PLUMBING ARITHMETIC 1 8. A regular decagon with area 105.

8 cm2 is inscribed in a
circle. Find the circumference of the circumscribed circle.
1 . The arithmetic mean of 6 numbers is 30. If 3 numbers a. 12π c. 18π
are removed, the new arithmetic mean is 53. What is the b. 15π d. 20π
arithmetic mean of the three numbers (removed)?
a. 4 c. 6 9. Three circles with diameters 12 cm, 14 cm and 16 cm
b. 5 d. 7 are externally tangent to each other. Find the area of the
triangle formed by joining the centers of the three circles.
2. Is the arrangement of the objects in specific order a. 78 cm2 c. 84 cm2
a. Permutation c. Probability b. 80 cm2 d. 88 cm2
b. Combination d. Any two of the above
10. The number of elements in the collection being
3. Is the arrangement of the objects regardless of the permuted is the ________ of the permutation.
order by which they are arranged. a. Degree c. Index
a. Permutation b. Sum d. All of the above
b. Combination
c. Probability 11. Find the sum of all odd numbers from 0 to 102.
d. Any two of the above a. 3521 c. 2601
b. 2955 d. 2165
4. Simplify i23.
a. −𝐢 c. 1 12. Find the number of sides of a polygon with 104
b. 0 d. 2 diagonals.
a. 13 c. 15
5. In a right triangle, one side is longer than the other by 35 b. 14 d. 16
cm. Find the area of this triangle in cm2 if the hypotenuse
is 65 cm. 13. The ratio of areas of two similar triangles is 6:96. Find
a. 650 cm2 c. 850 cm2 the ratio of the corresponding sides.
b. 750 cm2 d. 950 cm2 a. 1/2 c. 1/6
b. 1/4 d. 1/8
6. The shifting of the entire order sequence of elements
one or more steps forwards to backwards – the first 14. A swimming pool is to be filled with water. One pipe can
element taking the position of the last, or vice versa fill the pool in 2 hours. Another pipe can fill the pool in 45
without changing the order of the elements in the sequence minutes. If both pipes are used simultaneously, how many
is called minutes will the pool be filled with water.
a. Inversion a. 32.72 minutes
b. Transposition b. 33.72 minutes
c. Cyclic permutation c. 34.72 minutes
d. Identical elements d. 35.72 minutes
7. In a contest there are two winners, first prize and second 15. If 4 and -8 are the roots of the quadratic equation Ax2
prize. The second prize is ₱800 more than the first prize. If + Bx + C = 0, find the value C
the sum of the first prize and second prize is ₱1600, find a. -32 c. -34
the first prize. b. -33 d. -35
a. ₱300 c. ₱500
b. ₱40 d. ₱600
16. The ratio of the successful outcomes over the total a. 4 √5 c. 4 √7
possible outcomes is called b. 4 √8 d. 4 √6
a. Combination c. Probability
b. Permutation d. Speculation 25. It is any one of the digits from 1 to 9 inclusive, and 0
except when it is used to place a decimal.
17. The sum of the surface areas of two spheres is 360π. If a. Leading digit c. Decimal number
the ratio of their radii is 1:3, find the sum of their volumes. b. Significant figure d. Numerals
a. 1008 π c. 1019 π
b. 1012 π d. 1024 π 26. In algebra, the operation of the root extraction is
called
18. Find the sum of four arithmetic means between 9 and a. Evolution c. Revolution
34. b. Involution d. Indexing
a. 83 c. 85
b. 84 d. 86 27. The operation of raising to the integral power is
known as
19. Find the sum of three geometric means between 6 and a. Evolution c. Revolution
96. b. Involution d. Indexing
a. 84 c. 86
b. 85 d. 87 28. If two events A and B are mutually exclusive events
and the probability that A will happen is Pa and the
20. Find the area of a piece of pizza with central angle of probability that B will happen is Pb, then the probability
40° and radius of 150 mm. that A or B happens is
a. 2348.75 mm2 c. 7853.98 mm a. Pa + Pb c. Pa / Pb
b. 6754.56 mm2 d. 9856.56 mm b. Pa x Pb d. Pb / Pa
21. The value of probability of any outcome will never be 29. The geometric mean and arithmetic mean of two
equal to nor exceed numbers is 8 and 10, respectively. Find the harmonic
a. 0.1 c. 0.75 mean.
b. 0.5 d. 1 a. 6.2 c. 6.4
b. 6.3 d. 6.5
22. The diagonals of a rhombus are 20 inches and 10
inches, respectively. Find its area. 30. Each of two or more numbers which is multiplied
a. 100 in2 c. 300 in2 together to form a product are called
b. 200 in2 d. 400 in2 a. Terms c. Dividends
b. Expression d. Factors
23. A person is standing in front of a flagpole and observes
that the angle of elevation on top of the flagpole is 20°, she 31. When the factors of a product are equal, the product
walks 40 m closer to the flagpole and observes that the is called a _________ of the repeated factor.
angle of elevation on top of the flagpole is 35°. What is the a. Coefficient c. Power
height of the flagpole? b. Identity d. Algebraic sum
a. 25.6 m c. 35.8 m
b. 30.3 m d. 40.2 32. In a survey of students about their favourite subjects:
35 like Math only, 22 like English only, 20 like History only,
24. What is the absolute value of the complex number 4 + 12 like both History, and Math19 like both English and Math
8i? 16 like both History and English 10 like the three subjects.
No students do not like any of the subjects. How many 38. Last year a man deposited an amount of money that
students were surveyed? earned an interest of $5000 this year. If the rate of return
a. 96 c. 118 was 6% per year, how much did he deposit last year?
b. 104 d. 125 a. $ 83,333
b. $ 73,333
c. $ 63,333
33. Two trains, each having a speed of 30 kph, are headed d. $ 53,333
at each other on the same straight track. A bird that can fly
60 kph flies off the front of one train when they are 60 km
apart and heads directly for the other train. On reaching
the other train, the bird flies directly back to the first train, 39. Which of the following illustrates the Distributive
and so forth. What is the total distance the bird travels Property?
before the trains collide? a. a(b + c) = ab + ac
a. 30 km c. 50 km b. (a + b)c = ac + bc
b. 40 km d. 60 km c. Both a and b
d. a + 0 = a
34. A relation in which every ordered pair (x, y) has one
and only value of y that corresponds to the value of x is 40. Indicate the false statement.
called a. The objects in a set are called its elements.
a. Term c. Function b. Every number is either rational or irrational.
b. Coordinates d. Domain c. The additive inverse of number “a” is 1/a.
d. The negative of zero is zero.
35. It is any one of the digits from 1 to 9 inclusive, and 0
except when it is used to place a decimal. 41. If the probability of occurrence of a is Pa, what is the
a. Leading digit c. Decimal number probability that it will not occur?
b. Significant figure d. Numerals a. 1 / Pa c. 1 + Pa
b. 1 – Pa d. √Pa
36. A and B are two independent events. The probability
that A can occur is p and that for both A and B to occur is q. 42. Convert 60° to radians.
The probability that event B can occur is a. 1.05 radians c. 3.05 radians
a. p + q c. p / q b. 2.05 radians d. 4.05 radians
b. p – q d. q / p
43. If you deposit ₽8000 into an account paying 7% annual
37. A man deposited an amount of ₱1,000 in a bank interest compounded quarterly, how long until there is
savings account that pays interest at a rate of 8% per year. ₽12400 in the account?
i. How much will she have at the end of 3 years at simple a. 6.3 years c. 8.3 years
interest? b. 7.3 years d. 9.3 years
ii. How much will she have at the end of 3 years at 44. A symbol holding a place for an unspecified constant
compound interest? is called
a. ₱ 1040, ₱ 1167.724 a. Arbitrary constant
b. ₱ 1340, ₱ 1347.722 b. Parameter
c. ₱ 1140, ₱ 1499.762 c. Variable
d. ₱ 1240, ₱ 1259.712 d. All of the above
45. How long will it take a certain amount to increase by 52. Find the area of a cross section of a pipe with inside
40% at the rate of 15% simple interest? diameter of 14 inches and outside diameter of 17 inches.
a. 8/3 years c. 7/9 years a. 73.042 in.2
b. 2/3 years d. 5/10 years b. 63.042 in.2
c. 53.042 in.2
46. A surveyor is 100 meters from a building and finds that d. 43.042 in.2
the angle of elevation to the top of the building is 23°. If
the surveyor’s eye level is 1.55 meters above the ground, 53. In a class of 40 students, 27 likeCalculus and 25 like
find the height of the building. chemistry. How manylike both Calculus and Chemistry?
a. 41 meters c. 43 meters a. 11 c. 13
b. 42 meters d. 44 meters b. 12 d. 14
47. The first three terms of an arithmetic sequence are 3, 54. The difference between the highest score and the
13.2, and 23.4. Find the fifteenth term. lowest score in the distribution.
a. 145.8 c. 167.0 a. Deviation c. Median
b. 156.9 d. 178.1 b. Range d. Mode
48. In statistics, a pictorial description of the probability 55. The sum of any point number and its reciprocal is
concepts of independent and dependent events is called a. Always less than 2
a. Venn diagram b. Always equal to 2
b. Histogram c. Always greater than 2
c. Frequency polygon d. Always equal to the number’s additive inverse
d. Ogive
56. Which of the following is an equation of a line that
49. Which of the following is true about significant passes through (-2,3) and is parallel to the line 7y + 13x =
figures? 37?
a. All non-zero digits are significant. a. 7y + 13x + 5 = 0 c. 9y + 7x + 13 = 0
b. Any zero between non-zero digits are significant. b. 5y + 8x + 3 = 0 d. 3y + 5x + 10 = 0
c. Any zero not needed for placing a decimal point is not
significant. 57. What is the pressure in pounds per square inch at the
d. Zeros used for the purpose of placing a decimal point are base of a 10-foot water cylinder?
not significant. a. 4.33 psi c. 6.33 psi
b. 5.33 psi d. 7.33 psi
50. What is the pressure in pounds per square inch at the
base of a 10 foot water cylinder? 58. When the angle of elevation to the sun is 62°, a
a. 2.33 c. 5.33 telephone pole tilted at an angle of7° from the vertical
b. 4.33 d. 6.33 casts a shadow 30 feetlong on the ground. Find the length
of the telephone pole to the nearest tenth of a foot.
51. A bicycle with 20 inch wheels is traveling down a road a. 46.2 feet c. 51.9 feet
at 15 miles per hour. Find the angular velocity of the wheel b. 38.7 feet d. 33.6 feet
in revolutions per minute.
a. 232 rev/min 59. What is the corresponding effective rate of 18 %
b. 242 rev/min compounded semi-quarterly?
c. 252 rev/min a. 19.48% c. 39.48%
d. 262 rev/min b. 29.48% d. 49.48%
60. If there are seven members on the student council, in d. Scattergram
how many ways can the council select three students to be
the chair, the secretary, and the treasurer of the council? 69. Roll a pair of dice. What is the probability that the sum
a. 110 ways c. 310 ways of two numbers is 11?
b. 210 ways d. 410 ways a. 18 c. 2/18
b. 1/18 d. 3/36
61. Find the 10th term of the sequence: 12, 23, 34, 45, 56
a. 91 c. 111
b. 101 d. 121 70. What is the absolute value of a number less than one
but greater than negative one raised to exponent infinity?
62. Pipes are stacked in a pile as shown. The bottom row a. Infinity c. One
has 11 pipes. There are a total of six rows in the pile. How b. Zero d. Indeterminate
many pipes are stacked in the pile?
a. 42 pipes c. 51 pipes 71. If the annual rate is 8% compounded quarterly, the
b. 48 pipes d. 57 pipes effective annual rate is _____.
a. 8.24% c. 10.24%
63. Find the sum of all odd integers form 1 to 100. b. 9.24% d. 11.24%
a. 1500 c. 3500
b. 2500 d. 4500 72. What is the weight of a solid ball of brass 6 inches in
diameter? Assume specific gravity=8.4.
64. Cardo bought a sweater for Alyana. The sweater is on a. 24.3 lbs c. 26.3 lbs
sale for 25%off the original price and another 40% off the b. 34.3 lbs d. 38.3 lbs
discounted price. If the sweater originally cost ₱600, what
was the final sale price of the sweater? 73. One of the roots of the quadratic equation x2 – mx + 5
a. P 450.00 c. P 350.00 = 0 is 1. What is the value of m?
b. P 270.00 d. P 170.00 a. 6 c. 7
b. -6 d. -7
65. In the numeral 4738, the digit 7 means?
a. 500 c. 700 74. A number that occurs most frequent in a group of
b. 600 d. 800 numbers.
a. Median
66. The second power of the standard deviation is called b. Mode
a. Mode c. Variance c. Mean
b. Central tendency d. Dispersion d. Range
67. An 8-year annuity due has a future value of $1,000. If 75. i^2 =_______.
the interest rate is5%, the amount of each annuity a. -1 c. 0
payment is closest to which of the following? b. 1 d. -i
a. $99.74 c. $299.74
b. $199.74 d. $399.74 76. 273 kJ of heat energy are required to raise the
temperature of 15 kg of copper from 15°C to 90°C.
68. A graph of cumulative frequency distribution plotted Determine the specific heat capacity of the copper.
at class marks and connected by straight lines. a. 243 J/ (kg °C)
a. Histogram b. 267 J/ (kg °C)
b. Venn diagram c. 310 J/ (kg °C)
c. Ogive d. 322 J/ (kg °C)
77. If a is an odd number and b is an even number, d. The quotient of even numbers is even.
which of the following expressions must be even?
a. a + b c. ab
b. a – b d. a / b 86. A ladder leans against a wall. The bottom of the ladder
is 15 feet away from the wall and the top of the ladder is 10
78. A chemist has 20 milliliters of a solution that contains a feet above the floor. Find the length of the ladder in yards.
30% concentration of acid. How many milliliters of pure a. 4 yards c. 6 yards
acid must be added in order to increase the concentration b. 5 yards d. 7 yards
to 75%?
a. 31 ml c. 36ml 87. Suppose a friend asks to borrow $500 today and
b. 34 ml d. 38 ml promises to repay you $700 three years from now. What is
the annual interest rate you would be agreeing to?
79. A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly over a. 10.87% c. 12.87%
a time of 5.24 seconds for a distance of 135 m. Determine b. 11.87% d. 13.87%
the acceleration of the car.
a. 12.091 m/s2 c. 9.833 m/s2 88. Any one of the individual constants of an expressed
b. 8.772 m/s2 d. 10.134 m/s2 sum of constants is called
a. Addend c. Factor
80. A race car accelerates uniformly from 16.3 m/s to 47.9 b. Multiple d. Summation
m/s in 2.89 seconds. Determine the distance traveled.
a. 87.9 m c. 92.8 m 89. The _________ is stated in the magnitude of the
b. 101.7 m d. 105.0 m absolute or relative error of the approximated value.
a. Precision c. Mistake
81. In the equation n x m = q, n is called the b. Accuracy d. Error
a. Multiplier c. Multiplicand
b. Minuend d. Product 90. It is the quotient of the absolute error divided by the
true value.
82. The first non-zero digit from the left of the number. a. Relative error c. Absolute error
a. Whole number c. Tens digit b. Relative change d. Mistake
b. Leading digit d. Units digit
91. Two coats of paint are required for an elevated water
83. The difference between an approximate value of a pipe line 7 inches in outside diameter and 200 ft. long. If a
quantity and its exact value or true value. gallon of paint covers 200 sq. ft. on the first coat and250
a. Relative error c. Mistake sq. ft. on the second coat, how many gallons are needed?
b. Absolute error d. Relative error a. 3.1 gallons c. 3.3 gallons
84. Twenty less than four times a certain number is 4. b. 3.2 gallons d. 3.4 gallons
Determine the number. 92. It is any one of the digits from 1 to 9 inclusive, and 0
a. 4 c. 6 except when it is used to place a decimal.
b. 5 d. 7 a. Leading digit c. Decimal number
85. Which of the following statements is not true? b. Significant figure d. Numerals
a. The sum of even numbers is even. 93. A temperature of 180°F is approximately equal to?
b. The difference of even numbers is even. a. 62.22° c. 82.22°
c. The product of even numbers is even. b. 72.22° d. 92.22°
94. If the degree of the numerator is more than the PLUMBING ARITHMETIC 2
degree of the denominator, the quotient is a _________
polynomial. 1. The surface area of a sphere is 1809.56 cm2. Find its
a. Linea c. Cubic volume.
b. Quadratic d. Quartic a. 7467.56 cm3 c. 7238.23 cm3
b. 6544.87 cm3 d. 7645.98 cm3
95. If the absolute error does not exceed a half unit in
the last digit, this digit is usually referred to as the 2. The volume of a circular cylinder is equal to the product
a. Significant digit of its base and altitude.
b. Leading digit a. Axiom c. Theorem
c. Reliable digit b. Postulate d. Corollary
d. Relative digit
3. Each angle of a regular dodecagon is equal to
96. A boy had a bag of 128 apples. He sold 25% to a friend. a. 135° c. 125°
Next, he sold 25% of those remaining to another friend. Of b. 150° d. 105°
those apples still in his bag, he gave the shiniest one to his
teacher. How many apples did the boy have then? 4. The study of properties of figures in three
a. 70 apples dimensions.
b. 71 apples a. Physics c. Solid geometry
c. 72 apples b. Plane trigonometry d. Trigonometry
d. 73 apples
5. A spherical sector has a height of 8 cm and radius of 13
97. What is the measure of the smaller angle between the cm. Find its volume.
hour hand and the minute hand on a clock the reads 7:00? a. 4356.32 cm3
a. 150° c. 170° b. 5437.66 cm3
b. 160° d. 180° c. 3476. 67 cm3
d. 2831.62 cm3
98. Refers to a value which is not exact but might be
accurate enough for some specific considerations. 6. From the arithmetic progression shown, find an. 15 + 22
a. Approximate value + 29 + … + An = 465
b. Absolute value a. 75 c. 77
c. Relative value b. 76 d. 78
d. Accurate value
99. A number of the form a + bi with a and b as real 7. Determine the x-intercept and y intercept of 3x + 2y =
constants and i as the square root of –1. 9.
a. Imaginary number a. (2, 0), (0, 3/5)
b. Complex number b. (5, 0), (0, 9)
c. Radical c. (3, 0), (0, 9/2)
d. Compound number d. (1, 0), (0, 3)
100. A polynomial with real coefficients can be factored 8. A straight concrete sidewalk is to be 3 feet wide, 350
into real linear factors and irreducible _________ factors. feet long, and 4 inches thick. How many cubic yards of
a. Linear c. Cubic concrete must a contractor order for the sidewalk if
b. Quadratic d. Repeated concrete must be ordered in a whole number of cubic
yards?
a. 13 yard3 c. 17 yard3 emptied using the pump alone, how long will it take for the
b. 15 yard3 d. 19 yard3 pool to be emptied using both the drain and the pump?
a. 5.67 hours c. 7.67 hours
9. A right circular cylinder 8 cm in diameter is filled with b. 6.67 hours d. 8.67 hours
water to a height of 6 cm. A steel ball of diameter 4 cm is
slowly placed in the cylinder. Find the height of water rise
in the cylinder. 16. What is the angle of π and less than 2π?
a. 3/5 cm c. 2/3 cm a. Straight line c. Oblique angle
b. 2/5 cm d. 1/2 cm b. Obtuse angle d. Acute angle
10. A plane closed curve, all points of which are the 17. Each of the faces of a regular hexahedron is a
same distance from a point within, called the center. a. Square c. Rectangle
a. Polyhedron c. Circle b. Triangle d. Hexagon
b. Polygon d. Ellipse
18. There are 20 rows of seats in a concert hall with 20
11. A cast iron in the shape of a perfect sphere has a seats in the first row, 21 seats in the second row, 22 seats
diameter of 4 inches. Find its mass if the specific gravity is in the third row, and so on. In total, how many seats are
7.03. there in the concert hall?
a. 7.51 lbs. c. 9.51 lbs. a. 578 c. 588
b. 8.51 lbs. d. 10.51 lbs. b. 580 d. 590
12. A person borrowed an amount of ₱9000 to be paid in 8
years. If the interest rate is 10% compounded semi- 19. Find the equation of the tangent to the circle x^2 +
annually, find the future worth? y^2 – 12x – 2y + 5 = 0 thru the point (2,5).
a. ₱19645.87 c. ₱24657.54 a. x – y + 12 = 0 c. x – y + 5 = 0
b. ₱20564.76 d. ₱16287.73 b. x – y + 2 = 0 d. x – y + 3 = 0

13. The area of a trapezoid with a height of 4 m is 42 m2. 20. Find the area of the ellipse: 16x^2– 96x + 25y&^2 –
Find the lengths of the bases if they are in the ratio 2:5. 50y – 231 = 0
a. 3 m and 12 m a. 61.85 c. 63.87
b. 4 m and 13 m b. 62.83 d. 64.89
c. 5 m and 14 m 21. What is the value in degrees of 1 radian?
d. 6 m and 15 m a. 90° c. 60°
b. 57.3° d. 33°
14. Two planes are 2800 km apart. They move towards
each other meeting after 3.5hours. One plane flies at 75 22. The sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon is
kph slower than the other. What was the speed of each 3240°. Find the number of sides of this polygon.
plane? a. 10 c. 20
a. 356.7 kph c. 368.9 kph b. 15 d. 25
b. 362.5 kph d. 360.3 kph
23. Find the number of permutations of the word MASTER
15. To empty a swimming pool, a man decided to use the PLUMBER?
regular drain and pump. If it takes 20 hours for the pool to a. 778377600 c. 657340000
be emptied using the drain alone and 10 hours to be b. 665437928 d. 514689001
24. An HR officer of a company will hire 4 Civil Engineers a. Coterminal arcs c. Congruent arcs
from 8 applicants, 4 Mechanical Engineers from 9 b. Conjugate arcs d. Half arcs
applicants, 2 Master Plumbers from 4 applicants and 3
Electrical Engineers from 7 applicants. In how many ways 32. Which of the following illustrates the Commutative
can he do this? Property of Addition?
a. 1852200 c. 1654400 a. ab = ba c. (a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
b. 1753300 d. 1555500 b. a + b = b + a d. (ab)c = a(bc)
33. The ratio of the circumferences of two circles is 1:2, find
25. A box contains balls of the same size but different the ratio of their areas?
colors. It has 4 red balls, 5 blue balls and 7 black balls. If a. 1:1 c. 1:3
three balls are drawn in succession without replacement, b. 1:2 d. 1:4
what is the probability that all balls are black. 34. If the temperature remains constant, the pressure of an
a. 1/12 c. 1/16 enclosed gas is inversely proportional to the volume. The
b. 1/14 d. 1/18 pressure of a certain gas within a spherical balloon of
radius 9 inches is 20 psi. If the radius of the balloon
26. Prisms are named according to their increases to 12 inches, find the new pressure of the gas.
a. Diagonals c. Vertices a. 8.0 psi c. 8.4 psi
b. Sides d. Bases b. 8.2 psi d. 8.6 psi

27. Suppose that y varies inversely as x and that y = 40 35. What is the number of horsepower required to raise
when x = 4. Calculate the value of y when x = 16. 25,000 lbs of water for a height of 30 meters within 10
a. 10 c. 6 minutes?
b. 8 d. 4 a. 7 hp c. 9 hp
b. 8 hp d. 10 hp
28. The lengths of the two sides of a triangular lot is 16
meters and 10 meters. If the angle between these two 36. Polygons are classified according to the number of
sides is 45°, find the length of the side opposite the given ________
angle. a. Vertices c. Diagonals
a. 9.19 meters c. 11.39 meters b. Sides d. Angles
b. 10.29 meters d. 12.49 meters 37. The edge length of the base of a square pyramid is 8
29. What is the radius of a circle the area of which is equal meters. If the height is 10 meters, find the surface area and
to that of a rectangle whose sides are 26.9 and 12.5 inches, volume of this pyramid.
respectively? a. SA = 236.33 m2; V = 213.33 m3
a. 8.124 inches c. 10.346 inches b. SA = 226.33 m2; V = 203.33 m3
b. 9.235 inches d. 11.457 inches c. SA = 246.33 m2; V = 253.33 m3
d. SA = 266.33 m2; V = 243.33 m3
30. Find the distance between the points M(6,2) and K(-4,-
4)? 38. The electrical resistance of a wire varies directly as its
a. 2√34 c. 2√14 length and inversely as the square of its diameter. A wire
b. 2√24 d. 2√4 with a length of 200 inches and a diameter of one quarter
of an inch has a resistance of 20ohms. Find the electrical
31. In plane geometry, two circular arcs that together resistance in a 500inch long wire with the same diameter.
make up a full circle are called a. 40 ohms c. 50 ohms
b. 45 ohms d. 60 ohms 46. A tank in the shape of a right circular cylinder and
closed at the top has a diameter of 4 feet and height of 9
39. The unshaded part is a sector of a circle (minor sector). feet. What is the ratio of the lateral area to the surface area
The shaded part is also a sector of a circle (major sector). of this tank?
We need to find the central angle of the shaded part. The a. 9:4 c. 9:11
central angle of the shaded part is360° - 70° = 290°. b. 4:9 d. 11:9
a. 2039.14 m2 c. 4049.16 m2
b. 3059.15 m2 d. 5069.17 m2 47. If the tank on question 249 is filled with water until 80%
full, how much water will it contain?
40. When two planes intersect with each other, the a. 88.28 m3 c. 90.48 m3
amount of divergence between the two planes is expressed b. 89.38 m3 d. 91.49 m3
by measuring the
a. Dihedral angle c. Polyhedral angle 48. Find the perimeter of triangle ABC with vertices: A(-6,-
b. Plane angle d. Reflex angle 4), B(2,4) and C(4,-5).
a. 30.583 units c. 32. 765 units
b. 31.245 units d. 33. 476 units
41. You borrow $15,000 from your credit union to purchase
a used car. The interest rate on your loan is 0.25% per
month and you will make a total of 36 monthly payments.
What is your monthly payment? 49. Two rational numbers a/b and c/d are said to be
a. $336.2 c. $536.2 equal if
b. $436.2 d. $636.2 a. ad = bc c. ab = cd
b. ac = bd d. a + b = ac/ab
42. At what time after 7:00 will the hour hand and the
minute hand be in a straight line? 50. You loan from a firm an amount of 100,000 with a rate
a. 4.45 minutes c. 6.45 minutes of simple interest of20% but the interest was deducted
b. 5.45 minutes d. 7.45 minutes from the loan at the time the money was borrowed. Ifat the
end of one year, you have to pay the full amount of
43. A bag contains blue and green balls. There are 6 blue 100,000, what is the actual rate of interest?
balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball at random is a. 25% c. 35%
¼, what is the number of green balls in the bag? b. 30% d. 40%
a. 20 balls c. 28 balls
b. 24 balls d. 32 balls 51. Express 45° in mils.
a. 80 mils c. 1,600 mils
44. For any two rational numbers a/b and c/d, which of b. 800 mils d. 2,700 mils
the following relations is true?
a. a/b + c/d = ab/cd c. a/b + cd = (ab + 52. The number denoted as “e” and equal to 2.718… is
cd)/ad called
b. a/b + c/d = (ad + bc)/bd d. ab + cd = ac/ab a. Einstein constant
b. Euler’s number
45. An angular unit equivalent to 1/400 of the c. Fibonacci number
circumference of a circle is called d. Fermat’s number
a. Mil c. Radian
b. Degree d. Grad 53. In a wedding reception, nine guests were seated around
a circular table. The newly wed asked each guest to shake
hands once with everyone on the table. How many 59. Suppose that you borrow 8,000 now, promising to
handshakes were made? repay the loan principal plus accumulated interest in four
a. 35 shake hands years at i = 10% per year. How much would you repay at
b. 36 shake hands the end of four years?
c. 37 shake hands a. 21713.7 c. 31764.6
d. 38 shake hand b. 11712.8 d. 43531.8
54. Indicate the false statement. 60. A sequence of numbers where every term is
a. The multiplicative identity is 1. obtained by adding all the preceding terms a square-
b. The product of a positive number and a negative number number series such as 1, 5, 14, 30, 55, 91,.
is negative. a. Pyramid numbers
c. ab = ba is the associative law of multiplication. b. Tetrahedral numbers
d. x2 – y2 = (x + y) (x – y) c. Euler’s numbers
d. Triangular numbers
55. Find the number of ways to arrange the letters in the
word STRAWBERRIES? 61. The third term of a geometric sequence is 12 and the
a. 19958400 ways fifth term is 48. Find the eighth term.
b. 20065734 ways a. 284 c. 484
c. 20167900 ways b. 384 d. 584
d. 20256700 ways
62. In how many ways can 11 people be seated at a round
table?
56. A notation that represents the product of all positive a. 3628800 ways c. 5628800 ways
integers from 1 to any number n, inclusive. b. 4628800 ways d. 6628800 ways
a. Factorial c. Summation
b. Exponent d. All of the above
63. The arc length equal to the radius of the circle is
57. A garden in a rectangular shape has a perimeter of called
1200 meters. If the length of this garden is twice the width. a. Radian c. Sector
What is the area of this garden in square kilometers? b. Quarter sector d. Semicircle
a. 0.02 sq.km c. 0.06 sq.km
b. 0.04 sq.km d. 0.08 sq.km 64. At 3% annual interest compounded monthly, how long
will it take to double your money?
58. Which of the following statements is false about a. 3.13 years c. 23.13 years
spherical trigonometry? b. 13.13 years d. 33.13 years
a. If two angles of a spherical triangle are equal, then the
sides opposite are equal, and conversely so. 65. The sum of the sides of a spherical triangle is always
b. If two angles of a spherical triangle are unequal, and the less than
greater side lies opposite the greater angle, and conversely a. 360° c. 180°
so. b. 270° d. 540°
c. The sum of two sides of a spherical triangle is greater
than the third side. 66. Simplify n!/(n-1)!
d. The sum of all interior angles of a spherical triangle is a. n + 1 c. (n + 1)!
360°. b. n – 1 d. n
67. Spherical degree is a unit of spherical area taken as b. 65 rose bushes d. 85 rose bushes
1/720 of the surface of the sphere. How many spherical
degrees does a hemisphere have? 76. The point that is diametrically opposite the zenith is
a. 360° c. 180° called
b. 720° d. 270° a. Pole c. Nadir
b. Equinox d. Celestial meridian
68. Find the height of a cast-iron cone whose weight is
533.4 kilograms and whose diameter at the base is 5 77. The surface area of a cube is 96 m2. Find its volume.
decimeters. The density of cast iron equals 7.22 kilograms a. 54 m3 c. 74 m3
per cubic decimeter. b. 64 m3 d. 84 m3
a. 40 inches c. 45 inches 78. Find the area bounded by the line 2x – y + 10 = 0 and
b. 43 inches d. 48 inches the coordinate axes.
69. In how many ways can 4 boys and 3 girls be seated in a a. 15 square units c. 35 square units
row of 7 seats if the end seats are to be occupied by boys? b. 25 square units d. 45 square units
a. 1440 ways c. 1660 ways 79. In a triangle, the ratio of the measures of three sides is
b. 1550 ways d. 1770 ways 3:4:5, and its perimeter is 90inches. Find the area of the
70. Refers to the angular distance from the equator triangle.
measured along a meridian. a. 317.5 c. 337.5
a. Longitude c. Meridian b. 327.5 d. 347.5
b. Latitude d. Declination 80. The great circles through the north and south
71. Find the geometric mean of 80 and 20. celestial poles are called
a. 30 c. 50 a. Hour circles
b. 40 d. 60 b. Celestial meridians
c. Elevated poles
72. For every law of addition and subtraction, there is a d. Both A and B
parallel law for multiplication and division, except division
by 81. If an infinite series has no sum, it is referred to as a
a. Negative values c. One a. Convergent series
b. Zero d. Positive values b. Divergent series
73. If an infinite series has a finite sum, it is referred to as a c. Geometric series
a. Convergent series c. Geometric series d. None of the above
b. Divergent series d. None of the above 82. A sports car has a “lateral acceleration ”of 9.4 m/s2.
This is the maximum centripetal acceleration the car can
74. The factorial symbol (!) was introduced in 1808 by sustain without skidding out of a curved path. If the car is
a. Christian Goldbach c. Christian Leatner traveling at a constant 40 m/s on level ground, what is the
b. Christian Kramp d. Robert Hooke radius R of the tightest unbanked curve it can negotiate?
75. If rose bushes are spaced about 1 foot apart, a. 160.2 m c. 180.2 m
approximately how many bushes are needed to surround a b. 170.2 m d. 190.2 m
circular patio whose radius is 12 feet? 83. The conjecture that every even number except 2
a. 55 rose bushes c. 75 rose bushes equals the sum of two prime numbers.
a. Goldbach conjecture 90. What is the present value of $73,466 to be paid in 5
b. Fermat’s last theorem years discounted at 8%compounded annually?
c. Number conjecture a. $20000 c. $40000
d. Fibonacci series b. $30000 d. $50000
84. The length of a model car is 6.5 inches long. If the 91. A set of all subsets of a given set, containing the
length of the real car is 13 feet, what is the scale factor of empty set and the original set.
the model car compared to the real car? a. Empty c. Power set
a. 2/24 c. 3/24 b. Null d. Union
b. 1/24 d. 4/24
92. The unending sequence of integers formed according
85. The scale on the map of a certain place is 2 to the rule that each integer is the sum of the preceding
centimeters:160 miles. The width of that place on the map two.
is 4.1 centimeters. How long would it take you to drive a. Fermat’s last theorem c. Goldbach conjecture
across that place if you drive at an average of 60 mph? b. Fibonacci numbers d. Triangular
a. 2.47 hours c. 4.47 hours numbers
b. 3.47 hours d. 5.47 hours
93. The sides of a garden in triangular shape are 32 feet,
86. A triangle has side lengths of 3 meters,5 meters, and 4 38 feet and 18 feet. Find the measure of the largest interior
meters. The triangle is enlarged so that the larger triangle angle in that garden.
is similar to the original and the scale factor is 3. Find the a. 94.78° c. 96.78°
perimeter of the larger triangle. b. 95.78° d. 97.78°
a. 12 meters c. 36 meters
b. 24 meters d. 48 meters 94. An oblique equilateral parallelogram.
a. Square c. Rhombus
87. The investigation of numbers, space, and many b. Rectangle d. Trapezoid
generalizations of these concepts created by the
intellectual genius of man. 95. Find the angle of elevation of the sun when an 8-meter
a. Science c. Mathematics flagpole casts a 17-metershadow.
b. Arts d. Astronomy a. 15.2° c. 35.2°
b. 25.2° d. 45.2°
88. The tens digit of a number is twice the units digit. If the
digits are reversed, the new number is 27 less than the
original. Find the original number. 96. A set containing the elements that is common to the
a. 62 c. 64 original sets.
b. 63 d. 65 a. Union
b. Intersection
89. A motorboat went 70 miles in 4 hours when traveling at c. Normal set
full speed upstream on a river whose current flows at the d. Subset
rate of 6miles per hour. How fast can the boat travel in still
water? 97. A man is standing in front of a telephone pole. The
a. 21.5 miles per hour angle from the man’s position to the top of the telephone
b. 22.5 miles per hour pole is 45°. The man walks nearer to the telephone pole.
c. 23.5 miles per hour The angle of the man’s present position to the top of the
d. 24.5 miles per hour
telephone pole is now 60°. If the telephone pole is 50 feet 2. The sum of five consecutive integers is 40. What is the
high, how far is the man from his previous position? sum of the 6th and 7th integers?
a. 23.12 feet a. 22 c. 24
b. 16.17 feet b. 23 d. 25
c. 18.18 feet
d. 21.13 feet 3. The set of all subsets of a given set, containing the
empty set and the original set.
98. It is a conjecture that the number in the form Fp = a. Intersection c. Proper subset
2p + 1 will always result to a prime number, however b. Power set d. Improper subse
proved wrong. What do you call the numbers obtained
using the said formula? 4. The sum of the exponents of the several variables of the
a. Mersenne numbers term referred to as the _________ of the term.
b. Fermat numbers a. Power c. Partial product
c. Euler numbers b. Degree d. Absolute power
d. Pseudo primes 5. A wire 24 inches in length is bent to form a closed semi-
circle. Find its radius.
99. Mil is a unit of a. 3.67 in. c. 5.67 in.
a. Angle b. 4.67 in. d. 6.67 in.
b. Length
c. Angle and length 6. Which of the following illustrates Associative Property of
d. Weight Multiplication?
a. ab = ba
100. An annulus is a plane figure which is composed of b. a + b = b + a
two concentric circles. The area of the annulus can be c. (a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
calculated by getting the difference between the area of d. (ab)c = a(bc)
the larger circle and the area of the smaller circle. This
method is called 7. A water melon 12 inches in diameter was cut into several
a. Law of extremities pieces. One cut is in the shape of a spherical wedge with
b. Law of reduction central angle of 45°, find its volume
c. Law of deduction a. 143.067 in^3 c. 113.097 in^3
d. Sharp theorem b. 135.045 in^3 d. 128.759 in^3
8. The number π = 3.141592563…, if only four decimals are
required, it becomes 3.1415. This process is called
a. Rounding off c. Rounding up
b. Truncation d. Rounding down
PLUMBING ARITHMETIC 3
9. If $1500 is deposited today, what should be the nominal
rate of interest so that it is equivalent to $2007 at the end
1. A sequence having a defined first and last term is
of 5 years?
called
a. 5% c. 7%
a. Infinite sequence c. Divergent
b. 6% d. 8%
sequence
b. Convergent sequence d. Finite sequence
10. The LCM and GCF of two numbers are 4992 and 4, b. 12,607,658.59 mm3
respectively. If one of the number is 128, what is the other c. 15,849,675.63 mm3
number? d. 13,578,654.99 mm3
a. 156 c. 356
b. 256 d. 456 18. Which of the following illustrates Associative Property of
Addition?
11. The process of reasoning wherein a final conclusion a. ab = ba
is obtained by experimental method. b. a + b = b + a
a. Mathematical deduction c. (a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
b. Mathematical conversion d. (ab)c = a(bc)
c. Mathematical opposition
d. Mathematical induction 19. A plumber bought plumbing pipes and fittings worth
₱1500. The value-added tax (VAT) was 12%. How much did
12. The area and circumference of a circle are equal. Find the master plumber pay?
the area of this circle. a. ₱1680 c. ₱2280
a. 4π c. 6π b. ₱1980 d. ₱2580
b. 5π d. 7π
20. The true value of the interest rate computed by
13. How many ways can 11 master plumbers be seated in a equations for compound interest for a 1-year period is
round table? known as
a. 5648900 ways a. Expected return c. Nominal interest
b. 3628800 ways b. Interest d. Effective rate
c. 6746600 ways
d. 5648000 ways 21. The internal dimensions of a concrete storage tank in
the form of a cuboid is 4m x 5m x 3m. Find the maximum
14. The ratio of the ages of person A to person B is 1:3. volume of water in gallons that can be stored.
Thirteen years from now the ratio will be 1:2. What is the a. 15840 gallons
sum of their present ages? b. 19690 gallons
a. 50 c. 52 c. 25680 gallons
b. 51 d. 53 d. 33820 gallons
15. The angular distance of a point on the terrestrial 22. If four coins are tossed, what is the probability of
sphere from the north pole is called getting 4 tails
a. Coaltitude c. Altitude a. 1/3 c. 1/12
b. Latitude d. Codeclination b. 1/8 d. 1/16
16. In how many ways can an organization of 20 members 23. The logarithm of 1 to any base is
choose a president, a vice-president and a secretary. No a. Indeterminate c. Infinity
member can hold more than one position. b. Zero d. One
a. 9860 ways c. 6840 ways
b. 7654 ways d. 5672 ways 24. The adjacent sides of a triangle are 10 meters and 16
meters and the included angle is 55°. Find the length of the
17. A 3 m long plastic pipe has an outside diameter of 122 triangle opposite angle 55°.
mm and inside diameter of 100 mm, find its volume in a. 10.10 m c. 12.12 m
mm3. b. 11.11 m d. 13.13 m
a. 11,507,653.89 mm3
25. From the top of Building A, the angle of depression at
the top of Building B is 30°. The two buildings are in a level 32. The sum of the angles in an octant spherical triangle
ground and the distance between them is 20.78 m. If the is
height of Building B is 12 m, find the height of Building A. a. 180° c. 360°
a. 20 m c. 28 m b. 270° d. 540°
b. 24 m d. 32 m
33. The sum of all interior angles in a spherical triangle
26. The case of the solution of the triangle in the plane is always
where the given data lead to two solutions. a. Greater than 180° but less than 270°
a. Axioms of Euclid c. Ambiguous case b. Greater than 180° but less than 360°
b. Absurd case d. All of the above c. Greater than 180° but less than 540°
d. Greater than 270° but less than 540°
27. The most proved theorem in Mathematics.
a. Gauss lemma 34. How much money would you need to deposit today at
b. Fermat’s theorem 9% annual interest compounded monthly to have ₱12000
c. Ptolemy’s theorem in the account after 6 years?
d. Pythagorean theorem a. ₱7007.08 c. ₱5005.06
b. ₱6006.07 d. ₱4004.05
28. Which of the following illustrates Commutative Property
of Multiplication? 35. Two trains start from the same station and runs in
a. ab = ba opposite directions. One runs at a uniform rate 33 kph
b. a + b = b + a while the other at 35 kph. In how many hours will they be
c. (a + b) + c = a + (b + c) 195 km apart?
d. (ab)c = a(bc) a. 2 hours c. 4 hours
b. 3 hours d. 5 hours
29. Triangle ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB = BC. Line
AD bisects angle A. Given that angle C = 72° and BD = 1 36. An investor has an option to purchase a tract of land
unit, find the length of DC. that will be worth $10,000 in 6 years. If the value of the
a. 0.507 units land increases at 8% each year, how much should the
b. 0.618 units investor be willing to pay now for this property?
c. 0.729 units a. $2340.7 c. $5634.7
d. 0.830 units b. $6301.7 d. $2367.7
30. A man has a circular garden with a diameter of 15 feet 37. A locus of points which moves so that the sum of the
surrounded by edging. Using the same length of edging, he distances from two fixed points (foci) is constant and is
is going to create a square garden. What is the maximum equal to the length of the major axis.
side length of the square? a. Parabola c. Ellipse
a. 10 square feet c. 12 square feet b. Circle d. Hyperbola
b. 11 square feet d. 13 square feet
38. The median of a triangle is the line connecting the
31. A fair die is rolled twice. What is the probability that vertex and the midpoint of the opposite side. For a given
both rolls have a result of 6? triangle, these medians intersect at a point which is called
a. 1/16 c. 1/36 the
b. 1/26 d. 1/46 a. Orthocenter
b. Circumcenter
c. Centroid 46. Henry’s father is now twice as old as Henry. Sixteen
d. Incenter years ago, he was four times as old. How old is henry now?
a. 12 c. 24
b. 18 d. 32
39. Indicate the false statement. 47. The angle which the line of sight to the object makes
a. An altitude of a triangle is a perpendicular drop from any with the horizontal which is above the eye of the observer
vertex to the opposite side. is called
b. Three or more lines which have one point in common are a. Angle of depression c. Acute angle
said to be coplanar. b. Angle of elevation d. Bearing
c. The altitudes of a triangle meet in a point.
d. A locus is a figure containing all the points and only 48. A conic section whose eccentricity is always less
those which fulfill a given requirement. than 1.
a. Parabola c. Ellipse
40. The altitudes of the sides of a triangle intersect at a b. Circle d. Hyperbola
point known as
a. Orthocenter c. Incenter 49. A small airplane leaves an airport on an overcast day
b. Circumcenter d. Centroid and is later sighted 215 km away, in a direction making an
angle of 22° east of due north. This means that it is rotated
41. At what time after 8:00 will the hour hand and the 22° toward the east from due north. How far east and north
minute hand form a right angle? is the airplane from the airport when sighted?
a. 8:27.27 c. 10:27.27 a. 81 km, 199 km c. 101 km, 399 km
b. 9:27.27 d. 11:27.27 b. 91 km, 299 km d. 111 km, 499 km
42. The angle between the tangents at the end points of 50. Calculate 10C3
the latus rectum of a parabola is a. 100 c. 140
a. 45° c. 60° b. 120 d. 160
b. 75° d. 90°
51. What is the x-intercept of the line 3x – 4y + 12 = 0?
43. A man wants to turn €500 into €1,000 over a period of a. -1 c. -3
10 years, at what interest rate would we have to invest it? b. -2 d. -4
a. 4.18% c. 6.18%
b. 5.18% d. 7.18% 52. The point of concurrency of the altitude of a triangle.
a. Orthocenter c. Metacenter
44. A pile of logs contains 20 logs on the topmost layer and b. Centroid d. Incenter
each lower layer contains one more log than the above
layer. If there are 25 layers in the pile, find the total 53. In how many ways can 6 distinct booksbe arranged in a
number of logs. bookshelf?
a. 600 c. 800 a. 620 ways c. 820 ways
b. 700 d. 900 b. 720 ways d. 920 ways

45. If the fifth term of an arithmetic progression is 36 and 54. A rectangular playground is surrounded by an 80-foot
the tenth term is 56, find the 50th term. fence. One side of the playground is 10 feet longer than the
a. 206 c. 226 other. Which of the following equations could be used to
b. 216 d. 236 find the shorter side of the playground?
a. 80 = 20 + 4x c. 80 = 15 + 3x
b. 80 = 10 + 5x d. 80 = 25 + 4x 63. A bag contains 4 red, 3 green and 5blue balls. One ball
is picked up randomly. What is the probability that it is
55. The glass gauge on a cylindrical coffeemaker shows neither green nor blue?
that there are 45 cups left when the coffee maker is 36% a. 1/2 c. 1/4
full. How many cups of coffee does it hold when it is full? b. 1/3 d. 1/5
a. 95 cups c. 115 cups
b. 105 cups d. 125 cups 64. Find the sum of the interior angles of a nonagon.
a. 1060°
56. Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a b. 1160°
ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability that the c. 1260°
ticket drawn has a number which is a multiple of 3 or 5? d. 1360°
a. 8/20 c. 10/20
b. 9/20 d. 11/20 65. The point of concurrency of the perpendicular
bisector of the sides of the triangle.
57. The locus of a moving point in a plane so that the a. Orthocenter c. Centroid
difference of its distance from two fixed points (foci) is b. Circumcenter d. Incenter
constant.
a. Circle c. Parabola 66. How many liters of 20% alcohol solution should be
b. Ellipse d. Hyperbola added to 40 liters of a50% alcohol solution to make a
30%solution?
58. A line with a slope of 2 passes through (-2, 4). Find the a. 80 liters c. 60 liters
y-intercept. b. 70 liters d. 50 liters
a. 2 c. 6
b. 4 d. 8 67. There are 2 boys for every 3 girls in a math class. If
there are 30 students in that class, what percent are boys?
59. A straight from the vertex of a triangle to the a. 20% c. 40%
midpoint of the opposite side is known as b. 30% d. 50%
a. Altitude c. Height
b. Median d. Either A or B 68. Two boats are observed by a parasailer 75 meters
above a lake. The angles of depression are 12.5° and 7°.
60. The point of concurrency of the angle bisector of a How far apart are the boats?
triangle is called a. 272.52 meters c. 292.52 meters
a. Orthocenter c. Centroid b. 232.42 meters d. 212.52 meters
b. Circumcenter d. Incenter
69. An office has 60 employees. If 4 out of every 5
61. The space diagonal of a cube is 10 units. Find its employees are married, how many married employees are
volume. there?
a. 172.45 c. 192.45 a. 27 c. 48
b. 182.45 d. 202.45 b. 41 d. 55
62. A bag contains 4 red, 3 green and 5blue balls. Two balls 70. A boy wants to make a 100 mL of 5% alcohol solution
are drawn at random. What is the probability that none of mixing a quantity of a 2%alcohol solution with a 7% alcohol
the balls drawn is blue? solution. What are the quantities of each of the two
a. 5/22 c. 7/22 solutions?
b. 6/22 d. 8/22 a. 60, 40 c. 40, 20
b. 50, 30 d. 30,10
71. The cologarithm of a number is the _________ of the 79. A tank can be filled by pipe A in 3hours and by pipe B in
logarithm of a number. 5 hours. When the tank is full, it can be drained by pipe C in
a. Positive c. Antiderivative 4hours. If the tank is initially empty and all three pipes are
b. Absolute value d. Antecedent open, how many hours will it take to fill up the tank?
a. 3.0 hours c. 4.0 hours
72. A man bought plumbing tools worth2100. The sales tax b. 3.5 hours d. 4.5 hours
was 8%. How much did the man pay?
a. 2168 80. Given a triangle with A = 40°, B = 60°,c = 50. Find C, a
b. 2268 and b.
c. 2368 a. 70°, 44.6, 36.76
d. 2468 b. 80°, 32.6, 43.97
c. 50°, 44.8, 49,52
73. During a 30-minute television program, the ratio of d. 40°, 36.4, 53.57
minutes of commercials to minutes of the actual show is
4:11. How many minutes are spent on commercials? 81. Who invented logarithms in 1614?
a. 8 c. 12 a. John Waltis c. John Napier
b.10 d. 14 b. Henry Briggs d. L’Hospital
74. If all the edges of a cube is increased by 65%, what is 82. The integral part of a common logarithm is
the increased in surface area? Give your answer in %. a. 10 c. Mantissa
a. 156.28% c. 172.25% b. e d. Characteristic
b. 166.74% d. 179.67%
83. Logarithm using 10 as base.
75. Which of the following is not a secondary part of a a. Decimal logarithm c. Common
triangle? logarithm
a. Altitude c. Exterior angle b. Scientific logarithm d. Natural logarithm
b. Median d. Side
84. The characteristic of a common logarithm of a
76. Which of the following is not a property of a triangle? number greater than 1 is
a. The sum of the three angles is always equal to two right a. Zero c. Negative
triangles. b. Positive d. Zero or positive
b. The sum of two sides is less than the third side.
c. If two sides are equal, the angles opposite are unequal. 85. The characteristic is ________ the exponent of 10,
d. The altitudes of a triangle meet in a point. when the number is written in scientific notation.
a. Equal to c. Less than
77. The first table logarithm with 10 as base was b. Greater than d. None of the above
developed in 1615 by
a. James Naismith c. John Napier 86. If the unknown in a conditional equation occurs as an
b. Henry Briggs d. John Waltis exponent, the best way to solve the unknown is by
a. Raising the power of both sides
78. Given the sides of a triangle as 3 m and 5 m, the b. Taking the logarithm of both sides
third side is c. Extracting the root of both sides
a. Between 3 m and 8 m d. Applying the Newton’s method
b. Greater than 8 m
c. From 3 m to 7 m 87. If two triangles have congruent bases, then the ratio
d. From 2 m to 8 m of their areas equals the ratio of
a. Their perimeters 93. Angles of rotation with the same initial side and
b. The lengths of their altitudes terminal side
c. Their sides a. Terminal angles
d. None of the above b. Coterminal angles
c. Conjugate angles
88. In an isosceles right triangle, the hypotenuse is d. Supplementary angles
________ times as long as each of the legs.
a. √2 94. A master plumber covers a journey of 952,000 km in 7
b. √3 days and 3 hours. Find his average speed in km/s.
c. 2 a. 1.55 km/s
d. 3 b. 2.55 km/s
c. 3.55 km/s
d. 4.55 km/s
89. The maximum load that a cylindrical column with a
circular cross section can hold varies directly as the fourth 95. Find the slope of the line that passes through (1, -2)
power of the diameter and inversely as the square of the and (-3, -4).
height. A 9 meter column, 2 meters in diameter will support a. ¼ c. 1/2
64 metric tons. How many metric tons can be supported by b. 1/8 d. 1/5
a column 9 meters high and 3 meters in
a. 324 metric tons 96. An angle equal to one revolution of 360°.
b. 342 metric tons a. Perigon
c. 332 metric tons b. Explement angle
d. 327 metric tons c. Reflex angle
d. Supplement angle
90. Given the sequence: 9, 17, 25, 33, ….Find the 14th
term. 97. A plumbing engineer deposited ₱1,000in the bank at
a. 91 6% interest compounded annually when he started
b. 102 plumbing at the age of 21. How much will he get from the
c. 113 bank when he retires at the age of 65?
d. 124 a. ₱12567.68
b. ₱12985.48
91. Find the diameter of a circle whose area is equal to the c. ₱12547.58
difference between the area of an 8-inch circle and the d. ₱12745.87
area of a 4-inch circle?
a. 5.12 inches 98. A solid cube of aluminum is 2 cm on each edge. The
b. 5.97 inches density of aluminum is 2700kg/m3. Find the mass of the
c. 6.29 inches cube.
d. 6.93 inches a. 0.0116 kg
b. 0.0216 kg
92. A student of algebra has test scores of 78, 80 and 78. c. 0.0316 kg
What score on a fourth test will give the student an d. 0.0416 kg
average of 84?
a. 95 c. 105 99. A refrigerators cost ₱15,000 when it is new. It
b. 100 d. 110 depreciates at the rate of 10% per year. What would it
worth after 10 years?
a. ₱5230.177 Two angles having the same vertex and the side of one is
b. ₱5530.177 the prolongation of the side of the other is
c. ₱5330.177 a. Acute angle c. Obtuse angle
d. ₱5430.177 b. Scalene angle d. Vertical angle
100. A triangle with no sides equal is known as Find the area at the cross section of a pipe with the inside
a. Acute triangle diameter of 14 inches and outside diameter of 17 inches.
b. Oblique triangle a. 38.92 sq in c. 153.94 sq in
c. Equilateral triangle b. 73.04 sq in d. 220.92 sq in
d. Scalene triangle
What is the number of horsepower required to raise 25000
pounds of water for a height of 30 meters within 10
minutes?
a. 5 HP c. 7 HP
b. 6 HP d. 8 HP
One cubic yard can give a volume equivalent to
a. 0.7651 cu m c. 0.9232 cu m
b. 0.2835 cu m d. 0.2024 cu m
One pound per square inch is equivalent to how many feet
of water?
PLUMBING ARITHMETIC 4 a. 4.21 ft c. 1.24 ft
b. 3.27 ft d. 2.31 ft
A city of 25000 uses 15 gallons of water per day per capita.
The power to which a number is raised is indicated by a
It is required to raise this water 150 feet. What is the
small superior figure called
number of horsepower required?
a. Logarithm c. Exponent
a. 9 HP c. 11 HP
b. Increment d. Mantissa
b. 10 HP d. 12 HP
What is the weight of a solid ball of brass 6 inches in
Twenty less than four times a certain number is 4.
diameter? Assume specific gravity of 8.4.
Determine the number.
a. 33.3 lb c. 35.3 lb
a. 6 c. 4
b. 34.3 lb d. 36.5 lb
b. 5 d. 3
Find two consecutive even integers such that the square of
How many gallons of water can a 75 HP engine lift by 150 ft
the larger is 44 greater than the square of the smaller
in 5 hours? One gallon of water weighs 8 1/3 lb.
integer.
a. 595000 gallons c. 593000 gallons
a. 8 and 10 c. 12 and 14
b. 594000 gallons d. 592000 gallons
b. 10 and 12 d. 10 and 11
A rectangle reservoir has the following dimensions: L = 4
11/16 of an inch is equal to
m, W = 2 m, H = 3 m. What is the maximum volume of
a. 16.2350 mm c. 17.4625 mm
water that can be accommodated in the tank?
b. 12.3375 mm d. 22.8725 mm
a. 24000 liters c. 813 cu ft
b. 1000 cu m d. 240 cu m
The volume of a cube is equal to the cube of the measure The ratio of the net income to the owners’ equity is known
of its as _______.
a. Angle c. Edge a. Price earning ratio c. Return of
b. Corner d. Diagonal investment
b. Profit margin ratio d. Gross margin
If each of two lines is perpendicular to the same line, then
the lines are Bond wherein coupons are attached indicating the interest
a. Perpendicular c. Tangent due and the date when such interest is to be paid.
b. Parallel d. Converging a. Registered bond c. Mortgage bond
b. Coupon bond d. Collateral trust bond
A motorboat went 70 miles in 4 hours when travelling at full
speed upstream on a river whose current flows at the rate When free competition exists, the price of a product will be
of 6 miles per hour. How fast can the boat travel in still that value where supply is equal to the demand.
water? a. Law of diminishing returns
a. 21.5 mph c. 23.5 mph b. Law of supply
b. 22.5 mph d. 24.5 mph c. Law of demand
d. Law of supply and demand
Two coats of paint are required for an elevated water pipe
line 7 inches in diameter (outside diameter) and 2000 ft Capitalized cost of any property is equal to the
long. If a gallon of paint covers 200 sq ft on the first coat a. Annual cost
and 250 sq ft on the second coat, how many gallons are b. First cost + interest of the first cost
needed? c. First cost + cost of perpetual maintenance
a. 30 gallons c. 32 gallons d. First cost + salvage value
b. 31 gallons d. 33 gallons
One gallon is equal to
Decrease in the value of a physical property due to the a. 2.31 cu m c. 3.79 liters
passage of time. b. 0.0023 cu m d. 22.8725 mm
a. Inflation c. Recession
b. Depletion d. Depreciation Find the diameter of a circle whose area is equal to the
difference between the area of an 8-inch circle and the
area of a 4-inch circle?
We may classify an interest rate which specifies the actual a. 5.26 in c. 12.5 in
rate of interest on the principal for one year as b. 6.93 in d. 3.79 in
a. Nominal rate c. Exact interest rate
b. Rate of return d. Effective rate A branch of mathematics dealing with integers and, more
generally, numerical computation.
Reduction in the level of national income and output a. Algebra c. Geometry
usually accompanied by the fall in the general price level. b. Trigonometry d. Arithmetic
a. Devaluation c. Inflation
b. Deflation d. Depreciation A number that can be exactly divided by two is
a. Real c. Integer
A type of annuity where the payments are made at the end b. Original d. Even
of payment period starting from the first period.
a. Ordinary annuity c. Deferred annuity How many feet can one horsepower raise a weight of 33 lb
b. Annuity due d. Perpetuity within one hour?
a. 60 ft c. 6000 ft
b. 600 ft d. 60000 ft b. Board of directors d. Stockholders
What is the radius of a circle the area of which is equal to It is a series of equal payments occurring at equal intervals
that of a rectangle whose sides are 26.9 and 12.5 inches of time where the first payment is made after several
respectively? periods.
a. 10.34 in c. 12.24 in a. Perpetuity c. Annuity due
b. 11.54 in d. 12.44 in b. Ordinary annuity d. Deferred annuity
A messenger travelling 65 miles per hour pursues a truck What is the corresponding effective rate of 18%
which has a start of 2 hours and overtakes it in 3 hours. compounded semi-quarterly?
Find the truck’s speed. a. 19.25% c. 18.46%
a. 37 mph c. 39 mph b. 19.48% d. 18.95%
b. 38 mph d. 40 mph
Find the present worth of future payment of 100000 to be
An artificial expense that spends purchase price of an asset made in 10 years with an interest of 12% compounded
or another property over a number of years. quarterly.
a. Depreciation c. Amnesty a. 30444.44 c. 30655.68
b. Sinking fund d. Bond b. 33000.00 d. 30546.01
A market whereby there is only one buyer of an item for You loan from a firm an amount of 100000 with a rate of
which there is no good substitute. simple interest of 20% but the interest was deducted from
a. Monopsony c. Monopoly the loan at the time the money was borrowed. If at the end
b. Oligopoly d. Oligopsony of one year, you have to pay the full amount of 100000,
what is the actual rate of interest?
Additional information of prospective bidders on contract a. 18.8% c. 27.5%
documents issued prior to bidding date. b. 25.0% d. 30.0%
a. Depict c. Assessment
b. Escalate d. Bid bulletin The paper currency issued by the Central Bank which forms
part of the country’s money supply.
A series of uniform accounts over a period of time. a. T-bills c. Check
a. Depreciation c. Perpetuity b. Bank note d. Coupon
b. Annuity d. Inflation
It is a series of equal payments occurring at equal intervals
of time.
a. Annuity c. Amortization
The quantity of a certain commodity that is offered for sale b. Debt d. Deposit
at a certain price at a given place and time.
a. Demand c. Stocks
b. Supply d. Goods
The place where buyers and sellers come together.
Work in process is classified as ________. a. Market c. Recreation center
a. An asset c. An expense b. Business d. Buy and sell section
b. A liability d. An owner’s equity
The total income equals the total operating cost.
What is the highest position in the corporation? a. Balance sheet c. Check and balance
a. President c. Chairman of the board
b. In place value d. Break even no gain no a. Book value c. Replacement
loss value
b. Salvage value d. Future value
Kind of obligation which has no condition attached.
a. Analytic c. Gratuitous The ratio of the interest payment to the principal for a
b. Pure d. Private given unit of time and usually expressed as a percentage of
a principal.
An association of two or more individuals for the purpose of a. Interest c. Investment
operating a business as co-owners for profit. b. Interest rate d. All of the above
a. Sole proprietorship c. Partnership
b. Company d. Corporation Defined as the future value minus the present value.
a. Interest c. Discount
We may classify an interest rate which specifies the actual b. Rate of return d. Capital
rate of interest on the principal for one year as
a. Nominal rate c. Exact interest rate Gross profit, sales less cost of goods sold, as a percentage
b. Rate of return d. Effective rate of sales is called ______.
a. Profit margin c. Net income
Decrease in the value of a physical property due to the b. Gross margin d. Rate of return
passage of time.
a. Inflation c. Recession Worth of the property as shown in the accounting records
b. Depletion d. Depreciation of an enterprise.
a. Fair value c. Salvage value
It is defined to be the capacity of the commodity to satisfy b. Market value d. Book value
human want.
a. Discount c. Necessity If the total fall of house sewer is 24 inches per 120 feet,
b. Luxury d. Utility what is the slope per foot in sewer?
a. 0.01 c. 0.03
Grand total of the assets and operational capability of a b. 0.02 d. 0.04
corporation.
a. Authorized capital c. Subscribed capital What is the number of horsepower to lift 10000 gallons of
b. Investment d. Money market water per hour to a height of 90 ft? Assume the weight of
water to be 8 1/2 lb per gallon.
A space that is devoid of matter and in which the pressure a. 3.56 c. 4.86
is zero. b. 3.86 d. 4.56
a. Black hole c. Vacuum
b. Outer space d. Inner space A water supply system is to be installed at a distance of 54
meters using 6 meters long PVC pipe with a diameter of
It is the amount which a willing buyer will pay to willing 100 mm. Determine the number of PVC pipes to be used.
seller for a property where each has equal advantage and a. 7 c. 9
is under no compulsion to buy or sell. b. 8 d. 10
a. Fair value
b. Market value 350 pesos is to be divided between Jones and Smith so that
c. Book value Jones will receive 25 more than Smith. How much has Jones
d. Salvage value received?
a. 185.50
Scrap value of an asset. b. 187.50
c. 178.50 How many factors does 80 have?
d. 186.50 a. 8 c. 10
b. 9 d. 12
A man bought plumbing tools worth 2100. The sales tax
was 8%. How much did the man pay?
a. 2368 c. 2278 What is the travel length of a plastic pipe 4” in diameter if
b. 2268 d. 2378 the offset angle is 11.25 degrees and the offset length is 60
cm?
A drainage pipe line 1000 ft long is laid at a slope of 2%. a. 2 m c. 4 m
What is the total drop of the lower end? b. 3 m d. 5 m
a. 10 ft c. 20 ft
b. 15 ft d. 25 ft Direct labor cost incurred in the factory and direct material
costs are the costs of all materials that go into production.
The worth of the property is equal to the original cost less The sum of these two direct costs is
depreciation. a. GS and A expenses
a. Scrap value c. Market value b. Operating & maintenance cost
b. Face value d. Book value c. Prime cost
The sum of all the costs necessary to prepare a d. O and M costs
construction project for operation. Estimated value at the end of useful life.
a. Operation cost c. Depletion cost a. Market value c. Salvage value
b. Construction cost d. Production cost b. Fair value d. Book value
In a given triangle ACE, a line AD is drawn such that An angle inscribed in a semicircle is always
segments AC, AD and DE are congruent to each other. If a. Unaligned c. Less than 90
the angle CAD is 100 degrees, what is the measure of angle degrees
DAE? b. More than 90 degrees d. 90 degrees
a. 20 degrees c. 30 degrees
b. 25 degrees d. 40 degrees A factor repeated to produce a power is
a. Numerator c. Quotient
During the transposition of a term to the other side of the b. Square d. Root
equality symbol, what might be considered true?
a. The sign of the transposed term stays as is. A polygon with ten sides is
b. The sign of the transposed term changes a. Dodecagon c. Decagon
c. The transposed term is reciprocated. b. Undecagon d. Hendecagon
d. The transposed term is reciprocated and then its sign
changes. The ratio of the interest payment to the principal for a
given unit of time and usually expressed as a percentage of
A statistical clerk submitted the following reports. The a principal.
average rate of the production of the wrenches is 1.5 units a. Interest c. Investment
for every 1.5 hours work by 1. 5 workers. How many b. Interest rate d. Rate
wrenches were produced in one month by 30 men working
200 hours during the month? These are products or services that are desired by humans
a. 2000 c. 4000 and will be purchased if money is available after the
b. 3900 d. 5800 required necessities have been obtained.
a. Utilities c. Luxuries
b. Necessities d. Product goods A market situation where there are only two buyers with
and services many sellers.
a. Duopoly c. Duopsony
For any two triangles, if an angle of one triangle is b. Oligopoly d. Oligopsony
congruent to the angle of the other and if the two sides of
one triangle are proportional to the two sides of the other, A condition where only few individuals produce a certain
then they are what kind of triangles? product and that any action of one will lead to almost the
a. Complementary c. Similar same action of others.
b. Supplementary d. Dissimilar a. Oligopoly c. Monopoly
b. Semi-monopoly d. Perfect competition
A temperature of 180 degrees F is approximately equal to
a. 52.22 degree C c. 72.22 degree C 350 pesos is to be divided between Jones and Smith so that
b. 62.22 degree C d. 82.22 degree C Jones will receive 25 more than Smith. How much has
Smith received?
One cubic foot of water is assumed to weigh 62.5 lb. What a. 167.50 c. 165.50
is the weight of one cubic inch of water? b. 155.50 d. 162.50
a. 0.0361 c. 0.0416
b. 0.0316 d. 0.0461 Liquid assets such as cash and other assets that can be
converted quickly into cash, such as accounts receivable,
Type of ownership in business where individuals exercise and merchandise are called
and enjoy the rights in their own interest. a. Total assets c. Current assets
a. Equitable c. Private b. Fixed assets d. None of the above
b. Public d. Pure
The length of time when the property may be operated at a
The provision in the contract that indicates the possible profit.
adjustment of material cost and labor cost. a. Physical life c. Operating life
a. Secondary clause c. Contingency b. Economic life d. All of the above
clause
b. Escalatory clause d. Main clause The present worth of all depreciation over the economic life
of the item is called _______.
This occurs in a situation where a commodity or service is a. Book value c. Depreciation
supplied by a number of vendors and there is nothing to recovery
prevent additional vendors from entering the market. b. Capital recovery d. Sinking fund
a. Perfect competition c. Monopoly
b. Oligopoly d. Elastic demand Those funds that are required to make the enterprise or
project a going concern.
A market situation where there is one seller and one buyer. a. Initial investment c. Working capital
a. Monopoly bilateral c. Oligopoly bilateral b. Current accounts d. Subscribed capital
b. Monopsony bilateral d. Oligopsony bilateral
A market situation where there is one seller with many
A market situation where there are few sellers and few buyers.
buyers. a. Monopoly c. Oligopoly
a. Oligopoly c. Oligopoly bilateral b. Monopsony d. Oligopsony
b. Oligopsony d. Oligopsony
bilateral Additional information of prospective bidders on contract
documents issued prior to bidding date.
a. Depict c. Assessment a. 122.01 ft c. 112.02 ft
b. Escalate d. Bid bulletin b. 121.02 ft d. 211.02 ft
If the total working area of the plunger of a pump is 10 sq Point C is 3/4 of the way form A (1,-4) to B (-3,8).
in, what is the total force in pounds on the plunger when Determine the abscissa and ordinate of point C.
pumping against 1.25 lb per square inch? a. (0, 1) c. (-3, 4)
a. 11.5 lb c. 13.5 lb b. (-1, 4) d. (-2, 5)
b. 12.5 lb d. 14.5 lb
Plumber A is 8% taller than B, while B is 9% taller than C.
What is the amount of heat required to change ice to How much in percent is Plumber A taller than Plumber C?
water? a. 17.72% c. 20.56%
a. 344 BTU c. 114 BTU b. 18.50% d. 21.45%
b. 144 BTU d. 214 BTU
In an isosceles right triangle, the hypotenuse is how much
A 150 mm diameter pipe, 50 ft long is installed vertically. It longer than its sides?
is filled with water at atmospheric pressure. What is the a. 2 times
total pressure in psi at the bottom? b. 2 1/2 times
a. 20.65 psi c. 1.5 times
b. 21.65 psi d. None of these
c. 22.65 psi
d. 23.65 psi A tank can be filled by pipe A in 3 hours and by pipe B in 5
hours. When the tank is full, it can be drained by pipe C in 4
PLUMBING ARITHMETIC 5 hours. What is the rate of pipe C?
a. 1/4 c. 1/3
Find the 25th term of an arithmetic progression 5, 8, 11, b. 1/12 d. 1/8
14…
a. 77 c. 83 The arithmetic mean of 50 numbers is 32. If two numbers
b. 79 d. 76 namely 16 and 48 are eliminated, determine the new
arithmetic mean.
From the top of tower A, the angle of elevation of the top of a. 32 c. 34
tower B is 46 degrees. From the foot of tower B, the angle b. 33 d. 36
of elevation of the top of tower A is 28 degrees. Both
towers are on a level ground. If the height of tower B is 120 A tank can be filled by pipe A in 3 hours and by pipe B in 5
m, what is the distance between tower A and B? hours. When the tank is full, it can be drained by pipe C in 4
a. 756.456 c. 76.564 hours. If the tank is initially empty and pipe A & pipe B are
b. 76.654 d. 76.465 open, how many hours will it take to fill up the tank?
a. 1.587 hours c. 1.875 hours
A tank can be filled by pipe A in 3 hours and by pipe B in 5 b. 1.758 hours d. 1578 hours
hours. When the tank is full, it can be drained by pipe C in 4
hours. If the tank is half full and pipe A & pipe C are open, What is the volume of the sphere whose surface area is 108
how many hours will it take to fill up the tank? sq m?
a. 7 hours c. 9 hours a. 110.50 cu m c. 115.00 cu m
b. 8 hours d. 6 hours b. 105.50 cu m d. 155.10 cu m

The pressure of a tank is 50 psi. Find the equivalent Find the value of A if tan 4A = cot 6A.
pressure head of seawater with a specific gravity of 1.03. a. 9 degrees c. 11 degrees
b. 14 degrees d. 15 degrees Susan is 4 times as old as Paul and 1 1/2 times as old as
Mary. What fraction of Paul’s age is Mary’s?
A spherical steel ball is placed into a vertical circular a. 3/8 c. 3 1/4
cylinder containing water, causing the water level to rise by b. 2 2/3 d. 6
12 cm. If the radius of the cylinder is 15 cm, what is the
radius of the ball? How much money would a man have to invest at the rate of
a. 14.75 cm c. 12.65 cm 5% per year, to have P1470 at the end of the year?
b. 13.50 cm d. 15 cm a. P70 c. P1400
b. P700 d. P1540
In how many ways can 11 women be seated in a round
table with eleven seats? Find the value of x if the average of 1.0, 0.8, 0.2 and x is
a. 39916800 c. 362880 exactly 0.6.
b. 40320 d. 3628800 a. 0.2 c. 0.66
b. 0.4 d. 1.3
If 3x = 2y and 6y = 7z, what is the ratio of x to z?
a. 2:3 c. 3:2 Solve for x: log3 (5x + 7) = 2
b. 7:9 d. 5:7 a. 1/5 c. 2/3
b. 2/5 d. 1/3
If the length of a rectangle is increased by 20% and the
width is decreased by 20%, what percent change occurs in How many miles can a motorist travel from 9:55 am to
the area? 10:15 am at a rate of 40 miles per hour?
a. It remains the same c. It increases by 5% a. 13 1/3 miles
b. It decreases by 4% d. It decreases by b. 15 miles
2% c. 20 miles
d. 30 miles
A single deck of playing cards is shuffled well. One card is
drawn followed by another. What is the probability of The first cost of a plumbing equipment is P385000. It has a
getting two aces? life of 8 years and a salvage value of P70000. Find the
a. 8/52 c. 4/52 annual depreciation using straight line method.
b. 3/663 d. 2/104 a. P48125.00
b. P21875.00
One period of a sine or cosine function is called one _______ c. P70000.00
of the sine and cosine curve. d. P39375.00
a. Cycle c. Amplitude
b. Shift d. Phase What is the surface area of a sphere whose volume is 36 cu
m?
Of Ted’s salary, 1/10 is spent for clothing, and 1/3 for food a. 55.8 sq m c. 57.78 sq m
and for rent. What part of the salary is left for expenditures b. 48.90 sq m d. 52.7 sq m
and savings?
a. 17/30 c. 19/30 The elevator in an eleven-storey office building travels at
b. 3/5 d. 2/3 the rate of one floor per 1/4 min, which allows time for
picking up and discharging passengers. At the main floor
Solve x^4 – 9x^2 + 8 = 0 and at the top floor, the operator stops for 1 minute. How
a. +8, +1 c. +6, +1 many complete trips will an operator make during a 7-hour
b. +2, +1 d. +4, +2 period?
a. 20 c. 60
b. 30 d. 76 The lessening of the value of an asset due to the decrease
in the quantity available preferring to the natural
The pressure of a tank is 50 psi. Find the equivalent resources.
pressure head of water. a. Depreciation c. Inflation
a. 115.38 ft c. 110.40 ft b. Depletion d. Incremental cost
b. 125.33 ft d. 130.25 ft
An increase in the value of a capital asset.
The pressure of a tank is 50 psi. Find the equivalent a. Profit c. Capital expenditure
pressure head of fuel oil with specific gravity of 0.92. b. Capital gain d. Capital stock
a. 120 ft c. 125.42 ft
b. 136.23 ft d. 141.58 ft A drop of falling water passes a point 300 m from the
ground at a speed of 20 m/s. How high above the ground
What is the pressure in pounds per square inch at the base will it be 3 seconds later?
of a 10-foot water cylinder? a. 198 m c. 104.20 m
a. 0.433 psi c. 4.36 psi b. 195.80 m d. 112 m
b. 4.33 psi d. 4.63 psi
An airplane flying with the wind took 2.0 hours to travel
An index of short term paying ability is called 1000 km and 2.5 hours to fly back. What is the wind
a. Receivable turnover c. Current ratio velocity in kph?
b. Profit margin ratio d. Acid test ratio a. 50 kph c. 58 kph
Consists of the actual counting or determination of the b. 45 kph d. 55 kph
actual quantity of the materials on hand as of a given date. How many three-digit numbers can be formed using the
a. Physical inventory digits 0-9?
b. Material update a. 100 c. 150
c. Technological assessment b. 115 d. 120
d. Material count
After how many minutes from 12:00 noon will the minute
These are products or services that are required to support hand and the hour hand of the clock make an angle of 120
human life and activities that will be purchased in degrees for the first time?
somewhat the same quantity even though the price varies a. 23.40 min c. 20.00 min
considerably. b. 21.80 min d. 22.30 min
a. Utilities
b. Necessities At what rate of interest compounded quarterly will an
c. Luxuries investment double in four years?
d. Product goods and services a. 17.71% c. 15.51%
b. 16.61% d. 14.41%
Money paid for the use of borrowed capital.
a. Discount c. Interest Find the distance from the origin to the line x + 2y – 12 =
b. Credit d. Profit 0.
a. 5.37 c. 6.12
Which of the following depreciation methods cannot have a b. 5.90 d. 6.30
salvage value of zero?
a. Declining balance method c. Straight line Chenlee is as old as Kenneth was four years ago. In two
method years, Chenlee’s age will be eleven more than half of
b. Sinking fund method d. SYD method Kenneth’s age. How old is Chenlee now?
a. 24 c. 20 A tank can be filled by pipe A in 3 hours and by pipe B in 5
b. 28 d. 26 hours. When the tank is full, it can be drained by pipe C in 4
hours. What is the rate of pipe A?
A line segment L was measured once, twice and three a. 1/12 c. 1/3
times as follows: L = 55.210 m, 2L = 110.431 m, 3L = b. 1/8 d. 1/4
165.634 m.
a. 55.2100 m c. 55.2155 m Plumber A can finish a plumbing job in 2 days. Plumber B
b. 55.2113 m d. 55.2125 m can finish the job in 3 days. Plumber C can do the job in 6
days. If they work together, how long will it take for them to
What is the Fahrenheit equivalent of 26.50 degrees finish the job?
centigrade? a. 1 day c. 1.15 days
a. 81.5 degrees c. 79.7 degrees b. 1.50 days d. 1.25 days
b. 82.34 degrees d. 80.32 degrees
Find the area of a pentagon that is inscribed in a circle if
The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 34 cm. Find the length the area of the circle is 314 sq m.
of the shorter leg if it is 14 cm shorter than the other leg. a. 237.76 sq m c. 340.22 sq m
a. 15 c. 17 b. 255.30 sq m d. 283.56 sq m
b. 16 d. 18
Three liters of 20% alcohol solution is mixed with one liter
What is 1.5 revolutions in degrees measured of an x% alcohol solution. If new mixture contains 22.5%
counterclockwise? alcohol, what is the value of x?
a. 540 degrees c. 90 degrees a. 20% c. 28%
b. 520 degrees d. -90 degrees b. 24% d. 30%
An angle that measures from the horizontal upward to an What rate in percent compounded semi-annually is
object is called ________. equivalent to 20% compounded annually?
a. Right angle a. 22.2% c. 18.56%
b. Acute angle b. 19.09% d. 16.50%
c. Angle of elevation
d. Angle of depression Which of the following depreciation methods cannot have a
salvage value of zero?
From the top of tower A, the angle of elevation of the top of a. Declining balance method c. Straight line
tower B is 46 degrees. From the foot of tower B, the angle method
of elevation of the top of tower A is 28 degrees. Both b. Sinking fund method d. SYD method
towers are on a level ground. If the height of tower B is 120
m, how high is tower A? The lessening of the value of an asset due to the decrease
a. 38.6 m c. 44.1 m in the quantity available preferring to the natural
b. 42.3 m d. 40.7 m resources.
a. Depreciation c. Inflation
From the top of tower A, the angle of elevation of the top of b. Depletion d. Incremental cost
tower B is 46 degrees. From the foot of tower B, the angle
of elevation of the top of tower A is 28 degrees. Both
towers are on a level ground. If the height of tower B is 120 Lands, buildings, plant and machinery are examples of
m, how many meters higher is tower B? a. Current assets c. Fixed assets
a. 79.30 m c. 81.40 m b. Trade investments d. Intangible assets
b. 77.70 m d. 75.90 m
One gallon is equal to a. 33.64 m c. 30.10 m
a. 2.31 cu in c. 3.79 liters b. 31.70 m d. 29.20 m
b. 0.0023 cu m d. 22.8725 mm
Find the area bound by the line x – 2y + 4 = 0 and the
A tank can be filled by pipe A in 3 hours and by pipe B in 5 axes.
hours. When the tank is full, it can be drained by pipe C in 4 a. 4 c. 6
hours. If the tank is initially empty and all three pipes are b. 4.5 d. 8
open, how many hours will it take to fill up the tank?
a. 3.529 hours c. 3.925 hours Find the distance from the point (5, -3) to the line 7x – 4y –
b. 3.259 hours d. 3.592 hours 28 = 0.
a. 3.10 c. 2.75
Find the value of x if 5 – 2x = 7. b. 3.45 d. 2.36
a. 1 c. -1
b. -2 d. 2 The bases of a right prism are pentagons with each side 6
cm long. The bases are 12 cm apart. What is the volume of
A vertical pole 6 ft high casts a shadow 4 ft long. At the the prism?
same time, a tree casts a shadow 64 ft long. What is the a. 630.85 cu cm c. 743.40 cu cm
height, in feet, of the tree? b. 710.12 cu cm d. 695.00 cu cm
a. 44 c. 96
b. 72 d. 192 If x^2 + y^2 = 2 and x^2 – y^2 = 2, then x^4 – y^4 =
a. 0 c. 4
If 4 men can clear the garbage near a school in 6 hours, b. 2 d. 5
how many hours will it take for 12 men working at the
same rate to perform this task? Six consecutive integers are given. The sum of the first
a. 2 c. 12 three is 27. What is the sum of the last three?
b. 8 d. 18 a. 29 c. 32
b. 30 d. 36
What is the radius and the center of the circle x^2 + y^2 –
10x – 4y – 196 = 0? A gasoline tank that is 1/2 full has 8 gallons removed. The
a. (5, 5) r = 5 c. (-2, 5) r = 11 tank is then 1/10 full. What is the capacity, in gallons, of
b. (5, 2) r = 15 d. (5, 5) r = 8 the tank?
a. 2.5 c. 15.8
If each edge of a cube is decreased by 50%, how much in b. 6.4 d. 20
percentage will the volume decrease?
a. 87.50% c. 83.60% A motion was adopted by a vote of 5 to 3. What part of the
b. 85% d. 80% total vote was against the motion?
a. 3/8
The hour hand of a huge clock is 100 cm long. What is the b. 3/5
circumferential speed of the tip this hand in cm/hr? c. 5/8
a. 45.5 cm/hr d. 5/3
b. 50.25 cm/hr
c. 52.36 cm/hr A salesman travel for 2 hours at 30 miles per hour and then
d. 55.45 cm/hr covers 60 miles in the next 3 hours. What is the average
rate for the entire trip?
In triangle ABC, angle A = 45 degrees and angle C = 70 a. 18 c. 36
degrees. Find the side opposite angle A if line AB = 40 m. b. 24 d. 45
An alloy of copper and tin is 20% copper. How many b. Itself
pounds of copper must be added to 20 pounds of the alloy c. Its reciprocal
in order for the resulting alloy to be 50% copper? d. Zero
a. 6 c. 12.5
b. 12 d. 13 A wooden plank x meters long has one end leaning on top
of a vertical wall 1.5 m high and the other end resting on a
How much water, in cu cm, must be added to 100 cu cm of horizontal ground. Neglecting friction, find x if a force
80% solution of boric acid to reduce it to a 50% solution? (parallel to the plank) of 100 N is needed to pull a 400 N
a. 30 c. 50 block up the plank.
b. 40 d. 60 a. 6 meters c. 4 meters
b. 5 meters d. 3 meters
How many quarts of a 90% solution of alcohol should be
mixed with a 75% solution of alcohol in order to make 20 How many gallons are in one cubic meter of water?
quarts of 78% solution? a. 246 c. 624
a. 4 c. 11 b. 264 d. 462
b. 9 d. 15
A polygon with fifteen sides is called
A machine can cut some wood in 6 minutes, and a man a. Pentagon c. Pentadecagon
using a hand saw can do it in 18 minutes. After 4 minutes, b. Dodecagon d. Nonagon
there is a power shortage and the wood must be cut by
hand saw. How many minutes must the man work to The length of the bridge, which a train 130 meters long and
complete the task? travelling at 45 km/hr can cross in 30 seconds, is:
a. 2 minutes c. 12 minutes a. 200 m c. 245 m
b. 6 minutes d. 14 minutes b. 225 m d. 250 m

Three pipes are used to fill a pool with water. One pipe When 1/4 of 720 is subtracted from 3/7 of 567, the result is:
alone can fill the pool in 9 hours. Another can fill it in 6 a. 71 c. 61
hours. The third can fill it in 3 hours. How many minutes will b. 63 d. 64
it take to fill this pool if all three pipes are used The chords passing through the focus of the parabola and
simultaneously? perpendicular to its axis is termed as:
a. 1.63 minutes c. 54 minutes a. Directrix
b. 11 minutes d. 98 minutes b. Translated axis
If three secretaries can type six manuscripts in 12 days, c. Latus rectum
how many days will it take two secretaries to type three d. Asymptote
such manuscripts? Find the odd man out: 396, 462, 572, 427, 671, 264
a. 4 c. 12 a. 396 c. 427
b. 9 d. 16 b. 572 d. 264
An office equipment costing P42000 depreciates to P11500 Determine the present worth of an annual payment of
in 10 years. What is the annual depreciation? P2500.00 at the end of each year for 12 years at 8%
a. P3000 c. P2000 compounded annually.
b. P3050 d. P1500 a. P18840.20
Any number multiplied by _______ equals unity. b. P30000.00
a. Infinity c. P15000.00
d. P17546.04 b. To give water surge
c. To hold a supply of water
From a speed of 75 kph, a car decelerates at the rate of d. For rim support
500 m/min^2 along a straight path. How far in meters will
it travel in 45 sec?
a. 795 c. 797
b. 791 d. 793
A 12” pipe carries water at a velocity of 5.0 fps. What is the
flow in cfs?
a. 7.9 cfs
b. 5.9 cfs PLUMBING ARITHMETIC 6
c. 4.9 cfs
d. 3.9 cfs A car starting from rest moves with a constant acceleration
of 10 km/hr^2 for 1 hour, then decelerates at a constant -5
How long will it take for an investment to double its amount
km/hr^2 until it comes to a stop. How far has it travelled?
if invested at an interest rate of 6% compounded bi-
a. 10 km c. 12 km
monthly?
b. 20 km d. 15 km
a. 10 years
b. 12 years A cylindrical water tank which is 12.0 meters in diameter
c. 14 years and 20 meters in length is placed temporarily on a 30
d. 16 years degree slope. The filler is located flush with the top of the
tank at midpoint. What is the maximum volume of water
If 5a = 3125, then the value of a is:
which can be placed in the tank?
a. 25
a. 2013.50 c. 2643.27
b. 125
b. 2012.50 d. 2743.27
c. 625
d. 1625 The amount of P1500.00 was deposited in a bank account
20 years ago. Today it is worth P3000.00. Interest is paid
If 5a = 3125, then the value of a is:
semi-annually. Determine the interest rate paid on this
a. 25
account.
b. 125
a. 3.5% c. 2.9%
c. 625
b. 2.5% d. 4.5%
d. 1625
A circular tank has a diameter of 40 feet and is 10 feet
In a regular polygon, the perpendicular line drawn from the
deep. How many gallons will it hold?
center of the inscribed circle to any one of the sides is
a. 96200 gallons
called:
b. 95200 gallons
a. Radius
c. 94000 gallons
b. Altitude
d. 92200 gallons
c. Median
d. Apothem The section of the sphere cut by a plane through its center
is termed as:
For a flush tank type water closet, what is the main purpose
a. Small circle
of the tank?
b. Semicircle
a. Serves as a back rest
c. Big circle a. 8.24% c. 20.82%
d. Great circle b. 19.72% d. 15.56%
The statement “a + b = b + a” is a What rate of interest compounded annually is the same as
a. Associative law of addition the rate of interest of 8% compounded quarterly?
b. Commutative law of addition a. 8.24% c. 20.82%
c. Associative law of multiplication b. 19.72% d. 15.56%
d. Commutative law of multiplication
15% compounded semi-annually will have an effective rate
Find the cube root 216 of ________.
a. 14.69 c. 432 a. 8.24%
b. 216 d. none of the above b. 19.72%
c. 20.82%
d. 15.56%
From the top of a building 50 feet high, the angles of
elevation and depression of the top and bottom of another What interest rate compounded monthly is equivalent to
building and 19 degrees 41 minutes and 26 degrees 34 10% effective rate?
minutes respectively. What is the height and distance of a. 16.32% c. 9.6%
the second building? b. 10.29% d. 11.8%
a. 85’9” and 100 ft
b. 87’9” and 100 ft What nominal rate compounded semi-annually yields the
c. 88’9” and 100 ft same amount as 16% compounded quarterly?
d. 82’9” and 100 ft a. 16.32% c. 9.6%
b. 10.29% d. 11.8%
9/10 – 3/20 is:
a. 3/4 c. 4/15 What is the effective rate of 14% compounded semi-
b. 4/5 d. 5/15 annually?
a. 16.32% c. 9.6%
(4) (-6) + (12 x 3) is: b. 14.5% d. 10.29%
a. 10 c. 14
b. 12 d. 15 What is the corresponding effective rate of 18%
compounded semi-quarterly?
A rectangular channel with depth of 300mm and width of a. 16.32% c. 9.8%
450mm the average flow velocity is 0.8 m/sec and C = 55. b. 19.5% d. 15.35%
Calculate the gradient.
a. 1 : 750 m is required Find the nominal rate, which if converted quarterly, could
b. 1 : 700 m is required be used instead of 12% compounded semi-annually.
c. 1 : 608 m is required a. 16.32% c. 9.6%
d. 1 : 650 m is required b. 10.29% d. 11.8%

What is the x‐intercept of the graph of y = x 2 – 4x + 4? Mr. A. Jackson borrowed money from the bank. He receives
a. –2 c. 1 from the bank P1842 and promises to repay P2000 at the
b. –1 d. 2 end of 10 months. Determine the rate of simple interest.
a. 16.32% c. 9.6%
What is the effective rate corresponding to 18% b. 10.29% d. 11.8%
compounded daily? Assume 1 year is equal to 360 days.
What will be the future worth of money after 12 months if b. 10.97
the sum of P25000 is invested today at simple interest rate c. 11.57
of 1% per month? d. 11.26
a. P18000
b. P28000 What is the amount of P12800 in 4 years at 5%
c. P38000 compounded quarterly?
d. P48000 a. P15714.59
b. P15614.59
The amount of P50000 was deposited in the bank earning c. P15514.59
an interest of 7.5% per annum. Determine the total amount d. P15414.59
at the end of 5 years if the principal and interest were not
withdrawn during the period. A man expects to receive P25000 in 8 years. How much is
a. P51781.50 that money worth now considering the interest at 8%
b. P61781.50 compounded quarterly?
c. P71781.50 a. P13265.80
d. P81781.50 b. P13375.80
c. P13485.80
A father wishes his eldest son to receive P500000 ten years d. P13595.80
from now. What amount should he invest now if it will earn
interest of 12% compounded annually during the first 5 At an interest rate of 10% compounded annually, how
years and 15% compounded quarterly during the next 5 much will a deposit of P1500 be in 15 years?
years? a. P6265.90 c. P6465.90
a. P125868.32 b. P6365.90 d. P6565.90
b. P135868.32 Find the present worth of a future payment of P80000 to be
c. P145868.32 made in six years with an interest of 12% compounded
d. P155868.32 annually.
How long will it take the money to triple itself if invested at a. P40530.50 c. P42530.50
10% compounded semi-annually? b. P41530.50 d. P43530.50
a. 16.32 c. 9.68 What is the present worth of a P500 annuity starting at the
b. 10.51 d. 11.26 end of the third year and continuing to the end of the
What amount is accumulated after three years of P6500 fourth year if the annual interest rate is 10%?
invested at the rate of 12% per year compounded semi- a. P717.17 c. P937.17
annually? b. P827.17 d. P987.17
a. P9220.37 Find the angle in mils subtended by a line 10 yards long at
b. P10220.37 a distance of 5000 yards.
c. P11220.37 a. 2 mils c. 4 mils
d. P12220.37 b. 3 mils d. 5 mils
By the condition of a will, the sum of P20000 is left to a girl Assuming that the earth is sphere whose radius is 6400 km,
to be held in trust fund by her guardian until it amounts to find the distance along a 3-degree arc at the equator of the
P50000. When will the girl receive the money if the fund is earth’s surface.
invested at 8% compounded quarterly? a. 235.10 km c. 435.10 km
a. 11.27 b. 335.10 km d. 535.10 km
The angle subtended by an arc is 24 degrees. If the radius a. 90 degrees
of the circle is 45 cm, find the length of the arc. b. 120 degrees
a. 14.85 cm c. 18.85 cm c. 150 degrees
b. 16.85 cm d. 20.85 cm d. 180 degrees
A rat fell on a bucket of a water wheel with diameter of 600 How many sides are in a polygon if each interior angle is
cm which travelled an angle of 190 degrees before it 165 degrees?
dropped from the bucket. Calculate for the linear cm that a. 24 sides c. 18 sides
the rat was carried by the bucket before it fell. b. 12 sides d. 9 sides
a. 695 cm
b. 795 cm How many diagonals are there in a polygon of 20 sides?
c. 895 cm a. 120 diagonals
d. 995 cm b. 140 diagonals
c. 150 diagonals
Given a circle whose diameter AB equals 2 m: if two points d. 170 diagonals
C and D lie on the circle and angles ABC and BAD are 18
degrees and 36 degrees respectively, find the length of the Find each interior angle of a hexagon.
major arc CD. a. 90 degrees
a. 1.16 m c. 1.36 m b. 120 degrees
b. 1.26 m d. 1.56 m c. 150 degrees
d. 180 degrees
A certain angle has a supplement 5 times its complement.
What is the angle? Given a triangle, C = 100 degrees, A = 15 m, B = 20 m,
a. 45.2 degrees find C.
b. 67.5 degrees a. 24 m c. 26 m
c. 92.1 degrees b. 25 m d. 27 m
d. 18.27 degrees In triangle ABC, angle A = 45 degrees and C = 70 degrees.
What is the value of each angle of a regular dodecagon? The side opposite angle C is 40 m long. What is the length
a. 90 degrees of the side opposite angle A?
b. 120 degrees a. 28.1 m c. 30.1 m
c. 150 degrees b. 29.1 m d. 31.1 m
d. 180 degrees In triangle ABC, angle C = 70 degrees, A = 45 degrees, AB
How many sides does a polygon have if the sum of the = 40 m. What is the length of the median drawn from
interior angles is 1080 degrees? vertex A to side BC?
a. 7 sides c. 9 sides a. 16.3 m c. 36.3 m
b. 8 sides d. 12 sides b. 26.3 m d. 46.3 m

The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 540 degrees. From a point outside of an equilateral triangle, the
Find the number of sides. distances to the vertices are 10 m, 18 m, and 10 m,
a. 5 sides c. 7 sides respectively. What is the length of one side of the triangle?
b. 6 sides d. 8 sides a. 85.842 degrees
b. 121.35 degrees
Find the sum of the interior angles of the vertices of a five- c. 152.50 degrees
pointed star inscribed in a circle. d. 181.25 degrees
The sides of a triangle are 8 cm, 10 cm and 14 cm. c. 104.24 sq m
Determine the radius of the inscribed circle. d. 105.24 sq m
a. 2.45 cm c. 4.45 cm
b. 3.45 cm d. 5.45 cm What is the area in sq cm of the circle circumscribed about
an equilateral triangle with a side 10 cm long?
What is the radius of the circle circumscribing an isosceles a. 95.24 sq cm
right triangle having an area of 162 sq cm? b. 104.7 sq cm
a. 12.73 cm c. 3.46 cm c. 99.53 sq cm
b. 10.65 cm d. 6.78 cm d. 102.14 sq cm
The sides of a triangle are 8 cm, 10 cm and 14 cm. The area of a triangle inscribed in a circle is 39.19 sq cm
Determine the radius of the circumscribing circle. and the radius of the circumscribed circle is 7.14 cm. If the
a. 7.14 cm c. 93.2 cm two sides of the inscribed triangle are 8 cm and 10 cm
b. 8.15 cm d. 42.1 cm respectively, find the third side.
a. 14 cm c. 16 cm
Two sides of a triangle are 50 m and 60 m long. The angle b. 15 cm d. 18 cm
included between these sides is 30 degrees. What is the
interior angle opposite the longest side? The area of a triangle is 8346 sq m and two of its interior
a. 86.38 degrees angles are 37 degrees 25 minutes and 56 degrees 17
b. 72.53 degrees minutes. What is the length of the longest side?
c. 25.35 degrees a. 181.5 m c. 175.2 m
d. 90.12 degrees b. 22.57 m d. 13.25 m
A circle with a radius of 6 m has half its area removed by The angle of a sector is 30 degrees and the radius is 15 cm.
cutting off a border of uniform width. Find the width of the What is the area of the sector in sq cm?
border. a. 54.8 sq cm c. 75.36 sq cm
a. 1.76 cm c. 3.24 cm b. 58.9 sq cm d. 85.23 sq cm
b. 2.35 cm d. 4.25 cm
Two perpendicular chords both 5 cm form the center of a
The area of a circle is 89.42 square inches. What is its circle divide the circle into four parts. If the radius of the
circumference? circle is 13 cm, find the area of the smallest part.
a. 30.52 in c. 32.52 in a. 31 sq cm
b. 31.52 in d. 33.52 in b. 38 sq cm
c. 35 sq cm
A square section ABCD has one of its sides equal to x. Point d. 40 sq cm
E is inside the square forming an equilateral triangle BEC
having one side equal in length to the side of the square. The distance between the centers of the three circles which
Find the angle AED. are mutually tangent to each other externally are 10, 12
a. 90 degrees c. 150 degrees and 14 units. What is the area of the largest circle?
b. 120 degrees d. 180 degrees a. 32 pi c. 128 pi
b. 64 pi d. 256 pi
The area of a circle circumscribing about an equilateral
triangle is 254.47 sq m. What is the area of the triangle in The arc of a sector is 9 units and its radius is 3 units. What
sq m? is the area of the sector in square units?
a. 95.24 sq m a. 10.5 sq units
b. 96.24 sq m b. 13.5 sq units
c. 16.5 sq units Find the area of a quadrilateral having sides AB = 10 cm,
d. 19.5 sq units BC = 5 cm, CD = 14.14 cm and DA = 15 cm if the sum of
the opposite angles is equal to 225 degrees.
A swimming pool is constructed in the shape of two a. 50 sq cm
partially overlapping identical circles. Each of the circles b. 100 sq cm
has a radius of 9 m and each circle passes through the c. 150 sq cm
center of the other. Find the area of the swimming pool. d. 200 sq cm
a. 409.44 sq m
b. 235.25 sq m Determine the area of the quadrilateral shown, OB = 80
c. 45.23 sq m cm, AO = 120 cm, OD = 150 cm and phi = 25 degrees?
d. 85.46 sq m a. 2721.66 sq cm
b. 1713.43 sq cm
Find the difference of the area of the square inscribed in a c. 903.53 sq cm
semicircle having a radius of 15. The base of the square lies d. 1321.2 sq cm
on the diameter of the semicircle.
a. 423.24 sq cm A cube with sides 8 cm long has one of the midpoints of its
b. 173.43 sq cm edges taken and made into the vertex of an oblique
c. 90.53 sq cm pyramid, whose base is located at the opposite face of the
d. 132.14 sq cm cube. What is the total surface area of the pyramid?
a. 222.81 sq cm
A rectangle ABCD which measures 18 cm by 24 cm is b. 212.81 sq cm
folded once, perpendicular to diagonal AC, so that the c. 232.81 sq cm
opposite vertices A and C coincide. Find the length of the d. 242.81 sq cm
fold.
a. 22.5 cm c. 225 cm A galvanized aluminum roof of a rest house has sides of 12
b. 2.25 cm d. 52.5 cm m and a height of 6 m. Find the volume of said roof and its
lateral area if the slant height is 10 m.
a. 288 cu m; 240 sq m
A trapezoid has an area of 36 sq m and an altitude of 2 m. b. 178 cu m; 120 sq m
Its two bases have a ratio of 4:5. What are the lengths of c. 242 cu m; 152 sq m
the bases? d. 144 cu m; 140 sq m
a. 14 c. 16
b. 15 d. 18 A spherical ball with a radius of 14 cm was dropped on a
cone with a depth of 20 cm. If the topmost surface of the
A rhombus has diagonals of 32 and 20 inches. Determine ball was flush with the base of the cone, what is the
its area. diameter of the base of the cone?
a. 300 sq in c. 225 sq in a. 21.54 cm c. 5.38 cm
b. 320 sq in d. 45.5 sq in b. 10.77 cm d. 6.46 cm
If the sides of a parallelogram and an included angle are 6. A trough having triangular ends has a rectangular mouth
10 and 100 degrees, respectively, find the length of the which is 50 cm by 150 cm. If the total depth of the trough is
shorter diagonal. 40 cm, what is the depth of the water if the volume is 12
a. 10.73 c. 12.56 liters?
b. 14.42 d. 18.25 a. 11.32 cm c. 13.24 cm
b. 12.54 cm d. 32.1 cm
A rectangular parallelepiped has a length of 4 m, a width of If a log has an altitude of 8 m, base diameter of 0.5 m, and
5 m, and an altitude of 6 m. What is the area of the cross right diameter of 0.4 m, then it rolls out to the ground to
section at of the opposite edges of the parallelepiped? cover 1 hectare of land, how many revolutions will it make?
a. 28.33 sq m c. 52.43 sq m a. 758.23 c. 856.5
b. 38.42 sq m d. 34.12 sq m b. 795.8 d. 356.75
A rectangular parallelepiped whose dimensions are in the A salad bowl in the shape of a hemisphere has a diameter
ratio 1:3:4 has a volume of 9000 cu m. What is its longest of 40 cm. If the salad occupies a height of 15 cm,
dimension? determine the percentage volume of the salad with respect
a. 24.53 c. 42.12 to the volume of the bowl.
b. 36.43 d. 78.23 a. 43.28% c. 63.28%
b. 53.28% d. 73.28%
A trapezoidal figure has an altitude of 40 cm and a length
of 72 cm. The upper base is 25 cm and the lower base is 37 A cone with a diameter of 6 cm is inscribed in a sphere with
cm. what is the volume of the figure? a radius of 8 cm. Compute for the volume and surface area
a. 89280 cu cm of the cone if the vertex of the cone coincides with the
b. 17253 cu cm center of the sphere.
c. 75685 cu cm a. 448.18 sq cm c. 124.52 sq cm
d. 25863 cu cm b. 345.21 sq cm d. 123.45 sq cm
When it rains 10 cm of water, determine its volume if it fell A buoy is made up of a spherical segment and a cone. The
on a level 10-hectare golf course. angle of depreciation of the cone is 30 degrees and the
a. 1000000 cu mm slant side of the cone is 2 meters long. Determine the
b. 100000 cu mm volume and surface area of the segment if the segment’s
c. 10000 cu mm radius coincides with the cone’s slant side.
d. 10000000 cu mm a. 2.245 cu m; 9.65 sq m
b. 123.45 cu m; 12.2 sq m
A crown that has a base of 90 sq cm and a depth of 10 cm c. 2.785 cu m; 15.2 sq m
has a head 2/3 covered. Find the area for ventilation. d. 3.2 cu m; 8.2 sq m
a. 100 sq cm
b. 200 sq cm A circular piece of cardboard with a diameter of 1 m will be
c. 300 sq cm made into a conical hat 40 cm high by cutting a sector off
d. 400 sq cm and joining the edges to form a cone. Determine the angle
subtended by the sector removed.
If a smoke stick of a boat is 5 m in height and it was a. 144 degrees
sometime filled with 20 cu m of smoke, find the lateral area b. 122 degrees
of the smoke stick. c. 155 degrees
a. 35.44 sq m c. 44.44 sq m d. 132 degrees
b. 25.12 sq m d. 23.22 sq m
What is the area in sq m of a spherical segment having a
How much material should be used in making 2500 dice volume of 1470.265 cu m if the diameter of the sphere is
with edge of 3 cm? 30 m?
a. 67500 c. 33622 a. 565.5 sq m
b. 57200 d. 40250 b. 325.2 sq m
c. 425.3 sq m
d. 753.2 sq m Find the volume of a cone to be constructed from a sector
having a diameter of 72 cm and a central angle of 150
A sphere having a diameter of 30 cm is cut into 2 degrees.
segments. The altitude of the first segment is 6 cm. What is a. 12312.2 cu cm
the ratio of the area of the second segment to the first? b. 42532 cu cm
a. 4:1 c. 1:4 c. 13503.4 cu cm
b. 1:2 d. 2:1 d. 1215.32 cu cm
If the edge of a cube is increased by 30%, by how much is Find the volume of a cone to be constructed from a sector
the surface area increased? having a diameter of 72 cm and a central angle of 210
a. 3.03% c. 10% degrees.
b. 69% d. 33.1% a. 1234.15 cu cm
Each side of a cube is increased by 1%. By what percent is b. 8651.23 cu cm
the volume of the cube increased? c. 1454.25 cu cm
a. 3.03% c. 10% d. 7710.88 cu cm
b. 69% d. 33.1% A conical vessel has a height of 24 cm and a base diameter
Given a sphere of diameter d, what is the percentage of 12 cm. It holds water to a depth of 18 cm above its
increase in its diameter when the surface area increases by vertex. Find the volume of its contents.
21%? a. 124.53 cu cm
a. 3.03% c. 10% b. 452.32 cu cm
b. 69% d. 33.1% c. 381.70 cu cm
d. 213.25 cu cm
Given a sphere of diameter d, what is the percentage
increase in its volume when the surface area increases by What is the height of a right circular cone having a slant
21%? height of sqrt(10x) and a base diameter of 2x?
a. 3.03% c. 10% a. 2x
b. 69% d. 33.1% b. 5x
c. 3x
How does the volume of a sphere increase if the radius is d. 4x
doubled?
a. 2 times c. 4 times
b. 3 times d. 8 times
A circular cone having an altitude of 9 m is divided into 2
segments having the same vertex. If the smaller altitude is
6 m, find the ratio of the volume of the small cone to the
big cone.
a. 0.296
b. 1.256
c. 2.345
d. 0.956
 b. 222.22 cu ft d. 421 cu ft

PLUMBING ARITHMETIC 7
A circular cylinder with a volume of 6.54 cu m is
The ratio of the volume to the lateral area of a right circular circumscribed about a right prism whose base is an
cone is 2:1. If the altitude is 15 cm, what is the ratio of the equilateral triangle of side 1.25 m. What is the altitude of
slant height to the radius? the cylinder in meters?
a. 2/5 c. 1/4 a. 2 m c. 6 m
b. 5/2 d. 1/2 b. 4 m d. 8 m

A regular triangular pyramid has an altitude of 9 m and a A circular cylinder is circumscribed about a right prism
volume of 187.06 cu m. What is the base edge in meters? having a square base one meter on an edge. The volume of
a. 10 m c. 14 m the cylinder is 6.283 cu m. Find its altitude in meters.
b. 12 m d. 18 m a. 2 m c. 6 m
b. 4 m d. 8 m
The volume of the frustum of a regular triangular pyramid
is 135 cu m. The lower base is an equilateral triangle with The bases of a right prism are hexagons with each side
an edge of 9 m. The upper base is 8 m above the lower equal to 6 cm. The bases are 12 cm apart. What is the
base. What is the upper base edge in meters? volume of the right prism?
a. 2 m c. 3 m a. 922.4 cu m
b. 5 m d. 4 m b. 822.4 cu m
c. 1022.4 cu m
What is the volume of a frustum of a cone whose upper d. 1122.4 cu m
base is 15 cm in diameter and lower base is 10 cm in
diameter with an altitude of 25 cm? Two vertical conical tanks are joined at the vertices by a
a. 3108.87 cu cm pipe. Initially, the bigger tank is full of water. The pipe valve
b. 1221.52 cu cm is open to allow water flow to the smaller tank until it is full.
c. 1153.21 cu cm At the moment, how deep is the water in the bigger tank?
d. 1825.23 cu cm The bigger tank has a diameter of 6 ft and a height of 8 ft.
Neglect the volume of water in the pipeline.
In a portion of an electrical railway cutting, the areas of a. cube root of 160 ft
cross section taken every 50 m are 2556, 2619, 2700, 2610 b. cube root of 180 ft
and 2484 sq m. Find its volume. c. cube root of 169 ft
a. 422600 cu m d. cube root of 200 ft
b. 253245 cu m
c. 522600 cu m The central angle of a spherical wedge is 1 radian. Find its
d. 751425 cu m volume if its radius is 1 unit.
a. 1/3 cu units
Determine the volume of a right truncated triangular prism b. 2/3 cu units
with the following definitions: Let the corners of the c. 4/3 cu units
triangular base be defined by A, B and C. The length of AB d. 2/5 cu units
= 10 ft, BC = 9 ft, and CA = 12 ft. The sides A, B, and C are
perpendicular to the triangular base and have the heights A regular octahedron has an edge of 2 m. Find its volume.
of 8.6 ft, 7.1 ft, and 5.5 ft, respectively. a. 3.77 cu m
a. 111.53 cu ft c. 311 cu ft b. 4.55 cu m
c. 5.23 cu m Today is Monday, what day is it after 61 days?
d. 2.33 cu m a. Wednesday
b. Saturday
Which of the numbers below is the decimal equivalent of c. Sunday
3/8? d. Thursday
a. 0.38 c. 0.375
b. 0.125 d. 0.83
There are six gumballs in a bag – two red and four green. Once a month, Cosme put some money into a piggy bank.
Six children take turns picking a gumball out of the bag Each month he put 50 centavos more into the piggy bank
without looking. They do not return any gumballs to the than the month before. After 12 years he counted the
bag. What is the probability that the first two children to money and has P5436.00. How much money did he put in
pick from the bag pick the red gumballs? the piggy bank in the first month?
a. 1/3 c. 1/9 a. 1 c. 3
b. 1/8 d. 1/15 b. 2 d. 4
Solve for x: 4 – (2/3)*x = 2x What is the sum of three geometric means between 2 and
a. x = 3 c. x = 3/2 162?
b. x = -3 d. x = -3/2 a. 28 c. 78
A tank is filled with an intake pipe that fills it in 2 hours and b. 75 d. 48
an outlet pipe that empties it in 6 hours. If both pipes are The sum of the first 10 terms of a geometric progression 2,
left open, how long will it take to fill up the empty tank? 4, 8, 16 … is _______.
a. 1 c. 2 a. 2046 c. 4856
b. 3 d. 4 b. 3926 d. 5856
One pipe can fill a tank in 6 hours and another pipe can fill A squirrel and a half eat a nut and a half in a day and a
the same tank in 3 hours. A drain can empty the tank in 24 half. How many nuts do six squirrels eat in 6 days?
hours. With all the pipes open, how long will it take to fill a. 20 c. 24
the tank? b. 39 d. 12
a. 1.18 c. 2.18
b. 3.18 d. 4.18 A man wishes to save money by putting in a piggy bank 1
peso the first day, 2 pesos the second day, 4 pesos the
A laborer can finish a job in 4 days. Another laborer can third day and so on. What is the total amount of money
finish the same job in 6 days. If both laborers plus a third saved at the end of the month which has 30 days?
laborer can finish the job in 2 days, how long will it take for a. 1073741823
the third laborer to finish the job alone? b. 2073741823
a. 10 hours c. 14 hours c. 3073741823
b. 12 hours d. 16 hours d. 4073741823
Mike, Louie and Joy can mow the lawn in 4, 6, and 7 hours, A man rows downstream at the rate of 5 mph and upstream
respectively. What fraction of the yard can they mow in 1 at the rate of 2 mph. How far downstream should he go if
hour if they work together? he is to return in 7/4 hours after leaving?
a. 17/84 c. 27/84 a. 4.5 c. 1.5
b. 47/84 d. 0.75 b. 2.5 d. 3.5
A man can row his canoe at the rate of 5 miles per hour in a. 103 c. 233
still water. He rows upstream for 15 minutes and then rows b. 113 d. 243
downstream, returning to his starting point in another 12
minutes. What is the rate of the current in miles per hour? A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days,
a. 0.34 mph respectively. In how many days can A do the work if he is
b. 2.0 mph assisted by B and C on every third day?
c. 0.56 mph a. 12 days
d. 1.56 mph b. 15 days
c. 16 days
Given 9x + 11x + 13x + … + 49x = 1218, find x. d. 18 days
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4 The inside walls and bottom of a concrete tank must be
plastered. The floor of the tank is 25 feet long by 15 feet
Which of the following statements is true? wide. If the tank is 12 feet deep and does not have a top,
a. All squares are rectangles and rhombuses. how many square feet must be plastered?
b. All rectangles are rhombuses, but not all rhombuses are a. 1335 sq ft
rectangles. b. 1355 sq ft
c. All squares are parallelograms, but not all squares are c. 1535 sq ft
rectangles. d. 1555 sq ft
d. All rhombuses are parallelograms and all parallelograms
are rhombuses. Two cars left at 8 am, from the same point, one traveling
east at 50 mph and the other traveling south at 60 mph. At
Find two consecutive even integers such that the square of what time will they be 300 miles apart?
the larger is 44 greater than the square of the smaller a. 11:42 am
integer. b. 11:51 am
a. 6 & 8 c. 12 & 14 c. 12:01 pm
b. 10 & 12 d. 14 & 16 d. 12:02 pm
How many kilograms of water must be evaporated from 10 A right triangle with sides 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm is rotated at
kg of 9% salt solution to produce a 25% salt solution? the side of 3 cm to form a cone. The volume of the cone so
a. 6.6 c. 6.2 formed is:1 point
b. 6.4 d. 6.0 a. 37.70 cu cm
b. 47.12 cu cm
A 50000 gallon tank receives 250000-gpd flow. What is the c. 50.26 cu cm
detention time in hours? d. 62.83 cu cm
a. 6.1 hours
b. 5.4 hours A water tank is filled with water to a height of 3.2 m above
c. 4.8 hours the orifice which is connected at the side of the tank. If the
d. 4.2 hours orifice is 3.5 m above the ground, find the time for the
water to hit the ground.
Find the 21st term of the arithmetic progression if its 11th a. 0.81 sec c. 0.85 sec
term is 53 and the 17th term is 71. b. 0.75 sec d. 0.95 sec
a. 73 c. 93
b. 83 d. 103
Which one of the following is not a prime number?
A trough having an equilateral triangle and section has b. 194 kW d. 162 HP
sides equal to 0.4 m. If the trough is full of water and is 8 m
long, compute the volume of water in the trough. The interior of 1275 feet of 60-inch pipe is uniformly coated
a. 0.554 cu m with 2.75 inches of grease. How many gallons will this pipe
b. 0.654 cu m hold when filled with water?
c. 0.754 cu m a. 154446 c. 26541375
d. 0.854 cu m b. 33811 d. 172178

A stone is projected from the ground with a velocity of 15 If flow through a 10-in pipe is 722 gpm, what is the velocity
m/s at an angle of 30 degrees with the horizontal ground. in feet per second?
How high in feet will it rise? Use g = 9.81 m/s2. a. 5 ft/sec c. 3 ft/sec
a. 9.40 ft c. 7.40 ft b. 8 ft/sec d. 2 ft/sec
b. 8.40 ft d. 6.40 ft An 8-in main line needs to be flushed. The length of
pipeline to be flushed is 250 ft. How many minutes will it
A pole cast a shadow of 15 meters long when the angle of take to flush the line at 25 gpm?
elevation of the sun is 61 degrees. If the pole has leaned 15 a. 7 min c. 26 min
degrees from the vertical directly toward the sun, what is b. 31 min d. 13 min
the length of the pole? Calculate the pounds per square inch pressure at the
a. 45.23 m c. 65.23 m bottom of a tank if the water level is 33.11 ft deep.
b. 54.23 m d. 53.23 m a. 33.1 psi c. 14.3 psi
The surface area of a sphere is 4 pi r^2. Find the b. 76.5 psi d. 28.6 psi
percentage increase in its diameter when the surface area An observer 1.6 m tall is 203 m away from a tower. The
increases by 21%. angle of elevation from his eye to the top of the tower is 30
a. 5% c. 15% degrees. The height of the tower is:
b. 10% d. 20% a. 21.60 m c. 24.72 m
A repair job can be done by 7 people in 8.5 hours. How long b. 23.20 m d. 25.15 m
will it take for 4 people to complete the same job? Three circles of radii 110 m, 70 m, and 55 m are tangent to
a. 4 hr 30 min c. 14 hr 53 min one another. What is the area of the triangle formed by
b. 14 hr 9 min d. 4 hr 51 min joining the centers of the circles?
During a 24-hour period, a lift station in a system serving a a. 9967 sq m
community of 27000 people pumped 5000 gpm of waste b. 9976 sq m
water. What was the quantity of waste water generated per c. 9986 sq m
capita expressed on a daily basis? Assume the pump d. 9996 sq m
station ran 10 hours on the day in question. A normal to a given plane is:
a. 420 lpd c. 1008 lpd a. Lying on the plane
b. 195 lpd d. 78 lpd b. Coplanar
A pump has a capacity of 8500 gpm and lifts wastewater c. Perpendicular to the plane
against a total head of 39 ft. If the pump efficiency is 85%, d. Parallel to the plane
what size kW motor is required?
a. 95 kW c. 74 kW
Three circles of radii 110 m, 70 m, and 55 m are tangent to The plumbing fixture unit is equivalent to
one another. What is the area of the triangle formed by a. 7.5 liters/min c. 7.5 gpm
joining the centers of the circles? b. 7.5 psi d. 7.5 cfm
a. 9967 sq m
b. 9976 sq m A tank is 60’ x 80’ x 10’ and the flow is 2.0 mgd. What is
c. 9986 sq m the detention time in hours?
d. 9996 sq m a. 3.3 hours
b. 4.3 hours
What is the total surface area of a right circular cone of c. 5.3 hours
height 14 cm and base radius 7 cm? d. 6.3 hours
a. 344.35 sq cm
b. 462 sq cm The curved surface area of a cylindrical pillar is 264 sq m
c. 498.35 sq cm and its volume is 924 cu m. Find the ratio of its diameter to
d. 489.53 sq cm its height.
a. 3:7 c. 6:7
The absorption of ink by blotting paper involves which b. 7:3 d. 7:6
phenomenon?
a. Siphon action Let a thin capillary tube be replaced with another tube of
b. Diffusion of ink through the blotting insufficient length. What will happen to the water?
c. Viscosity of ink a. Depressed
d. Capillary action phenomenon b. Will overflow
c. Change its meniscus
A tank is 100’ in diameter and 22 feet deep. If the flow into d. Will not rise
the tank is 1500 gpm and the flow out of the tank is 300
gpm, how many hours will it take to fill the tank? A right circular cone has a volume of 21 pi and a height of
a. 17.9 hours 7. Find the area of its base.
b. 18.9 hours a. 6 pi c. 9
c. 19.9 hours b. 9 pi d. 36
d. 20.9 hours Mario’s hats are four more than Alex’s hats and one-half
The top of a light house is 230 feet above the sea. How far that of Miguel’s hats. If the total number of hats is 24, how
away is an object which is just on the horizon? Assume the many hats does Miguel have?
earth is a sphere of radius 3956 miles. a. 14 c. 3
a. 16.56 miles b. 7 d. 16
b. 17.56 miles Two flies flew at the same time from the same point in
c. 18.56 miles different directions. One fly flew at 0.7 m/s and the other fly
d. 20.56 miles flew at 0.5 m/s. If the angle between their paths is 85
On 8th Feb 2005, it was Tuesday. What was the day of the degrees, find their distance after 2.5 seconds.
week on 8th Feb 2004? a. 2.06 m c. 1.81 m
a. Tuesday b. 2.34 m d. 3.0 m
b. Monday A plane section cut from a right circular cone by a plane
c. Sunday perpendicular to the base of the cone is:
d. Wednesday a. Parabola c. Hyperbola
b. Circle d. Ellipse
What is the volume of a spherical sector with angle 60 A government employee has a monthly salary of P1990. He
degrees in a sphere of radius 30 cm? rendered an overtime of 25 hours for two weeks. What was
a. 7576 cc c. 8212 cc his overtime pay if the number of working days for the
b. 7934 cc d. 7222 cc month was 22 days?
a. P269 c. P270
A nozzle with a radius of 0.250 cm is attached to a garden b. P280 d. P282
hose with a radius of 0.900 cm. The flow rate through hose
and nozzle is 0.500 L/s. Calculate the speed of the water (a) Why are metals good conductors of electricity?
in the hose and (b) in the nozzle. a. They contain free electrons
a. 2.95, 26.5 b. The atoms are lightly packed
b. 0.95, 25.2 c. They have high melting points
c. 1.95, 25.5 d. All of the above
d. 0.95, 26.2
In 100 m race, A covers the distance in 36 seconds and B in
A lift station sewage pump initially costs $20000. Annual 45 seconds. In this race A beats B by:
maintenance costs are $300. The pump salvage value is 10 a. 20 m c. 22.5 m
percent of the initial cost in 20 years. Using 4% interest, b. 25 m d. 9 m
the annual cost of the pump is most nearly:
a. $1200 A football stadium’s floodlights can spread its illumination
b. $1705 over an angle of 45 degrees to a distance of 55 m.
c. $1772 Determine the maximum area that is floodlit.
d. $1840 a. 1188 sq m c. 2288 sq m
b. 1278 sq m d. 3388 sq m
By what percentage will the area of a circle be increased if
its radius is doubled?
a. 57% c. 100% The central angle of 45 degrees subtends an arc of 12 cm.
b. 300% d. 29% What is the radius of the circle?
a. 15.28 c. 24.35
Find the central angle subtended by a circular arc of radius b. 14.25 d. 9.35
720 cm if the chord is 1107 cm long.
a. 90.20 degrees A railroad is to be laid off in a circular path. What should be
b. 100.48 degrees the radius if the track is to change direction by 30 degrees
c. 50.50 degrees at a distance of 157.08 m?
d. 85.40 degrees a. 200 c. 450
b. 300 d. 150
When a solid (ice and snow) changes into water vapor (gas)
without moving through the liquid phase, the process is Given f(x) = (x + 3) (x + 4) + 4, when f(x) is divided by (x –
called k), the remainder is k. Find k.
a. Condensation c. Deposition a. 4 c. 5
b. Evaporation d. Sublimation b. 2 d. 1

A handbag costs P488.00 after having a 20% discount. Find What is the perimeter of a triangle with sides 7, 9, and 10
the original cost of the bag. units?
a. Php 640 c. Php 610 a. 25 c. 27
b. Php 700 d. Php 660 b. 26 d. 29
A meter indicates water is flowing from a fire hydrant at 2.6 c. Technological assessment
cfm. How many gallons will flow from the hydrant if it is d. Material count
flushed for 35 minutes?
a. 910 gal A market whereby there is only one buyer of an item for
b. 681 gal which there is no good substitute.
c. 91 gal a. Monopsony
d. 20 gal b. Monopoly
c. Oligopoly
What capacity blower is required to ventilate a manhole d. Oligopsony
60” in diameter and 53’ deep, if 23 air changes are
required every 36 minutes? A formal organization of producers within industry forming
a. 664 cfm a perfect competition purposely formed to increase profit
b. 173 cfm and block new comers from the industry.
c. 3120 cfm a. Cartel
d. 1248 cfm b. Monopoly
c. Corporation
What is the pressure head at a fire hydrant in feet if the d. Competitors
pressure gauge reads 121 psi?
a. 141 ft c. 52 ft The amount which has been spent or capital invested which
b. 86 ft d. 280 ft for some reasons cannot be retrieved.
a. Sunk cost
If a pump outputs 625 gpm against a total dynamic head of b. Fixed cost
211 feet and the pump is 71% efficient, what is the brake c. Depletion cost
HP? Assume the fluid being pumped has a specific gravity d. Construction cost
of 1.12.
a. 4.2 HP c. 32.3 HP A wrong act that causes injury to a person or property and
b. 52.6 HP d. 26.5 HP for which allows a claim by the injured party to recover
damages.
It is defined to be the capacity of a commodity to satisfy a. Fraud c. Libel
human want. b. Tort d. Scam
a. Necessity c. Luxuries
b. Utility d. Discount The quantity of a certain commodity that is offered for sale
at a certain price at a given place and time.
It is the stock that has prior to dividends. It usually does not a. Utility
bring voting rights to the owners but the dividend is fixed b. Supply
and cannot be higher than the specified amount. c. Stock
a. Common stock d. Goods
b. Voting stock
c. Preferred stock A market situation in which two competing buyers exert
d. Non par value stock controlling influence over many sellers.
a. Bilateral monopoly
Consists of the actual counting or determination of the b. Oligopoly
actual quantity of the materials on hand as of a given date. c. Duopsony
a. Physical inventory d. Duopoly
b. Material update
The right and privilege granted to an individual or What market situation exists where there is only one buyer
corporation to do business in a certain region. and only one seller?
a. Permit a. Monopsony c. Bilateral
b. Royalty monopsony
c. License b. Monopoly d. Bilateral monopoly
d. Franchise
What is the market situation existing when there are many
What are the two dissatisfactions of goods and services? buyers and many sellers?
a. Local and imported a. Perfect competition c. Oligopsony
b. Raw and finished b. Oligopoly d. Monopoly
c. Consumer and producer
d. Ready-made and made-to-order If there are many sellers and few buyers, the market
situation is _______.
The center of a circle is at (1, 1) and one point on its a. Duopsony c. Oligopsony
circumference is (-1, -3). Find the other end of the diameter b. Oligopoly d. Monopoly
through (-1, -3).
a. (3, 3) What refers to the goods and services that are designed by
b. (1, 3) humans and will be acquired only after all the needs have
c. (3, 5) been satisfied?
d. (-3, -5) a. Producer products c. Luxury
b. Consumer products d. Necessity
How many committees of two chemists and one physicist
can be formed from 4 chemists and 3 physicists? What refers to the exchange mechanism that brings
a. 12 c. 18 together the sellers and the buyers of a product, factor of
b. 42 d. 8 production or financial security?
a. Mall c. Store
Determine the diameter and circumference of a circle if an b. Market d. Office
arc of length 4.75 cm subtends an angle of 0.91 radians.
a. 32.80 cm What is considered as the basic consuming or demanding
b. 33.3 cm unit of a commodity?
c. 6.23 cm a. Seller
d. 8.21 cm b. Manufacturer
c. Producer
PLUMBING ARITHMETIC 8 d. Buyer or consumer

What refers to the goods and services that are required to What is defined as an entity which makes products, goods
support human life, needs and activities? or services available to buyer or consumer in exchange of
a. Producer products c. Luxury monetary consideration?
b. Consumer products d. Necessity a. Seller c. Producer
b. Manufacturer d. Buyer or consumer
What market situation exists where there are few sellers
and few buyers? What is defined as any tangible economic activity that
a. Oligopoly c. Bilateral oligopoly contributes directly or indirectly to the satisfaction of
b. Oligopsony d. Bilateral human want?
oligopsony a. Services c. Commodities
b. Goods d. Goods or commodities
It is where the original record of a business transaction is output of an industry is supplied by a single producer so
recorded. that the supply costs are lower under monopoly than under
a. Ledger c. Journal perfect competition.
b. Spreadsheet d. Logbook a. Perfect monopoly c. Natural monopoly
b. Bilateral monopoly d. Ordinary
The length of time which the property may be operated at monopoly
a profit.
a. Life span c. Operating life When one of the factors of production is fixed in quantity or
b. Economic life d. Profitable life is difficult to increase, increasing the other factors of
production will result in a less than proportionate increase
What is defined as the analysis and evaluation of the in output. This statement is known as the:
monetary consequences by using the theories and a. Law of diminishing returns
principles of economics to engineering applications, b. Law of supply
designs and projects? c. Law of demand
a. Economic analysis c. Engineering d. Law of supply and demand
economy
b. Engineering cost analysis d. Design cost One banker’s year is equivalent to _______ days.
analysis a. 300 c. 365
b. 360 d. 366
What is considered as the standard unit which forms the
basis of a country’s domestic money supply? What refers to the cumulative effect of elapsed time on the
a. Monetary unit c. Foreign exchange money value of an event, based on the earning power of
b. Currency d. Cash or check equivalent invested funds capital should or will earn?
a. Present worth factor c. Time value of
What is defined as any tangible economic product that money
contributes directly or indirectly to the satisfaction of b. Interest rate d. Yield
human want?
a. Services c. Commodities What refers to the present worth of the probable future net
b. Goods d. Goods or commodities earnings?
a. Total fair value c. Going concern value
What is the opposite of perfect competition? b. Total market value d. Earning value
a. Monopsony c. Oligopsony
b. Oligopoly d. Monopoly What refers to the amount of money paid for the use of
borrowed capital?
Perfect monopoly exists only if: a. Interest c. Simple interest
a. The single vendor can prevent the entry of all other b. Rate of interest d. Principal
vendors in the market.
b. The single vendor gets the absolute franchise of the What refers to the need, want or desire for a product
product. backed by the money to purchase it?
c. The single vendor is the only one who has the permit to a. Supply c. Product
sell. b. Demand d. Good
d. The single vendor is the only one who has the knowledge
of the product. What refers to the amount of a product made available for
sale?
It is a market situation where economies of scale are so a. Supply
significant that costs are only minimized when the entire b. Demand
c. Product b. Paid-off capital d. Investment
d. Good
The total income equals the total operating cost.
Under conditions of perfect competition, the price at which a. Balance sheet
any given product will be supplied and purchased is the b. In-place value
price that will result in the supply and the demand being c. Check and balance
equal. This statement is known as the: d. Break-even – no gain no loss
a. Law of diminishing returns c. Law of demand
b. Law of supply d. Law of supply and
demand Kind of obligation which has no condition attached.
a. Analytic c. Gratuitous
What is defined as the interest on a load or principal that is b. Pure d. Private
based only on the original amount of the loan or principal?
a. Effective rate of interest c. Compound Direct labor costs incurred in the factory and direct
interest material costs are the costs of all materials that go into
b. Nominal rate of interest d. Simple interest production. The sum of these two direct costs is known as:
a. GS and A expenses c. Prime cost
Under ordinary simple interest, how many days are in one b. Operating and maintenance costs d. None of the above
year?
a. 300 c. 365 It is an amount which a willing buyer will pay to a willing
b. 360 d. 366 seller for the property where each has equal advantage and
is under no compulsion to buy or sell.
What refers to the ratio of the interest payment to the a. Book value c. Use value
principal for a given unit of time and usually expressed as a b. Market value d. Fair value
percentage of the principal?
a. Return of investment c. Yield It is the loss of value of the equipment with use over a
b. Interest rate d. Rate of return period of time. It could mean a difference in value between
a new asset and the used asset currently in a service.
Aside from many sellers and many buyers, which one is a a. Loss c. Extracted
characteristic of a perfect competition? b. Depreciation d. Gain
a. Homogeneous product
b. Free market entry and exit Calculate the pounds per square inch pressure at the
c. Perfect information and absence of all economic friction bottom of a tank if the water level is 33.11 ft deep.
d. All of the above a. 33.1 psi c. 14.3 psi
b. 76.5 psi d. 28.6 psi
What is defined as the investment of loan or principal which
is based not only on the original amount of the loan or If one-third of one-fourth of a number is 15, then three-
principal but the amount of loan or principal plus the tenths of that number is:
accumulated interest? a. 35 c. 45
a. Effective rate of interest c. Compound b. 36 d. 54
interest A ball is dropped into a manhole. 2 minutes 18 seconds
b. Nominal rate of interest d. Simple interest later, it is observed 500’ away in a downstream manhole.
Grand total of the assets and operational capability of a What is the velocity of the flow in fps?
corporation. a. 3.62 fps c. 3.90 fps
a. Authorized capital c. Subscribed capital b. 6.22 fps d. 1.59 fps
Two columns of water are filled completely at sea level to a b. 22.7 ft d. 70.3 ft
height of 88 ft. Column A is 0.5 in in diameter. Column B is
5 in in diameter. What will the two pressure gauges, each Twenty men can finish the job in 30 days. Twenty-five men
attached to the bottom of each column, read? were hired at the start and 10 quits after 20 days. How
a. a = 38 psi, b = 38 psi c. a = 8.8 psi, b = many days will it take to finish the job?
88 psi a. 30 days c. 25 days
b. a = 3.8 psi, b = 38 psi d. a = 20.3 psi, b = 20.3 b. 27 days d. 15 days
psi If 9x = 81, what is the value of x?
a. 1 c. 3
What should the flow meter read in gallons per minute, if a b. 2 d. 4
12-in diameter main is to be flushed at 5.0 fps?
a. 1762 gpm c. 3920 gpm What is the ratio of the length of the diagonals of a cube to
b. 2900 gpm d. 3600 gpm its side?
Look at this series: 22, 21, 23, 22, 24, 23… What number a. Square root of 3 c. 2 square root of 3
should come next? b. 1/2 d. Square root of 2
a. 22 c. 25 If two bodies of different masses, initially at rest, are acted
b. 24 d. 26 upon by the same force at the same time, then what will be
A flagstaff 17.5 m high casts a shadow of length 40.25 m. the same in both bodies?
The height of the building, which casts a shadow of length a. Velocity c. Kinetic energy
28.75 m under similar conditions will be: b. Acceleration d. Momentum
a. 10.00 m c. 17.50 m A man completes a journey in 10 hours. He travels the first
b. 12.50 m d. 21.25 m half of the journey at the rate of 21 km/hr and the second
A centrifugal pump delivers 1890 liters per minute against half at the rate of 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in km.
a head of 300 feet with a combined pump and motor a. 220 c. 230
efficiency of 70%. What is the cost of the electrical power b. 224 d. 234
required to operate the pump 12 hours per day for 2 A father said to his son, “I was as old as you are at the
months? Assume each month has 31 days. The electrical present at the time of your birth.” If the father’s age is 38
cost is $0.06 per kWh. years now, the son’s age five years back was:
a. $1798 c. $925 a. 14 years old c. 33 years old
b. $1405 d. $775 b. 19 years old d. 38 years old
Each dimension of a cube has been increased to twice its Two interesting circles with radius 2 and 3 with center to
original size. If the new cube has a volume of 64000 cubic center distance 4, and length of common chord.
centimeters, what is the area of one face of the original a. 2.9 c. 5.9
cube? b. 5.7 d. 6.75
a. 400 sq cm c. 420 sq cm
b. 410 sq cm d. 390 sq cm A grocer sells peanuts for $3.20 per lb and a mix of fancy
nuts for $5.60 per lb. He wants to make 20 pounds of a new
Find the total head in feet for a pump with a total static mix that will sell for $4.00 per pound. How many pounds of
head of 19 ft and a head loss of 3.7 ft. each does he need?
a. 15.3 ft c. 5.1 ft a. 13.33 & 6.667
b. 13.44 & 6.888 b. 8.88 d. 6.24
c. 13.55 & 6.555
d. 13.66 & 6.333 The arithmetic mean of 80 numbers is 55. If two numbers
namely 250 and 850 are removed, what is the arithmetic
A cistern of capacity 8000 liters measures externally 3.3 m mean of the remaining numbers?
by 2.6 m by 1.1 m and its walls are 5 cm thick. The a. 45.37
thickness of the bottom is: b. 42.31
a. 90 cm c. 1 m c. 40.23
b. 1 dm d. 1.1 cm d. 30.33
A map with a scale of 0.875 inches = 100 feet indicates Find the mean proportional of 4 and 36.
that manhole A is 11.20 inches from manhole B. What is a. 10 c. 8
the actual distance between the manholes? b. 12 d. 7
a. 1280.0 ft c. 2343.8 ft
b. 881.3 ft d. 980.0 ft Find the 30th term of the arithmetic progression 4, 7, 10, …
a. 90 c. 92
How many gallons of 6.00% sodium hypochlorite solution b. 91 d. 94
are needed to disinfect a 1.0-ft diameter pipeline that is
752 ft long? The required dosage is 25.0 mg/L.
a. 0.92 gal c. 15.3 gal The perimeter of a rectangle is 148 feet. Its two longest
b. 1.84 gal d. 4.43 psi sides add up to 86 feet. What is the length of each of its
two shortest sides?
The following flows were recorded for the months of a. 12 feet c. 6 feet
February, March, and April. Feb = 197.3 cfs, March = b. 31 feet d. 4 feet
100186.2 gpm, April = 255.7 mgd. What was the average
daily flow for this three-month period? What do you call any particular raw material or primary
a. 127.3 mgd c. 4.7 mgd product such as cloth, wool, flour, coffee, etc.?
b. 175.8 mgd d. 527.2 mgd a. Utility c. Commodity
b. Necessity d. Stock
A boat can go 10 miles upstream in 30 minutes. The return
trip downstream takes only 20 minutes. What are the What refers to the cost of borrowing money or the amount
speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the current earned by a unit principal per unit time?
in mph? a. Yield rate
a. 35, 5 c. 45, 5 b. Rate of return
b. 25, 5 d. 25, 15 c. Rate of interest
d. Economic return
Jennifer takes 4 hours to do a job. John takes 6 hours to do
the same job. Working together, how many hours will it What is the term for an annuity with a fixed time span?
take them to do the job? a. Ordinary annuity
a. 5/12 hours c. 12 hours b. Perpetuity
b. 12/5 hours d. 5 hours c. Annuity certain
d. Annuity due
A plane passes through the diameter of the upper base of a
cylinder and is tangent to the lower base. If r = h = 2, find What is the type of annuity where the payments are made
the area of this section. at the beginning of each period starting from the first
a. 4.44 c. 7.77 period?
a. Ordinary annuity a. -3/2 c. 5/2
b. Perpetuity b. 3/2 d. -5/2
c. Annuity due
d. Deferred annuity Find the value of m such that L1, L2 and L3 meet each
other at one point.
If the points (-2, 3), (x, y) ad (-3, 5) lie on a straight line,
then the equation of the line is _______. L1: x – y = 1
a. 5x + y + 1 = 0
b. 2x + 3y + 1 = 0 L2: 2x + y = 5
c. 2x – 3y – 1 = 0
d. 2x + y + 1 = 0 L3: (2m – 5)x – my = 3
The equation of a line that intercepts the x-axis at x = 4 a. 11/3 c. 15/4
and the y-axis at y = -6 is b. -13/3 d. 13/3
a. 3x – 2y = -6 What is the equation of the line that passes thru (4, 0) and
b. 3x – 2y = 6 is parallel to the line x – y – 2 = 0?
c. 3x + 2y = 12 a. x + y = 4 c. x – y = 4
d. 3x – 2y = 12 b. x – y = -4 d. –x + y = 4
A line with an inclination of 45 degrees passes through (- Find the equation of the line through point (3, 1) and is
5/2, -9/2). What is the x-coordinate of a point on the line if perpendicular to the line x + 5y + 5 = 0.
its y-coordinate is 6? a. 5x – y = 14
a. 5 c. 8 b. 3x – 2y = -4
b. 7 d. 12 c. 2x – 5y = 14
Find the equation of the line passing through the origin and d. -5x + 2y = 8
with a slope of 6. Two horns A and B sound every 34 minutes and 38
a. 3y – 6x = 0 minutes, respectively. They sound together at 7:00 in the
b. 2y – 6x = 0 morning. At what time will the two horns sound together
c. y – 3x = 0 again?
d. y – 6x = 0 a. 2:46 pm c. 4:46 pm
Find the equation of the line if the x-intercept and y- b. 3:46 pm d. 5:46 pm
intercept are -2 and 4, respectively. What is the lowest common factor of 10 and 32?
a. y – 2x – 4 = 0 a. 2 c. 5
b. y – 4x – 2 = 0 b. 3 d. 4
c. y – 2x + 4 = 0
d. y + 4x – 4 = 0 If 16 is 4 more than 4x, find 5x – 1.
a. 12 c. 15
Determine B such that 3x + 2y – 7 = 0 is perpendicular to b. 31 d. 14
2x – By + 2 = 0.
a. 1 c. 3 Ten less than four times a certain number is 14. Determine
b. 2 d. 4 the number.
a. 2 c. 6
The line 2x – 3y + 2 = 0 is perpendicular to another line L2 b. 3 d. 8
of unknown equation. Find the slope of L2.
How many permutations are there of all three of letters a, b An arithmetic progression starts with 1, has 9 terms, and
and c? the middle term is 21. Determine the sum of the first 9
a. 2 c. 6 terms.
b. 3 d. 8 a. 175 c. 189
b. 245 d. 169
Four names are drawn from the 24 members of a club for
the offices of President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and An auditorium has 20 rows of seats. There are 20 seats in
Secretary. In how many different ways can this be done? the first row, 21 seats in the second row, 22 seats in the
a. 155024 third row, and so on. How many seats are there in all 20
b. 255024 rows?
c. 235024 a. 490 c. 290
d. 155054 b. 390 d. 590
Determine the angle, in degrees and minutes, subtended at How many feet of ribbon will a theatrical company need to
the center of a circle of diameter 42 mm by an arc of length tie off a performance area that is 34 feet long and 20 feet
36 mm. Calculate also the area of the minor sector formed. wide?
a. 78 sq mm a. 68 feet c. 108 feet
b. 178 sq mm b. 40 feet d. 74 feet
c. 278 sq mm
d. 378 sq mm What is the outer perimeter of a doorway shaped like a
rectangle with a semicircle on top, with the rectangular
What is the radius of a circle with the equation x^2 – 6x + part being 10 units high and 4 units wide?
y^2 – 4y – 12 = 0? a. 14 + 2 pi c. 24 + pi
a. 2 c. 5 b. 4 + 2 pi d. 24 + 2 pi
b. 3 d. 4
A small truck hauls poles from a substation stockyard to
The diameter of a circle described by 9x^2 + 9y^2 = 16 is pole sites along a proposed distribution line. The truck can
a. 8/3 c. 2/3 handle only one pole at a time. The first pole site is 150
b. 4/3 d. 3/2 meters from the substation and the poles are to be 50 m
apart. Determine the total distance traveled by the line
How far from the y-axis is the center of the curve 2x^2 + truck back and forth, after returning from delivering the
2y^2 + 10x – 6y – 55 = 0? 25th pole.
a. h = -2.5 and k = 1.5 a. 35.5 km
b. h = 2.5 and k = 1.5 b. 96.5 km
c. h = 2 and k = 2 c. 37.5 km
d. h = -2 and k = 3 d. 5.23 km
What is the distance between the centers of the circles x^2 A carpenter constructed a unique ladder with 9 rungs
+ y^2 + 2x + 4y – 3 = 0 and x^2 + y^2 + 2x + 4y = 3? whose length decreases uniformly from 24 cm at the base
a. 4.07 c. 1.27 to 18 cm at the top. What is the length of the 7th rung?
b. 7.07 d. 5.67 a. 17.5
Given the series 6 + 9 + 12 + 15 + … + 171, find the sum b. 19.5
of this series. c. 20.5
a. 3986 c. 4956 d. 40.3
b. 4527 d. 3485
What is the perimeter of a right triangle with legs
measuring 3 units and 4 units?
a. 12
b. 22
c. 6
d. 4
A parallelogram has an altitude of 8 units. The altitude
divides the longer side such that the longer section is twice
the shorter section. If the length of the longer side is 18
units, what is the perimeter of the parallelogram?
a. 54
b. 55
c. 56
d. 57

PLUMBING ARITHMETIC R1

One gpm is equal to ______?

a. 0.063 lps c. 0.2272 cmh
b. 449 cfs d. All of the above
A5-pointed star is also known as:
a. Pentagon c. Pentatron
b. Pentagram d. Quintagon
The normal to a given plane is:
a. Lying on the plane c. Perpendicular to
the plane
b. Coplanar d. Parallel to the plane
On 8th Feb, 2005 it was Tuesday. What was the day of the
week on 8th Feb, 2004?
a. Tuesday c. Sunday
b. Monday d. Wednesday
If two bodies of different masses, initially at rest, are acted c. All squares are parallelograms, but not all squares are
upon by the same force for the same time, then what will rectangles.
be the same in both bodies? d. All rhombuses are parallelograms and all parallelogram
a. Velocity c. Kinetic energy are rhombuses.
b. Acceleration d. Momentum
The statement “a+b = b+a” is a,
A plane section cut from a right circular cone by a plane a. Associative law of addition
perpendicular to the base of the cone is: b. Commutative law of addition
a. Parabola c. Hyperbola c. Associative law of multiplication
b. Circle d. Ellipse d. Commutative law of multiplication
1 atm is equal to _____? One kilowatt is equal to ______?
a. 406.8 in. of water c. 14.7 psi a. 1.34 hp c. 238.9 cal/s
b. 76 cm Hg d. All of the above b. 737.6 ft-lb/s d. All of the above
One liter per second is equal to _____ gpm? When a solid (ice and snow) changes into water vapor (gas)
a. 0.278 gpm c. 7.48 gpm without moving through the liquid phase, the process is
b. 15.85 gpm d. 264 gpm called
a. Condensation c. Deposition
What is so very special about the number 8549176320? b. Evaporation d. Sublimation
a. It’s a cyclic number
b. It’s a Fibonacci series 1 horsepower is equal to ____ ?
c. It is the largest number yet enumerated orally a. 2545 btu/hr c. 746 watts
d. It contains digits in an alphabetical order b. 550 ft-lb/s d. All of the above
The section of the sphere cut by a plane through its center
is termed as:
Why metals are good conductors of electricity? a. Small circle c. Big circle
a. They contain free electrons b. Semi-circle d. Great circle
b. The atoms are lightly packed
c. They have high melting point
d. All of the above One m3 is equal to ______?
a. 35.3 ft3 c. 9.81 kPa
Aline segment joining two points on a circle is called: b. 264.04 gal d. All of the above
a. Arc c. Sector
b. Tangent d. Chord One inch water column at 4 deg. C is equal ______?
a. 0.036 psi c. 250 Pa
Today is Monday. After 61 days, it will be: b. 250 Pa d. All of the above
a. Wednesday c. Sunday
b. Saturday d. Thursday In a regular polygon, the perpendicular line drawn from the
center of the inscribed circle to any one of the sides is
Which of the following statements is true? called:
a. All squares are rectangles and rhombuses. a. Radius c. Median
b. All rectangles are rhombuses, but not all rhombuses are b. Altitude d. Apothem
rectangles.
Its is amount of energy needed to cool or heat 1 lb of water The lessening of value of an asset due to the decrease in
by one degree F. the quantity available preferring to the natural resources?
a. Celsius c. Btu a. Depreciation c. Inflation
b. Rankine d. Calories b. Depletion d. Incremental cost
One CMH is equal to _____ ? Which of the following depreciation methods cannot have a
a. 0.588 cfm c. 0.278 lps salvage value of zero?
b. 4.4 gpm d. All of the above a. Declining balance method
b. Sinking fund method
For ordinary annuity, what is the value for periodic c. Straight line method
payment “A”? d. SYD method
a. Fi / (1+ i)^ n - 1
b. Pi / (1+ i)^ n - 1 Capitalized cost of any property is equal to the,
c. Fi / (1+ n)^ i - 1 a. Annual cost
d. Fi / 1+ (1+ i)^ n b. First cost + interest of the first cost
c. First cost + cost of perpetual maintenance
The chord passing through the focus of the parabola and d. First cost + salvage value
perpendicular to its axis is term as:
a. Directrix c. Latus rectum The ratio of the net income to the owners equity is known
b. Translated axis d. Asymptotes as,
a. Price-earning ratio
One btu/hr is equal to ______ kJ/hr? b. Profit margin ratio
a. 3.96 kJ/hr c. 4.40 kJ/hr c. Return of investment
b. 1.055 kJ/hr d. 3413 kJ/hr d. Gross margin
A polygon with 15 sides is called “When free competition exists the price of a product will be
a. Pentagon c. Pentadecagon that value where supply is equal to the demand”
b. Dodecagon d. Nonagon a. Law of diminishing return
Any number multiplied by _____ equals unity. b. Law of supply
a. Infinity c. Its reciprocal c. Law of demand
b. Itself d. Zero d. Law of supply and demand

An angle that measures from the horizontal upward to an

object is called Bond to which are attached coupons indicating the interest
a. Right angle c. Angle of elevation due and the date when such interest is to be paid,
b. Acute angle d. Angle of a. Registered bond
depression b. Coupon bond
c. Mortgage bond
Lands, buildings, plant and machinery are example of d. Collateral trust bond
a. Current assets c. Fixed assets
b. Trade investments d. Intangible assets A type of annuity where the payments are made at the end
of payment period starting from the first period,
An increase in the value of a capital asset is called a. Ordinary annuity
a. Profit c. Capital expenditure b. Annuity due
b. Capital gain d. Capital stock c. Deferred annuity
d. Perpetuity Worth of the property as shown in the accounting records
of an enterprise,
Scrap value of an asset is sometimes known as, a. Fair value c. Salvage value
a. Book value b. Market value d. Book value
b. Salvage value
c. Replacement value Gross profit, sale less cost of good sold, as a percentage of
d. Future value sales is called
a. Profit margin c. Net income
If an object is thrown vertically upward, its acceleration. b. Gross margin d. Rate of return
a. Is smaller than that of the object thrown vertically
downward The present worth of all depreciation over the economic life
b. Is equal to that of an object thrown vertically downward of the item is called
c. Greater than that of the object thrown vertically a. Book value
downward b. Capital recovery
d. Zero until the object reaches maximum point c. Depreciation recovery
d. Sinking fund
Define as the future value minus the present value.
a. Interest c. Discount The provision in the contract that indicates the possible
b. Rate of return d. Capital adjustment of material cost and labor cost.
a. Secondary clause c. Contingency
A market situation where there are only two buyers with clause
many sellers, b. Escalatory clause d. Main clause
a. Duopoly c. Duopsony
b. Oligopoly d. Oligopsony The length of time which the property may be operated at
a profit
A market situation where there are few sellers and few a. Physical life c. Operating life
buyers, b. Economic life d. All of the above
a. Oligopoly c. Bilateral oligopoly
b. Oligopsony d. Bilateral Liquid assets such as cash and other assets that can be
Oligopsony converted quickly into cash, such as accounts receivable
and merchandise are called
A market situation where there is one seller and one buyer, a. Total assets c. Current assets
a. Monopoly c. Bilateral monopoly b. Fixed assets d. None of the above
b. Monopsony d. Bilateral
monopsony Money paid for the use of borrowed capital.
a. Discount c. Interest
A market situation where there is one seller with many b. Credit d. Profit
buyer,
a. Monopoly c. Oligopoly The worth of the property equals to the original cost less
b. Monopsony d. Oligopsony depreciation.
a. Scrap value c. Market value
Those funds that are required to make the enterprise or b. Face value d. Book value
project a going concern,
a. Initial investments c. Working capital
b. Current accounts d. Subscribed capital Grand total of the assets and operational capability of a
corporation.
a. Authorized capital c. Subscribed capital Refers to the vertical speed at which the force of air
b. Investment d. Money market resistance is just sufficient to the balance the body’s
weight.
A condition where only few individuals produce a certain a. Gravitational acceleration c. Drag
product and that any action of one will lead to almost the b. Terminal speed d. Lift
same action of others.
a. Oligopoly c. Monopoly An association of two or more individuals for the purpose of
b. Semi-monopoly d. Perfect competition operating a business as co-owners for profit,
a. Sole proprietorship c. Partnership
These are products or services that are required to support b. Company d. Corporation
human life and activities that will be purchased in
somewhat the same quantity even though the price varies Decrease in the value of a physical property due to the
considerably, passage of time.
a. Utilities a. Inflation c. Recession
b. Necessities b. Depletion d. Depreciation
c. Luxuries
d. Product goods and services Type of ownership in business here individuals exercise and
enjoy the right in their own interest.
These are products or services that are desired by human a. Equitable c. Private
and will be purchase if money is available after the b. Public d. Pure
required necessities have been obtain,
a. Utilities What is the highest position in the corporation?
b. Necessities a. President c. Chairman of the Board
c. Luxuries b. Board of Directors d. Stockholders
d. Product goods and services Work-in process is classified as,
This occurs in a situation where a commodity or service is a. An asset c. An expenses
supplied by a number of vendor by a number of vendors b. A liability d. An owner’s equity
and there is nothing to prevent additional vendors entering The quantity of a certain commodity that is offered for sale
the market. at a certain price at a given place and time.
a. Perfect competition c. Monopoly a. Demand c. Stocks
b. Oligopoly d. Elastic demand b. Supply d. Goods
It is the amount which a willing buyer will pay to willing A series of uniform accounts over a period of time.
seller for a property where each has equal advantage and a. Depreciation c. Perpetuity
is under no compulsion to buy or sell. b. Annuity d. Inflation
a. Fair value c. Book value
b. Market value d. Salvage value Consist of the actual counting or determination of the
actual quantity of the materials on hand as of a given date.
It is defined to the capacity of a commodity to satisfy a. Physical inventory
human want. b. Material update
a. Discount c. Necessity c. Technological assessment
b. Luxury d. Utility d. Material count
Estimated value at the end of the useful life.
a. Market value c. Salvage value Reduction in the level of national income and output
b. Fair value d. Book value usually accompanied by the fall in the general price level?
a. Devaluation c. Inflation
An artificial expenses that spreads purchase price of an b. Deflation d. Depreciation
asset or another property over number of years.
a. Depreciation c. Amnesty
b. Sinking fund d. Bond
An index of short term paying ability is called?
a. Receivable turn over c. Current ratio The acceleration is ________ the mass of the object.
b. Profit margin ratio d. Acid-test ratio a. Directly proportional to
Direct labor cost incurred in the factory and direct material b. Inversely proportional to
costs of all materials that go into production. The sum of c. Directly proportional to the square of
these two direct cost is known as: d. Inversely proportional to the square of
a. GS and A expenses c. Prime cost Additional information of prospective bidders on contract
b. Operating and Maintenance cost d. O and M cost documents issued prior to bidding date?
Kind of obligation which has no condition attached. a. Depict c. Assessment
a. Analytic c. Gratuitous b. Escalate d. Bid bulletin
b. Pure d. Private The ratio of the interest payment to the principal for a
The total income equal the total operating cost? given unit of time and usually expressed as a percentage of
a. Balance sheet c. Check and balance the principal?
b. In place value d. Breakeven no gain loss a. Interest c. Investment
b. Interest rate d. Rate
It is a series of equal payments occurring at equal interval
of time where the first payment is made after several We may classify an interest rate which specifies the actual
periods, after the beginning of the payment? rate of interest on the principal for one year as?
a. Perpetuity c. Annuity due a. Nominal rate c. Exact interest rate
b. Ordinary annuity d. Deferred annuity b. Rate of return d. Effective rate

A market whereby there is only one buyer of an item for Decrease in the value of a physical property due to the
which there are no goods substitute? passage of time?
a. Monopsony c. Monopoly a. Inflation c. Recession
b. Oligopoly d. Oligopsony b. Depletion d. Depreciation

The place where buyers and sellers come together? A space that is devoid of matter and which the pressure is
a. Market c. Recreation center zero?
b. Business d. Buy and sell section a. Block hole c. Vacuum
b. Outer space d. Inner space
It is a series of equal payment occurring at equal interval of
time? A number that be exactly divided by two is?
a. Annuity c. Amortization a. Real c. Integer
b. Debt d. Deposit b. Odd d. Even
The power to which a number is raised is indicated by a If f” (x1) = 0, then the point (x1, y1) is called:
small superior figure called? a. Minimum point c. Inflection point
a. Logarithm c. Exponent b. Maximum point d. Critical point
b. Increment d. Mantissa
What do you call the replacement of the original cost of an
Is a branch of mathematics dealing with integers and more investment?
generally, numeral computation? a. Pay off c. Breakeven
a. Algebra c. Geometry b. Return on investment d. Capital recovery
b. Trigonometry d. Arithmetic
What are Van der Waals forces?
a. Forces present only in gases.
b. Forces not present in liquids.
If each two lines is perpendicular to the same line, then the c. Primary bonds between atoms.
lines are? d. Weak secondary bonds between atoms.
a. Perpendicular c. Tangent
b. Parallel d. Converging PLUMBING ARITHMETIC R2

The volume of the cube is equal to the cube of the measure How do you call the strong bond between hydrogen atoms?
of its? a. Ionic and metallic bonds
a. Angle c. Edge b. The covalent bond
b. Corner d. Diagonal c. The ionic bond
d. The metallic bond.
Two angles having the same vertex and the side of one is
the prolongation of the side of the other is? What are the valence electrons?
a. Acute angle c. Obtuse angle a. The electrons of complete quantum shells.
b. Scalene angle d. Vertical angle b. Electrons with positive charge.
c. The outer-shell electrons.
A polygon with ten side is? d. The k-quantum shell electrons.
a. Dodecagon c. Decagon
b. Undecagon d. Tendicagon Reactions generally proceed faster at higher temperatures
because of which of the following?
An angle inscribe in a semi-circle is always? a. The molecules are less energetic.
a. Unaligned c. Less than 90 deg. b. The activation energy is less.
b. More than 90 deg. d. 90 deg. c. The molecules collide more frequently.
For any two triangles, if an angle of one triangles is d. Both b and c.
congruent to an angle of the other and if the two sides of A substance is oxidized when which of the following occurs?
one triangle are proportional to two sides of the other, they a. It losses electrons.
are what kind of triangles? b. It becomes more negative.
a. Complementary c. Similar c. It gives off heat.
b. Supplementary d. Dissimilar d. It absorbs energy.
The length of time at which the original cost of capital used What is the actual geometric shape of the methane
to purchase a unit has already been recovered. molecule?
a. Economic life c. Physical life a. Tetrahedral
b. Write off period d. Salvage life b. Pyramidal
c. Square planar d. Elementary angles
d. Linear
A regular polyhedron having 12 regular pentagons is called
Which of the following elements and compounds is unstable as:
in its pure form? a. Octahedron c. Tetrahedron
a. Hydrochloric acid b. Dodecahedron d. Darshohedron
b. Carbon dioxide
c. Sodium The index that gives the rate earned per share based on
d. Helium current price per share is called as:
a. Price-earning ratio
In a trajectory, air resistance decreases. b. Operating expense ratio
a. Speed c. Dividend yield
b. Maximum height d. Equity ratio
c. Range of projectile
d. All of the above Those cost that arise at the result of a change in operation
or policy or it is the ratio of a small increment cost and a
Which of the following is true regarding the minimum small increment of output.
attractive rate of return used in judging proposed a. Increment cost c. Marginal cost
investments? b. Differential cost d. Promotion cost
a. It is smaller than the interest rate used to discount
expected cash flows from investments. The process of one substance mixing with another because
b. It is frequent a policy decision made by an organization’s of molecular motion is known as:
management. a. Adhesion c. Cohesion
c. It is larger than the interest rate used to discount b. Diffusion d. Confusion
expected cash flow from investments.
d. It is not relevant in engineering economy studies. A change in position, specified by a length and a direction
is said to be:
When using net present worth calculations to compare two a. Displacement c. Velocity
projects, which of the following could invalidate the b. Acceleration d. Dynamic equilibrium
calculation?
a. Use of the same discount rate for each period. A net force that will give to a mass of one gram an
b. Differences in the magnitude of the projects. acceleration of 1 cm/s2 is said to be:
c. Evaluating over different time periods. a. Newton c. Ergs
d. Mutually exclusive projects. b. Darsho d. Dyne

What is an annuity? The temperature to which the air must be cooled at

a. The future worth of a present amount constant temperature to produce saturation.
b. A series of uniform amounts over a period of time a. Absolute temperature
c. The present worth of a future amount. b. 273 K
d. An annual repayment of a loan. c. Dew point
d. Critical temperature
Two angles whose sum is 360 deg. is called:
a. Explementary angles The difference between what a negotiable paper is worth in
b. Complimentary angles the future and its present worth is known as:
c. Supplementary angles a. Book value c. Sunk value
b. Salvage value d. Discount
A situation whereby payment is made for work not done. before it receives any income from the sales of its product
The term also applies to the case where more workers are and service.
used than a reasonable requirement for efficient operation. a. Initial working capital c. Equity
a. Downtime pay c. Feather bidding b. Regular working capital d. Annuity
b. Check-in-pay d. Moon lighting
It is any influence capable of producing a change in the
A type of bond, without any security behind them except a motion of the object.
promise to pay by the issuing corporation is known as: a. Force c. Friction
a. Collateral trust bond b. Acceleration d. Velocity
b. Mortgage bond
c. Debenture bond Any line segment joining a vertex of a triangle to a point on
d. Joint bond the opposite side is called as:
a. Newton line c. Cevian
What is the study of the properties of figures of three b. Secant d. Euclidian line
dimensions?
a. Physics How do you call a polygon with 10,000 sides?
b. Solid geometry a. Hectogon c. Myriagon
c. Plane geometry b. Chilliagon d. Octacontagon
d. Trigonometry What is a pole pitch?
What can you say to the following statement: “the volume a. The angle at which the pole windings are wound.
of a circular cylinder is equal to the product of its base and b. The space on the stator allocated to two poles.
altitude”? c. The space on the stator allocated to one pole.
a. Postulate c. Theorem d. The mica used to insulate the poles from each other.
b. Corollary d. Axiom Tesla is a unit of which of the following?
If the eccentricity is less than one, the curve is known as: a. Magnetic induction c. Capacitance
a. Ellipse c. Parabola b. Inductance d. Magnetic flux
b. Hyperbola d. Circle Which of the following is not a property of magnetic lines?
How do you call a ring shaped surface or solid obtained by a. Magnetic field lines have no beginnings and no ends.
rotating a circle about a coplanar line that does not b. The lines cross themselves only at right angles.
intersect? c. The line intersect surfaces of equal intensity at right
a. Torus c. Circoloid angles.
b. Annulus d. Darsho’s annular d. The field is stronger where the lines are closer together.

In the problem of writing the equation of a certain curve Which statement about a charge placed on a dielectric
with respect to another axes in which the new axes are material is true?
parallel to the original axes and similarly directed is known a. The charge increases the conductivity of the material
as: b. The charge is confined to the region in which the charge
a. Translation of axes c. Notation of axes was placed.
b. Reversal of axes d. Darsho’s axes c. The charge is immediately lost to the atmosphere.
d. The charge is instantly carried to the material’s surface.
How do you call the amount needed at the beginning of
operations and permits the enterprise to begin functioning How do you call a cylinder with elliptical cross section?
a. Ellipsoid
b. Cylindroid a. Reflex angle c. Polyhedral angle
c. Hyperboloid b. Dihedral angle d. Plane angle
d. Paraboloid
What is the reason why an ivory soap floats in water?
What do you think are those products and services that are a. All mater has mass.
required to support human life and activities that will be b. The specific gravity of ivory soap is greater than of
purchased in somewhat the same quantity even though the water.
price varies considerably? c. The density of ivory soap is unity.
a. Consumer goods and services d. The specific gravity of ivory soap is less than of water.
b. Producer goods and services
c. Necessity products and services How do you call the formula used to compute the value of n
d. Luxury products and services factorial, which is in symbolic form(!), where n is large
number?
These are uses to produce consumer good and services. a. Stirling’s approximation c. Darsho’s formula
Guess, what are these? b. Matheson formula d. Diophantine
a. Consumer goods and services formula
b. Producer goods and services
c. Necessity products and services What is a regular polygon that has 27 diagonals?
d. Luxury products and services a. Nonagon c. Pentagon
b. Hexagon d. Heptagon
How do you call those products or services that are directly
used by the people to satisfy their wants? How do you call the integral of any quotient whose
a. Consumer goods and services numerator is the differential of the denominator?
b. Producer goods and services a. Co-logarithm c. Product
c. Necessity products and services b. Logarithm d. Derivative
d. Luxury products and services How do you call a type of bond where the corporation’s
This is the process of determining the value of certain owner name is recorded and the interest is paid periodically
property for specific reasons. Guess, what is this? to the owners with their asking for it?
a. Registered bond c. Bail bond
a. Amortization c. Appraisal b. Preferred bond d. Incorporator’s bond
b. Investment d. Depreciation
What do you think is the negotiation of wage rates,
What is the estimate of assets net market value at the end conditions of employment ,etc. by representatives of the
of its estimated life? labor force and management?
a. Book value c. Salvage value a. Union trade c. Collective
b. Depreciation d. Cash flow bargaining
b. Union rally d. Cooperative
What do you think is the output or sales at which is
insufficient to equal operating cost? This is the case of a solution of a plane triangle where the
a. Breakeven point c. Investment given data leads to two solutions. How do you call this
b. Depreciation d. Cash flow case?
a. Ambiguous case c. Extraneous case
When two planes intersect with each other, the amount of b. Quadratic case d. Darsho’s case
divergence between the two planes is expressed by
measuring the: The father of plane geometry.
a. Euclid c. Aristotle b. Rational d. Surd
b. Pythagoras d. Galileo
How do you call the axis of the hyperbola that passes
A prefix denoting a multiple of 10 times any of the physical through the center, the foci and vertices?
units of the system international. a. Transverse axis
a. Deka c. Hecto b. Conjugate axis
b. Nano d. Exa c. Asymptote axis
d. Major axis
Another name for rhombus is said to be
a. Dichotomy c. Bi-rectangular This is a point where the concavity of a curve changes or
b. Diamond d. Bi-sexual when the slope of the curve is neither increasing nor
decreasing. What is this point commonly called?
Another name for derivative is said to be: a. Maximum point
a. Differential manifold c. Differential form b. Minimum point
b. Partial derivative d. Differential c. Point of inflection
coefficient d. Darsho’s point
Any number expressed in place value notation with the This is the process of expressing a polynomial as the
base 12 is known as: product of another polynomial or monomial of lower
a. Duodecimal c. Decile degree. What is this mathematical process?
b. Deonite d. Dedekind a. Rationalization
One mil is equal to ______? b. Decomposition
a. .01 in c. .0001 in c. Factoring
b. .001 in d. .00001 in d. Darshoing

This is the measure of central tendency defined as the Which of the following is the equivalent of 1 ampere?
most frequent score. How do you call this measure of a. 1 coulomb per second
central tendency? b. 1 joule per second
a. Median c. Mean c. 1 darsho per second
b. Mode d. Deviation d. 1 kJ per second

How do you call the distance of a point from y-axis? In electrical, what is the SI unit of conductance?
a. Abscissa c. Coordinate a. Ohm c. Ampere
b. Ordinate d. Polar distance b. Siemens d. Darsho’s siemens

What do you a triangle having unequal sides? This law in electrical circuits states, “The algebraic sum of
a. Obtuse c. Scalene all voltages around a closed path (or loop) is zero”. How do
b. Oblique d. Isosceles you call this law?
a. Kirchoff’s current law
How do you call the opposite of the prefix nano? b. Ohm’s law
a. Peta c. Giga c. Kirchoff’s voltage law
b. Tera d. Gaga d. Darsho’s law
What is the number, which could not be expressed as a This law in electrical circuits states, “The algebraic sum of
quotient of two integers? currents entering a node (or a closed boundary) is zero”.
a. Natural c. Irrational How do you call this law?
a. Kirchhoff’s current law Find the root mean square of 11,23 and 35.
b. Ohm’s law a. 25 c. 26
c. Kirchhoff’s voltage law b. 27 d. 24
d. Darsho’s law
Determine the first derivative with respect to x of the
In electricity, how do you call the rate of charge flow? function: g(x) = 5 sq. rt. Of 10 – 35.
a. Potential difference c. Voltage a. 0 c. 35
b. Current d. Power b. 0.75 d. 5
If the roots of an equation are zero, then, how do you Determine the value of each interior angle of a regular
classify the solutions? pentagon.
a. Extraneous solutions a. 108 deg. c. 180 deg.
b. Trivial solutions b. 120 deg. d. 90 deg.
c. Conditional solutions
d. Darsho’s solutions One quarts is equal to ______?
a. 0.946 li c. 0.2272 cmh
This is a number sequence where the succeeding term is b. 449 cfs d. All of the above
obtained by adding the last pair of preceding terms such as
sequence (1,1,2,3,5,8…) how do you call this number One meter is equal to ______?
sequence? a. 1.094 yard c. 3.28 ft
a. Euler’s number c. Fibonacci number b. 39.37 in d. All of the above
b. Fermat number d. Darsho’s number One million gallons per day (mgd) is equal to ______?
How do call an energy required to move 1 coulomb of a. 1.547 cfs c. 3.785 li
charge through an element? b. 449 gpm d. All of the above
a. Current c. Power The equation y = a1 + a2x is an algebraic expression for
b. Voltage d. Resonance which of the following choices?
What is the acid test ratio? a. Straight line c. Circle in polar
a. The ratio of owner’s equity to the current liabilities. form
b. The ratio of all assets to actual current liabilities. b. Cosine expansion series d. Projectile motion
c. The ratio of current assets (exclusive of inventory) to the The atomic weight of hydrogen is 1 gram per gram-atom.
total current liabilities. What is the mass of a hydrogen atom?
d. The ratio of gross margin to operating, sales, a. 1.66 x 10^-24 g/atom
administrative expenses. b. 6.02 x 10^-23 g/atom
How many permutations can be made out of the word c. 1 g/atom
ENGINEERING? d. The mass is too small to calculate
a. 277,200 c. 200,277 How many degrees are 4800 mils?
b. 272,700 d. 227,700 a. 180 deg c. 90 deg.
Think of a number. Double the number. Subtract 6 from the b. 270 deg. d. 360 deg.
result and divide the answer by 2. The quotient will be 20. What is the value of 1 radian in degrees?
what is the number you think? a. 57.3 deg. c. 60.3 deg.
a. 12 c. 23 b. 89.55 deg. d. All of the above
b. 20 d. 32
Which of the following is the standard acceleration due to d. Complementary angles
gravity in the English unit?
a. 981 fps^2 c. 9.81 fps^2 An angles which are non-right and nonstraight which are
b. 32.2 fps^2 d. 32.2 ips^2 acute and obtuse angles is called:
a. Perigon
What is the term for the combined efficiency of a pump and b. Full angles
motor that is obtained by multiplying the pump efficiency c. Reflex angles
by the motor efficiency? d. Oblique angles
a. Total system efficiency
b. Well efficiency An angle more than 90⁰ but less than 180⁰.
c. Wire-to-water efficiency a. Oblique angles
d. Motor-to-pipe efficiency b. Obtuse angles
c. Full angle
Brake horsepower is: d. Reflex angle
a. The power delivered by the motor to the pump.
b. The power delivered by the pump. An angle more than Π radian (180⁰) but less than 2Π (360⁰)
c. Always greater than the motor horsepower. radians is:
d. Always less than the motor horsepower. a. Straight angle
b. Obtuse angle
In a conic section, if the eccentricity e > 1, the locus is: c. Oblique angle
a. Ellipse c. Parabola d. Reflex angle
b. Hyperbola d. Circle
In an ellipse, a chord which contains a focus and is in a line
Each of the faces of a regular hexahedron is a: perpendicular to the major axis is a:
a. Square c. Hexagon a. Latus rectum c. Focal width
b. Triangle d. Circle b. Minor d. Conjugate axis
An arc length, which is equal to the radius of the circle is A line which is perpendicular to the x-axis has a slope equal
called: to:
a. 1 degree c. 1 radian a. zero c. 1
b. 2 pi radians d. 1 pi radian b. -1 d. infinity
The area of the region bounded by two concentric circles is A fair 8 sided spinner labelled 1 to 8 is spun. What is the
called: probability of spinning a number less than 6?
a. Washer c. Annulus a. 3/8 c. 5/8
b. Ring d. Circular disk b. 4/8 d. 6/8
In trigonometry, one revolution is equal to, except Find the 3rd term in the geometric sequence 4, 8, ...
a. 400 gons c. 6400 mils a. 12 c. 20
b. 400 grads d. Pi radians b. 16 d. 24
Are opposite angles formed between two intersecting lines
that are equal. PLUMBING ARITHMETIC R3
a. Vertices
b. Vertical angles The worth of property which is equal to the original cost
c. Explementary angles less depreciation:
a. Scrap value c. Book value a. $ 9,625 c. $ 9,400
b. Earning value d. Face value b. $ 9,725 d. $ 9,835
Refers to cost of merchandise which excludes freight and What is the static head corresponding to a flow velocity of
insurance costs: 10 ft/sec?
a. Freight on board c. Debentures a. 1.55 ft c. 2.05 ft
b. Sunk cost d. Book value b. 1.75 ft d. 2.25 ft
What is the interest of P 8,600 after 4 years at 12% simple Determine the force necessary to accelerate a mass of 20
interest rate? lbm. at a rate of 60 ft/sec^2 vertically upward.
a. P 4,161 c. P 4,218 a. 37.3 lbf c. 73.3 lbf
b. P 4,116 d. P 4,128 b. 57.3 lbf d. 75.3 lbf
P 5,000 will become how much after one year at a simple A machine an initial cost of P 50,000.00 and a salvage
interest rate of 15%? value of P 10,000.00 after 10 years. What is the book value
a. P 5,850.00 c. P 5,980.00 after 5 years using straight line depreciation?
b. P 5,750.00 d. P 5,680.00 a. P 35,000.00 c. P 15,000.00
b. P 25,000.00 d. P 30,000.00
Find the future amount of P 12,000 after 12 years with an
interest rate of 9% compounded annually. If you borrowed P 10,000 from a bank with 18% interest
a. P 33,752 c. P 32,649 per annum. What is the total amount to be paid after one
b. P 34,896 d. P 31,625 year?
a. P 11,800 c. P 5,400
What is the corresponding rate of interest for 18% simple b. P 12, 800 d. P 6,400
discount rate?
a. 20.85% c. 22.64% When will an amount be tripled with an interest of 11.56%
b. 23.72% d. 21.95% a. 9.80 years
b. 10.04 years
An asset is purchased for 120000 pesos. It is estimated life c. 10.54 years
is 10 years, after which it will be sold for 12000. Find the d. 11.03 years
depreciation for the second year using the sum-ofthe-
years-digit method. If $ 10,000 is borrowed now at 6% interest, how much will
a. P18,400 c. P17,673 remain to be paid after a $3,000 payment is made four
b. P18,200 d. P17,763 years from now?
a. $9,400 c. $9,725
During the takeoff roll, a Boeing 747 jumbo jet is b. $7,000 d. $9,625
accelerating at 4 m/sec^2. If it requires 40 secs to reach
takeoff speed, determine the takeoff speed. If a flea can jump straight up to a height of 0.440 m, what
a. 110 m/sec is its initial speed as it leaves the ground?
b. 120 m/sec a. 2.89 c. 2.94
c. 140 m/sec b. 2.98 d. 2.49
d. 160m/sec
A car undergoes a constant acceleration of 6.0 m/s^2
If $ 10,000 is borrowed now at 6% interest, how much will starting from rest. In the first second it travels
remain to be paid after a $ 3,000 payments is made four a. 3m c. 18m
years from now? b. 6m d. 36m
The mass of 8 lb of pineapples is c. P12,000
a. 0.25 slug c. 4 slugs d. P12,860
b. 0.5 slug d. 256 slugs
A 600 N object is to be given an acceleration of 0.70 m/sq.
The amount of work a 0.60-kW electric drill can do in 1.0 sec. How large an unbalanced force must act upon it?
min is a. 39 N c. 43 N
a. 0.6 J c. 36 J b. 93 N d. 34 N
b. 0.6 kJ d. 36 Kj
A certain water faucet has 7 gpm flow rate. How many
A 5 kg cart accelerates at 3 m/s^2 for 4 seconds. After this minutes can it fill a cubic meter drum
time, what is its kinetic energy? a. 43.8 c. 32.2
a. 22.5 J c. 720 J b. 46.2 d. 37.7
b. 180 J d. 360 J
What is the accumulated amount of P 500 after 6 months,
Determine the modulus resilience for malleable cast iron with interest rate 3% per month?
E= 165 GPa, normal stress= 230MPa. a. P 597.03 c. P 492.05
a. 160.7 c. 280.5 b. P 579.03 d. P 429.05
b. 170.6 d. 250.8
If an amount invested five years ago has doubled, what is
In how many years will the investment to double in value at the annual interest rate?
5% interest rate? a. 15% c. 10%
a. 2 c. 20 b. 12% d. 6%
b. 4 d. 40
A temperature of 100 deg F is almost exactly
A deposit of P10,000 is made in the bank account that pays a. 38 deg C c. 122 deg C
8% interest compounded annually. How much money will b. 56 deg C d. 212 deg C
be in the account after one year?
a. P10,600 c. P10,800 A certain town receives its water directly from a water
b. P10,700 d. P10.600 tower. If the top of the water in tower is 26.0m above the
tower faucet in the house. What should be the water
The temperature of a body is 50 deg F. find the temperature of the faucet? (neglect the effects of the other
temperature in K. water users).
a. 10 c. 283 a. 255 Kpa c. 245 Kpa
b. 263 d. 510 b. 265 Kpa d. 295 KPa
How high would water rise in the pipes of a building if the After how many years will an investment triple 10% per
water pressure gauge show the pressure at the ground annum, net of deductions, compounded quarterly?
floor to be at 270kPa? a. 12.11 c. 10.16
a. 28.9m c. 27.5m b. 11.12 d. 9.20
b. 29.8m d. 25.7m
Convert 110 deg. F to deg. C.
P 12.000 is borrowed now at 12% interest. The first a. 43.33 c. 40.23
payment P4,000 and is made 3 years from now, The b. 42.22 d. 46.32
balance of debt is immediately after the payment is:
a. P 4,000 Gasoline has a specific gravity of 0.68. One liter of gasoline
b. P8,000 weighs
a. 0.68 N If Php 100,000 is loaned for 10 years at a simple interest
b. 1.4 N rate of 15% per annum, determine the total amount due at
c. 6.7 N the end of 10 years.
d. 8.6N a. Php 350,000
b. Php 200,000
At 10% per year interest rate, $ 500 now is equivalent to c. Php 250,000
how much three years hence? d. Php 300,000
a. $ 556.50 c. $ 685.50
b. $ 628.50 d. $ 682.50 Convert 2.5 m^3 to US gallon.
a. 549.92 c. 259.75
If the pressure in a tank of oil (spr. gr. = 0.80) is 400 kPa, b. 660.43 d. 275.95
what is the equivalent head in meters of water.
a. 50. 97 c. 59.70 Find the net price of a centrifugal pump listed at Php 25000
b. 40.77 d. 47.70 with discounts of 20%, 10% and 5%
a. Php 18750 c. Php 17100
In how many years will the investment to double in value at b. Php 17500 d. Php 16250
5% simple interest rate?
a. 2 c. 20 If Php 100,000 is loaned for 10 years at an interest rate of
b. 4 d. 40 15% compounded annually, the equivalent worth at the
end of 10 years is,
A reservoir dam holds an 8.00-km^2 lake behind it. Just a. Php 405,800
behind the dam, the lake is 12.0m deep. What is the water b. Php 404,555
pressure at a point 3.0m down the from the lake’s surface? c. Php 408,600
a. 27 c. 25 d. Php 402,265
b. 29 d. 24
3200 mils is equivalent to
An electric motor lifts a 10-kg mass 100 m in 10s. The a. 45° c. 180°
power developed by the motor is b. 90° d. 270°
a. 9.8 W c. 980 W
b. 98 W d. 9,800 W If you invest Php 10,000 today in savings account at an
interest rate of 8% compounded annually, how much
Find the single trade discount equivalent to discounts of principal and interest would you accumulate in 5 years?
20% and 10% a. Php14,905 c. Php14,500
a. 30% c. 25% b. Php14,693 d. Php14,724
b. 28% d. 22%
Determine the "exact simple interest" on 50,000 pesos for
If a certain fund earns an interest of 12% compounded the period from Jan. 15 to Nov. 28, 1992, if the rate of
quarterly, what is the effective rate of interest? interest is 22.
a. 12% c. 12.55% a. 9,583.56 pesos
b. 3% d. 12.68% b. 9,553.42 pesos
Find the single trade discount equivalent to discounts of c. 9,523.29 pesos
30%, 10% and 5% d. 9,686.11 pesos
a. 40.15% c. 25% What is the Roman Numeral for 1966?
b. 37.5% d. 22.5% a. MCMLVI c. MCMLXVI
b. MCMLXXVI d. MCMXLVI
 c. 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑋/𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑌
Find the water power in KW of a centrifugal pump when b. log X + log Y
delivering 2000 GPM of water at a total head of 10 meters.
a. 12.36 c. 15 d. 1
b. 8.25 d. 100
If eight is added to the product of nine and the numerical
A square sheet has sides of 30 cm each. The largest circle number, the sum is seventy-one. Find the unknown
is cut from it. What is the area of the remaining portion of number.
the square sheet? a. 5 c. 7
a. 193 cm² c. 252 cm² b. 6 d. 8
b. 84 cm² d. 126 cm²
An airplane flying with the wind, took 2hours to travel 1000
What is the equivalent of Roman Numeral for 2022? km and 2.5 hours in flying back. What was the wind
a. MCMLXXII c. MCMXXII velocity in kph.
b. MLMXXII d. MMXXII a. 50 c. 70
b. 60 d. 80
If a horse is tied to a stake by a tether 14 meters long, over
how many square meters may the horse graze? On a certain trip, Edgar drive 231 km in exactly the same
a. 1232 m² c. 616 m² time as Erwin drive 308 km. If Erwin’s rate exceeded that of
b. 154 m² d. 462 m² Edgar by 13kph, determine the rate of Erwin.
a. 39 kph c. 48 kph
The radius of a circle is 15 cm. Find the length of an arc of b. 44 kph d. 52 kph
this circle which subtends a central angle of 60° ?
a. 18.2 cm² c. 12.8 cm² What is the difference between √150 and √54?
b. 15.7 cm² d. 14.5 cm² a. 2√6 c. 16√6
b. 6√2 d. 3√6
Express decimally: Seven hundred twenty-five hundred
thousandths John is 3 times as old as Jaime. Three years ago, John was
a. 0.000725 c. 0.0725 four times as old as Jaime. The sum of their ages is?
b. 0.00725 d. 0.725 a. 20 c. 28
b. 24 d. 36
A trapezoid has an area of 36 m² and an altitude of 2m. Its
two bases have a ratio of 4:5. What are the lengths of the Eight percent of 36 is 72% of what number?
bases? a. 2.06 c. 3.24
a. 12, 15 c. 8, 10 b. 2.88 d. 4
b. 16, 20 d. 7, 11
What is the value of “a” in the statement 3ab = 15 if b =
How many cubic meters is 100 cubic ft of liquid? 5?
a. 3.785 c. 37.85 a. 1 c. 2
b. 28.31 d. 2.831 b. 0 d. 5
√8² 3 is equal to A father tells his son, I was your age now when you were
a. 2 c. 4 born”. If the father is now 38 years old, how old was his son
b. 6 d. 8 2 years ago?
log 𝑋/𝑌 =
a. 15 c. 19
b. 17 d. 21
a. log X – log Y
The average of four numbers is 28. if three of the four What is the sum of √12 + √27?
numbers are 18, 20 and 36, what is the fourth numbers? a. √29 c. 3√5
a. 32 c. 35 b. 5√3 d. 7√3
b. 38 d. 34
How much water must be evaporated from 10 kg solution
3 is 6% of a certain number. What is the number? which has 4% salt to make a solution of 10% salt?
a. 24 c. 28 a. 4 kg c. 6 kg
b. 36 d. 50 b. 5 kg d. 7 kg
If A can do the work in “x” days and B in “y” days, how long What is -2 + (-3.1) + (-.02)?

a. 𝑥+𝑦 / 𝑥𝑦 c. 𝑥𝑦 / 𝑥+𝑦
will they finish the job working together? a. -.512 c. 0.512

b. 𝑥+𝑦 / 2
b. 5.012 d. -5.12
d. √𝑥
Mr. Cruz left his house at 7:00am and drove his car at
How many 2” pipes does it take to equal the volume 50kph. He rested for half an hour. What time will be reach
capacity of a 6” pipe? his destination which is 600kms away?
a. 2 c. 7 a. 7:30pm
b. 5 d. 9 b. 7:00pm
c. 8:00pm
Write 16% as a decimal number and a fraction (reduce to d. 8:30pm
lowest terms)
a. 0.16 or 4/25 c. 0.016 or 1/5 Solve this equation: √16 + (9 + 16)²
b. 0.16 or 8/50 d. 0.016 or 11/50 a. 626 c. 269
b. 627 d. 629
A prize of Php20, 000 is to be shared by two winners of a
contest in the ratio of 6 to 4. the larger is worth. What is the smallest positive number which, when it is
a. Php 800 c. Php 12, 000 divided by 3, 4 or 5 will leave a reminder of 2?
b. Php 1, 200 d. Php 8, 000 a. 42 c. 62
b. 22 d. 122
If the short hand of the clock is at 4, what is the degree of
its angle? A goldsmith has two alloys of gold, the first being 70% pure
a. 90 c. 130 and the second being 60% pure. How many ounces of the
b. 120 d. 150 60% pure gold must be used to make 100 ounces of an
alloy which will be 66% gold?
John and Peter working together can finish painting a house a. 40 c. 45
in 6 days. John working alone can finish it in 5 days less b. 35 d. 38
than Peter. How long will it take each of them to finish the
work alone? 3 x 4 + 9/3 – 8/4 = _____
a. 8, 13 c. 6, 11 a. 13 c. 15
b. 10, 15 d. 7, 12 b. 14 d. 12
A fork lift moves 34m carrying a 1023N box across the Elvie is 67 years old. Her daughter Hanna joy is 29 years
warehouse floor. How much WORK is done by the fork lift? old. In how many years will Hanna joy be exactly half his
a. 30.35J c. 34,782J mother’s age?
b. 0.033J d. 347.82J a. 6 c. 8
b. 7 d. 9
What part of an hour elapses between 11:50 am and 12:14 b. 4.33 psi d. 4.63 psi
pm?
a. 2/5 c. 17/30 In one day (24 hours), how many times will the hour hand
b. 7/30 d. 1/6 and minute hand of a continuously driven clock be
together.
If a two digit number has x for its unit’s digit and y for its a. 21 c. 23
ten’s digit, represent the number. b. 22 d. 24
a. 10x + y
b. 10y + x 3.54 is multiplied by 10 to the fifth power, what would be
c. yx the value?
d. xy a. 35,400 c. 30.54
b. 354,000 d. 305.40
Convert 1,000,000 to scientific notation.
a. 1x10^5 Find the 4th term in the geometric sequence 6, 12, 24, ...
b. 1x10^7 a. 36 c. 60
c. 1x10^6 b. 48 d. 72
d. 1x10^8 An object travels at 50 kph for 40 hours. How far does it
What is the average of A, B, C? travel?
a. ABC/3 a. 1000 km
b. (A+B+C)/3 b. 1500 km
c. 3(A+B+C) c. 2000 km
d. ABC/A+B+C d. 2500 km

How many 6-number combinations can be generated from How many sides does an octacontagon have?
the numbers from 1 to 42 inclusive, without repetition and a. 60 c. 80
with no regards to the order of the numbers? b. 70 d. 90
a. 850,668 PLUMBING ARITHMETIC R4
b. 5,245,786
c. 188,848,296 How many minutes after 3:00 will the minute hand of the
d. 31,474,716 clock overtakes the hour hand?
The sum of the two numbers is 21 and one number is twice a. 14/12 mins c. 16-4/11 mins
the other. Find the numbers. b. 16-11/12 mins d. 14/11 mins
a. 6, 15 c. 8, 13 Find the distance between A (4, –3) and B (–2, 5).
b. 7, 14 d. 9, 12 a. 11 c. 9
Which formula in logarithm for product is correct? b. 10 d. 8
a. logb (xy) = logb (x) + logb (y) The product of 1/4 and 1/5 of a number is 500. What is the
b. log10 (xy) = logb (x) + logb (y) number?
c. log10(xp) = plogb(x) a. 50 c. 100
d. log2 (xy) = log10(x) + logb(y) b. 75 d. 125
What is the pressure in pounds per square inch at the base ax² + bx – c = 0 is the standard form of a quadratic
of a 10 foot water cylinder? equation. Its solution is?
a. 0.433 psi c. 23.1 psi
a. (– b ± √b² – 4ac) c. – b ± (√b² – 4ac) b. 230 d. 280
b. ± b - (√b² – 4ab) d. – b ± (√b² – 4ab)
Solve for the value of “a” in the equation a2 – 17a4 + 16 =
The ten’s digit of a number is 3 less than the unit’s digit. If 0.
the number is divided by the sum of the digits, the quotient a. ±2 c. ±4
is 4 and the remainder is 3. What is the original number? b. ±3 d. ±5
a. 36 c. 58
b. 47 d. 69 From the time 6:15 PM to the time 7:45 PM of the same
day, the minute hand of a standard clock describes an arc
The smallest interior angle of a isosceles is half as much as of
one of other angles. If the area of the triangle is 240 sq.m., a. 60° c. 180°
find its perimeter? b. 90° d. 540°
a. 74.82 c. 87.24
b. 78.42 d. 84.72 A man sold a book by mistake of 120% of the marked price
instead of discounting the marked price by 20%. If he sold
Pedro can paint a fence 50% faster than Juan and 20% the book for P14.40, what is the price for which he would
faster than Pilar and together they can paint a given fence have sold the book?
in 4 hours. How long will it take Peter to paint the same a. P8.00 c. P9.00
fence if he had to work alone? b. P8.60 d. P9.60
a. 10 hrs. c. 13hrs.
b. 11hrs. d. 15hrs. A man invested part of P20,000.00 at 18% and the rest at
16%. The annual income from the 16% investment was
In how many years will a sum of money triple itself at 12% P620.00 less than three times the annual income from the
interest? 18% investment. How much did he invest at 18%?
a. 8.35 years c. 9.2 years a. P5,457.20 c. P7,457.20
b. 9.6 years d. 10.2 years b. P6,457.20 d. P8,457.20
From a bag containing 4 black balls and 5 white balls, two A tank is filled with an intake pipe that fills it in 2 hours and
balls are drawn one at a time. Find the probability that both it has an outlet pipe that empties it in 6 hours. If both pipes
balls are black. Assume that the first ball is returned before are left open, how long will it take to fill in the empty tank?
the second ball is drawn. a. 1.5 hours c. 2.5 hours
a. 8/9 c. 7/9 b. 2.0 hours d. 3.0 hours
b. 16/81 d. 16/9
Divide 1/8 by 8.
Round off 0.005076 to three significant figures. a. 1/64 c. 1
a. 0.00508 c. 0.00507 b. 18 d. 64
b. 0.005 d. 0.51 x 10-2
One pipe can fill a tank in 6 hours and another pipe can fill
In a commercial survey involving 1000 persons on brand the same tank in 3 hours. A drain pipe can empty the tank
preference, 120 were found to prefer brand x only, 200 in 24 hours. With all the three pipes open, how long will it
prefer brand y only, 150 prefer brand z only, 370 prefer take to fill the tank?
either brand x or y but not z, 450 prefer brand y or z but a. 5.18 hours c. 3.18 hours
not x and 370 prefer either brand z or x but not y. How b. 4.18 hours d. 2.18 hours
many persons have no brand preference, satisfied with any
of the three brands? Solve for 10x2 + 10x + 1 = 0.
a. 130 c. 180 a. -0.113, -0.887 c. -0.113, -0.788
b. -0.331, -0.788 d. -0.311, -0.887 a. 19.55% c. 27.05%
b. 22.15% d. 25.72%
Paula is now 18 years old and her colleague Monica is 14
years old. How many years ago was Paula twice as old as How much water must be evaporated from 10 kg solution
Monica? which has 4% salt to make a solution of 10% salt?
a. 5 c. 10 a. 4 kg c. 6 kg
b. 8 d. 12 b. 5 kg d. 7 kg
Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as Ann when Mary AB is directly proportional to BC in the ratio 13 to 17. BC is
was as old as Ann is now. How old is Ann now? also proportional to CD in the same ratio. Find AB when CD
a. 12 c. 16 = 52.
b. 15 d. 18 a. 30.41 c. 30.40
b. 31.04 d. 30.14
Mary is 24 years old. Mary was twice as old as Ann when
Mary was as old as Ann is now. How old is Ann now? Which of the following is equivalent to 5,000?

d. 𝐕 ̅
a. 12 c. 16 a. MMMMM c. M ̅
b. 15 d. 18 b. DX
Six years ago, Nilda was five times as old as Riza. In five Which of the following is equivalent to LXXXIV?
years, Nilda will be three times as old as Riza. What is the a. 84 c. 86
present age of Riza? b. 74 d. 76
a. 17 c. 15
b. 16 d. 14 How many significant figures are there in 111,809,000?
a. 5 c. 8
When all the odd numbers from 1 to 101 are added, the b. 6 d. 9
result is
a. 2,500 c. 2,501 How many significant figures are there in 0.004471?
b. 2,601 d. 3,500 a. 4 c. 6
b. 5 d. 7
If 16 is 4 more than 4x, find 5x – 1.
a. 14 c. 12 How many significant figures are there in 0.0080190?
b. 3 d. 5 a. 5 c. 7
b. 6 d. 8
Find the sum of 4 geometric means between 160 and 5.
a. 130 c. 150 Napierian logarithm has a base closest to which number?
b. 140 d. 160 a. 2.17
b. 2.72
The sum of the first 10 terms of a geometric progression 2, c. 3.14
4, 8, … is d. 10
a. 1,023 c. 2,250
b. 2,046 d. 1,596 What is the multiplicative inverse of the integer 5?
a. 1 c. –5
Ten liters of 25% salt solution and 15 liters of 35% salt b. 5 d. 1/5
solution are poured into a drum originally containing 30
liters of 10% salt solution. What is the percent If 8 men can cut 28 trees in a day, how many trees can 20
concentration of the mixture? men cut in a day?
a. 90 c. 70
b. 80 d. 60 If 48 men can install 30 posts in 20 days, how many posts
can 40 men working for 12 days install?
The average of 12 numbers is 11. If one number is a. 24 c. 12
removed, the new average is 9. What number was b. 21 d. 15
removed?
a. 32 c. 34 At what time after 12:00 noon will the hour hand and the
b. 33 d. 35 minute hand of a clock first form an angle of 120 degrees?
a. 12.818 c. 1.181
Thirty less than five times a certain number is 15. b. 12:21.818 d. 12:21.181
Determine the number.
a. 3 c. 5 From the time 6:15PM to the time 7:45PM of the same day,
b. 4 d. 6 the minute hand of a standard clock describes an arc of:
a. 360 degrees c. 540 degrees
Twenty less than four times a certain number is 4. b. 120 degrees d. 720 degrees
Determine the number.
a. 3 c. 5 A job could be done by eleven workers in 15 days. Five
b. 4 d. 6 workers started the job. They were reinforced with four
more workers at the beginning of the 6th day. Find the total
350 is to be divided between Jones and Smith so that Jones number of days it took to finish the job.
will receive 25 more than Smith. How much has Jones a. 22.36 c. 23.22
received? b. 21.42 d. 20.56
a. 185.50 c. 178.50
b. 187.50 d. 158.50 The sum of the cube of the consecutive numbers from 1 to
30 is
Find two consecutive even integers such that the square of a. 216, 225 c. 217,186
the larger is 44 greater than the square of the smaller b. 215, 325 d. 216,961
integer.
a. 8 and 10 c. 12 and 14 The sum of the two consecutive numbers is 21 and one
b. 10 and 12 d. 14 and 16 number is twice the other. Find the numbers.
a. 6,15 c. 8,13
A motorboat went 70 miles in 4 hours when travelling at full b. 7,14 d. 9,12
speed upstream on a river whose current flows at the rate
of 6 miles per hour. How fast can the boat travel in still How much water must be evaporated from 10kg solution
water? which has 4% salt to make a solution of 10% salt?
a. 21.5 miles per hour c. 23.5 miles per a. 4 kg c. 6 kg
hour b. 5 kg d. 7 kg
b. 22.5 miles per hour d. 24.5 miles per
hour The equation whose roots are the reciprocal of the roots of
2x2 – 3x – 5 = 0 is
The denominator of a certain fraction is three more than a. 5x2 + 3x – 2 = 0 c. 3x2 – 3x + 2 = 0
twice the numerator. If 7 is added to both terms of the b. 2x2 + 3x – 5 = 0 d. 2x2 + 5x – 3 = 0
fraction, the resulting fraction is 3/5. Find the original
fraction. Given the equation 3x2 + Bx + 12 = 0, what is the value of
a. 8/5 c. 5/13 B so that the roots of the equation are equal?
b. 13/5 d. 3/5 a. -4 c. -10
b. -8 d. -12
Find the term involving y^5 in the expansion of (2x^2 + a. 4 c. 6
y)^10. b. 5 d. 7
a. 8,064x^10y^5
b. 8,046x^10y^5 The fourth term of a geometric progression is 216 and the
c. 8,046x^5y^5 sixth term is 1,944. Find the eighth term.
d. 8,064x^5y^5 a. 17,649 c. 16,749
b. 17,496 d. 17,964
Log (MN) is equal to
a. Log M – N Determine the sum of the infinite series: S = 1/3 + 1/9 +
b. Log M + N 1/27 + … + (1/3)n
c. N Log M a. 4/5 c. 2/3
d. Log M + Log N b. ¾ d. ½

If log of 2 to the base 2 plus log of x to the base 2 is equal What is the fraction in lowest term equivalent to
to 2, then the value of x is 0.133133133…?
a. 4 c. 2 a. 133/666 c. 133/888
b. -2 d. -1 b. 133/777 d. 133/999

Given that w varies directly as the product of x and y and Find the 1,987th digit in the decimal equivalent to
inversely as the square of z and that w = 4 when x = 2, y = 1,785/9,999 starting from the decimal point.
6 and z = 3. Find the value of w when x = 1, y = 4 and z = a. 8 c. 7
2. b. 1 d. 5
a. 3 c. 5 The sum of the progression 5, 8, 11, 14, … is 1,025. How
b. 4 d. 6 many terms are there?
The sum of three arithmetic means between 34 and 42 is a. 22 c. 24
a. 114 c. 134 b. 23 d. 25
b. 124 d. 144 The sum of all even numbers from 0 to 420 is
Determine the sum of the progression if there are 7 a. 43,410 c. 44.310
arithmetic means between 3 and 35. b. 44.300 d. 44,130
a. 171 c. 232 The sum of all numbers between 0 and 10,000 which is
b. 182 d. 216 exactly divisible by 77 is
The 3rd term of a harmonic progression is 15 and the 9th a. 546,546 c. 645,645
term is 6. Find the 11th term. b. 645,568 d. 645,722
a. 4 c. 6 The sum of three numbers in arithmetic progression is 45.
b. 5 d. 7 If 2 is added to the first number, 3 to the second, and 7 to
The fourth term of a geometric progression is 216 and the the third, the new numbers will be in geometric
sixth term is 1,944. Find the eighth term. progression. Find the common difference in the arithmetic
a. 17,649 c. 16,749 progression.
b. 17,496 d. 17,964 a. -5 c. 6
b. 10 d. 5
The 3rd term of a harmonic progression is 15 and the 9th
term is 6. Find the 11th term.
A piece of paper is 0.05 in thick. Each time the paper is y=6, and z=3. Find the value of “w” when x=1, y=4, and
folded into half, the thickness is doubled. If the paper was z=2.
folded 12 times, how thick in feet will the folded paper be? a. 3 c. 5
a. 10.1 ft c. 15.1 ft b. 4 d. 6
b. 12.1 ft d. 17.1 ft
The electric power which a transmission line can transmit is
In a club of 40 executives, 33 likes to drink coffee and 20 proportional to the product of its design voltage and
likes to drink tea. How many like both? current capacity, and inversely to the transmission
a. 13 c. 11 distance. A 115 kilovolt line rated at 100 amperes can
b. 10 d. 12 transmit 150 megawatts over 150 km. How much power, in
megawatts can a 230 kilovolt line rated at 150 amperes
Find the ratio of the infinite geometric series if the sum is 2 transmit over 100 km.
and the first term is 1/2. a. 785 c. 675
a. 1/3 c. ¾ b. 485 d. 595
b. ½ d. ¼
174 degrees is equivalent to
Once a month, a man put some money into a cookie jar. a. 3,094 c. 3,421
Each month, he put 50 centavos more into the jar than the b. 2,084 d. 2,800
month before. After 12 years, he counted his money, and
he had P5,436. How much money did he put in the jar in How many degrees is 4,800 mils?
the last month? a. 270 degrees c. 180 degrees
a. P73.50 c. P74.50 b. 90 degrees d. 215 degrees
b. P75.50 d. P72.50
Which of the following expressions is equivalent to sin 2θ?
A father is twice older than his son and the sum of their a. sin2 θ + cos2 θ c. sin θ cos θ
ages is 48. How old is each? b. 2 sin θ cos θ d. cos2 θ – sin2 θ
a. 8, 40 c. 16, 32
b. 12, 36 d. 15, 33 A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a tower to
be 30 degrees. He walks 85 m nearer to the base and finds
Maja is now 18 years old and his colleague Angel is 14 its angle of elevation to be 60 degrees. What is the height
years old. How many years ago was Maja twice as old as of the tower?
Angel? a. 76.31 m c. 73.16 m
a. 5 c. 8 b. 736.1 m d. 73.61 m
b. 7 d. 10
If the sides of a parallelogram and its included angle are 6,
The sum of the reciprocals of two numbers is 11. Three 10, and 100 degrees respectively, find the length of its
times the reciprocal of one of the numbers is three more shorter diagonal.
than twice the reciprocal of the other number. Find the a. 10.63 c. 10.73
numbers. b. 10.37 d. 10.23
a. 5 and 6
b. 7 and 4 Find the value of log8 48.
c. 1/5 and 1/6 a. 1.86 c. 8.61
d. 1/7 and 1/4 b. 6.81 d. 1.68

Given that “w” varies directly as the product of “x” and “y” A certain angle has a supplement that is five times its
and inversely as the square of “z” and that w=4 when x=2, complement. Find the angle.
a. 67.5° c. 168.5° A triangle ABC has b = 30 in, A = 60 degrees, and c = 20
b. 157.5° d. 186° in. Find angle B.
a. 48.33 degrees c. 64.37 degrees
A ladder 5 m long leans against the wall of an apartment b. 79.11 degrees d. 80.00 degrees
house forming an angle of 50 degrees, 32 minutes with the
ground. How high up the wall does it reach? 5π/18 is equivalent to how many degrees?
a. 4 c. 6 a. 30 degrees c. 90 degrees
b. 5 d. 7 b. 50 degrees d. 60 degrees
The angle of inclination of ascend of a road having 8.25% What is the value of in arctan3x + arctan2x = 45deg?
grade is _____ a. 1 c. -2/3
a. 4.72° c. 5.12° b. 1/6 d. 1/4
b. 4.27° d. 1.86°
An object travels 1400 m in 20 s. What speed was it
Given the triangle ABC in which A = 30°30’, b = 100 m, and travelling?
c = 200 m, find the length of the side B. a. 60 m/s c. 80 m/s
a. 124.64 m c. 130.50 m b. 70 m/s d. 90 m/s
b. 142.24 m d. 103.00 m
How many sides does a hectogon have?
A tower and a monument stand on a level plane. The a. 100 c. 300
angles of depression of the top and bottom of the b. 200 d. 400
monument viewed from the top of the tower are 13° and
35° respectively. The height of the tower is 50 m. Find the
height of the monument.
a. 30.510 c. 30.514
b. 33.510 d. 33.514
Evaluate log 3 (8x -15) =4
a. 6 c. 12
b. 8 d. 14
If sec 2A = 1 / sin 13A, determine the angle A in degrees.
a. 5 degrees c. 7 degrees
b. 6 degrees d. 8 degrees
Find the area of a triangle with sides 10 cm, 16 cm, and 30
cm long. Find its area.
a. 13 cm2 c. 12 cm2
b. 14 cm2 d. NA
Angle subtended in mils by a line 10 yards and a distance
of 5000 yards.
a. 2.0 c. 4
b. 0.4 d. 3.6
 b. 1,398,381 d. 19,068,846
A coach must choose five starters from a team of 12
players. How many different ways can a coach choose the
starters?
a. 972 c. 692
b. 792 d. 962
A method used to calculate the total outcomes of a
situation where order is important.
a. Combination
b. Events
c. Permutation
d. Probability
Find the interest on P 6,800.00 for 3 years at 11% simple
interest.
a. P 1,875.00
b. P 1,987.00
c. P 2,144.00
PLUMBING ARITHMETIC Pre-Board 1 d. P 2,244.00
A man borrowed P10,000.00 from his friend and agrees to
The probability for the ECE board examinees from a certain
pay at the end of 90 days under 8% simple interest rate.
school pass the subject Mathematics is 3/7 and for the
What is the required amount?
subject communications is 5/7. If none of the examinees
a. P 10, 200.00 c. P 9, 500.00
fails both subject and there are 4 examinees who pass both
b. P 11, 500.00 d. P 10,700.00
subjects, find the number of examinees from that school
who took the examinations. Accumulate P 5,000.00 for 10 years at 8% compounded
a. 20 c. 30 quarterly.
b. 25 d. 28 a. P 12,456.20 c. P 10,345.80
b. P 13,876.50 d. P 11, 040.20
Find the total number of combinations of three letters J, R,
T taken 1, 2, 3 at a time. P 4,000 is borrowed for 75 days at 16% per annum simple
a. 7 c. 9 interest. How much will be due at the end of 75 days?
b. 8 d. 10 a. P 4,133.33 c. P 4,166.67
b. P 4, 333.33 d. P 4,150.00
In a class of 50 students, 18 take Math, 26 take Science, 2
take both Math and Science. How many students in the Mandarin Bank advertised 9.5% account that yields 9.84
class are not enrolled in either Math or Science? annually. Find how often the interest is compounded.
a. 5 c. 7 a. Daily c. Bi-monthly
b. 6 d. 8 b. Monthly d. Quarterly
How many 6-number combination are there on a 6/49 The effective rate of 14% compounded semi-annually is
Superlotto lottery? a. 14.49 % c. 14.94 %
a. 13,983,816 c. 1,906,884 b. 12.36 % d. 14.88 %
The amount of P 12,800 in 4 years at 5% compounded A company invests P 10,000 today to be repaid in 5 years
quarterly is in one lump sum at 12% compounded annually. How much
a. P 14,785.34 c. P 16,311. 26 profit in present day pesos is realized?
b. P 15,614.59 d. P 15,847.33 a. P 7, 236.24 c. P 7, 623.42
b. P 7, 324.66 d. P 7, 632.24
The nominal interest rate is 4%. How much is my Php
10,000.00 worth in 10 years in a continuously compounded What amount will be accumulated by a present investment
account? of P 17,200 in 6 years at 2% compounded quarterly?
a. Php 13, 620.10 a. P 19, 387.15 c. P 19, 856. 40
b. Php 13, 650.20 b. P 20, 456.30 d. P 19, 232.30
c. Php 14, 918. 25
d. Php 13, 498. 60 An annual rate of return of 8%, what is the future worth of
P1,000 at the end of 4 years?
A machine has an initial cost of P 50,000.00 and a salvage a. P 1,388.90 c. P 1,765.56
value of P 10,000.00 after 10 years. What is the book value b. P 1,234.56 d. P 1,360.50
after 5 years using straight line depreciation?
a. P 35,000.00 c. P 25,000.00 The cost of equipment is P 500,000 and the cost of
b. P 30,000.00 d. P 15,000.00 installation is P 30,000. If the salvage value is 10% of the
cost of equipment at the end of 5 years, determine the
What is the effective rate for an interest rate of 12% book value at the end of the fourth year. Use straight line
compounded continuously? method.
a. 12.01 % c. 12.42 % a. P 155,000
b. 12.89 % d. 12.75 % b. P 140,000
c. P 146,000
What rate compounded quarterly is equivalent to 6% d. P 132,600
compounded semi-annually?
a. 5. 93 c. 5.96 A factory equipment has an initial cost of P 200,000.00. Its
b. 5.99 d. 5.9 salvage value after ten years is P 20,000.00. As a
percentage of the initial cost, what is the straight line
An asset is purchased for 500,000.00. The salvage value in depreciation rate of the equipment?
25 years is P100,000.00. what is the total deprecation in a. 5% c. 8%
the first three years using straight-line method? b. 6% d. 9%
a. P 48,000 c. P 32,000
b. P 24,000 d. P 16,000 If P5000.00 shall accumulate for 10 years at 8%
compounded quarterly. Find the compounded interest at
The exact simple interest of P 5,000.00 invested from June the rate end of 10 years.
21, 1995 to December 25, 1995 is P 100. What is the rate a. P 6,005.30 c. P 6040.20
of interest? b. P 6000.00 d. P 6010.20
a. 3.50% c. 3.70%
b. 3.60% d. 3.90% A bank charges 12% simple interest on a P 300.00 loan.
How much will be repaid if the loan is paid back in one
P 5,000 is borrowed for 75 days at 16% per annum simple lump sum after three years?
interest. How much will be due at the end of 75 days. a. P 408.00 c. P 551.00
a. P 5,166.67 c. P 5,333.33 b. P 415.00 d. P 450.00
b. P 5,238.67 d. P 5,412.67
P 1,500.00 was deposited in a bank account 20 years ago. Two coats of paint are required for an elevated water pipe
Today it is worth P 3,000.00 Interest is paid semi-annually. line 7 inches in diameter (outside diameter) and 2000 ft
Determine the interest rate paid on this account? long. If a gallon of paint covers 200 sq. ft. on the first coat
a. 3% c. 3.5% and 250 sq. ft. on the second coat, how many gallons are
b. 2.9% d. 4% needed?
a. 30 gallons c. 32 gallons
How much must be deposited at 6% each year beginning b. 31 gallons d. 33 gallons
on January 1, year 1, in order to accumulate P 5,000.00 on
the date of the last deposit, January 1, year 6? What is the surface area of a cylindrical block whose radius
a. P 751.00 c. P 715.00 is 8m and 4m height?
b. P 717.00 d. P 725.00 a. 201 m² c. 402 m²
b. 603 m² d. 335m²
A merchant puts his P 2,000.00 to a small business for a
period of 6 years. With a given interest rate on the The hour hand of a huge clock is 100 cm long. What is the
investment of 15% per year, compounded annually, how circumferential speed of the tip of this hand in cm/hr?
much will he collect at the end of 6th year. a. 45.5 cm/hr c. 52.36 cm/hr
a. P 4,400.00 c. P 4,200.00 b. 50.25 cm/hr d. 55.45 cm/hr
b. P 4,326.00 d. P4, 626.00
A ladder 15 meters long is set with its foot 9 meters from a
What will be the future worth of money after 12 months, if house, how high on the house will it reach?
the sum of P 25,000 is invested today at simple interest a. 13m c. 11m
rate of 1% per year? b. 10m d. 12m
a. P 30,000.00 c. P 28,000.00
b. P 29,000.00 d. P 27,000.00 What is the volume of the sphere whose surface area is 108
m²?
A small machine has an initial cost of P 20,.000.00, a a. 110.50 m³ c. 115.00 m³
salvage value of P 2,000 and a life of 10 years. Determine b. 105.50 m³ d. 155.10 m³
the annual depreciation.
a. P 1,200.00 c. P 1,600.00 The sides of a triangle are 195, 157 and 210, respectively.
b. P 1,400.00 d. P 1,800.00 What is the area of the triangle?
a. 73, 250 sq. units c. 14,586 sq. units
b. 10,250 sq. units d. 11,260 sq. units
Which property of multiplication is shown? 6 x 1 = 6
a. identity c. associative Find the area of a triangle in cm² whose sides are 47cm &
b. zero d. distributive 58cm and the angle between them is 63°
a. 1214 c. 1256
How many 6-number combination are there on a 6/49 b. 1204 d. 1230
Superlotto lottery?
a. 13,983,816 c. 1,906,884 A plumber waited 25 minutes for the curing of 4” CPVC joint
b. 1,398,381 d. 19,068,846 before he connects another joint. What is the angle covered
by the clock “minute hand” during the 25-minute curing
According to the National Plumbing Code, hot water shall period?
be delivered with a maximum temperature of 48.88 °C. a. 120 c. 160
What is its equivalent in deg F? b. 150 d. 145
a. 100 °F c. 110 °F
b. 88 °F d. 120 °F
A cubical container that measures 2inches on a side is a. 3169 cm³ c. 3619 cm³
tightly packed with 8 marbles and is filled with water. All 8 b. 7328 cm³ d. 7238 cm³
marbles are in contact with the walls of the container and
the adjacent marbles. All of the marbles are of the same How much water should be evaporated from 600 gallons of
size. What is the volume of water? a 10% salt solution to make the solution 16% salt?
a. 0.38 in³ c. 2.5 in.³ a. 252 gal c. 225 gal.
b. 3.8 in.³ d. 4.2 in.³ b. 42.85 gal d. 610 gal.

The year 2016 is a leap year. Since February 1 falls on Find the central angle subtended by circular arc of radius
Monday, what day is February 29th? 720 cm if the chords is 1107 cm long.
a. Monday c. Wednesday a. 50.50º c. 90.2º
b. Tuesday d. Sunday b. 85.4º d. 100.48º
What is the angle between the hour hand and minute hand The value of (3 to 2.5 power) square is equal to:
of a clock at 2:25pm? a. 729 c. 243
a. 90 deg c. 82.5 deg. b. 140 d. 81
b. 87.5 deg. d. 77.5 deg.
An 8 meters aluminum ladder is used in delivering
When the top of a mountain is viewed from point A, 2000 m plumbing fixtures to the second the foot of the ladder be
from ground, the angle of depression a is equal to 15o and placed from the wall of the building?
when it is viewed from point B on the ground the angle of a. 2 meters c. 3 meters
elevation b is equal to 10o . If points A and B are on the b. 2 ½ meters d. 3 ½ meters
same vertical line, find the height h of the mountain.
a. 284.5 m A PLDT tower and a monument stand on a level plane. The
b. 478.9 m angles of depression of the top and bottom of the
c. 356.3 m monument viewed from the top of the PLDT tower are 13°
d. 793.8 m and 35° respectively. The height of the tower is 50 m. Find
the height of the monument.
The sum of Kim’s and Kevin’s ages is 18. In 3years, Kim will a. 33.51 m c. 7.58 m
be twice as old as Kevin. What are their ages? b. 47.3 m d. 30.57 m
a. 4 & 14
b. 5 & 13 Pedro has 50 coins, all in 5 cents and 10 cents amounting
c. 7 & 11 to P3.50. How many 10 centavo coins does he have?
d. 6 & 12 a. 12 c. 10
b. 20 d. 40
Two plumbers were carrying several ½ in. dia. pipes on
their shoulders. One Plumber said, “If you give me one pipe The area of a triangle is given by the formula
I should carry twice as much as you, but if I give you one a. √s(s − a)(s − b)(s − c) c. bh/2
pipe, we should both carry equal no. of pipes. How many b. 0.5absinθ d. all of these
pipes each plumbers were carrying initially? One leg of a right triangle is 6 inches and the hypotenuse is
a. 11 & 7 c. 13 & 8 2 inches longer than the other leg. Find the length of the
b. 9 & 6 d. 7 & 5 hypotenuse.
What is the volume of water inside a spherical tank of a. 3 c. 10
radius 12cm, if the tank is half-empty? b. 8 d. 9
The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 34 cm. find the length If a Plumbing Plan scaled as 1: 50, then 20 cm x 40cm
of the shorter leg if it is 14cm shorter than the other leg. cistern plan is equal to____ cubic mts in actual? Assume
a. 15 c. 17 2.00 mts actual depth of the cistern.
b. 16 d. 18 a. 800 cu mts c. 400 cu mts
b. 1600 cu. Mts d. 2400 cu mts
Roll a pair of dice. What is the probability that the sum of
two numbers is 11? You have a bag of marbles. There are 3 red marbles, 2
a. 1/36 c. 1/18 green marbles, 7 yellow marbles, and 3 blue marbles. What
b. 1/9 d. 1/20 is the probability of drawing a yellow or red marble?
a. 10/15 c. 2/3
A review center for Master Plumber verified and studied the b. 0.667 d. a, b and c
Pre-Board scores of their students. They have learned that
55 like Mathematics, 50 like Design/ Plumbing Code and 51 The equivalent of 5 lit/sec in GPM is _______
likes Practical Exam; 32 like both Math & Design/Plumbing a. 10.59 c. 635.66
Code; 28 like both Math and Practical Exam; 25 like both b. 0.33 d. 79.25
Design/ Plumbing Code and Practical Exam, and only 10
like all three subjects. How many Master Plumber Ten to the 15th power is the value of the prefix
reviewees attended the review? a. Exa c. Peta
a. 156 c. 81 b. Deka d. Femto
b. 61 d. 95 The length of the sides of a triangle are 20cm, 30cm, and
The diameter of a sphere and the base of a cone are equal. 40cm. What is the perimeter of the triangle formed by
What percentage of that diameter must the cone’s height joining the midpoints of the sides of this triangle?
be so that both volumes are equal? a. 30 cm c. 60 cm
a. H/D = 200% b. 45 cm d. 55 m
b. H/D = 300% Find the side of an equilateral triangle whose area is 50.
c. H/D = 400% a. 10.747 c. 12.1250
d. none of the choices b. 8.2815 d. 9.5260
Find the volume generated by revolving a rectangle of Of what quadrant is Ɵ , if tan Ɵ is positive and cos Ɵ is
sides ‘a’ and ‘b’ about the side ‘a’. negative?
a. π ba² a. I c. III
b. π ab²/ 2 b. II d. IV
c. π ba²/ 2
d. π ab² A tree is broken over by a windstorm. The tree was 45
meters and the top of the tree is 15 meters from the foot of
Find the standard size of an electric motor in HP required to the tree. What is the height of the standing part of the
drive the centrifugal pump when delivering 1000 GPM of tree?
water at a total head of 20 meters and the pump efficiency a. 25 m c. 30 m
is assumed to be 70%. b. 10 m d. 20 m
a. 30 Hp c. 25 Hp
b. 15 Hp d. 23 Hp The angle of a sector is 30 degrees and the radius is 15 cm.
What is the area of the sector?
a. 56 cm² c. 36 cm²
b. 59 cm² d. 64 cm²
If (2x+7) is a factor of 2x4 + x3 -19x² - x - C ; Find value of In triangle ABC, angle A = 45 deg and angle C = 70 deg.
C Find the side opposite angle A if line AB = 40 m
a. 64 c. 82 a. 33.64 m c. 30.10 m
b. 46 d. 28 b. 31.70 m d. 29.20 m
What is the volume of the sphere whose surface area is 108 What is the radius and the center of the circle x2+y2-10x -
m².? 4y-196=0?
a. 110.50 m³ c. 115.00 m³ a. (5,5) r=5 c. (-2,5) r=11
b. 105.50 m³ d. 155.10 m³ b. (5,2) r=15 d. (5,5) r=8
Alan has been ill and worked only 3/ 4 of his usual 40 hour Find the area bounded by the line x-2y+4=0.
week. He makes $12.35 an hour. How much has he earned a. 4 c. 6
this week? b. 4.5 d. 8
a. $247.00 c. $370.50
b. $308.75 d. $432.25 A drop of falling water passes a point 300 m from the
ground at a speed of 20m/s. how high above the ground
Benito earns $12.50 for each hour that he works. If Benito will it be 3 seconds later?
works 8.5 hours per day, five days a week, how much does a. 198 m c. 104.20 m
he earn in a week? b. 195.80 m d. 112 m
a. $100.00 c. $406.00
b. $106.25 d. $531.25 An airplane flying with the wind, took 2 hours to travel
1000km. and 2.5 hours to fly back. What was the wind
Dan rented two movies to watch last night. The first was 1 velocity in kph?
hour 40 minutes long, the second 1 hour 50 minutes long. a. 50 kph c. 58 kph
How much time did it take for Dan to watch the two b. 45 kph d. 55 kph
videos?
a. 4.5 hours c. 2.5 hours How many three-digit number can be formed using digits 0-
b. 3.5 hours d. 1.5 hours 9?
a. 100 c. 150
What is the square root of 64? b. 115 d. 120
a. 16 c. 8
b. 12 d. 6 After how many minutes from 12;00 o clock noon will the
minute hand and the hour hand of an clock make an angle
The value of 5! is equal to of 1200 for the first time?
a. 1. c. 25 a. 23.40 min. c. 20.00 min
b. 5. d. 120 b. 21.80 min d. 22.30 min
If each edge of a cube is decreased by 50%, how much The bases of a right prism are pentagons with each side 6
percentage will the volume be decreased? cm long. The bases are 12 cm apart. What is the volume of
a. 87.50 % c. 83.60 % the prism?
b. 85 % d. 80 % a. 630.85 cu.cm
b. 710.12 cu. cm.
Find the 25th term of an arithmetic progression 5, 8, 11, c. 743.40 cu.cm
14. d. 695.00 cu.cm
a. 77 c. 83
b. 79 d. 76
Find the area of a pentagon that is inscribed in a circle if A line segment L was measured once, twice and three
the area of the circle is 314 sq.m. times as follows: L= 55.210m, 2L=110.431m,
a. 237.60 sqm 3L=165.634m
b. 255.30 sqm a. 55.2100 m c. 55.2155 m
c. 340.12 sqm b. 55.2113 m d. 55.2125 m
d. 283.56 sqm
What is the Fahrenheit equivalent of 26.5 centigrade?
Plumber A can finish a plumbing job in 2 days. Plumber B a. 81.50 c. 79.70
can finish the job in 3 days. Plumber C can do the job in 6 b. 82.340 d. 80.120
days. If they work together, how long will it take for them to
finish the job?
a. 1 day c. 1.15 days PLUMBING ARITHMETIC Pre-Board 2
b. 1.50 days d. 1.25 days
The measure of 1.5 revolutions counter clockwise
Three liters of 20 % alcohol solution is mixed with one liter a. 540 c. 90
of an X% alcohol solution. If new mixture contains
22.5%alcohol, what is the value of x? b. 520 d. -90
a. 20% c. 28% An angle that measures from the horizontal upward to an
b. 24% d. 30% object is called _____ .
What rate in percent compounded semi-annually is a. Right angle c. Angle of elevation
equivalent to 20% compounded annually? b. Acute angle d. Angle of
a. 22.2 % c. 18.56% depression
b. 19.09% d. 16.50%
How high is tower A?
At what rate of interest compounded quarterly will an
investment double in four years?
a. 17.7% c. 15.5%
b. 16.6% d. 14.4%
Find the distance from the point (5,-3) to the line 7x-4y-
28=0
a. 3.10 c. 2.75 a. 38.6 m c. 44.1 m
b. 3.45 d. 2.36
b. 42.3 m d. 40.7 m
Find the distance from the origin to the line x+2y-12=0
a. 5.37 c. 6.12 What is the distance between tower A and B?
b. 5.90 d. 6.30
Chenlee is as old as Kenneth was four years ago. In two
years, chenlee’s age will be eleven more than half of
Kenneth’s age. How old is chenlee now?
a. 24 c. 20
b. 28 d. 26
a. 756.456 c. 76.564
b. 76.654 d. 76.465 The first cost of a plumbing equipment is P 385,000. It has
a life of 8 years and a salvage value of P 70,000. Find the
How many meters higher is tower B? annual depreciation using straight line method.
a. P 48,125.00
b. P 21,875.00
c. P 70,000.00
d. P 39,375.00
a. 79.30 m c. 81.40 m
If x2 + y2 =2 and x2 . y2 =2, then x4-y4 =
b. 77.70 m d. 75.90 m a. 0 c. 4

In an isosceles right triangle, the hypotenuse is how much b. 2 d. 5

longer than its sides?
If 3x=2y and 6y=7z, what is the ratio of x to z?
a. 2 times c. 1.5 times
a. 2:3 c. 3:2
b. 2.5 times d. None of these
b. 7:9 d. 5:7
Find the value of A if tan 4A=cot6A
Six consecutive integers are given. Then sum of the first
a. 90 c. 110
three is 27. What is the sum of the last three?
b. 140 d. 150 a. 29 c. 32

A spherical steel ball is placed into a vertical circular b. 30 d. 36

cylinder containing water, causing the water level to rise by
If the length of a rectangle is increased by 20% and the
12 cm. if the radius of the cylinder is 15 cm. what is the
width is decreased by 20 %, what percent change occurs in
radius of the ball in cm?
the area?
a. 14.75 c. 12.65
a. It remains the same c. It increases 5%
b. 13.50 d. 15
b. It decreases 4 % d. It decreases 2%
What is the surface area of a sphere whose volume is 36
A gasoline tank that is . full has 8 gallons removed. The
cu.m ?
tank is then 1/10 full. What is the capacity, in gallons, of
a. 55.8 cu m c. 57.78 cu m
the tank?
b. 48.90 cu m d. 52.70 cu m a. 2.5 c. 15.8

Solve log3 (5x+7)= 2 for x b. 6.4 d. 20

a. 1/5 c. 2/3
A motion was adopted by a vote of 5 to 3. What part of the
b. 2/5 d. 1/3 total vote was against the motion?
a. 3/8 c. 5/8
Solve x4-9x2+8=0 for x
a. + 8, + 1 c. + 6, + 1 b. 3/5 d. 5/3

b. + 2, + 1 d. + 4, + 2
Of Teds salary, 1/10 is spent for clothing, and 1/3 for food b. 72 d. 192
and for rent. What part of the salary is left for other
expenditures and savings? If 4 men can clear the garbage near a school in 6 hours,
a. 17/30 c. 19/30 how many hours will it take 12 men working at the same
rate to perform this task?
b. 3/5 d. 2/3 a. 2 c. 12
Susan is 4 times as old as Paul and 1 times as old as Mary. b. 8 d. 18
What fraction of paul's age is mary?
a. 3/8 c. 3 An alloy of copper and tin is 20% copper. How many
pounds of copper must be added to 20 pounds of the alloy
b. 2 2/3 d. 6 in order for the resulting alloy to be 50% copper?
a. 6 c. 12.5
Find the value of x if the average of 1.0, 0.8, 0.2 and x is
exactly 0.6 b. 12 d. 13
a. 0.2 c. 0.66
How much water, in cm3, must be added to 100 cm3 of
b. 0.4 d. 1.3 80% solution of boric acid to reduce it to a 50% solution?
a. 30 c. 50
b. 40 d. 60
How many miles can a motorist travel from 9:55 am to
10:15 am at rate of 40 miles per hour?
a. 13 1/3 c. 20
How many quartz of a 90% solution of alcohol should be
b. 15 d. 30 mixed with a 75% solution of alcohol in order to make 20
quarts of 78% solution?
A salesman travels for 2 hours at 30 miles per hour and a. 4 c. 11
then covers 60 miles in the next 3 hours. What is the b. 9 d. 15
average rate for the entire trip?
a. 18 c. 36 A machine can cut some wood in 6 minutes, and a man
using a hand saw can do it in 18 minutes. After 4 minutes
b. 24 d. 45 there is a power shortage and the wood must be cut by
The elevator in a eleven-storey office building travels at the hand saw. How many minutes must the man work to
rate of one floor per . min, which allows time for picking up complete the task?
and discharging passenger. At the main floor and at the top a. 2 c. 12
floor, the operator stops for 1 minute. How many complete b. 6 d. 14
trips will an operator make during a 7 hours period?
a. 20 c. 60 Three pipes are used to fill a pool with water. One pipe
alone can fill the pool in 9 hours. Another can fill it in 6
b. 30 d. 76 hours. The third can fill it in 3 hours. How many minutes will
A vertical pole 6 ft high casts a shadow 4 ft long. At the it take to fill this pool if all three pipes are used
same time a tree casts a shadow 64 ft long. What is the simultaneously?
height, in feet, of the tree? a. 1.63 c. 54
a. 44 c. 96 b. 11 d. 98
If three secretaries can type six manuscripts in 12 days, men have children, what part of the workers is without
how many days will it take two secretaries to type three children?
such manuscripts? a. 5/18 c. 17/36
a. 4 c. 12
b. 4/9 d. 11/18
b. 9 d. 16
A bag of chicken feed 18 chickens for 54 days. For how
An office equipment costing P42,000 depreciates to many days will it feed 12 chickens?
P11,500 in 10 years. What is the annual depreciation? a. 36 c. 53
a. P3000 c. P2000
b. 37 d. 72
b. P3050 d. P1500
A 14 cm inner diameter (i.d) water main furnishes water
The width of a rectangle is 4/5 its length. If its perimeter is (through intermediate pipes) to a 1.00 cm id. Faucet pipe.
72, what is its area It the average velocity in the faucet pipe is 3 cm/sec, what
a. 160 c. 280 will be the average velocity (in cm/s) it causes in the water
main?
b. 250 d. 320 a. 0.0153 c. 0.135
A rectangle lot 50 ft by 100 ft is surrounded in all sided by b. 0.0110 d. 1.0
a concrete walk 5 ft wide. Find the number of square ft in
the surface of the walk. Vicky buys a refrigerator that sells for P4,800 cash. She
a. 1600 pays P2,000 down payment and promises to pay the
balance in 36 monthly equal payments. What is the size of
b. 5250 her monthly payment, if interest is charged at 6%
c. 5500 compounded monthly?
a. P80 c. P90
d. 6100
b. P85.18 d. 92.18
What is the distance from point A(3,4) to point (-3,-4)
a. 0 c. 10
b. 5 d. 13 A marble with speed 20 cm/s rolls off the edge of the table
80 cm high. How far (in cm), horizontally, from the edge
Point (-2,6) is the center of a circle that is tangent to the x- does the marble strike the floor?
axis. The coordinates of the point of tangency are a. 7.8 c. 8.3
a. (-2,0) c. (-2,-6)
b. 8.1 d. 8.5
b. (0,4) d. (0,-2)
If a pipe fills a cistern in h hours, how much of the cistern
If ab=6 and a2 +b2 = 13, then (a+b)(a+b)= does it fill in one hour?
a. 19 c. 36 a. 1/h c. hx
b. 25 d. 49 b. x/h d. h/x
In a certain office, 1/3 of the workers are women, . of the A man travels 4 miles north, 12 miles east, and then 12
women are married, and 1/3 of the married women have miles north. How far, to the nearest mile, is he from the
children. If . of the men are married and 2/3 of the married starting point?
a. 17 c. 21 a. 952.220C c. 972.220C
b. 20 d. 28 b. 962.220C d. 982.220C
A pulley whose diameter is 9 inches is connected by a belt What is the difference between √150 and √54
to another pulley whose diameter is 6 inches. If the larger a. 2√6 c. 16√6
pulley runs at 1200 revolutions per minutes, at how many
revolutions per minutes does the smaller pulley run? b. 6√2 d. 3√6
a. 800 c. 1600 John is 3 times as old as Jaime. Three years ago, John was
b. 1080 d. 1800 four times as old as Jaime. The sum of their ages is?
a. 20 c. 28
How many tiles are needed to cover a bathroom floor 3 m
long and 2m wide if each tile is a square of side 1 b. 24 d. 36
decimeter? Eight percent of 36 is 72% of what number?
a. 60 c. 600 a. 2.06 c. 3.24
b. 300 d. 1200 b. 2.88 d. 4
A tank is filled with oil. After 65 liters of oil are drawn out, A father tells his son, I was your age now when you were
the tank is still half full. How many liters can the tank hold? born”. If the father is now 38years old, how old was his son
a. 130 c. 260 2 years ago?
b. 195 d. 360 a. 15 c. 19

There are 252 students in a school. If the ratio of female to b. 17 d. 21

male students is 3:4, how many female students are The age of the father is 3 times that of his son. The sum of
there? their age is 60. How old is the son?
a. 63 a. 10
b. 108 b. 12
c. 124 c. 15
d. 189 d. 16
If the total fall of house sewer is 24 inches per 120 feet. Two years from now, Pedro wil be two times as old as Juan.
What is the slope per foot in sewer? If the sum of the sum of their age 2 years from now is 60
a. 0.01 c. 0.03 years. How old is Pedro and Juan now?
b. 0.02 d. 0.04 a. 17 c. 20

Find the area at the cross section of a pipe with the inside b. 15 d. 18
diameter of 14 inches and outside diameter of 17 inches? Henry’s father is now twice as old as he is 16 years ago, he
a. 38.92 sq.in c. 153.94 sq. in was four times as old. How old is Henry now?
b. 73.04 sq. in d. 220.42 sq. in a. 32 c. 8

A temperature of 1800 F is approximately equal to? b. 24 d. 48

Three years ago Juan was 1/5 as old as his father. Six years What is the effective rate corresponding to 18%
from now he will be 1/3 as old as his father. How old is Juan compounded daily? Take 1 year = 360 days.
now? a. 19.72% c. 17.92%
a. 11 YRS. OLD c. 12 YRS. OLD
b. 15.66% d. 16.65%
b. 15 YRS. OLD d. 10 YRS. OLD
7 + 0i is
The father’s age is now five times that of his first-born son? a. An irrational number c. Imaginary number
Six years from now, the old man’s age will only be three
times that of his son. Find the son’s present age. b. Real number d. A variable
a. 6 YRS. OLD c. 30 YRS. OLD Galileo is often credited with the early discovery of four of
b. 12 YRS. OLD d. 36 YRS. OLD Jupiter’s many moons. The moons orbiting Jupiter follow the
same laws of motion as the planets orbiting the Sun. One of
A mother is now three times as old as her daughter. In four the moons is called Io – its distance from Jupiter’s center is
years, the mother will be four times as old as the daughter 4.2 units and it orbits Jupiter in 1.8 Earth-days. Another
was, two years ago. How old is the daughter. moon is called Ganymede; it is 1.07 units from Jupiter’s
a. 12 YRS. OLD c. 18 YRS. OLD center. Make a prediction of the period of Ganymede using
Kepler’s law of harmonies.
b. 15 YRS. OLD d. 20 YRS. OLD a. 8.12 days c. 7.79 days
The force between two identical charges separated by 1.2 b. 7.32 days d. 8.56 days
cm is equal to 100 N. What are the magnitudes of the two
charges? Find the interest on P3,450.00 for 4 years at 11% simple
a. 1.7 x 10-6 C c. 2.6 x 10-6 C interest.
a. P1,518.00 c. P5,237.00
b. 2.0 x 10-6 C d. 1.3 x 10-6 C
b. P4,968.00 d. P1,787.00
A 10 kg ball and a 7 kg ball move toward each other on a
smooth horizontal plane along a straight-line path with A paint mixture contains yellow, blue, and red in a 3:2:1
speeds of 21 m/s and 24 m/s, respectively. What is the ratio, respectively. If the mixture contains 12 pints of
speed of the 10 kg ball after impact if the coefficient of yellow paint, how many
restitution is 0.6? a. 20
a. 18.35 m/s c. 20.47 m/s
b. 24
b. 22.24 m/s d. 8.65 m/s
c. 38
d. 30
A man lends P6,500.00 at 6% simple interest for 5 years. At
the end of this time, he invests the entire amount (principal A certain two digit number is equal to five times the sum of
plus interest) at 5.1% compounded annually for 13 years. its digit. If 9 were added to the number, its digits would be
How much will he have at the end of the 18-year period? reversed. Find the number.
a. P16,132.14 c. P15,237.00 a. 54 c. 65

b. P17,900.31 d. P11,565.77 b. 56 d. 45
 At what temperature will deg. C and deg. F readings be gravitational acceleration when he is 13,500 m above the
equal? surface of the earth.
a. 40 deg. c. 32 deg. a. 9.769 m/s2 c. 9.544 m/s2
b. - 40 deg. d. 0 deg. b. 9.651 m/s2 d. 9.733 m/s2
The angle inclination of the road is 32 deg. What is the The observation deck of a tall skyscraper is 350 m above
angle inclination of mils? the street. Determine the time required for a penny to fall
a. 456. 23 c. 125.36 free from the deck to the street below.
a. 7.67 seconds c. 8.23 seconds
b. 568. 89 d. 284.44
b. 8.44 seconds d. 7.11 seconds
Which of the following is correct?
a. 1 horsepower = 746 kW Ms. Bernadette invested P4,000.00 per month on a bank
that offers 7% interest. How much can she get after 5
b. 1 horsepower = 0.746 watts years?
c. 1 horsepower = 0.746 kW a. P284,783.43 c. P286,783.43

d. 1 horsepower = 546 watts b. P286,371.61 d. P284,371.61

If Michael Jordan has a vertical leap of 1.41 m, what is his How many ways can you invite one or more of five friends
takeoff speed? to a party?
a. 5.26 m/s c. 6.30 m/s a. 25 c. 31

b. 6.11 m/s d. 5.45 m/s b. 15 d. 62

A man decided to do experiments on how gravitational In how many ways can 16 people be seated at around table
acceleration changes with respect to his location. Suppose in a maňanita party, if two particular people must not sit
the radius of the earth is 6,371 km. Calculate the next to each other
gravitational acceleration when he is 50,000 m below the a. 1, 133, 317, 785, 600 ways
surface of the earth. b. 2, 233, 317, 885, 700 ways
a. 9.769 m/s2 c. 9.544 m/s2
c. 3, 333, 417, 985, 800 ways
b. 9.651 m/s2 d. 9.733 m/s2
d. 4, 444, 517, 085, 900 ways
A bullet is moving at a speed of 377 m/s when it embeds
into a lump of moist clay. The bullet penetrates for a Which of the following cannot be a probability?
distance of 0.07 m. Determine the acceleration of the bullet a. 1 c. 1/e
while moving into the clay. (Assume a uniform
acceleration.) b. 0 d. 0.434343
a. 1.13 x 106 m/s2 c. 1.18 x 106 m/s2 A bag contain 4 red balls, 3 green bells, and 5 blue balls.
b. 1.08 x 106 m/s2 d. 1.02 x 106 m/s2 The probability of not getting a red ball in the first draw is:
a. 2 c. 1
A man decided to do experiments on how gravitational
acceleration changes with respect to his location. Suppose b. 2/3 d. 1/3
the radius of the earth is 6,371 km. Calculate the
The face of a coin is either head or tail. If three coins are d. P145,000.00
tossed, what is the probability of getting three tails?
a. 1/8 c. 1/4 The area of a circle is 89.42 square inches. What is the
circumference?
b. 1/2 d. 1/6 a. 35.33 inches c. 33.52 inches
Find the value of sin (90 deg. + A) b. 32.25 inches d. 35.55 inches
a. cos A c. sin A
Two complementary angles are in the ratio 2:1. Find the
b. - cos A d. - sin A larger angle.
a. 30 deg. c. 75 deg.
Given a triangle: C = 100 deg., a 15, b = 20. Find c.
a. 34 c. 43 b. 60 deg. d. 15 deg.
b. 27 d. 35 What is the radius of a sphere with center at the origin and
that passes through the point (8, 1, 6)?
Mr. Juan bought an old model Ferrari car for P1,000,000.00 a. 15 c. 12
down payment and 10 deferred semiannual payments of
P150,000.00 starting 3 years from now. If the interest rate b. √101 d. 10
is 12% compounded semi-annually, what is the present
worth of the car? If the radius of the circle is decreased by 20%, by how
a. P1,824,982.78 c. P1,842,892.78 much is its area decreased?
a. 26% c. 46%
b. P1,842,982.87 d. P1,824,892.87
b. 36% d. 56%
An equipment costing P300,000.00 has an estimated life of
15 years with a book value of P45,000.00 at the end of the Find the distance between the points (4, -2) and (-5, 1)
period. Assume the interest rate is 7%. Compute the a. 4.897 c. 7.149
depreciation charge in the 10th year using declining b. 8.947 d. 9,487
balance method.
a. P74,634.67 c. P10,058.57 A block of cast iron having a mass of 8 kg cools from a
temperature of 130°C to 40°C. How much of energy is lost
b. P11,418.40 d. P84,693.24 by the cast iron? Assume the heat capacity of iron is 500 J/
MCMXCIV is the Roman numeral equivalent to (kg °C).
a. 1974 c. 1994 a. 289 BTU c. 410 BTU

b. 1984 d. 2004 b. 341 BTU d. 360 BTU

An equipment costing P300,000.00 has an estimated life of In Roman numerals, 73 is equivalent to

15 years with a book value of P45,000.00 at the end of the a. LXXIII c. LXXII
period. Assume the interest rate is 7%. Compute the book b. LXXXIII d. LXXXII
value after 10 years using sinking fund method.
a. P140,204.19 The sum of the squares of the sine and cosine of an angle.
a. 0 c. 2
b. P159,795.81
b. 1 d. 3
c. P101,476.30
The characteristic of a logarithm is 3. The number is A tank is filled with an intake pipe that fill it 2 hours and an
between outlet pipe that empty it in 6 hours. If both pipes are left
a. 1 and 10 c. 100 and 1,000 open, how long it will take to fill in the empty tank?
a. 1.5 hours
b. 10 and 100 d. 1,000 and 10,000
b. 2.0 hours
PLUMBING ARITHMETIC Pre-Board 3
c. 2.8 hours
A father is 24 years old than his son. In 8 years he will be
twice as old as his son. What is the present age of the d. 3 hours
father? Find the 30th term of an A.P. 4,7,10.....
a. 32 c. 40 a. 91 c. 88
b. 36 d. 44 b. 90 d. 75
A 747 Jet carrier flew 1530 km in 2 1/2 hours against a What is the lowest common factor if 10 and 32.
head wind blowing 50 kph. How fast could the plane fly in a. 320 c. 180
still air?
a. 552 c. 772 b. 2 d. 90

b. 662 d. 882 A and B are independent events. The probability that event
A will occur is Pa and the probability that A and B will occur
Roll a pair of dice one. What is the probability that the sum is Pab. From these two statements, what is the probability
of the numbers is 7 or 11 that event B will occur?
a. 2/9 c. 7/8 a. Pa – Pab c. Pa x Pb
b. 5 d. 10 b. Pb – Pab d. Pab / Pa
A bag contains 4 red balls, 3 green balls, and 5 blue balls. What is the value of an asset after 10 years of use if it
The probability of not getting a red ball in the first draw is depreciates from its original value of P300,000.00 to its
a. 1/2 c. 5/8 salvage value of 3% in 5 years?
b. 2/3 d. 7/9 a. P106,000.00 c. P103,672.00

What is the value of 7! b. P196,328.00 d. P194,000.00

a. 4040 c. 6040 Mr. Tuba is left with an inheritance by his girlfriend. He has
b. 5040 d. 7040 an option to receive P3M at the end of 10 years. However,
he wishes to receive the money at the end of each year for
A firm borrows P4,000.00 for 7 years at 8%. At the end of 7 5 years. If the interest rate is 9%, how much would he
years, it renews the loan for the amount due plus receive every year?
P4,000.00 more for 3 years at 8%. What is the lump sum a. P295,056.90
due?
a. P13,674.55 c. P11,052.89 b. P949,794.16

b. P5,091.67 d. P6,855.30 c. P881,920.55

d. P352,795.90
State the quadrants in which the coordinates (15, -2) lies. estimated salvage value of P180,000.00, find its book value
a. I c. III after 9 years.
a. P276,000.00 c. P316,000.00
b. II d. IV
b. P324,000.00 d. P364,000.00
A baseball is popped straight up into the air and has a hang
time of 7 s. Determine the height to which the ball rises An equipment costing P300,000.00 has an estimated life of
before it reaches its peak. (Hint: The time to rise to the 15 years with a book value of P45,000.00 at the end of the
peak is one-half the total hang time.) period. Assume the interest rate is 7%. Compute the book
a. 63.5 m c. 57.8 m value after 10 years using straight line method.
a. P155,000.00
b. 59.1 m d. 60.1 m
b. P170,000.00
A copper container of mass 500 g contains 1 liter of water c. P130,000.00
at 280 K. Calculate the quantity of heat required to raise
the temperature of the water and container to boiling point. d. P145,000.00
Assume that there are no heat losses. A company sells its products for P450.00 per unit. Their
a. 511 kJ c. 620 kJ monthly overhead expenses is P488,000.00. The labor cost
b. 398 kJ d. 408 kJ per unit is P115.00. The cost of materials per unit is P76.00.
The variable cost is P3.00 per unit. Determine the
A contractor bought plumbing tools at P150,000.00 if paid breakeven point in terms of number of units produced per
in cash. The tools may also be purchased by installment to month.
be paid within 6 years. If the money is worth 8%, how much a. 1,890 units c. 2,005 units
is the amount of each annual payment if all payments are
made at the beginning of each year? b. 1,907 units d. 1,733 units
a. P31,183.73 c. P30,083.73 How long will it take for an investment to double its amount
b. P30,043.80 d. P31,143.80 if invested at an interest rate of 6% compounded bi-
monthly?
If P18,000.00 earns P570.00 in 9 months, what is the a. 11.57 years c. 11.58 years
annual rate of interest?
a. 4.10% c. 3.12% b. 11.61 years d. 11.33 years

b. 3.09% d. 4.22% An engineer has a will of P700,000.00 from his father. If his
father deposited an amount of P450,000.00 in a trust fund
Find the present value of a perpetuity of P20,000.00 earning 10% compounded annually, after how many years
payable semi-annually if money is worth 8% compounded will the engineer receive his will?
quarterly. a. 4.33 years c. 4.77 years
a. P1,000,000.00 c. P471,559.01
b. 4.92 years d. 4.64 years
b. P495,049.51 d. P500,000.00
A bank is advertising 9.5% accounts that yield 9.84%
An engineer bought an equipment which costs annually. How often in the interest compounded?
P600,000.00. Freight and installation expenses cost him a. 2 c. 8
P40,000.00. If the life of the equipment is 15 years with an
b. 4 d. 6
What is the degree of the polynomial 3x4y + 2x3z3 – 4yz2? b. 34 d. 28
a. 6th c. 4th
Solve x for the equation 6x - 4 = 2x + 6?
b. 5th d. 3rd a. 10 c. 5
Find the interest on P3,450.00 for 4 years at 11% b. 5/2 d. 2.5
compounded interest.
a. P1,518.00 c. P5,237.00 What is the standard deviation of 1,4, and 7
a. 32 c. 5.66
b. P4,968.00 d. P1,787.00
b. 2.45 d. 3
How long must a P35,000.00 note bearing 20.5% simple
interest run to amount to P43,700.00? If sin A = 2/5, what is the value of 1 - cos A?
a. 436.51 days c. 346.51 days a. 0.083 c. 0.400

b. 364.51 days d. 463.51 days b. 0.916 d. 0.614

Find the value of log 48 to the base 8.
a. 1.86 c. 8.61
A time deposit of P110,000.00 for 31 days earns P901.00
on maturity date after deducting the 20% withholding tax b. 6.81 d. 1.68
on the interest income. Find the rate of interest per annum. What is 100 gradients is equal to in degrees?
a. 11.89% c. 11.67% a. 45 deg c. 90 deg
b. 11.32% d. 11.05% b. 60 deg d. 110 deg
A car travelling at 25 m/s skids to a stop in 3.55 s. A car makes a turn on a curve having radius of 10 m. If the
Determine the skidding distance of the car (assume car does not slide, find the tangential velocity of it.
uniform acceleration). (Coefficient of friction between the road and the tires of the
a. 45.1 m c. 44.4 m car is 0.21.)
b. 37.9 m d. 33.2 m a. 3.71 m/s c. 3.22 m/s

A race car accelerates uniformly from 16.3 m/s to 47.9 m/s b. 4.90 m/s d. 4.54 m/s
in 2.89 seconds. Determine the acceleration of the car. Which of the following is equivalent to DCCCXIX?
a. 8.441 m/s2 c. 9.833 m/s2 a. 819 c. 829
b. 10.934 m/s2 d. 12.719 m/s2 b. 729 d. 724
If the compounded interest on P4,000.00 in 2 years is The Earth has a mass of 5.972 x 1024 kg and the Moon has
P700.00, then what is the compound interest on P4,000.00 a mass of 7.348 x 1024 kg. The distance between them is
in 4 years? 3.844 x 108 m. What is the force of gravity between the
a. P1,518.50 c. P1,158.50 Earth and the Moon?
b. P1,252.50 d. P1,522.50 a. 1.981 x 1022 N c. 1.055 x 1022 N

Find the geometric mean of 64 and 4 b. 1.790 x 1022 N d. 1.612 x 1022 N

a. 16 c. 32
What is the effective rate of 11% compounded The tag price of a certain commodity is for 100 days. If in
continuously? 33 days there is a 4% discount, what is the simple interest
a. 11.36% c. 11.63% paid?
a. 21.90% c. 22.56%
b. 10.94% d. 10.46%
b. 22.39% d. 21.35%
An interest rate of 6% compounded semi-annually is how
many percent if compounded quarterly? Determine the compound interest after 7 years and 9
a. 4.670% c. 5.695% months if P600.00 is deposited at a rate of 11.5%
compounded monthly.
b. 5.956% d. 4.706% a. P533.90 c. P856.71
Four men intending to buy a machine, sharing the cost b. P930.67 d. P1,003.89
equally, find that if they include two men the cost per man
will be reduced by P2000.00. Find the cost of the machine. How much will the surface area of a sphere be increased if
a. P 20,000.00 c. P 24,000.00 its radius is increased by 5%
a. 25% c. 12.5%
b. P 22,000.00 d. P 26,000.00
b. 15.5% d. 10.25%
Three - fifth of a number increased by 1/3 of a number
three larger than the first is 29.. What is the number? If the surface area of the sphere is increased by 21%, its
a. 28 c. 32 volume is increased by:
a. 13.31% c. 21%
b. 30 d. 34
b. 33.1% d. 30%
Find the value in degrees of arccos (tan 24°).
The present value of an annuity A pesos payable annually a. 61.48 c. 63.56
for 12 years, with the first payment at the end of 10 years,
is P200,000.00. Find the value of A if money is worth 6%. b. 62.35 d. 60.84
a. P42,440.10 c. P35,101.34
b. P39,007.12 d. P40,303.21
Simplify cos^4∅ - sin^4∅
What amount would have to be invested at the end of each a. 2 c. 2 sin^2 ∅ + 1
year for the next 8 years at 4% compounded semi-annually
in order to have P10,000.00 at the end of the said period? b. 1 d. 2 cos^2 ∅ - 1
a. P1,183.73 c. P1,083.73 The sides of a right triangle is an arithmetic progression
b. P1,043.80 d. P1,143.80 whose common difference is 6m. Its area is:
a. 216 cm^2 c. 360 cm^2
Accumulate P6,000.00 for 10 years at 8% compounded
quarterly. b. 270 cm^2 d. 144 cm^2
a. P13,146.74 c. P13,614.74 Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the Geometric
b. P13,248.24 d. P13,438.24 Progression 2,4,8,16,....
a. 1023 c. 1596
b. 2046 d. 225
The standard deviation of the numbers 1,4,and 7 is: Nonoy left Pikit to drive to Davao at 6;15 PM and arrived at
a. 2.3567 c. 3.2256 11:45 PM. If he averaged 30 mph and stopped 1 hour for
dinner, how far is Davao from Pikit.
b. 2.4495 d. 3.8876 a. 128 c. 160
Find the sum of all positive integral factors of 2048. b. 135 d. 256
a. 4095 c. 4560
A 10-kg weight is suspended by a rope from a ceiling, If a
b. 3065 d. 1254 horizontal force of 5.80 kg is applied to the weight, the rope
A group consists of n boys and n girls. if two of the boys are will make an angle with the vertical equal to:
replaced by two other girls, then 49% of the group a. 60° c. 45°
members will be boys, Find the value of n. b. 30° d. 75°
a. 100 c. 50
Three forced 20N, 30N, 40N are in equilibrium. Find the
b. 49 d. 51 angle between the 30-N and 40-N forces.
By selling balut at P 5.00 each, a vendor gains 20%. the a. 30°15'25" c. 40°
cost price of egg rises by 12.5% If he sells the balut at the b. 28.96° d. 25.97°
same price as before, find his new gain in percent.
a. 7.5% c. 8% A plane is headed due east with air speed of 240 kph. If a
wind of 40 kph is blowing from the north, find the ground
b. 5% d. 6.25% speed of the plane.
In sold a watch for p 3,500.00 at a loss of 30% on the cost a. 243 kph c. 200 kph
price. Find the corresponding loss or gain if he sold it for P b. 423 kph d. 240 kph
5,050.00.
a. 1% loss c. 1% gain A boat has a speed of 8 mph in still water attempts to go
directly across the river with a current of 3 mph. What is
b. 10% loss d. 10% gain the effective speed of the boat?
a. 8.35 mph c. 7.42 mph

Juan can walk from his home to his office at the rate of 5 b. 8.54 mph d. 6.33 mph
mph and back at the rate of 2 mph. What is his average
speed in mph?
a. 2.86 c. 4.12 The weight of a mass of 10 kilograms at a location where g
= 9.77 m/s^2 is:
b. 3.56 d. 5.89 a. 79.7 N c. 97.7 N
A man fires a target 420 m away and hears the bullet strike b. 77.9 N d. 977 N
2 seconds after he pulled the trigger. An observer 525m
away from the target and 455 m from the man heard the A 40 kg block is resting on an inclined plane making an
bullet strike the target one second after he heard the angle of 20 deg. from the horizontal. If the coefficient of the
report of the rifle. Find the velocity of the bullet. friction is 0.60, determine the force parallel to the incline
a. 128 c. 160 that must be applied to cause impending motion down the
plane.
b. 135 d. 256 a. 77 c. 72
b. 82 d. 87 100 g of water are mixed with 150 g of alcohol (p = 790
kg./cu.m). What is the specific volume of the resulting
A pick-up truck is travelling forward at 25 m/s. The truck mixtures, assuming that the fluids mix completely?
bed is loaded with boxes, whose coefficient of friction with a. 0.88 cu. cm/g c. 0.82 cu.cm/g
the bed is 0.4. What is the shortest time that the truck can
be brought to a stop such that the boxes do not shift? b. 1.20 cu.cm/g d. 0.63 cu.cm/g
a. 4.75 sec c. 5.45 sec
One hundred (100) grams of water are mixed with 150
b. 2.35 sec d. 6.37 sec grams of alcohol (p= 790 kg/cu. m). What is the specific
gravity of the resulting mixtures, assuming that the fluids
A skier wishes to build a rope tow to pull herself up a ski hill mix completely?
that is inclines at 15 deg. with the horizontal. Calculate the a. 0.88 cu. cm/g c. 0.82 cu. cm/g
tension needed to give the skier's 54-kg body an
acceleration of 1.2 m/s^2. Neglect friction. b. 1.20 cu. cm/g d. 0.86 cu. cm/g
a. 202 N c. 106 N
The mass of air in a room which is 3m x 5m x 20m is
b. 403 N d. 304 N known to be 350 kg. Find the density.
a. 1.167 kg.m^3 c. 1.617 kg.m^3
What horizontal force P can be applied to a 100-kg block in
a level surface with coefficient of friction of 0.2 that will b. 1.176 kg.m^3 d. 1.716 kg.m^3
cause and acceleration of 2.50 m/s?
a. 343.5 N c. 53.8 N A man lends P 6,000.00 at 6% simple interest for 4 years.
At the end of this time he invests the entire amount
b. 224.5 N d. 446.2 N (principal plus interest) at 5% compounded annually for 12
years. How much will he have at the end at the end of the
A 10-lbm object is acted upon by a 4-lb force. What is the 16 year period?
acceleration in ft./ min^2 a. P 13, 361.20 c. P 13, 333.20
a. 8.0 x 10 to the 4th power ft./ min^2
b. P 13, 633.20 d. P 16, 323.20
b. 9.2 x 10 to the 4th power ft./ min^2
If P 16,000 earns P 480 in 9 months, what is the annual rate
c. 7.8 x 10 to the 4th power ft./ min^2 of interest?
d. 4.6 x 10 to the 4th power ft./ min^2 a. 1%
b. 2%
The pressure 34 meters below the ocean is nearest to: c. 3%
a. 204 kPa c. 344 kPa
d. 4%
b. 222 kPa d. 362 kPa
How long must a P 40,000.00 note bearing 4% simple
The mass of air in a room 3m x 5m x 20m is known to be interest run to amount to P 41,350.00
350 kg. Find its density a. 340 days c. 304 days
a. 1.176 kg./cu.m c. 1.716 kg./cu.m
b. 403 days d. 430 days
b. 1.617 kg/cu.m d. 1.167 kg./ cu.m
Annie buys a television set from a merchant who offers P a. P 860.00 c. P 680.00
25,000.00 at the end of 60 days. Annie wishes to pay
immediately and the merchant offers to compute the b. P 670.00 d. P 806.00
required amount on the assumption that money is worth How many gallons of water will a tank with dimensions of
14% simple interest. What is the required amount? 1200 mm in length 90 cm in diameter hold?
a. P 20, 234.87 c. P 24, 429.97 a. 201.53 c. 249.11
b. P 19, 222.67 d. P 28, 456.23 b. 214.19 d. 294.49
What is the principal amount if the amount of interest at A tank is 60' x 80' x 10' and the flow is 2.0 mgd? What is
the end of 2 1/2 year is P 4500 for a simple interest of 6% the detention time in hours?
per annum? a. 3.3 hours c. 5.3 hours
a. P 35,000.00 c. P 40,000.00
b. 4.3 hours d. 6.3 hours
b. P 30,000.00 d. P 45,000.00
A tank is 100' in diameter and 22 feet deep. If the flow into
A man borrowed P 10,000.00 from his friend and agrees to the tank is 1500 gpm and the flow out of the tank is 300
pay at end of 90 days under 8% interest rate. What is the gpm, how many hours will it take to fill the tank?
required amount? a. 17.9 hours
a. P 10,200.00 c. P 9,500.00
b. 18.9 hours
b. P 11,500.00 d. P 10,700.00
c. 19.9 hours
What is the smallest perfect number possible?
a. 1 c. 12 d. 20.9 hours

b. 6 d. 8 The curved surface area of a cylindrical pillar is 264 m^2

and its volume is 924 m^3. Find the ratio of its diameter to
A composite number has at least ________ divisors. its height.
a. 1 c. 3 a. 3 : 7 c. 6 : 7
b. 2 d. 4 b. 7 : 3 d. 7 : 6
Some lead having a specific heat capacity of 135 J/ (kg °C) A boat can go 10 miles upstream in 30 minutes. The return
is heated from 25°C to its melting point at 327°C. If the trip downstream takes only 20 minutes. What is the speed
quantity of heat required is 795 kJ, determine the mass of of the boat in still water and the speed of the current in
the lead. Mph?
a. 19.5 kg a. 35 , 5 c. 45 , 5
b. 18.0 kg b. 25 , 5 d. 25 , 15
c. 20.0 kg A right circular cone has a volume of 21 π and height of 7.
d. 20.5 kg Find the area of its base.
a. 6 π c. 9
A bank charges 12% simple interest on a P500.00 loan.
How much will be repaid if the loan is paid back in one b. 9 π d. 36
lump sum after 3 years?
Mario’s hat is four more than Alex’s hat and one-half that of PLUMBING ARITHMETIC Enhancement Test
Miguel’s hat. If the total number of hats is 24, how many
hats does Miguel have? 1. A Booster Pump has a capacity of 500 GPM. What is
a. 14 c. 3 the equivalent capacity in LPS?
a. 7926 LPS c. 62.33 LPS
b. 7 d. 16 b. 31.54 LPS d. 1892 LPS
Three circles of radii 110m, 70m, and 55m are tangent to 2. What is the angle between the hour hand and minute
one another. What is the area of the triangle formed by hand of a clock at 6:15pm?
joining the centers of the circles? a. 90 degrees c. 82.5 degrees
a. 9967 sq m c. 9986 sq m b. 87.5 degrees d. 97.5 degrees
b. 9976 sq m d. 9996 sqm 3. Points lying on the same straight line is called ______
A lift station sewage pump initially costs $20,000. Annual a. Coplanar c. Congruent
maintenance costs are $300. The pump salvage value is 10 b. Colinear d. Parade
percent of the initial cost in 20 years. Using 4% interest, 4. One-fourth of a great circle is called
the annual cost of the pump is most nearly: a. cone c. quadrant
a. $1,200 c. $1,772 b. sector d. arc
b. $1,705 d. $1,840 5. How many 6-number combination are there on a
An observer 1.6 m tall is 203 away from a tower. The angle 6/49 Superlotto lottery?
of elevation from his eye to the top of the tower is 30º. The a. 13,983,816 c. 1,906,884
height of the tower is: b. 1,398,381 d. 19,068,846
a. 21.60 m c. 24.72 m 6. Two non-coplanar lines that do not intersect are
b. 23.20 m d. 25.15 m called ________ lines.
a. Perpendicular c. Skew
By what percentage will the area of a circle be increased if b. Parallel d. Concurrent
its radius is doubled?
a. 57% c. 100% 7. What is the surface area of a cylindrical block whose
radius is 8m and 4m height?
b. 300% d. 29% a. 201 m² c. 402 m²
b. 603 m² d. 335m²
Two flies flew at the same time from the same point in
different directions. One fly flew at 0.7 m/s and the other fly 8. A ladder 15 meters long is set with its foot 9 meters
0.5 m/s. If the angle between their paths if 85 deg., find from a house, how high on the house will it reach?
their distance after 2.5 seconds. a. 13m c. 11m
a. 2.06 m b. 10m d. 12m
b. 2.34 m 9. The sides of a triangle are 195, 157 and 210,
respectively. What is the area of the triangle?
c. 1.81 m
a. 73, 250 sq. units c. 14,586 sq. units
d. 3.0 m b. 10,250 sq. units d. 11,260 sq. units
10. A plumber waited 25 minutes for the curing of 4” b. 122 min d. 100 min
CPVC joint before he connects another joint. What is the
angle covered by the clock “minute hand” during the 25-
minute curing period? 19. Water flows at 2 m/s through a 10-cm pipe. It then
a. 120 c. 160 passes through a constriction in a conduit which is 5 cm in
b. 150 d. 145 dia. The velocity in the constricted section is.
a. 2 m/s c. 4 m/s
11. A method used to calculate the total outcomes of a b. 5 m/s d. 8 m/s
situation where order is important.
a. Combination c. Permutation 20. Numbers which allow us to count the objects or ideas
b. Events d. Probability in a given collection.
a. Cardinal c. Rational
12. The year 2016 is a leap year. Since February 1 falls b. Ordinal d. Irrational
on Monday, what day is February 29th?
a. Monday c. Wednesday 21. A device used in determining the rate of flow of large
b. Tuesday d. Sunday quantities of water in an open conduit.
a. Manometer c. Weirs
13. What is the angle between the hour hand and minute b. Orifice d. Nozzle
hand of a clock at 2:25pm?
a. 90 deg c. 82.5 deg. 22. The value of (3 to 2.5 power) square is equal to:
b. 87.5 deg. d. 77.5 deg. a. 729 c. 243
b. 140 d. 81
14. A horizontal line has a slope of:
a. Negative c. Positive 23. The excess of income over expenses
b. Zero d. Infinity a. Discount c. Profit
b. Rate of Return d. Rate of Interest
15. What is the volume of water inside a spherical tank
of radius 12cm, if the tank is half-empty? 24. One leg of a right triangle is 6 inches and the
a. 3169 cm³ c. 3619 cm³ hypotenuse is 2 inches longer than the other leg. Find the
b. 7328 cm³ d. 7238 cm³ length of the hypotenuse.
a. 3 c. 9
16. What must be length of a ladder for it to reach a 5m b. 8 d. 10
wall if the angle of elevation between the ground and the
base is 30 degrees? 25. The set of all points in the plane whose distances
a. 15m c. 20m from a fixed point, called the focus, and a fixed line, called
b. 10m d. 25m the directrix, are always equal
a. parabola c. hyperbola
17. How many horsepower are there in 800 kW? b. ellipse d. semi-circle
a. 2072.4 hp c. 1072.4 hp
b. 746 hp d. 3072.4 hp 26. A line that connects two points on a circle
a. Sector c. Arc
18. A pump is lifting water through 8 meters to fill a 500 b. Chord d. Segment
m3 tank. The overall energy efficiency is 80 percent. How
long will it take to fill the tank if 10-hp electric motor is 27. Find the standard size of an electric motor in HP
used to drive the pump? required to drive the centrifugal pump when delivering
a. 92 min c. 110 min
1000 GPM of water at a total head of 20 meters and the 37. If Php 100,000 is loaned for 10 years at a simple
pump efficiency is assumed to be 70%. interest rate of 15% per annum, determine the total
a. 30 Hp c. 25 Hp amount due at the end of 10 years.
b. 15 Hp d. 23 Hp a. Php 350,000 c. Php 250,000
b. Php 200,000 d. Php 300,000
28. Ten to the 15th power is the value of the prefix.
a. Exa c. Peta 38. If Php 100,000 is loaned for 10 years at an interest
b. Deka d. Femto rate of 15% compounded annually, the equivalent worth at
the end of 10 years is
29. The equivalent of 5 lit/sec in GPM is _. a. Php 405,800 c. Php 408,600
a. 10.59 c. 635.66 b. Php 404,555 d. Php 402,265
b. 0.33 d. 79.25
39. If you invest Php 10,000 today in savings account at
30. The angle of a sector is 30 degrees and the radius is an interest rate of 8% compounded annually, how much
15 cm. What is the area of the sector? principal and interest would you accumulate in 5 years?
a. 56 cm² c. 36 cm² a. Php14,905 c. Php 14,500
b. 59 cm² d. 64 cm² b. Php14,693 d. Php 14,724
31. What is the volume of the sphere whose surface area 40. Determine the exact simple interest on 50,000 pesos
is 108 m²? for the period from Jan. 15 to Nov. 28, 1992, if the rate of
a. 110.50 m³ c. 115.00 m³ interest is 22.
b. 105.50 m³ d. 155.10 m³ a. Php 9,583.56 c. Php 9,523.29
32. How do you call a polygon with 10 000 sides? b. Php 9,553.42 d. Php 9,686.11
a. Hectogon c. Myriagon 41. Find the water power in KW of a centrifugal pump
b. Chilliagon d. Octacontagon when delivering 2000 GPM of water at a total head of 10
33. How do call an energy required to move 1 Coulomb meters.
of charge through an element. a. 12.36 c. 15
a. Current c. Power b. 8.25 d. 10
b. Voltage d. Resonance 42. What is the equivalent of Roman Numeral for 2022
34. How do you call the opposite of the prefix nano? a. MCMLXXII c. MCMXXII
a. Peta c. Giga b. MLMXXII d. MMXXII
b. Tera d. Hexa 43. Find the total surface of a cube whose side is 6 cm
35. This is the measure of central tendency defined as a. 226 cm² c. 216 cm²
the most frequent score. How do you call this measure of b. 226 cm² d. 256 cm²
central tendency? 44. On a certain trip, Edgar drive 231 km in exactly the
a. Median c. Mean same time as Erwin drive 308 km. If Erwin’s rate exceeded
b. Mode d. Deviation that of Edgar by 13kph, determine the rate of Erwin.
36. Find the single trade discount equivalent to a. 39 kph c. 48kph
discounts of 20% and 10% b. 44 kph d. 52 kph
a. 30% c. 25% 45. A Plumbing journeyman can finish the roughing-in
b. 28% d. 22% installation of a plumbing unit in three (3) days and another
in six (6) days and still another plumbing journeyman in b. Additive Identity Property d. Symmetric
eight (8) days. If the three of them work together, in how Property
many days can the job be finished?
a. 1.6 days c. 3 days 54. What is the distance from point A (3,4) to point (-3,-
b. 1.5 days d. 2 days 4)
a. 0 c. 10
46. It is the weight per unit volume of the material. b. 5 d. 13
a. Specific Weight c. Specific Gravity
b. Force per Unit Volume d. Density 55. If each edge of a cube is decreased by 50%, how
much percentage will the volume be decreased?
47. The altitudes of the sides of the triangle intersects at a. 87.50 % c. 83.60 %
the point known as: b. 85 % d. 80 %
a. Orthocenter c. Incenter
b. Circumcenter d. Centroid 56. The measure of 1.5 revolutions counterclockwise.
a. 540 c. 90
48. Additional information of prospective bidders on b. 520 d. -90
contract documents issued prior to bidding date?
a. Depict c. Assessment 57. Two sides of a triangle measure 8 cm and 12 cm.
b. Escalate d. Bid bulletin find its area it its perimeter is 26 cm.
a. 21.33 sq.m c. 33.06 sq.m
49. The series of equal payment occurring at equal b. 32.56 sq.m d. 32.56 sq.m
interval of time? 58. The sides of a triangle ABC are AB = 25 cm, BC = 39
a. Annuity c. Amortization cm, and AC = 40 cm. find its area.
b. Debt d. Deposit a. 486 sq. cm c. 648 sq. cm
50. A plumber covers a journey of 952,000 km in 7 days b. 846 sq. cm d. 468 sq. cm
and and 3 hours. Find the average spped in km/s. 59. A truck starts from rest and moves with constant
a. 155 km/s c. 15.50 km/s acceleration of 5 m/s2. what is its distance traveled after 4
b. 1.55 km/s d. 1550 km/s seconds has elapsed?
51. One gallon of paint cover 30m², how many gallons of a. 20 c. 40
paint needed for tetrahedron tank with the length of one b. 30 d. 50
edge is 3.6m? If the tank must be coated three time, inside 60. Express 45 degrees in mills
and outside surface of the tank. a. 80 mils c. 8000 mils
a. 0.5 gallon c. 1 gallon b. 800 mils d. 80000 mils
b. 2 gallons d. 5 gallons
61. How many square feet is 100 square meters?
52. The width of a rectangle 4/5 its length. If its a. 328.10 c. 1075.84
perimeter is 72, what is the area? b. 956.36 d. 156
a. 160 c. 280
b. 250 d. 320 62. It is a sequence of numbers where the succeeding
term is greater than the preceding term.
53. What do you call the properties of equality in a. Divergent series
algebra, x + (-X) = 0? b. Insurgent series
a. Additive Inverse Property c. Reflexive Property c. Convergence series
d. Fibonacci series one triangle are proportional to two sides of the other, they
are what kind of triangles?
63. A man is 25 years old and his son is 5. In how many a. Complementary c. Similar
years will the father be three times as old as the son? b. Supplementary d. Dissimilar
a. 3 c. 9
b. 5 d. 25 71. A factor repeated to produce a power is?
a. numerator c. quotient
64. What is the equivalent of 100 deg F. b. square d. root
a. 212 deg C
b. 100 deg C 72. A polygon with ten sides is?
c. 37.8 deg C a. dodecagon c. decagon
d. 373 deg C b. undecagon d. tendicagon
65. The suction lift on a pump is 10 feet and the head 73. One cubic foot of water is assumed to weight 62.5
pumped against is 100 feet. If the loss caused by friction in lbs. What is the weight of one cubic inch of water?
the pipe line is assumed as 9 feet, and the pump delivers a. 0.0361 c. 0.0416
100 GPM, what is the horsepower delivered by the pump? b. 0.0316 d. 0.0461
a. 1.5 HP c. 3 HP
b. 2 HP d. 4 HP 74. One cubic yard can give a volume equivalent to?
a. 0.7651 cu.m c. 0.9232 cu.m
66. Pour index horsepower is how many foot lbs per b. 0.2835 cu.m d. 0.2024 cu.m
minute.
a. 30,000 c. 33,333 75. The quantity of a certain commodity that is offered
b. 33,000 d. 30, 333 for sale at a certain price at a given place and time.
a. Demand c. Stocks
67. Which of the following is correct? b. Supply d. Goods
a. 1 horsepower = 746kW
b. 1 horsepower = 0.746watts 76. One period of a sine or cosine function is called one
c. 1 horsepower = 0.746kW ___ of the sine and cosine curve.
d. 1 horsepower = 546 watts a. cycle c. amplitude
b. shift d. phase
68. 350 is to be divided between Jones and Smith, so
that Jones will receive 25 more than Smith. How much 77. Ted’s salary, 1/10 is spent for clothing, and 1/3 for
Jones received? food and for rent. What part of the salary is left for other
a. P 185.50 c. P 178.50 expenditures and savings?
b. P 187.50 d. P 186.50 a. 17/30 c. 19/30
b. 3/5 d. 2/3
69. 350 is to be divided between Jones and Smith, so
that Jones will receive 25 more than Smith. How much 78. A pulley whose diameter is 9 inches is connected by
Smith received? a belt to another whose diameter is 6 inches. If the larger
a. P 167.50 c. P 165.50 pulley runs at 1200 rpm, at how many rpm does the
b. P 155.50 d. P 162.50 smaller pulley run?
a. 800 c. 1600
70. For any two triangles, if an angle of one triangles is b. 1080 d. 1800
congruent to an angle of the other and if the two sides on
79. The specific gravity of cast iron is 7.20. Find its b. 0.02957 d. 25.4
weight density in lbs/sqf of cast iron. Density of water is
62.4 lbs/sqf. 89. A set of elements that is taken without regard to
a. 449 c. 500 order in which the elements are arranged to called a
b. 720 d. 450 a. Combination c. Probability
b. Permutation d. Statistics
80. In a class of 40 students, 27 like Calculus and 25 like
chemistry. How many like both calculus and Chemistry? 90. A water tank can be filled by an inlet pipe in 3 hours
a. 20 c. 17 and can be drained by an outlet pipe in 6 hours. How long
b. 10 d. 12 will it take to fill an empty tank, if by mistake both pipes
were opened at the same time?
81. Two angles having the same vertex and the side of a. 3 hrs c. 6 hrs
one is the prolongation of the side of the other is? b. 2 hrs d. 1.5 hrs
a. acute angle c. obtuse angle
b. scalene angle d. vertical angle 91. What is the temperature in degree Celcius of
absolute zero?
82. The volume of the cube is equal to the cube of the a. -32 c. 273
measure of its b. 0 d. -273
a. angle c. edge
b. corner d. diagonal 92. Find the side of an equilateral triangle whose area is
50.
83. If each two lines is perpendicular to the same line, a. 10.747 c. 12.1250
then the line are? b. 8.2815 d. 9.5260
a. perpendicular c. tangent
b. parallel d. converging 93. A container 40 liters of a sadiki which is 80%alcohol
by volume. How much of the mixture should be removed
84. A number that be exactly divided by two is? and replaced by an equal volume of water so that the
a. real c. integer resulting solution will be 70% alcohol by volume?
b. odd d. even a. 5 liters c. 15 liters
b. 10 liters d. 12 liters
85. A five-pointed star is also known as:
a. pentagon c. pentatron 94. At what temperature will the degree Celcius and
b. pentagram d. quintagon degree Fahrenheit readings will be:
a. 40 b. -40 c. 32 d. 0
86. Twenty less than four times a certain number is 4.
Determine the number. 95. A pump is installed at 5320 feet above sea level. The
a. 6 c. 4 overflow of the reservoir is at 5460 feet above sea level.
b. 5 d. 3 What is the discharge pressure on the pump in psi?
87. The length of time which the property may be a. 59.6 c. 61.6
operated at a profit. b. 60.6 d. 62.6
a. physical life c. operating life 96. A sedimentation basin is 60' long by 40' wide and 10'
b. economic life d. All of the above deep. What is the volume of the tank in cubic feet?
88. One Liter (li) = ____ Ounces (Oz). a. 20,000 cubic feet c. 27,000 cubic feet
a. 33.81 c. 100 b. 24,000 cubic feet d. 30,000 cubic feet
97. A 50,000 gallon tank receives 250,000 gpd flow. 105. A pole cast a shadow of 15 meters long when the
What is the detention time in hours angle of elevation of the sun is 61 deg. If the pole has
a. 4.6 hours c. 4.10 hours leaned 15 deg. from the vertical directly toward the sun,
b. 4.8 hours d. 4.12 hours what is the length of the pole?
a. 45.23 m c. 65.23 m
98. A pressure gauge at the bottom of a storage tank b. 54.23 m d. 53.23 m
reads 30 psi. What is the water level in the tank?
a. 59.3 c. 77.3 106. Gross profit, sale less cost of gold sold, as a
b. 69.3 d. 79.3 percentage of sales is
a. profit margin c. net income
99. What do you call a triangle having three unequal b. gross margin d. rate of return
sides?
a. Obtuse c. Scalene 107. Which of the following statements is true?
b. Oblique d. Isosceles a. All squares are rectangles and rhombuses.
b. All rectangles are rhombuses, but not all rhombuses are
100. Any number expressed in place-value notation with rectangles.
base 12 is known as: c. all squares are parallelograms, but not all squares are
a. Duodecimal c. Decile rectangles.
b. Deontic d. Dedekind d. All rhombuses are parallelograms and all parallelogram
101. The specific gravity of cast iron is 7.20. Find its weight are rhombuses.
density in lbs/sqf of cast iron. Density of water is 62.4 108. A handbag costs P488.00 after having a 20% discount.
lbs/sqf. Find the original cost of the bag.
a. 449 c. 500 a. P 640.00 c. P 610.00
b. 720 d. 450 b. P 700.00 d. P 660.00
102. A pulley whose diameter is 9 inches is connected by a 109. How long will it take for an investment to double its
belt to another whose diameter is 6 inches. If the larger amount if invested at an interest rate of 6% compounded
pulley runs at 1200 rpm, at how many rpm does the bi-monthly?
smaller pulley run? a. 10 years c. 14 years
a. 800 c. 1600 b. 12 years d. 16 years
b. 1080 d. 1800
110. Practice of the profession to operate, tend or maintain,
103. A water tank is filled with water to a height of 3.2m or be in-charge of the operation, tending, or maintenance
above the orifice which is connected at the side of the tank. of any mechanical equipment, machinery or process of any
If the orifice is 3.5m above the ground find the time for the mechanical works, projects or plants or 300 KW or above
water to hit the ground? but not more than 2000 KW.
a. 0.81 sec c. 0.85 sec a. PME c. CPM
b. 0.75 sec d. 0.95 sec b. ME d. REE
104. A stone is projected from the ground with a velocity of 111. The terms of a sum may be grouped in any manner
15m/s at an angle 30 with the horizontal ground. How high without affecting the result. this is law known as:
in feet will it rise? Use g = 9.81m /s2 a. Commutative Law c. Associative Law
a. 9.40 ft c. 7.40 ft b. Distributive Law d. Reflexive Law
b. 8.40 ft d. 6.40 ft
112. Jose’s rate of doing work three times as fast as Bong. long. If a gallon of paint covers 200 sq. ft. on the first coat
On given day Jose and Bong work together for 4 hours then and 250 sq. ft. on the second coat, how many gallons are
Bong was called away and Jose finishes the rest of the job needed?
in 2 hours. How long would it take Bong to do the complete a. 30 gallons c. 32 gallons
job alone? b. 31 gallons d. 33 gallons
a. 18 hrs. c. 16 hrs.
b. 22 hrs. d. 31 hrs. 120. The amount of heat required to change ice to liquid
water is?
113. A company makes a profit equal to 25% of its sales. a. 344 Btu c. 114 Btu
The profit is shared equally among the 4 owners of the b. 144 Btu d. 214 Btu
company. If the company generates sales of $5,000,000,
how much money does each one of the owners get? 121. What is 0.5 in fraction?
a. 312,500 c. 1,250,000 a. 1/4 c. 1/5
b. 500,000 d. 12,500,000 b. 1/2 d. 1/8

114. If the total fall of house sewer is 24 inches per 120 122. Solve (2+2)÷2x2
feet. What is the slope per foot in sewer? a. 2 c. 1
a. 0.01 c. 0.03 b. 4 d. 5
b. 0.02 d. 0.04 123. A line on a map was drawn at a scale of 5:100,000. If a
115. Find the area at the cross section of a pipe with the line in the map is 300 mm long, what is the actual length of
inside diameter of 14 inches and outside diameter of 17 the line?
inches? a. 6 km c. 6 cm
a. 38.92 sq.in c. 153.94 sq. in b. 60 km d. 60 mm
b. 73.04 sq. in d. 220.42 sq. in 124. In a pile of logs, each layer contains one or more log
116. What is the travel length of a plastic pipe 4” in than the layer above and the top contains just one log. If
diameter if the offset angle is 11.250and the offset length there are 105 logs in the pile, how many layers are there?
is 60 cm. a. 12 c. 14
a. 2m c. 4m b. 13 d. 15
b. 3m d. 5m 125. The product of mass and gravity.
117. One cubic foot of water is assumed to wight 62.5 lbs. a. acceleration c. work
what is the weight of one cubic inch of water? b. speed d. weight
a. 0.0361 c. 0.0416 126. How many minutes after 10 o'clock will the hands of
b. 0.0316 d. 0.0461 the clock be opposite each other for the first time?
118. A motorboat went 70 miles in 4 hours when traveling a. 21.41 c. 21.81
at full speed upstream on a river whose current flows at the b. 21.61 d. 22.11
rate of 6 miles per hour. How fast can the boat travel in still 127. Direct labor cost incurred in the factory and direct
water? material costs are the costs of all materials that go into
a. 21.5 miles/hr c. 23.5 miles/hr production. The sum of these two-direct cost is known as:
b. 22.5 miles/hr d. 24.5 miles/hr a. GE and A expenses
119. Two coats of paint are required for an elevated water b. Operation and Maintenance Cost
pipe line 7 inches in diameter (outside diameter) and 200 ft c. Prime Cost
d. Capitalized Cost 139. How many gallons of paint needed for cylindrical tank
1.2m diameter and 2.4m height if the cylindrical tank must
128. Work-in process is classified as be coated four times, inside and outside surface of the
a. An asset c. An expense tank, and if one gallon of paint covers 40 sq.m?
b. A liability d. An owner's equity a. 0.5 gallon c. 1 gallon
129. A polygon with 12 sides is called? b. 3 gallons d. 5 gallons
a. decagon c. dodecagon 140. Evaluate: log 0 ⁡645 (logarithm of 645 to the base
b. pentadecagon d. hexadecagon zero).
130. What is 966 in Roman Numerals? a. 0 c. 1
a. XCLXVI c. CCXLVI b. undefined d. infinity
b. XLVIVI d. CMLXVI 141. Find the fifth term in the expansion of (3a³ – 2b²)^8.
131. The distance traveled per unit time. a. -90720a^12b^8 c. 48384a^9b^10
a. acceleration c. work b. -48384a^9b^10 d. 90720a^12b^8
b. speed d. momentum 142. C, D, M are example of Hindu-Arabic Numerals.
132. Which of the following elements is not belong to a. 1 of them c. 3 of them
transition metals? b. 2 of them d. None of these
a. Ni c. Co 143. A city of 2,500 uses 15 gallons of water per day per
b. Fe d. Zn capita. If it is required to raise this water 150 feet, what is
133. The value of speed of light shall be _______. the number of horsepower required?
a. 3.00 x 10^7 m/s c. 3.00 x 10^6 m/s a. 9 hp c. 8 hp
b. 3.00 x 10^9 m/s d. 3.00 x 10^8 m/s b. 10 hp d. 12 hp

134. What is the other term for FACSIMILE? 144. How many 4ft x 8ft steel plate is needed to produce a
a. Print c. Copy conical tank 1.2m diameter with 2m height?
b. Scan d. Email a. 1.75 c. 1.5
b. 2 d. 3
135. Evaluate: 10!
a. 362880 c. 3628800 145. If 3 cats can kill 3 rats in three minutes, how long will
b. 5040 d. 40320 it take for 100 cats to kill 100 rats.
a. 3 minutes c. 1 minute
136. If each two lines is perpendicular to the same line, b. 100 minutes d. none of the above
then the lines are?
a. perpendicular c. tangent 146. Add the following and express in meters: 3m +
b. parallel d. converging 2cm + 70mm
a. 2.90 m c. 3.12 m
137. Evaluate: i^(23) b. 3.14 m d. 3.09 m
a. – i c. i
b. -1 d. 1 147. A vertical pole 6 ft high casts a shadow 4 ft long. At
the same time a tree casts a shadow 64 ft long. What is the
138. What is the chemical symbol of Cesium height, in feet, of the tree?
a. Cs c. Ci a. 44 c. 96
b. Ce d. Cu b. 72 d. 192
148. How many quartz of a 90% solution of alcohol should
156. The symbol “/” used in division is called.
be mixed with a 75% solution of alcohol in order to make
a. modulus c. solidus
20 quarts of 78% solution?
b. minus d. obelus
a. 4 c. 11
b. 9 d. 15 157. In the pile of logs, each layer contains one more log
than the layer above and the top contains just one log. If
149. Points A and B 1000m apart are plotted on a straight
there are 105 logs in the pile, how many layers are there?
highway running east and west. From A, the bearing of a
a. 11 c. 13
tower C is 320 W of N and from B the bearing of C is 260N
b. 12 d. 14
of E. Approximate the shortest distance of tower C to the
highway. 158. MCM is equivalent to what number?
a. 364 m c. 384 m a. 1000 c. 1800
b. 374 m d. 394 m b. 2000 d. 1900
150. In how many ways can 6 distinct books be arranged in 159. A man sleeps on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
a bookshelf? Thursday and Friday for 8, 6, 7, 4, and 5 hours,
a. 720 c. 360 respectively. Find the number of hours he slept for 5 days.
b. 120 d. 180 a. 35 c. 30
b. 31 d. 25
151. A and B working together can do a job in 5 hrs. B and
C together can do the same in 4 hrs and A and C in 2.5 hrs. 160. Find the base of an isosceles triangle whose vertical
In how many days can all of them finish the job working angle is 65 degrees and whose equal sides are 415 cm.
together? a. 530 cm c. 350 cm
a. 1.07 hrs c. 2.80 hrs b. 464 cm d. 446 cm
b. 2.03 hrs d. 3.10 hrs
161. What is 30% of 293?
152. What will P1,000 be worth after three years if it earns a. 87.9 c. 92.8
interest at the rate of 5% compounded annually? b. 89.7 d. 98.2
a. P 1,190.28 c. P 1,175.00
b. P 1,157.63 d. P 1,150.00 162. Find the length of the chord of a circle of radius 20 cm
subtended by a central angle of 150 degrees.
153. Find the height of the right circular of maximum a. 49 cm c. 39 cm
volume which can be inscribed in a sphere of radius. b. 42 cm d. 36 cm
a. 11.55 cm c. 14.55 cm
b. 12.55 cm d. 18.55 cm 163. Ian remodel a kitchen in 20 hrs and Jack in 15 hours. If
they work together, how many hours to remodel the
154. A freight train starts from Los Angeles and head for kitchen?
Chicago at 40 mph. Two hours later passenger train leaves a. 8.6 c. 5.6
the same station for Chicago traveling at 60 mph. How long b. 7.5 d. 12
will it be before the passenger train overtakes the freight
train? 164. The base radius of a right circular cone is 4 m while its
a. 3 hrs c. 5 hrs slant height is 10 m. What is the surface area?
b. 4 hrs d. 6 hrs a. 124.8 sq. m. c. 226.8 sq. m.
b. 128.6 sq. m. d. 125.7 sq. m
155. The constant “e” is named in honor of:
a. Euler b. Eigen c. Euclid d. Einstein
165. Steve earned a 96% on his first math test, a 74% his
second test, and 85% on 3 tests average. What is his third
test? 174. 24 is 75 percent of what number?
a. 82% c. 87% a. 16 c. 36
b. 91% d. 85% b. 40 d. 32
166. The GCF of two numbers is 34, and their LCM is 4284. 175. In a 15 multiple choice test questions, with five
If one of the number is 204, the other number is possible choices if which only on is correct, what is the
a. 714 c. 2124 standard deviation of getting a correct answer?
b. 716 d. 3125 a. 1.55 c. 1.42
b. 1.65 d. 1.72
167. If 8 men take 12 days to assemble 16 machines, how
many days will it take 15 men to assemble 50 machines? 176. A club of 40 executives, 33 like to smoke Marlboro,
a. 16 c. 16 and 20 like to smoke Philip Morris. How many like both?
b. 24 d. 20 a. 13 c. 11
b. 10 d. 12
168. Which number is divisible by both 3 and 5?
a. 275 c. 870 177. A man row upstream and back in 12 hours. If the rate
b. 445 d. 955 of the current is 1.5 kph and that of the man in still water is
4 kph, what was the time spent downstream?
169. If four babies are born per minute, how many babies a. 1.75 hr c. 3.75 hr
are born in one hour? b. 2.75 hr d. 4.75 hr
a. 230 c. 240
b. 250 d. 260 178. What do you call the integral divided by the difference
of the abscissa?
170. In an arithmetic progression whose first term is 5, the a. average value c. abscissa value
sum of 8 terms is 208. Find the common difference. b. mean value d. integral value
a. 3 c. 5
b. 4 d. 6 179. In two intersecting lines, the angles opposite to each
other are termed as:
171. A certain man sold his ballot at Php 1.13 per piece. If a. opposite angles c. horizontal angles
there 100 balots sold all in all, how much is his total b. vertical angles d. inscribed angles
collection?
a. Php 113.00 c. Php 112.00 180. The Ford company increased its assets price from 22
b. Php 115.00 d. Php 116.00 to 29 pesos. What is the percentage of increase?
a. 24.14% c. 41.24%
172. Michael is four times as old as his son Carlos. If b. 31.82% d. 28.31%
Michael was 18 years old when Carlos was born, how old is
Michael now? 181. A tangent to a conic is a line
a. 36 yrs. c. 24 yrs. a. which is parallel to the normal
b. 20 yrs. d. 32 yrs. b. which touches the conic at only one point
c. which passes inside the conic
173. A student already finished 70% of his homework in 42 d. all of the above
minutes. How many minutes does she still have to work?
a. 18 c. 20 182. If the measure of one angle of a regular polygon is 135
b. 15 d. 24 degrees, then the number of sides of that polygon is ______.
183. The parabola defined by the equation 𝟑𝒚^𝟐+𝟒𝒙=𝟎
a. 4 b. 6 c. 8 d. 9
193. All circle having the same center but with unequal
opens _________ radii are called
a. upward c. to the left a. encircle c. concyclic
b. downward d. to the right b. tangent circles d. concentric circles
184. A bridge is 1.4 kilometers long. A bus 10 meters long 194. How many ways can 5 keys be placed on a key ring?
is crossing the bridge at 30 kph. How many minutes will it a. 8 c. 20
take the bus to completely cross the bridge? b. 12 d. 24
a. 1.82 min c. 3.82 min
b. 2.82 min d. 4.82 min 195. Robert has 50 coins all in nickels and dimes
amounting to $3.50. How many nickels does he have?
185. A lady gives a dinner party for six guests. In how many a. 20 c. 15
ways the be selected from among 10 friends? b. 30 d. 35
a. 110 c. 105
b. 220 d. 210 196. A second hand scientific calculator was sold to Michael
for P600. The original price of the item was P800. How
186. A wall is 15 ft high and 10 ft from a house. Find the many percent discount was given to him?
length of the shortest ladder which will just touch the top of a. 25 c. 40
the wall and reach a window 20.5 ft above the ground. b. 35 d. 20
a. 11.4 ft c. 14.1 ft
b. 42.5 ft d. 54.2 ft 197. Michael’s favorite cake recipe calls for 0.75 pounds of
flour, he has a 5 pound bag. He wants to make several
187. In polar coordinate system the distance from a point cakes for the school bake sale. How many cakes can he
to the pole is known as: make?
a. Polar angle c. x- coordinate a. 5 c. 7
b. radius vector d. y-coordinate b. 6 d. 8
188. A company hires 30 new employees today. It 198. Remy earns P10 an hour for walking the neighbor’s
increases their workforce by 5%. How many workers now? dog. Today she can only walk the dog for 45. How much will
a. 610 c. 630 Remy make today?
b. 600 d. 620 a. P10.00 c. P7.60
b. P7.25 d. P6.75
189. In an ellipse, a chord which contains a focus and is in
line perpendicular to the major axis is a: 199. The product of the slopes of any two straight lines is
a. latus rectum c. focal width negative 1, one of these lines are said to be
b. minor d. Conjugate axis a. Perpendicular
b. parallel
190. James is 20 years old and john is 5 years old. In how c. non intersecting
many years will James be twice as old as john? d. skew
a. 15 c. 12
b. 10 d. 8 200. Which of the following numbers can be divided evenly
by 19?
191. 2 gallons is how many quartz? a. 1 c. 3
a. 2 c. 6 b. 2 d. 4
b. 4 d. 8