POSTTEST IN MATHEMATICS

ENHANCEMENT REVIEW

SET OF NUMBERS/PROPERTIES OF NUMBERS/ NUMBER THEORY

1. Which of the following describes a rational number?

I. a decimal number that is terminating but non - repeating

II. a decimal number that is non-terminating but repeating
III. a decimal number that is both terminating and repeating
IV. a decimal number that is both non-terminating and non-repeating

a. I only b. II and IV c. I, II, and III d. IV only

2. Which statement is true?
a. √5 is a rational number
b. 0 is a positive number
c. √3 is a real number
d. √4 is an irrational number
3. Which of the following properties of real numbers states that the factors of a product may be grouped in
any manner without affecting the result?
a. associative b. distributive c. commutative d. inverse
4. Which of the following is NOT true about the sum of two consecutive odd integers?
a. it is even
b. it is divisible by 4
c. it is only divisible by 12
d. it is always divisible by 1
5. If x is an odd integer and y is an even integer, which of the following is an odd integer?
a. 2x – y b. X2 + 3y c. X2 + y – 1 d. X – 1
6. The only prime number between 45 and 59 is
a. 46 b. 47 c. 48 d. 49
7. What is the sum of the prime factors of 140?
a. 9 b. 12 c. 14 d. 15
8. How many integers between 1 and 150 are divisible by both 4 and 5?
a. 9 b. 10 c. 8 d. 7
9. Which of the following is divisible by both 3 and 4?
a. 2305 b. 14306 c. 60721 d. 67476
10. What is the greatest number that can divide 108, 400, and 360 without remainder?
a. 2 b. 4 c. 3 d. 6
11. What is the smallest number which can be exactly divided by 18, 27 and 15?
a. 900 b. 27 c. 270 d. 3
12. What is the LCM of 24,12,16?
a. 96 b. 4 c. 98 d. 192
13. Find the GCF of 18 and 36
a. 36 b. 6 c. 18 d. 9
14. Al and Mel both work at night. Al has every 6th night off and Mel has every 8th night off. If both are off
tonight, how many nights will it take to be both off again?
a. 22 b. 24 c. 25 d. 26
15. A merchant wishes to cut his rolls of ribbon into the longest possible cut, without any piece left. The
lengths of each roll are 72 m, 180 m, 216 m and 360 m. What should be the length of each ribbon?
a. 36 m b. 35 m c. 34 m d. 33 m

ARITHMETIC/ FOUR FUNDAMENTAL OPERATIONS

16. 9 x [ 7 + 5 x ( 20 – 5 ) ] =
a. 638 b. 738 c. 838 d. 938
2
17. 18 x [ 6 + ( 7 – 5 ) ] =
a. 150 b. 160 c. 170 d. 180
18. 418 – 12 + 23 x 2 =
a. 402 b. 452 c. 422 d. 432
19. Aiza went to the market to buy some meat. She bought 3 kg of chicken, 420 g of beef and 7,300 g of
pork. How many kilograms of meet did she buy in all?
a. 1072 kg b. 107.2 kg c. 10.72 kg d. 1.072 kg
20. Sarah received Php 380.00 for working 4 hours. How much will she receive if she works in 9 hours?
a. Php 835.00 b. Php 845.00 c. Php 855.00 d. Php 865.00
 21. In a series of card games, Raul starts out with P100 and wins a total of P400. If he later loses P300,
wins P50 and loses P250, how much cash does Raul have?
a. 0 b. P50 c. P100 d. P150
22. How much money can be saved by buying 72 pens at P90 per dozen than buying them for P7.75 each?
a. P 0.25 b. P 3.00 c. P 12.00 d. P 18.00
23. Every seat in a bus was taken and 7 people were standing. At the next stop 15 people got off and 3 got
on. How many seats were empty after this stop if everyone was seated?
a. 3 b. 5 c. 7 d. 10
24. Aling Rosa spent P 91.80 for ingredients and fuel to cook guinatan, She was able to sell what she
cooked to 32 customers who paid P 4.50 each. How much did she gain from her enterprise?
a. 14.40 b. 42.20 c. 28.40 d. 52.20
25. What is the difference in elevation between the top of a mountain 8,520 feet above sea level and a
point in a valley 253 feet below sea level?
a. 8367 feet b. 8267 feet c. 8873 feet d. 8773 feet

FRACTIONS

26. What part of an hour elapses from 4:56 P.M. to 5:32 P.M.?
a. 1/4 b. 3/5 c. 2/3 d. 3/4
27. A Biology class has 12 boys and 18 girls. What fraction of the class are boys?
a. 2/5 b. 2/3 c. ¾ d. 3/2
28. What is 3/5 of 7/13?
a. 21/65 b. 5/9 c. 10/13 d. 21/13
29. One tenth is what part of three-fourths?
a. 3/40 b. 1/8 c. 2/15 d. 15/2
30. If 3/8 of a certain number is 2/5, what is 3/4 of that same number?
a. 1/5 b. 2/5 c. 3/5 d. 4/5
31. Divide 2/3 by the difference obtained when 5/9 ÷ 5/8 is subtracted from 15/8.
a. 50/71 b. 49/71 c. 48/71 d. 47/71
32. The total rainfall for several days was recorded. It rained 1 1/3 cm on Monday, 1 2/5 cm on
Wednesday, and 1 2/3 cm Saturday. What was the total rainfall for the three days?
a. 3 2/5 cm b. 3 1/5 cm c. 4 1/5 cm d. 4 2/5 cm
33. If the price of round-trip fare to Malolos, Bulacan is P 285.00, how much will it cost a family of four if the
husband pays full fare, the wife pays 2/3 of full fare, and he two children each pay ½ of the regular
price?
a. P 475.00 b. P 760.00 c. P 570.00 d. P 1,140.00
34. A Grade Six class added 1/2 liter of water to 3 3/4 liters of pineapple juice. It was divided among 12
children. How much juice did each get?
a. 15/48 b. 16/48 c. 17/48 d. 18/48
35. Jack has a 91-meter roll of barbed wire. He needs to cut it into lengths that are 3 1/4 m long. How many
pieces could he make from the roll of barbed wire?
a. 28 b. 27 c. 26 d. 25
36. A truck can carry a load of 8 / 9 tons. How many trips must the truck make to deliver 10 and 2 / 3 tons
of sand?
a. 8 b. 9 c. 10 d.12
37. Father is to fence the rectangular lot measuring 9 1/4 m by 8 1/2 m. How long of razor wire will he buy?
a. 33 1/2 m b. 34 1/2 m c. 35 1/2 m d. 36 1/2 m
38. The outer diameter of a metal pipe is 3 ¼ cm and the inner diameter is 2 ¾ cm. Find the thickness of
the pipe.
a. ½ cm b. ¼ cm c. 1/8 cm d. ¾ cm
39. John completes a race in 9 1/3 minutes and Steve finishes the same race in 7 ¾ minutes. How many
seconds after Steve finishes the race does John complete the race?
a. 72 b. 90 c. 92 d. 95
40. If a car averages 22 ½ miles per gallon of gasoline on a trip, how many gallons of gasoline will the car
use on a 720 mile trip?
a. 720 x 22 ½ b. 22 ½ -720 c. 22 ½ +720 d. 720 ÷ 22 ½
41. Girlie starts cleaning the yard at 10 AM and by 11:20, she has finished 4/5 of it. If she continues
working at the same rate, at what time will she finish cleaning the yard?
a. 11 : 10 AM b. 12 : 20 AM c. 11 : 40 AM d. 11 : 52 AM
42. A water tank is 7/8 full. When 21 liters of water is drawn out, the tank is 5/8 full. What is the total
capacity of the tank in liters?
a. 63 b. 84 c. 87 d. 93
43. A politician wants to get his message to 2/3 of the population of 48,000 in Bulacan. However, his
advertising campaign reaches only 3/4 of the number he intended. How many people does he actually
reach?
a. 16,000 b. 24,000 c. 10,000 d. 36,000
 44. Tom loaded ½ of the cartons at a shipping dock on a truck. When Tom went to lunch, George loaded
1/3 of the remaining cartons on the truck. After George finished, 40 cartons remained to be loaded on
the truck. How many cartons were on the shipping dock before any were loaded on the truck?
a. 60 b. 120 c. 150 d. 180
45. Lindsay is trying to collect all the cards in a special commemorative set of baseball cards. She currently
has exactly ¼ of the cards in that set. When she gets 10 more cards, she will then have 1/3 of the
cards. How many cards are in the set?
a. 30 b. 60 c. 120 d. 180

RATIO / DIRECT, INVERSE, JOINT VARIATION/ PARTITIVE PROPORTION

46. A kinder class has g number of girls and b number of boys. The ratio of boys to girls is _____ .
a. bg b. b / (b+g) c. g/b d. b/g
47. A man sleeps 8 hours a day. The ratio of the time he is asleep to the time he is awake is
a. 1:3 b. 3:1 c. 1:2 d. 2:1
48. At Rosa Alvero Street, in Loyola Heights there are 8 towns houses and 52 private individual homes.
What is the ratio of town houses to private individual homes?
a. 2 : 27 b. 2 : 13 c. 1 : 13 d. 4 : 13
49. If 45% of the students at a college are male, what is the ratio of the male students to the female
students?
a. 9/20 b. 11/20 c. 9/11 d. 2/11
50. There are 15 apples, 10 bananas, and 5 pears in a basket. What is the ratio of the number of apples to
the total number of fruits?
a. 1:2 b. 1:1 c. 1:3 d. 6:1
51. A post 8 m high casts a shadow 24 m. At the same time, a second pole casts a shadow 36 m long.
What is the length of the second pole?
a. 8 m b. 10 m c. 12 m d. 14 m
52. If a car can travel 60 km on 12 liters of gasoline, how many liters will be needed in a 210 km trip?
a. 30 b. 42 c. 45 d. 50
53. Angelo can type 9 pages in 12 minutes. How many pages can he type in 8 hours at the same rate?
a. 180 b. 360 c. 390 d. 540
54. If 20 boys can mow 8 lawns in an hour, how many lawns can 50 boys mow in the same hour?
a. 18 b. 20 c. 22 d. 24
55. If 45 men can build a house in 20 days, how many men can build the same house in 9 days?
a. 90 men b. 95 men c. 100 men d. 105 men
56. If 9 shoemakers can finish 25 pairs of shoes in 3 days, how many shoemakers can finish the same
number of pairs in 4 days? (no answer)
a. 8 b. 10 c. 12 d. 14
57. A toy factory found out that 8 out of 500 toys were defective. About how many defective toys could be
expected in a production of 15,000 toys?
a. 240 toys b. 242 toys c. 244 toys d. 238 toys
58. A school planned to hire 7 electricians to make electrical installation in the school. The electricians told
the administrators that they could finish the job in 12 days. The officials bargained for a 7-day work
while agreeing to hire additional electricians. How many additional electricians should be hired to meet
the condition?
a. 5 b. 4 c. 13 d. 12
59. A painter completes 2/9 of a job in 3 days. At this rate, how many more days will it take him to finish the
job?
a. 7.5 days b. 9.5 days c. 10.5 days d. 13.5 days
60. A sack of corn will feed 18 ducks for 54 days. How long will it feed 12 ducks ?
a. 36 b. 60 c. 72 d. 81
61. A school has enough oatmeal to feed 15 children in 4 days. If 5 more children are added, how many
days will the oatmeal last?
a. 3 b. 12 c. 1 ⅓ d. 5 ⅓
62. If it takes 16 pipes 10 hours to fill 8 tanks, how longwill it take 12 pipes to fill 9 tanks?
a. 10 hours b. 12 hours c. 13 hours d. 15 hours
63. A lace 72 meters long is cut into two pieces. If the ratio of the length of the laces is 4:5, how long is the
shorter piece?
a. 40 b. 42 c. 30 d. 32
64. On a certain day three computer technicians took turns in manning a 24-hours internet shop. The
number of hours Cesar, Bert, and Danny were on duty was in the ratio 1:2:3, respectively. The shop
owner pays them Php 40 per hour. How much would Danny receive for that day?
a. Php 230 b. Php 160 c. Php 960 d. Php 480
65. If P75.00 is shared among three children in the ratio of 3:7:15. What is the size of the smallest share?
a. P 35 b. P 25 c. P 15 d. P 9
PERCENTAGE/ BASE/ RATE

66. Write 7.5% as a fraction.

a. ¾ b. 3/40 c. 3/400 d. 3/4000
67. Write 3/8 % as decimal.
a. 0.00375 b. 0.0375 c. 0.375 d. 3.75
68. What is 75% of 360?
a. 90 b. 180 c. 270 d. 360
69. 400 is what percent of 80?
a. 50% b. 100% c. 200% d. 500%
70. 40% of 120 is what number?
a. 44 b. 48 c. 52 d. 56
71. 30% of 90 is 20% of what number?
a. 27 b. 55 c. 135 d. 155
72. If the ratio of women to men in a meeting is 4 to 1, what percent of the person in the meeting are men?
a. 80% b. 33 1/3% c. 20% d. 25%
73. Mr. Jamilla earns P 1250 per week in salary, and 5% commission on all sales. How much must he sell
to earn P 2000 per week?
a. P 75,000 b. P 40,000 c. P 25,000 d. P 15,000
74. A basketball team has won 24 games out of 36 games played. It has 24 more games to play. How
many of these must the team win to make its record 80% for the season?
a. 12 b. 18 c. 18 d. 24
75. In an opinion poll of 50 men and 40 women, 50% of the men and 25% of the women said that they
preferred fiction to nonfiction books. What percent of the people polled preferred to read nonfiction?
a. 75% b. 25% c. 39% d. 61%
76. Mark’s tuition fee last year was Php 16,000.00. If his parents paid 18,400.00 this year, what is the
percent of increase on his tuition fee?
a. 10% b. 15% c. 20% d. 25%
77. My sister weighed 38 kg. After few months, she gained 5% of her total weight. What is her weight
now?
a. 36.9 kg b. 37.9 kg c. 38.9 kg d. 39.9 kg
78. Larry will sell his guitar for Php 800.00. He bought it for Php 1,350.00. What is the percent of decrease
on the price of the guitar? Round the rate to the nearest hundredth.
a. 40.50% b. 40.57% c. 40.64% d. 40.74%
79. Lolo Pete ate in a fast food. He presented his Senior Citizen ID to avail of the 20% discount. His meal
was Php 124.00. How much was his discount?
a. Php 22.80 b. Php 23.80 c. Php 24.80 d. Php 25.80
80. Megan bought a wrist watch for Php 585.00. Its regular price is Php 750.00. Find the percent of
discount.
a. 20% b. 22% c. 24% d. 26%
81. A dress marked P 240.0 was put on sale at a 25% discount. Because no one bought it, it sale price
was reduced further by 10%. What is the combined percent discount given?
a. 27 b. 32.5 c. 16.2 d. 35
82. How much interest be paid on a bank loan of P30,000 for 8 months at 12% annual interest?
a. P3,240 b. P2,800 c. P2,400 d. P3,600
83. A tenant as awarded a house and lot package worth P 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. 704, 000 c. 504, 000 d. 500, 00
84. At what rate of interest should P 2,400 be invested so that it will earn P880 in 8 months?
a. 6 ½ % b. 55% c. 5½ % d. 6%
85. Gloria deposited P 600 at 8% compounded annually interest for 4 years. What is total amount
a. P2,162,93 b. P1,558.27 c. P 7,558.27 d. P8,162.93

WORD PROBLEMS

86. Joseph has more money than Mila but less than Billy. If the amounts held by Joseph, Mila and Billy are
X, Y and Z, respectively, which of the following is TRUE?
a. Z < X < Y b. Y < X < Z c. X < Z < Y d. Y < Z < X
87. An online shop sells a certain calculator for P850 and charges P250 for shipping within Manila,
regardless of the number of calculators ordered. Which of the following equations shows the total cost
(y) of an order as a function of the number of calculators ordered (x)?
a. y=(850+250)x b. y=850x+250 c. y=250x+850 d. x=850y+250
88. Dan can clean the garage in 6 hours. Bea can do the same job in 8 hours. If they work together, how
long will it take them to clean the garage?
a. 3 1/7 hours b. 3 4/7 hours c. 3 2/7 hours d. 3 3/7 hours
89. Andres can encode a 100-page thesis in 24 hours, while Ani can do the same task in 16 hours. How
many hours will it take them to finish the job if they work together?
a. 10 b. 5/48 c. 11 d. 9 3/5
 90. A father and son working together can finish painting a room in 6 hours. Working alone, a father takes 9
hours to do the painting. How many painting hours will it take the son, working alone, to finish painting
the room?
a. 18 b. 75 c. 15 d. 12
91. Riza was 25 years old when her first son was born. Today, the sum of their ages is 105. How old is
Riza now?
a. 40 b. 25 c. 65 d. 50
92. Dona is five years older than Brenda. Eight years ago, Dona was twice as old as Brenda. How old is
Brenda?
a. 18 b. 5 c. 10 d. 13
93. In 3 years, Alex will be 3 times as old as his sister Precy. A year ago, Alex was seven times as old as
Precy. How old is Precy now?
a. 3 b. 14 c. 15 d. 16
94. Paula is twice as old as Queenie. Seven years ago, the sum of their ages was 16. How old is Queenie
now?
a. 8 b. 10 c. 16 d. 20
95. Ramon has a horse and a carabao. The horse is 2/3 as old as the carabao. The difference between
their ages is 4 years. How old is the carabao?
a. 16 years b. 12 years c. 10 years d. 6 years
96. The sum of two numbers is 52 and their difference is 20. What is the larger number?
a. 16 b. 26 c. 36 d. 46
97. The sum of three consecutive integers is 102. What is the largest integer?
a. 33 b. 34 c. 35 d. 36
98. If 7 is added to four times a number, the result is 91. What is the number?
a. 21 b. 42 c. 32 d. 56
99. Jonathan has 10 more green handkerchiefs than blue handkerchiefs. If his blue and green
handkerchiefs are 126 all in all, how many blue handkerchiefs he has?
a. 54 b. 64 c. 68 d. 58
100. A boy scored 134, 145, and 150 in his first 3 games. What score must he make on his next game so
that his average for the four games will be 149?
a. 163 b. 165 c. 167 d. 170