltage across the 4 ohms
resistor. *
a. 133.3 volts
b. 121.3 volts
c. 152.1 volts
d. 143.7 volts
What is the horizontal pull needed to hold a girder weighing 18,000 lbs
suspended by a 100 ft cable by 12 ft from the vertical. *
a. 2175.72 lbs
b. 3210.11 lbs
c. 2870.02 lbs
d. 3100.00 lbs
A container contains 6 black and 8 white ping-pong balls, what is the
probability of getting 1 black and 1 white ping-pong ball in two
consecutive draws from the container. *
a. 0.5275
b. 0.2231
c. 0.8910
d. 0.4519
Compute the distance traveled by a car until it stops, when it travels
25 meters in the first second and travels one-thirds as far as in the
preceding seconds. *
a. 15.3 meters
b. 13.2 meters
c. 10.1 meters
d. 12.5 meters
Maricel invested P2000 more at 10% than she invested in 15%; If the
interest from the two investments is P300, calculate how much did she
invested at 15%. *
a. P 320
b. P 400
c. P 420
d. P 360
Last Name *
PALACIO

A bond pays an interest of P450 each year and has a face value of
P8,500 after 12 years; If the current value of the bond is P8,250,
calculate the interest rate earned on the bond when it has to be
redeemed. *
a. 6.33%
b. 4.12%
c. 5.64%
d. 3.33%
A vertical pipe with top and bottom diameter of 75 mm and 35 mm is
used to deliver water flowing at 50 liters per second, find the pressure
difference at a height of 2 m. *
a. 1311.1 kPa
b. 1452.1 kPa
c. 1671.9 kPa
d. 1266.7 kPa
Find 11th term of a harmonic motion, if the 3rd term is 40 and the 9th
term is 15. *
a. 350/21
b. 330/17
c. 340/27
d. 360/29
XYZ Corporation has a production capacity of 300 engines per month;
Variable cost per motor: P3000; Fixed cost of the company per month:
P350,000; Selling price per motor: P12,000; Find the number of
engines that needs to be sold each month for break-even. *
a. 30
b. 28
c. 25
d. 33
Two hundred pounds per second of water is flowing through a perfect
venturi with a throat diameter of 0.75 inches, which is placed
horizontally and a pipe diameter of 6.5 inches; Compute the static
pressure difference between the pipe and the throat, in psi. *
a. 7358.1 psi
b. 7342.6 psi
c. 7366.1 psi
d. 7388.4 psi
A hauling machine has a first cost of P82,100 and has an expected
salvage value of P3,120 after 15 years of use; Compute the book
value after 6 years using declining balance method. *
a. P 20,172.6
b. P 21,871.4
c. P 25,189.1
d. P 22,196.6
The probability of guessing 10 correct answers in a multiple choice
test of 20 items if each question has four options is ____/1000. *
a. 86
b. 72
c. 93
d. 99
Find the length of a rectangle with an area of 40 square meters, when
its length is 3.5 feet more than four times of its width. *
a. 14.52 m
b. 16.33 m
d. 12.22 m
c. 18.11 m
What is the time rate of the change in the surface area, in square ft
per second of a balloon at the instant when the volume is 125 cubic
feet and is being filled with air at a rate of 1.8 cubic feet per second? *
a. 1.16
b. 2.18
c. 3.10
d. 4.00
Let x vary directly as y and inversely as z; When x=100, y=80 and
z=35, find the value of x, when y=65 and z =54. *
a. 48.21
b. 65.01
c. 52.66
d. 36.18
Particle A initially moving at 20 m/s collides with particle B initially
moving at 100 m/s, they stick together and continue their motion
together; If each mass of the particle is 15 grams, what is the common
velocity after collision? *
a. 55 m/s
b. 58 m/s
c. 60 m/s
d. 63 m/s
Boxes from a conveyor drops at a rate of one per second; Compute
the vertical distance between the two boxes after the first box had
dropped for 10 seconds; Let g=32.2 ft/sec2. *
a. 98.1 m
b. 78.1 m
c. 88.1 m
d. 68.1 m
Mario is 8 years older than Luigi; In 10 years the sum of their ages is
38; What is the present age of Mario? *
a. 9
b. 7
c. 8
d. 5
A manufacturing plant is constructed at P150M, taxes and
miscellaneous expenses are estimated to be 10% of the construction
cost; The manufacturing plant is expected to last 45 years at a
replacement cost of P200M with operation and maintenance costs as
follows: P1M each year for 5 years, P3M each year for the next 7
years and 4M each year for perpetual life; Compute the capitalization
cost; Use 15% interest rate. *
a. P 180 M
b. P 175 M
c. P 185 M
d. P 170 M
A parent on the day of the birth of his child planed to withdraw
P30,000 each on his child’s 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd birthdays;
How much the parent need to pay into an account bearing 8% interest
compounded annually. *
a. P 32,762
b. P 32,373
c. P 32,481
d. P 32,120
The distance between two parallel lines: 4x - 8y = 15 and 3x - 8y = 28
is _____. *
a. 1.45
b. 2.53
c. 3.21
d. 1.10
Compute how many grams of alloy that is 80% gold should be melted
with 28% grams of alloy that is 50% gold to produce an alloy of 60%
gold. *
a. 14
b. 18
c. 20
d. 12
A father borrowed P30,000 from January 9, 2011 to November 8,
2011 from a lending institution with 18% simple interest; Calculate the
exact interest charged. *
a. P 4,533.8
b. P 4,467.9
c. P 4,211.3
d. P 4,129.0
A company purchased a milling machine for P62,000 and plans to
keep it for the next 20 years; Compute the depreciation in the third
year using sum-of-the-years-digit depreciation if the salvage value is
zero at the end of the 20th year. *
a. P 5,314.3
b. P 6,192.1
c. P 7,891.1
d. P 8,371.3
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The eccentricity of an ellipse with a major axis of 12 and minor axis of

10 is _____. *
a. 0.3711
b. 0.2100
c. 0.7821
d. 0.5528
Find the product of two integers if the sum of its squares is 89 and the
twice of its sum is 26. *
a. 40
b. 45
c. 50
d. 35
Ana and Sharon can finish sewing 1 box of jeans in 8 days; Ana,
working alone can finish it in 3 days less than Sharon; How long will it
take each of them to finish the work if they are working alone? *
a. 20 and 16
b. 18 and 14
c. 16 and 12
d. 14 and 10
A P200,000 worth of tractor was purchased by Company A in year
zero; The owners decided to use straight-line-depreciation method
over 20 years at an interest rate of 8% and average tax rate of 25%;
What is the present worth of the depreciation tax held? *
a. P 32,671.4
b. P 24,545.4
c. P 22,361.4
d. P 36,818.4
The angle of elevation of the top of tower B from the top of tower A is
35 deg and the angle of elevation of the top of the tower A from the
base of the tower is 50 deg; If the height of tower B is 150 meters, find
the height of tower A, both of the tower lies in horizontal plane. *
a. 94.5 meters
b. 90.1 meters
c. 87.2 meters
d. 85.3 meters
At what time after 1:00 pm will the hour hand and minute hand of a
clock first form 120 degree angle? *
a. 1:32.80
b. 1:21.82
c. 1:18.62
d. 1:12.44
A car traveling at 70 mph suddenly stopped and skids at a distance of
350 ft; Compute the total time for the car for complete stop. *
a. 5.32 s
b. 6.82 s
c. 7.21 s
d. 8.11 s
An engine has a maintenance cost of P40,000 in the 2nd year and
P52,000 in the 6th year and P74,000 in the 8th year; Compute the
equivalent annual maintenance cost of the machine for a period of 10
years if the interest rate is 8% compounded annually. *
a. P 14,291.1
b. P 13,211.0
c. P 12,910.4
d. P 15,952.5
What is the original sum of a dining table whose sale price is P8000
and having a 15% markdown sale? *
a. P 9309.91
b. P 9671.61
c. P 9411.76
d. P 9721.80
The surface area, in square feet of a sphere that has a radius of 4 ft
and center at (0, 11, 8) is _____. *
a. 180.32
b. 160.31
c. 201.06
d. 220.30
What is the volume of a cylindrical truncated prism with a base
diameter of 10, when the shortest and longest height is 8 ft and 15 ft,
respectively? *
a. 920.18 cubic meters
b. 932.20 cubic meters
c. 910.21 cubic meters
d. 903.21 cubic meters
If the probability for an employee to pass in personality exam is 2/3
and for technical exam is 4/7; How many employees took the said
examination if there are no employees failed in both examination and
there are 10 employees that pass both subjects? *
a. 36
b. 42
c. 30
d. 45
A solid object with specific gravity of 6.3 floats in a container filled with
mercury; Calculate the percentage of the volume of solid above the
surface of the mercury. *
a. 58.1%
b. 50.0%
c. 53.7%
d. 56.8%
Calculate the radius of a circle that can be inscribed in a triangle with
sides of 8, 12 and 15 ft. *
a. 3.33
b. 4.62
c. 2.73
d. 5.22
Water is flowing through a 1.5 ft diameter pipe at 4000 GPM; What is
the pressure drop, in pound per square feet, for a pipe length of 300 ft;
Let f=0.016. *
a. 65.3
b. 72.1
c. 81.5
d. 78.9
Solve for x; log x + log(x-16) = 2 log 6. *
a. 16, -3
b. 15, -4
c. 18, -2
d. 17, -1
The centroid of the area bounded by the curve 3x + y = 6, x = 0 and y
= 0 is _____. *
a. ¾, 1
b. 2/3, 2
c. 3/2, -1
d. 4/3, -2
Calculate the time will it hit the ground in seconds, if a ball is thrown is
thrown from the rooftop of a building of 60 meters high above the
ground with an initial velocity of 200 m/s and directed at 30 degrees
from the horizontal. *
a. 23.82 sec
b. 18.21 sec
c. 16.31 sec
d. 20.97 sec
Compute the force generated by the engine of 8 kips vehicle when
accelerating at a rate of 9 ft per square seconds and moves a slope of
20 degrees; Let f = 0.18 for all surfaces. *
a. 4621.02 lbs
b. 3870.31 lbs
c. 3619.03 lbs
d. 4210.11 lbs
XYZ Corporation issued 100 bonds, each having a face value of
P2,500 redeemable at par at the end of 10 years; To accumulate the
funds required for redemption, the firm established a sinking fund at
an interest rate of 4% and consists of annual deposits; Compute for
the principal in the fund after 8 years. *
a. P 181,876.4
b. P 133,718.1
c. P 191,865.4
d. P 150,019.6
First Name *
HERBERT

In how many ways can you invite one or more of your 5 friend in a
circus show? *
a. 38
b. 36
c. 31
d. 34
The maintenance cost of a generator for the first year is P3,000 and is
expected to have a yearly increase of P200 until its 10th year; Find the
approximate maintenance cost of the generator over the full 10 years
if the prevailing interest rate is at 15% compounded annually. *
a. P 18,452.2
b. P 20,916.0
c. P 19,330.1
d. P 21,866.0
The shortest distance from point A (5, 7) and circle x2 + y2 + 5x + 10y
= 18 is _____. *
a. 17.21
b. 14.15
c. 16.22
d. 15.11