MATH MODULE SERIES 2

1. Evaluate the determinant c. m = yloga d. n/2n+1

1 6 0 d. m = alogy 12. How many four-digit number can be written
4 2 7 7. A chemical storeroom has a 90% acid using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 if no digit
0 5 3 solution and a 40% acid solution. How many is repeated in any number?
a. 011 centiliters of solution must be taken from each a. 3020
b. 101 to obtain 25 centiliters of a 50% acid solution? b. 3022
c. –001 a. 6 and 19 c. 3024
d. –101 b. 4 and 21 d. 3042
2. Find the value of a so that 1+a, 7+a, and 25+a c. 5 and 20 13. How many cars can be given license plates
forms a geometric progression d. 3 and 22 having 5-digit number using the digit 1, 2, 3, 4,
a. 3 8. Find the sum of the sequence ½ +1/4 + 1/8 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 with no digit repeated in any license
b. 4 +1/16 …. plate.
c. 2 a. 2 a. 15120
d. 5 b. 4 b. 15400
3. Mel gave Lea ½ of her mystery books. Lea c. 1 c. 16020
gave Benjie ½ of the books she got form Mel. d. 3 d. 15020
Benjie gave Badong ½ of the books he got from 9. If you place one cent on the first square of the 14. Find the number of permutation of the
Lea. Badong got only 4 books. How many chessboard, two cents on the second square, letters in the word “ENGINEER”?
books did Mel start with? four cents on the third, and so on, continuing to a. 33600
a. 8.5 double the amount until all 64 squares are b. 3360
b. 7.5 covered, how much money will there be in the c. 3860
c. 8 last square board? d. 3630
d. 32 a. 9 x 1015 15. How many three-digit numbers between 100
4. If the first and tenth terms of an arithmetic b. 9.22 x 1016 and 1000 can be made with the digits 0, 1, 2, 3,
sequence are 3 and 30 respectively, find the c. 9.22 x 1015 and 4 if no digit is repeated in any number?
fiftieth term of the sequence. d. 9.22 x 1018 a. 48
a. 150 10. ________ is the set, which has no elements. b. 49
b. 75 a. universal set c. 46
c. 50 b. infinite set d. 45
d. 100 c. empty set 16. How many of the arrangements of the letter
5. What is the remainder if x55+3x47-5x31- d. finite set of the word “VOLTAGE” begins with a vowel
8x24+2x18-4 is divided by x + 1. 11. There are 2n persons at a dinner dance party and end with a consonant.
a. 10 of which the number of males equals the a. 1440
b. 9 number of females. If the two persons are b. 1490
c. –9 selected at random, what is the probability that c. 1460
d. –10 the two persons selected at random are of d. 1450
6. The equation y = am is equivalent to the opposite sex? 17. Find n if P(n+2, 2) = 5 P((n-1, 2)
equation a. n2/2n-1 a. 6
a. m = logya b. n/2n-1 b. 9
b. m = logay c. n/n-1 c. 4
 d. 3 24. A bag contains nine balls numbered 1 to 9. c. 0.0781
18. How many different teams of 5 players can Two balls are drawn at random. Find the d. 0.0871
be chosen out of 12 applicants? probability that both are even. 30. A coin is tossed 6 times. Find the probability
a. 730 a. 3/18 of getting 4 heads.
b. 718 b. 5/18 a. 15/64
c. 792 c. 1/3 b. 3/8
d. 719 d. 7/18 c. 4/36
19. How many different committees of 5 25. A bag contains nine balls numbered 1 to 9. d. 13/64
members can be formed from 8 men and 6 Two balls are drawn at random. Find the 31. A card is drawn from a deck of 52 cards.
women if each committee is to have exactly 3 probability that both are odd. What is the probability that the card drawn is a
men? a. 3/18 king or a heart?
a. 830 b. 3/8 a. 16/52
b. 840 c. 1/3 b. 4/52
c. 860 d. 820 c. 13/52
d. 820 26. A bag contains 4 white and 5 black balls. If d. 15/52
20. In how many ways can 2 or more ties can be 4 balls are drawn, what is the probability that 32. Two person A and B work independently on
selected out of 8 ties. the first two balls are white and the last two are a puzzle. If the probability that A can solve the
a. 235 black? puzzle is 0.60 and that B is 0.75. What is the
b. 240 a. 4/5 probability that the puzzle will be solved?
c. 247 b. 5/63 a. 0.90
d. 245 c. 4/53 b. 0.80
21. Find n if P(n, 3) = 6C(n,5). d. 3/5 c. 0.75
a. 8 27. One bag contains 4 white and 6 black balls; d. 0.65
b. 9 a second bag contains 2 white and 8 black balls; 33. There are three applicants A, B, and C to an
c. 10 a third bag contains 5 white and 5 black balls. EE position in an electric firm. The odds that A
d. 7 One ball is drawn from each bag. Find the will get the position are 7:5 and the odds that B
22. A committee of three is to be chosen from a probability that all are white. will get the same position are 1:3. What is the
group of 5 men and 4 women. If the selection is a. 1/25 probability that either A or B will be employed?
made at random, find the probability that two b. 5/19 a. 3/7
are men. c. 3/19 b. 5/6
a. 10/21 d. 3/25 c. 3/5
b. 9/10 28. What is probability of throwing a 6 in single d. 2/7
c. 5/9 throw of two dice? 34. What are the odds in favor of C in problem
d. 11/21 a. 1/6 33?
23. A bag contains nine balls numbered 1 to 9. b. 5/36 a. 1:5
Two balls are drawn at random. Find the c. 9/51 b. 2:5
probability that one is even and the other is odd. d. 5/6 c. 3:5
a. 5/9 29. Find the probability of throwing a 4 with a d. 4:5
b. 9/10 die exactly 3 times in 7 trials. 35. Six red blocks and 4 white blocks are placed
c. 10/21 a. 0.00781 at random in a row. Find the probability that the
d. 7/9 b. 0.781 two blocks in the middle are of the same color.
 a. 2/11 41. The denominator of a fraction exceeds the 46. The sum of the digits of a 2-digit number is
b. 1/5 numerator by 4. If the numerator was tripled, 17. if 9 is added to the number, the order of the
c. 7/15 the denominator doubled, the resulting digits will be reversed. Find the number.
d. 4/15 fraction’s denominator is 1 less than the a. 69
36. In the series of nos. 2, 5, 8, 11…41, the sum numerator of the resulting fraction. What is the b. 79
is original fraction? c. 89
a. 301 a. 7/11 d. 99
b. 302 b. 8/12 47. Barry can walk at a rate of 5 km/hr and his
c. 303 c. 9/13 brother Alfie can walk at a rate of 15 km/hr.
d. 304 d. 10/14 How long would it take them to be 60 km apart
37. Johnny and Louie can clean a room in 3 hrs. 42. Richard can finish off a gallon of ice cream if they are walking at opposite directions?
After working for 2 hrs., Johnny has his snack in one hour while Philip can eat it in 45 mins. a. 2 hrs
while Louie cleaned the room alone for 2 more How long would it take both of them to b. 3 hrs
hrs. How long Louie takes to clean the room consume the gallon of ice cream? c. 4 hrs
alone? a. 15.51 min d. 5 hrs
a. 5 hrs b. 20.61 min 48. Two pipes can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours
b. 6 hrs c. 25.71 min respectively while another pipe can empty it in
c. 7 hrs d. 30.81 min 6 hours. If the 3 pipes were used at the same
d. 8 hrs 43. Annie, Betty, Carol and Dina can finish ½, time, how many hours would it take to fill the
38. Five times Greggy’s age is 10 more than his ¼, 1/8, and 1/6 of a job respectively in one day. tank?
grandfather’s age. If the sum of their ages is 86, How many hours will it take them to do the a. 2 hrs
what is grandfather’s age? whole job if they work together? b. 3 hrs
a. 50 a. 17.01 hrs c. 4 hrs
b. 60 b. 19.02 hrs d. 5 hrs
c. 70 c. 21.03 hrs 49. A woman divides P18, 000 among her 3
d. 80 d. 23.04 hrs daughters in 2:3:4 ratios. How much did each
39. Seven times a number is 3 more that 5 times 44. In 5 years, a boy will be 7/6 times as old as daughter receives?
another. If the sum of the numbers is 9, what are his uncle. A year ago, he will be 4/13 times as a. P4, 000, P6, 000, P8, 000
the numbers? old. How old is the boy? b. P5, 000, P6, 000, P7, 000
a. 2 and 7 a. 8 c. P2, 000, P7, 000, P9, 000
b. 3 and 6 b. 9 d. P5, 000, P6, 000, P7, 000
c. 4 and 5 c. 10 50. A balcony section of a convention hall has
d. 1 and 8 d. 11 12 seats in the 1st row, 14 in the 2nd, 16 in the 3rd,
40. Train B is 5 mph faster than Train A and can 45. A fraction becomes equal to 1 when 9 is and so on. If there are only 15 rows in the said
travel a distance of 105 miles, ½ hour faster added to the numerator and becomes 1 ¼ when balcony section, how many seats are there in the
than A. What are the rates of the two trains? 16 is subtracted from the denominator. What is 15th row?
a. 20 and 25 the fraction? a. 35
b. 30 and 35 a. 35/44 b. 40
c. 40 and 45 b. 37/46 c. 45
d. 50 and 55 c. 39/48 d. 50
d. 41/50
ANSWERS FOR MATH MODULE SERIES 39. C, 4 and 5
2 40. B, 30 and 35
41. C, 9/13
1. D, -101 42. C, 25.71 min
2. C, 2 43. D, 23.04 hrs
3. D, 32 44. B, 9
4. A, 150 45. A, 35/44
5. C, -9 46. C, 89
6. D, m = alogy 47. B, 3 hrs
7. C, 5 and 20 48. D, 5 hrs
8. C, 1 49. A, P4000, P6000, P8000
9. D, 9.22 x 1018 50. B, 40
10. C, empty set
11. B, n/2n - 1
12. C, 3024
13. A, 15120
14. B, 3360
15. A, 48
16. A, 1440
17. D, 3
18. C, 792
19. B, 840
20. C, 247
21. A, 8
22. A, 10/21
23. A, 5/9
24. A, 3/18
25. D, 820
26. B, 5/63
27. A, 1/25
28. B, 5/36
29. C, 0.0781
30. A, 15/64
31. A, 16/52
32. A, 0.90
33. B, 5/6
34. A, 1:5
35. C, 7/156
36. A, 301
37. B, 6 hrs
38. C, 70