MATHEMATICS

1. What is the 30th element of the arithmetic sequence for which the first element is 5 and the third is 13?
a. 237 b. 125 c. 121 d. 150 e. 120

2. What is the value of k such that the lines whose equation are 3x + 6ky = 7 and 9 kx + 8y + 15 are parallel?
a. ½ b. 9/8 c. ¼ d. 2/3 e. 2

3. Find the value of k such that the roots of 2x3 + 3kx + 9 = 0 are equal.
a. ±3 b. ±5 √2 c. ±2 √5 d. ±4 e. nota

4. What is the maximum volume of the right circular cylinder that can be inscribed in a cone altitude 12 cm and base
radius 4 cm?
a. 89.4 cc b. 81.3 cc c. 60.3 cc d. 30.2 cc 151 cc

5. There are 20 candidates for three different agricultural engineer positions. How many different ways could you fill
the position?
a. 60 b. 1140 c. 5700 d. 6840 e. nota

6. A ladder 20-ft long leans against a vertical building. If the bottom of the ladder slides away from the building
horizontally at a rate of 2 fps, how fast is the ladder sliding down the building when the top of the ladder is 12 ft
above the ground?
a. –3/2 fps b. –8/3 fps c. 10/3 fps d. –85 fps e. –5 fps

7. The flagpole 20 m high stands on top of a lower tower which is 100 m high. At what distance from the base of the
lower will the flagpole subtend angle of 4 degree? The height of the instrument is 4 meters.
a. 44.84 m b.48.90 m c.46.48 m d. 40.96 m e. 30.84 m

8. One pipe can fill a tank in 45 minutes and another pipe can fill it in 30 minutes. If these two pipe are open third pipe
is drawing water from the tank, it takes 27 minutes to fill the tank. How long will it take the third pipe alone to empty
a full tank?
a. 48 min b. 20 min c. 54 min d. 60 min e. 36 min

9. A parabolic mirror has a depth of 12 cm at the center, and the distance across the top of the mirror is 32cm. what
is the distance from the vertex to the focus?
a. 9/8 cm b. 9/2 cm c. 64/3 cm d. 9/4 cm e. 16/3 cm

10. The angle of elevation of the top of the lower A from the foot of lower B is twice the angle of elevation of the top of
lower B from the foot of lower A. At a point midway between the two lowers, the angles of elevation of the top of
the lower are complementary. If the two are 120 m parts, what is height of the lowers?
a. 90 m; 40 m b. 80 m; 50 m c. 85 m; 35 m d. 95 m; 45 m e. nota

11. The volume of any solid revolution is equal to the generating area times the circumference of the circle describes
by the centroid of the area, this is commonly know as:
a. First proposition of Pappus c. Cavalier principle e. nota
b. Second proposition of Pappus d. Simpson rule

12. What is the value of k such that the line whose equation are 3x + 6kx + 8y = 15 are parallel?
a. -12 b. -9/8 c. -1/4 d. -2/3

13. What is the 30m element of the arithmetic sequence for which the first element is 5 and the third are 13?
a. 237 b. 125 c. 121 d. 150

14. A child in a swing moved on an arc 15 ft. in length, then back three fourths of this distance and so on until the
swing “slope”. Find the distance traveled?
a. 60 ft b. 70 ft c. 40 ft d. 50 ft

15. Find the equation of the line containing (3-1) and having a slope =2.
a. 2x + 2y =5 b. 2x – y =7 c. x + 2y =1 d. 3x – y = 2

16. A pole 50ft high was standing vertically on top a hill with a uniform slope of 30 degrees. How long will the shadow
of the pole be on the slope of the hill, if the angle of elevation of the sun is 60 degrees? (In ft., choose the nearest
value)
a. 40 b. 50 c. 60 d. 30

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17. A student in a chemistry laboratory wants to form a 32 ml. mixture of 2 solutions to contain 30% acid. Section A
contains 42% acid and solution B contains18% acid. How many ml. of each solution must be used?
a. A = 16, B = 16b. A = 10, B = 22 c. A = =14, B = =18 d. A = 15, B = 17

18. A rate doing work is three times that of B. On a given day, A and B work together for 4 hours, then B is called
away and A finished the rest of the job in 2 hours. How long would it take B to do the complete job alone?
a. 20 hours b. 21 hours c. 22hours d. 23 hours

19. A certain bacterial culture doubles in number everyday. If there were 1000 bacterial at the end of the first day, how
many will there be in 10 days times?
a. 51,200 b. 512,000 c. 5120 d. 512

20. Many was four times as old as Ann four years ago and if Mary will be twice as old as Ann four years hence. How
old is Ann?
a. 14 b. 12 c. 10 d. 8

21. It is a collection of number, letters used to represent a number arranged properly in rows and columns:
a. Equation b. matrix c. determinant d. array

22. A series of number in which each term is derived from the previous term by a fixed constant value is know as
the_____sequence:
a. Arithmetic b. geometric c. harmonic d. analytic

23. An arrangement of objects in a definite order is called:

a. combination b. probability c. permutation d. deviation

24. The square root of a standard deviation is known as:

a. Median b. variance c. mean value d. probable value

For number 31 – 32 please refer below:

How many permutations can be made from the letters in NAME it?

25. Two letter are use at a time?

a. 12 b. 24 c. 16 d. 32

26. All letters are used?

a. 12 b. 24 c. 16 d. 32

27. In a throw of two dice, the probability of obtaining a total fall of 10 or 12 is:
a. 1/10 b. 1/9 c. 1/12 d. 1/18

28. A pole which lean to the sun is 10° 15’ from the vertical casts a shadow of 9.43 m on the level ground when the
angle of elevation of the sun id 54° 50’. Find the length (m) of the pole.
a. 21.4 b. 18.3 c. 19.46 d. 20.86

29. Find the equation of the line through (3,1) that is perpendicular to the line X+5y+5=0
a. 5x – y – 14 = 0 b. 6x – y – 13 = 0 c. 4x – y – 14 = 0 d. 3x – y 12 = 0

30. The intercept of a straight line on the y – axis is – 3. If (5,2) is a point on the straight line, the slope is:
a. -3 b. 1 c. 5 d. 0

31. A wooden beam is 13-ft long slides down a vertical wall while the other end moves along the horizontal plane at
the constant rate of 3 ft/sec. determine the speed in ft/s at the upper end if the beam is 5 ft from the wall.
a. 11/12 b. -15/12 c. 13/13 d. -17/12

32. Water leak from the hemispherical bowl of 8 cm diameter at the rate of 10 cm3/hr. How fast is the surface falling
when water is 2 cm deep in the bowl?
a. π /2 cm hr b. 5π/6 cm/hr c. π/6 cm/hr d. 2π/3 cm hr

33. A rectangular field fixed area is to be enclosed and divided into 3 lots by parallels to one of the sides. What should
be the relative dimensions of the fields to make the amount of fencing a minimum? (hint: x be the width and y be
the length)
a. x = 2y b. y = 2x c. y = x/2 d. x = y
34. Find the area bounded by the curve y = x2 – 6x 10 and the lines x = 6 and y = 2
a. 8/3 b. 64/3 c. 20/3 d. 4/3

35. Fine the area bounded by the curve y = 4x – x2, x = 0 and y = 4.

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 a. 8/3 b. 64/3 c. 20/3 d. 4/3

36. A wooden beam is 13 feet ling slides down a plane at a constant rate of 3 ft/sec. determine the speed in fps of the
upper end if the beam is 5 feet from the wall.
a. 11/12 fps c. 13/12 fps
b. -15/12 fps d. 17/12 fps

37. The locus of a point which move at constant distance from a fixed point called center is the
a. Circle c. conic
b. Square d. triangle

38. The number of centimeters in the perimeter of a certain square is equal to the number of square centimeter in its
area. Find the length of the sides of the square.
a. 5 cm c. 4 cm
b. 2 cm d. 6 cm
39. Water leaks from the hemispherical bowl of 8 inches at the rate of 10 cubic inch per minute. How fast is the falling
when the water is 2 inches deep in the bowl?
a. 1/3 π in/hr c. 4/6 π in/hr
b. 5/6 π in/hr d. 2/3 π in/hr

40. How many fifths are there in 7 3/5:?

a. 38 c. 3
b. 7 d. 35

41. A box contains 5 red, 4 blue and 3 white ball is chosen at a random, what is the probability that is not red.
a. 7/12 c. 9/12
b. 7/8 d. 5/12

42. If the thrice the number is increased by 11, the result is 35. What is the number?
a. 9 c. 10
b. 11 d. 8

43. Which of the following cannot be used as a base of a system of logarithm?

a. e c. 2
b. 5 d. 10
44. A box contains 5 reds, 4 blue, and 3 white balls, in how many ways can we select 3 balls such that they are all
red?
a. 14 c. 12
b. 10 d. 13

45. If the occurrence of one event does not effect the occurrence of the other event, the two events are:
a. conditional c. equally likely
b. mutually exclusive d. independent

46. The sum of the ages of David and Ann is twenty five. Five years ago David was four times as old as Ann. How old
is David.
a. 21 years old c. 30 years old
b. 24 years old d. 28 years old
47. One sixth’s of the dentist’s age 8 years ago equal’s one tenth of his age 8 years hence. What is his age now?
a. 11 c. 29
b. 32 d. 35

48. George is starting a math club. He is the only member now but his plan is to have each member found two
members each month. If his plan works out, how many members would the club have at the end of 12 months?
a. 24 c. 1819
b. 8191 d. 2400

49. The angle is twice another. What are their measures if they are complimentary to each other?
a. 30° ; 60° c. 70° ; 20°
b. 45° ; 45° d. 50° ; 40°

50. The difference between the square of the number and the number is 42, what is the number?
a. 8 c. 10
b. 7 d. 9

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51. How may kgs of 70% of copper or must eventually be added to 80 kgs of an alloy of zinc and tin, 40% of which is
pure zinc, to obtain an alloy of 25 % zinc pure %.
a. 48 c. 50
b. 35 d. 54

52. The 1st , 4th, and 8th term of A.P. are themselves G.P. What is the common ratio of the G.P.?
a. 4/3 c. 5/3
b. 7/3 d. 2

53. In how many ways can a committee of 4 be chosen from a group of 8 person?
a. 75 c. 65
b. 70 d. 60

54. A nail-forming machine can produce 10, 000 pcs of nails, one half in length in 5 hours. Another machine can
produce the same in 8 hours. In filing a job order, for the above description and quality of nails, the machine
was scheduled to operate simultaneously for the first 2 hours. After the remaining would be filled by the slower
machine. How long did they work together before completing the job.
a. 3 4/5 c. 4 4/5
b. 6 4/5 d. 5 4/5
55. A 25 kg weight is attached at extremity of the shortened of a teeterboard 5m from the fulcrum. Two meters from
the fulcrum, a 5-kg weight was added. What weight must be added to other extreme end, which is 5m from the
fulcrum to balance the load on the first side.
a. 27 kg c. 10 kg
b. 25 kg d. 15 kg

56. Mary is twice as old as Ann now. When Ann is old as Mary, the sum of their ages is 180. Find the age of Mary
a.90 c. 80
b. 70 d. 60

57. This straight line is said to be such of the curve if the curve approaches this line more and more closely but
never really touches it except as limiting position at infinity.
a. Asymptote c. symmetry
b. Scope d. intercepts
58. A number subtracted from the two-thirds the square of the number is 18. What is the number?
a. 6 c. symmetry
b. 18 d. intercepts

59. The locus of the equation y = a(x-b)2, the locus has vertex at point
a. K,0 c. 0, K
b. 0, 0 d. h, k

60. The execution of its deserving employees with the senior of the 2 receiving P1, 000 more than the other. How
much did the senior employee received?
a. 2, 950 c. 1, 100
b. 2, 100 d. 3, 100

61. Find the point of intersection of a straight line 2x = y = 10 and the circle x2 + y2 = 25
a. 3,4; 5,0 c. 2,1; 1,1
b. 0,0; 1,1 d. 4,3; 5, 6

62. A 4 m walk borders a circular rosebed. The area planted is 9/16 of the area of the bed. What is the radius of
the outerbed?
a.16 m c. 10 m..
b. 5 m. d. 8 m.

63. A steel rod, 30 cm long is to be cut into 3 parts – 2 of which parts are equals. The length of each of the two
equal parts is 5 cm. More than 3rd part. Find the length of the third part.
a. 12 c. 7
b. 10 d. 14

64. Naphets jogs a certain distance at 8 kph & returns over the same track running 24 kph. If it took him a total
time of 2 ½ hours, what is the total distance covered?
a. 15 c. 30

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 b. 45 d. 35

65. Factor: 9m2-m2n + 16n4 = 24

a. [(3m2 + 4n2) - 5mn][3m2+4n2 - 5mm]=24
b. [(3m2 - 4n2)- 5mn][3m2- 4n2 + 5mm]=24
c. [(3m2 + 4n2) - 5mn][3m2+4n2 + 5mm]=24
d. [(3m2 - 4n2)- 5mn][3m2 + 4n2 + 5mm]=24

66. The square of a NO exceeds the 2nd No. by 11. The square of the difference of the No. is 361. Find the larger
no.
a. 6 c. 25
b. 310 d. 35

67. An airplane headed N30E climbing on a 20 incline at a speed of 24 mph passes 1 mile directly over a car
headed south on a flat road at the rate of 60 mph. At what rate of speed are they separating after 10 min?
a. 290.76 c. 290.86
b. 290.66 d. 290.96 mph

68. The straight line which joins vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side is called
a. median c. base
b. altitude d. side
69. Find the area of a trapezoid with ff. Dimension; h=4; b=6; B=10
a. 120 c. 100
b. b. 6 c. 25/2
70. Doubling the NO. and subtracting it from 35 will result in triple the value of the No. find the no.
a. 7 c. 8
b. 6 d. 35

71. sin2= _________

a. 1 - cos c. 1-2sin2
b. 2sincos d. 1 + cos2

72. Three chums wanted to buy a complete set of Pelota rackets with 3 balls. However they’d figure out that each
of them would need to pay P100 less if they can find two more chums, to share equally the cost of the
sporting equipment they wish to buy. How much id Pelota?
a. 450.00 c. 1, 500.00
b. 750.00 d. 250.00

73. Figure the 5’ sides is called

a. hexagon c. pentagon
b. star d. heptagon