QUANTITATIVE MODULE J

I. FUNDAMENTAL OPERATIONS 11.

𝟏
=
𝟑
√𝟐𝟕+(√𝟏𝟔)𝟐
7
*1. = a. 19 c. 1.9
0.7+0.7
1
7 7 7 5 b. d. 16
a. b. c. d. 19
100 1 10 1

*2. Dividing by 0.04 is the same as multiplying by 𝟔.𝟓 × 𝟐.𝟓−𝟎.𝟗

*12. =
𝟐.𝟓
1 1 4 25
a. b. c. d.
25 4 1 1 a. 6.14 c. 5. 16
b. 6.41 d. 5.60
*3. √𝟖 + √𝟏𝟖 − 𝟓√𝟑𝟐 =
a. 5√2 c. 4√2
𝟏𝟐𝑵𝟐 𝑺𝟒 𝑲𝟑
b. 6 d. −15√2 *13. =
𝟐𝟒𝑵𝑺𝟒 𝑲𝟐

𝑁𝐾 𝑁𝑆𝐾 𝑁𝑆𝐾 𝑁 2 𝑆 4 𝐾3
4. (√𝟕 + √𝟑)(√𝟕 − √𝟑) = a. b. c. d.
2 2𝑆𝐾 2 2𝐾
a. 4 b. √10 c. 8 d. √8

14. √𝟒𝟎𝟎 ÷ √𝟐𝟓 =

𝟏 𝟐𝟒−𝟐𝟓 𝟓
𝟏𝟎−𝟒+ +𝟐
𝟒
*5. a. 8 b. 4 c. 25 d. 5
𝟑
a. 12 b. 16 c. 8 d. 4
(𝟖×𝟏𝟎𝟕 )(𝟔×𝟏𝟎−𝟐𝟎 )
*15. =
𝑎−2 +𝑏−2 𝟐.𝟒×𝟏𝟎−𝟓
6. =
𝑎−2 −𝑏−2
a. 2 × 10−7 c. 2 × 10−17
𝑎+𝑏 𝑎 𝑎2 +𝑏2 𝑎2 +𝑏2 b. 2 × 10−8 d. 2 × 10−18
a. b. c. d.
𝑎−𝑏 𝑏 𝑎2 −𝑏2 𝑏2 −𝑎2

𝟓
16. (𝟏)𝟑 + (𝟏. 𝟕)𝟎 =
𝑦 2 −𝑎𝑦+𝑎2 1
7. ÷ 𝑦+𝑎 =? 5
𝑦 3 +𝑎3
1 a. b. 1 c. 2.7 d. 2
a. b. y+a c. 1 d. y-a 3
𝑦+𝑎

𝒙𝟐 −𝟐𝒙+𝟏 𝒙𝟐 −𝟏 𝟏𝟖𝑿𝟑 +𝟒𝑿𝟑

8. ÷ = *17. =
𝒙𝟐 −𝟒𝑿+𝟒 𝒙𝟐 +𝒙−𝟔 𝟒𝑿𝟐

(x+3) (x−2) (x+3) (x−1)

a. c. a. 4𝑋 3 + 2𝑋 c.4𝑋 + 2
(x+1)(x−1) (x+1)(x−2) b. 4𝑋 2 + 2𝑋 d. 6X
(x−1) (x+1) (x+3) (x−2) 𝟏 𝟏
b. d. *18. ÷ =
(x−2)(x+3) (x−1)(x−2) 𝒑−𝟏 𝟏−𝒑

a. p b. p + 1 c. -1 d. 1
𝒂−𝟏 𝒂 −𝟏 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟐 𝟐 𝟎
*9. ( + ) × ( (𝒂𝒃)−𝟏 ) × (𝒂 − 𝒃 ) =
𝒃−𝟏 𝒃
II. PROBLEM SOLVING
𝑏2 +𝑎2
a. 𝑏2 + 𝑎2 c.
𝑎𝑏 2 *19. Ten measurements of the diameter of a cylinder
1 recorded by a scientist were as follows: 3.88, 4.09, 3.92,
b. 1 d. 3.97, 4.02, 3.95, 4.03, 3.92, 3.98 and 4.06 inches. Find
𝑏 2 +𝑎2
the arithmetic mean of the measurements.
𝟒 a. 3.92 c. 4.00
*10. 𝟓 = b. 3.98 d. 3.97
√𝟑𝟐
2
c.
5
a. 4 b. 2 5 d. √16 *20. Two numbers differ by 13. Twice the smaller plus the
√2 other gives 49. What are the numbers?
a. 32, 45 c. 24, 37
b. 12, 25 d. 29, 42

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*21. A family’s budget apportions no more than 60% of 32. DBA = 39
the family income of P 23,000.00 on food and house FBE = 79
rental. If the cost of food is 150% of the house rental, GBC = ?
what is the maximum amount that the family can spend
on food in a month? a. 39 c. 62
a. P 690.00 c. P 6,900.00 b. 51 d. 18
b. P 10,350.00 d. P 1,035.00
33. The base of a rectangle is increased by 20% and its
*22. A student’s final grades in Math, Physics, English and height is increased by 10%. By what percent is its area
History are 82, 86, 90, and 70 respectively. If the increased.
respective credits received for these courses are 3, 5, 3, a. 30% b. 31% c. 32% d. 33%
and 1 respectively, determine the mean grade.
a. 82 b. 83 c. 84 d. 85
*34. If a bookshelf has space for five books and there are
*23. In his last will, Jobert gave 1/3 of his wealth to his ten different books available, how many different
eldest daughter, half went to his wife, and the rest has arrangements can be made of the five books on the shelf?
been divided among Paula, Cielo, Dado, Migs, and Jaycee, 10!
each getting P80,000. How much was given to his wife? a. c. 10!
5!×5!
a. 45,000.00 c. 600,000.00
10!
b. 450,000.00 d. 60,000.00 b. d. 5!
5!
24. A man walked into the fields at the rate of 4 km/hr
and returned over the same route at the rate of 3 km/hr.
*35. If the age of Stella 5 years ago is one-fourth of her
If he completed the whole trip in 4 hours, how many
age 40 years from now, how old is Stella today?
kilometers away did he reach into the fields?
32 84 48 72 a. 20 b. 25 c. 30 d. 35
a. 𝑘𝑚 b. 𝑘𝑚 c. 𝑘𝑚 d. 𝑘𝑚
7 7 7 7
*36. The product of the digits of a three-digit number is
25. On a throw of two dice, what is the probability of 70. What is the largest possible value of this number?
obtaining a sum of 4? a. 701 b. 257 c. 71 d. 752
1 1 1 1
a. b. c. d.
12 13 4 2 III. DATA INTERPRETATION

*26. A group consists of n boys and n girls. If 2 boys are Refer to the chart for numbers 37-39
replaced by other girls, then 49% of the group members 2000 Government Budget of Balimbing Republic
will be boys. Find the value of n.
a. 100 b. 50 c. 49 d. 51 Miseducation
30%
*27. The perimeter of ABCD = 24. The area of the shaded
portion is _____. Lagay & Tong 10%
a. 27𝜋
Overpricing 20%
b. 9𝜋 − 24 Junkets
Understatement
c. 9𝜋 − 36 10%
20%
d. 36 − 9𝜋 Graft
25% Kurakot
50%
28. ABCD is a rectangle : AC = 12 , AB = 16 , AD = ?
a. 8 c. 14
b. 20 d. 25 Insecurity
Labor
25%
10%
29. Which parameter seems more appropriate to find the
most saleable brand of softdrink in a school canteen?
a. mean c. mode
b. median d. range 37. Out of the total budget of P 300B, how much is
allotted for mis-educating the people?
*30. Forty men do a piece of work in 90 days. After 20 a. P 900 M c. P 9 B
days, 15 of them refuse to work. In how many days can b. P 1 B d. P 90 B
the rest complete the job?
a. 70 b. 60 c. 40 d. 112 38. What percentage of the total budget is wasted on
kurakoteers?
31. A box contains 10 slips of paper numbered 1, 2, 3… 10 a. 50% b. 12.5% c. 25% d. 22.5%
respectively. A slip is drawn at random from the box. Find
the probability that the slip drawn has a number that is 39. What is the central angle representing the junkets of
greater than 7. government officials using the taxpayers’ hard-earned
1 35 money?
a. 0.4 b. c. 30% d. a. 10 b. 27 c. 36 d. 45
10 100

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Refer to the data for numbers 40-41. Refer to the chart for numbers 42-44:
FOREIGN DEBT OF BALIMBING REPUBLIC
Certain investigators found that the effect of pH and salt
concentration upon the solubility of -lactoglobulin, a 250

Foreging Debt (in million pesos)

globular protein, in water at 25 can be summarized by
the following graph. 200
The average inter-ionic distance in NaCl solution is known
and includes the following experimental data: 150

Government
Concentration (M) Distance (A) 100 Debts
0.001 94
0.01 44 50 Commercial
0.1 20 Debts
0.15 19 0
1.0 9.4 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Year

42. In what year was the amount of government debt

twice that of 1988’s?
a. 1987 b. 1989 c. 1990 d. 1991

43. What is the ratio of the government debt to the

commercial debt in 1988?
a. 1:3 b. 1:4 c. 3:1 d. 4:1

44. By what percent did the amount of the country’s debt

increase from 1988 to 1990?
a. 75% b. 100% c. 175% d. 67%

Refer to the table for numbers 45-48:

Deaths per 100,000 People in Country X from

Selected Causes from 1960-1969
40. Of the following,  -lactoglobulin has the least
solubility at a salt concentration of: Year Heart Pneumonia TB Cancer Accidents
a. 0.001 M c. 0.1 M
1960 114 95 82 52 65
b. 0.01 M d. 1.0 M
1961 130 80 75 50 68
*41. From the data, interionic distance increases, solubility 1962 141 89 75 53 68
1963 133 84 74 54 68
of  -lactoglobulin
1964 139 83 65 52 65
a. increases continuously
1965 134 78 60 55 67
b. varies with pH
c. increases then decreases 1966 167 101 59 59 75
d. decreases continuously 1967 167 100 57 61 80
1968 184 125 56 57 91
1969 169 98 50 58 75

45. In 1969, approximately what percentage of the total

number of deaths from the causes shown was due to
accidents?
a. 12 b. 17 c. 25 d. 33

46. If 1,200 people died in Country X from accidents in

1967, the population of Country X that year was
approximately…
a. 96,000 c. 260,000
b. 150,000 d. 1,500,000

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47. In 1969, what percentage of Country X died either as
the result of an accident or from contracting one of
diseases listed in the table?
a. 0.045 b. 0.45 c. 4.5 d. 45

48. What approximate percentage of the total deaths in

1960 was due to cancer?
a. 5 b. 10 c. 13 d. 16

Refer to the graph for numbers 49-50:

Cory’s Approval Rating from 1986-1991

49. What was the approximate decrease in Cory’s

popularity from 1987 to 1988?
a. 86% b. 79% c. 14% d. 33%

50. In which of the following periods was the percentage

decrease in Cory’s popularity rating the largest?
a. 1986 – 1987 c. 1988 – 1989
b. 1987 – 1988 d. 1989 – 1990

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