Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Caraga Administrative Region
DIVISION OF DINAGAT ISLANDS

MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN GRADE-XI BUSINESS MATHEMATICS

Multiple Choice. Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question correctly.
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1. What would be the result if 5
is added to 8 .
A. 15/40 C. 30/40
B. 19/40 D. 33/40
2. What is the product when 4.17 is multiplied by 4.6?
A. 18 B. 19 C. 18.18 D. 19.18
3. What is the quotient when 1/8 is divided by 5/16?
A. 2/5 B. 4/10 C. 16/40 D. 18/40
4. What is the equivalent value of 30% written in a fractional form?
A. 3/10 B. 6/10 C. 10/100 D. 15/100
5. What is 1/8 express in decimal?
A. 0.25 B. 0.125 C. 0.8 D. 0.5
6. What is the decimal 0.9 written in a fraction?
A. 1/9 B. 9/10 C. 1/3 D. 0.5
7. What percent is represented by the shaded area?

A. 2% B. 8% C. 20% D. 80%
8. What percent of the following figure is dotted?

A. 25% B. 30% C. 40% D. 50%

9. Calculate what percent of the area is shaded red?

A. 25% B. 50% C. 70% D. 75%

10. The figure below contains 100 equally sized parts. Represent the shaded area as a decimal.

A. 0.15 B. 0.75 C. 0.85 D. 0.90

11. School canteen dispenses water in bottles. The graph below shows the number of water
bottles sold at different times of a typical day.
N 210
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200
. 0
180
0
160
O 0
140
f 0
120
0
B 100
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40
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e 0 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5

s
Time of the Day

How many bottles of water were sold at 1 pm? Express your answer in percent as part of an
ideal sale of 200 bottles of water.
A. 70% B. 75% C. 80% D. 85%
12. Mr. Peralta left a property worth 10 million pesos to his wife and 3 children. If the law
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entitles the wife 2 of the estate plus an equal share among the children of the remaining 2 ,
Determine the amount of how much of the 10 million pesos will be given to the wife?
A. 1.25million C. 2.50million
B. 3.75 million D. 6.25 million
13. Gaisano Surigao is giving sales discount on selected items. Determine the amount of how much
would you pay for a pair of shoes whose original price is PHP1,450 with a 25% discount?
A. Php 362.50 C. Php 1,087.50
B. Php 1,025.00 D. Php 1,425.00
14. In Cuaton Store, Diana is choosing between two brands of laundry detergent that would give
her lesser cost. Brand A with net content of 2.2 kg costs PHP144. 75 and Brand B with net
content of 900 grams costs PHP63.80. What choice would Diana make for which brand?
A. Brand A C. Both brands
B. Brand B D. None of the above
15. 65% of your body heat is lost through your head. What is this percent as a fraction in lowest
term?
A. 13/20 B. 65/100 C. 6 and ½ D. 6 and 5/10
16. Andrea got two tests back today. She got 3/8 incorrect on her math test and 37% incorrect
on her science test. On which test did she score better?
A. Math C. Both Math and Science
B. Science D. None of the above
17. Anne, Mike and Beth won Php65 000 in a lottery. The jackpot will be divided among them
based on their money they put towards the ticket. Thus, Anne should get 35 % of the jackpot
and Scott gets 1/4 of the winnings. How much money should Beth get?
A. Php 16,250.00 C. Php 26,000.00
B. Php 22,750.00 D. Php 39,000.00
18. Maria was asked to go to the market to buy 2 1/( 2) kilos of pork, 1/( 4) kilo of garlic, and
6 pieces of saba. One kilo of pork costs PHP215, 1 kilo of garlic costs PHP105, and one piece of
saba costs PHP2.30. If Maria is given PHP700, will she be able to buy everything she was asked
to buy? If yes, Determine the value of how much change is left (if there is any)?
A. Yes, her change is Php 122.45
B. Yes, her change is Php 130.25
C. No, her money is lacking
D. Cannot be determine
19. If you answered 6 numbers correctly out of 15 questions from a Business Mathematics quiz,
what percent did you answer incorrectly?
A. 40% B. 50% C. 55% D. 60%
20. There are 25 students performing in the school program. Of the students, 11 are boys. What
decimal represents the fraction of students that are boys?
A. 0.44 B. 48 C. 0.52 D. 0.56
21. Sam has Php 875.00. He spends 2/5 of his money. How much does he has left?
A. Php 350.00 B. Php 525.00 C. PhP 675.00 D. Php 800.00
22. How would you compare Ratio and rate?
A. The numbers or measurements being compared are called the terms of the ratio and the
measurement are called rate.
B. A ratio is a comparison of two numbers by division while rate is a special ratio in which the
two terms are in different units.
C. A ratio is a comparison of two quantities by multiplication and the rate is a ratio that
compares quantities of the same units.
D. None of the above
23. Five tea bags are needed to make seven liters of iced tea. How many tea bags are needed to
make12 liters of iced tea? Write the proportion from the given situation.
A. t/12 =7/5 C. t/12 = 5/7
B. t/7 =5/12 D. 5/t =7/12

For questions 24-26. Distinguish what kind of proportion does the given situation indicates.

24. Two boxes of chocolates cost Php180. How much do seven boxes of chocolates cost?
A. Direct Proportion C. Indirect Proportion
B. Partitive Proportion D. Combination of Direct and Indirect Proportion
25. If 9 men take 17 days to assemble 20 machines, how many days will it take 20 men to assemble
60 machines?
A. Direct Proportion C. Indirect Proportion
B. Partitive Proportion D. Combination of Direct and Indirect Proportion
26. Forty liters of water is transferred into 3 containers in the ratio 1:3:4. How much water is in
each container?
A. Direct Proportion C. Indirect Proportion
B. Partitive Proportion D. Combination of Direct and Indirect Proportion
27. A typist can finish 5 pages in 8 minutes. How long will it take him to finish 20 pages?
A. 5 minutes C. 30 minutes
B. 5.56 minutes D. 32 minutes
28. A menu which serves 6 people requires 4 cups of flour. How many cups of flour are needed for
the menu to serve 24 people?
A. 6 cups B. 16 cups C. 20 cups D. 22 cups
29. The ratio of cups of water to cups of sugar in a menu is 5:3:1/2, if this is just for one serving,
how much of each is needed for a menu that makes 6 servings?
A. 11: 9: 6/2 C. 30:18:3
B. 11:9:3 D. 2:4:4/2
30. A deceased person stated in his testament that his 36-hectare land be divided among his three
children using 1:2:3 partition, the oldest getting the biggest share. Evaluate how much did the
second child receive?
A. 12ha B. 15ha C. 20ha D. 26ha
31. Brinda buys three bananas for PHP25.00. How much does she pay for 2 dozens of these
bananas?
A. Php 102.00 C. Php 200.00
B. Php 192.00 D. Php 302.50
32. How would you differentiate between Mark-Up, Mark On and Mark Down?
A. Markup is how much to increase prices, markdown is how much to decrease prices and
when the price increases after another increase is Mark on.
B. Markup is how much to decrease prices, markdown is how much to increase prices and
mark on is the difference between the cost of good and its selling price.
C. Markup and mark on how much to decrease prices, markdown is how much to increase
prices.
D. All of the above
For questions 33-36 please refer to the situation below.

A fish vendor decides to increase the price of a fish by 35% that originally costs Php 150.00.

33. How much is the Mark –on?

A. Php 52.50 B. Php 97.50 C. Php 202.50 D. Php 207.50
34. The fish vendor observes the increasing number of customers. So, she decided to increase again
the price of the fish by Php 15.00 per kilo. What is the new selling price of the fish?
A. Php 67.50 B. Php 202.50 C. Php 217.50 D. Php 285.00
35. It was later when the fish vendor realized that the number of customers reduced. So, she
decided to drop the price of the fish by 40% reduction per kilo. How much is the Mark down?
A. Php 67.50 B. Php 81.00 C. Php 121.50 D. Php 202.50
36. What is the new price of the fish per kilo?
A. Php 97.50 B. Php 81.00 C. Php 121.50 D. Php 202.50
37. How to obtain Mark up and Mark down?
A. Mark up is obtain by adding the expenses and the profit to the cost while Mark down is
obtain by a reduction of a certain percentage from the selling price.
B. Mark up is obtain by subtracting the expenses and the profit to the cost while Mark down is
obtain by a reduction of a certain percentage from the selling price.
C. Mark up is obtain by subtracting the expenses and the profit to the cost while Mark down is
obtain by an addition of a certain percentage from the selling price.
D. None of the above
38. How would you differentiate between Mark-Up and Margin?
A. margin is sales minus the cost of goods sold, while markup is the amount by which the cost of
a product is increased in order to derive the selling price.
B. margin is sales added to the cost of goods sold, while markup is the amount by which the
cost of a product is increased in order to derive the selling price.
C. margin is sales minus the cost of goods sold, while markup is the amount by which the cost of
a product is decreased in order to derive the selling price.
D. None of the above
39. How gross margins is used in sales?
A. Gross margin is a company's net sales revenue minus its cost of goods sold.
B. The gross margin represents the amount of sales revenue that the company retains after
incurring the direct costs.
C. The gross margin represents the percentage of sales you can use to cover fixed costs.
D. All of the above
40. What is the equivalent single trade discount for a trade discount series of 40%, 12.5%,
8 1/3 %, and 2%?
A. Single Trade Discount:60%,87.5%,91 2/3%,98%; Trade Discount Series:52.84%
B. Single Trade Discount:6%,87.5%,91 2/3%,98%; Trade Discount Series:52.84%
C. Single Trade Discount:60%,85%,91 2/3%,98%; Trade Discount Series:52.84%
D. Single Trade Discount:60%,87.5%,91 2/3%,98%; Trade Discount Series:50.84%
41. Which of the given statement below illustrate the difference between profit from loss?
A. If the selling price is more than the cost price, the difference between them is the profit
incurred while If the selling price is less than the cost price, the difference between them is
the loss incurred.
B. If the selling price is less than the cost price, the difference between them is the profit
incurred while If the selling price is less than the cost price, the difference between them is
the loss incurred.
C. If the selling price is less than the cost price, the difference between them is the profit
incurred while If the selling price is more than the cost price, the difference between them
is the loss incurred.
D. If the selling price is less than the cost price, the difference between them is the loss
incurred while If the selling price is more than the cost price, the difference between them
is the profit incurred.

For questions 42-43, please refer to the situation below.

Ana bought a bag for Php800. 00 with 15% expenses incurred in buying. For the following
independent cases, determine whether you earn a profit or incurred a loss. Determine how
much your profit or loss was.
42. Ana sold the bag to a friend for Php 1,000.00
A. A profit of Php 80.00 C. A loss of Php 80.00
B. A profit of Php 120.00 D. A loss of Php 120.00
43. Ana sold the bag to a friend for Php 7900.00
A. A profit of Php 220.00 C. A loss of Php 220.00
B. A profit of Php 120.00 D. A loss of Php 120.00
44. Which of the ff. statements below demonstrates how profit is obtained?
A. One can generate a profit only if Selling Price is greater than the Cost Price.
B. The selling price is added to the cost price.
C. One can generate a profit only if Selling Price is less than the Cost Price.
D. The selling price is equal to the cost price.
45. Which of the following statements demonstrates loss in the business?
A. Add the variety new and innovative products and services in your company.
B. Make use of modern technology that exclusively saves time, money and energy.
C. Apply low price strategies.
D. Treat your business as a hobby or a side job
46. It is the production level where total revenues equal total expenses.
A. Break- even point C. Break- even analysis
B. Break- even ratio D. Break-even proportion
47. A store buys coin purses for Php24.50 and then marks them up 25%. The store then discounts
the purses that do not sell at 10% off. Determine the amount of the sale price of the coin
purses.
A. Php30.63 C. Php22.05
B. Php27.56 D. Php25.78
 48. Macaldo store is on sale of a dress for Php476. If the original price was Php560, what would be
the discount rate does this represent?
A. 15% C. 17.6%
B. 84% D. 16%
49. A cellphone store uses a 40% markup on cost. What would be the cost of a pair of cellphone
case that sells for Php63.
A. Php45 C. Php35
B. Php25 D. Php55

50. How to compute Mortgage interest?

A. by dividing the balance by the monthly interest rate.
B. by multiplying the balance by the monthly interest rate.
C. by subtracting the balance by the monthly interest rate.
D. by subtracting the balance by the monthly interest rate.

Prepared by:

EMELY S. GIMENA
DREESMNHS-SHS MathTeacher