TASK No.

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EXERCISES IN MATHEMATICS

1. Find the GCF of 120, 80 and 140.

a. 4 b. 12 c. 10 d. 20

2. Two brothers and their young sister are to divide an inheritance worth P300, 00 in the ratio of
5:6:4, with the girl getting the least share. How much is the share of the sister?
a. P20, 000 b. P80, 000 c. P100, 000 d. P40, 000

3. Find 1 2/5 x (1 ¼ + 7/16)

a. 1/5 b. ¾ c. 4 d. 4/5

4. Employees in a firm are entitled to 1 day vacation fro every 20 working days. If in 2007, this
firm had 280 working days, how many days of vacation leave are the employees entitled to?
a. 20 days b. 15 days c. 24 days d. 14 days

5. What is the perimeter of a square whose are is 256 sq. m?

a. 1024 m b. 64 m c. 32 m d. 16 m

6. How much bigger is 36 than 63?

a. 27 b. 235 c. 513 d. 729

7. Three brothers inherited a cash amount of P120, 000 and they divided it among themselves in
the ratio of 5:2:1. How much more is the largest share than the smallest share?
a. P15, 000 b. P30, 000 c. P60, 000 d. P75, 000

8. The simplest expression 240 / 420 is _____________.

a. 4 b. (1/2)20 c. 20 d. 220

9. 40% of 35 is what percent of 140?

a. 29% b. 28% c. 10% d. 14%

10. Linda paid P360 fro 12 notebooks but she was given 3 additional notebooks for free. In effect,
what rate of discount did she buy?
a. 50% b. 40% c. 18% d. 20%

11. What is the LEAST positive integer that has 6, 8 and 10 as factors?
a. 240 b. 80 c. 120 d. 300

12. What number is NOT exactly divisible by 8?

a. 7304 b. 5000 c. 3584 d. 5218

13. If ab + cd = 12 ad, and ad ≠ 0, then b/d + c/a = _____________.

a. ab + cd b. 12 c. 12a + 12d d. 12ac

14. The roots of the equation (x -5) (x-3) = 0 are _________.

a. 3 or -5 b. 3 or 5 c. -3 or 5 d. -3 or -5

15. The average of m and n is 9 and p = 12. What is the average of m, n and p?
a. 7 b. 21 c. 10 d. 18

16. An angle of 7Л radians is equal to ______________.

a. 1150 b. 2250 c. 1050 d. 12600

17. What is the value of x in ½ + 2/3 – 1/x = 1/6.

a. 2 b. 3 c. 1 d. 4
18. Which of the following expressions always gives an odd number?
a. (N-1)(N-5) b. 5N-1 c. (2N+1)2 d. N2 + 1
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19. What is √256 equal to?
a. 5.4 b. 4 c. 16 d. 6

20. Given this table of number relating x to y, what is x when y is 45?

x 0 4 8 12 16
y 3 9 15 21 27
a. 22 b. 28 c. 48 d. 46

21. If x/y = 4/z, then 16y2 equals __________.

a. x2y2/16 b. x2/16 c. x3z d.x2z2

22. Which statement is TRUE?

I. 1mis longer than 1km.
II. 1mm is longer than 1in.
III. 1 gallon is heavier than 1lb.
IV. 1 gallon is more than l liter.
a. I only b. 1 and IV c. I and III d. III and IV

23. Which of these is NOT factorable?

a. 6x2-5x-6 b. 6x2-13x+6 c. 6x2+7x-6 d. 6x2-35x-6

24. What is the value of x in the equation ½ + 2/3 – 1/x =1/6.

a. 4 b. 2 c. 1 d. 3

25. Which of these could be the measure of the angles of an isosceles triangle?
a. 600, 600, 800 b. 320, 320, 1160 c. 501, 980, 510 d. 450, 450, 1000

26. Which of the following equations is parallel to 3x – 2y=4 and has y-intercept of -3?
a. y = 2x + 3 b. 2x - 3y = 6 c. 2x - 3y = 4 d. 3x - 2y = 6

27. What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (-1 , 2) and (3 , -4)?
a. 3/2 b. 3 c. 2 d. -3/2

28. What is the equation of the line with x-intercept of 5 and y-intercept of 2?
a. 5y + 2x = 4 b. 2y + 5x = 25 c. 2x + 5y = 10 d. 5x + 2y = 10

29. One end of a line segment is P1(1, -2). If the midpoint of the segment is (4, 3), find the
coordinate of the other endpoint of the segment.
a. (6, 9) b. (6, 7) c. (5, 8) d. (7, 8)

30. What is the equation of the line through (4,1) and parallel to the line through (7,3) and
(5,-1)?
a. x – 4y = 0 b. 3x + y = 13 c. 2x – y = 7 d. 5x – 6y = 14

31. What is the equation of the line with slope -6/11 and passing through C(4, 9)?
a. 6x + 11y - 75=0 c. 6x – 11y + 123 = 0
b. 11x + 6y + 10 = 0 d. 6x + 11y – 123 = 0

32. Which of the following quadratic functions will have a graph which opens downward?
a. y = 1 – (3x – x2) c. y = 7x – (5x2 + 1)
b. y = 5x (x-1) + 3 d. y = -4 (2-x2) + 5x
33. What is the median of the following set of numbers: 11, 8, 3, 2, 3, 2, 14, 13, 8, 7, 8, 6?
a. 8.5 b. 7.5 c. 7 d. 7.9

34. The scores of eight boys in an IQ test are as follows: 100, 120, 101, 107, 115, 115, 119 and 101.
What is the 75th Percentile?
a. 120 b. 118 c. 116 d. 117

35. A pair of dice is thrown. If the sum of the dots on the two dice is 6, what is the probability that
one of the dice is 2?
a. 1/8 b. 2/5 c. 1/6 d. 11/36

36. If majority of the students in Statistics class was able to answer most of the questions during
the examination, the score is expected to be ____________.
a. Bimodal c. normally distributed
b. Negatively skewed d. positively skewed

37. Thirty people were asked a question answerable of yes, no and maybe, their responses were
recorded. Which measure of central tendency is MOST appropriate for the recorded data?
a. Range b. Mode c. Mean d. Median

38. Francisco received the following scores on tests in Calculus: 73, 89, 81, 95 and 87. What is his
mean score?
a. 84 b. 85 c. 89 d. 87

39. How many ways can 3 books be selected from a group of 7 books?
a. 42 b. 210 c. 21 d. 85

40. The president of the senior class is authorized to appoint a committee of 5 from 4 elected males
and 8 elected females. How many different committees are possible if 3 elected males are to be
members?
a. 32 b. 112 c. 120 d. 220

41. How many different signals each consisting of 7 flags hung in a vertical line can be formed
from 4 identical red flags and 3 identical green flags?
a. 7!/4!3! b. (7-4)! c. 7! D. 4!3!

42. How many distinct permutations can be made from the letters of the word INFINITY if all the
letters are to be taken?
a. 3540 b. 4512 c. 3360 d. 3124

43. Four married couples have reserved eight seats in a row for a basketball game. In how many
ways can they be seated if each couple is to sit together?
a. 350 b. 384 c. 320 d. 300

44. A family has 3 children. What is the probability that all children are boys?
a. 3/8 b. ½ c. 1/8 d. 1/6

45. A card is selected at random from a box 20 cards numbered 1 to 20. What is the probability
that the number is multiple of 3?
a. 7/20 b. 3/20 c. 5/20 d. 3/10

46. How much interest would be collected on a loan of P25, 000 borrowed for 7 months at 10% per
year?
a. P1, 485.33 b. P1, 548.33 c. P1, 458.33 d. P1, 584.33

47. A store is giving a 15% discount off the market price of electrical items. What is the
discounted price of water dispenser marked art P3, 000.00?
 a. P3, 150 b. P2, 550 c. P2, 850 d. P3, 450

48. In a sale, Nice paid P270.00 for a skirt originally market P450.00. What was the discount rate
given?
a. 20% b. 60% c. 50% d. 40%

49. Atty. Sungit collected P10, 750.00 from Mrs. Tapia after deducting commission, the principal
received P8, 492.35. What was the attorney’s rate of commission?
a. 27% b. 12% c. 21% d. 79%

50. In one senior class, 1/3 of the students are honor students, of this honor students 2/7 are varsity
athletes. If there are four athletes in the class, how many students are there in the class?
a. 42 b. 54 c. 73 d. 62

51. How much money was borrowed at 15% simple interest for 8 months if the interest pa was P3,
500?
a. P36, 500 b. P36, 000 c. P35, 000 d. P37, 200

52. A man sold his car for P180, 000. This means losing 10% of price he paid for it. What was the
cost of the car when he bought it?
a. P195, 000 b. P190, 000 c. P200, 000 d. P210, 000

53. Jen has P7, 200 in the time deposit in a bank which she receives 12% interest each year. How
much interest will she receive in five years?
a. P7, 200 b. P4, 320 c. P4, 800 d. P5, 200

54. The interest of a loan of P6, 350 is P158.75. If the loan is to be paid after 150 days, what is the
rate of interest charged?
a. 5% b. 7% c. 6% d. 4%

55. If sin A = √2/2 , what is sin 2A?

a. ½ b. 2 c. 2/√2 d. 1

56. The vertices of a triangle are (2, 1), (2, 5) and (5, 1). What is the area of a triangle?
a. 10 b. 8 c. 5 d. 6

57. All of the quadrilaterals have two pairs of opposite sides parallel EXCEPT.
a. Rectangle b. Trapezoid c. Square d. Rhombus

58. What is the equation of a straight line with a gradient -1 and y-intercept of 4?
a. 2y = x+4 b. 4y = x +1 c. y =2x+5 d. y = -x + 4

59. The derivative of y = 2x3 – 5x2 + 3x + 2 is __________.

a. y’= 6x2-10x-3 b. y’= 6x2-6x+3 c. y’= -6x2+10x-3 d. y’= 6x2-10x+3

60. When Joseph sorts his collection of marbles into groups of 2, 3,4 or 8 there is one marble left.
What is the smallest number of marbles Joseph can have.?
a. 35 b. 28 c. 25 d. 21

61. Which of the following statements is FALSE?

a. If a number is a multiple of 9, then it is also a multiple of 3.
b. If a number is divided by 9, then it is divisible by 3.
c. If 9 is a divisor of a number, then 3 is also a divisor of the number.
d. If a number is divisible by 3, then it is divided by 9.

62. Which of the following numbers is the difference of two consecutive prime numbers less than
41?
 a. 8 b. 2 c9 d. 6

63. The initial temperature of an object was 270C. After exposing the object to different
surrounding media, its temperature decrease by 70C, then increased by 100C and then finally
decreased by 250C. What was the final temperature of the object?
a. 150C b. 200C c. -50C d. 50C

64. A tank that holds 400 gallons of water can be filled by one pipe in 15 minutes and emptied by
another in 40 minutes. How long would it take to fill the tank if both pipes are functioning?
a. 28 min b. 21 min c. 24 min d. 23 min

65. A clock is 4 minutes ahead every 8 hours. If the clock is set correctly at 8:00 a.m. Monday,
what time will be shown in this clock at 8:00 p.m. Friday?
a. 8:48 a.m. b. 8:54 a.m. c. 9:08 a.m. d. 8:56 a.m.
66. ЛJose walks M miles in H hours. AT the same rate how many miles will he walk in J hours?
J M MJ MH
a. b. c. d.
MH H J H J
67. Three out of every 24 flashlights turned out by a particular factory are found to be defective. If
the factory turns out 1248 flashlight in a week, how many are defective?
a. 72 b. 18 c. 416 d. 156

68. What must be the value of x in the arithmetic progression x-7, x-2, x+3 so that its 10th term will
be 40?
a. 2 b. 4 c. 1 d. 3

69. M varies inversely as N. If M = 25 when N = 2, what is M when N = 5?

a. 16 b. 10 c. 5 d. 2

70. Three circles are tangent to each other externally. What is the perimeter of the triangle formed
by connecting the centers if the areas of the circles are 9Л, 16Л and 25 Л respectively?
a. 24 cm b. 12 cm c. 50 cm d. 25 cm

71. A falling body strikes to the ground with a velocity V, which varies directly as the square root
of the distance d it falls. If a body that falls 100 feet strikes the ground with a velocity of 80
ft/sec. with what velocity will a ball dropped from a height of 550 ft strike the ground?
a. 150 ft/sec b. 190 ft/sec c. 170 ft/sec d. 188 ft/sec