ALGEBRA

BINOMIAL & MULTINOMIAL EXPANSION

1. Find the 6th term of the expansion
a.

20. In how many minutes after 3PM will the hands of the clock be
together for the first time?
a. 16.45
b. 16.36
c. 16.21
d. 16.66
.

b.

c.

d.
5th

2. Find the term of the expansion of

.
a. 77520
b. 77542
c. 87520
d. 97520
3. Find the coefficient of the term involving
in the expansion of
.
a. -262444
b. -252440
c. -262440
d. -362440
4. Find the constant term in the expansion of
.
a. 83
b. 82
c. 84
d. 85
5. Find the term involving
in the expansion of
.
a. 241920
b. 231920
c. 231224
d. 251234
6. Find the sum of coefficients of
.
a. 612
b. 711
c. 729
d. 741
7. Find the sum of exponents
.
a. 384
b. 385
c. 389
d. 390
DIGITS PROBLEMS
8. The sum of two numbers is 21 and one is twice the other. Determine
the product of the numbers.
a. 100
b. 112
c. 98
d. 94
9. The denominator of a certain fraction is 3 more than twice the
numerator. If 7 is added to both terms of the fraction, resulting fraction
is 3/5. Find the original fraction.
a. 4/13
b. 5/13 c. 6/13
d. 7/13
10. The sum of a 3 digit number is 14. The hundreds digit being 4 times
the unit digit, if 594 is subtracted from the number, the order of the
digits will be reversed. Find the tens digit.
a. 4
b. 6
c. 8
d. 2
MIXTURE PROBLEM
11. 2000kg of steel containing 8% nickel is to be made by mixing a steel
containing 14% nickel with another containing 6% nickel. How much of
14% nickel is needed?
a. 1000 b. 700
c. 500
d. 400
12. A chemist of a distillery experimented on two alcohol solutions of
different strength, 35% alcohol and 50% alcohol respectively. How
many cubic meters of 35% strength must he use in order to produce a
mixture of 60 cubic meters that contain 40% alcohol.
a. 40
b. 30
c. 35
d. 20
AGE PROBLEMS
13. Six years ago, Jun was 4 times as old as John. In 4 years, he would
be twice as old as John. How old is Jun now?
a. 12
b. 13
c. 21
d. 26
14. In 5 years, Jose would be twice the age of Ana. Five years ago, Jose
was 4 times as old as Ana. Find the sum of their present age.
a. 35
b. 45
c. 40
d. 50
WORK PROBLEMS
15. Jun can finish an accounting work in 8hrs. Leo can finish the same
work in 6hrs. After 2hrs of working together, Jun left Leo for lunch and
Leo finished the job. How long does it take Leo to finish the job?
a. 3hrs
b. 2.5hrs
c. 3.5hrs
d. 4hrs
16. A can do a piece of work in 10 days. After he has worked 2 days, B
came to help him and together they finished the job in 3 days. In how
many days could B alone do the work?
a. 5days
b. 6days
c. 7days
d. 8days
17. A & B can do a piece of work in 42days, B & C in 31days and A & C
in 20days. Working together, how many days can all of them finish the
work?
a. 19.23days
b. 18.87days
c. 15.34days
d. 13.56days
CLOCK PROBLEMS
18. In how many minutes after 2PM will the hands of the clock be at
extend in opposite direction for the first time?
a. 45.6
b. 43.6 c. 47.8
d. 44.3
19. At what time between 3PM to 4PM will the hands of the clock be at
right angle?
a. 3: 32 8/11
b. 3: 33 7/11
c. 3: 32 5/11
d. 3: 33 5/11

REMAINDER THEOREM
21. Find the quotient and remainder when 4y3 + 18y2 + 8y 4 is divided
by 2y + 3?
a. 2y2 + 6y 5 rem 11
b. 2y2 6y 5 rem 12
c. 2y2 + 6y + 5 rem 11
d. 2y2 + 3y 5 rem 12
22. What is the remainder when 3x4 + 2x3 5x2 + x + 7 is divided by x
3?
a. 234
b. 262
c. 311
d. 312
23. Let f(x) = x5 + ax4 3x3 + bx 4. If f(x) is divided by x + 7, the
remainder is -3805, when divided by x + 1 the remainder is -1. What is
the value of a?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
24. A polynomial has an equation x5 5x4 + 5x3 + 15x2 + 36x + 20. How
many rational roots does it have?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
25. How many real roots are there for a polynomial 7x7 + 5x5 + 3x3 + x?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
POGRESSIONS
26. The 5th term of an AP is 123 and the 30th term is 245.What is the 12th
term?
a. 3929/25 b. 3412/25
c. 3372/25 d. 3312/25
27. The 3rd term of a harmonic progression is 15 and the 9th term is 6.
Find the 11th term.
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7
28. How many terms of the sequence -9, -6, -3.. must be taken so that
the sum is 66?
a. 13
b. 11
c. 12
d. 16
29. A besiege fortress is held by 5700 men who have provisions for 66
days. If the garrison loses 20 men each day, how many days can the
provision hold out?
a. 60
b. 76
c. 82
d. 72
30. In the Bosnia conflict, the NATO forces captured 6400 soldiers. The
provisions on hand will last for 216 meals while feeding 3 meals a day.
The provisions lasted 9 more days because of daily deaths. At an
average, how many died per day?
a. 15.2
b. 18.3 c. 17.8
d. 19.4
Situation:
If the 3rd term of a GP is 28 and the 5th term is 112.
31. Find the 9th term.
a. 1433 b. 1812 c. 1792 d. 1344
32. The nth term of the sequence is 3584. n is.
a. 9
b. 10
c. 11
d. 12
33. Find the sum of the first 10 terms.
a. 7161 b. 7321 c. 7781 d. 7321
34. What is the sum of the GP 2x, 4x + 14, 20x 14 up to the 10th term?
a. 423114
b. 431222
c. 413336
d. 341116
35. What is the sum of all odd integers between 10 and 500?
a. 87,950
b. 124,950
c. 62,475
d. 65,955
36. Find the sum of the infinite series 1, -1/4, 1/16.
a. 4/5
b. 5/6
c. 6/7
d. 7/8
QUADRATIC EQUATION
Situation:
The following data of the road accident vsdrivers age form a quadratic
function.
Age
Accident per yr
20
250
40
150
60
200
37. Find the coefficient of x2.
a. 0.1875
b. 0.2125
c. 0.1575
38. Find the coefficient of x.
a. -14.75
b. -17.75
c. -15.25
39. Find the accident per year for an age of 30.
a. 154.75
b. 189.65
c. 254.25

d. 0.1765
d. -16.25
d. 181.25

THEORY OF EQUATIONS
40. Factor 2x2 5x 63.
a. (2x + 7)(x 9)
b. (2x + 9)(x 7)
c. (x + 63)(2x 1)
d. (x + 1)(2x 63)
41. If the roots of the cubic equation 2x3 + ax2 + bx + 15 are 1 & 3, what
is the value of a?
a. 2
b. 4
c. -3
d. 5

42. If the two roots of the cubic equation ax3 + bx2 + cx + d are 3/2 +
4/5i & 7, and a, b, c, d are integral values, what is the value of c?
a. 2145 b. 2211 c. 1239 d. 2389
43. Find the value of x in the equation (x + yi)(1 2i) = 7 4i.
a. 1
b. 3
c. 5
d. 2
PARTIAL FRACTIONS

44. The value of A is.

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
45. The value of B is.
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
46. The value of C is.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
47. The value of D is.
a. 1
b. -2
c. 3
48. The value of E is.
a. 1
b. -1
c. 2

d. 0
d. 3
d. 0
d. 4
d. -2

VARIATION & INVESTMENTS

49. The resistance of the wire varies directly with its length & inversely
with its area. If a certain piece of wire 10m long 0.1m in diameter has a
resistance of 100 ohms, what will be the resistance if its uniformly
stretched so that its length becomes 12m.
a. 80
b. 90
c. 144
d. 120
50. A portion of 500,000 was invested at 5% in the bank and the
remainder at 15% in a survey contract. If the total income from the
money is 55,000, how much was invested at 5% rate.
a. 350,000
b. 400,000
c. 200,000
d. 150,000