Westmead International School
Westmead International School
Batangas City
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions.
Multiple Choice:
10. The line passing thru the focus and perpendicular to the directrix of a parabola is called:
A. Tangent Line B. Median C. Latus Rectum D. Axis of Parabola
13. The perimeter of an isosceles right triangle is 10. 2426. Compute the area of the triangle in
square units.
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4.5 D. 4
14. What is the sum of the interior angles of a 15 sided regular polygon?
A. 2560 B. 2340 C. 2480 D. 2620
15. In how many ways can 4 coins be tossed?
A. 8 B. 12 C. 16 D. 20
16. In class of 40 students, 27 like Calculus and 25 like Chemistry . How many like both Calculus
and Chemistry?
A. 10 B. 11 C. 13 D. None of these
19. In a single throw of a pair of dice, find the probability that the sum is 11.
A. 1/12 B. 1/16 C. 1/36 D. 1/18
20. A fair coin is tossed three times. Find the probability that there will appear three heads.
A. 1/8 B. ¼ C. ½ D. 1/16
23. Displacement A is 2 meters north, displacement B is 3 meters south. Find the magnitude and
direction of B-A.
A. 1S B. 1N C. 5S D. 5N
24. The areas of a regular pentagon and a regular hexagon are both equal to 12 sq. cm. What is the
difference between their perimeters?
A. 0.02 B. 0.03 C. 0.2 D. 0.3
26. Find the area bounded by the parabola sq rt. of x + sq. rt. of a the line x+y=a.
A.a^2 B. a^2/2 C. a^2/3 D, a^2/4
27. When two lines are perpendicular, the slope of the line is:
A. Equal to negative reciprocal of the other
B. Equal to the negative of the other.
C. Equal to the other
D. Equal to the reciprocal of the other.
28. A certain population of bacteria grows such that its rate of change is always proportional to the
amount present. It doubles in 2 years. If in 3 years there are 20,000 of bacteria present, how
much is present initially?
A. 9,071 B. 10,071 C. 8,071 D. 7,071
29. N engineers and N nurses. If two engineers are replaced by nurses, 51% of the engineers and
nurses are nurses. Find N
A. 100 B. 110 C. 50 D. 200
30. Marsha is 10 years older than John, who is 16 years old. How old is Marsha?
A. 24 yrs B. 26 yrs C. 6 yrs D. 12 yrs
31. A bus leaves Manila at 12NN for Baguio 250km away, travelling an average of 55kph. At the
same time, another bus leaves Baguio for Manila travelling 65 kph. At what time will they met?
A. 3:25PM B. 4:25PM C. 2:05PM D. 3:05PM
33. An equilateral triangle circumscribing a circle of radius 10 cm. Find the length of each side of
the triangle.
A. 34.64cm B. 32.09cm C. 37.05cm D. 36.17cm
34. Given that the half-life of radium is 1690 years, how many in milligrams will remain of one
gram after 1000 years?
A. 627.2 B.663.6 C. 589.3 D. 547.8
35. Peter can paint a room for 2 hrs and John can paint the same room in 1.5 hrs. How long can
they do it together in minutes?
A. 0.8571 B. 51.43 C. 1.667 D. 70
37. There is a vector v=7j, another vector u starts from the origin with a magnitude of 5 rotates in
the xy plane. Find the maximum magnitude of u x v.
A. 24 B. 70 C. 12 D. 35
38. Evaluate ( )
A. 0.653 B. -0.653 C.0.426 D.-0.426
39. Find the probability of drawing a heart and a spade in a standard deck of 52 cards.
A. 13/102 B. 1/26 C.1/51 D. 2/103
40. What is the area of the largest rectangle that can be inscribed in a semi circle of radius 10?
A. 1000 B. 50 C. 10 D. 100
41. The magnitude of vector product of two vectors is sqrt of 3 times their scalar product. The
angle between the vector is
A. Pi/4 B. pi/2 C, pi/6 D. pi/3
42. If + find y’
A. ( )/( ) C. ( )/( + )
B. ( )/( ) D. ( )/( )
43. How many distinct permutations can be made from the letters of the word infinity?
A. 1680 B. 6720 C. 3360 D. 5040
44. Evaluate the ollowing (-1/2 + j/2 ) raised to the 4th power.
A. 1/8 B. -1/4 C. -3/4 D. 1/3
45. Find the integral of if the lower limit = 0 and upper limit = pi/2.
A. 0.8 B. 0.6 C. 0.2 D. 0.4
46. A conic section whose eccentricity is equal to one (1) is known as:
A. A parabola B. An ellipse C. A circle D. a hyperbola
47. A steel ball at 120 deg C cools in 20 minutes to 80 deg C in a room at 35 deg C. Find the
temperature of the ball after half an hour.
A. 40.96 deg C B. 45.96 deg C C. 66.85 deg C D. 55.96 deg C
48. A collection of coins has a value of 64 cents. There are two more nickels than dimes and three
times as many pennies as dimes. How many dimes are there?
A. 6 B. 4 C. 2 D.3
51. Three geometric means are to be inserted between 6 and 14,406. Determine their product.
A. 47,088 B. 1,452,729 C. 25,412,184 D. 10,558,445
52. In triangle ABC where AC=4 and angle ACB= 90 deg, an altitude t is drawn from C to the
hypotenuse. If t+1, what is the area of the triangle ABC?
A.1.82 B. 2.07 C. 1.78 D. 2.36
53. Find the length of the chord of a circle of radius 20 cm subtended by a central angle of 150 deg.
A. 34.64cm B. 32.09cm C. 37.05cm D. 36.17cm
56. How many possible triangles can be formed in angle A=126 deg and side a = 20cm and
b=25cm?
A. 1 solution B. 2 solutions D. No Solutions D. Infinity
57. What is the angle of the sun above the horizon, when the building 150ft high cast a shadow of
405ft?
A. 21.74 deg B. 20.32deg C. 68.26 deg D. 69.68 deg
58. Each of the following figures has exactly two pairs of parallel sides except:
A. Trapezoid B. Parallelogram C. Rhombus D. Square
59. In how many ways can 5 people be lined to get on a bus, if a certain 2 persons refuse to follow
each other?
A. 36 B. 72 C. 48 D. 96
60. How many even numbers of three digit can be made with the digits 0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 if no digit is
repeated?
A. 102 B. 126 C. 80 D. 90
61. In conic sections, if the eccentricity is greater than one (1), the locus is:
A. Parabola B. Ellipse C. Circle D. Hyperbola
62. A conic section whose eccentricity is less than one (1) is known as:
A. Circle B. Ellipse C. Parabola D. Hyperbola
63. A student already finished 70% of his homework in 42 minutes. How many minutes does he
have to work?
A. 18 B. 16 C. 20 D. 14
65. Chona, a golden retriever gained 4.5 pounds this month. If Chona now weighs 65.1 pounds,
what is the percent increase in chonas weight?
A. 5.9% B. 6% C. 8.5% D.7.8%
66. Find the perimeter of a regular pentagon inscribed in a circle with circumference of 100cm.
A. 93.55cm B. 125.68cm D. 115.63cm D. 89.56cm
67. In terms of the original diameter d, what new diameter will result in a new spherical volume
that is a factor of eight times the original volume?
A. 8d B. 2d C. d/2 D. 3d
70. For what value of k will the line kx=5y=2k have a slope of 3?
A. 5 B. -5 C. 15 D. -15
71. In y=mx+b, m is ?
A. Slope B. y intercept C. x intercept D. Origin
73. Find the coordinates of the centroid of the plane area bounded by the parabola y=4-x^2 and
the x –axis.
A. (0, 1.5) B. (0, 1) C. (0,2) D. (0, 1.6)
74. A family electric bill average is 80 dollar a month for seven months of the year and 20 dollar a
month for the rest of the year. If family bill were averaged over the entire year, what the
monthly bill be?
A. 45 dollar B. 50 dollar C. 55 dollar D. 60 dollar
75. A bus leaves Manila at 12NN for Baguio 250km away, travelling an average of 55kph. At the
same time, another bus leaves Baguio for Manila travelling 65 kph. At what distance from
Manila they will meet?
A. 135.42km B. 114.58km C. 129.24km D. 120.76 km
76. A point is chosen at random inside the circle of diameter 8 in. What is the probability that it is
at least 1.5 in away from the center of the circle?
A. 53/64 B.55/64 C.54/64 D. 52/64
77. The axis of the hyperbola which is parallel to its directions is known as:
A. Transverse Axis B. Conjugate Axis C. Minor Axis D. Major Axis
78. Find the sum of all odd integers between 100 and 1000.
A. 247500 B. 374200 C. 148500 D. 454550
80. A support wire anchored 12 ft up from the base of a flagpole and the horizontal distance of the
base of a flagpole from the other end of the wire is 16ft. Find the length of the supporting wire.
A. 34 ft B. 36 ft C. 20 ft D. 38ft
82. Dave is 46 yrs old twice as old as Rave. How old is Rave?
A. 13 B. 23 C. 46 D. 92
86. In a class of 40 students, 27 like calculus and 25 like chemistry How many like calculus only?
A. 12 B. 13 C. 14 D. 15
87. A ball is dropped from a height of 18m. on each rebound it rises 2/3 of the height from which it
last fell. What distance has it travelled at the instant it strikes the ground for the 5th time ?
A. 37.89m B. 73.89m C. 75.78m D. 57.78m
97. In a pile, each layer contains one more log than the layer above and the top contains just one
log . If there are 105 logs in the pile, how many layers are there?
A. 11 B. 12 C. 13 D. 14
100. In how many different ways can a true-false test consisting of 9 questions be answered?
A. 72 B. 512 C. 362,880 D. 181,440
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