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INSTRUCTIONS: Read the following problems and answer the questions, choosing the
best answer among the choices provided. Shade the letter of your choices on the
answer sheet provided. Shade letter E if your answer is not among the choices
provided. Strictly no erasures.

1. The time required for an elevator to lift a weight varies directly with the
weight and the distance through which it is to be lifted and inversely as the
power of the motors. If it takes 20 seconds for a 50 hp motor to lift 50 lbs
through 40 ft, what weight can an 80-hp lift through a distance of 40 ft
within 30 seconds?
A. 100 lbs C. 115 lbs
B. 150 lbs D. 120 lbs

2. A professional organization is composed of x ME’s and 2x CE’s. If 6 ME’s are

replaced by 6 CE’s, 1/6 of the members will be ME’s. What is the value of x?
A. 24 C. 12
B. 36 D. 18

3. On a scaled map, a distance of 10 cm represents 5 km. If a street is 750 m

long, what is the length on the map in cm?
A. 15 C. 150
B. 1.5 D. 0.15

4. If Php 25,000 is invested now, Php 35,000 two years from now and Php 45,000
four years from now, what will be the total amount in 10 years? Assume i = 4%.
A. Php 141,150 C. Php 142,245
B. Php 141,845 D. Php 140,845

5. Compute the arc length of a circle with radius 250 m given the following
bearing of tangents: N 25ᵒ E, N 30ᵒ E.
A. 21.80 m C. 12.34 m
B. 10. 14 m D. 17.89 m

6. A bridge has been constructed between the mainland and an island. The total
cost (excluding tools) to travel across the bridge is expressed as C = 50 +
0.5V where V is the number of vehicles/hour and C is the cost/vehicle in
cents. The demand for travel across the bridge is expressed by V = 2900 – 10C.
Calculate the volume of traffic across the bridge in vehicles/hr.

A. 300 C. 400
B. 350 D. 500

7. A machine is purchased for P1000 and has a useful life of 12 years. At the
end of 12 years, the salvage value is P130. By Sum of the years’ digit method,
what is the book value of the machine at the end of 8 years?
A. P 241.54 C. P 221.83
B. P 301.96 D. P 197.55
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8. Given the following decomposition of fraction:
2
x −x A B C
= + +
( x−1 )( x +5 ) ( x−3 ) x−1 x+ 5 x−3
Determine the value of C.

A. 5/8 C. 0
B. 3/8 D. 1

9. A box contains 7 white balls, 12 green balls, 8 black balls, 15 red balls and
15 yellow balls. How many balls must be drawn to ensure that there will be
three balls of the same color?

A. 8 C. 31
B. 11 D. 25

10. The population of mosquito in a certain area increases at a rate

proportional to the current population, and in the absence of other factors,
the population doubles every two days. If there are 20,000 mosquitoes in the
area initially, how many mosquitoes are there after 8 days?

A. 320,000 C. 640,000
B. 160,000 D. 480,000

11. A mine worker discovers an ore sample containing 500 mg of radioactive

material.  It is discovered that the radioactive material has a half life of 1
day.  Find the amount of radioactive material in the sample at the beginning
of the 7th day.

A. 15.85 mg C. 3.91 mg
B. 7.81 mg D. 12.7 mg

12. A certain radioactive substance has a half-life of 38 hours. Find how long
it takes for 90% of the radioactivity to be dissipitated.

A. 126 hrs C. 142 hrs

B. 5.78 hrs D. 56.21 hrs

13. A garage as shown in a building plan has dimensions 1m x 2m. If the plan is
drawn to scale of 1 is to 250 cm, determine the true area of the garage in
square meters.
A. 18.30 C. 12.50
B. 15.60 D. 10.30

14. The probability that a visit to a particular car dealer results in neither
buying a second-hand car nor a Japanese car is 55%. Of those coming to the
dealer, 25% buy a second-hand car and 30% buy a Japanese car. What is the
probability that a visit leads to buying a second-hand Japanese car?
A. 0.45 C. 0.10
B. 0.30 D. 0.25
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SITUATION 1: A soup bowl is in the shape of a two-base spherical segment with the
upper base being the great circle of radius 5. Its capacity is 66π.
15. What is the height of the bowl?
A. 1.5 in C. 3 in
B. 2 in D. None in the list

16. What is the radius of the lower base?

A. 4.77 in C. 4 in
B. 4.58 in D. None in the list

17. What is the area of the curved surface?

A. 44.96 sq in C. 75.4 sq in
B. 57.56 sq in D. None in the list

18. Ferrer Associates Co. has commissioned a certain contractor to resurface a

stretch of road. It takes 21 hours for 12 men to do the work. Find how many
men it takes to resurface a similar stretch of road 50 hours and 24 minutes,
assuming the work rate remains constant.
A. 8 C. 10
B. 5 D. 7

19. If the average scores of three batches of 55, 60 and 45 examinees

respectively are 50, 55 and 60, then the average score of all the examinees
is:
A. 53.33 C. 54.68
B. 55 D. 53.03

20. Calculate the temperature which Fahrenheit and Celsius readings will have
the same value.
A. -20 C. 30
B. 32 D. -40

21. How many more 4-digit numbers can be formed by the use of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and
7 if digits may be repeated than digits may not be repeated?
A. 936 C. 360
B. 1296 D. 546

22. Twenty eight persons can do a job in 60 days. They all start complete. Five
persons quitted the job at the beginning of the 16 th day. They were reinforced
with 10 persons at the beginning of the 45 th day. How many days was the job
delayed?
A. 6 C. 1
B. 2 D. 3

23. A company has machines of equal capacity that can produce a total of 180
products each work day. If 2 machines break down, the work load of the
remaining machines is increased by 3 pieces each per day to maintain
production. Find the number of machines.
A. 8 C. 10
B. 12 D. 14
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24. The locus of point that moves so that it is always twice as far from (1, 2)
as from (-3, 4) is:
A. Circle C. Line
B. Parabola D. Ellipse

25. The speeds of 25 cars were observed. 10 cars were noted to travel at 35 kph,
8 cars at 40 kph, 2 cars at 50 kph and 5 cars at 45 kph. Assuming that each
car is travelling at constant speed, determine the space-mean speed.
A. 38.5 kph C. 39.26 kph
B. 39.8 kph D. 38.78 kph

26. A telephone company purchased microwave equipment for P 6 million with a

salvage value of P 600,000 over a period of 5 years and pay lump sum of P
400,000 for maintenance cost. Minimum attractive rate of return is 16%
annually. Compute the annual cost of investment of purchasing the microwave
equipment.
A. 1,344,097.25 C. 1,698,256.03
B. 1,867,374.41 D. 1,599,874.99

27. A horizontal line is measured by break chaining and found out that the
recorded measurement was 36.50 m. If the tape was actually inclined by 1.5%,
calculate the correct horizontal distance.
A. 36.481 m C. 36.496 m
B. 35.952 m D. 36.455

28. Compute the normal tension which may be applied to a tape supported over two
supports in order to make the tape equal to its nominal length when supported
only at end points. The steel tape is 30 m long and weighs 0.84 kg when
supported throughout its length under a standard pull of 5.6 kg, with modulus
of elasticity 2 x 106 kg/cm2 and area of 0.06 cm2.
A. 16.45 kg C. 18.21 kg
B. 17.33 kg D. 19.06 kg

29. Rommel spent one sixth of his life as a child, one twelfth as a young man,
and one seventh as a bachelor. Five years after he was married, he had a son
who died 4 years before his father at half his father’s final age. How long
did Rommel live?
A. 38 C. 69
B. 47 D. 84

30. Two liquids are mixed in a ratio 1:3 by volume and placed in a hemisphere
with radius 10 cm. The total depth is 6 cm. After some time, the liquid
separated and the smaller amount settles at the bottom. What is the thickness
of the lighter liquid?
A. 2.82 cm C. 3.28 cm
B. 3.18 cm D. 2.72 cm
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31. If A and B are integers such that Alog 250(2) + Blog250(5) = 3, what is the
value of A + 2B?
A. 16 C. 15
B. 21 D. 23

32. In how many ways can the letters of the word OLYMPIAD be arranged if the
vowels must be in alphabetical order?
A. 6720 C. 5380
B. 5540 D. 13440

33. A force of (2i – j + k) Newtons acts on a line through point P having

coordinates (0, 3, 1) meters. Determine the moment magnitude about point Q
having coordinates (4, 0, –1) meters.
A. 8.87 N-m C. 9.64 N-m
B. 12.35 N-m D. 12.11 N-m

34. Suppose it is known that the cells of a given bacterial culture divide every
3.5 hours (on average). If there are 500 cells in a dish to begin with, how
many will there be after 12 hours?
A. 5383 C. 5432
B. 4889 D. 5634

35. Using the fact that the half-life of Carbon 14 is about 5570 years, find the
age of an object that has been excavated and found to have 90% of its original
amount of radioactive Carbon 14.
A. 233 yrs C. 878 yrs
B. 456 yrs D. 1065 yrs

36. Rox trained consistently, so that she can finish a race in one hour. During
the race, she ran at the rate of 8 kph. However, upon reaching the halfway
point of the race, she realized she needed to run faster so she increased her
speed to 10 kph. If she reached her goal just in time, how long was the race?
A. 6.67 km C. 9.17 km
B. 5.17 km D. 8.89 km

37. Three cards are drawn from the top of a shuffled standard 52-card deck. Find
the probability that they are all of different suits.
A. 169/425 C. 167/397
B. 171/433 D. 113/261

38. Calculate the area of triangle ABC having the following data:
A = 60ᵒ BC = 7 Perimeter = 18
A. 12.33 C. 10.39
B. 10.67 D. 9.45

39. A sewing machine costing 20,000 was bought. It is expected to have a salvage
of 3000 after 10 years. Using Straight line method, find the book value at the
end of 3rd year.
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A. P14,400 C. P16,200
B. P14,900 D. P16,800

40. The tangent distance of a 3 degree simple curve is only half of its radius.
Compute the length of the curve.
A. 362.12 m C. 367.67 m
B. 354.20 m D. 398.50 m

41. Given the following data: {24, 26, 25, 26, 25, 28, 22, 29, 24}. Calculate
the first quartile.
A. 23 C. 25
B. 24 D. 26

42. The chords AB and CD of a circle intersect at P in the circle. A, B, C and D

are points on the circle. If AP=3, CP=6 and DP=4, what is BP?
A. 8 C. 12
B. 4 D. 6
43. The design speed of a car passing thru an easement curve is equal to 80 kph.
The radius of the central curve of the spiral curve is equal to 260 m long.
Compute the length of the easement curve.
A. 88.34 m C. 70.89 m
B. 80.24 m D. 75.62 m

44. The arithmetic mean of 6 numbers is 17. If two numbers are added to the
progression, the new set of numbers will have arithmetic mean of 19. What are
the numbers if their difference is 4?
A. 21, 25 C. 8, 12
B. 23, 27 D. 16, 20
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45. To conserve energy due to present energy crisis, the Meralco tried to re-
adjust their charges to electrical energy users who consume more than 2000 kW-
hrs. For the first 100 kW-hr, they charged 40 centavos and increasing at a
constant rate more than the preceding one until the fifth 100 kW-hr, the
charge is 76 centavos. How much is the average charge for the electrical
energy per 100 kW-hr?
A. 58 cents C. 62 cents
B. 60 cents D. 64 cents

46. A woman borrowed P3,000 to be paid after 1 and half years with interest at
12% compounded semiannually and P 5,000 to be paid after 3 years at 12%
compounded monthly. What single payment must she pay after 3 and half years at
an interest rate of 16% compounded quarterly to settle the two obligations?
A. P 12,627.55 C. P 10,726.89
B. P 11,156.23 D. P 10,886.31

47. The density of traffic in a certain observation point on a highway was

recorded to be 30 veh/km. If the space mean speed of the vehicle is 50 kph,
how many vehicles will be passing every 30 seconds?
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A. 10.5 C. 15
B. 12.5 D. 18.5

SITUATION 2: A square pyramid has an altitude of 3 and base area of 64.

48. Find the lateral surface area.
A. 20 C. 60
B. 40 D. 80

49. If the pyramid is melted and recast to a form of cone with radius 3, find
the altitude.
A. 5.33 C. 6.79
B. 5.69 D. 2.26

50. If it is recast again to a form of frustum of a sphere, with base radii 2

and 3, find the altitude.
A. 2.65 C. 3.65
B. 3.33 D. 4.21

51. Calculate the sum of the infinite progression:

()
n
1 1 1 1
S= + + +⋯
3 9 27 3
A. 4/5 C. 2/3
B. 3/4 D. 1/2

52. Find the area of a quadrilateral having sides AB = 10, BC = 5, CD = 14.14

and DA = 15, if the sum of the opposite angles is equal to 225ᵒ.
A. 94 C. 98
B. 96 D. 100

53. These are the equations which are formed from the observation equations
using the criterion of least squares. The solution to these equations yields
the most probable values or the adjusted values of the unknowns in the
equations.
A. Corrective Equations C. Normal Equations
B. Differential Equations D. Parallel Equations

54. A man wishes to provide a fund for his retirement such that from his 60th to
70th birthdays he will be able to withdraw equal sums of P18, 000 for his
yearly expenses. He invests equal amount for his 41st to 59th birthdays in a
fund earning 10% compounded annually. How much should each of these amounts
be?
A. P 3,124 C. P 2,285
B. P 2,234 D. P 3,465

55. An iron ball is projected upward with a velocity of 300 m/s at an angle of
60° from vertical. When will the ball hit the ground?
A. 52.97 s C. 33.45 s
B. 30.58 s D. 16.90 s
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56. Floating structures of small size employed for demarcation like entrances,
approach channel used for indicating direction changes in means of alignment.
A. Beacon C. Lighthouse
B. Bouy D. Signal

57. Marline purchased a new car worth P 1,950,000. If the car is depreciated
over a 10-year period with salvage value of P 575,000, determine the number of
years to which the book value reaches P 950,000 using sum of years digit
method
A. 4 yrs C. 6 yrs
B. 5 yrs D. 7 yrs

58. Points A, B, C, D and E are on the periphery of the circle. Arc AB = BC =

CD. If the value of angle BAC = 35ᵒ, find the angle DEA.
A. 110ᵒ C. 140ᵒ
B. 105ᵒ D. 70ᵒ

59. The following traffic counts were made during a study period of one hour
from 9AM to 10AM as shown on the 15-min volume counts.
TIME Volume of Traffic
9:00-9:15 465
9:15-9:30 480
9:30-9:45 510
9:45-10:00 490
Determine the peak hour factor.
A. 0.885 C. 0.953
B. 0.968 D. 0.893

60. A structure perpendicular or oblique to the sea or river, usually of open

construction, extending out into the water from the shore, to serve as a
landing place, a recreational facility, etc, rather than to afford coastal
protection.
A. Ports C. Wharf
B. Pier D. Harbour

61. These are the structures in the form of piled projections and they are built
out from the shore to deep water and they may be constructed either for a
navigable river or in the sea.
A. Jetties C. Breakwater
B. Pier D. Dolphin

62. A commuter averages 30 kph on the way to work and 45 kph on the way home.
What is the average speed for the round trip in kph?
A. 37.5 C. 15
B. 36 D. 7.5

63. A regular octahedron has edge of 2 m. Calculate the volume.

A. 3.77 C. 3.22
B. 1.88 D. 2.44
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64. Calculate the distance from a point (1, 3) to the line 4x + 3y + 12 = 0.

A. 4 C. 6
B. 5 D. 7

65. Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line joining (5, 0)
and (-7, 3).
A. 8x + 2y + 11 = 0 C. 8x – y + 11 = 0
B. 8x – 2y + 11 = 0 D. 8x + y + 11 = 0

66. Calculate the partial derivative with respect to x of the function:

2
x y −5 y+ 6
A. y2 – 5 C. xy – 5y
B. y2 D. 2xy

67. Locate the point of inflection of the curve y = x2ex.

A. x = −2 ± √ 3 C. x = −2 ± √ 2
B. x = 2 ± √2 D. x = 2 ± √3

68. Determine the order and the degree of the differential equation:

2x
d4 y
dx 4
+5 x ( )
2 dy
dx
−xy =0

A. Fourth order, first degree C. First order, fourth degree

B. Third order, first degree D. First order, third degree

69. According to Newton’s Law of Cooling, the rate at which a substance cools in
air is directly proportional to the difference in between the temperature of
the substance and that of air. If the temperature of the air is 30ᵒC and the
substance cools from 100ᵒC to 70ᵒC in 15 minutes, how long will it take to
cool from 100ᵒC to 50ᵒC?
A. 33.58 mins C. 35.39 mins
B. 43.50 mins D. 46.30 mins

70. A boy tied a 80-g stone to a string which he rotated to form a circular
motion with a diameter of 1000 mm. Compute the pull exerted on the string by
the stone if it got loose leaving at a velocity of 25 m/s.
A. 120 N C. 150 N
B. 100 N D. 135 N

71. Determine the angle of the super-elevation for a 200-m highway curve so that
there will be no side thrust at a speed of 90 kph.
A. 19.17 deg C. 18.32 deg
B. 17.67 deg D. 20.11 deg

72. What are the basic units of SI system?

A. CGS C. MKS
B. FPS D. None in the list
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73. Compute the number of blocks that an ice plant must be able to sell per
month to break even based on the following data:
Cost of electricity per block = P 20.00
Tax to be paid per block = P 2.00
Real estate tax = P 3,500.00 per month
Salaries and wages = P 25,000.00 per month
Others = P 12,000 per month
Selling price of ice = P 55.00 per block

A. 1228 C. 1373
B. 1285 D. 1312

74. Which of the following is true about decahedron?

A. It has ten faces with equal area C. It has twelve faces with equal
area
B. It has ten faces with unequal area D. None is true

75. It is the chord containing the center of the circle.

A. Long Chord C. Diameter
B. Radius D. Bisector

76. An airplane travels 1.75 hrs when against the wind and 1.15 hrs when in the
direction of the wind. The distance to its destination is 500 mi. Compute the
speed of the wind.
A. 74.53 mph C. 90.93 mph
B. 77.33 mph D. 65.89 mph

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

77. The geometric mean and the arithmetic mean of the two numbers are 8
and 17 respectively. Find one of the numbers?
a. 32 b. 24 c. 48 d. 18
78. In how many different ways can a ten-question true
false examination be answered?
a. 12 b. 10 c. 20 d. 210
79. What is the number of permutation of the
letters in the word “banana”?
a. 36 b. 60 c. 52 d. 42

80. In a mathematics examination, a student may select 15 problems from a set of

20 problems. In how many ways can he makes his choice?
a. 3,000 b. 15,504 c. 1,860,480 d. 2.027 x 106

81. There are 10 basketball teams in NCAA. If each team plays every
team twice, how many games are played?
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a. 45 b. 90 c. 180 d. 120

82. How many different three-digit numbers greater than 300 can be formed
with the digits 1,2,3,4 and 5 if no repetitions are allowed?
a. 3,125 b. 1,875 c. 120 d. 36

83. In how many different ways can 5 persons be seated in an automobile having
places for 2 in the front seat and 3 in the back seat if only 3 can drive?
a. 30 b. 60 c. 36 d. 72

84. How many ways can 4 boys and 4 girls be seated

alternatively in the row of eight chairs?
a. 40,320 b. 24 c. 48 d. 1,152

85. In how many different ways can 4 persons be seated in

consecutive seats in a row of 7 seats?
a. 72 b. 96 c. 120 d. 168

86. How many different committees of 6 can be formed from 12 boys and 20 girls
if each committee is consisting of 4 boys and 2 girls?
a. 34,560 b. 69,120 c. 94,050 d. 4,514,450

87. How many different signals each consisting of 6 flags hung in a vertical can
be formed from 4 identical red flags and 2 identical yellow flags?
a. 720 b. 24 c. 15 d. 12

88. Determine the probability of throwing a total

of 7 in a single throw with two dice.
a. 1/3 b. ¼ c. 1/6 d. 1/12

89. A box contains 4 red, 7 white and 5 blue balls. Two balls are chosen at
random with replacement. What is the probability they are both red?
a. 1/16 b. 1/10 c. 1/12 d. 1/8

90. What is the probability of drawing either an ace or a king in a

single draw from a deck of 52 playing cards?
a. 1/13 b. 2/13 c. 7/52 d. 1/6

91. What is the probability of drawing either an ace or a heart in

a single draw from a deck of 52 playing cards?
a. 17/52 b. 4/13 c. 9/26 d. 15/52

92. From a bag containing 4 black balls and 5 white balls, two balls are
drawn. Find the probability that one is white and the other is black.
a. 4/9 b. 5/9 c. 2/3 d. 1/3
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93. Two red books and 4 blue books are placed at random on a shelf. What
is the probability that the blue books will be together?
a. 0.1 b. 0.143 c. 0.2 d. 0.341

94. A number between 1 to 10,000 inclusive is selected at

random. What is the probability that it is a perfect square?
a. 0.01 b. 0.015 c. 0.02 d. 0.025

95. If 10 coins are tossed, what is the

probability that it will show 5 heads and 5
tails?
a. 0.246 b. 0.256 c. 0.0246 d.
0.0256

96. What is the probability of getting a

number "4" thrice in five tosses of a
dice?
a. 0.232 b. 0.322 c. 0.0232 d.
0.0322

97. If the probability that Ginebra, Alaska and Shell will win the PBA
open conference championship are 1/5, 1/6 and 1/10, respectively.
Find the probability that one of them will win the title.
a. 7/15 b. 1/300 c. 7/100 d. 1

98. In a poker game consisting of 5 cards, what is the probability of

holding 2 aces and 2 queens?

99. In how many ways can PICHE Chapter with 15 directors choose a
president, a vice president, a secretary, a treasurer and an auditor,
if no member can hold more than one position.
a. 630630 b. 3300 c. 360360 d. 3003

100. A two-digit number is chosen randomly. What

is the probability that it is divisible by 7?

101. Sick Oil Company is considering the purchase of a new machine that will
last 5 years and cost Php50,000, maintenance will cost Php6,000 the
first year, decreasing by Php1,000 each year to Php2,000 the fifth
year. If the interest rate is 8% per year compounded annually, how much
money should the company set aside for the machine?
a. Php 66,583.83 c. Php 62,591.12
b. Php 73,583.83 d. Php 68,591.12

102. Talisay City is considering a new Php50,000 street cleaner. The new
machine will operate at a savings of Php600 per day compared to the
present equipment. Assume MARR is 12%, and the machine life is 10 years
with zero resale value at that time. How many days per year must a
machine be used to justify the investment?
a. 13 c. 14
b. 15 d. 16
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103. A fixed capital investment of P10,000,000 is required for a proposed

manufacturing plant and an estimated working capital of P2,000,000.
Annual depreciation is estimated to be 10% of the capital investment.
If the annual profit is P2500000, what is the rate of return?
a. 25 % c. 20.83 %
b. 16 % d. 16.67 %

104. P180,000 was spent on the project that yields annual benefit of P60,000
for a period of 8 years without any salvage value. Determine the
benefit cost ratio considering the cost of money to be 7 %.
a. 0.50 c. 3.42
b. 2.67 d. 1.99

105. Carmina deposits P6,000 every month for her business. If the interest
rate is 10% compounded quarterly, what lump sum value can she expect
after 20 years?
a. P 1,490,296.28 c. P 4,556,213.02
b. P 1,474,887.17 d. P 4,507941.80

106. Mr. Ferrer bought a bond having a face value of P1,000 for P970. The
bond rate was 14% nominal and interest payments were made to him
semiannually for a total of 7 years. At the end of the seventh year, he
sold the bond to a friend at a price that resulted a yield of 16%
nominal on his investment. What was the selling price?
a. P 1,451.03 c. P 1,154.03
b. P 1,541.03 d. P 1,145.03

107. Engr. Ferrer loans from a loan firm an amount of P100,000 with a rate
of simple interest of 20% but the interest was deducted from the loan
at the time the money was borrowed. If at the end of one year, he has
to pay the full amount of P100,000, what is the actual rate of
interest?
a. 23.5% c. 24.7%
b. 25.0% d. 25.8%

108. The exact simple interest of P5,000 invested from June 21, 1995 to
December 25,1995 is P100. What is the rate of interest?
a. 3.90% c. 3.78%
b. 3.88% d. 3.98%

109. An amount of P1,000 becomes P1,608.44 after 4 years compounded bi-

monthly. Find the nominal interest rate.
a. 11.94 % c. 11.91 %
b. 12.06 % d. 12.00 %

120. An earth moving equipment that cost P90,000 will have an estimated
salvage value of P18,000 at the end of 8 years. Using double-declining
balance method, compute the book value and the total depreciation at
the end of the 5th year.
a. P21,357.42; P68,642.58 c. P24,362.48; P65,637.52
b. P15,830.34; P74,169.66 d. P32,914.42; P57,085.58

121. Find the time required for a sum of money to triple itself at 5% per
annum compounded continuously.
a. 18.23 years c. 25.34 years
b. 23.36 years d. 21.97 years

122. An equipment costs P480,000 and has a salvage value of 10% of its cost
at the end of its economic life of 36,000 operating hours in a period
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of 5 years. In the first year of service, it was used for 12,000 hours.
If at the end of the 2 nd year it was used for 15,000 hours, find the
depreciation charge during the second year.
a. P324,000 c. P180,000
b. P172,800 d. P86,400

123. An equipment costs P8,000 has an economic life of 8 years and a salvage
value of 400 at the end of 8 years. The first-year depreciation amounts
to P1,688.89. What method is used in the calculation of the
depreciation?
a. Straight Line c. Sinking Fund, i=10%
b. Sum of the years Digit d. Declining Balance

124. What is the nominal rate of interest compounded continuously for 8

years if the present worth factor is equal to 0.6187835
a. 4% c. 5%
b. 6% d. 7%

125. A person buys a piece of lot for P100,000 down payment and 10 deferred
semi-annual payments of P8,000 each, starting 3 years from now. What is
the present value of the investment if the rate of interest is 12%
compunded annually?
a. P143,999.08 c. P141,508.57
b. P142,249.64 d. P144,712.82

ORDER AND DEGREE OF A DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION

126. Determine the degree and order of the following differential
2
d x 2
2
+k x=0
equation: dt
Ans. 2nd order, 1st degree
127. Determine the degree and order of the following differential
equation: (x2 + y2)dx + 2xydy = 0
Ans. 1st order, 1st degree
128. Determine the degree and order of the following differential
equation: (y’’)3 + (y’)4 + 2x = 0
Ans. 2nd order, 3rd degree
129. Determine the degree and order of the following differential
equation: (y’’’)2 – 2(y’)2 + y = 0
Ans. 3rd degree, 2nd order

ELIMINATION OF ARBITRARY CONSTANTS

130. Eliminate the arbitrary constant from the equation: y = c 1e-2x +
c2e3x
Ans. y’’ – y’ – 6 = 0
131. Eliminate the constant ‘a’ from the equation: (x-a) 2 + y2 = a2
Ans. (x2 – y2)dx +2xydy = 0
132. Eliminate ‘c’ from the equation: cxy + c2x + 4 = 0
Ans. x3(y’)2 + x2yy’ + 4 = 0

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION OF A FAMILY OF CURVES

133. Determine the differential equation of the family of circles with
centers along the line x=y.
Ans. (x2 + 2xy – y2) – (x2 – 2xy – y2)dy = 0
134. Determine the differential equation of the family of parabolas
with vertices at the origin and their foci on the y-axis.
Ans. xy’ -2y = 0
135. Determine the differential equation of a family of circles having
their centers on the y-axis.
Ans. xy’’ – (y’)3 – y’ = 0
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SEPARATION OF VARIABLES
136. Solve the initial value problem 2x(y+1)dx –ydy = 0 where x=0 and
y = -2.
Ans. x2 = y – ln (y+1) + 2

EQUATIONS WITH HOMOGENEOUS COEFFICIENTS

137. Solve the equation (x2 – xy + y2)dx – xydy = 0
Ans. (y – x)ey/x = c
138. Solve the equation xydy + (x2 + y2)dy = 0
Ans. y2(2x2 + y2) = c OR y2(2x2 + y2) = c4

EXACT EQUATIONS
139. Solve the equation 3x(xy – 2)dx + (x3 + 2y)dy = 0
Ans. x3y – 3x2 + y2 = c
140. Solve the equation (2x3 – xy2 – 2y + 3)dx – (x2y + 2x)dy = 0
Ans. x4 – x2y2 – 4xy + 6x = c

NEWTON’S LAW OF COOLING (the rate of change in temperature is proportional to

the temperature difference)
141. A thermometer, which has a reading of 700F inside a house, is
placed outside where the air temperature is 100F. Three minutes later,
it is found that the thermometer reading is 250F. Determine the
equation that represents the temperature reading of the thermometer at
any given time.
Ans. u = 10 + 60e(-0.46t)-

SIMPLE CHEMICAL CONVERSION (the time rate of change of the amount ‘x’ of an
unconverted substance is proportional to ‘x’)
142. Determine the amount of material that will be left after 50 days.
The initial amount of material is 1000 grams. After 30 days, the amount
of material left is 750 grams.
Ans. 619.11 grams