General Education Mathematics LET Reviewer 2

General Education Mathematics
Content Area Mathematics

1. A politician wants to get his message to 2/3 of the population of 48,000 in Bulacan.
However, his advertising campaign reaches only 3/4 of the number he intended.
How many people does he actually reach?
a. 16,000
b. 10,000 c. 24,000
d. 36,000
2. Mr. Garcia owns a 10 hectare tract of land. He plans to subdivide this tract into
hectare lots. He must first set aside 1/16 of the total land for roads. How many lots
will this tract yield?
a. 30
b. 35
c. 42
d. 45
3. A meter was cut at the 35-cm mark. What is the ratio of the smaller piece to the
larger piece?
a. 7:13
b. 65:35
c. 35:100
d. 65:100
4. The carat is a unit of measure used to weigh precious stones. It equals 3.086 grains.
How many grains does a 2.8 carat diamond weigh?
a. 864.08
b. 86.408 c. 8.6408
d. 8640.8
5. A carpenter wanted three pieces of wood each 1 feet long. If he planned to cut
them from a 6-foot piece of wood, how much of the piece would be left?
a. 4 ft
b. 1 ft
c. 4 ft
d. 3 ft
6. Four mangoes cost P29.00. At that price what will 2 dozen mangoes cost?
a. Php217.50
b. Php188.50
c. Php348.50
d. Php870.00
7. If P75.00 is shared among three children in the ratio of 3:7:15. The size of the
smaller share is
a. Php9.00
b. Php15.00
c. Php25.00
d. Php35.00
1
2
8. 4 5 +3 7 = __________
3
.7
A
12
9.
103
2
=
17
2
A .7 17
10.
B.
3
35
2
17
C.
17
35
C.
1
17
D.
1
35
D.
15
17
__________
B.
How many whole numbers can divide 30 exactly?

A. Eight
B. Six
C. Five
D. Four
11. Which is the sum of the infinite progression 3/2, 1, 2/3, 4/9 . . . ?
A. 6
B. 5
C. 4
D. 7
12. Which are the next three terms in the progression 1,4,16... terms?
A. 64, 256, 1024 B. 67, 259, 1027 C. 66, 258, 1026 D. 65, 257, 1025
13. Which are the next three terms in the progression 1/125, -1/25, 1/5 . . . 7 terms?
A. -2, 6, -26
B. -3, 7, -27
C. -4, 8, -28
D. -1, 5, -25
14. Which is the equivalent common fraction of the repeating decimal 3.242424?
A. 107/33 B. 110/33 C. 109/33 D. 108/33
15. What is the difference between the largest 4-digit number and the smallest 4digit number?
A. 8999
B. 8000
C. 9998
D. 8888
16. What is the sum of all the two digit numbers which are divisible by 5?
A. 945
B. 950
C. 960
D. 1050
17. Find m in the proportion m/12 = 30/24.
A. 30
B. 15
C. 20
D. 25
18. The Miranda Family purchased a 250-pound side of beef and had it packaged.
They paid Php365.00 for the side of beef. During the packaging, 75 pounds of beef
were discarded as waste. What was the cost per pound for the packaged beef?
A. Php2.08 per pound B. Php2.50 per pound C. Php2.06 per pound D.
Php2.30 per pound
19. If a baseball player hits 10 home runs in the first 45 games, at the same rate
how many home runs can he expect to hit during the 162-game season?
A. 38
B. 42
C. 36
D. 40
20. During a recent shopping spree, Tomas and Nena bought some new accessories
for their apartment. Nena chose a crocheted throw pillow at Php24.95, and Tomas
purchased a rural landscape painting for Php135.00. How much did they actually
spend if they paid 7% sales tax on their purchases?
A. Php171.15
B. Php139.25
C. Php159.95
D. Php148.75
21. You buy a new refrigerator for Php12,800.00 and make a down payment of
Php2,500.00. If you finance the remainder at 8% annually for three years, how
much will you actually pay for the refrigerator?
A. Php12,190.00 B. Php10,300.00 C. Php12,772.00 D. Php15,272.00
22. To pass her English Test, Lucille must get 75% of the items correct. Out of 80
questions, how many must she correctly answer?
A. 55
B. 60
C. 65
D. 70
23. Employees at Shaira's Musicmart get a 20% discount on all purchases. If Theresa
buys three tapes at Php7.49 each, how much will she have to pay after her
employee discount?
A. Php16.98
B. Php19.98
C. Php18.98
D. Php17.98
24. A car dealer is offering a rebate of Php7,500.00 on any new-car purchase. If the
purchase price of a car is Php200,000.00 more than it was last year, what is the
rate of discount offered by the rebate?
A. 10%
B. 7.5%
C. 13.3%
D. 14.2%
25. How many ways can a committee of 4 people be selected from a group of 7
people?
A. 35
B. 70
C. 140
D. 210
26. In how many ways can you arrange three mathematics books (Algebra,
Geometry, Trigonometry) in order on a shelf?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 12
D. 24
27. One package is 100 pounds, and the other is 150 pounds. The weight of the
second package is how many times that of the first?
A. 1 times heavier
B. as heavy
C. 10 pounds heavier D. 20 pounds
heavier
28. How many gallons of water will fill a fish tank that is 18 inches by 12 inches by
48 inches? (There are 231 cubic inches per gallon). Round your answer to the
nearest gallon.
A. 45 gallons
B. 40 gallons
C. 47 gallons
D. 38 gallons
29. How much topsoil is needed to cover a garden 25 feet by 40 feet to a depth of 6
inches?
A. 480 ft3 B. 440 ft3 C. 500 ft3
D. 460 ft3
30. What are the next four numbers in this sequence 8, 5, 4, 9,17, ___, ___, ___, ___?
A. 4, 3, 2, 1
B. 5, 4, 3, 2
C. 6, 3, 2, 0
D. 3, 2, 1, 0
31. What day follows the day before yesterday if 2 days from now will be Sunday?
A. Tuesday
B. Saturday
C. Wednesday
D. Thursday
32. How much larger is the supplement of a 57 degree angle than the complement
of a 75 qegree angle?
A. 108 degrees B. 18 degrees
C. 105 degrees D. 123 degrees
33. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 25 feet. If one leg is 24 feet, what is the
length of the other leg?
A. 5 ft
B. 5 ft
C. 20 ft
D. 7 ft
34. Which is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 5 inches and
12 inches?
A. 17in.
B. 13 in.
C. 11in.
D. 20 in.
35. What is the smallest number that can be divided exactly by 18, 20, 15?
a. 5
b. 120
c. 180
d. 360
36. A teacher wants to group her students into groups of 3, 5 or 6. She found out
that there will always be 1 student left. What is the least number of pupils in her
class?
a. 15
b. 20 c. 31 d. 81
37. Two satellites (A and B) orbit the earth in different times. It takes 18 hrs for A
while 10 hrs for B to orbit the earth. If they are directly above each other now, what
is the least number of hours they will be directly above each other again?
a. 90
b. 120
c.150 d. 180
38. Which of the following numbers is not divisible by 2?
a. 41,236
b. 482,609 c. 513,712 d. 413,596
39. Which of the following year is a leap year?
a. 1994 b. 1995
c. 1996
d. 1997
40. What should be the least value of N so that the number 314,201,413,6N4 is
divisible by 6?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
41. If 3/5 of a roll of ribbon is 42 ft. long, how long is the entire ribbon?
a. 70 ft
b. 60 ft.
c. 54 ft.
d. 35 ft
42. If the fractions 4/5,6/10,5/8 and are arranged in ascending order, the result is?
6 5 1 4
1 6 5 4
5 1 6 4
4 5 6 1
, , ,
, , ,
, , ,
, , ,
a.
b.
c.
d.
10 8 2 5
2 10 8 5
8 2 10 5
5 8 10 2
43.
How much does of exceeds of
3
8 ?
a. 3/2
b. 9/16
c. 3/32
d. 9/32
44. Which of the following has the largest value?
a. 0.0178
b.0.0023
c. 0.0893
d. 0.0052
45. A booklet has tickets that are consecutively numbered from B123480 to B
123555. If each ticket is worth P25.00, how much is the total value of the booklet?
a. P1,875
b. P1,900
c. P2,000
d. P2,500
46. A pupil got 60% of the items on a test. He missed 8 items. What is the total
number of items?
a. 10
b. 15
c. 20
d. 30
47. At 20% discount, Rosario paid P1,400 for a pair of shoes. What is the original
price of the shoes
a. P800
b. P1,200
c. P1,500
d. P1,750
48. A number is decreased by 10% and then the result is increased by 20%. If the
result is 3,240, what is the original number?
a. 2,592
b. 2,916
c. 3,000
d. 3,150
1
1
49. If a painting is 7 2 m long and 4 2 m wide. What is the ratio of the width to
its length?
a. 3:2
b. 2:3
c. 3:5
d. 5:3
50.
Nine carpenters can build a house in 40 days. How many days will 15 carpenters
finish the same job assuming they have the same efficiency?
a. 36 days
b. 30 days c. 25 days
d. 24 days
51. The angles of the triangle have the ratio 3:4:5. What is the measure of the
smallest angle?
a. 20
b. 20
c. 45
d. 60
52. The carat is a unit of measure used to weigh precious stones. It equals 3.086
grains. How many grains does a 2.8 carat diamond weigh?
a. 864.08
b. 86.408 c 8.6408
d 8640.8
th
53. Jeff celebrated his 25 birthday on February 25, 2008. After 320 days, he got
married. When did he actually get married?
a. Jan 8, 2009 b. Jan 9, 2009
c. Jan 10, 2009
d. Jan 11, 2009
54. A defective meter stick is only 99 cm long. Using this meter stick, a wire is found
to be 3 m long. What is the actual length of the wire?
a. 2m and 97cm
b. 3m ad 3cm
c. 2m and 99cm d. 3m and 10 cm
55. Which of the following can be the lengths of a triangle?
a. 3, 4, 9
b. 5,5,10
c. 2, 6, 8
d. 3, 18, 20
56. What is the hypotenuse of a right triangle if its legs measure 5 and 12 meters?
a. 7m b. 17m
c. 13m
d. 60m
57. Two buses leave the same station at 7:00 pm. One bus travels north at a rate of
30 kph ad the other travels at 40 kph. How many km apart are the buses at 8:00
pm?
a. 70 km
b. 10 km
c. 140 km
d. 50 km
58. The measures of the interior angles of a triangle are in a ratio 2:3:4. What is the
measure, in degrees, of the widest angle?
a. 20 b. 60
c. 80
d. 100
59. The supplement of an angle is three times its measure. What is the supplement?
a. 22.5
b. 45
c. 67.5
d. 135
(
3
x2
)
(2
x +1) . What is the perimeter?
60. The length and width of a triangle are
a.
5 x1
b.
10 x2
c.
6 x x2
d.
6 x x+ 2

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