1. Change 0.2272727… to a common fraction A. 20 C.

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A. 7/44 C. 5/22 B. 21 D. 23
B. 5/48 D. 9/34 23. Jojo bought a second-hand Betamax VCR and then sold it to Rudy at a
2. Find the 1987th digit in the decimal equivalent to 1785/9999 starting from profit of 40%. Rudy then sold the VCR to Noel at a profit of 20%. If Noel
the decimal point. paid P 2856 more that it cost Jojo, how much did Jojo pay for the unit?
A. 8 C. 7 A. P 4000 C. P 4200
B. 1 D. 5 B. P 4100 D. P 4300
3. What is the least common factor of 10 & 32? 24. A merchant has three items on sale, namely a radio for P 50, a clock for
A. 320 C. 180 P 30 and a flashlight for P 1.00. At the end of the day, he has sold a total
B. 2 D. 90 of P 100 of the three items and has taken exactly P 1000 on the total
4. If (x + 3): 10 = (3x - 2): 8, find (2x - 1) sales. How many radios did he sell?
A. 13/7 C. 3 A. 16 C. 18
B. 2 D. 4 B. 20 D. 24
5. If 1/a: 1/b: 1/c = 2: 3: 4, then (a + b + c): (b + c) 25. Find the 30th term of the arithmetic progression 4, 7, 10, …
A. 13: 7 C. 10: 3 A. 91 C. 88
B. 15: 6 D. 7: 9 B. 90 D. 75
6. The polynomial x3 + 4x2 – 3x + 8 is divided by x – 5. What is the 26. The sum of all even numbers from 0 to 420 is:
remainder? A. 43410 C. 44310
A. 281 C. 218 B. 44300 D. 44130
B. 812 D. 182 27. Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the geometric progression 2, 4, 8,
7. Given: f(x) = (x + 3) (x – 4) + 4 when divided by (x – k) the remainder is 16, …
k. Find k. A. 1023 C. 225
A. 2 C. 4 B. 2046 D. 1596
B. 3 D. -3 28. Find the geometric mean of 64 and 4
8. If x to the ¾ power equals 8, then x equals: A. 16 C. 32
A. -9 C. 9 B. 34 D. 28
B. 6 D. 16 29. Find the ratio of the infinite geometric series if the sum is 2 and the first
9. If 33y = 1, what is the value of y/33 term is ½.
A. 0 C. infinity A. 1/3 C. 3/4
B. 1 D. 1/33 B. 1/2 D. 1/4
10. Simplify: 7a+2 + 8 (7a+1) + 5 (7a) + 49 (7a-2) 30. If 15 people won prizes in the state lottery, in how many ways can these
A. -5a C. -7a people win first, second, third, fourth, and fifth prizes?
B. 3 D. 7a A. 4845 C. 360,360
11. In the expansion of (x + 4y)12, the numerical coefficient of the 5th term is: B. 116,280 D. 3003
A. 63,630 C. 506,880 31. What is the number of permutations of the letters in the word BANANA?
B. 126,720 D. 253440 A. 36 C. 52
12. The term involving x9 in the expansion of (x2 + 2/x)12 is: B. 60 D. 42
A. 25,434x9 C. 25,344x9 32. In how many ways can 3 marines and 4 armies be seated on a bench if
B. 52,344x9 D. 23,544x9 the armies must be seated together?
13. The equation which roots are the reciprocals of the roots of 2x2 – 3x – 5 A. 640 C. 576
= 0 is: B. 720 D. 144
A. 5x2 + 3x – 2 = 0 C. 5x2 – 2x – 3 = 0 33. The lotto uses numbers 1 – 42. A winning number consists of six different
B. 3x – 5x – 2 = 0
2 D. 2x2 – 5x – 3 = 0 numbers in any order. What are your chances of winning it?
14. Find k so that the equation x2 – 6x – k = 0 will only have one real solution. A. 5,245,786 C. 10,127,420
A. 3 C. 12 B. 8,437,224 D. 2,546,725
B. 4 D. 5 34. In how many ways can you invite one or more of five friends to a party?
15. The sum of Kim’s and Kevin’s ages is 18. In three years, Kim will be twice A. 25 C. 15
as old as Kevin. What are their ages now? B. 31 D. 62
A. 4, 14 C. 7, 11 35. A semiconductor company will hire 7 men and 4 women. In how many
B. 5, 13 D. 6, 12 ways can the company choose from 6 men and 6 women?
16. What time after 3 o’clock will the hands of the clock be together for the A. 680 C. 480
first time? B. 540 D. 840
A. 3:16.36 C. 3:12.30 36. What is the probability of guessing the correct answer in a board exam
B. 3:14.32 D. 3:17.37 question?
17. Ten liters of 25% salt solution and 15 liters of 35% salt solution are A. 1 C. 1/4
poured into a drum originally containing 30 liters of salt solution. What is B. 1/2 D. 0
the percent concentration of the mixture? 37. A box contains 4 blue chips and 5 red chips. If two chips are drawn at
A. 19.55% C. 27.05% random, what is the probability that one is blue and the other is red?
B. 22.15% D. 25.72% A. 4/9 C. 5/18
18. Two boats travel downstream in 2/3 of the time as it does go upstream. B. 15/18 D. 5/9
If the speed of the river current is 8kh, determine the speed of the boat 38. What is the probability of passing a ten-item, four-choice examination, by
in still water. sheer guessing, if the passing score is 7?
A. 40 kph C. 50 kph A. 0.00309 C. 0.00351
B. 30 kph D. 60 kph B. 0.000386 D. 0.000286
19. A pump can pump out a tank in 11 hours. Another pump can pump out 39. In a class of 40 students, 27 students like Calculus and 25 students like
the same tank in 20 hours. How long will it take both pumps to pump out Geometry. How many students like both Calculus and Geometry?
the tank? A. 10 C. 11
A. ½ hours C. 6 hours B. 14 D. 12
B. 2 hours D. 7 hours 40. The probability for the ME board examines from BU to pass the MD
20. A batch of concrete consisted of 200 lb. fine aggregates, 350 lb. coarse subject is 3/7 and that for the PIPE subject is 5/7. If none of the
aggregate, 94 lb. of cement, and 5 gallons of water. The specific gravity examinees failed in both subjects, how many examinees from the school
of sand and gravel maybe taken as 2.65 and that of the cement as 3.10. took the examination?
How much weight is required to produce one cubic yard? A. 28 C. 26
A. 765 lb. C. 675 lb. B. 27 D. 32
B. 657 lb. D. 567 lb. 41. Solve for x: -4 < 3x -1 < 11
21. Ten less than four times a certain number is 14 Determine the number. A. 1 < x < -4 C. -1 < x < 4
A. 6 C. 8 B. -1 < x < 4 D. -1 < x < 4
B. 7 D. 9 42. Solve for x: x2 +4x > 12
22. The product of three consecutive integers is 9240. Find the third integer. A. -6 > x > 2 C. -6 > x > -2
B. 6 > x > -2 D. 6 > x > 2
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43. A certain angle has a supplement five times its complement. Find the 53. Two sides of a triangle are 50 m and 60 m long. The angle included
angle. between these sides is 30°. What is the interior angle opposite the
A. 67.5° C. 168.5° longest side?
B. 157.5° D. 186° A. 92.74° C. 94.74°
44. Given three angles A, B, and C which sum is 180°. If tan A + tan B + tan B. 93.74° D. 91.74°
C = x, find the value of (tan A) (tan B) (tan C). 54. If AB = 15 cm, BC = 15 cm, and CA = 24 cm. Find the point of intersection
A. 1 -x C. x/2 of the angular bisector from the vertex C.
B. √x D. x A. 11.3 C. 13.4
45. Find the value of sin (arccos 15/17): B. 12.1 D. 14.3
A. 8/17 C. 8/21 55. In a triangle ABC, angle C = 70°, angle A = 45°, AB = 40 m. What is the
B. 17/9 D. 8/9 length of the median drawn from vertex A to side BC?
46. If sin 40° + sin 20° = sin θ, find the value of θ. A. 36.8 m C. 36.3 m
A. 20° C. 120° B. 37.1 m D. 37.4 m
B. 80° D. 60° 56. A pole cast a shadow of 15 meters long when the angle of elevation of
47. If sin θ – cos θ = -1/3, what is the value of sin 2θ? the sun is 61°. If the pole has leaned 15° from the vertical directly toward
A. 1/3 C. 8/9 the sun, what is the length of the pole?
B. 1/9 D. 4/9 A. 52.43 m C. 53.25 m
48. The angle of inclination of ascend of a road having 8.25% grade is __ B. 54.23 m D. 53.24 m
degrees 57. From the third-floor window of a building, the angle of depression of an
A. 5.12 C. 1.86 object on the ground is 35°58’, while from a sixth-floor window, 9.75 m
B. 4.72 D. 4.27 above the first point of observation the angle of depression is 58°35’.
49. Solve for x in the equation: arctan (2x) + arctan (x) = π/4 How far is the object from the building
A. 0.821 C. 0.281 A. 11.9 m C. 9.3 m
B. 0.218 D. 0.182 B. 10.7 m D. 15.3 m
50. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 34 cm. Find the length of the 58. If log of 2 to the base 2 plus log of x to the base 2 is equal to 2, then the
shortest leg if it is 14 cm shorter than the other leg. value of x is
A. 15 cm C. 17 cm A. 4 C. 2
B. 16 cm D. 18 cm B. -2 D. -1
51. In a triangle, find sin c if angle C = 100°, side b = 20, and side a = 15. 59. Solve for y: y = ln (ex/ex-2)
A. 28 C. 29 A. 2 C. -2
B. 27 D. 26 B. x D. x-2
52. Given angle A = 32°, angle B = 70°, and the side c is 27 units. Solve for 60. Solve for x: log 6 + x log 4 = log 4 + log (32 + 4x)
side a of the triangle. A. 1 C. 3
A. 24 C. 14.63 B. 2 D. 4
B. 10 D. 12