1. Which number has four significant figures? 14. Which of the following quadratic trinomial is factorable?

a. 0.0025 a. 6y^2 – 5y + 4
b. 0.02525 b. 6y^2 +7y – 34
c. 0.252 c. 6y^2 - 61y + 143
d. 1.2520 d. 6y^2 -72y + 150
2. The LCM of 2x^2 - 3x - 2, 3x^2 - 4x - 4, x^2 - 4x + 4 is 15. What is the value of k so that 2x^2 + kx - 15 = 0 has one
a. (x 2)^2 (2x + 1) root = 3
b. (x - 2) (2x + 1) (3x + 1) a. -2
c. (x - 2)^2 (2x + 1) (3x + 2) b. -1
d. (x - 2) (2x + 1) c. 1
3. What is the lowest common factor of 10 and 32 d. 2
a. 320 16. Find a quadratic equation whose roots are the reciprocals
b. 2 of the roots of 3x^2 - 5x - 2 = 0
c. 180 a. 2x^2 + 5x – 3 = 0
d. 90 b. 3x^2 -5x + 2 = 0
4. The LCD of the fractions 1/4, 2/3, 3/2, 5/9 and 7/36 is c. 3x^2 + 2x – 5 = 0
a. 180 d. 2x^2 + 5x – 3 = 0
b. 36 17. Find a and b so that x^3 + ax^2 +11x + 6 and x^3 + bx^2 +
c. 90 14x + 8 may have a common factor of the form x^2 + px +
d. 4860 q
5. The number 0.231231231231 is: a. a = 6, b =7
a. irrational b. a = 7, b =6
b. rational c. a = b = 6
c. surd d. a = b = 7
d. transcendental 18. What is the sum of the coefficients of the expansion of (x +
6. What is the 2001th digit in the decimal equivalent to y)^20
12345/99999 starting from decimal point a. 1,048,576
a. 4 b. 32
b. 3 c. 32, 768
c. 2 d. 3,500,000
d. 1 19. What is the sum of the coefficients of the expansion of (2x
7. Solve for y: √y + y^(1/3) = 36 – 1)^20
a. 27 a. 0
b. 36 b. 1
c. 1080 c. 2
d. 729 d. 3
8. Solve for x: 5^(x+2) – 3(5)^(x+1) + 4(5)^x + 25(5)^(x-2) = 20. What is the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (2x
375 + y -z)^10
a. 4 a. 1062
b. 2 b. 1024
c. 3 c. 1232
d. -3 d. 32
9. 1f 3^x = 9^y and 27^y = 81^x then z/x is equal to 21. What is the sum of the exponents of the expansion (x +
a. ‘3/7 3z)^8?
b. ‘3/5 a. 72
c. ‘3/4 b. 60
d. ‘3/8 c. 32
10. Solve the inequality -x – 3 > 2 d. 92
a. x < -5 22. What is the sum of the exponents of the expansion (x^2 -
b. x > -5 y)^5?
c. x > 5 a. 50
d. x < 5 b. 40
11. Solve for x: x^2 + 4x > 12 c. 45
a. -6 > x > 3 d. 55
b. -5 > x > 2 23. Which of the following has no middle term?
c. -6 > x > 2 a. (x + 2y)^4
d. -4 > x > 2 b. (x – 2y)^6
12. If f(x) = x^3 +3x^2 + x + 1 and g(z) = z^3 + z, then f[g(2)] is c. (x + y)^8
equal to: d. (x – y)^3
a. 1311 24. Without expanding, find the term that is free of the
b. 1310 variables in the expansion of (2x/y - 3y/x)^6
c. 1309 a. 4320
d. 1308 b. -4320
13. If √(x – 4) = -5, then x is equal to c. 620
a. 29 d. -620
b. -29 25. The sum of three numbers in AP is 15, and the sum of their
c. 0 squares is 83. Find the three numbers.
d. no solution a. 3, 5, 7
b. 1, 3, 5
c. 5, 7, 9
d. 1, 7, 8
26. Find the sum of all the even integers from 12 to 864, 36. In the geometric progression 18, -12, 8,.... which term is
inclusive. 512/729?
a. 372,045 a. 12
b. 374,052 b. 14
c. 187, 026 c. 9
d. 93, 513 d. 20
27. If a clock strikes the appropriate number of times on each 37. The population of a certain town is 15,000. If it increases
hour, how many times will it strike in one week? 5% every year, what will the approximate population be at
a. 3,822 the end of 8 years?
b. 84 a. 15,245
c. 546 b. 16,243
d. 1,092 c. 22,162
28. Determine the sum of the progression if there are 7 d. 16,543
arithmetic mean between 3 and 35. 38. A rich man called his seven sons. He had with him a
a. 171 number of pebbles, each pebble representing a gold bar.
b. 182 To his first son, he gave half of the pebbles that he initially
c. 232 had and one pebble more. To his second son, he gave half
d. 216 of the remaining pebbles and one pebble more. He did the
29. A besieged fortress is held by 5,700 men who have same to each of his five other sons and then found out
provisions for 66 days. If the garrison loses 20 men each that he had one pebble left. How many pebbles were
day, for how many days can the provisions hold out? there initially?
a. 495 a. 381
b. 76 b. 382
c. 571 c. 383
d. 36 d. 384
30. A man A set out from a certain point and traveled at the 39. An equilateral triangle is inscribed within a circle whose
rate of 6 km/hr. After A had gone two hours, another man diameter is 12 cm. In this triangle, a circle is inscribed, and
B set out to overtake him and went 4 km, the first hour, 5 in this circle, another equilateral triangle is inscribed; and
km, the second hour, 6 km, the third hour and so on so on indefinitely. Find the sum of the perimeters of all the
gaining 1 km every hour. After how many hours were they triangles
together? a. 36√2 cm
a. 3 b. 36√5 cm
b. 4 c. 36√3 cm
c. 7 d. 36√7 cm
d. 8 40. Find the sum of the given infinite geometric progression:
31. A car coasting down a plane at certain angle travels 3 1, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001, ...
meters during the first second. In any second after the a. ‘9/10
first, it slides 6 meters than it did in previous second. How b. ‘10/3
far does it travel in the 8th second? c. ‘10/9
a. 192 m 41. The third term of a harmonic progression is 15 and the 9th
b. 211 m term is 6. Find the 11th term?
c. 42 m a. 4
d. 45 m b. 5
32. Insert two arithmetic means between -22 and 4 c. 6
a. -28, -32 d. 7
b. 16, 32 42. John is 3 times as old his brother James. In 3 years, he will
c. -16, -10 be two years more than twice the age of his brother will
d. 4, 6 be then. What are their ages?
33. Two numbers differ by 40, and their arithmetic mean a. 5, 15
exceeds their positive geometric mean by 2. Find the b. 10, 30
numbers c. 6, 18
a. 81, 121 d. 3, 9
b. 80, 120 43. I was twice as old as you were when I was as old as you are
c. 75,115 now When you get to be as old as I am now, together our
d. 60,100 ages will be 63. How old are we now?
34. If 2, 2, 5, and 14 are added respectively to the terms of an a. 27, 18
arithmetic progression, the result is a geometric b. 36, 12
progression Find the arithmetic progression. c. 30, 10
a. 1, 2, 3, 4, .... d. 24, 8
b. 1, -2, -5, -8, .... 44. The sum of the ages of two boys is four times the sum of
c. 1, 4, 7, 10, .... the ages of a certain number of girls. Four years ago, the
d. 4, 7, 8, 10, ... sum of the ages of the girls was one eleventh of the sum of
35. Find the 10th term of an arithmetic progression whose the ages of the boys and eight years hence, the sum of the
first term is 3 and whose 1st, 4th and 13th terms form a ages of the girls will be one-half that of the boys. How
geometric progression many girls are there?
a. 3 a. 8
b. 21 b. 6
c. 24 c. 4
d. 6 d. 2
45. Find the number which is 7/4 times the excess of the 54. Two pipes running simultaneously can fill a tank in 3 hours
number over 3. and 20 minutes. If both pipes run for two hours and the
a. 5 first is then shut off, it requires 2 hours more for the
b. 7 second to fill the tank. How long does it take each pipe to
c. -7 fill it alone?
d. -6 a. 10 hrs., 5 hrs.
46. The sum of two numbers is 11; the sum of their reciprocals b. 8 hrs., 6 hrs.
is 11/28. Find the numbers. c. 6 hrs., 4 hrs.
a. 7, 5 d. 8 hrs., 7 hrs.
b. 6, 5 55. A swimming pool holds 54 cubic meters of water. It can be
c. 7, 4 drained at a rate of one cubic meter per minute faster
d. 5, 3 than it can be filled. If it takes 9 minutes longer to fill it
47. The quotient of a two-digit number, divided by the sum of than to drain it, find the drainage rate.
its digits, is 4. If the number be subtracted from the sum of a. 2 cu. m/min
the squares of its digit, the difference is 9. Find the b. 1 cu. m/min
number. c. 3 cu. m/min
a. 64 d. 4 cu. m/min
b. 32 56. If 4 men can plow 12 hectares in 8 hours, how many men
c. 27 are needed to plow 54 hectares in 24 hours?
d. 36 a. 4
48. The sum of the digits of a three-digit number is 6. The b. 6
middle digit is equal to the sum of the two other digits and c. 8
the number shall be increased by 99 if the digits are d. 7
reversed. Find the number. 57. Eight men can excavate 15 m^3 of drainage open canal in
a. 231 7 hrs. Three men can backfill 10 m^3 in 4 hrs. how long will
b. 401 it take 10 men to excavate and backfill 20 m^3 in the
c. 132 project?
d. 321 a. 12 hrs.
49. A can do a piece of work in 2 days less time than B. If both b. 8.92 hrs.
can do the work in 2 2/5 days, how many days will it take c. 11 hrs.
each to do the work? d. 9.87 hrs.
a. 3 and 5 58. A jogger starts a course at a steady rate of 8 KPH. Five
b. 6 and 8 minutes later, a second jogger starts the same course al 10
c. 2 and 4 KPH. How long will it take the second jogger to catch the
d. 4 and 6 first?
50. A and B can do a piece of work in 42 days, B and C in 31 a. 20 min
days and C and A in 20 days. In how many days can all of b. 21 min
them do the work together. c. 22 min
a. 19 d. 18 min
b. 17 59. A motorist is travelling from A to town B at 60 KPH and
c. 15 retums from town B to town A at 30 KPH. His average
d. 21 speed for the roundtrip is
51. Rene can finish a job in 10 hours. Jorge can do it in 6 hours. a. 45 KPH
If Rene worked for 2 hours and then Jorge was asked to b. 40 KPH
help him finish it, how long will Jorge have to work with c. 35 KPH
Rene? d. 30 KPH
a. 2 hrs. 60. At the recent Olympic games in Montreal Canada, a team
b. 3 hrs. which participated in 1600 meters relay event had the
c. 1 hr. following individual speed. First runner 24 KPH, second
d. 4 hrs runner 20 KPH, third runner 22 KPH and fourth runner 23
52. A cylindrical tank has two pipes. The intake fills the tank in KPH. What was the team's speed?
two days but the outlet pipe empties it in 5 days. If both a. 22.149 KPH
pipes are opened at the same time, how long will the tank b. 22.25 KPH
be filled? c. 20 KPH
a. 1 3/7 days d. 24 KPI
b. 4 days 61. A 1-km long army is in marching order at a constant
c. 3 1/3 days velocity, A corporal from the rear end travels towards the
d. 3 days head and back at once to the rear at the constant speed,
53. Two pipes together can fill the tank in two hours. The meanwhile the army has gone 1-km distance. The distance
smaller pipe alone requires one hour and 10 minutes traveled by the corporal is.
longer than the larger pipe to fill it. How many hours for a. 2.4142 km
the larger pipe alone to fill it? b. 0.4142 km
a. 3 1/2 c. 4.1421 km
b. 3 d. 1.4142 km
c. 4 ½
d. 4
62. Two pals P1 and P2 run at constant speeds along a circular 70. A certain amount of 80% sugar solution added to another
track 1350 meters in circumference. Running in opposite amount of 40% sugar solution yields a solution that
directions, they meet every 3 minutes. While running in contains 14 kg of sugar. Had the amounts been reversed,
the same direction, they are together every 27 minutes. the solution would have contained 16 kg sugar. How much
Find their speeds. of the 80% sugar solution was there?
a. P1 = 250 m/min, P2 = 200 m/min a. 8 kg
b. P1 = 200 m/min, P2 = 250 m/min b. 10 kg
c. P1 = 150 m/min, P2 = 120 m/min c. 12 kg
d. P1 = 150 m/ min, P2 = 100 n/min d. 6 kg
63. At an ordinary rate a man can row the distance from Pasig 71. How much copper and how much magnesium should be
to Manila, about 15 kilometers in 5 hours less time than it added to 200 lbs. of an alloy containing 20% copper and
takes him to return. Could he double his rate, his time to 40% magnesium to produce an alloy containing 24%
Manila would be only one hour less than his time to Pasig. copper and 50% magnesium?
What is the rate of the Pasig River? a. 33 11/13 lbs., 73 11/13 lbs
a. 4.5 KPH b. 23 11/13 lbs., 83 11/13 1bs
b. 2 KPH c. 30 lbs., 75 Ibs.
c. 4 KPH d. 40 lbs., 85 lbs.
d. 1 KPH 72. At what time between 4 and 5 o'clock are the hands of a
64. A battleship started on a 500-km voyage but was brought clock (a) opposite each other? (b) coincident? And (c) at
to a full stop an hour after starting for military reasons, right angles?
delaying it a full hour, after which it was ordered to a. 4:54 6/11, 4:21 8/11, 4:5 5/11 and 4:38 2/11
proceed at a reduced velocity equivalent to 75% of its b. 4:21 6/11, 4:54 8/11, 4:38 5/11 and 4:5 2/11
former rate. The ship arrived at its destination 3 hours and c. 4:5 6/11, 4:38 8/11, 4:54 5/11 and 4:21 2/11
3 quarters after scheduled time. If it was desired for the d. 4:38 6/11, 4:5 8/11, 4:21 5/11 and 4:54 2/11
ship to arrive one hour and a quarter sooner, how far from 73. At what time between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. is the minute
the destination should the ship have been ordered hand of a clock exactly 1 minute ahead of the other hand?
stopped? a. 1:6 3/11 pm
a. 242 km b. 1:7 2/11 pm
b. 422 1/9 km c. 1:8 2/11 pm
c. 435 3/5 km d. 1:6 6/11 pm
d. 243 9/37 km 74. What time after 11 o'clock will the hands of the clock be at
65. How much water must be added to 8 gallons of 80% boric right angles for the 2nd time?
solution to reduce it to a 50% solution? a. 11:42
a. 4 gal. b. 11:45
b. 5 gal. c. 11:43 7/11
c. 5 3/5 gal. d. 11:43
d. 4 4/5 gal. 75. Fifty minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes past
66. A goldsmith has two alloys of gold, the first being 70% 3 o'clock, how many minutes is it until 6 o'clock?
pure gold and the second 60% pure gold. How many grams a. 32
of each must be used to make 100 grams of an alloy which b. 22
will be 66% pure gold? c. 28
a. 60, 40 d. 26
b. 55, 45 76. It is now between 9 and 10 o'clock. In 4 minutes, the hour
c. 75, 25 hand will be exactly opposite the position occupied by the
d. 70, 30 minute hand 3 minutes ago. What is the time now?
67. A certain solution should contain 8% alcohol. If it was a. 9:30
mistakenly mixed to contain 6% alcohol, how much must b. 9:20
be drawn from a 5-liter tank and replaced by 10% alcohol c. 9:23
solution to provide the proper concentration? d. 9.21
a. 3.5 liters 77. A man leaves his house at a certain time past 2 o'clock.
b. 2.5 liters After spending between 2 to 3 hours outside, he comes
c. 4 liters back and notices that the hands of the clock have been
d. 5 liters exactly interchanged in position. What time was it when
68. A chemist has two alcohol solutions of different strengths, the man left the house?
30% alcohol and 45% alcohol solutions, respectively. How a. 2:25
many cu cm. of each must be used as to make a mixture of b. 2:27.1
30 cu. cm which will contain 39% alcohol? c. 2.26.01
a. 10, 20 d. 2:30
b. 13, 17 78. The time now is exactly 3 o'clock. In how many seconds
c. 12, 18 will the angle formed by the hour and minute hands be
d. 14, 16 twice the angle formed by the hour and second hands for
69. Ten liters of 25% salt solution and 15 liters of 35% salt the first time?
solution are poured into a drum originally containing 30 a. 7.6
liters of 10% salt solution. What is the percent b. 22.4
concentration of salt in the mixture? c. 7.3
a. 19.55% d. 25
b. 22.15%
c. 27.05%
d. 25.72%
79. An audience of 540 persons is seated in rows having the
same number of persons in each row. If 3 more persons
seat in each row, it would require 2 rows less to seat the
audience. How many persons were in each row originally?
a. 27
b. 30
c. 24
d. 32
80. In Jones family each daughter has as many brothers as
sisters and each son has three times as many sisters as
brothers. How many daughters and sons are there in the
Jones family?
a. 9, 3
b. 3, 1
c. 4, 1
d. 3, 2
81. A question was lost in which 600 persons voted, the same
persons voted again on the same question, it was carried
by twice as many as it was before lost by, and the new
majority was to the former as 8:7. How many had changed
their minds?
a. 200
b. 120
c. 100
d. 150
82. A senior Eng'g class had a seminar trip in 3 jeepneys,
loading the jeepneys equally which were chartered at Php
750.00 each. In one of the jeepneys, three students
withdraw and as a result, the share of each student in that
particular jeepney was increased by Php 12.50. How many
students actually made the trip?
a. 42
b. 45
c. 39
d. 15
83. A flock of birds perched on set of poles. If two birds
perched per pole, there is an excess of wo poles, while if a
bird perched per pole there is an excess of 2 birds. How
many birds and poles were there?
a. 8, 6
b. 6, 4
c. 4,.2
d. 5, 3
84. A man has 20 chickens that cost him Php 200. If a cock
costs Php 30, a hen costs Php 15, and a chick costs Php 5.
how many of each kind were there?
a. 2, 5, 13
b. 3, 6, 11
c. 2, 6, 12
d. 1, 7, 12
85. When cans of milk sell at Php 1.40 each, the supermarket
makes a 25% profit. What should the sales price of a can
be if the store is willing to make only a 15% profit?
a. Php 1.21
b. Php 1.29
c. Php 1.30
d. Php 1.27
86. A man invested Php20,000, part at 6% interest and part at
8% interest per annum. If his total annual income was
Php1,440 how much did he invest at each rate?
a. Php8,000 at 6%, Php12,000 at 8%
b. Php9,000 at 69%, Php11,000 at 8%
c. Php7,000 at 6%, Php13.000 at 8%
d. Php7,500 at 6%, Php12,000 at 8%