Algebra

Number System
1. The number 7 + 0i best describe as:
a. Irrational number c. Imaginary
b. Real number* d. Surd
2. Evaluate square root of negative 5 multiplied by square root of negative 14.
a. square root of 70* c. 70i
b. Square root of 70 d. square root of 70i
3. Compute the value of (1 + i)^7
Significant Figures
4. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. 0.0010 has one significant figure
b. 200 has two significant figures*
c. 100.00 has five significant figures
d. 1.000328 has three significant figures
Least Common Multiple
5. What is the least common multiple of 15 and 18?
6. An Engineer goes to the gym every 12 days and a Nurse every 8 days. They are in the gym exercising today. How many
days will it be until they exercise together again?
Greatest Common Factor
7. What is the greatest common factor of 70 and 112?
8. Two tankers contain 825 liters and 675 liters of diesel fuel respectively. Find the maximum capacity of a container
which can measure the diesel fuel of both the tankers when used an exact number of times.
System of Equations
2 2
9. Solve the value of x: 3 + 3 = 174
10. If 3^x = 9^y and 27^y=81^z, then find the value of x/y:
+2
11. Resolve into partial fraction 2
7+12
12. What is the remainder of the polynomial 4x3-8x2-9x+7 is divided by (2x 3)?
13. Given f(x) = (x+3)(x-4)+4, if f(x) is divided by (x-k) the remainder is k. Solve the value of k.
Logarithms
14. Solve the value of x: log of 81 base 3 is x.
15. If log 2 = x and log 3 = y, what is the value of log 1.2?
Quadratic Equations
16. Find the value of x: square root of (20 x) = x.
17. Two reviewees attempt to solve a problem that reduces to a quadratic equation. One of the reviewees made a
mistake in the constant term and gave an answer of 8 and 2 for the roots. The other reviewee made a mistake in the
coefficient of the first degree term and gave an answer of -9 and -1 for the roots. If you are to check their solutions,
what would be the correct quadratic equation?
Age Problem
18. Roberto is 25 years younger than his father. However his father will be twice his age in 10 years. How old is Roberto?
19. The age of Diophantus, a Greek mathematician may ne calculated from the epitaph which reads as follows:
Diophantus passed 1/6 of his life in childhood, 1/12 in youth, 1/7 as a bachelor. Five years after his marriage was
born a son who died 4 years before his father at half his fathers final age. How old was Diophantus when he died?
Mixture Problem
20. If an alloy containing 30% silver is mixed with a 55% silver alloy to get 800 pounds of 40% silver alloy, how much of
the 30% silver alloy must be used?
21. The gasoline tank of a car contains 50 liters of gasoline and alcohol, the alcohol comprising 25%. How much of the
mixture must be drawn off and replaced by alcohol so that the tank contain a mixture of which 50% is alcohol?
Work Problem
22. Twelve men can finish the job in 16 days. Five men were working at the start and after 8 days 3 men were added.
How many days will it take to finish the job?
23. Pedro can paint a fence 50% faster than Juan and 20% faster than Pilar, and together they can paint at a given fence
in 4 hours. How long will it take Pedro to paint the same fence if he had to work alone?
24. One pipe can fill a tank in 5 hours and another pipe can fill the same tank in 4 hours. A drain pipe can empty the full
content of the tank in 20 hours. With all three pipes open, how long will it take to fill the tank?
 25. The father can do a certain job in 9 days while his son can do the same job in 16 days. On a given day, they started
working together, but after four days the son left and the father finished the job alone. How many more days did the
father worked alone?
Clock Problem
26. How many minutes after 7 oclock will the hands of the clock be: together; opposite each other; and at right angles
with each other?
Motion Problem
27. Two turtles A and B start at the same time move towards each other at a distance of 150 m. The rate of turtle A is 10
m/s while that of 20 m/s. A fly flies from one turtle to the other at the same time that the turtles start to move
toward its each other. The rate of the fly is constant at 100 m/s. Determine the total distance travelled by the fly until
the two turtle met.
28. Two jet planes traveling towards each other took the same time from two airports located 4800 km apart. If they
meet after 2 hours, determine the speed of the faster plane if it is flying at a speed of 160 kph faster than the other.
Digit Problem
29. Given a 3-digit number. The sum of the digits 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 number.
Arithmetic Progression
30. The 5th term of an AP is 17 and the 3rd term is 10. Find the 8th term.
a. 32.5 c. 45.5
b. 27.5* d. 40.5
31. A family has 8 children, two of whom are twins. The youngest is 3 years old and the oldest is 21 years old. Their ages
are in arithmetic progression. There are three children younger than the twins. How old are the twins?
a. 10 c. 14
b. 12* d. 15
Geometric Progression
32. If the 4th term of GP is 216 and the 6th term is 1944, find the 8th term.
a. 18692 c. 16486
b. 17496* d. 21664
33. If one-fourth of the air in a tank is removed by each stroke of an air pump, find the fractional part of the air remaining
after seven strokes of the pump.
a. 0.75 c. 0.0123
b. 0.1336* d. 0.1645
Harmonic Progression
34. The 2nd and the 4th terms of a HP are 4/5 and the -4. Find the 5th term.
a. 1 c. -2
b. -1* d. 2
Variation Problem
35. The illumination receives from a light source varies inversely as the square of the distance from the source and
directly as its candle power. At what distance from a 50-cp light would the illumination be one-half that received at 20
ft from a 40-cp light?
a. 10 sq. rt. Of 10* c. 10 sq. rt. Of 5
b. 5 sq. rt. Of 10 d. 3 sq. rt. Of 10
Diophantine Equation Problem
36. A man bought 20 chickens for P200. The cocks cost P 30 each, the hens P 15 each and the chicks at P 5 each. How
many cocks did he buy?
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2* d. 4
Venn Diagram Problem
37. A certain part can be defective because it has one or more out of three possible defects: insufficient tensile strength,
a burr or a diameter outside of tolerance limits. In a lot of 500 pieces: 19 have tensile strength, 17 have burr, 11 have
unacceptable diameter, 12 have tensile strength and burr defects, 7 have tensile strength and diameter defects, 5
have burr and diameter defects, and 2 have three defects. How many of the pieces have no defects?
a. 450 c. 475*
b. 500 d. 425
 Trigonometry
1. Which of the following is 10. If sin A = 2.571x, cos A = 3.06x, is 26 N of E. Approximate the
equivalent to 180 degrees? and sin 2A = 3.939x, find the shortest distance of tower C to
a. 3200 mils value of x. the highway.
b. 100 grads a. 0.350 a. 364 m
c. /2 rad b. 0.250 b. 374 m
d. all of these c. 0.100 c. 384 m
2. What is the measure of 2.25 d. 0.150 d. 394 m
revolutions counter-clockwise? 11. At a point A south of a tower the 17. The sides of a triangle are 8 cm,
a. -835 degrees angle of elevation of the top of 10 cm, and 14 cm. Determine the
b. -810 degrees the tower is 50 degrees. At radius of the inscribed and
c. 805 degrees another point B, 200 m east of A, circumscribing circle.
d. 810 degrees the angle of elevation is 22 a. 2.45, 7.14
3. If the supplement of an angle is degrees. Find the height of the b. 2.45, 8.14
5/2 of its complement, find the tower. c. 3.43, 7.14
value of ? a. 85.9 m d. 5.43, 9.34
a. 30 b. 98.6 m 18. Solve for x in the equation:
b. 50 c. 85.3 m arctan(2x) + arctan(x) = /4.
c. 25 d. 78.4 m a. 0.281
d. 15 12. An airplane having a speed of 120 b. 0.182
4. Find the angle in mils subtended miles an hour in calm air is c. 0.218
by a line 10 yards long at a pointed in a direction 30E of N. d. 0.821
distance of 5000 yards. A wind having a velocity of 15 19. If 77 + 0.40x = arctan (cot 0.25x),
a. 2.5 mils miles an hour is blowing from the solve for x.
b. 2 mils northwest. Find the speed of the a. 10
c. 4 mils airplane relative to the ground. b. 30
d. 1 mil a. 223 mph c. 20
5. If the sine of angle A is given as K, b. 175 mph d. 40
what would be the tangent of c. 117 mph 20. The corresponding sides of the
angle A? d. 124 mph two similar triangles are in the
a. hK/o 13. Solve angle A of an oblique ratio 3:2. What is the ratio of
b. aK/h triangle ABC, if a = 25, b = 16, and their areas?
c. ha/K C = 94.1. a. 9:4
d. hK/a a. 52 degrees and 40 b. 3:4
6. A man, who can row 6 kph in still minutes c. 6:4
water, heads directly across the b. 50 degrees and 30 d. 9:5
current of a river flowing at the minutes 21. Solve the other side c of the
rate of 4.5 kph. Find the actual c. 54 degrees and 30 spherical triangle whose given
rate and direction of his motion. minutes parts are: a = 72 27' , b = 61 49'
a. 7.5 km/hr @ 53.13 d. 49 degrees and 32 and C = 90.
b. 8.5 km/hr @ 54.14 minutes a. 9 5'
c. 4.5 km/hr @ 53.13 14. A pole cast a shadow 15 m long b. 8 11'
d. 6.5 km/hr @ 54.14 when the angle of elevation of c. 7 11'
7. In which quadrant will angle A the sun is 61. If the pole is d. 11 5'
terminates if sec A is positive and leaned 15 from the vertical 22. Solve side c based on the given
csc A is negative? directly towards the sun, isosceles spherical triangle with
a. I determine the length of the pole. given A = B = 64 38' and side b =
b. II a. 23.45 m 81 14'.
c. III b. 15.67 m a. 12 51'
d. IV c. 54.23 m b. 13 51'
8. If sin A = 3/5 and A is in the d. 34.56 m c. 14 51'
second quadrant while cosine B = 15. Three circles of radii 3, 4 and 5 d. 15 51'
7/25 and B is in the first inches, respectively are tangent 23. Find the difference in time and
quadrant, find sin (A+B). to each other externally. Find the distance between Manila (14 36'
a. 0.936 largest angle of a triangle formed N, 121 05' E) and Tokyo (35 39'
b. -0.60 by joining the centers. N, 139 45' E).
c. 0.4 a. 72.6 degrees a. 74 mins, 1613
d. -0.82 b. 75.1 degrees nautical miles
9. Which is identically equal to (sec c. 73.4 degrees b. 54 mins, 1613
x + tan x) ? d. 73.3 degrees nautical miles
1
a. 16. Points A and B, 1000 m apart are c. 64 mins, 1520
sec tan
b. csc x - 1 plotted on straight highway nautical miles
2 running East and West. From A, d. 84 mins, 1520
c.
1tan the bearing of a tower C is 32 W nautical miles
d. csc x + 1 of N and from B, the bearing of C
 Differential Calculus
1. Differentiate: y = (x + 1) / (x + 2)
2. Differentiate: y = sq. rt. (2 3x^2)
3. Differentiate: y = cos (2x-3)
4. Differentiate: x1 + 3 at x = 2
5. Find the second derivative of y with respect to w of the function y = (2w^2 4)(3w^2 + 4).
6. Find the partial derivative of 2x^2y + xy^2 with respect to x.
2 1
7. Evaluate: lim ( )
1 1
3 2+5
8. Evaluate: lim ( )
2 3 7
9. Evaluate: lim ( csc 2)
0
10. Find the maximum value of y given: y = x^3 9x^2 + 15x 3
11. Find the point of inflection of the curve y = x^3 6x^2 +12
12. Given the curve y^2 = 5x 1 at point (1, -2), find the equation of tangent and normal to the curve.
13. The sum of two positive numbers is 21. The product of one of the numbers by the square of the other is to be
maximum, what are the numbers?
14. What is the area of the largest rectangle that can be inscribed in a semi-circle of radius 10cm?
15. Find the largest area of a rectangle that can be inscribed in the ellipse 4x^2 + 9y^2 = 36
16. Two posts, one 8 m and the other 12 m high are 15 m apart. If the posts are supported by a cable running from the
top of the first post to a stake on the ground and then back to the top of the second post, find the distance from the
lower post to the stake to use minimum amount of wire?
17. A kite, at a height of 60 ft is moving horizontally at a rate of 5 ft/s away from the boy who flies it. How fast is the cord
being released when 100 ft are out?
18. A spherical snowball is melting in such a way that its surface area decreases at the rate of 1 sq. in per min. How fast
the radius decreasing when r = 3 in.?
19. A point moves on the parabola y = x^2 9x such that Vx = 2. Find the velocity and acceleration at (9, 0).
20. The height (in feet) at any time (in seconds) of a projectile thrown vertically is: h(t) = -16t^2 + 256t. What is the
projectiles average velocity for the first 5 seconds of travel? How fast is the projectile travelling 10 seconds after it is
thrown?
21. If the radius of the sphere is measured as 5 in with a possible error of 0.02 inch, find the approximate error and the
percentage error in the computed value of the volume?
22. A rectangular parallelepiped is measured with 5 cm length, 3 cm width and 2 cm thickness. If there were errors in
measurement of 0.01 cm, 0.002 cm and 0.001 cm respectively, then what is the percentage error in the computed
volume?
23. Find the approximate radius of curvature of the function y = x^2 3x + 1 at the point (1, -1).
 Integral Calculus

1. Evaluate: sin2 d. 25.32

a. x sin2x + C 10. The area bounded by the curve y2 = 12x and the line x
b. x sin2x + C = 3 is revolved about the line x = 3. What is the volume
c. x sin2x + C generated?
d. x sin4x + C a. 190
4
2. Evaluate: 2 b. 181
(+1)(+2)
c. 188
a. 0.24
d. 184
b. 0.40
11. What is the surface area generated by revolving the
c. 0.30
d. 0.19 parabola y = x2 from x = 0 to x = 2 about the y-axis?
1 4 a. 12.74
3. Evaluate: 0 0 3
b. 14.98
a. 1 c. 11.65
b. 2 d. 13.61
c. 4 12. Find the volume formed by revolving the triangle
d. 5 whose vertices are (1, 1), (2, 4) and (3, 1) about the line
4. What is the approximate area under the curve y = 1/x 2x 5y = 10.
between y = 2 and y = 10? a. 52
a. 0.48 b. 63
b. 1.6 c. 60
c. 2.1 d. 56
d. 3.0 13. Find the centroid of a semi-circular arc of radius r.
5. Find the area between the curve y = cosh x and the x- 14. Find the coordinates of the centroid of the solid
axis from x = 0 to x = 1. generated by revolving the area bounded by y = 4x x2
a. 1.333 sq. units and y = 0 about the x = 0.
b. 1.667 sq. units 15. Find the moment of inertia of a circle of 5 cm radius
c. 1.125 sq. units with respect to its tangent.
d. 1.175 sq. units 16. Determine the moment of inertia about the x-axis of
6. Find the area bounded by the parabola x2 + y + 5 = 6x the area bounded by the curve x2 = 4y, the line x = -4,
and the x-axis. and the x-axis.
a. 32/3 a. 12.19
b. 16/3 b. 10.52
c. 31/2 c. 13.22
d. 21/6 d. 11.67
7. What is the area within the curve r2 = 16 cos ? 17. A spring having a modulus of 8.8 N/mm has a natural
a. 30 length of 250 mm. Work equal to 90, 000 N-mm is
b. 36 exerted in pulling it from a length of 300 mm to a
c. 34 length L mm. Find the final length L.
d. 32 a. 503.22 mm
8. Determine the length of the curve x = 2 (2t + 3)3/2 , y = b. 401.51 mm
3 (3 +t)2 from t = -1 to t = 3. c. 403.32 mm
a. 101.5 d. 510.21 mm
b. 103.7 18. A circular water main 4 m in diameter is closed by a
c. 107.3 bulkhead whose center is 40 m below the surface of
d. 109.2 the water in the reservoir. Find the force on the
9. Find the volume of the solid generated when the area bulkhead.
bounded by the curve y = , the y-axis, and the line y a. 4032 kN
= 2 is rotated about the y-axis. b. 4931 kN
a. 20.11 c. 4760 kN
b. 21.32 d. 4321 kN
c. 23.53
 Mechanics

Statics

1. A force of 100 kg acting horizontally to the right is to be combined with one of 50 kg acting upward and to the right at
an angle of 15 deg. with the vertical. Solve for the resultant force R and the angle between R and the 100 kg force.
2. The coordinates of two points in space are A (1,2,3) and B (4, -1, 2). Determine the angle between radius vector A and
B.
3. A block weighing 500 kN rest on a ramp inclined at 25 deg. with the horizontal. Determine the force tending to move
block down the ramp.
4. Determine the magnitude of the resultant force of the following coplanar forces: 15 N, 30 deg.; 55 N, 80 deg.; 90 N,
210 deg.; 130 N, 260 deg.
5. A load of 100 lb is hung from the middle of the rope which is stretched between two rigid walls 30 ft apart. Due to the
load the rope sags 4 feet in the middle. Determine the tension in the rope.
6. A simply supported beam is five meters in length. It carries a uniformly distributed load including its own weight of
300 N/m and concentrated load of 100 N, 2 meters from the left end. Find the reaction A at the left end.
7. A 500-kg block is resting on a 30 deg. inclined plane with = 0.3. Find the required force P acting horizontally that will
start the block up the plane.

Dynamics

1. A train changes its speed uniformly from 60 mi/hr to 30 mi/hr in a distance of 1500 ft. What is its acceleration?
2. A car travels with an initial velocity of 36 kph. If it is decelerating at a rate of 3 m/s2, how far in meters, does it travel
before stopping?
3. A stone is thrown vertically upward at the rate of 20 m/s. Find the highest point reached by the stone.
4. A balloon, rising vertically with a speed of 16 ft/s, releases sandbag at an instant when the balloon is 64 ft high. What
is the position of the sand bag in feet after its release 1/4 second later?
5. A particle's position (in inches) along the x-axis after t seconds of travel is given by the equation x= 24t2 - t3 + 10. What
is the particle's average velocity during the first 3 seconds of travel? Where is the particle and how fast it is moving
after 3 seconds?
6. A baseball is thrown from a horizontal plane with an initial velocity of 100 m/s at an angle of 30 degrees above the
horizontal. How long after will the ball attains its original vertical level?
7. A projectile with a muzzle velocity of 550 m/s is fired from a gun on top of a cliff 460 m above sea level at a certain
angle with respect to the horizontal. If the projectile hits the ocean surface 49.2 seconds after being fired, determine
the horizontal range of the projectile.
8. An automobile weighing 1455 kg traverses a 45-degree cruve at a constant speed of 48 kph. Assuming no banking on
the curve, find the force acting on the tires necessary to maintain motion along the curve.