MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING, AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

1. Hugo plays a game: he places a chess piece on the top left square
of a 20 x 20 chessboard and makes 10 moves with it. On each of these
10 moves, he moves the piece either one square horizontally (left or
right) or one square vertically (up or down). After the last move, he
draws an X on the square that the piece occupies. When Hugo plays this
game over and over again, what is the largest possible number of
squares that could eventually be marked with an X?
a. 55 b. 36 c. 45 d. 90

2. With wind velocity of 40 kph, it takes an airplane as long to

travel 1200 km with the wind as 900 km against it. How fast can the
airplane travel in still air?
a. 250 kph b. 180 c. 200 d. 280

3. The bases of a right prism are a hexagon with one of each side
equal to 6 cm. If the volume of the right prism is 500 m^3, find the
distance between the bases.
a. 5.35 cm b. 6.77 c. 4.19 d. 7.54

4. The logarithm of 1 to any base is:

a. indeterminate b. 0
c. infinity d. 1

5. Evaluate the following: (4 cos^4 36° - 5cos^2 36° + 1)^2.

a. 1 b. 5/16 c. 7/23 d. 10/29

6. The volume of the truncated prism is 8200 cu in. The base is right
which is a rectangle with its length twice its width. The edges
perpendicular to the base are 16 in, 12 in, 12 in, and 16 in.
Determine the width of the base in inches.
a. 17.1 in. b. 22.7 c. 19.5 d. 14.4

7. Find the remainder when x^2016 is divided by x^2 – x.

a. 0 b. 2016 c. -1 d. x

8. A cylindrical round of cheese is cut into several pieces using

seven cuts. Five cuts are vertical, perpendicular to the top of the
round, and two at a diagonal, as shown in the diagram. Each cut is
made with a straight blade and the diagonal cuts are made through the
lines formed by the vertical cuts. The total number of pieces of
cheese that result is:
a. 21 b. 24 c. 36 d. 60
9. The inside dimensions of a trunk are 4 m, 3 m, and 2 m. Find the
dimensions of a trunk similar in shape that will hold 4 times as much
in meters.
a. 6.35 x 4.76 x 3.17 b. 6.88 x 5.15 x 2.44
c. 6.56 x 4.85 x 2.77 d. 6.21 x 4.59 x 3.85

10. The sum of the sides of two polygons is 12 and the sum of their
diagonals is 19. The polygons are:
a. pentagon and heptagon c. quadrilateral and octagon
b. both hexagon d. triangle and nonagon

11. A GMA tower and a monument in Tomas Morato stand on a level

plane. The angles of depression at the top and bottom of the monument
viewed from the top of the GMA tower at 13° and 35° respectively. The
height of the tower is 50 m. Find the height of the monument.
a. 29.13 b. 30.11 c. 32.12 d. 33.51

12. Find the 6th term in the expansion of (4x/5 – 5/2x)^9.

a. 5040x b. -5040x c. 5040/x d. -5040/x

13. At what time will the hands of the clock be in a straight line
between 7 o clock and 8 o clock in the morning?
a. 7:5 5/11 b. 7:38 2/11
c. Both A and B d. None

14. If 8 men can chop 28 trees in one day, how many trees can 20 men
chop down in one day?
a. 70 b. 50 c. 75 d. 45

15. The rational expression 130x/(100 – x) describes the cost, in

millions of dollars, to inoculate x percent of the population against
a particular strain of flu. For what value of x is the expression
undefined?
a. 100 b. -100 c. 0 d. 130

16. An airplane flew from Manila (14°36’ N, 121°05’ E) at a course of

S 30° E maintaining a certain altitude and following a great circle
path. If its groundspeed is 350 knots, after how many hours will it
cross the equator?
a. 2.87 hrs b. 2.27 c. 3.17 d. 3.97

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17. If tan 𝐵 = , find cos B.
√1−𝑥 2

a. x b. sqrt 1- x2 c. sqrt x2 – 1 d. 1
18. Find the sum of the exponents of the expansion of (x2 + 2/x)12
a. 56 b. 96 c. 78 d. 84

19. Find the limiting value of 0.38444…

a. 317/450 b. 371/450 c. 173/450 d. 137/450
b.
20. The sequence -1, -4 ,2, …… is
a. AP b. GP c. HP d. IGP

21. The boat travels 25 km. at 25 kph, at 50 kph, and 75 kph. Find the
harmonic mean of the three velocities.
a. 50 kph b. 40.9 kph c. 25 kph d. 31.2 kph

SITUATION 1: You are given the trigonometric function y = - 2sin(πt/4 +

π/2) ,

22. Find the maximum displacement.

a. 0.25 b. 2 c. π d. 0

23. Calculate the time required for one cycle.

a. 2 b. 8 c. 0.5 d. 0.125

24. Calculate the phase shift of the function.

a. 2 b. 8 c. -2 d. -8

25. How many triangles can be formed given a = 31.5 , b = 51.8 , and A
= 33° 40’.
a. 0 b. 1
c. 2 d. Cannot be determined

SITUATION 2: Identify the quadrants of the following:

26. sin A < 0 and tan A > 0

a. I b. II c. III d. IV

27. sin A > 0 and cot A > 0

a. I b. II c. III d. IV

28. sec A < 0 and csc A > 0

a. I b. II c. III d. IV
29. Twenty-eight persons can do a job in 60 days. They all start
complete. Five persons quitted the job at the beginning of the 16th
day. They were reinforced by 10 persons at the beginning of the 45th
day. Will the job be finished on time?
a. The job will not be finished on time. It will be delayed by 1.97
days.
b. The job will finish exactly on time.
c. The job will be finished ahead of time. It will be early by 1.97
days.
d. The job will not be finished on time. It will be delayed by 2.45
days.

30. A circle of radius 9 cm is circumscribed about a triangle whose

area is 48.23 square cm. If one side of the triangle measures 18 cm,
determine the length of the shortest side of the triangle.
a. 4.37 cm b. 6.64 m c. 5.64 m d. 2.34 m

31. Find the area of the spherical triangle ABC having the following
parts: Angle A = 140°, Angle B = 75°, Angle C = 86°, and radius of the
sphere = 4 m.
a. 32.78 m2 b. 41.41 m2 c. 33.79 m2 d. 34.56 m2

SITUATION 3. A frustum of a sphere is 6.6 cm thick. The diameters of

its upper and lower bases are 18.5 cm and 32.9 cm, respectively.

32. What is the radius of the sphere in cm?

a. 19.63 cm b. 16.54 cm c. 18.22 cm d. 14.00 cm

33. What is the volume of the frustum in cubic centimeters?

a. 4,389.92 cm3 b. 3,842.99 cm3
c. 3,492.89 cm3 d. 4,989.32 cm3

34. What is the lateral surface area of the frustum in square

centimeters?
a. 685.90 cm2 b. 580.57 cm2 c. 755.57 cm2 d. 814.04 cm2

35. The kth term of a sequence is 5k – 3. Find the sum of all terms
from k = 1 to k = 16.
a. 801 b. 555 c. 632 d. 714

SITUATION B. Charles’ Law states that for a given mass of gas at

constant pressure, the volume is directly proportional to its
thermodynamic temperature. A gas occupies a volume of 2.25 liters at
300 K (Kelvin is an absolute temperature, where K = °C + 273.15).
Determine the following:
36. The constant of proportionality
a. 0.00625 b. 0.00525 c. 0.0075 d. 0.0065
37. The volume at 420 K.
a. 2.73 L b. 2.625 L c. 2.205 L d. 3.15 L

38. The temperature when the volume is 2.85 L.

a. 456 L b. 542.86 L c. 438.46 L d. 380 K

39. The arithmetic mean of two numbers is 4 while the geometric mean
is 6. Find the cube of the harmonic mean.
a. 216 b. 343 c. 512 d. 729

40. Two sides of a parallelogram are 68 cm and 83 cm and one of the

diagonals is 42 cm. Solve for the largest interior angle of the
parallelogram.
a. 149.73° b. 156.28° c. 162.36° d. 134.14ۣ°

41. A solid material in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped, 4 ft

x 6 ft x 8 ft, is painted fuchsia pink. If we cut completely through
the whole block to form cubes one foot on an edge, how many cubes will
have three blue faces?
a. 4 b. 8 c. 12 d. 16

42. A cylinder is inscribed in a cube with lengths of sides equal to 2

cm. What is the volume inside the cube and outside the cylinder?
a. 1.92 cm3 b. 1.72 cm3 c. 1.52 cm3 d. 1.32 cm3

43. Clark told his son, “I was your age now when you were born.” If
Clark is 40 years old now, determine how old his son is 4 years ago.
a. 14 b. 16 c. 18 d. 20

44. Kardel fires a bullet to a target. He heard the bullet hit the
target 2.5 seconds later. If the speed of the bullet is 900 m/s and
the speed of sound is 300 m/s, how far is the target?
a. 562.5 m b. 750 m c. 1,500 m d. 2,250 m

45. Two regular pentagons with sides measuring 10 cm overlapped each

other in such a way that the overlapping area is a regular decagon.
Determine the area of the decagon.
a. 200.13 cm2 b. 189.71 cm2 c. 178.56 cm2 d. 153.88 cm2

46. The number 535 is a 3-digit number with two digits that are the
same (the number 5). How many 3 digit numbers have 2 digits that are
the same?
a. 252 b. 243 c. 277 d. 231
47. Rationalize the expression sqrt(x)/(sqrt(x)-sqrt(xy))
a. (1+sqrt(y))/(1-y) b. (x+sqrt(y))/(x-y)
c. (x+y)/(x-y) d. (1+y)/(x-y)

48. Gwapo entered a stone race, where 14 stones are placed in a row at
equal intervals of 6 feet except the first stone which is 10 feet from
the basket. He starts from the basket, picks up the stones and brings
them back one at a time to the basket. How far does she travel to
finish the stone race?
a. 1120 ft b. 1196 ft c. 1372 ft d. 1406 ft

49. In a family, each daughter has as many brothers as sisters and

each son has three times as many sisters as brothers. How many sons
are there in the family?
a. 2 sons b. 3 sons c. 4 sons d. 5 sons

50. A point is outside an equilateral triangle. The distances of the

point to the vertices are 8 m, 8 m, and 15 m. Determine the dimension
of the triangle.
a. 10.21 m b. 23.13 m c. 18.77 m d. 14.14 m

51. The vertices A and B of a quadrilateral lie on a circle and are

collinear with external point P. A secant is drawn to the circle
intersecting at C and D. Angle BPC is 30 degrees. Secants PA and PD
have lengths of 100 cm and 90 cm respectively. The external segment PB
is 50 cm. What is the area of the quadrilateral ABCD?
a. 1677.33 cm2 b. 1433.25 cm2
c. 1555.56 cm2 d. 1590.12 cm2

52. In acute triangle ABC, AB = c, BC = a, CA = b, and ac=2b. What is

the numerical value of (cos A) / a + (cos C) / c?
a. 1/4 b. 1/2 c. 2/3 d. 1/3

53. A road is tangent to a circular lake. Along the road and 14 km

from the point of tangency, another road opens toward the lake. From
the intersection of the two roads to the periphery of the lake, the
length of the new road is 10 km. If the new road will be prolonged
across the lake, determine the length of the bridge to be constructed.
a. 9.6 km b. 4.8 km c. 19.6 km d. 9.8 km

54. A ladder, 13 m long is placed between two buildings so that it

will reach a window 6 m high on one building. With its foot at the
same point and turned over, it will reach a window 5 m high on the
other building. Determine the distance between the buildings.
a. 22.19 m b. 21.42 m c. 19.77 m d. 23.53 m
55. A wheel, 3 feet in diameter, rolls up an incline of 15°. When the
point of contact of the wheel with the incline is 4 feet from the base
of the incline, what is the height of the center of the wheel above
the base of the incline?
a. 2.12 ft b. 2.89 ft c. 2.48 ft d. 2.37 ft

56. What is the angle between the diagonal of a cube and the diagonal
of a face of the cube? Both diagonals are drawn from the same vertex.
a. 45 degrees b. 39.67 degrees
c. 33.82 degrees d. 35.26 degrees

57. In a triangle PQR, angle R is equal to pi/2. If tan (P/2) and tan
(Q/2) are the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, and a is not equal to zero,
then
a. a + b = c b. a – b = c c. b = c + a d. a = c

58. If the radii of the three ex-circles of a triangle are 5.366 cm,
6.708 cm, and 8.943 cm respectively, find the radius of its in-circle.
a. 3.124 cm b. 3.458 cm c. 2.764 cm d. 2.236 cm

59. A sphere has a radius of 2 cm and a spherical wedge of this sphere

has a volume of 11.77 cc. Find the area of the lune of this wedge.
a. 12.215 cm2 b. 15.512 cm2 c. 13.457 cm2 d. 16.755 cm2

60. Three circle which are tangent to each other externally have radii
of 3 m, 4 m, and 5 m respectively. What is the radius of the circle
that will circumscribe the triangle formed by their centers?
a. 5 m b. 6 m c. 7 m d. 8 m

61. The sides of a cyclic quadrilateral which circumscribes a circle

are: a = 3, b = 3, c = 4, d = 4. Find the radius of the in-circle.
a. 1.514 b. 1.614 c. 1.714 d. 1.814

62. A regular octagon is formed by cutting identical isosceles right

triangles from each corner of a square whose sides measure 12 cm each.
Find the area of the octagon in square centimeter.
a. 118.29 b. 119.29 c. 120.29 d. 121.29

63. Find the volume of the largest right circular cylinder that can be
circumscribed about a rectangular parallelepiped of dimensions 2 ft by
3 ft by 4 ft.
a. 121.54 cu. in. b. 112.45 c. 145.52 d. 154.11

64. A German silver alloy consists of 60% copper, 25% zinc, and 15%
nickel. Determine the mass of copper in a 10 kg sample.
a. 2.5 b. 1.5 c. 6 d. None
65. Convert to Arabic Number system: MCMXCIII
a. 1993 b. 1983 c. 2113 d. 2093

66. Calculate the value of C if C = sqrt(1-(sqrt(1-sqrt(1-sqrt(1-…

a. 0.414 b. 1.414 c. 1.618 d. 0.618

67. Evaluate: 1/2 * 2/3 * … * 2018/2019

a. 1 b. 0 c. 1/2019 d. 2019

68. There is a patch of magic grass in a field, and it doubles in

quantity every day. It takes 10 days for the grass to cover the entire
field. How long will it take for the grass to cover half of the field?
a. 6.67 days b. 7.00 days d. 8.33 days d. 9.00 days

69. A lizard traveled from corner A to corner B of the rectangular

room shown. Determine the shortest distance covered.

A
2m

3m
B
v 4m

a. 5.39 m b. 7.28 m c. 6.4 m d. 6.71 m

70. Find the next term of the series 2, 6, 30, 260, 3130…
a. 46662 b. 46660 c. 46661 d. 46600

71. A circle has an area of 1,017.88 sq. cm. It is divided into two
parts by a chord 7 cm from the center. Find the ratio of the smaller
segment to the larger segment.
a. 0.25 b. 0.46 c. 0.35 d. 0.39

72. A conical tank has an upper base diameter of 100 cm and a height
of 70 cm. Salt, having a volume of 30,000 cm2, is poured into it. Find
the depth of the salt in the tank.
a. 39.28 cm b. 39.82 cm c. 38.29 cm d. 32.89 cm

73. Two observing stations were set up 850 m apart. A vertical pole in
between them was observed to have an angle of elevation at its top
equal to 12.53 degrees and 10.20 degrees from each station. Find the
height of the pole.
a. 96.07 m b. 84.52 m c. 88.25 m d. 92.16 m
74. If xy=|x||y|, which of the following is always true?
a. x – y ≥ 0 b. xy ≥ 0
c. x = y d. x ≥ 0 and y ≥ 0

75. An automobile repair shop charged a client P 4480, listing P 630

for parts and the remainder for labor. If the cost of labor is P 350
per hour, how many hours of labor did it take to repair the car?
a. 15 hours b. 11 c. 10 d. 8