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GENERAL INFORMATION: The items in this questionnaire were just adapted and compiled for
review purpose only.

DIRECTIONS: Answer the following multiple choice problems. Write your answer on the extra
sheet given.

_____1. Evaluate the following expression: 5 + 3(42 + 7) – (7)(2 + 32 x 8)0

a. 0 b. 72 c.152 d.-444

_____2. Which are the prime factors of 56?

a. 7,2,2,2 b.3a2+1 c. 7,4,2 d. none at all

_____3. How much bigger is 29 than 9 exponent 2?

a. 79 b. 431 c. 47 d. 175

_____4. Simplify: [2(-3) -2 –(-3)(5) -2]

a. -5 b.5 c.23 d.10

_____5. Which of the following is NOT true about the sum of two consecutive odd

integers?

a. It is even. c. It is divisible by 4.

b. It is only divisible by 2. d. It is always divisible by 1.

_____6. Which of the following numbers give a remainder of 2 when divided by 5 and a

remainder of 1 when divided by 4?

a. 7 b. 14 c. 17 d. 31

_____7. Which of the following in NOT a prime number?

a. 31 b. 41 c. 51 d. 61

_____8. Find the GCF of 60, 120 and 140.

a. 4 b. 12 c. 20 d. 30

_____9. What is the LEAST positive integer that has 6, 8, and 9 as factors?

a. 72 b.120 c.240 d.300

_____10. Which of the following expression always gives an odd number?

a. (n -1)(n – 5) b.(2n – 1)2 c. 5n -1 d. n2 – 1

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_____11. Consider 540 = 2x2x3x3x3x5; 375 = 3x5x5x5, which is true?

a. GCF = 45 c. 0 is a multiple of 540

b. LCM = 22 x 33 x53 d. 540 and 375 are relatively prime

_____12. Simplify (2x2 y z4)2

a. 4 x4 y z6 c. 4 x2 y z3

b. 2x4 y2 z6 d. 4x4y2z8

_____13. If 5x ≤ 0, which of the following must be TRUE?

I. –x ≥ 0

II. 1/x < 0

III. –x ≤ 0

a. I and II b. II and III c. I only d. II only

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_____14. Simplify 2𝑥 3 𝑦 5 𝑧

a. -6xy2 c. 2xy

b. 6xy2 d. 6x2y

_____15. Add 3x3y5z, -4x3y5z, 6x3y5z

a. 5x6y10z2 b. -5x3y5z c. -5xy d. 5x3y5z

_____16. 2a(3am)2

a. 18 anam 18 a-2m c. 18 a2mn d. 18 a1+2m

_____17. Find the least common multiple of 9a2 – 1, 6a3 – 2a2, 9a+3.

a. 6a3 (3a+1) (3a-1) c. 6a3 (3a2 + 1) (3a – 1)

b. 6a (3a + 1) (3a-1) d. 6a2 (3a + 1) (3a – 1)

_____18. Multiply (4x3y2)(-7x+3).

a. 6x3y2 + 12x3y2 c. 28x3y2 +12x3y

b. -28x4y2 + 12x3y2 d. -12x3y2 – 28x4y2-

_____19. Simplify : (8x – 24) / (2x2 – x – 15).

a. 8 / (2x + 5) c. 4 / (x – 13)

b. (x – 4) / ( x + 4) d. 5 / (2x – 5)

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_____20. What is x in 2x – 1 + 3x – 5 = 4x?

a. 6 b. -4 c. -2 d. -3

_____21. If x ≥ 4x – 2, then ___.

a. x ≥ -2 b. x ≤ 2 c. x ≥ 2 d. x ≤ 2

_____22. If a = 3, b = -3, and c = 2; then 3abc – 2c +5a.

a. – 17 b. 21 c. 25 d. -43

_____23. Find the formula for P if A = P + Prt.

a. P = A – Prt c. P = A(1 + rt)

_____24. Factor the expression x2 - 9.

a. (x+3)(x-3) b. (x+3)(x+3) c. (x-3)(x-3) d. (X+9)(x+9)

_____25. What is the remainder when 2x2 + 3x – 8 is divided by x + 1?

a. 9 b. 7 c. -7 d.-9

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_____26. Simplify ÷
5𝑡 4 10𝑡 4

2𝑥𝑦 2 8𝑦 2
a. 15xy2t b. 3
c. 10xyt d. 𝑡

_____27. 50 out of 1,000 parts produced by a machine were faulty. What percent was

that?

a. 2% b. 5% c. 20% d .50&
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_____28. What is the simplest fractional from of 7 2 %?

30 3 3 3
a. 4
b. 4
c.40 d. 400

_____29. How much larger than 20% of 950 is 40% of 600?

a. 50 b. 54 c. 60 d. 68

_____30. The school cafeteria raised the price of a plate of rice from P8 to P10. If the same

rate of increase was applied to a regular order of viand which is used to cost P20, how

much does an order of viand cost?

a. P25 b. P26 c. P22 d. P24

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_____31. The introductory price of a certain item was P12. What is the percent of increase

in the price of the item if two years later its price is P42?

a. 150% b. 200% c. 250% d. 300%

_____32. Lulu spends 15% of her monthly income for house rental, 10% for electric bill and

25% for food and other miscellaneous expenses. After paying all these expenses, she

still has P6, 000 left. How much does she earn every month?

a. P 15, 000 b. P 12, 000 c. P 9, 000 d. P 8, 000

_____33. A store is giving a 15% discount off the marked price of electrical items, what is

the discounted price of a water dispenser marked at P3, 000?

a. P3, 150 b. P2,550 c. P2,850 d. P3, 450

_____34. In a sale, Janice paid P270.00 for a skirt originally marked P450.00. What was

the discount rate given?

a. 20% b.60% c. 50% d. 40%

_____35. How much money was borrowed at 15% simple interest for 8 months if the

interest paid was P3,500?

a. P36, 500 b.P36,000 c.P35,000 d.P37,200

_____36. Jocelyn has P7,200 in the time deposit in a bank which she receives 12%

interest each year. How much interest will she have after 2 years and half?

a. P7, 200 b.P2,320 c. P2,160 d. P5,200

_____37. The interest of a loan of 6,350.00 is P258.75. If the loan is to be paid after 150

days, what is the rate of interest charged?

a. 5% b. 7% c. 8% d. 10%

_____38. In buying a house, Man pays P100,000 cash and agrees to pay P75,000 two

years later. At 6% compounded semi-annually, find the cash value of the house.

a. P166,500 b. P156,363. c. P16,663 d. P166,637

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_____39. A man invests P10, 000 in an account that pays 8.5% interest per year,

compounded quarterly. What is the amount of money that he will have 3 in years?

a. P12,550.00 b. P12,635.00 c. P12,732.35 d. P12,870.19

_____40. Lucille is 4 times as old as Nicole. Six years from now, she will be twice as old as

Nicole. How old are they now?

a. Lucille – 12; Nicole – 3 c. Lucille – 16; Nicole - 4

b. Lucille – 3; Nicole – 12 d. Lucille – 41; Nicole – 16

_____41. Andrea can encode a 100-page thesis in 24 hours, while Ann can do the same

task in 16 hours. How many hours will it take them to finish the job if they work together?
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a. 10 b. 95 c.11 d. 3 9

_____42. Arman is 5 years older than Ann. Three years ago, he was twice as old as Ann.

How old is Ann?

a. 6 b.8 c.13 d.15

_____43. Two buses leave the same station at 9:00 p.m. One bus travel north at the rate of

30kph and the other travel east at 40 kph. How many kilometers apart are the buses at

10 p.m.?

a. 100 km b. 70 km c. 50 km d.140

_____44. Which of the following is correct translation of “35 diminished by the product of p

and q is equal to the sum of twice r and thrice s”?

a. 35 – pq= 2(r+3s) c. 35 – pq = 2r + 3s

b. Pq – 35 = 2(r + 3s) d. Pq – 35 = 2r + 3s

_____45. How much of a 30% salt solution should be mixed with 10 L of 20% salt solution

in order to obtain a 25% salt solution?

a. 20L b.15L c.10L d.5L

_____46. How do you express “three less than twice a number is ten” in a mathematical

expression?

a. 2x < 3 =10 b. 2x-3 =10 c. 3-2x =10 d. 3<2x =10

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_____47. Two vehicles start from the same point A and head off in opposite directions at

the rate of 50 kilometers per hour and 60 kph respectively. How long will it be before

they are 440 km apart?

a. 2 hours b. 2.5 hours c. 3 hours d. 4 hours

_____48. Richard can build a doghouse by himself in 3 days. Alvin can build the same

doghouse in 6 days. How long would it take them if they worked together?

a. 2 days b. 2.5 days c. 3 days d. 4 days

_____49. A chemist has 400g of salt solution that is 10% salt. How many grams of 20%

solution must be added to obtain a 12% solution of salt?

a. 250 grams b. 200 grams c. 150 grams d. 100 grams

_____50. The sum of three consecutive integers is 96. What are the integers?

a. 31, 32,33 b. 32, 33, 34 c. 30, 32, 34 d. 33, 34, 35

_____51. How Many Distinct Permutations can be made for the letters of the word

INFINITY if all the letters are to be taken?

a. 3540 b. 4512 c. 3360 d. 3124

_____52. In how many ways can two swimmers be chosen from a group of six swimmers?

a. 15 b. 30 c. 45 d. 90

_____53. How many different signals, each consisting of 7 flags hung in a vertical line, can

be formed from 4 identical red flags and 3 identical green flags?

_____54. In how many ways can four boys and 4 girls be seated in a row containing eight

seats if boys and girls must seat alternate seats?

a. 1152 b. 40, 320 c. 24 d. 576

_____55. In how many ways can 8 guests be seated around a circular table with 8 chairs?

a. 8! b. 7! c. 6! d. 5!

_____56. How many distinct possible outcomes can be obtained from rolling a dice twice

and flipping a coin?

a. 288 b. 144 c. 72 d. 36

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_____57. How many ways can 3 books be selected from a group of 7 books?

a. 42 b. 35 c. 210 d. 21

_____58. In a standard 52 deck cards, what is the probability of picking an ace?

a. 1/52 b. 1/13 c. 4/13 d. 6/13

_____59. In a standard 52 deck cards, what is the probability of picking a jack that is not a

face?

a. 0 b. 1 c. 1/3 d. 6/13

_____60. A die is rolled. What is the probability of getting a number that is greater than 1

and is odd?

a. 1/2 b. 1/3 c. 2/3 d. 5/6