Math Proficiency Test

1. What is the units digit of the product of the first 1 000 smallest prime numbers?

a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 5

2. What is the second smallest two-digit number that has an odd number of factors?

a) 10 b) 16 c) 25 d) 99

3. The quotient of ( 9.6 × 108 ÷ 1.92 × 108 ) is

a) greater than 2 × 108 c) less than 2

b) an even number d) a prime number

4. Of the fractions , , and , which one is the greatest?

a) b) c) d)

5. Find the largest prime divisor of ( 216 – 1 ).

a) 13 b) 17 c) 257 d) 65 535

6. What is one-ninth of 381?

a) 379 b) 39 c) 327 d) 927

7. What is the greatest common factor of the products ab, ac, and bc, if b is a factor of c?

a) a c) c
b) b d) can’t be determined

8. How many digits are there in the product 22001 × 52002?

a) 2000 b) 2001 c) 2002 d) 4003

9. If 3√33 + 33 + 33 + ⋯ + 33 = 33 , how many times must 33 appear in the radicand?

a) 9 b) 27 c) 81 d) 729

10. Which of the following numbers is prime?

a) 189 b) 209 c) 311 d) 411

11. Find the sum of

.

a) 400 b) 200 c) 1008√8 d)

12. Evaluate the expression ab - bc + (abc)a if a = 8, b = 2 and c = 0

a) 15 b) 63 c) 64 d) 88

13. If 7 and 11 divide M without a remainder, which of the following must M divide without a
remainder?

a) 1 c) 7
b) 77 d) can’t be determined form the given information.

14. Given that a : b = 3 : 1 and b : c = 2 : 3, find the ratio of a : c.

a) 1 : 1 b) 2 : 1 c) 1 : 2 d) 3 : 2

15. Find the ratio x : y if x : y : = : :

a) 3 ; 1 b) 1 : 3 c) 6 : 1 d) 1 : 6

16. If x is an odd integer, which of the following expressions is even?

a) 2x3 – x c) 5x - 8
 b) 8x2 + x d) 5x9 + x

17. If z = – + , then (z – 1)3 = ?

a) – b) c) – d)

18. The unit price of an article rises 20% from p to P84. The profit for selling these articles is
(80 – p)pesos per piece. Find the gross profit for 100 units sold?

a) P 10 b) P 100 c) P 1 000 d) P 70

19. If 𝑥 +2 7 = 6 , then 𝑥+28 = ?

a) 1 b) 7 c) d) 6

20. If n is a natural number, which of the following could be an odd integer?

a) 4n – 2 b) n2 + n c) 9n + 3 d) n8 + n

21. The absolute value of the difference of the cubes of any two consecutive positive integers is
always

a) an even integer c) an odd integer

b) the cube of an integer d) a multiple of 3

22. Which combination of the following statements can be used to demonstrate that a is positive?
I. a > b II. 0 < b < 1

a) I alone but not II.

b) Both I alone and II alone.
c) Neither I nor II nor both.
d) I and II taken together but neither taken alone.
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23. If (x3 + 3x2)4 = y and x(x + 3) ≠ 0, then =?

a) x b) x2 c) x4 d) x8

𝑥 +𝑦
24. What is the greatest possible value of 𝑥𝑦 if 8 ≤ x ≤ y ≤ 16?

a) b) c) d)

25. If 988 × 1012 > 106 – x, ‘x could be

a) 144 but not 100 c) 150 but not 144

b) 100 but not 144 d) 88 but not 12

26. If a, b, c, d and e are divisible by 8, then their average must be

a) divisible by 8 c) divisible by 2
b) divisible by 4 d) none of these

27. If x is an odd number, then which of the following best describes the number represented by x2 +
2x + 2?

a) It must be odd. c) It must be divisible by 3.

b) It must be even. d) It can be odd or even.

28. If a + b = 11, b + c = 15 and a + c = 10, what is the value of a + b + c?

a) 18 b) 20 c) 24 d) 36

29. If n is an integer, which of the following cannot be an integer?

𝑛 √𝑛
a) 7
7 b) c) 7n2 d) n
30. If 4x + y = 18, and x and y are positive integers, each of the following could be the value of x +
y, except

a) 3 b) 9 c) 12 d) 15

31. If x < 0 and (8x – 8)2 = 144, what is the value of x2?

a) – b) c) d) –

≤ ≤ ≤ ≤ 1 1
32. If 2 a 6 and 6 b 8, then the greatest possible average (arithmetic mean) of 𝑎 and 𝑏 is

a) b) c) d)

33. If n = -1 000 000, which of the following is a positive number?

𝑛 𝑛 𝑛 𝑛
a) c) 8 = 4

𝑛 𝑛
b) d) – n(n – 100)

34. If x is an even integer and if y is an odd integer, then x2 + y2 is always

a) an even integer c) an odd number

b) a square of an integer d) a prime number

35. One number exceeds another by 8, and the sum of the smaller and twice the larger is 40. Find the
product of the two numbers.

a) 8 b) 16 c) 32 d) 128

36. If Rochelle were 52 years older, she would be five times as old as she is now. How old is
Rochelle now?

a) 8 b) 13 c) 15 d) 18
37. If x ≠ 0, then which of the following must be true?

a) x3 > x c) x + 2 > x
b) 3x > x d) – x < x

38. How many ordered pairs of integers (x, y) satisfy x2 + y2 < 16?

a) 9 b) 16 c) 25 d) 49

39. Let N . N is also equal to

a) b) c) d)

40. If 6 < a < 10 and 8 < b < 16, what are the possible values of a + b?

a) a + b must be equal to 22.

b) a + b must be between 6 and 16.
c) a + b must be between 5 and 26.
d) a + b must be between 14 and 26.

41. How many positive integers less than 100 are equal to the product of a positive multiple of 5 and
an even number?

a) 4 b) 5 c) 9 d) 10

42. What is the smallest number greater than 1 that leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by any of
the integers 5, 6, and 12?

a) 13 b) 31 c) 43 d) 61

43. Twenty pints of 15% alcohol solution is mixed with 10 pints of 20% alcohol solution. What is
the concentration of the resulting solution?

a) 15% b) 16.67% c) 17.5% d) 18%

44. Which of the following inequalities is true for every real number?
 a) x2 + 16 > 16x c) x2 + 16 ≥ 0

b) x2 – 16 < 16x d) x2 + 16 < 0

=?

a) |x| b) |x| c) x d) x

46. If the average (arithmetic mean) of eight different integers is 8, which of the following can
be true?

I. 8 is one of the integers.

II. 0 is not one of the integers.

III. At least one of the integers is negative.

a) I only b) II only c) III only d) I, II & III

47. If the following numbers are arranged from least to greatest, what will be their correct order?

I. II. III. 88% IV. 0 .

a) I, III, IV, II c) I, III, II, IV

b) I, II, IV, III d) IV, II, III, I

48. If M and N are different integers, both divisible by 7, then which of the following is not
necessary true?

a) MN is divisible by 49
b) M – N is divisible by 7
c) M2 + N2- is divisible by 7
d) M + N is divisible by 14
49. The weight of a plastic pail is 20% of the weight when it is filled with water. After a certain
amount of water has been poured out, the weight of the pail and the remaining water is 60% of
the original total weight. What percent of the water remained in the pail?

a) 20% c) 40%
b) 25% d) 50%

50. If x is an integer such that 3 < x < 23, - 6 < x < 16, 14 < x < 27, and 0 < x + 20 < 38 then x is

a) 10 c) 18
b) 15 d) 22

51. If a, b, and c are non-zero numbers such that a < b < 1 and ab = c, which of the following is
always false?

a) c < b c) a = c

52. Solve for m: mp + nr = mn – np

𝑛𝑝 + 𝑛𝑟 𝑛𝑝 – 𝑛𝑟
a) m = 𝑝–𝑛 c) m = 𝑛 – 𝑝
𝑛𝑝 + 𝑛𝑟 𝑛𝑝 + 𝑛𝑟
b) m = 𝑛+𝑝 d) m = 𝑛–𝑝

53. Density is mass per unit volume. Find the mass of a solid copper bar that occupies a volume of
1200 cm3, given that the density of copper is 8.93 gram per cubic centimeter.

a) 10 716 g c) 134.8 g

b) 10 716 cm3 d) 134.38 cm3

54. Water freezes at 0°Celsius and at 32°Fahrenheit. Water boils at 100°C and 212°F. What Celsius
temperature corresponds to – 40°F?

a) 172°C c) 252°C
b) – 40°C d) – 252°C
55. Find the sum of the angle measures at the tips of the star shown in the figure.

A
a) 90° c) 180°
b) 72° d) 360°
B C

D E
56. The reciprocal of 5 plus the reciprocal of 8 is the reciprocal of what number?

a) b) c) d)

57. One of the printing machine of Gerpress Printing, the official printing press of MSA Academic
Advancement Institute, can print an order of 5 000 test booklet in 3 hrs. Another machine can
print the same number of booklets in 6 hrs. How long will it take to print 5 000 booklets if both
machines are used?

a) 2 hrs. b) 3 hrs. c) 4.5 hrs. d) 9 hrs.

58. At what time after 4:00 will the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock first be in the same
position?

a) 4 : 20 : 09 c) 4 : 21 : 49
b) 4 : 22 : 49 d) 12 : 00 : 00

59. The formula G = 2 𝑇𝑡

2 𝑇𝑄
+ 𝑄𝑞
gives a student’s grade G after t long tests and q short
quizzes, where each test counts as 2 quizzes and T is the test average and Q is the quiz average.
Solve for T.
𝐺𝑄𝑞 𝑄𝑞 𝑄𝑞 𝑄𝑞
a) T = 2 𝐺𝑄−2𝑡 b) T = 2 𝐺𝑄−2𝑡 c) T = 2 𝑡−2𝐺𝑄 d) T = 2
𝐺𝑄+2𝑡
60. (1010)2 in standard form has 20 zeros. How many zeros written in standard form does (1010 – 1)2
have?
a) 0 b) 1 c) 19 d) 20

Prepared by:

PROF. GLENN N. JARDIN

Subject Professor