MATHEMATICS
MATHEMATICS
MATHEMATICS
1) Only 26% of 50 students passed the exam. How many students failed the test?
a. 37
b. 35
c. 33
b. 39
2) List the fractions 1/9, 2/15 and 3/15 from LEAST to GREATEST.
a. 40
b. 20
c. 8
d. 4
4) Of the 50 students enrolled in the subject – Trigonometry, 90% took the final examination at the end
of the term. Two-thirds of those who took the final exam passed. How many students passed the exam?
a. 33
b. 45
c. 34
d. 30
a. 4 + b
b. 4b
c. b/4
d. 1/4b
a. 43
b. 47
c. 53
d. 57
a. M
b. L
c. D
d. C
10) The value of the expression 3xy + 3y + 7 when x=2 and y=3 is:
a. 36
b. 42
c. 34
d. 40
a. 14
b. 12
c. 13
d. 11
a. -4
b. 4
c. 1/4
d. 10
a. 64
b. 60.5
c. 52.5
d. 56
14) A box holds 222 apples. How many apples are there in 20 boxes?
a. 4400
b. 4440
c. 4420
d. 4460
15) I sold 2/3 of my pencils for 0.25 each. I sold the remaining 8 pencils at 0.25 per pair. How much
money did I collect for the pencils?
a. 7.5
b. 7
c. 6
d. 5
16) If a function is defined by the set of ordered pairs (1,2), (2,4), (3,8), (4,16), (5,Y), then the value of Y
is?
a. 10
b. 32
c. 20
d. 25
b. m=b
c. n=a
19) The amount of simple interest denoted by “I” paid by the bank on a savings account, uses which of
these formula?
20) The average of a set of 12 numbers is 12. If 1, 2 and 3 are added to the set, what is the new average?
a. 8
b. 9
c. 10
d. 11
21) If the scores in Mathematics test of 45 students are arranged from the highest to the lowest, the
23rd score is the:
a. mean
b. variance
c. median
d. mode
a. 5%
b. 50%
c. 500%
d. 5,000%
23) To find the perimeter (P) of a rectangle that has length of 16 inches and a width of 12 inches, which
of the following equations can be used?
a. P = 2(16)(12)
b. P = (16)+(12)
c. P = 2(16)+(12)
d. P = 2(16+12)
24) Which of the following illustrates the procedure and correct answer of multiplying 2 1/2 X 3 2/3?
25) Six post office employees are working today. It takes one employee one minute to serve one person.
How long would you have to wait in the line if you hold number 321?
a. 33 minutes
b. a half an hour
c. 20 minutes
d. 45 minutes
26) If you write all the whole numbers from 1 through 1,000, how many numbers have the digit 4?
a. 400
b. 271
c. 264
d. 235
27) A vehicle consumes one liter of gasoline to travel 10 kilometers. After a tune-up, it travels 15%
farther on one liter. To the nearest tenth, how many liters of gasoline will it take for the vehicle to travel
230 kilometers?
a. 20.15 liters
b. 23 liters
c. 23.15 liters
d. 20 liters
28) A 2-hours television program included 12 minutes of commercials. What percentage of the program
was not commercials?
a. 94%
b. 90%
c. 88%
d. 86%
29) If the score of 10 students are: 76, 80, 75, 83, 80, 79, 85, 80, 88, 90, the mode is:
a. 85
b. 79
c. 88
d. 80
b. 1,432
c. 1,234
d. 1,412
31) A rectangle has sides of 10 and 12 units. How can the area of a square be computed if it has the
same perimeter of the rectangle?
c. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then square the quotient.
32) The ration of men to women at Mabuhay High School is 3:7. If there are 6,153 women in the said
school, how many men are at Mabuhay High School?
a. 2,051
b. 2,637
c. 879
d. 1,895
33) Mrs. Smith has 80 birds: geese, hens and ducks. The ration of geese to hens is 3:1. 60% of the birds
are ducks. How many geese does Mrs. Smith have?
a. 24
b. 20
c. 25
d. 28
34) If each of the five members in a basketball team shakes hands with every other member of the team
before the game starts, how many handshakes will there be in all?
a. 6
b. 8
c. 10
d. 9
a. 100
b. 500
c. 50
d. 1000
36) One scoop of fish food can feed 7 fish for two days. How many fish can 6 scoops of fish food feed for
a week?
a. 12 fishes
b. 14 fishes
c. 16 fishes
d. 18 fishes
37) Change the following percents to decimals: 23%, 5%, 3%, 3.5%.
38) What is the range of the following: 86, 70, 83, 90, 85, 78, 79, 81, 87?
a. 12
b. 15
c. 16
d. 20
39) If Bob is exactly 33 years old on the 333rd day of this year, in what month was he born?
a. October
b. December
c. November
d. September
a. x = -6
b. x = +8
c. x = 10
d. x = -8
ANSWERS:
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. C
6. A
7. D
8. D
9. A
10. C
11. D
12. D
13. B
14. B
15. D
16. B
17. D
18. C
19. B
20. C
21. C
22. D
23. D
24. C
25. B
26. B
27. D
28. B
29. D
30. C
31. B
32. B
33. B
34. C
35. C
36. A
37. C
38. D
39. C
40. D
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MATHEMATICS (2)
a. √5 is a rational number
b. 0 is a positive number
c. √3 is a real number
d. √4 is an irrational number
a. 1
b. 7
c. 8
d. 5
a. 10
b. 12
c. 14
d. 15
4) The difference between gross profit and cost of goods sold is known as ________.
a. markdown
b. discount
c. net profit
d. invoice price
5) Julius has ₱15,000 in the bank. After a year, he expects it to earn ₱750. What is the rate of interest?
a. 2%
b. 4%
c. 5%
d. 6%
a. 24
b. 13
c. 39
d. 91
a. Commutative
b. Associative
c. Distributive
d. Reflexive
8) Which is proportion?
a. 5:4 = 15:12
b. 8:3 = 16:9
c. 4:5 = 12:10
d. ½:7 = 5:2
9) After receiving a 30% discount, Jay paid ₱210.00 for an item. What is the regular price of the item?
a. ₱300
b. ₱350
c. ₱380
d. ₱400
10) Peter borrowed 15,000 from the bank at the rate of 12% per year. How much will he owe the bank
after 1.5 years?
a. ₱16,000
b. ₱16,700
c. ₱17,000
d. ₱17,700
a. 10.5%
b. 12.5%
c. 14.5%
d. 16.5%
12) John invested ₱5,000 in a certain business. How much will his money be in 2 years if it earns 12%
interest in a year?
a. ₱6,000
b. ₱6,100
c. ₱6,200
d. ₱6,300
a. quotient
b. fraction
c. percentage
d. proportion
14) The number of hours spent for review in Algebra, Chemistry and English is in the ratio of 4:3:1. How
many hours does each student spend for Chemistry in a 24-hour review package?
a. 3
b. 6
c. 9
d. 12
a. 35
b. 350
c. 3,500
d. 35,000
a. 6
b. 24
c. 36
d. 72
17) How many pieces of 7 ½ inches wire can be cut from a 31 ¼ ft roll of wire?
a. 5
b. 10
c. 25
d. 50
a. scalene
b. equilateral
c. isosceles
d. right
a. 0.1
b. 1
c. 10
d. 100
20) A ball is drawn at random from a box containing 3 red balls, 4 white balls and 5 blue balls. What is
the probability that it is not blue?
a. ¼
b. ½
c. 7/12
d. 1
21) A salesman gets a 15% commission for the first ₱20,000, and 10% for the amount over ₱20,000 of
his total sales. How much does he get for a total sale of ₱50,600?
a. 5,060
b. 6,060
c. 7,060
d. 8,060
22) A TV set that originally cost ₱20,000 is now sold at ₱18,000. What is the percentage decrease in the
price of the TV set?
a. 10%
b. 20%
c. 30%
d. 40%
23) At 70 kph, Robin can reach his home within 50 minutes. At what rate should he drive his car so that
he can reach home 15 minutes earlier?
a. 60 kph
b. 80 kph
c. 90 kph
d. 100 kph
24) A typist can finish 4 pages in 6 minutes. How long will it take for him to finish 10 pages?
a. 20 minutes
b. 15 minutes
c. 10 minutes
d. 8 minutes
25) Four people can finish painting a room within 4 hours. If only 2 people are available, how many
hours do they have to work to finish the same job?
a. 4
b. 6
c. 8
d. 10
a. 108
b. 110
c. 112
d. 114
27) Jean bought 5 kilos of rice worth ₱200 and another 4 kilos of rice worth ₱144. What is the average
price of rice per kilo?
a. ₱172.00
b. ₱172.11
c. ₱175.00
d. ₱175.11
a. 76
b. 84
c. 86
d. 96
b. ¼
c. 1/800
d. 1/80
30) Jack and Jill work as part of the service crew in one of the fastfood chains. If their earnings were in
the ration of 7:8 respectively, how much did Jack earned when Jill had earned ₱6,400?
a. ₱6,200
b. ₱5,600
c. ₱5,800
d. ₱6,080
a. 5,148
b. 53,250
c. 1,460
d. 32,400
32) The value of the car has depreciated by ₱20,000. It is now worth ₱380,000. By how many percent
did the value of the car decrease?
a. 5%
b. 10%
c. 20%
d. 25%
a. 29
b. 26
c. 27
d. 30
34) Of the following, which is the greatest?
a. 3/4
b. 5/7
c. 6/9
d. 7/10
35) The area of the rectangle is 6x2, with length of 2x. Find the perimeter.
a. 16x
b. 10x
c. 12x2
d. 18x
36) How many times will the digit 7 appear between 1 to 100.
a. 9
b. 20
c. 19
d. 11
a. 3
b. 1
c. 2
d. 5
38) Lito cut 4 ¼ yd of plastic cover from a bolt containing 35 1/8 yd. How many yards were left in the
bolt?
a. 31 ¼
b. 30 7/8
c. 31 1/8
d. 30 ¼
39) Find the final amount due in investing ₱50,000 at a simple interest rate of 14.5% for 18 months.
a. ₱60,875
b. ₱50,875
c. ₱60,900
d. ₱50,900
40) What is the exact interest of ₱15,000, invested at 5.5% simple interest rate for 108 days?
a. ₱255.62
b. ₱265.62
c. ₱260.62
d. ₱244.11
41) At what rate of interest should ₱2,400 be invested so that it will earn ₱80 in 8 months?
a. 6.5%
b. 5.5%
c. 5%
d. 6%
42) What is the single equivalent discount rate of the discount series 5%, 10% and 25%?
a. 40%
b. 35.9%
c. 64.1%
d. 60%
43) The product of 2 whole numbers is 36, and their ratio is 1:4. Which of these is the smaller number?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 8
d. 9
44) If 30% of x is 30, what is 50% of x?
a. 30
b. 40
c. 50
d. 60
45) Julio’s salary is ₱8,500 per month. If it is increased by 12%, what is his new salary per month?
a. ₱9,320
b. ₱9,420
c. ₱9,520
d. ₱9,550
46) How much commission does a salesman get if he was able to sell ₱35,000 worth of jewelry and he is
given a 15% of it?
a. ₱5,300
b. ₱5,325
c. ₱5,250
d. ₱5,425
47) How much should a man deposit in a bank at 6% simple interest rate if he wants to earn ₱1,200 a
year?
a. ₱10,000
b. ₱30,000
c. ₱15,000
d. ₱20,000
a. .69
b. .65
c. .64
d. .67
a. 4
b. 3
c. 2
d. 1
50) A movie ticket cost ₱500 during a premiere night, and ₱320 during the regular show. What is the
percentage decrease in the price of the ticket?
a. 30%
b. 36%
c. 24%
d. 28%
ANSWERS:
1. C
3. B
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. A
9. A
10. D
12. C
13. D
14. C
15. C
16. D
17. D
18. B
19. C
20. C
21. B
22. A
23. D
24. B
25. C
26. A
27. D
28. D
29. D
30. B
31. D
32. A
33. D
34. A
35. B
36. B
37. B
38. B
39. A
40. D
41. C
42. B
43. A
44. C
45. C
46. B
47. D
48. A
49. C
50. B
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1) A politician wants to get his message to 2/3 of the population of 48,000 in Bulacan. However, his
advertising campaign reaches only ¾ of the number he intended. How many people does he actually
reach?
a. 16,000
b. 10,000
c. 24,000
d. 36,000
2) A meter was cut at the 35-cm mark. What is the ratio of the smaller piece to the larger piece?
a. 7:13
b. 65:35
c. 35:100
d. 65:100
3) The carat is a unit of measure used to weigh precious stones. It equals 3.086 grains. How many grains
does a 2.8 carat diamond weigh?
a. 864.08
b. 86.408
c. 8.6408
d. 8640.8
4) A carpenter wanted three pieces of wood each 1⅝ feet long. If he planned to cut them from a 6-foot
piece of wood, how much of the piece would be left?
a. 4 ⅜ ft
b. 1 ⅛ ft
c. 4 ⅞ ft
d. 3 ft
5) Four mangoes cost P29.00. At that price what will 2½ dozen mangoes cost?
a. ₱217.50
b. ₱188.50
c. ₱348.50
d. ₱870.00
6) If ₱75.00 is shared among three children in the ratio of 3:7:15. The size of the smaller share is
a. ₱9.00
b. ₱15.00
c. ₱25.00
d. ₱35.00
a. 7 17/35
b. 7 3/35
c. 7 1/35
d. 7 3/12
8) 10 - 3 2/17 = __________
a. 7 2/17
b. 6 2/17
c. 6 1/17
d. 6 15/17
a. Eight
b. Six
c. Five
d. Four
10) Which is the sum of the infinite progression 3/2, 1, 2/3, 4/9 . . . ?
a. 6½
b. 5½
c. 4½
d. 7½
b. the 6th
c. the 9th
d. the 7th
12) Which are the next three terms in the progression 1, 4, 16 . . . 8 terms?
13) Which are the next three terms in the progression 1/125, -1/25, 1/5 . . . 7 terms?
a. -2, 6, -26
b. -3, 7, -27
c. -4, 8, -28
d. -1, 5, -25
14) Which is the equivalent common fraction of the repeating decimal 3.242424…?
a. 107/33
b. 110/33
c. 109/33
d. 108/33
15) Benjamin received his report card with the following grades: 93, 88, 80, 86 and 89? What is the
average grade?
a. 86
b. 87
c. 86 1/5
d. 88
16) The Miranda Family purchased a 250-pound side of beef and had it packaged. They paid ₱365.00 for
the side of beef. During the packaging, 75 pounds of beef were discarded as waste. What was the cost
per pound for the packaged beef?
17) If a baseball player hits 10 home runs in the first 45 games, at the same rate how many home runs
can he expect to hit during the 162-game season?
a. 38
b. 42
c. 36
d. 40
18) During a recent shopping spree, Tomas and Nena bought some new accessories for their apartment.
Nena chose a crocheted throw pillow at ₱24.95, and Tomas purchased a rural landscape painting for
₱135.00. How much did they actually spend if they paid 7% sales tax on their purchases?
a. ₱171.15
b. ₱139.25
c. ₱159.95
d. ₱148.75
19) You buy a new refrigerator for ₱12,800.00 and make a down payment of ₱2,500.00. If you finance
the remainder at 8% annually for three years, how much will you actually pay for the refrigerator?
a. ₱12,190.00
b. ₱10,300.00
c. ₱12,772.00
d. ₱15,272.00
20) To pass her English Test, Lucille must get 75% of the items correct. Out of 80 questions, how many
must she correctly answer?
a. 55
b. 60
c. 65
d. 70
21) Employees at Shaira's Musicmart get a 20% discount on all purchases. If Theresa buys three tapes at
₱7.49 each, how much will she have to pay after her employee discount?
a. ₱16.98
b. ₱19.98
c. ₱18.98
d. ₱17.98
22) How many ways can a committee of 4 people be selected from a group of 7 people?
a. 35
b. 70
c. 140
d. 210
23) In how many ways can you arrange three mathematics books (Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry) in
order on a shelf?
a. 6
b. 8
c. 12
d. 24
24) One package is 100 pounds, and the other is 150 pounds. The weight of the second package is how
many times that of the first?
a. 1½ times heavier
b. ½ as heavy
c. 10 pounds heavier
d. 20 pounds heavier
25) How many gallons of water will fill a fish tank that is 18 inches by 12 inches by 48 inches? (There are
231 cubic inches per gallon). Round your answer to the nearest gallon.
a. 45 gallons
b. 40 gallons
c. 47 gallons
d. 38 gallons
26) What are the next four numbers in this sequence 8, 5, 4, 9,17, ___, ___, ___, ___?
a. 4, 3, 2, 1
b. 5, 4, 3, 2
c. 6, 3, 2, 0
d. 3, 2, 1, 0
27) What day follows the day before yesterday if 2 days from now will be Sunday?
a. Tuesday
b. Saturday
c. Wednesday
d. Thursday
28) How much larger is the supplement of a 57 degree angle than the complement of a 75 degree angle?
a. 108 degrees
b. 18 degrees
c. 105 degrees
d. 123 degrees
29) The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 25 feet. If one leg is 24 feet, what is the length of the other leg?
a. 5 ft
b. 5 ft
c. 20 ft
d. 7 ft
30) Which is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 5 inches and 12 inches?
a. 17in.
b. 13 in.
c. 11in.
d. 20 in.
31) A tenant as awarded a house and lot package worth ₱180, 000.00. She has to pay package for 20
years at 9% per annum. How much will the house and lot cost after 20 years?
a. ₱604, 000
b. ₱504, 000
c. ₱704, 000
d. ₱500, 00
a. y = 2x – 1
b. y = 5x2
c. y = x-1
d. y = x-5
33) Julio son is graduating. He sent his son three packages of 8 ½ kg, 10 ¼ and 2 ½ kg. What is the total of
the packages sent?
a. 20 ¼ kg
b. 21 ¼ kg
c. 18 ½ kg
d. 23 2/2 kg
34) The weather report recorded a temperature of 29°C in the morning and 33.5°C at two o’clock in the
afternoon. How many degrees higher was the afternoon temperature?
a. 4.5°C
b. 5.8°C
c. 6.3°C
d. 5.5°C
35) Write the ratio in the lowest term two hours to 30 minutes
a. 2:15
b. 2:4
c. 2:30
d. 4:1
a. 3
b. 1
c. 2
d. 4
a. 3
b. 5
c. 2
d. 4
a. 44 3/8
b. 44 ½
c. 44 ¼
d. 43 4/16
a. x – x + 9 – 3x + 10x
b. 2x + 4x – 3
c. xy – x – 6
d. x – 4x + 2x – x + 2
40) The meat sent by air cargo is 1,340 pounds. The weight was computed into kilogram determine the
kilogram of the cargo.
a. 0090 kg
b. 609.09 kg
c. 61 kg
d. 00.908 kg
41) How do you determine the total length of the clothing materials if there are 7 2/10 meter and 15 4/5
meter available?
a. 18 ½ m
b. 23 m
c. 18 m
d. 18 ¼ m
42) Eight men can paint a 3 unit army school building in 3 days. How many more units will 12 men pain
of this building?
a. ½
b. 1 ½
c. 2
d. 1
43) Only 682 examinees passed in a Pharmacists Licensure Examination out of 2550 examinees. What is
the passing percentage?
a. 26.5%
b. 26%
c. 26.7%
d. 26.8%
44) Convert this confiscated 8,000 grams of dangerous drugs into kilograms.
a. 8 kg
c. 800 kg
b. 800 kg
d. 80 kg
45) A rice field is divided into four sections. Each section is 25 meters by 38 meters. Get the perimeter of
each section.
a. 152 m
b. 126 m
c. 156 m
d. 146 m
46) Hacienda Rosita was to be decided among 22 tenants. Each tenant will be rewarded 6-hectares each.
What was the area of Hacienda Rosita?
a. 152 hectares
b. 132 hectares
c. 122 hectares
d. 142 hectares
47) The host had only 8 ¼ gallons of ice cream to serve. Upon arrival of the guest she served 3 ½ gallons.
How many gallons are left for the late corners?
a. 5 ¼ gallons
b. 4 ½ gallons
c. 4 ¾ gallons
d. 4 1/8 gallons
a. -598
b. 598
c. 59.8
d. 5.98
49) The first prize of ₱40,000,000 was shared by 16 winners. How much will each claim?
a. ₱2,500,000.00
b. ₱2,800,000.00
c. ₱3,000,000.00
d. ₱2,700,000.00
50) The harvest of corn is ₱8.00 per kilograms. The whole harvest total worth is ₱10,000.00. How many
kilograms was the corn harvest?
a. 1,050 kg
b. 1,250 kg
c. 2,000 kg
d. 2,250 kg
1. C
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. D
9. A
10. A
11. A
12. A
13. A
14. A
15. B
16. A
17. C
18. A
19. D
20. B
21. D
22. A
23. A
24. A
25. A
26. A
27. A
28. A
29. D
30. A
31. B
32. B
33. B
34. A
35. D
36. B
37. B
38. A
39. C
40. B
41. B
42. B
43. C
44. A
45. B
46. B
47. C
48. A
49. A
50. B