DIAGNOSTIC EXAM

1. A bookstore purchased a book at P 200 per copy. At what price should this book
be sold so that giving a 20% discount, the profit is 30%.
2. A company sells 80 units and makes P80 profit. It sells 110 units and makes P 140
profit. If the profit is a linear function of the number of units sold, what is the
average profit per unit if the company sells 250 units?
3. The resultant of the concurrent forces has a magnitude of 1000 kN and acts
trough the origin and the points (2,3,4). What is the z component of the resultant
force?
4. Find the value of log x 11 if log x 6 = 1.2925
5. A circular cone having an altitude of 9 meter is divided into 2 segments having
the same vertex. If the smaller altitude is 6 m, find the ratio of the volume of the
small cone to the big cone.
6. If the edge of the cube is increased by 30%, by how much is the surface area
increased?
7. The distance between the centers of the 3 circles which are mutually tangent to
each other externally are 10, 12 and 14 units. The area of the largest circle is
8. The 5th term of an A.P is 123 and the 30th term is 245. What is the 12th term?
9. What is the cross product A x B of the vectors A = i + 4j + 6k and B = 2i + 3j + 5k
10. A swimming pool is shaped from 2 intersecting circles 9 m in radius with their
centers 9 m apart. What is the area common to the two circles?
11. What is the distance of the point ( 3, -7) to the line 4x + 6y – 5 = 0 ?
12. What is the slope of the curve when y = 2 sin x when x = 10?
13. Find the distance between A ( 3,4, -6) and B ( 4, 5, -7) .
14. The slope of the line whose equation is 5x + 3y = 9 is
15. A 20 m high mast is placed on the top of the cliff whose height above sea level is
unknown. An observer at sea sees the top the mast at an elevation of 46042' , the
foot at 38023’. The height of the cliff is closest to:
16. The sum of the deflection angle for the enclosed traverse, where “n” equals the
number of traverse lines is:
17. Find the magnitude of the resultant F = 3i + 4j + 12k
18. Find y’ in the curve y = ( 1 – 2x)3 at the point ( 1,-1).
19. Find the product of 2 numbers such that their sum multiplied by the sum of their
squares is 5500 and their difference multiplied by the difference of their squares
is 352.
20. In a right spherical triangle , a = 32016’ and c = 1190 23’ the value of b is:
21. A civil engineer recorded 50.8, 51.6, 52.3, and 53.2 paces in walking along a
47.5m course to determine his pace factor. He then took 660, 658, 671 and 670
paces in walking an unknown distance AB. Compute the distance AB based on his
pace factor.
22. The vertices of a triangle have their polar coordinates at (0,00), ( 6,300) and (9,
700). The perimeter of a triangle is
23. A semiconductor will hire 7 men and 5 women. In how many ways can the
company choose from 9 men and 6 women.
24. How many terms of the sequence -9, -6, -3 … must be taken so that the sum is
66?
 25. Find the quotient and remainder when 4y3 + 18y2 + 8y – 4 is divided by 2y + 3?.
26. What is the number of permutations of the letters in the word BANANA?
27. A stack of bricks has 61 bricks in the bottom layer, 58 bricks in the second layer,
55 bricks in the 3rd layer and so on until there are 10 bricks in the last layer. How
many bricks are there together?
28. Determine the slope of the curve x2 + y2 – 6x + 10y + 5 = 0 at the point (1,0).
29. In the two-peg test of a dumpy level, the following observations are taken:
Instrument at A Instrument at B
Rod reading at A 1.506 0.938
Rod reading at B 2.024 1.449
What is the true difference in elevation between the two point?
30. If the sum of P12,000 is deposited in an account earning interest rate of 9%
compounded quarterly, what will it become after 1 year?
31. You owe P120,000 from a friend and promise to pay 6% simple interest. How
much will you pay at the end of 9 months?
32. If sin A = 3/5 , θ in the second quadrant and cos B = -1/2, θ is in the 3rd
quadrant, what is the value of sin( A + B )?
33. With a wind velocity of 40 kph, it takes an airplane as long to travel 1,200 km with
the wind as 900 km against it. How fast can the airplane travel in still air?
34. 543 degrees is how many gradians?
35. If sin 3A = cos 6B then
36. The 5th term of a geometric progression is 162 and the 10th term is 39366. What
is the 3rd term?
37. The distance between the points A( 2, 10, 4) and B ( 8, 3, z) is 9.434. What is the
value of z
38. What is the area bounded by the curve y = 6 cos x from the x axis to x = π/6 to x
= 2π.
39. Interest directly proportional to the length of time and the amount of principal
borrowed.
40. What is the remainder when 3x4 + 2x3 – 5x2 + x + 7 is divided by x – 3?
41. A rhombus has diagonals of 32 and 20 inches. What is the area?
42. The volume of water in a spherical tank having a diameter of 4 m is 5.236 m 2 .
What is the depth of water in the tank?
43. The polar coordinate of ( 3, -6) is
44. A force of F = 3000 lb acts from A( 4, -2, 5) to B( 3, -5, 7). Find the components of
the force.
45. Mass A moves at 20 kph in the direction N 400 E while Mass B moves at 30 kph in
the direction of S 300 W. What is the relative velocity of B with respect to A ?
46. Find the length of the vector < 2, 1, 4 >
47. If the distance between ( 3, y) and (8,7) is 13 is, they y is :
48. Three boys and 3 girls sit in a row. In how many ways can they sit if the girls are
always together?
49. In the spherical triangle A = 1200 B = 1350 and c = 300. What is C ?
50. What is the area bounded by the curves y2 = 4x and x2 = 4y?
 DIAGNOSTIC EXAM

1. A bookstore purchased a book at P 200 per copy. At what price should this book
be sold so that giving a 20% discount, the profit is 30%.

2. A company sells 80 units and makes P80 profit. It sells 110 units and makes P 140
profit. If the profit is a linear function of the number of units sold, what is the
average profit per unit if the company sells 250 units?

3. The resultant of the concurrent forces has a magnitude of 1000 kN and acts
trough the origin and the points (2,3,4). What is the z component of the resultant
force?

4. Find the value of log x 11 if log x 6 = 1.2925

5. A circular cone having an altitude of 9 meter is divided into 2 segments having

the same vertex. If the smaller altitude is 6 m, find the ratio of the volume of the
small cone to the big cone.

6. If the edge of the cube is increased by 30%, by how much is the surface area
increased?
7. The distance between the centers of the 3 circles which are mutually tangent to
each other externally are 10, 12 and 14 units. The area of the largest circle is

8. The 5th term of an A.P is 123 and the 30th term is 245. What is the 12th term?

9. What is the cross product A x B of the vectors A = i + 4j + 6k and B = 2i + 3j + 5k

10. A swimming pool is shaped from 2 intersecting circles 9 m in radius with their
centers 9 m apart. What is the area common to the two circles?

11. What is the distance of the point ( 3, -7) to the line 4x + 6y – 5 = 0 ?

12. What is the slope of the curve when y = 2 sin x when x = 10?

13. Find the distance between A (3,4, -6) and B ( 4, 5, -7) .

14. The slope of the line whose equation is 5x + 3y = 9 is

15. A 20 m high mast is placed on the top of the cliff whose height above sea level is
unknown. An observer at sea sees the top the mast at an elevation of 46042' , the
foot at 38023’. The height of the cliff is closest to:

16. The sum of the deflection angle for the enclosed traverse, where “n” equals the
number of traverse lines is:

17. Find the magnitude of the resultant F = 3i + 4j + 12k

18. Find y’ in the curve y = ( 1 – 2x)3 at the point ( 1,-1).

19. Find the product of 2 numbers such that their sum multiplied by the sum of their
squares is 5500 and their difference multiplied by the difference of their squares
is 352.

20. In a right spherical triangle , a = 32016’ and c = 1190 23’ the value of b is:
21. A civil engineer recorded 50.8, 51.6, 52.3, and 53.2 paces in walking along a
47.5m course to determine his pace factor. He then took 660, 658, 671 and 670
paces in walking an unknown distance AB. Compute the distance AB based on his
pace factor.

22. The vertices of a triangle have their polar coordinates at (0,00), ( 6,300) and (9,
700). The perimeter of a triangle is

23. A semiconductor will hire 7 men and 5 women. In how many ways can the
company choose from 9 men and 6 women.

24. How many terms of the sequence -9, -6, -3 … must be taken so that the sum is
66?

25. Find the quotient and remainder when 4y3 + 18y2 + 8y – 4 is divided by 2y + 3?

26. What is the number of permutations of the letters in the word BANANA?

27. A stack of bricks has 61 bricks in the bottom layer, 58 bricks in the second layer,
55 bricks in the 3rd layer and so on until there are 10 bricks in the last layer. How
many bricks are there together?
 28. Determine the slope of the curve x2 + y2 – 6x + 10y + 5 = 0 at the point (1,0).

29. In the two-peg test of a dumpy level, the following observations are taken:
Instrument at A Instrument at B
Rod reading at A 1.506 0.938
Rod reading at B 2.024 1.449

What is the true difference in elevation between the two points?

30. If the sum of P12,000 is deposited in an account earning interest rate of 9%

compounded quarterly, what will it become after 1 year?

31. You owe P120,000 from a friend and promise to pay 6% simple interest. How
much will you pay at the end of 9 months?

32. If sin A = 3/5 , θ in the second quadrant and cos B = -1/2, θ is in the 3rd
quadrant, what is the value of sin( A + B )?

33. With a wind velocity of 40 kph, it takes an airplane as long to travel 1,200 km with
the wind as 900 km against it. How fast can the airplane travel in still air?

34. 543 degrees is how many gradians?

35. If sin 3A = cos 6B then

36. The 5th term of a geometric progression is 162 and the 10th term is 39366. What
is the 3rd term?

37. The distance between the points A( 2, 10, 4) and B ( 8, 3, z) is 9.434. What is the
value of z

38. What is the area bounded by the curve y = 6 cos x from the x axis to x = π/6 to x
= 2π.

39. Interest directly proportional to the length of time and the amount of principal
borrowed.

40. What is the remainder when 3x4 + 2x3 – 5x2 + x + 7 is divided by x – 3?

41. A rhombus has diagonals of 32 and 20 inches. What is the area?

42. The volume of water in a spherical tank having a diameter of 4 m is 5.236 m2.
What is the depth of water in the tank?

43. The polar coordinate of ( 3, -6) is

44. A force of F = 3000 lb acts from A( 4, -2, 5) to B( 3, -5, 7). Find the components of
the force.

45. Mass A moves at 20 kph in the direction N 400 E while Mass B moves at 30 kph in
the direction of S 300 W. What is the relative velocity of B with respect to A?

46. Find the length of the vector < 2, 1, 4 >

47. If the distance between ( 3, y) and (8,7) is 13 is, they y is :

48. Three boys and 3 girls sit in a row. In how many ways can they sit if the girls are
always together?
49. In the spherical triangle A = 1200 B = 1350 and c = 300. What is C ?

50. What is the area bounded by the curves y2 = 4x and x2 = 4y?