Civil Service Review

Mathematics Review Test

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1. Add: 1 4 +2 4 +3 2
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6 7 8
a. 6 12 b. 8 c. 2 d. 2

2. 12 + 2 ÷ 2 + 4 x 6 ÷ 4 – 2 = ?
a. 17 b. 19 c. 25 d. 33

3. Which of the following is an improper fraction?

3 3 7
a. 3 b. 4 c. 8 d. none of these

4. Which of the following lists three fractions in ascending order?

1 3 2 2 3 1 1 2 3 3 1 2
a. 9 , 21 , 15 b. 15 , 21 , 9 c. 9 , 15 , 21 d. 21 , 9 , 15

5. Evaluate: 22 + 23
a. 10 b. 12 c. 25 d. 26

6. Which of the following fractions is the GREATEST?

3 1 5 7
a. 4 b. 2 c. 6 d. 9

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7. Find the reciprocal of 5 .
5 5 2 17
3 5
a. 2 b. 17 c. 3 d. 5

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8. Find the sum: 2 + 4 + 3
6 1 11 1
1 1 2
a. 9 b. 12 c. 12 d. 4

7 3 1
9. 4 x
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7 4 =
1 13 5 9
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a. 2 b. 14 c. 16 d. 28

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10. Which of the following IS NOT equal to 45 ?
9 18 3 6
a. 15 b. 30 c. 5 d. 9

11. Which of the following is CLOSEST in value to the decimal 0.60?

2 5 3 2
a. 3 b. 9 c. 8 d. 5

12. What is the GCF of 16 and 24?

a. 2 b. 8 c. 48 d. 96

13. Find the GCF of 36 and 54.

a. 2 b. 3 c. 9 d. 18

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14. An odd number can never be divisible by
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 5

15. Convert 0.27 to fraction.

27 27 34 3
a. 100 b. 11 c. 125 d. 11

16. Which of the following numbers is divisible by 3?

a. 85 051 b. 85 031 c. 58 021 d. 50 841

17. Express 0.36 in fraction form.

9 31 4 2
a. 25 b. 85 c. 11 d. 3

18. Which of the following is divisible by 8?

a. 123 456 b. 56 382 c. 32 679 d. 3 604

19. Find the LCM of 3, 4, and 6.

a. 6 b. 12 c. 18 d. 24

20. Which number is divisible by both 3 and 5?

a. 275 b. 445 c. 870 d. 955

21. If x and y are both odd numbers, which of the following numbers must be an even number?
a. xy b. x + y c. xy +2 d. 2x + y

22. Which represents the same ratio as 5:3?

a. 2:1 b. 12:10 c. 15:9 d. 10:4

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23. Given: 480 N . What is the value of N?
a. 34 b. 35 c. 36 d. 38

24. A car will go 300 miles on 15 gallons of gasoline. How far, in miles, will the car go on 18 gallons of
gasoline at the same rate?
a. 420 b. 360 c. 340 d. 320

25. What s the ratio of 9 inches to 2 feet?

a. 8:3 b. 3:8 c. 2:9 d. 9:2

26. If x is to 6 as 12 is to 15, then x equals

a. 3.5 b. 4.8 c. 5.25 d. 5.50

27. If 3 apples cost Php15, how much do 7 apples cost at the same rate?
a. Php25 b. Php30 c. Php35 d. Php45

28. If three babies are born per minute, how many babies are born in one hour?
a. 105 b. 108 c. 160 d. 180

29. If it takes 15 lemon fruits to make 5 cups of lemon juice, how may fruits will it take to make 30 cups of
juice?
a. 80 b. 90 c. 100 d. 120

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30. x is to y as 3 is to 5. Then x is equal to
5 5 3
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a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. none of these

31. On a map 1 inch represents 20 miles. Two cities 120 miles apart would be separated on the map by how
many inches?
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 a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6

32. Three-fourth of what number is 18?

a. 12 b. 16 c. 24 d. 30

33. One-half of what number is 17?

a. 14 b. 16 c. 30 d. 34

34. Change 0.20% to a decimal.

a. 2 b. 0.2 c. 0.02 d. 0.002

35. What percent of 18 is 72?

a. 400% b. 25% c. 20% d. 4%

36. 30 is what percent of 98?

a. 3.27% b. 30.61% c. 32.67% d. 40.45%

37. What is 20% of 90?

a. 18 b. 25 c. 30 d. 200

38. What number is 20% of 800?

a. 1.6 b. 16 c. 160 d. 1 600

39. If 10% of x is 28, then 5% of x is

a. 7 b. 14 c. 20 d. 23

40. 32 percent of 20 is 20 percent of what number?

a. 24 b. 32 c. 38 d. 42

41. If 52 of the 70 seats on a bus were occupied, what percent of the seats were not occupied?
a. 25.71% b. 27.51% c. 37.95% d. 74.29%

42. A vendor buys an apple for Php8 and sells it for Php10. What percent of the selling price of apple is the
vendor’s profit?
a. 10% b. 20% c. 25% d. 40%

43. The price of cassette recorder was raised from Php520 to Php575. What is the percent increase?
a. 5.96% b. 9.56% c. 10.58% d. 15.08%

44. The regular price of a digital camera is Php24 680. It is now on sale for 20% off the regular price. How
much is the savings?
a. Php3 496 b. Php4 396 c. Php4 936 d. Php9 436

45. Which of these is (6)(6)(6)(6)(6)?

a. 56 b. 65 c. 305 d. none of these

46. How much more is the value of 26 than 62?

a. 0 b. 16 c. 24 d. 28

47. Which of the following is the biggest number?

a. 62 b. 43 c. 34 d. 26

48. the expression 23(43) has the same value as

a. 29 b. 218 c. 86 d. 89

49. √ 25 + √ 49 has the same value as

1 3
a. 24 b. 5 of 60 c. 4 of 40 d. √ 74
50. What is the cube root of (32 x 3)?
a. 3 b. 27 c. 3 x 3 d. 9
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51. Find the product: 3 √9 x4 √ 16
a. 7 √ 25 b. 12 √25 c. 144 d. 264

52. If p is an odd integer than 1, what is the value of (-1)p + 2?

a. -2 b. -1 c. 0 d. 1
53. If x=2, then 2x + (x2)4
a. 20 b. 64 c. 120 d. 260

54. Simplify: √ 24 + 2 √54

a. 8 √6 b. 2 √ 78 c. 2 √6 +6 √3 d. 22 √6
55. What is the value of x in the statement 4xy = 16 if y=3?
2 3 4 3
a. 3 b. 4 c. 3 d. 5

56. When a=2, b=3, and c=1, how much is the expression 4a3 + 2b2 – c + 2?
a. 43 b. 51 c. 53 d. 61

57. Solve for x: 18-x = 2x -3

a. 6 b. 7 c. 8 d. 15

58. Solve the equation: 2[3 – 2(3 -2x)] = 2(3 + x)

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

59. If 5x = y, then x is equal to

1 y
a. 5 y b. 5y c. 5 + y d. 5

60. Evaluate the expression 2xy + 5x +2y -4 when x=2 and y=-3.
a. -5 b. -12 c. 12 d. 24

61. Translate into an algebraic equation using only x as variable: “Twenty is five more than three times a certain
number.”
a. 20 = 3x + 5 b. 20 + 5 = 3x c. 20 + 3x = 5 d. 20 = 3x – 5

62. Gillian is 14 years older than Julie Jhoy. If their ages are combined, the total is 48. How old is Gillian?
a. 17 b. 22 c. 27 d. 31

63. Bert is twice as old as Chang. Five years ago, the sum of their ages was 23. How old is Bert?
a. 11 b. 22 c. 24 d. 28

64. Daryl is 14 years older than her nephew and 9 years from now, she will be twice as old as her nephew. How
old is her nephew?
a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8

65. A large pipe can empty a tank in 6 hours, and a smaller pipe ca empty it in 10 hours. How long would it take
both pipes to empty the tank?
a. 2 hrs. b. 3.25 hrs c. 3.75 hrs d. 4.5 hrs

66. It takes Michael 5 hours to do a job. It takes Dan 2.5 hours to do the same job. How many such jobs could
they do together in 5 hours?
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a. 1 b. 2 c. 2 d. 3
67. Find the total simple interest of Php1 500 for 6 years at 3.25% per annum.
a. Php292.50 b. Php375.25 c. Php425.35 d. Php540.00

68. Compute the ordinary simple interest on Php20 000 at 3.5% per annum for 100 days.

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 a. Php191.78 b. Php194.44 c. Php257.36 d. Php302.85

69. Compute the exact simple interest on Php20 500 at 2.5% per annum for 60 days.
a. Php84.25 b. Php85.42 c. Php90.64 d. Php95.50

70. A VCD player costs Php5 975, plus a 5% sales tax. About how much sales tax would you pay on the
purchase of this VCD player?
a. Php289.75 b. Php298.75 c. Php5 676.25 d. Php6 273.76
71. 4.16 5.25 6.36 7.49 8.64 ________________.
a. 9.36 b. 9.81 c. 8.81 d. 6.64 e. 7.72

72. 5 6 10 19 35 60______________________.
a. 98 b. 86 c. 96 d. 72 e. 36

73. 4/3 -2/3 1/6 -1/12 -1/18_________.

a. 4/3 b. 2/3 c. 1/36 d. 1/3 e. -3/4

74. .25 1 5.25 6__________________.

a. 10.25 b. 12.25 c. 15.75 d. 13.25 e. NONE

75. What is the greatest numerical value?

a. 3/8 b. 5/6 c.3/4 d. 1/3 e. 2/3

76. What is the standard numerical value for 3.54 x 10 the 5th power?
a. 35, 400 b. 0.000354 c. 354, 0000 d. 0.00354 e. 0 .354

77. Which of the ff. has the least numerical value?

a. 6+3 x 4 b. 4+3 x 6 c. 4 x 6+3 d. 3 x 6+4 e. 3+6 x 4

78. The formula for covering Fahrenheit thermometer reading to centigrade reading C=5/9 ( F-32). What is the
equivalent 95 degrees Fahrenheit?
a. 35 b. . 40 c. 45 d. 50 e. 30
79. A farmer has seven hectares of land for rice production. What should be the average yield in
cavans per hectare of the land to produce a total of 525 cavans?
a. 50 b. 275 c. 85 d. 90 e. 92

80. Mang romy can climb a coconut tree at the rate of 10 ft. per minute and return at 20 ft. per minute.
If it took him 3 minutes to climb and return. W hat is the height of the coconut.
a. 10ft. b. 15ft. c. 18ft. d. 20ft e. 25 ft.

81. Basketball team lost 40% of its first 40 games, how many of its remaining 20 games, must it win to
raise its winning percentage to 65%?
a. 15 b. 12 c. 16 d. 14 e. 20

82. The sum of 3 numbers is 94, if the first number is 3/5 of the second number and the second number is 4/3
of the third. W hat are the three numbers?
a. 20, 44, 30 b. 24, 30, 35 c. 15, 40, 35 d. 22, 42, 30 e. 24, 40, 30

83. A certain elevator has a maximum weight capacity of 1, 300 lbs. If 5 employees with an average
weight of 120 lbs. entered the elevator with a box weighing 250 lbs. How much is the additional weight?
a.450 b. 350 c. 2425 d. 550 e. 500

84. In one bag of chicken feeds there are 24 chickens eating it in 45 days. In how many days do 15
chickens consume the feeds?
a. 60 b. 90 c. 72 e. 64 d. 80

85. Two planes travel from opposite direction. Plane A travel 70 kph per hour from one direction and plane B
travel from opposite direction at the rate of 90 kph. If the distance is 640 km. In how many hours the two
planes intersects?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5

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86. There are two planes fly in two directions one is flying for East direction with the rate of 300kph. And other
is for West direction with the rate of 360 kph. In how many minutes if they are 660 km apart?
a. 60 min. b. 120 min c. 90 min d. 150 min
87. If 2/3 of employees of a company are women and ¼ of the remaning employees are married and the rest are
9 bachelors.what is the total numbers of employees?
a. 32 b. 42 c. 38 d.36 e. 25
88. Find the square of the number in the number series.Which appears most of the time?
89. A man bought ten ball pens at P25.00 each and five wallet at P50.00 each and the last is three towels at
P70.00 each.What is the smallest amount of money so he can buy all items?
a. P650.00 b. P700.00 c. P750.00 d. P800.00 e. P850.00
90. The merchandiser bought 55 copies of books cost P3,300.00 and add six copies more.How much should he
pay for the books?
a. P3,380.00 b. P3,360.00 c. P3,660.00 d. P3,920.00 e. P3,310.00

91. The showing of movies stars at 6:18 P.M.,and it will last at 8:05 P.M..How many minutes does the movie
showed?
a. 103 min b. 123 min c. 107 min d. 143 min e. 157 min

92. Three music of musical concert cost P714.How much a dozen tickets cost?
a. P2,469.00 b. P2,946.00 c. P2,964.00 d. P3,296 e. P4,325

93. The length of rectangular lot is one than twice its width. If the perimeter is 16cm. what is the width of the lot
in centimeter?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5
94.The width of a rectangular lot is X meters and its length is 5 meters more than its width.If its dimensions are
decrease by two meters,then its area will decrease by____________.
a. 4sq.m b. X2 + (x-6)sq. m c. 4x+6 sq. m d.2x -3 sq. e. none of this

95.Two planes x and Y are 180 miles apart and moving from opposite direction at a rate of 20 and 30 miles per
hour respectively.How many miles? is covered by the slower plane when they intersect?
a. 50 miles b. 72 miles c. 90 miles d. 60 e. 80 miles

96.The length of an envelope is 24 and 1/5 cm.Three holes at 11 1/5 cm.Apart are place at the center of the
envelope.How far apart is the side of the envelope to the first hole in the centimeter?
a. 9/10 b. 7/10 c. 1 1/5 d. 12 1/10 e. 13

97.The population of the present time is 20%less than the previous pops ulation.If the present population is
4,000.what is previous population?
a. 5 000 b. 5 200 c. 4 200 d. 5 800 e. 8 000

98. A female Honey bee has two parents while male Honey bee has one parent.How many parents are there?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4.5 d. 4.5 e. More than five

99. 8 cans of stock has 6 cans for display. The remaining six cans of stock less 4 cans for display. How many
cans of stock remained in the bodega?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5 e.6

100. a laundry women bought a washing machine cost P 1350.Befor, it cost her P250 to wash clothes but now
with the washing machine, it cost her P160 in washing clothes.In how many months that she has to pay her
washing machine from her savings?
a. 15 b. 18 c. 20 d. 24 e. 16

101. A broker sold a house and lot worth 1.6 million at 5 ½ 0/0 commission.How did he receive?
a. P58,000.00 b. P68,0000.00 c. P78,000.00 d. P88,000.00 e. None of these

102. If four books of equal thickness place one of top of the other reach a height of 19 cm.How many
centimeters thick is each of the book?
a. 3.75 b. 4.25 c. 4.5 d. 4.75 e. none of these

103. Which of the following is eqaul to 1?

a. 1/0 b. 01 c. 0/0 d. .01 e. none of these
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104. Three boys weight 55 kilos, 45 kilos, 51 kilos,respectively.What must the weight of the 4th boy if the
average weight of the following boys is to be 52 kilos?
a.58 b. 57 c. 54 d. 52 e. none of these

105. Which of the following numbers is the largest?

a. 6% of 20 b. 8% of 16 c. 10% of 15 d. 12% of 12 e. none of these

106. Mrs. Dizon’s 33 acres of sugar beefs yielded 495 bushels. What was the average yield per acre?
a. 15 b. 14 c. 13 d. 12 e. none of these

107. The larger of two numbers is seven times the smaller number. What is the larger number if their sum is 56?
a. 49 b. 42 c. 35 d. 28 e. none of these

108. A popular model estimated her clothing needs as follows:

1 gown at P450.00
2 pairs of shoes at P89.95 each
3 pairs of panty hose at P15.95 each
2 shirt at P75.00 each
1 blouse at P9.95
1 dress at P189.95

How many money does she have to raise to met her clothing needs?
a. P902.80 b. P1,116.70 c. P920.80 d. P1,171.65 e. none of these

109. There are 30 boys in class. If the ration of the boys to girls is 3:5, how m in the class?
a. 35 b. 45 c. 35 d. 50 e. one

110. A factory reduced the number of its worker from 6,900 to 3,795. what percent of the total numbers of
employees was laid off?
a. 25 b. 36 c. 35 d. 55 e. none