Math

Algebra
1. Which of the following is a one-to-one function?

A. y=4 3−x + 73
B. f ( x )=45 x 2+780 x +29
C. y 2=5 x
D. x=1

2. At a rally, protesters outnumbered the policemen by 12 to 1. 72 arrests are made, averaging 3 for every 2
policemen. How many protesters attended the rally?
A. 48
B. 144
C. 576
D. 760
3. Consider the following geometric sequences:
2 3
a , ar , a r , a r
2 3
b , bs ,b s , b s
Which of the following sequences is geometric if r is equal to s?

A. ab ,abrs , ab r 2 s 2 ,ab r 3 s3 , …
2 3
a ar a r a r
B. , , , ,…
b bs b s2 b s 3
C. a+ b , a+b+ r +s , a+ b+r 2 + s2 , a+b+ r 3 +s 3 , …
D. a−b , a−b+r −s, a−b+ r 2−s 2 , a−b +r 3−s3 , …

4. Suppose b less than thrice d is 2 and the point (3,-2) is on the line dx+by=13. What are the values of b and d?
A. d = -11, b = -3
B. d = -17/3, b= -15
C. b = 7, d = 3
D. d = -3, b = -11
5. What should be multiplied to the binomial x-2y so that the product is a trinomial?
A. 3x2-2y+1
B. x+2y
C. x-2
D. x-2y
6. The elements of the sequence 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, ... are called triangular numbers. Which of the following
statements are true about the sequence?
I. The sum of two consecutive triangular numbers is a perfect square.
II. 55 is a triangular number.
n(n+1)
III. The nth triangular number tn is given by tn = .
2
A. I and II only.
B. I and III only.
C. II and III only.
D. I, II, and III.

7. What should be multiplied to the trinomial a 2+ ab+b 2so that the product is a binomial?

A. a+b
B. a-b
C. a2 -b2
D. a 2−ab+ b2

8. When graphed in the Cartesian plane, which of the following equations passes through Quadrant I?
A. x+2=0
B. y+2=0
C. x+y-2=0
D. x+y+2=0
9. Given the arithmetic sequence of six numbers: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36
Which three numbers can be chosen to form a geometric sequence?
A. 6, 12, 24
B. 6, 18, 30
C. 12, 24, 36
D. 24, 30, 36

10. What is the range of the function f ( x )= √ x 2−1?

A. { y| y ≠ ±1 }
B. [ 0 , ∞ )
C. (−∞ ,−1 ] ∪ [ 1 , ∞ )
D. y∈ R

Geometry
11. Which of the following statements are certainly true?
I. A rectangle is a rhomboid.
II. A parallelogram is a convex quadrilateral.
III. A square is a kite.
IV. A rectangle is an oblong.
A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. I, II, and III only
D. I, II, III, IV
12. Which of the following statements is true about right triangle ABC?
I. Its legs are perpendicular to each other.
II. The sum of the radian measures of its angles opposite of its legs is equal to the radian measure of the exterior
angle of the other angle.
III. The sum of the squares of the lengths of its legs is equal to the length of its hypotenuse.
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. I, II, and III
13. If 1 cm is one of the sides of triangle which of the following are the possible two lengths of the triangle?
A. 5 cm and 4 cm
B. 5 mm and 7 mm
C. 5 mm and 4 mm
D. There is not enough information.
14. A slanted cone and a pyramid has the same base area and height. Do the two figures have the same volume?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Depends on the slant height of the cone.
D. There’s not enough information to tell.
15. A medial triangle is formed by connecting the midpoints of another triangle. Look at the figure below.

∆ QSR is an example of a medial triangle. If the area of ∆ ABC is 720 cm2, what is the area of the quadrilateral
ABQR?
A. 240 cm2
B. 540 cm2
5
C. 662 cm2
17
D. There’s not enough information to tell.
Trigonometry
−3
16. If sin θ= and, tanθ >0 ,what is the exact value of cos 2 θ−sin2 θ?
5
A. -1/5
B. -7/25
C. 1/5
D. 7/25
(for numbers 17 and 18)

17. Which of the following expression is equal to sin A?

I. cos B
II. cos D
III. cos E
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. I and III only
18. Which of the following expressions is/are not correct?
I. cos A = cos D
II. cos A = sin B
III. cos D = sin E
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. I and III only
19. From the top end of a 200 m long zip line, the angle of depression to the bottom end is 20°. Assuming the zip
line is a straight line, which of the following expressions show how to compute the height of the top end of the zip
line?
A. 200/sec 20°
B. 200/csc 20°
C. 200/tan 20°
D. None of the above

20. Tau (τ ¿ is the suggested symbol for the ratio of the circumference and radius, combatting the already prevalent
constant, pi ( π ). τ is equal to 2 π . In terms of τ , how would you express 270° in radians?

A. 3 π /4
B. 0.75τ
C. 3 τ /2
D. 1.5τ

Miscellaneous
21. Which of the following propositional forms may represent the proposition below?
"If two sides of a quadrilateral are parallel and congruent, then the quadrilateral is a parallelogram."

A. P ∨(Q→ R)
B. P ∧( Q→ R)
C. (P ∨Q)→ R
D. (P ∧Q)→ R

22. Use set notation to describe the shaded region.

A. A ∩ ( B ∪ C )c
B. A ∪ ( B∩ C )c
C. A ∩ ( B ∩C )c
D. Ac ∩(B ∪ C)

23. Diane is making a triangular wall with building blocks. The top row has one block, the second row has three,
the third has five, and so on. How many rows can she make with a set of 225 blocks?
A. 12
B. 13
C. 14
D. 15
24. A student downloaded 6 music files to a portable MP3 player. In how many different orders can the songs be
played?
A. 120.
B. 702.
C. 72)
D. 6!
25. A box contains ten balls. Each ball is labelled such that each ball corresponds to a prime number less than 30. If
two balls are drawn from the box, what is the probability that the sum of the numbers written on them is even?
A. 0
B. 1/10
C. 9/10
D. 1
26. Janine invested Php 80,000 into a venture that pays 3.5% annual simple interest. How much will she earn after
a year?
A. Php 28,000
B. Php 2,800
C. Php 108,000
D. Php 82,000
27. Given the following investment opportunities with simple annual interest reates and duration:
A. 10% per annum for 5 years
B. 13% per annum for 4 years
What is the better investment opportunity and why?
A. Investment A because the investment duration is longer.
B. Investment B because the interest rate is higher.
C. Investment A because the total interest earned is higher.
D. Investment B because the total interest earned is higher.
28. If you rolled 2 six- sided dice simultaneously, which of the following would be the most likely outcome?
A. Exactly one die is even.
B. At least one die is even.
C. Both dice are even.
D. The sum is even.
29. A committee of 10 students must select a president, vice-president, a secretary, and a treasurer. In how many
possible ways can this be done?
A. 5040
B. 720
C. 210
D. 10
30. Which of the following propositional forms may represent the proposition below?
"If the diagonals of a quadrilateral bisect each other and they are perpendicular, then the quadrilateral is a
rhombus."

A. P ∨(Q→ R)
B. P ∧( Q→ R)
C. (P ∨Q)→ R
D. (P ∧Q)→ R
Answers:
Algebra
1. A is an exponential function, which is a one-to-one function.
B is a quadratic function (many-to-one).
C is a parabola facing to the right (not a function).
D is a vertical line (not a function).
2. C. For every policeman (P), there are 12 protesters (R): 12P = R
There's an average of 1.5 arrests per policeman.
1.5P = 72 --> P = 72/1.5 = 48
R = 12(48) = 576
3. A will make a geometric sequence with ab as the first term and rs as the ratio.
4. D. 3d-b = 2 and 3d-2b = 13
Using elimination: b = -11
3d+11 = 2 --> 3d = -9 --> d = -3
5. D. Multiplying a binomial by a binomial with the same set of literal coefficients will give a trinomial.
6. D.
7. Multiplying the trinomial with B will yield a difference of two cubes.
8. C is just the graph of x+y=0 (y=-x) shifted up 2 units, which will definitely pass Quadrant I.
9. Only A has a consistent ratio.

10. B. A square root function that is not shifted will always have a range of y ≥0.

Geometry
11. C
12. C
13. B. The other choices doesn’t have 1 cm in their range.
1
14. A. The volume of a pyramid/cone is A h.
3 b
15. B. ∆ ABC is just four copies of ∆ QSR (SSS congruence for elaboration), so the area of ∆ QSR is 1/4 of the area of
∆ ABC, which is 240 cm2. Quadrilateral ABQR's area will then be thrice the area of ∆ QSR.
Trigonometry
16. D. D. Since the opposite side is 3 and the hypotenuse is 5, the adjacent side would be 4 (3, 4, 5 is a Pythagorean
triple). Since tan θ >0, then cos θ should be negative (Definition of tangent or unit circle).

cos θ = adj/hyp = -4/5

2 2
cos θ−sin θ = (-4/5)2-(-3/5)2=16/25-9/25=7/25
17. C. B and D are complementary angles of A therefore the cosines of B and D will be equal to sine of A.
18. A. Complementary angle identities and triangle similarities.
19. B

20. B. 270° = 3 π /2 = 3/2 (τ /2) = 3τ /4 = 0 .75τ

Miscellaneous
21. D. P is "The two sides of a quadrilateral are parallel."
Q is "The two sides of a quadrilateral are congruent."
R is "The quadrilateral is a parallelogram."
We use → for if-then statements and∧ for and statements.

22. A. The complement of the union of B and C is the union of U and A, therefore we need to perform intersection to
remove U.
23. D. Use the arithmetic sum formula where Sn = 225, a1 = 1, and d = 2.
24. D. 6! = 720
25. C. The probability will be fairly large since the only time the sum will be odd is when it contains 2, which makes
up 1/10 of the numbers. Out of all the choices, C is the only one that fits the requirements.
26. B. Earnings = Prt = 80000(3.5%)(1) = 2800
27. D
28. B. Simply realize that there is a significantly larger number of outcomes for B compare to the rest of the choices.
29. C. Use the permutation formula.
30. D.