SHEPHERDVILLE COLLEGE

(Formerly: Jesus the Loving Shepherd Christian College)

Talojongon, Tigaon, Camarines Sur
College of Education Department
First Semester, Academic Year 2021 – 2022

PRELIM EXAMINATION
FUNDAMENTALS OF MATHEMATICS
Name: ____________________________________ Course/Year/Section: ___________
Instructor: Mr. Ronelle C. San Buenaventura Date of Examination: ____________
General Direction: This test is composed of 60 items but is equivalent to 100 points. Test items with
asterisks (*) are equivalent to two (2) points if answered correctly. Choose the letter of the correct answer
and write it in the given answer sheet.

A C F H

B D E G I J

1
1. A = ___ ; a. -3 b. 3 c. d. 0.3
3
1 1 1 1
2. B = ___ ; a. 2 b. -2 c. d. −
2 2 2 2
3. C = ___ ; a. 0.1 b. -0.1 c. 1 d. -1
1 1 1 1
4. D = ___ ; a. b. − c. d. −
3 3 2 3
5. E = ___ ; a. -0.5 b. 0.5 c. 0.05 d. -0.05
6. F = ___ ; a. 1 b. -1 c. 0.1 d. -0.1
7. G = ___ ; a. √4 b. √2 c. √1 d. √0
8. H = ___ ; a. -2 b. 0.2 c. 2 d. -0.2
9. I = ___ ; a. ℮ b. µ c. α d. Π
10. J = ___ ; a. ℮ b. µ c. α d. Π

11. Classify the Number: -23

a. Rational c. Real, rational, integer
b. integer d. Real, irrational, whole

12. Classify √35.

a. Rational, Integer c. Whole, Integer, Rational
b. Irrational, Integer d. Irrational, real
13. Classify 0
a. Whole c. Integer
b. Rational d. All of the above

14. How would 0.333333 be classified?

a. rational and real c. real and whole
b. only integer d. only irrational

15. What property is this? 77+(8+3) = (8+3) +77

a. Commutative c. Associative
b. Additive Identity d. Distributive

16. What property is this? 14 x 1 =14

a. Additive Identity c. Additive Inverse
b. Multiplicative Identity d. Multiplicative Inverse

17. Identify the property a(b + c) = ab + ac

a. Associative of addition c. Distributive
b. Commutative of addition d. Inverse

18. What property is this? 9(b + 0.5) = 9b + 4.5

a. Commutative c. Associative
b. Distributive d. Additive Inverse

19. x+ 9 = 9 + x is an example of which property?

a. Associative property of addition c. Additive identity
b. Commutative property of addition d. Additive inverse

20. What property is this? 38 + (-38) = 0

a. Additive Identity c. Additive Inverse
b. Property of Zero d. Commutative

21. Brad has 8 points during a trivia game. He answers a question incorrectly and −12 points
are added to his score.
First, you must do?
a. mark -12 on the number line c. mark 8 on the number line
c. mark -8 on the number line d. mark 12 on the number line

*22. Brad has 8 points during a trivia game. He answers a question incorrectly and −12 points
are added to his score.
Next, you need to?
a. add -12 by moving left on the number line
b. add 12 by moving right on the number line
c. subtract -12 by moving right on the number line
d. subtract 12 by moving left on the number line
*23. Brad has 8 points during a trivia game. He answers a question incorrectly and −12 points
are added to his score. What is the answer?
a. 20 c. 4
b. -4 d. -20

*24. Brad has 8 points during a trivia game. He answers a question incorrectly and −12 points
are added to his score.
What is the correct equation to solve this problem?
a. -12 + 8 = c. -8 + (-12) =
b. 8 - 12 = d. 8 + (-12)=

*25. A dolphin is swimming 3 feet below sea level. It dives down 9 feet to catch some fish. Then
the dolphin swims 4 feet up toward the surface with its catch.
What number would you mark first on the number line?
a. +3 c. -3
b. -9 d. +4

5
26. Specify the numerator and denominator of the fraction
9
a. numerator= -5, denominator= 9 a. numerator= 5, denominator= 9
b. numerator= 5, denominator= -9 a. numerator= -5, denominator= -9

27. Write the fraction five elevenths.

11 5 11 5
a. 5 b. c. d. 11
11 11 5 5

4
28. Write, in words,
5
a. four five b. four fives c. four fifth d. four fifths

*29. Which of the fractions is a proper fraction?

1 5 12 12
a. 4 b. c. d.
12 12 5 0

4
*30. Convert 3 to an improper fraction.
7
25 5 75 2
a. b. c. d.
7 7 7 7
16
*31. Convert to a mixed number.
5
3 1 3 1
a. 1 b. 3 c. d.
5 5 5 5

5 40
32. Determine if and are equivalent fractions.
12 48
a. yes b. no c. maybe d. cannot be determined

For problems 33-35, reduce, if possible, each fraction to lowest terms.

21 3 4 21 3
33. a. b. c. d.
35 5 5 5 35

15 17 5 15 17
34. a. b. c. d.
51 5 17 5 35
Determine the missing numerator or denominator.
5 ?
*35. = a. 10 b. 20 c. 30 d. 40
9 36
4 32
*36. = a. 4 b. 14 c. 24 d. 34
3 ?

Find each value

3 3 7 3 3
*37. 8 + 5 a. 3 b. 3 c. 7 d. 7
7 7 7 3 7

3 5 8 8 4 8
*38. + a. b. c. d.
11 11 10 20 10 20

1 4 13 3 13 30
*39. 5 − 2 a. 2 b. 2 c. d. 2
8 5 40 40 40 40

15 4 3 2 1 20
*40. ∙ a. b. c. d.
16 25 20 20 20 20

4 1 2 1 2
*41. ÷8 a. b. c. d.
15 30 30 20 20

8 5 4 1 11 1 11
*42. ∙ ÷2 a. b. c. 1 d. 1
15 12 9 11 111 11 111

5 24 2 5 5 2
*43. Find of a. b. c. 1 d. 1
12 25 5 2 2 5
2 1 1 2 1 2
*44. of what number is ? a. b. c. 1 d. 1
9 8 4 5 4 5

5 21 4 4 5 2
*45. 1 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟? a. 1 b. c. 4 d. 1
7 20 5 5 4 5
9 6 1 1 1 3
*46. What part of 9 is ? a. 1 b. c. 2 d. 1
14 7 3 3 3 5

47. The decimal digit that appears three places to the right of the decimal point is in the position.
a. tenth b. hundredth c. thousandth c. ten thousandth
*48. Convert 0.78 to a fraction. Reduce.
39 1 39 1
a. b. c. d.
50 50 5 3

*49. 15.026+5.971
a. 20.997 b. 21.997 c. 20.9967 d. 20.99
*50. 16.2 ⋅ 4.8
a. 77.76 b. 76.77 c. 7.776 d. 7.677
*51. 44.64÷18.6
a. 2.4 b. 2.14 c. 2.40 d. .214
*52. Of 300 students in the cafeteria, 140 had lunch. Write the ratio of the students in the
cafeteria to the students that had lunch.
a. 30:14 b. 15:7 c. 12:7 d. 5:2

*53. if there are 5 boys for every 7 girls in math class, how many boys are there if there are 35
girls?
a. 20 b. 30 c. 25 d. 35

*54. On a map, if one centimetre represents 25 kilometres, how many kilometres does 7
centimetres represent?
a. 175 b. 200 c. 185 d. 220

*55. A recipe called for the ratio of sugar to flour to be 5 : 1. If you used 35 ounce of sugar, how
many ounces of flour would you need to use?
a. 10 b. 6 c. 5 d. 7

56. How many significant figures does the following number have: 0.998005
a. 9 b. 6 c. 10 d. 5

57. Round 0.010229 to four sig figs

a. 1022 b. 0.01023 c. 1023 d. 0.01022

*58. 1145.678 + 4.56 + 623.9789 + 78.1 = ? (Use significant figures!)

a. 1852.3 b. 1952.3 c. 2000 d. 1853.5

*59. Express 7.89 x 10-8 in common notation.

a. 0.0000000789 b. 0.00000789 c. 0.789 d. 0.000000000789

*60. 12. Express 23400 in proper scientific notation.

a. 2.34 x 104 b. 2.30 x 105 c. 2.3 x 103 2.34 x 103

oOo ---God Bless you!--- oOo

Prepared by: Verified by: Approved:

RONELLE C. SAN BUENAVENTURA DR. EMILY J. BERJA DR. EMILIA B. BRUSAS

Instructor Program/Area Chair Dean
 SHEPHERDVILLE COLLEGE
(Formerly: Jesus the Loving Shepherd Christian College)
Talojongon, Tigaon, Camarines Sur
College of Education Department
First Semester, Academic Year 2021 – 2022

PRELIM EXAMINATION
FUNDAMENTALS OF MATHEMATICS
(ANSWER SHEET)
Name: Course/Year/Section:
Instructor: Mr. Ronelle C. San Buenaventura Date of Examination:

MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. 11. 21. 31. 41. 51.

2. 12. 22. 32. 42. 52.

3. 13. 23. 33. 43. 53.

4. 14. 24. 34. 44. 54.

5. 15. 25. 35. 45. 55.

6. 16. 26. 36. 46. 56.

7. 17. 27. 37. 47. 57.

8. 18. 28. 38. 48. 58.

9. 19. 29. 39. 49. 59.

10. 20. 30. 40. 50. 60.