BUNAWAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Bunawan, Agusan del Sur

S.Y. 2022- 2023
FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATIONS
Business Mathematics
First Semester
Name: _________________________________________ Score:________________________
Section:_______________________________

Direction : Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. What is the result of 3/8 + 1/8?

a. 4/16 b. 3/8 c. ½ d. 5/8
2. Find the sum: 2 ¼ + 5 3/8.
a. 7 3/32 b. 7 4/12 c. 7 5/8 d. 7 7/8
3. Find the difference: 5/9 - 4/9
a. 1/18 b. 1/9 c. 1/3 d. 1
4. What is (5/20)(3/5)?
a. 8/25 b. 15/25 c. 8/100 d. 3/20
5. Find the difference: 8 1/5 – 4 1/3.
a. 3 ½ b. 3 13/15 c. 4 ½ d. 4 13/15
6. Find the difference: 5/6 – 1/8.
a. 4/14 b. 15/24 c. 17/24 d. 19/24
3 7 21
7. Multiply ( )( )( ) .
4 9 28
a. 5/36 b. 5/16 c. 7/16 d. 7/8
8. What is the quotient if 10 is divided by 2 ¼?
a. 4 4/9 b. 5 ¼ c. 5 4/9 d. 8 ¼
9. The salary of a junior auditor is 5/8 of the salary of a senior auditor. If a senior auditor
earns P40, 000.00 a month, how much is the difference between their salaries?
a. P15,000 b. P20, 000 c. P25, 000 d. P30, 000
10. Jane has bought 3 3/5m of white cloth, 2 1/2m of black cloth and 4/5 meters of red
cloth. How many meters of cloth did she buy in all?
a. 5 8/12 b. 5 9/10 c. 6 ¾ d. 6 9/10
11. Perform the indicated operations: (4.5)(0.25) – (1.5) 2 + (0.05/0.005) + 2.5.
a. 10.175 b. 10.875 c. 12.05 d. 13.225
12. Joseph sold the following quantities of kerosene in fractions of gallons: ¾, 5/8, 7/8 and
9/10. If a gallon costs P28.00 and he sold it at P32.00, how much was his gross profit?
a. P10.20 b. P12.60 c. P16.40 d. P20.00
13. Express 0.875 as a fraction in lowest terms.
a. 7/8 b. 13/15 c. 17/20 d. 87/100
14. What is 4.2 in fraction?
a. a. 21/50 b. 4 1/5 c. 4 2/5 d. 4 3/10
15. How many percent is 1/8?
a. 1% b. 8% c. 12.5% d. 18%
16. Change 0.454545…. to percent.
a. 45% b. 45 5/11% c. 454% d. 4545%
17. Write 15 ¾% as a decimal.
a. 0.1525 b. 0.1534 0.15243 d. 0.1575
18. 0.0065 is how many percent?
a. 0.065% b. 0.65% c. 6.5% d. 65%
19. What is 0.0254545454… in fraction?
a. 254/1000 b. 28/100 c. 28/1100 d. 2 6/11
For numbers 20-21, refer to the table below.

FAMILY BUDGET FOR JANUARY 2020

Food PhP5,000
Education PhP3,000
Clothing PhP2,000
 Others PhP5,000

20. What part of the budget is allocated for education?

a. 1/5 b. 2/5 c. 3/5 d. 4/5
21. What percent of the budget is the combined food and others?
a. 66% b. 66.66% c. 66 1/3% d. 66 2/3%
22. Which is of the following is a process in converting a fraction to decimal?
a. Divide the denominator by the numerator.
b.Divide the denominator by the numerator then multiply by 100.
c. Divide the numerator by the denominator.
d.Divide the numerator by the denominator then multiply by 100.
23. Which is of the following is a process in converting a fraction to percent?
a. Divide the denominator by the numerator.
b. Divide the denominator by the numerator then multiply by 100.
c. Divide the numerator by the denominator.
d. Divide the numerator by the denominator then multiply by 100.
24. How do we convert decimal to percent?
a. Divide the decimal by 100.
b. Divide the decimal by 1000.
c. Multiply the decimal by 100.
d. Multiply the decimal by 1000.
25. Erna got 45 correct items in her quiz out of 75 items. How many percent of her quiz did
she answer correctly?
a. 40% b. 50% c. 60% d. 70%
26. Franz purchased a bag for P100. She added P25.00 so she can earn some money and
sold the bag for P125.00. What part of the selling price was the cost?
a. 1 1/5 b. 1 ¼ c. 1 ½ d. 1 ¾
27. Because of power crisis, ABC Enterprises had to retrench its personnel. Its current
personnel total is 1,050 after a 12.5% retrenchment. How many personnel did ABC
Enterprises had before the retrenchment?
a. 1200 b. 1,300 c. 1,400 d. 1,500
28. A car park charges PhP20.00 for the first hour, Php10.50 for the next hour, and PhP5.00
for each additional hour. How much does the car park charge for 8 hours?
a. PhP60.00 b. PhP35.00 c. PhP70.00 d. Php30.00
29. A biscuit factory originally 0.65kg of crackers per box. To increase profitability, the
company reduced the weight by 0.035kg per box. What is the new weight per box?
a. 0.625kg b. 0.615kg c. 0.30kg d. 0.635kg
30. A certain lot valued PhP125,000 is to be divided equally among 8 sons and daughters of
Mr. Wilson. How much share will each of them receive?
a. PhP16,525 b. PhP16,625 c. PhP15,625 d. PhP15,525
31. 20% of 400 is how many percent of 2/5 of 1000?
a.10% b. 15% c. 20% d. 25%

For items 32- 33, refer to the situation below.

Grades of Students A, B and C are based on the following percentages:

Written Works - 25%
Performance Task - 50%
Quarterly Assessment - 25%
The table below shows their total scores and corresponding to the total items in each
field.

Student Written Works Performance Task Quarter Exams

A 69/90 80/100 35/50
B 68/90 75/100 40/50
C 70/90 90/100 44/50

32. What is the initial grade of Student A?

a. 74.33 b. 75.77 c. 76.67 d. 79.25
33. What is the initial grade of Student C?
 a. 83.45 b. 84.55 c. 85.64 d. 86.44
34. What is the ratio of 12 days to 3 weeks?
a. 12:3 b. 4:1 c. 12:30 d. 4:7
35. Albert and William are candidates. Albert received 2,500 votes while William received
3000 votes. What is the ratio of Albert’s vote against William’s?
a. 2:3 b. 3:2 c. 5:6 d. 6:5
36. A recipe uses 12 cups of water for every 5 cups of chocolate. If one wants to make a
recipe using 8 cups of water, how much chocolate does one need?
a. 3 cups b. 3 1/3 cups c. 4 cups d. 4 ½ cups
37. If the capital ratio of Ramon and Gay is 2:3 and Gay has a capital balance of P54,000,
how much is their total capital balance?
a. P90,000 b. P100,000 c. P108,000 d. P110,000
38. If (x+3) : 10 = (3x – 2) : 8, find x.
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
39. If 1/a : 1/b : 1/c = 2 : 3 : 4, then (a + b + c) : (b + c) is equal to:
a. 7 : 9 b. 10 : 3 c. 13 : 7 d. 15 : 6

40. How much interest is charged when Php50,000 is borrowed for 6 months at an annual
interest rate of 3.5%?
a. PhP875.00 b. PhP8,750.00 c.PhP87,500 d. PhP105,000
41. How long will an amount of PhP50,000 gain a simple interest of PhP10,000 at 4% per
annum?
a. 4 years b. 5 years c. 6 years d. 10 years
42. How long will 1 million pesos earn a simple interest of P100, 000 at 1% per annum?
a. 10 years b. 20 years c. 50 years d. 100 years
43. Amparo invested a certain amount at 10% simple interest per year. After 2 years, the
interest she received amounted to P3,000. How much did she invest?
a. PhP1, 500 b. PhP6, 000 c. PhP12, 000 d. PhP15, 000
44. If you deposit PhP5, 500 in a bank at an annual simple interest rate of 8%. How much
money will you have after 6 years?
a. PhP2, 640 b. Php8,140 c. PhP9,120 d. PhP10,240
45. Miko borrowed Php25,000 at 9.2% annual simple interest rate. How much should he
pay after 3 years and 6 months?
a. PhP8,050.00 b. PhP12, 050.00 c. PhP33,050.00 d. PhP37,050.00
46. Abegail invested P10, 000 and accumulated P13,000 in 2 years. What was the interest
rate granted the invested?
a. 10% b. 15% c. 20% d. 25%
47. Maryam is planning to deposit PhP150, 000. Bank A is offering 7.5% compounded
semi-annually while Bank B is offering 7% compounded monthly. If she plans to deposit
this amount for 5 years, in which bank should she invest?
a. Bank A because money will gain higher interest.
b. Bank B because money will gain higher interest.
c. Either of the two since they both earn same interest.
d. Cannot be determined
For numbers 48-50, refer to the problem below.
Each chloroform (CHCl3) molecules contain 1 C atom, 1 H atom, and 3 Cl atoms. If we
need 600 molecules of chloroform, how many atoms of each element should we have? Show
your solutions.

ARNELSON DERECHO
Teacher