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REFRESHER 1 - ALGEBRA
BY ENGR. JIMMY L. OCAMPO
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1. If 1 is added to the difference when 10x is subtracted from -18x, the result is 57. What is the
value of x?
a. 7 b. 2 c. -2 d. -7

2. Joseph gave ½ of his candies to Joy and Joy gave 1/5 of what she got to Tim. If Tim received 2
candies, how many candies did Joseph have originally?
a. 20 b. 30 c. 40 d. 50

3. If Jim and Jerry work together they can finish a job in 4 hours. If working alone takes Jim 10
hours to finish the job, how many hours would it take Jerry to do the job alone?!
a. 16 b. 6.0 c. 6.7 d. 5.6

4. Joey will be x years old y years from now. How old is she now?
a. y – x b. x c. x – y d. y

5. Find two complex numbers whose sum is 4 and whose product is 8.

a. 1 ± 2i b. 2 ± i c. 1 ± i d. 2 ± 2i

6. If 3x2 is multiplied by the quantity 2x^3y raised to the 4th power, what would this expression
simplify to?
a. 6x^9y to the 4th power b. 48x^14y to the 4th power
c. 6x^14y to the 4th power d. 1296x^16y to the 4th power

7. Gabby cuts a piece of rope into three pieces. One piece in 5 inches long, one piece is 4 inches
long and one piece is 3 inches long. The longest piece of rope is approximately what percent of the
original length before the rope was cut?
a. 55% b. 42% c. 33% d. 50%

8. What is the result when 6ab + 3b is subtracted from -6ab – 3b7

a. 12ab + 6b b. -12ab – 6b c. 18ab d. 0

9. Find 60% of 390

a. 134 b. 190 c. 180 d. 243

10. Jerome ate 3 oz. of a 16-oz ice cream pack. What percentage of the pack did he eat?
a. 18.75% b. 19.50% c. 17.25% d. 16.75%

11. Determine the equation that expresses the statement.

F is directly proportional to y
Symbols a, b, c and d are constants.
a. F = a b. F = a, y C. F = b d. F = cy^3 + a
12. A and B working together can do a job in 5 days. B and C together can do the same in 4 days
and A and C in 2.5 days. In how many days can all of them finish the job working together?
a. 1.07 b. 2.80 c. 2.03 d. 3.10

13. Oscar sold 2 glasses of milk for every 5 sodas he sold. If he sold 10 glasses of milk, how many
sodas did he sell?
a. 45 b. 20 c. 25 d. 10

14. How many positive real roots are there in the polynomial x^4 – 4x^3 + 7x^2 – 6x – 18 = 0.
a.1 or 2 b. 3 or 1 c. 3 or 0 d. 1 or 0

15. The square of a number added to 25 equals 10 times the number, What is the number?
a. -5 b. -10 c. 5 d. 10

16. Determine the equation that expresses that G is proportional to k and inversely proportional to C
and z. Symbols a, b and c are constants.
a. G = ck/zC b. G = bc/zk c. G = a/bc d. G = ck/GG

17. A car rental company offers two plans for renting a car:
Plan A : $30/day and $ 0.20/mile
Plan B : $55/day with free unlimited mileage
For what range of miles will Plan B save a customer's money?
a. More than 125 miles b. Less than 250 miles
c. More than 170 miles d. Less than 170 miles

18. In order to pass a certain exam, candidates must answer correctly 70% of the test questions. If
there are 70 questions on the exam, how many questions must be answered correctly in order to
pass?
a. 52 b. 60 c. 56 d. 49

19. A group consists of n engineers and n nurses. If two of the engineers are replaced by two other
nurses, then 51% of the group members will be nurses. Find the value of n.
a. 100 b. 110 c. 80 d. 55

20. While bowling in a tournament, Jake and his friends had the following scores:
Jake 189
Charles and Max each scored 120
Terry 95
What was the total score for Jake and his friends at the tournament?
a. 524 b. 526 c. 404 d. 504

21.Which of the following is equal to n^-4 . n^4?

a. 1 b. n c. n^-16 d. 0

22. Jason made 10 two-point baskets and 2 three-point baskets in Friday's basketball game. He did
not score any other points. How many points did he score?
a. 22 b. 12 c. 26 d. 24
23. If the graph of y = f(x) is transformed into the graph of 2y - 6 = - 4 f(x-3), point (a, b) on the
graph of y = f(x) becomes point (A, B) where A and B are expressed as:
a. A = a + 4, B = 2b + 3 b. A = a + 6, B = 2b + 6
c. A = a + 3, B = -2b + 3 d. A = a + 2, B = 2b – 3

24. What percent of 50 is 12?

a. 14 % b. 4% c. 2% d. 24%

25. In the vicinity of a bonfire, the temperature T in deg C at a distance of x meters from the center
of the fire was given by:
T = 762,500 / x^2 + 300
At what range of distances from the fire's center was the temperature less than 500 deg C?
a. More than 45 meters b. More than 30 meters
c. More than 35 meters d. More than 20 meters

26. During his major league career, Hank Aaron hit 38 more home runs than Babe Ruth hit during
his career. Together they hit 1,524 home runs. How many home runs did Babe Ruth hit?
a. 781 home runs b. 800 home runs c. 743 home runs d. 762 home runs

27. z varies directly as x and inversely as y2. It x2. Find x = 1 and y = 2 then z = 2. Find z when x =
3 and y = 4.
a. 1.5 b. 3.5 c. 2.5 d. 3

28. Which of these is equal to 6 (x - 3)?

a. x^6 – 3^6 b. 6x + 3 c. 6x - 18 d. 6x - 3

29. After paying a commission of 7% of the sale price to his broker, Tess receives P103,000 for his
car. How much was the car sold?
a. P110,753 b. P110,000 c. P110,420 d. P95,790

30. Find all real solutions to the logarithmic equation ln (x2 - 1) – ln (x - 1) = ln 4.

a. 0 b. 3 c. 5 d. 4.