MATH

1. In a triangle BCD, BC = 25 m, and CD = 10 m. The perimeter of the triangle may be

a) 72 m C) 69 m
b) 70 m D) 71 m
2. A square hole 2 x 2 is cut through a 6 inch diameter log along, its diameter and
perpendicular to its axis. Find the volume of wood that was removed.
a) 27.32 cu. in. c) 21.78 cu. in.
b) 23.54 cu. in. d) 34.62 cu. in.
3. The volume of the closed cylindrical tank is 11.3 cu. m. If the total surface area is a
minimum, what us the base radius in m?
a) 1.44 c) 1.22
b) 1.88 d) 1.66
4. Find the sum in the series 3, 12, 48 …. up to the 9th term.
a) 223614 c) 234612
b) 346212 d) 262143
5. Twenty men can finish a job in 30 days. Twenty five men started the job. If ten men
quitted the job after 18 days, find the number of days to finish the job.
a) 27 c) 26
b) 28 d) 29
6. The base diameter of a certain solid is 40 cm. Find the volume of the solid in cc if every
cutting plane perpendicular to a given diameter is a square.
a) 52667 cc c) 52334 cc
b) 32567 d) 42667 cc
7. The sides of a triangle ABC are AB = 100 cm, BC = 150 cm, and CA = 200 cm.
Determine the area of the triangle.
a) 6172 sq. cm. c) 7262 sq. cm.
b) 7266 sq. cm. d) 6722 sq. cm.
8. A man paid 10% down payment of P200,000 for a house and lot and agreed to pay the
balance on monthly installments for 60 months at an interest rate of 15% compounded
monthly. Determine the required monthly payment.
a) P4,282 c) P58,477
b) P42,822 d) P5,848
9. The tag price of a certain commodity is for 100 days. If paid in 31 days there is a 3%
discount. What is the simple interest paid?
a) 12.15% c) 22.32%
b) 6.25% d) 16.14%
10. A rectangular box having a square base and open at the top is to have a capacity of
16823 cc. Find the height of the box to use the lease amount of material.
a) 16.14 cm c) 18.41 cm
b) 32.28 cm d) 28.74 cm
11. Find the second derivative of y = x2 at x = 2.
a) 96 c) -0.25
b) 0.375 d) -0.875

12. Find the angle that the line 2y – 9x – 18 = 0 makes with the x – axis
a) 74.77° c) 47.77°
b) 4.5° d) 77.47°
13. At 2:00 pm, an airplane takes off at 340 mph on an aircraft carrier. The aircraft carter
moves due south at 25 kph in the same direction as the plane. At 4.05 pm, the
communication between the plane and the aircraft carrier was lost. Determine the
communication range in miles between the plane and the carrier.
 a) 656 miles c) 557 miles
b) 785 miles d) 412 miles
14. Find the remainder when 2x² - 4x³ is divided by x + 3.
a) -90 c) 120
b) 60 d) -75
15. Find the sum of the infinite geometric series of 16 + 4 + 1 + ¼ + ….
a) 87/4 c) 65/3
b) 64/3 d) 86/4
16. The chords of the ellipse 64x² + 25y = 1600 having equal slopes of 1/5 are bisected by
its diameter Determine the equation of the diameter of the ellipse.
a) 5x – 64y = 0 c) 5x + 64y = 0
b) 64x – 5y = 0 d) 64x + 5y = 0
17. Find the distance from the point (5,-3) to the line 7x – 4y – 28 = 0.
a) 51.4 c) 55.2
b) 57.8 d) 53.7
18. What is the surface area of a sphere whose volume is 3 cu. m?
a) 52.7 m2 c) 46.6 m2
2
b) 48.7 m d) 54.6 m2
19. A face of a coin is either head or tail. If three coins are tossed, what is the probability of
getting three tails?
a) 1/8 c) ¼
b) ½ d) 1/6
20. The slant height of a right circular cone is 5 m long. The base diameter is 6 m. What is
the lateral area in sq. m?
a) 37.7 m2 c) 44 m2
2
b) 47 m d) 40.8 m2
21. A truck travel from point M northward for 30 min. then eastward for one hour, then
shifted N30°W. If the constant speed is 40 kph, how far directly from M, in km will be it
after 2 hours?
a) 43.5 c) 47.8
b) 45.2 d) 41.6
22. A train running at 60 kph decelerated at 2m/min^2 for 14 minutes. Find the distance
traveled in km within this period.
a) 12.2 c) 13.8
b) 13.2 d) 12.8
23. The radius of the earth is 3960 mi,. The gravitational acceleration at the earth’s surface
is 32.16 fps2. What is the velocity of escape from the earth in mi/s?
a) 6.94 c) 7.83
b) 8.62 d) 9.36
24. A boat takes 2/3 as much time to travel downstream from C to D, as return if the rate for
the river’s current is 8 kph, what is the speed of the boat in still water?
a) 40 kph c) 41 kph
b) 38 kph d) 39 kph
25. A trough has an open top 30m by 6m and closed vertical ends which are equilateral
triangles 30 cm on each side. It is filled with water to half its depth. Find the volume of
the water in cu. m.
a) 0.046 c) 0.037
b) 0.058 d) 0.065
26. 20.5 cu. m water is inside a spherical tank whose radius is 2 m. Find the height of the
water surface above the bottom of the tank, in m.
a) 2.7 c) 2.3
 b) 2.5 d) 2.1
27. A cone was formed by rolling a thin sheet of metal in the form of a sector of a circle 72
cm in diameter with a central angle of 150 degrees. Find the volume of the cone in cc.
a) 7733 c) 7744
b) 7722 d) 7711
28. A circle whose are 8m 452 cm square is cut into two segment by a chord whose
distance from the center of the circle is 6 cm. find the area of the larger segment in cm
square.
a) 372.5 c) 368.4
b) 363.6 d) 377.6
29. The present value of an annuity of R pesos payable annually for 8 years with the first
payment at the end of 10 years, is P187, 481.25. Find the value of R if money is worth
5%
a) 45000 c) 42000
b) 44000 d) 43000
30. In triangle ABC, AB = 8m and BC = 20m. One possible dimension of CA is
a) 13 c) 9
b) 7 d) 11
31. What rate compounded quarterly is equivalent to 6% compounded semi-annually?
a) 5.93% c) 5.96%
b) 5.99% d) 5.9%
32. The logarithms of the quotient and the product of two numbers are 0.352182518 and
1.556302501, respectively. Find the first numbers?
a) 11 c) 9
b) 10 d) 12
33. Locate the center of the curve x2 + 16y2 + 96y + 144 = 0
a) (8,-3) c) (14,-3)
b) (2,-3) d) (8,-1)
34. An engineer bought an equipment for P500,000. Other expenses, including installation,
amounted to P30,000. At the end of its estimated useful life of 10 years, the salvage
value will be 10% of the first cost. Using the straight-line method of depreciation, what is
the book value after 5 years?
a) 291500 c) 271500
b) 281500 d) 301500
35. The bases of a right prism are pentagons with each side 6 -cm long. The bases are 12
cm apart. What is the volume of the prism in cu. cm?
a) 733.2 c) 713.2
b) 743.2 d) 723.2
36. The sum of the progression 5, 8, 11, 14 .. is 1025. How many are there?
a) 22 c) 23
b) 24 d) 25
37. The altitude of the frustum of a regular rectangular pyramid is 5 m the volume is 140 cu.
m and the upper base is 3m x 4m. What are the dimensions of the lower base in m?
a) 7.5 x 10 c) 6 x 8
b) 4.5 x 6 d) 9 x 10
38. Find the distance from (4,-2) and (-5,1)
a) 9.67 c) 9.49
b) 9.85 d) 9.94

39. Find the slope of the line whose parametric equations are x = 2 + t and y = 5 – 3t
 a) -3 c) 2
b) 3 d) -2
40. A time deposit of P110,000 for 31 days ears 890.39 on maturity date after deducting the
20% withholding tax on interest income. Find the rate of interest per annum.
a) 12.5% c) 11.75%
b) 12.25% d) 11.95%
41. In how many minutes after 3:00 pm will the minute had of the clock coincide with the
hour hand?
a) 17.273 c) 16.364
b) 18.182 d) 15.455
42. A company uses a type of truck which costs P2M, with life of 3 years and a final salvage
value of P320,000, How much could the company afford to pay for another type of truck
for the same purpose, whose life is 4 years with a final salvage value of P400,000. if
money is worth 4%?
a) 2805120 c) 2585870
b) 2718480 d) 2642320
43. The corners of a cubical block touch the closed spherical shell that encloses it. The
volume of the box is 2744 cc. what volume in cc, inside the shell is not occupied by the
block?
a) 7421 c) 4721
b) 2741 d) 1321
44. A car drives east from point A at 30 kph. Another car starting from B at the same time,
drives 30° W tower A at 60 kph. B is 30 km away from A How fast in kph is the distance
between the two cars changing after one hour?
a) 74 c) 45
b) 78 d) 54
45. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon of n sides is 1080 degrees. Find n
a) 10 c) 9
b) 7 d) 8
46. The sides of a quadrilateral are 12m, 8m, 16.97m and 20m respectively. Two opposite
interior angles have a sum of 225 degrees. Find the area of the quadrilateral in sq. m.
a) 164 c) 168
b) 166 d) 162
47. Determine the distance from (5,10) to the line x – y = 0
a) 3.86 c) 3.54
b) 3.68 d) 3.72
48. The volume of the water is a spherical tank is 1470.265 cu. cm. Determine the depth of
water if the tank has a diameter of 30 cm.
a) 8 c) 4
b) 6 d) 10
49. If the edge of a cube is increased by 30%, by how much is the surface are increased?
a) 67 c) 63
b) 69 d) 65
50. Find the value in degrees of arc cos(tan 24 degrees)
a) 61.48 c) 63.56
b) 62.35 d) 60.84
51. A bag contains 3 white and 5 black balls. If two balls are drawn in succession without
replacement, what is the probability that both ball are black?
a) 5/28 c) 5/32
b) 5/16 d) 5/14
52. The area of a circle circumscribed about an equilateral triangle is 254.47 sq. m. What is
the area of the triangle in sq. m?
a) 105.22 c) 85.43
b) 85.96 d) 89.36
53. How far from the x – axis is on the foci of the hyperbola x2 – 2y2 + 4x + 4y + 4 = 0?
a) 2.62 c) 2.73
b) 2.45 d) 2.24
54. An annular region is made by drawing concentric circles. A chord of length 5 is drawn in
the larger circle. At the same time this line is tangent to the smaller circle. What is the
area of annulus?
a) 25 pi c) 25 pi / 4
b) 25 pi / 2 d) 25 pi / 8
55. A triangle has two sides with length 3 and 4 cm. Which of the following could be the
length of the third side?
a) 1 cm c) 7 cm
b) 2 cm d) 8 cm
56. The sum of the nth term of a sequence is given by S(n) = n(n-3). What is the nth term of
the sequence?
a) 2n – 2 c) 2n + 2
b) 2n – 4 d) 2n + 4
57. 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
58. A certain radioactive substance has a half life of 38 hours. Find how long it takes for
90% of the radioactivity to be dissipated.
a) 126 hrs c) 142 hrs
b) 5.78 hrs d) 56.21 hrs
59. Porky applied for the two colleges namely Miranda Institute of Technology and Andres
Bonifacio College. The probability that he will be admitted to MIT is 2/5. The probability
that he will be admitted to ABC is 3/4. Find the probability that he will be admitted to at
least one of the colleges.
A) ¾ c) 17/20
B) 4/5 d) 19/20
60. Determine the effective rate of interest corresponding to 16% compounded daily.
a) 17.35% c) 18.45%
b) 16.92% d) 19.32%
61. If the sum of 20000 is deposited in an account earning interest rate of 9% compounded
quarterly, what will it become at the end of 10 years?
a) 32045 c) 48703
b) 46788 d) None of the list
62. Gemma received P 1835 from the firm and promised to pay P 2100 at the end of 11
months. What is the simple interest rate?
a) 14.31% c) 13.69%
b) 15.75% d) 15.21%
63. If the sides of triangle ABC are AB = 16, BC = 24 and AC = 20, find the length of the
median from vertex B to side AC.
a) 19.21 c) 17.8
b) 26.30 d) 16.6
 64. A machine costing P 720,000 is estimated to have a life of 10 years. If the annual rate of
depreciation is 25%, determine the total depreciation using a constant percentage of the
declining balance method.
a) 679454.27 c) 698562.41
b) 724556.32 d) 95680.57
Situation: Two roads diverge in a wood at an angle of 39°. Two hikers traveling together, decide
to split up at this point. The first one heads down one path at 6.2 kph, while the other hiker
moves down the second path at 5.4 kph. After traveling an hour and a half, the first hiker shoots
up a flare that rises 800 m into the air. Assume the ground to be horizontal.
65. How far are the two hikers from each other?
a) 4.33 km c) 6.21 km
b) 5.67 km d) 5.92 km
66. What is the angle of elevation that the second hiker sees the flare at its highest point?
a) 5.4 c) 6.2
b) 7.7 d) 6.8
Situation: A committee of 3 members is selected at random from 4 boys and 3 girls.
67. What is the probability that there is one boy in the committee?
a) 0.143 c) 0.244
b) 0.343 d) 0.331
68. What is the probability that there are two boys in the committee?
a) 0.514 c) 0.365
b) 0.344 d) 0.412
69. What is the expected number of girls in the committee?
a) 1.5 c) 1.3
b) 1.7 d) 1.6
70. You are given an arithmetic sequence represented by the formula 2n + 7, where n is its
sequence order in the sequence a1, a2, a3,…an. What is the sum of the first n terms of
the sequence?
a) 2n^2 + 7n c) n^2
b) n^2 + 8n d) 2n^2 + 16n
71. A certain ball, when dropped from any height, moves always in a vertical path and
bounces to 1/3 of its original height. If the ball is cropped from 54 It, what is the total
distance that the ball has traveled when it hits the ground for the fourth time?
a) 106 ft c) 107.33 ft
b) 160 ft d) 80 ft
72. From the letters B, B, A, P, E, E, find the probability that it spells the word PABEBE.
a) 1/90 c) 1/270
b) 1/180 d) 1/720
73. A house that is 10 m tall is located directly across the street from an office building. The
angle of elevation of the office building from the ground is 72 degrees and from the top
of the house is 68 degrees. How tall is the office building?
a) 86 m c) 51 m
b) 68 m d) 45 m