1.

Find the middle term of the expansion

a. Ans: -8064x5y5

2. six people are on a sinking yacht. there are four life jackets. how many combinations of
survivors are there?
a. 15

3. What is the natural logarithm of ?

a. Xy

4. In the expansion of the numerical coefficient of the 5th term is:

a. 126,720

5. Two towns A and B are connected by 3 roads and towns B and C are connected by 4
roads. In how many ways can one drive from A to b and return to A via B if the same
road is not to be traveled?
a. 72

6. Which is an equivalent expression of sin 2x?

a. -2 sin x cos x.

7. Solve for the value of x if

a. 0.618

8. A man has 3 pieces of rope with lengths of 140 units, 168 units, and 210 units. He wishes
to cut the three pieces of ropes into smaller pieces of equal length with no remainders.
How many unit lengths of each piece of rope will he be getting all together?
a. 37

9. Which of the following statements is correct?

a. 100.00 has five significant figures

10. The red bulbs of a Christmas light flash every 8 seconds, the blue bulbs flash every 9
seconds, and the green bulb flashes every 10 seconds. If they all start flashing together,
every how many seconds will they flash simultaneously again?
a. 360
11. The age of Diophantus, a Greek mathematician may be calculated from the epitaph which
reads as follows: "Diophantus passed 1/6 of his life in childhood, 1/12 in youth, 1/7 as a
bachelor. Five years after his marriage was born a son who died 4 years before his father
at half his father's final age." How old was Diophantus when he died?
a. 84

12. What is the measure of 2.25 revolutions counterclockwise?

a. 810

3
13. How many degrees is 4 𝜋 radians?
a. 135

14. A man sold a watch for 3,500Php at a loss of 30% on the cost price. Find the
corresponding loss or gain if he sold it for 5,050Php.
a. 1% Gain

15. A transit set up 40 m from the base of a vertical chimney reads 32° 30° with crosshairs
set on the top of the chimney. With the telescope level, the vertical rod at the base of the
chimney is 2.1 m. Approximately, how tall is the chimney?
a. 28m
16. Find the angle in mils subtended by a line 10 yards long at a distance of 5000 yards.
a. 2 MILS

17. Mary is 24 years old. Mary was twice as old as Ann was when Mary was old as Ann is
now. How old is Ann?
a. 18
18. A certain angle has an explement 5 times the supplement. Find the angle
a. 135

19. Tom is now twice as old as Jerry. Four years ago, he was three times as old as Jerry was
then. How old is Tom now?
a. 16

20. A chemist of a distillery experimented on two alcohol solutions of different strengths,

35% alcohol, and 50% alcohol, respectively. How many cubic units of 50% alcohol must
he use in order to produce a mixture of 60 cu. units that contain 40% alcohol?
a. If 50 – 20 ; if 35 - 40

21. How many different ways can a party of seven politicians be seated in a row?
a. 720
22. What is the factor of the equation, ?

a.

23. The time swing t seconds, of a simple pendulum is given by the equation
Determine the time correct to 3 decimal places, given that 7 — 12.0 and g = 9.81
a. 6.949

24. An engineer and his helper can do a certain job in 3 hours. On a given day, they worked
together for 1 hour then the helper left and the engineer finishes the rest of the work in 8
more hours. How long will it take the engineer to do the job alone?
a. 12

25. What is the mantissa of the common logarithm of 0.0071?

a. 0.14874

26. How many minutes after 5 o'clock will the hands of the clock be perpendicular for the
first time?
a. 10.9
27. Find the area of a regular pentagon whose apothem is 17.2 cm
a. 1075 cm2

28. The distance from the origin to the point is equivalent to?
a. 1

29. What is the value of each interior angle of a regular pentagon?

2
a. π
5

30. The triangle defined by the points A (6,1), B(2,4), and C(-2,1) is what?
a. isoceles

31. An 8-inch diameter (I.D.) pipe is filled to a depth equal to one-third of its diameter. What
is the area inflow?
a. 14.67 sq. in

32. Find the inclination of the line passing through (4,1) and (-3,-3)
a. 29.7

33. Find the area of a washer formed by two concentric circles whose cord outside the small
circle is 10.
a. 25π

34. Determine the total surface area of an icosahedron if the length of each edge is 10 cm.
a. 866cm
35. What is the standard form of the equation of the line tangent to a circle centered at the
origin with a radius of 5 at the point (3,4)?

a.

36. The area of a circle is 89.42 sq. in. What is the length of a side of a regular hexagon
inscribed in this circle?
a. 5.337in

37. A goat is tied to a camer of a 30 ft by 35 ft building. If the rope is 40 ft long and the goat
can reach 1 ft further than the rope length, what is the maximum area the goat can cover?
a. 4084.07 sq. ft

38. Which of the following regular polygons has 7 diagonals?

a. Nonagon
39. A cubical container that measures 2 m on a side is tightly packed with eight balls and is
filled with water. All 8 balls are in contact with the walls of the cantainer and the adjacent
balls. All the balls have the same sizes. What is the volume of the water in the container?
a. 3.80 cu.m

40. The existence of the two equations y= f(x). aNd y = (x) implies which of the following
equations is true?

a.

41. What is the derivative with respect to x of the function

a. 0

42. Evaluate:
a. 1

43. Find the area of the curve bounded by y=9-x2 and the x-axis.
a. 36
44. Evaluate:
a. 0.3

45. Evaluate:
a. 0.30679

46. What is the point of inflection of the curve

a. no point of inflection

47. Find the maximum value of y given:

a. (-1, -2)

48. Evaluate:
a. 1/2

49. Find the maximum value of y given:

a. (1,4)

50. Evaluate:
a. 40/3

51. Evaluate:
a. 2

52. If it is known that y = 1 when x =1, what is the constant of integration of the following

integral?

a.
53. Evaluate:

a.

54. If y=arctan(In x) find the derivative of y at x= 1/e

a. 1.36

55. Evaluate:

a.

56. If a is a simple constant, what is the derivative of

a.

57. The cost, C, of a product is a function of the quantity x of the product

Find the quantity for which the cost is minimum.

a. 2000

58. What is the slope of the graph at points (2,3)?

a. -4

59. Newton's method is being used to find the roots of the equation
60. What is the third approximation of the root if 9.33 is chosen as the first approximation?

a. 4

61. What is the specific solution to the given differential equation

a.

62. What is the general solution for the following differential equation?

a.
63. The rate of population growth of a country is proportional to the number of inhabitants. If
a population of a country now is 40 million and is expected to double in 25 years, how
many years will the population be 3 times the present?
a. ANS. 39.62 years

64. What is the general solution to the following differential equation

a. ANS.

65. What is the rank of matrix A?

a. ANS. RANK 2

66. Compute fro the determinant of the matrix:

a. ANS. 373

67. Write in rectangular form:

a. ANS. 2i - 1

68. Compute fro the determinant of the matrix:

69. Find the differential equation whose general solution is

a. ANS.

70. What is the general solution to the following differential equation

a. ANS.

71. Solve the constant of integration of the given differential equation

Considering x = 0 and y = 2
a. ANS. 64
72. What is the general solution of the given differential equation:

a. ANS.

73. Compute for the determinant of the matrix.

a. ANS. 0

74. What is the general solution of the differential equation:

a. ANS. Y = sin (2x) + cos (2x) + C

75. Evaluate the determinant of the matrix:

a. ANS. 82
 76. There are five sticks measured at 1 cm, 2 cm, 3 om, 4 cm, and5 cm. If three sticks are
randomly picked, what is the probability that the three sticks form a triangle?
a. ANS. 0.3

77. How many ways can a club of 25 members choose a president, a vice president, a
secretary, and a treasurer, if no members can hold more than one position?
a. ANS. 303,600

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78. From the follwoing tabulation, calculate the correlation coefficient between X and Y:
X: 81.0, 84.9, 88.7, 92.8, 99.8, 105.3
Y: 4.9, 85, 10.5, 8.2, 12.0, 14.7
a. ANS. 0.9006
79. From the follwoing tabulation, calculate the correlation coefficient between X and Y:
X; 80.6, 85.0, 88.3, 93.7, 98.9, 105.8
Y. 4.4, 8.2, 106, 8.3, 129, 14.5
a. ANS. 0.2240
80. From the follwoing tabulation, calculate the correlation coefficient between X and Y:
X 81.5, 85.5, 89.1, 92.0, 98.4, 105.2
Y: 4.4, 8.0, 10.5, 8.7, 12.2, 14.9
a. ANS. 0.9470

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81. What is the probability that no two people in a group of seven having the same birthday?

a. ANS. 0.94

82. What is the sample variance of the following numbers? 2,4,6,8,10,12,14

a. ANS. 18.7

83. In how many ways can three men be assigned consecutive seats in a row of seven seats?
a. ANS. 30

84. A PSME unit has 10ME's, 8 PME's, and 6 CPI's. If a committee of 3 members one from
each graup is to be formed, how many of such committees can be formed?
a. ANS. 480
85. In tossing a die, what is the probability of getting a prime number?
a. ANS. 1/2

86. How many different ways can 5 boys and 5 girls from a circle with boy and girl
alternate?
a. ANS. 2880

87. In how many ways can 5 people line up to pay their electric bills at Meralco if two of
them don't want to follow each other?
a. ANS. 72

88. An urn contains 5 white, 3 black, and 2 red balls. in getting one ball, what is the
probability that it is not a red ball?
a. ANS. 0.80
89. A Class has 12 boys and 4 girls. If three students are selected at random from the class,
waht is the probability that they are all boys?
a. ANS. 0.3928

90. A student mus answer six of eight questions on an exam. How many ways can he do the
exam if the first tow questions are mandatory?
a. ANS. 15
1. A particle whose curvilinear motion is represented by the equation S = 20t + 4t 2 - 3t3. What is the
particle's acceleration at t = 0?
a. 8.0 m/s2

b.

2. A particle whose curvilinear motion is represented by the equation S = 20t + 4t2 - 3t3. What is the
particle's initial velocity?
a. 20 m/s

b.

3. A particle whose curvilinear motion is represented by the equation

What is the particle's maximum speed?
a. 21.8 m/s

b.
4. Given the origin-based vector A - i + 2j + k, what is the most nearly the angle between A and the
x-axis?
a. 66 deg

b.

5. A stone is thrown vertically upward at the rate of 20 m/s. Find the highest point reached by the
stone.
a. 20.4m

b.
6. A stone is dropped down a well. 2.47 sec after the stone is released, a splash is heard. If the
velocity of sound in air is 342 m/s, find the distance to the surface of the water in the well.
a. 28 m

b.

7. Which statement is true about these two vectors?

A = i +2j + +k
B = i + 3j - 7k
a. The vectors are orthogonal

8. Simplify the expression (A×B)•C given:

A = 3i +2j ; B = 2i +3j + k; and C = 5i +2k

a. 0

9. The coordinates of two points in space are A (1,2,3) and B (4,-1, 2).
Determine the angle between radius vectors A and B.
a. 62.188 deg

10. A block weighing 500 kN rests on a ramp inclined at 25 deg with horizontal. Determine the force
tending to move the block down the ramp.

a.
 ECONOMICS

91. It is a method of depreciation where a fixed sum of money is regularly deposited

at compound interest in a real or imaginary fund in order to accumulate an
amount equal to the total depreciation of an asset at the end of the asset’s
estimated life.
a. Sinking Fund Method (Searched Ans: Sinking Fund Method or
Straight Line Method)

92. This refers to the length of time of property ownership by a specific person or
entity from cradle to grave.
a. Ownership life

93. Period over which an asset (machine, property, computer system, etc.) is
expected to be usable, with normal repairs and maintenance, for the purpose it
was acquired, rented, or leased.
a. Economic life

94. It is the estimated value at the end of the useful life.

a. Salvage value

95. Sunk costs include ___.

a. All in the list

96. It is defined as the future value minus the present value.

a. Interest

97. It is a series of uniform accounts over an infinite period of time.

a. Perpetuity

98. It is a method of depreciation whereby the amount to recover is spread uniformly

over the estimated life of the asset in terms of the periods or units of output.
a. Straight Line Method (Searched Ans: Declining Balance Method)

99. It is a method of computing depreciation in which the annual charge is a fixed

percentage of the depreciated book value at the beginning of the year to which
the depreciation applies.
a. Declining Balance Method

100. What is sometimes called second hand value?

a. Salvage value
101. A diagram drawn to help visualize and simplify problems having diverse receipts
and disbursements is known as ___.
a. Cash-flow (no searched ans)

102. It is the cost of things that are neither labor nor material.
a. Expenses

103. It is the amount which a willing buyer will pay to a willing seller for the property
where each has equal advantage and is under no compulsion to buy or sell.
a. Market Value

104. An artificial expense that spreads the purchase price of an asset or another
property over a number of years.
a. Depreciation

105. It refers to the income needed to cover a manufacturer’s total expenses in a

given period of time.
a. Break-even point

106. It is a type of annuity where the first payment is made after several periods and
not at the end of the first period.
a. Deferred Annuity

107. The amount transferred to depreciation is a fixed ratio of the undepreciated

balance for the item.
a. Declining Balance Depreciation (no searched ans)

108. The true value of interest rate computed by equations for compound interest for
a one-year period is known as___.
a. Effective interest

109. It is an application of comprehensive techniques to predict the feasibility or

economic outcome of a proposed engineering project.
a. Engineering Economy

110. Which of the following is not a variable cost?

a. Insurance cost (Searched Ans: Income taxes)

111. It is a type of annuity where the payments are made at the end of each payment
period starting from the first period.
a. Ordinary Annuity (Searched Ans: Deferred Annuity)
112. It is an interest rate which specifies the actual rate of interest in one year.
a. Effective rate (Searched Ans: Nominal rate)

113. The recorded current value of an asset is known as ___.

a. Book value

114. What do you call the present worth of the property which is equal to the original
cost less depreciation?
a. Book value

115. The alternatives which are standalone solutions for engineering economy
problems involve ____.
a. All in the list

116. Niki shoe manufacturer produces a pair of signature shoes where the
endorser’s royalty fee is Php 1100 per pair of shoes sold. The labor cost to
produce a pair of shoes is Php 850, and material cost is Php 950 per pair. Fixed
charges on the business is Php 16.5 million per quarter and variable costs are
Php 450 a pair. If the shoes sell at Php 5600 a pair, how many pairs must be
produced per month for the manufacturer to break-even?
a. 2444
117. An engineer borrowed Php100, 000 from a lending company at a simple interest
rate of 20%. However, the amount of interest was immediately deducted from
the loan amount. If at the end of one year, he has to pay the exact amount of
Php 100, 000, what is the actual interest rate?
a. 25%

118. A gadget has a selling price of 400. If the selling price is expected to decline at
a rate of 5% per semi-annual due to obsolescence, estimate its selling price
after 2.5 years.
a. 236.20
119. Compute for the exact simple interest on Php 87, 000 investment from February
6 to November 23, 2004 at 12% interest rate.
a. 8272.13 / (Searched Ans: 8300.66)

120. A manufacturer wishes to earn a profit of $2000 from the sales of his products.
The cost to produce one unit of product is $26 and the fixed cost is worth
$18000. What should be the sales if the product is sold at $47.
a. 953

121. What rate of interest compounded annually is equivalent to the rate of interest
of 8% compounded quarterly?
a. 8.24%
122. A supermarket charges 2.75% per month on credit purchases. What is the
equivalent nominal annual interest rate?
a. 33%

123. Calculate the present worth of Php 500 annuity starting at the end of the third
year and continuing to the end of the fourth year at 10% per annum.
a. 717.16
124. Miss Reyes deposited 2000, 3000 and 4500, all in pesos, at the end of the 2 nd,
3rd, and 4th year, respectively in a savings account that earns 5% per annum.
How much is the account at the end of the 4th year?
a. 9855

125. Mr. Santos deposits Php 1200 now, Php 800 two years from now and Php 1000
five years from now. If the bank interest on savings is 5%, how much money will
he receive ten years from now?
a. 4412.92
 DAY 7
1. How many different ways can 5 boys and 5 girls from a circle with boy and girl alternate?
a. 2880
2. How many different ways can a party of seven politicians be seated at a round table?
a. 720
3. How many ways can a club of 25 members choose a president, a vice president, a secretary, and
a treasurer, if no members can hold more than one position?
a. 303,600
4. In tossing a die, what is the probability of getting a prime number
a. ½
5. In how many ways can 5 people line up to pay their electric bills at Meralco if two of them don't
want to follow each other?
a. 72
6. What is the probability that no two people in a group of seven having the same birthday?
a. 0.94
7. From the follwoing tabulation, calculate the correlation coefficient between X and Y:

X: 81.1, 84.3, 88.6, 92.3, 98.1, 105.0

Y: 4.0, 8.3, 10.2, 8.2, 12.8, 14.0
a. 0.907
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8. There are five sticks measured at 1 cm, 2 cm, 3 cm, 4 cm, and 5 cm.
If three sticks are randomly picked, what is the probability that the three sticks form a triangle?
a. 0.30!
9. A Class has 12 boys and 4 girls. If three students are selected at random from the class, what is
the probability that they are all boys?
a. 0.3928
10. An urn contains 5 white, 3 black, and 2 red balls. in getting one ball, what is the probability that it
is not a red ball?
a. 0.80
11. A PSME unit has 10ME's, 8 PME's, and 6 CPM's. If a committee of 3 members one from each
group is to be formed, how many of such committees can be formed?
a. 480
12. What is the sample variance of the following numbers?

2,4,6,8,10,12,14
a. 18.7
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13. A student must answer six of eight questions on an exam. How many ways can he do the exam if
the first two questions are mandatory?
a. 360??
14. In how many ways can three men be assigned consecutive seats in a row of seven seats?
a. 30
15. How many sequences of six flags can be constructed from four red flags and two green flags?
a. 15
b. 6!/(4!X2!)
16. There are 100 random samples were taken from the large population. A particular numerical
characteristic of sampled items was measured. The results of the measurements were as follows:

45 measurements were between 0.85 and 0.900

0.901 was observed once
0.902 was observed three times
0.903 was observed twice
0.904 was observed four times

The smallest value was 0.859 and the largest value was 0.958.
The Sum of all the 100 measurements was 91.170. Except for those noted, no measurements
occurred more than twice.

What is the mean of the given problem above?

a. 0.9117
17. An urn contains four black balls and 6 white balls.
What is the probability of getting one black ball and one white ball in two consecutive draws from
the urn?
a. 0.53
 DAY 8

1. A particle whose curvilinear motion is represented by the equation S = 20t + 4t 2 - 3t3. What is the
particle's acceleration at t = 0?
a. 8.0 m/s2

b.
2. A particle whose curvilinear motion is represented by the equation S = 20t + 4t 2 - 3t3. What is the
particle's initial velocity?
a. 20 m/s

b.
3. A particle whose curvilinear motion is represented by the equation
What is the particle's maximum speed?
a. 21.8 m/s

b.
4. Given the origin-based vector A - i + 2j + k, what is the most nearly the angle between A and the
x-axis?
 a. 66 deg

b.
5. A stone is thrown vertically upward at the rate of 20 m/s. Find the highest point reached by the
stone.
a. 20.4m

b.
6. A stone is dropped down a well. 2.47 sec after the stone is released, a splash is heard. If the
velocity of sound in air is 342 m/s, find the distance to the surface of the water in the well.
a. 28 m
 b.
7. Which statement is true about these two vectors?

A = i +2j + +k
B = i + 3j - 7k
a. The vectors are orthogonal
8. Simplify the expression (A×B)•C given:

A = 3i +2j ; B = 2i +3j + k; and C = 5i +2k

a. 0
9. The coordinates of two points in space are A (1,2,3) and B (4,-1, 2).
Determine the angle between radius vectors A and B.
a. 62.188 deg
10. A block weighing 500 kN rests on a ramp inclined at 25 deg with horizontal. Determine the force
tending to move the block down the ramp.

a.
• How many ways can a club of 25 members choose a president, a vice presedent, a secretry, and
a treasurer, if no members can hold more than one position?

• A PSME unit has 10ME's, 8 PME's, and 6 CPM's. If a committee of 3 members one from each
group is to be formed, how many of such committees can be formed?

• A Class has 12 boys and 4 girls. If three students are selected at random from the class, waht is
the probability that they are all boys?
• A student must answer six of eight questions on an exam. How many ways can he do the exam if
the first two questions are mandatory?

• What is the probability that no two people in a group of seven having the same birthday?
• A stone is dropped down a well. 2.47 sec after the stone is released, a splash is heard. If the
velocity of sound in air is 342 m/s, find the distance to the surface of the water in the well.
• A particle whose curvilinear motion is represented by the equation S equals 20 t plus 4 t squared
minus 3 t cubed. What is the particle's acceleration at t = 0?

• A particle whose curvilinear motion is represented by the equation S equals 20 t plus 4 t squared
minus 3 t cubed. What is the particle's initial velocity?

• A block weighing 500 kN rests on a ramp inclined at 25 deg with horizontal. Determine the force
tending to move the block down the ramp.

• Which statement is true about these two vectors?

A = i +2j + +k
B = i + 3j - 7k
 parallel and (0, -1,6) and 17.4 is wrong

• A stone is thrown vertically upward at the rate of 20 m/s. Find the highest point reached by the
stone.
• The coordinates of two points in space are A (1,2,3) and B (4,-1, 2). Determine the angle
between radius vectors A and B.

• Given the origin-based vector A - i + 2j + k, what is the most nearly the angle between A and the
x-axis?

• Simplify the expression (A×B)•C given: A = 3i +2j ; B = 2i +3j + k; and C = 5i +2k

 • A train changes its speed uniformly from 55.9 mi/hr to 26.3 mi/hr at a distance of 1536 ft. What
is its acceleration in ft/s2?

• A particle whose curvilinear motion is represented by the equation S equals 20 t plus 4 t squared
minus 3 t cubed. What is the particle's maximum speed?

21.8 m/s

• There are five sticks measured at 1 cm, 2 cm, 3 cm, 4 cm, and 5 cm. If three sticks are randomly
picked, what is the probability that the three sticks form a triangle?
• An urn contains 5 white, 3 black, and 2 red balls. in getting one ball, what is the probability that
it is not a red ball?

• How many different ways can 5 boys and 5 girls from a circle with boy and girl alternate?
• In how many ways can 5 people line up to pay their electric bills at Meralco if two of them don't
want to follow each other?

• In how many ways can three men be assigned consecutive seats in a row of seven seats?

• How many sequences of six flags can be constructed from four red flags and two green flags?
• In tossing a die, what is the probability of getting a prime number?

• What is the sample variance of the following numbers? 2,4,6,8,10,12,14

• From the follwoing tabulation, calculate the correlation coefficient between X and Y:
X: 80.7, 84.5, 88.8, 92.8, 99.7, 105.9
Y: 4.7, 8.9, 10.7, 8.8, 12.0, 14.1
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• There are 100 random samples were taken from the large population. A particular numerical
characteristic of sampled items was measured. The results of the measurements were as
follows:

45 measurements were between 0.85 and 0.900

0.901 was observed once
0.902 was observed three times
0.903 was observed twice
0.904 was observed four times

The smallest value was 0.859 and the largest value was 0.958.
The Sum of all the 100 measurements was 91.170. Except for those noted, no measurements
occurred more than twice.

What is the mean of the given problem above?

• How many different ways can a party of seven politicians be seated at a round table?
• A motorist is traveling at 70 km/hr when he sees a traffic light in an intersection 250 m ahead turn
red. The light's red cycle is 15 s. The motorist wants to enter the intersection without stopping his
vehicle, just as the light turns green. What is the uniform deceleration of the vehicle that will just
put the motorist in the intersection when the light tunrs green?

• A Wheel with a radius of 80 cm rolls along a flat surface at 3 m/s. If arc AB on the wheel's
perimeter measures 90 deg, what is the velocity of point A when point B contact the groound?

• In a shooting practice, the probability of three trainee cops hitting the target is 30%, 40%, and
45%, respectively. If each fired their gun aiming to the target, what is the probability that only
one cop hit the target?
• If two dice are tossed, what is the probability of rolling a sum of 6 or 9?

• If the variable X has a Poisson distribution with parameter λ, what is the expected value of X?

• The probability that both stages of a 2 stage missile will function correctly is 0.95. The
probability that the first stage will function correctly is 0.98. What is the probability that the
second stage will function correctly given that the first one does?

• Four different colored flags can be hung in a row to make coded signals. How many signals can
be made of a signal consisting of the display of one or more flags?
• A Projectile is thrown with a speed of 93.6 ft/sec in a direction 29.4 deg above the horizontal.
Determine the highest point to which it rises in meters

• The probability of a two-stage rocket will function correctly is 0.93. The reliability of the first
stage is 0.98.
What is the reliability of the 2nd stage?

• If two random variables are independently distributed, what is their relationship?

• A Projectile is thrown with a speed of 109.9 ft/sec in a direction 30.4 deg above the horizontal.
Determine the highest point to which it rises in ft.
• A manufacturer has determined that a certain machine averages one defective bolt for every
1000 it produces. What is the probability that an order of 200 bolts will have one or more
defective?

• In a dice game, one fair die is used. He wins Php 15 if he rolls either a 1 or a 6. He losses Php 5 if
he turns up any other face. What is the expected winning for the one roll of the die?

• What is the approximate probability of exactly two people in a group of seven having the same
birthday on April 15?

• If seven fair coins are simultaneously tossed in the air, what is the probability that at least one
will land heads up?
Question 1

In the expansion of ,
the numerical coefficient of the 5th term is:

253,440

506,880

126,720

63,360

Question 2
The number 0.123123123...is:

rational number

composite

imaginary

irrational number
Question 3
Which is an equivalent expression of sin 2x?

Question 4 ******
A certain angle has an explement 5 times the supplement. Find the angle.

810°

127°

250°

135°
Question 5
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

The age of Diophantus, a Greek mathematician may be calculated from the epitaph which reads as
follows:
"Diophantus passed 1/6 of his life in childhood, 1/12 in youth, 1/7 as a bachelor. Five years after his
marriage was born a son who died 4 years before his father at half his father's final age."
How old was Diophantus when he died?

76

84

90

80

Question 1 ****
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

Mary is 24 years old. Mary was twice as old as Ann was when Mary was old as Ann is now. How old is
Ann?

20

12

18

16
Question 2
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

How many minutes after 5 o'clock will the hands of the clock be perpendicular for the first time?

10.91

60

43.63

27.27

Question 3

What is the 4th term of the expansion ?

Question 4
Two towns A and B are connected by 3 roads and towns B and C are connected by 4 roads. In how many
ways can one drive from A to b and return to A via B if the same road is not to be traveled?

144

72

12

Question 5
When rounded-ff to four significant figures, 102.4886 becomes:

102.5

102.48

102.4

102.4889

Question 1 *******
What is the natural logarithm of exy?

Question 2
Which of the following is a happy number?

143

69
 420

100

Question 3
The red bulbs of a Christmas light flash every 8 seconds, the blue bulbs flash every 9 seconds, and the
green bulb flashes every 10 seconds. If they all start flashing together, every how many seconds will they
flash simultaneously again?

720

450

240

360

Question 4
The sum and product of conjugate numbers are:

rational numbers

pure imaginary number

complex numbers

real numbers
Question 5
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

A man sold a watch for 3,500Php at a loss of 30% on the cost price. Find the corresponding loss or gain if
he sold it for 5,050Php.

2% gain

1% loss

2% loss

1% gain

Question 2
What is the mantissa of the common logarithm of 0.0071?

0.85216

0.14874

-3

-2
Question 5
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

Tom is now twice as old as Jerry. Four years ago, he was three times as old as Jerry was then. How old
is Tom now?

14

18

16

Question 1
Solve the value of x

-2.10 Cal.tech

3.8

-3.1

-5.01
Question 2
Six people are on a sinking yacht. There are four life jackets. How many combinations of survivors are
there?

36
6𝐶4 = 15
9

360

15

Question 3
A man has 3 pieces of rope with lengths of 140 units, 168 units, and 210 units. He wishes to cut the three
pieces of ropes into smaller pieces of equal length with no remainders. How many unit lengths of each
piece of rope will he be getting all together?

14

37

56

74

Question 4
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

An engineer and his helper can do a certain job in 3 hours. On a given day, they worked together for 1
hour then the helper left and the engineer finishes the rest of the work in 8 more hours. How long will it
take the engineer to do the job alone?

8 hours

10 hours

15 hours

12 hours
Question 5
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

A transit set up 40 m from the base of a vertical chimney reads 32° 30' with crosshairs set on the top of
the chimney. With the telescope level, The vertical rod at the base of the chimney is 2.1 m.
Approximately, how tall is the chimney?

15 m

26 m

38 m

28 m

Question 2
What is the measure of 2.25 revolutions counterclockwise?

- 810°

- 835°

810°

-805°
Question 4

The number is:

irrational

complex

surd

integer

Question 1
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

Find the difference in time between Manila (14° 36' N, 121° 05' E) and Tokyo (35° 39' N, 139° 45' E).
Also, find the distance between them.

1.42 hrs, 1316.2 nautucal miles

1.24 hrs, 1613.2 nautucal miles

1.44 hrs, 1623.3 nautucal miles

2.44 hrs, 1713.5 nautucal miles

Question 2
How many different ways can a party of seven politicians be seated in a row?

7! = 5040
720

5040

49
Question 5

Find the middle term of the expansion ?

𝑛−𝑟 (𝑦)𝑟
𝑛 𝐶𝑟 (𝑥)
2 )10−5 (−2𝑦)5
10 𝐶5 (𝑥
2 )5 (−2𝑦)5
10 𝐶5 (𝑥

252(𝑥 10 )(−32𝑦 5 )

−8064𝑥 10 𝑦 5
Question 1

The time swing seconds, of a simple pendulum is given by the equation

Determine the time correct to 3 decimal places, given that

6.949
𝐿
𝑡 = 2𝜋√
7.000 𝑔

6.950 12.0
𝑡 = 2𝜋√
9.81
6.942
𝑡 = 6.949

Question 5
Find the angle in mils subtended by a line 10 yards long at a distance of 5000 yards.

2 mils

2.5 mils

1 mil

4 mils
Question 4
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

In a 2-digit number, the unit's digit is 3 greater than the ten's digit. If the number is 4 times as large as the
sum of its digits, find the number.

52

36

41

74
Question 2 ********
What is the characteristic of the common logarithm of 0.0071?

-2

0.85216

0.14874

-3

Question 4
The supplement of an angle θ is 5/2 of its complement, find the value of θ.

30°
5
180° − 𝜃 = (90° − 𝜃)
50° 2

15°
𝜃 = 30°

25°

Question 5

What is the sum of the coefficient of ?

-1
(1 + 1 − 1)8
1
=1
0

3
Question 1

What is the factor of the equation ?

Question 4
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

Two thousand kg of steel containing 8% nickel is to be made by mixing stee containing 14% nickel with
another containing 6% nickel. How much of the 14% nickel is needed in kg?

1200

1500

500

1305
Question 4
Which of the following is equivalent to 180°?

100 grads
𝑥 180°
all of these =
6400 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑠 360°
3200 mils 𝑥 = 3200 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑠

Question 5

Solve for the value of

0.618
𝑥 = √1 − √1 − √1 − ⋯
0.852

0.453 𝑥 = √1 − 𝑥
𝑥 = 0.618
0.723

Question 3 *********

What is the factor of the equation ?

Question 4
Solve the value of x :

Cal. Tech.

1/8

None of the choices

-8

Question 3
Which of the following best describe (8+0i)?

surd

real number

irrational number

imaginary

Question 3

How many degrees is radians?

3 180°
57.3 deg 𝜋×
4 𝜋

135 deg 135°

90 deg

180 deg
Question 5
Which of the following statements is correct?

100.00 has five significant figures

200 has two significant figures

0.003280 has three significant figures

0.0010 has one significant figures

Question 4
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION

At point A, south of a tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the tower is 50°. At another point B, 200 m
east of A, the angle of elevation is 22°. Find the height of the tower.

78.4 m

85.4 m

85.9 m

98.6 m
Question 5
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

A man sold a book by mistake at 120% of the marked price instead of discounting the marked price by
20%. If he sold the book for 14.40Php, what was the price for which he should have sold the book?

8.20Php
1.2𝑥 = 14.40
9.10Php 𝑥 = 12.00

9.60Php 0.8(12.00)
= 9.60
8.40Php

Question 2
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

A chemist of a distillery experimented on two alcohol solutions of different strengths, 35% alcohol, and
50% alcohol, respectively.
How many cubic units of 50% alcohol must he use in order to produce a mixture of 60 cu. units that
contain 40% alcohol?

40 60 − 𝑥 𝑥 60
35 50% 35% 40%

20 0.5(60 − 𝑥) + 0.35(𝑥) = 0.4(60)

10 30 − 0.5𝑥 + 0.35𝑥 = 24
𝑥 = 40 [35%]; 60 − 𝑥 = 20 [50%]
Question 1
A man has 3 pieces of rope with lengths of 140 units, 168 units, and 210 units. He wishes to cut the three
pieces of ropes into smaller pieces of equal length with no remainders. How many pieces of rope of equal
length can he get all together?

74
140 + 168 + 210
= 37 𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠
37 14

14

56
Question 1 ********
Which of the following regular polygons has 7 diagonals?

Triskaidecagon

Nonagon

Tetrakaidecagon

Hendecagon

Question 2
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

An 8-inch diameter (I.D.) pipe is filled to a depth equal to one-third of its diameter. What is the area
inflow?

15.48 sq. in.

13.64 sq. in.

12.45 sq. in.

14.67 sq. in.

Question 3
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

A cubical container that measures 2 m on a side is tightly packed with eight balls and is filled with water.
All 8 balls are in contact with the walls of the container and the adjacent balls. All the balls have the same
sizes. What is the volume of the water in the container?

3.38 cu. m

3.80 cu. m

4.20 cu. m

6.90 cu. m

Question 4
The area of a circle is 89.42 sq. in. What is the length of a side of a regular hexagon inscribed in this
circle?

3.533

7.375

5.337 in

5.733
Question 5
What is the standard form of the equation of the line tangent to a circle centered at the origin with a radius
of 5 at the point (3,4)?
Question 3
The triangle defined by the points A (6,1), B(2,4), and C(-2,1) is what?

right

scalene

isoceles

obtuse

Question 4
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

Determine the total surface area of an icosahedron if the length of each edge is 10 cm.

534 cm2
866 cm2
453 cm2
886 cm2

S.A. of Equilateral Triangle

Question 1
Find the inclination of the line passing through (4,1) and (-3,-3).

23.5°
(−3) − 1
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 =
34.9° (−3) − 4
𝜃 = 29.74°
29.7°

21.9°

Question 2 ********
What is the value of each interior angle of a regular pentagon?

Question 3

The distance from the origin to the point is equivalent to?

Question 4
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

A goat is tied to a corner of a 30 ft by 35 ft building. If the rope is 40 ft long and the goat can reach 1 ft
further than the rope length, what is the maximum area the goat can cover?

4804.7 sq. ft.

8844.77 sq. ft.

8480.87

4084.07 sq. ft.

Question 2
Find the area of a regular pentagon whose apothem is 17.2 cm.

1010 cm2
1069 cm2
1420 cm2
1075 cm2

Question 4
Find the area of a washer formed by two concentric circles whose cord outside the small circle is 10.

25π

10π

36π

125π
Question 5
Find the equation of a line through (0,4) which is perpendicular to the line .
1. Mr. Subito borrowed Php 4605 from a bank, which he will repay Php 5000 at the end of 10
months. In the 10-month period, there are 6 months having 31 days. Calculate the simple
interest rate. /// 10.23%

2. A supermarket charges 2.75% per month on credit purchases. What is the equivalent nominal
annual interest rate? /// 0.36

3. Compute for the exact simple interest on Php 87, 000 investment from February 6 to November
23, 2004 at 12% interest rate. /// 8300.66
4. What is the book value after 8 years for a machine at an initial investment of Php 8000 and
salvage value of Php 500 after its estimated life of 10 years? /// 2000

5. A gadget has a selling price of 400. If the selling price is expected to decline at a rate of 5% per
semi-annual due to obsolescence, estimate its selling price after 2.5 years ///236.20 (?)

6. What rate of interest compounded annually is equivalent to the rate of interest of 8%

compounded quarterly? /// 8.24%

7. A building has a salvage value of 1 million at the end of its life of 50 years. The annual
depreciation is 2 million. Using Straight Line Method, in how many years after can the building
be still sold for 30 million? /// 35.5
8. Calculate the present worth of Php 500 annuity starting at the end of the third year and
continuing to the end of the fourth year at 10% per annum. ///717.16***

9. One thousand pesos is borrowed for one year at an interest rate of 1% per month. If the same
amount is borrowed for the same period at an interest rate of 12% per year, how much is the
savings in interest charges? /// 7 or 6.83
10. Mr. Santos deposits Php 1200 now, Php 800 two years from now and Php 1000 five years from
now. If the bank interest on savings is 5%, how much money will he receive ten years from now?
/// 4412.92

11. An engineer borrowed Php100, 000 from a lending company at a simple interest rate of 20%.
However, the amount of interest was immediately deducted from the loan amount. If at the end
of one year, he has to pay the exact amount of Php 100, 000, what is the actual interest rate? ///
25%
12. Niki shoe manufacturer produces a pair of signature shoes where the endorser’s royalty fee is
Php 1100 per pair of shoes sold. The labor cost to produce a pair of shoes is Php 850, and
material cost is Php 950 per pair. Fixed charges on the business is Php 16.5 million per quarter
and variable costs are Php 450 a pair. If the shoes sell at Php 5600 a pair, how many pairs must
be produced per month for the manufacturer to break-even? ///2444

13. A company’s gross margin is 50% of sales. The operating costs comprise 15% of sales.
Company’s taxes are within the 40% bracket. Find the profit after taxes in percent of sales.
///21%

14. A man sells eggs at 75 pesos per dozen at 20% profit. If he sells the egg at the same price after
the cost of eggs increases by 12.5%, how much is his new gain in percent? /// 10
15. A manufacturer wishes to earn a profit of $2000 from the sales of his products. The cost to
produce one unit of product is $26 and the fixed cost is worth $18000. What should be the sales
if the product is sold at $47. /// 953

16. Chinese Bank offers 9.5% account that yields 9.84% annually. How often is the interest to be
compounded? /// quarterly
 17. Miss Reyes deposited 2000, 3000 and 4500, all in pesos, at the end of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year,
respectively in a savings account that earns 5% per annum. How much is the account at the end
of the 4th year? ///9855

BOOK

18. A bank changes 12% simple interest on a P 300 loan. How much will be repaid if the loan is paid
back in one lump sum after three years?

19. If P 5000 shall accumulate for 10 years at 8% compounded quarterly. Find the compounded
interest at the end of 10 years.
20. XYZ corporation manufactures bookcases that it sells for P 65 each. It costs XYZ P 35000 per year
to operate its plant. This sum includes rent, depreciation charges on equipment, and salary
payments. If the cost to produce one bookcase is P 50, How many cases must be sold each year
for XYZ to avoid taking a loss?

21. An asset is purchased for P 9000. Its estimate life is 10 years, after which it will be sold for P
1000. Find the book value during the third year if the sum of the years digit (SYD) depreciation is
used.

22. A company issued 50 bonds of P 1000 face value each, redeemable at par at the end of the 15
years to accumulate the funds required for redemption. The firm established a sinking fund
consisting of annual deposits, the interest rate of the fund being 4%. What was the principal in
the fund at the end of the 12th year?
23. An asset is purchased for P500000. The salvage value in 25 years is P 100000. What are the
depreciation in the first three years using straight line method?

24. A house and a lot can be acquired a down payment of P 500000 and a yearly payment of
P100000 at the end of each year for a period of 10 years, starting at the end of 5 years from the
date of purchase. If the money is worth 14% compounded annually, what is the cash price of the
property?

25. How much must be deposited at 6% each year beginning on January 1, year 1, in order to
accumulate P 5000 on the date of the last deposit, Jan. 1, year 6?
26. An instructor plans to retire in exactly one year … what is the amount he would need to deposit
now?

27. P 1500 was deposited in a bank account 20 years ago … Determine the interest rate paid on this
account.
28. If the nominal interest rate is 3%, how much is P 5000 worth in 10 years in continuously
compounded account?

29. A piece of machinery can be bought… What is the annual interest rate for the time payments?

30. A machine has an initial cost… What is the book value after 5 years using straight line
depreciation?

31. It is the practice of almost all the banks in the Philippines that… Since you have to pay the
amount of P 80000 one year after, what then will be the effective interest rate?
32. A company purchase an asset… what is the depreciation in the third year? Use sum of the years
digits depreciation.

33. An asset is purchased for P 9000… Find the book value during the first year if the sum of the year
digit (SYD) depreciation is used.

34. A parent of the day the child is born wishes to determine what lumpsum would have to be paid
into an account…
35. A merchant puts his… how much will he collect at the end of the 6th year?

36. A manufacturing firm wishes to give each 80 employee …

37. The sum of P 1000 is invested now … what will be the withdrawal amount at the end of the 16th
year?
38. A company which manufactures electric motors… The number of motors that must be sold each
month to break even is closest to:

39. By the condition of a will… When will the girl receive the money…
40. How much money must be invested today in order to withdraw P 2000 annually for 10 years if
the interest rate is 9%?

41. Money borrowed today is to be paid in 6 equal payments… How much was initially borrowed if
quarterly payment is P 2000.

42. What will be the future worth of money after 12 months, if the sum of P 25000 is invested today
at simple interest rate of 1% per year?
43. A man expects to receive P 25000 in 8 years. How much is that money worth now considering
interest at 8% compounded quarterly?

44. ABC corporation makes it a policy that for every new equipment purchased,… Determine the
length of service life if the depreciation used is the SYD method.

45. At an interest rate of 10% compounded annually, how much will a deposit of P 1500 be in 15
years?

46. What is the accumulated amount of five year annuity paying P 6000 at the end of each year,
with interest at 15% compounded annually?
47. A debt of P 10000 with 10% interest compounded semi-annually is to be amortized… Determine
the semi-annual payment.

48. The effective rate of 14% compounded semi-annually is:

49. How many years will P 100000 earned a compound interest of P 50000 if the interest rate is 9%
compounded quarterly?
50. A machine costing… determine the total depreciation using the constant percentage or declining
balance method.

51. A man borrowed… from lending institution… how much should he deposit to a bank monthly in
order to discharge his depth 10 years hence?

52. Mr. Cruz plans to deposit for the education of his 5 year old son… The amount that will be
available in two years is:
53. The annual maintenance cost of a machine… find the number of units to be forged to break-
even.

54. The machine has an initial cost of… Find the book value after 5 years using straight line
depreciation.

55. A young engineer borrowed… What does he have to pay at the end of the 5th year in order to
pay off his loan?
56. A small machine has an initial cost of P 20000, a salvage value of P 2000 and a life of 10 years.
Determine the annual depreciation.

57. Mandarin Bank advertises 9.5% accounts that yield 9.84% annually. Find how often is the
interest compounded?

58. John borrowed P 50000 from the bank at 25% compounded semi-annually. What is the
corresponding effective rate of interest?

59. Find the present worth of a future payment of P 300000 to be made in 5 years with an interest
rate of 8% per annum.
60. The corporation purchased a machine for P 1 million. Freight and installation charges amounted
to… using the sum of the years digit method.

61. How long will it take money to double itself if invested at 5% compounded annually?

62. What is the present worth of a 3 years annuity paying P 3000 at the end of each year, with
interest at 8% compounded annually.
63. A man borrowed P 2000 from the bank and promise to pay… What was the rate of discount and
the rate of interest that the bank collected in advance?

64. The original cost of a certain piece of equipment is… by straight line formula.
65. An engine is expected to have a maintenance cost of… what will be the approximate effective
annual maintenance cost?

66. A computerized machine chap will require a fixed capital investment… what is the rate of return
on the total investment?
 67. A machine shop installs new latte machine that costs… What is the payback period?

Engineering Economy
1. What is the nominal rate compounded monthly which is equivalent 10% compounded semi-annually?
a. 8.7%
b. 9.8%
c. 9.7%
d. 7.7 %

2. Brutus purchased an electric violin that cost 10,000php. It is expected to have a value of 3000php at
the end of 4 years. Calculate depreciation expense on the musical instrument using straight line method.
a. 1650.87 php
b. 1750.00 php
c. 1675.72 php
d. 1625.45 php

3. An item can be manufactured by hand for $5. Alternatively, the item can be produced by a machine at
a fixed annual equivalent cost of $4,000 plus a variable cost of $1 per item. Assume that the cost of
laying off and hiring workers is zero. For what production rate is one method more economical that the
other.
a. $ 1015.00
b. $ 1009.00
c. $ 1005.00
d. $ 1000.00

4. Compute the effective annual interest rate equivalent to 5% nominal annual rate interest
compounded continuously.
a. 5.1271 %
b. 6.1234 %
c. 7.9696 %
d. 4.8888 %

5. In a certain bank, Php 1,000.00 became Php 30,000 in 30 years. Calculate the interest rate of the
bank.
a. 10 %
b. 15 %
c. 8.5 %
d. 12 %

6. An equipment costs Php 10,000.00 with a scrap value of Php 500.00 at the end of its life of 10 years.
What is the annual depreciation cost by straight line method?
a. Php 700.00
b. Php 650.00
c. Php 950.00
d. Php 1500.00

7. Income from a certain operation is expected to be zero in years one through five, after which it will be
$50,000 per year forever. The capitalized cost of the income at 10% per year is nearest to:
a. $252,300
b. $282,250
c. $310,450
d. $296,710

8. A small company wants to have enough money saved to purchase a new $200,000 warehouse in five
years. If the company can invest money at 18% per year, the amount that must be invested each year is
closest to:
a. $27,960
b. $46,920
c. $59,650
d. $63,960

9. Fifteen years ago P1,000.00 was deposited in a bank account and today it is worth P2,370.00. The
bank pays interest semi-annually. What was the interest rate paid on this account?
a. 4.9%
b. 5.6%
c. 5.0%
d. 3.8%
10. An amount of P1000 becomes P1608.44 after 4 years compounded bimonthly. Find the nominal
interest.
a. 12.96%
b. 12.0%
c. 14.64%
d. 15.0%

11. A person deposits $5,000 into a money market account which pays interest at a rate of 8% per year.
The amount that would be in the account at the end of ten years is most nearly:
a. $2,792
b. $9,000
c. $10,795
d. $12,165

12. A small company wants to deposit a single amount of money now so that it will have enough to
purchase a new truck costing $50,000 five years from now. If the money can be deposited into an account
which earns interest at 10% per year, the amount that must be deposited is most nearly
a. $10,000
b. $31,050
c. $33,250
d. $319,160

13. If James Garin deposited P1000 in a savings account that pays 6% annual interest and all the interest
is left in the account, what is the account balance after three years?
a. 666
b. 999
c. 1010
d. 1191

14. Your perfectly reliable friend, James Garin, asks for a loan and promises to pay back P150 two year
from now. If the minimum interest rate you will accept is 8%, what is the maximum amount the you will
loan?
a. 111
b. 112
c. 113
d. 129

15. If the money invested will earned P200,000 after 10 years at 16% compounded annually, what is the
principal amount?
a. P50,000.00
b. P123,000.00
c. P69,000.00
d. P58,626.36
16. If money will be triple itself after 8 years, determine the nominal interest rate.
a. 14.72%
b. 6%
c. 69%
d. 9%

17. A car enthusiast bought a luxury car for $1,000,000. If the car lasts for 10 years, what is the
depreciation at the fifth year using MACRS?
a. $180,005
b. $144,003
c. $115,201
d. $92,160

18. A computer shop pays 100 per hour for the land rental. It costs the shop 10 pesos per unit per hour
for operation costs. If the owner charges 20 pesos per hour and want to gain 300 pesos per hour as
profit, how many units must be occupied per hour?
a. 40
b. 57
c. 75
d. 33

19. A machine has been purchased and is to be paid in an annual of series of payment at the end of each
of the next five years at $1000. What is the present worth of the payments at 6% interest compounded
annually?
a. $4212
b. $4333
c. $4122
d. $4112

20. If an amount of $666 is deposited at the beginning of year one, what is the future worth 6 years
hence at an interest of 10% compounded annually?
a. $1179.86
b. $1239.98
c. $1079.35
d. $1189.58

21. You invest $10,000 into a mutual fund. If the fund averages a 70% annual return, what is the worth
of your investment after 20 years?
a. $23,300,000
b. $406,423,140
c. $500,300,000
d. $344,500,000

22. The construction cost of a permanent park is $600,000. Annual maintenance and operation costs are
$120,000 per year. At an interest rate of 10% per year, the capitalized cost of the park is nearest to:
a. $600,001
b. $720,001
c. $18,000,000
d. $100,000,001

23. A fund is to be donated by a wealthy man to provide annual scholarships to deserving students. The
fund will grant Php5,000 for each of the first 5 years, Php8,000 for each of the next 5 years, and Php10,000
each year thereafter. The scholarship will start one year after the fund is established. If the fund earns 8%
interest, what is the amount of the donation?
a. Php 101,602.23
b. Php 99,601.71
c. Php 100,162.25
d. Php 98,856.35

24. A shoe manufacturer produces a pair of shoes at a labor cost of Php8.50 and materials cost of
Php23.50. The fixed charges on the business are Php10,125 a month and the variable costs are P2.50 a
pair. If the shoes sell to retailers for Php48.00 a pair, how many pairs must be produced and sold each
month for the manufacturer to break even.
a. 750 pairs
b. 760 pairs
c. 770 pairs
d. 780 pairs

25. MR. Paul George is planning to buy a Ferrari and wants to know how much will it cost him if he is
going to buy and use a Ferrari for the next 5 years? After using the car he is going to give it to his son.
The Ferrari that he wants, cost P50,000,000 and has an annual maintenance cost of P100,000, Having
an interest rate of 2%. What will be the total cost of the Ferrari?
A.50,194,156
B.50,300,500
C.60,000,000
D.65,000,000

26. The Great Engineer Carvajal is planning to invest his money to a bank named Philippine Isla bank
(PIB). The bank offered him a 2% interest annually. If Engineer Carvajal puts P 500,000 today, How much
will be his money 5 yrs from now?
A.552,040
B.750,000
C.800,000
D.850,000
 TERMS

1. The amount transferred to depreciation is a fixed ratio of the undepreciated balance for the
item.
2. It is a method of computing depreciation in which the annual charge is a fixed percentage of the
depreciated book value at the beginning of the year to which the depreciation applies.
DECLINING BALANCE METHOD
3. It is an application of comprehensive techniques to predict the feasibility or economic outcome
of a proposed engineering project. ENGINEERING ECONOMY
4. It is the length of time which the property may be operated at a profit. ECONOMIC LIFE
5. A periodic cost that remains more or less unchanged irrespective of the output level or sales
revenue, such as depreciation, insurance, interest, rent salaries, and wages. FIXED COST
6. The reduction in the money value of a capital asset is called ___. CAPITAL LOSS
7. What is the length of time, usually in years, for cumulative net annual profit equal to
investment? PAYBACK PERIOD
8. It is the cost of things that are neither labor nor material. LABOR COST
9. The efficiency of an investment is known as ___. RATE OF RETURN
10. What is the artificial expense that spreads the purchase price of an asset or another property
over a number of years? DEPRECIATION
11. It is the estimated value at the end of the useful life. SALVAGE VALUE
12. Aside from the straight line method of depreciation, what other method assumes a uniform
annual depreciation? SINKING FUND METHOD
13. This refers to the length of time of property ownership by a specific person or entity from cradle
to grave. OWNERSHIP LIFE
14. What is sometimes called second hand value? SALVAGE VALUE
15. Which of the following is not a variable cost? INCOME TAXES
16. Which of the following is not a fixed cost? RENT
17. What do you call the present worth of the property which is equal to the original cost less
depreciation? BOOK VALUE
18. It is a method of depreciation where a fixed sum of money is regularly deposited at compound
interest in a real or imaginary fund in order to accumulate an amount equal to the total
depreciation of an asset at the end of the asset’s estimated life. SINKING FUND METHOD or
STRAIGHT LINE METHOD
19. It is the current amount of money or its equivalent paid to acquire goods and services. VALUE
20. It is the amount which a willing buyer will pay to a willing seller for the property where each has
equal advantage and is under no compulsion to buy or sell. MARKET VALUE
21. is also known as potential service life at which a property is physically able to perform functions
as originally designed. PHYSICAL LIFE or ECONOMIC LIFE
22. It is a series of uniform accounts over an infinite period of time. PERPETUITY
23. It is the value which is usually determined by a disinterested third party in order to establish a
price that is fair to both the seller and the buyer. FAIR VALUE
24. Which of the following depreciation methods cannot have a salvage value of zero? DECLINING
BALANCE METHOD
25. It is the period, usually in numbers years, needed to completely depreciate an asset. PAYBACK
PERIOD
26. The amount transferred to depreciation is a fixed ratio of the undepreciated balance for the
item. DECLINING BALANCE DEPRECIATION
27. The life wherein a property generates more income than the costs necessary for its operation
and maintenance and produces desirable level of profit, is known as _____. BOOK VALUE or
ECONOMIC LIFE
28. The true value of interest rate computed by equations for compound interest for a one-year
period is known as___. EFFECTIVE INTEREST
29. Which of the following is not a variable cost? INSURANCE COST
30. Sunk costs include ___. ALL IN THE LIST
31. The recorded current value of an asset is known as BOOK VALUE
32. In counting the number of days when computing simple interest, the first day is EXCLUDED and
the last day is INCLUDED
33. It is a method of depreciation whereby the amount to recover is spread uniformly over the
estimated life of the asset in terms of the periods or units of output. DECLINING BALANCE
METHOD
34. It is a type of annuity where the first payment is made after several periods and not at the end
of the first period. DEFFERED ANNUITY
35. It is the ratio of the interest payment to the principal for a given unit of time and usually
expressed as a percentage of the principal. INTEREST RATE
36. The first cost of any property includes ___. ALL IN THE LIST
37. It is the cost of things that are neither labor nor material. EXPENSES
38. Which of the following is common to both the fixed and operating cost of an enterprise?
INTEREST
39. It is the worth of property which is equal to the original cost less depreciation. BOOK VALUE
40. It is an interest rate which specifies the actual rate of interest in one year. NOMINAL RATE
41. It is defined as the future value minus the present value. INTEREST
42. The alternatives which are standalone solutions for engineering economy problems involve
____. ALL IN THE LIST
43. Which of the following statements is correct? (mahaba mga choices) ALL OF THE CHOICES
44. It is the current amount of money or its equivalent paid to acquire goods and services. PRICE
45. Period over which an asset (machine, property, computer system, etc.) is expected to be usable,
with normal repairs and maintenance, for the purpose it was acquired, rented, or leased
ECONOMIC LIFE
46. It refers to the income needed to cover a manufacturer’s total expenses in a given period of
time. BREAK EVEN POINT
47. The amount deducted immediately from a loan, which is supposed to be the payment in some
future time for the use of the said loan, is called AMORTIZATION or DISCOUNT
48. It is a type of annuity where the payments are made at the end of each payment period starting
from the first period. DEFFERED ANNUITY
1. It is the simplest form of a business organization.
a. Sole Proprietorship
b. Partnership
c. Enterprise
d. Corporation

2. The reduction in the money of a capital asset is called _____.

a. Capital gain
b. Capital loss
c. Debit
d. Deficit

3. The reduction of the value of an asset due to constant use and passage of time.
a. Scrap Value
b. Depletion
c. Depreciation
d. Book Value

4. “When free competition exists, the price of a product will be that value where supply is equal to the
demand.”
a. Law of Supply
b. Law of Demand
c. Law of Diminishing Return
d. Law of Supply and Demand

5. Which of the following depreciation methods cannot have a salvage value of zero?
a. Straight Line Method
b. Sinking Fund Method
c. Declining Balance Method
d. SYD Method
Question 1
Evaluate:

lim (𝑥 csc 2𝑥) Cal. Tech

𝑥→0

𝑥 𝑥
= lim ( ) L’Hospital Rule | 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒: 𝑥 = 0.001
1/4 𝑥→0 sin 2𝑥 sin (2𝑥)
1
1/2 = lim (2 cos 2𝑥) 1
𝑥→0 = 0.5 𝑜𝑟
2
1/5 1
=
2
-1/3

Question 2
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

Find the area of the curve bounded by and the x-axis.

42
𝑦 = 9 − 𝑥2

76 𝑦 = (3 − 𝑥)(3 + 𝑥)

𝑥 = 3; 𝑥 = −3
36
3

56 𝐴 = ∫ 9 − 𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥
−3

𝐴 = 36 Cal.Tech

Question 3

What is the slope of the graph at points (2,3)?

-4
𝑦 = −𝑥 2 Cal. Tech
-2
′
𝑦 = −2𝑥 𝑑
3 (−𝑥 2 ) |𝑥 = 2
𝑦 ′ = −2(2) 𝑑𝑥
1 𝑦 ′ = −4 = −4

Question 4
Evaluate:
lim (𝜋 − 2𝑥) tan 𝑥
𝜋 Cal. Tech
𝑥→
2
𝜋
(𝜋 − 2𝑥) = 1.6
= lim𝜋 ′
𝐿 𝐻𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑢𝑙𝑒 2
𝑥→ cot 𝑥
2 (𝜋 − 2𝑥) tan(𝑥) | 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒: 𝑥 = 1.6
2 −2
= lim𝜋 2
= 1.999 ≈ 2
𝑥→ − csc 𝑥
1 2

−2 −2
∞ = lim𝜋 = =2
𝑥→ − ( 1 ) −1
2
sin2 𝑥
-1

Question 5
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

Newton's method is being used to find the roots of the equation .

What is the third approximation of the root if 9.33 is chosen as the first approximation?

2.0
Cal. Tech

1.0 𝑥1 = 9.33

𝑓(𝑥𝑛 )
4.0 𝑥𝑛+1 = 𝑥𝑛 −
𝑓′(𝑥𝑛 )

3.0 (9.33 − 2)2 − 1

𝑥2 = 9.33 − = 5.733
𝑑
((𝑥 − 2)2 − 1) | 𝑥 = 9.33
𝑑𝑥
𝑥3 = 4
Question 6
Find the maximum value of y given:

𝑦 ′ = 3𝑥 2 − 18𝑥 + 15 𝑜𝑟
(1,4) 𝑦 ′ = 3(𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 5) 𝑦" = 6𝑥 − 18
𝑦 ′ = 3(𝑥 − 5)(𝑥 − 1) 𝑦"=+ (min); y" = −(𝑚𝑎𝑥)
(3,-12)
𝑥 = 5; 𝑥 = 1 𝑦"(5)=12; y"(1) = −12
(2,-1)
𝑦 = (5)3 − 9(5)2 + 15(5) − 3 = −28
(5,-28)
𝑦 = (1)3 − 9(1)2 + 15(1) − 3 = 4 |𝑚𝑎𝑥
(1,4)

Question 7
Find the maximum value of y given:
1
𝑦′ = 1 −
𝑥2
1 1
0=1− 2
; 2=1
𝑥 𝑥
(1/2, 5/2)
𝑥 = ±1
(-1, -2)
2
𝑦 ′′ = ; 𝑦 ′′ (1) = 2; 𝑦 ′′ (−1) = −2
(2,-4) 𝑥3
𝑦′′=+ (min); y'' = −(𝑚𝑎𝑥)
(3 ,21)
(−1, −2)
Question 8
Evaluate:

Question 9
Evaluate:

Cal. Tech

1.5

0.50574

2.5

0.30679
Question 10

If find the derivative of y at x= 1/e

1.63
Cal. Tech
1.57 𝑑 1
(tan−1 (ln 𝑥)) |𝑥 =
𝑑𝑥 𝑒
1.45
= 1.359
1.36

Question 3
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

The cost, C, of a product is a function of the quantity x of the product .

Find the quantity for which the cost is minimum.

2000

4200

6900

1000

Question 4
Evaluate:

5/3

40/3

2/3

7/3
Question 5

The existence of the two equations implies which of the following equations is
true?

Question 1

What is the derivative with respect to x of the function ?

4/9

Question 2
Evaluate:

1.22

2.88

0.3

0.55
Question 1
If is a simple constant, what is the derivative of ?

Question 5

What is the point of inflection of the curve ?

no point of inflection

(1, 0)

(1, 5)

(1, 1)
Question 3
Evaluate:

2
Question 5
Evaluate: 4 1
∫ 2
𝑑𝑥 = 2 ∫ 𝑑𝑥
2(4 + 𝑥 ) 4 + 𝑥2
1 1 𝑢
∫ 𝑑𝑥 = tan−1 + 𝑐
𝑎2 +𝑢 2 𝑎 𝑎

𝑎 = √4 = 2; 𝑢 = √𝑥 2 = 𝑥
1 𝑥
2 ( tan−1 ) + 𝑐
2 2
𝑥
= tan−1 + 𝑐
2
80/80

Question 1
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION

What is the general solution to the following differential equation:

Question 2
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

Compute fro the determinant of the matrix:

10

12
Question 3
Evaluate the determinant of the matrix:

82

30

-10

-30

Question 4
What is the rank of matrix A?

Rank 4

Rank 2

Rank 1

Rank 3

Question 5
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

What is the general solution of the differential equation:

Question 6
Find the differential equation whose general solution is

Question 7
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

What is the general solution of the given differential equation:

Question 8
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

Solve the constant of integration of the given differential equation

Considering x = 0 and y = 2

46

54

64

120

Question 1
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION

If then what is the co-factor of the first row second column element?

-28

-2

Question 2
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

What is the general solution for the following differential equation?

Question 3
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

What is the specific solution to the given differential equation:

(𝑠 2 𝑋(𝑠) − 𝑠𝑥(0) − 𝑥 ′ (0)) + 4(𝑠𝑋(𝑠) − 𝑥(0)) − 3𝑋(𝑠) = 0

(𝑠 2 + 4𝑠 − 3)𝑋(𝑠) + (−𝑠 − 1)𝑥(0) + (−𝑥 ′ (0)) = 0

(𝑠 2 + 4𝑠 − 3)𝑋(𝑠) + 3(−𝑠 − 1) + (−1) = 0

(𝑠 2 + 4𝑠 − 3)𝑋(𝑠) − 3𝑠 − 4 = 0

(𝑠 2 + 4𝑠 − 3)𝑋(𝑠) = 3𝑠 + 4
3𝑠 + 4 3𝑠 + 4
𝑋(𝑠) = =
𝑠 2 + 4𝑠 − 3 + 7 − 7 (𝑠 2 + 4𝑠 + 4) − 7
3𝑠 + 4
𝑋(𝑠) =
(𝑠 + 2)(𝑠 + 2) − 7

Question 1
The complex expression 3 +4i is equivalent to?
Question 2
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

Compute fro the determinant of the matrix:

-28

12

Question 5
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION:

Find the general solution for the following differential equation:

Question 1
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION

The population in a certain city is 50,000 and is increasing at a rate numerically equal to the square root
of the population.
What will be the population 20 years hence?

55,987

57,980

54,571

69,420

Question 5
Write in rectangular form:

Question 1
SHOW YOUR SOLUTION

The rate of population growth of a country is proportional to the number of inhabitants.

If a population of a country now is 40 million and is expected to double in 25 years, how many years will
the population be 3 times the present?
39.62 years

43.34 years

42.69 years

25.45 years