ALGEBRA

Review

ALGEBRA PARTIAL FRACTION

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the
following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by 26. Determine A, B and C in the expression:
shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on 3x 2 + 32x − 51 A B C
the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES = + +
(x + 3)(x − 1)(x − 2) x + 3 x − 1 x − 2
ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only.
27. Determine A, B and C in the expression:
INVERSE FUCTIONS 5x 2 + 3x + 13 A Bx + C
= +
(x + 1)(x 2 + 4) x + 1 x 2 + 4
1. Determine the inverse function of f(x) = 6x + 15.
5
28. Determine A, B, C, D and E in the expression:
2. Determine the inverse function of y = √9 − 11x. 8x 4 + 12x 3 + 83x 2 + 119x + 116
(x + 2)(x2 + 7)2
3. Determine the inverse function of f(x) = ex−2 + 3. A Bx + C Dx + E
= + 2 + 2
x + 2 x + 7 (x + 7)2
4. If (G ₒ H)(x) = (H ₒ G)(x),then
a. G(x) and H(x) are even functions.
PROGRESSIONS/NUMBER SERIES
b. G(x) and H(x) are odd functions.
c. G(x) and H(x) are not inverse function of
Situation 1: Given is a series 4, 7, 10, …
one another.
d. G(x) and H(x) are inverse functions of one
29. Determine the 7th term.
another.
30. Determine the sum of the first 7 terms.
EXPANSION OF POLYNOMIALS
31. Determine the sum of the first 5 terms starting with
5. Determine the 3rd term of (x + y)5.
the 4th term.
6. Determine the 7th term of (2x + 3y)10.
32. How many terms should there be so that the sum is
714?
2 8
7. Find the constant term of (x 9 − ) .
x3
Situation 2: The 5th term of an arithmetic progression
8. Determine the 3rd term of (x + y)-1. is 123 and the 30th term is 245.

9. Determine the 3rd term of (x + y)1/2. 33. Which of the following gives the 15th term?

10. Determine the 4th term of (2 – 3y2)-2/3. 34. Which of the following gives the common
difference?
1
𝟏𝟏. Determine the 3rd term of f(x) = . 35. Which of the following gives the sum of the first 20
1 + 4x 2
terms?
3
𝟏𝟐. Determine the 3rd term of f(x) = . 36. What is the sum of all even integers from 10 to 500?
y + 2𝑥

𝟏𝟑. Determine the 4th term of f(x) = ln(5 + 𝑥). 37. What is the sum of all odd integers between 50 and
100?
1
1
𝟏𝟒. Determine the 5th term of ∫ 𝑑𝑥. 38. The sum of the first n terms of a sequence is given
1 + 𝑥10
−1 by the expression 15n2 – 9n. Determine the 25th
term.
15. What is the coefficient of the term containing a4b2d3
from the expansion (a + 2b – c + d)11?
39. Determine x so that 2x + 2, 4x + 30, 3x2 – 14 will be
an arithmetic progression.
16. What is the term containing a6b2d3 from the
expansion (2a + b – 7c + d)11?
40. If the terms 4(x2 – 1), x2 + 4x – 10, 12x – 46 form an
arithmetic progression, find the sum of the first 12
COMPLEX NUMBERS
terms.
17. Solve for x in the expression 3x + 2yi = 9 + 6i.
41. A plane surface is submerged vertically with its
upper edge in the surface of the liquid. The force on
18. Simplify (3 + 5i) + (4 + 7i).
the first meter of the plane on one side is 9 kN and
every meter below the first experiences a force 4 kN
19. Simplify (3 + 5i) − (4 + 7i).
more than the preceding meter. How high is the
plane if the total force on one side is 429 kN?
20. Simplify (3 + 5i) ∙ (4 + 7i).
42. In the South Pacific encounter, the government
21. Simplify (3 + 5i) ÷ (4 + 7i).
forces captured 1,550 terrorists. The meal
provisions were 195 meals per captive, feeding 3
22. Simplify (2 − 11i)5 . meals a day. The provisions lasted for 11 more days
5
due of daily deaths. At an average, how many died
23. Simplify √1121 − 404i. per day?
24. Simplify ln(2 − 11i). Situation 3: Top 10 board exam passers are privileged
to receive cash incentives. The first placer
25. Simplify log(−3). is going to receive P300,000.00 and each
successive incentive is P25,000 less than
the preceding incentive.

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43. How much is the cash incentive of the 8th placer? 63. The ball slipped from Lebron Jim’s hand. He noticed
that from a height of fall of 5 m, the ball rebounded
44. How much is the total cash incentive to be given three – fifth of the distance it fell. If it continued to
away? fall and rebound in this way, what was the total
vertical distance travelled by it before coming to
45. WXYZ company provides gasoline allowance to its rest?
270 engineers for 15 days. If constant daily
consumption will be assumed, for how long will the Situation 5: Given is a series 1/2, 1/5, 1/8 …
gasoline provision last if 9 engineers resign daily?
64. Determine the 8th term.
46. Jose purchased sacks of food for his 4,950 ducks
that will last for 75 days. Sadly, he encountered a 65. Determine the sum of the first 7 terms.
problem in his poultry business. There were daily
deaths of 25 ducks because they were infested with 66. How many terms should there be so that the sum is
a disease. How long will the food last with this 1.4407893?
condition at hand?
67. The 4th term of a harmonic progression is 12 and the
47. A pile of 2,400 sacks of rice were stored in a 11th term is 5. Find the 9th term.
warehouse. Each layer contains 12 more sacks than
the layer above. How many layers are there if the Situation 6: The table below shows the time of travel of
bottom most layer has 240 sacks? the vehicles for travelling a distance of 200
m.
Situation 4: Given is a series 2, 8, 32, 128, …
Vehicle Time(s)
48. Determine the 7th term. 1 12.15
2 13.08
49. Determine the sum of the first 7 terms. 3 11.92
4 14.36
50. Determine the sum of the first 5 terms starting with 5 11.65
the 4th term.
68. Compute the time mean speed.
51. How many terms should there be so that the sum is
178,956,970? 69. Compute the space mean speed.
52. The third term of an geometric progression is 1.8 CHARACTERISTIC/MANTISSA
and the tenth term is 230.4. Find the sixteenth term.
70. Determine the characteristic of log(329.65).
53. If the terms x + 1, 2x + 2, 5x + 1 form an geometric
progression, find the ninth term. 71. Determine the characteristic of log(0.00078805)
54. Evaluate the expression 3 – 1 + 1/3 – 1/9 + . . . 72. Determine the mantissa of log(0.00078805)

55. What is the value of 51/2 ∙ 51/4 ∙ 51/8 ∙ …? 73. How many digits are there in 100!?

56. Find the geometric mean of 1.21, 3.63, 10.89, and CLOCK PROBLEMS
32.67.
74. A watch gains uniformly. It was observed that it was
57. If one – fifth of the content of an air tank is removed 6 min slow at 12 o’clock in the night on Monday. On
by each stroke of a pump, what fractional part of the Friday at 6pm, it was 4 min 48 seconds fast. When it
total air is removed in eight strokes? was correct?

58. The sum of 3 numbers in arithmetic progression is 75. A clock is set right at 10 am. The clock gains 5
39. If 2 is added to the 1st number, 5 to the 2nd minutes in 12 hours. What will be the true time
number and 11 to the 3rd number, the new numbers when the clock indicates 3 pm on the next day?
will be in a geometric progression. Determine the
common difference. Situation 7: A clock is set at 7:00 o’clock.

59. The half-life of a certain chemical substance is 5 76. In how many minutes will the hands of the clock be
years. Find the amount that will be left from a together?
1,200-gram substance after 27 years.
77. In how many minutes will the hands of the clock be
60. Ganndi family has three children. Currently, the opposite to each other?
children’s ages form a geometric progression. The
oldest child was thrice as old as the second child 78. In how many minutes will the hands of the clock be
when the youngest child was born. In 4 years, the perpendicular?
sum of the ages of the second child and the youngest
child will be equal to the age of the oldest. How old Situation 8: It is now between 9 and 10 o’clock.
is the youngest child?
79. At what time after 9 o’clock will the minute hand
61. An engineer borrowed P70,000 at a rate of interest and the hour hand be perpendicular for the first
of 6% per year. If the interest is added to the time?
principal every year, how much will he pay after 5
years? 80. In 4 minutes, the hour hand of the clock will be
directly opposite the position occupied by the
62. A concrete mixing truck costing P20,000,000 minute hand 3 minutes ago. What time is it?
depreciates in value 12% a year. Determine its
worth after 6 years.

Engr. Erickneil D. Realuyo, MSCE, ME-I, SO2, MP

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81. In a quarter of an hour, the minute hand will be more rice will the remaining students need for their
behind the hour hand by only half as much as it is extended stay in Manila? (1 sack = 50 kg)
now behind it. What time is it?
100. It is observed that eight men can dig 150 feet of
82. How many seconds after 8:00 o’clock will the trench in 7 hours and 3 men can backfill 100 feet of
second hand bisect the space between the hour and trench in 4 hours. Find the time it will take for 10
minute hands for the first time? men to dig and fill 200 feet of trench.

83. At what time after 3 o’clock will the angle between VENN DIAGRAM
the hands of the clock be bisected by the second
hand? 101. A survey of 100 persons revealed that 72 of them
had eaten at restaurant P and that 52 of them had
84. How many minutes after 3 o’clock will the hands of eaten at restaurant Q, how many had eaten at both
the clock be at 180°? restaurants P and Q?

Situation 9: It is between 5:00 and 6:00 o’clock. In 20 102. In a certain party, each one of the group drinks coke,
minutes, the minute – hand will be ahead beer, whisky or all. Also 400 drink coke, 500 drink
of the hour – hand as it was behind it. beer and 300 drink whisky. 100 drink coke and
beer, and 200 drink beer and whisky. One who
85. What time is it now? drinks whisky does not drink coke. How many are in
the group?
86. What time will it be?
Situation 12: A certain machine part can be defective
87. A man left his home past 3:00 pm. Between two to because it has one or more out of three
three hours after, he returned and noticed that the possible defects: insufficient tensile
hands of the clock interchanged. What time did he strength, a burr or a diameter outside of
leave home? tolerance limits. In a lot of 500 pieces:
19 have a tensile strength defect
PROPORTION AND VARIATION 17 have a burr
11 have an unacceptable diameter
Situation 10: Given are 4, 10 and 22. 12 have tensile strength and burr defects
7 have tensile strength and diameter
88. Determine the 1st proportion. defects
5 have burr and diameter defects
89. Determine the 2nd proportion. 2 have all the three defects

90. Determine the 3rd proportion. 103. How many have no defect?

91. Determine the 4th proportion. 104. How many have tensile strength and burr defects
only?
92. In Physics, It is known that current is directly
proportional to volt. If there is 30 volts when the 105. How many have burr and diameter defects only?
current is 2.4 x 10-3 amperes, determine the
proportionality constant. 106. The President just recently appointed 25 Generals
of the Philippine Army. Of these, 14 have already
93. The scale of a certain map is 1:250,000 mm. If two served in the Korea War, 12 in the Vietnam War and
points on the map is 27 mm, find its actual ground 10 in the Japan War. There are 4 who had served in
measurement. both Korea and Japan Wars, 6 in both Vietnam and
Korea wars, and 3 in both Japan and Vietnam wars.
94. The scale of a certain map is 1:100,000. The How many have served in Japan, Korea and Vietnam
distance between two points on the map is 3 units. wars?
How many units will these two points measure on
another map with a scale of 1:60,000? 107. Boom Review Center gave an examination on
Geometry, Calculus, Probability, and Engineering
95. The time of travel of a free falling body varies Economy to its students. The results are as follows:
directly as the square root of the distance it falls. If a 178 passed Engineering Economy
body falls 78.48 meters in 4 seconds, how far will it 172 passed Probability
travel in 8 seconds? 177 passed Calculus
161 passed Geometry
Situation 11: Three cats can kill three mice in three 65 passed Probability and Engineering Economy
minutes. 63 passed Calculus and Engineering Economy
56 passed Calculus and Probability
96. In how many minutes can 9 cats kill 9 mice? 49 passed Geometry and Engineering Economy
60 passed Geometry and Probability
97. In how many minutes can 11 cats kill 9 mice? 51 passed Geometry and Calculus
19 passed Calculus, Probability, and Engineering
98. A rod is cut into eight pieces in twenty minutes. Economy
How long will it take for the same rod to be cut into 20 passed Geometry, Probability, and Engineering
four pieces? Economy
15 passed Geometry, Calculus, and Engineering
99. Ten students from Romblon decided to stay in Economy
Manila for a regular review in preparation for the CE 16 passed Geometry, Calculus, and Probability
Board Exam. To minimize their expenses, they 6 passed all subjects
agreed to bring 18 sacks of rice that will last for 4
months. After their regular review, 4 students went If there are 93 students who did not pass in any
back to Romblon. Only the remaining students subject, how many students does Boom Review
enrolled in the refresher for 1 month. How much Center have?

Engr. Erickneil D. Realuyo, MSCE, ME-I, SO2, MP