Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region 7, Central Visayas
Toledo City Division
General CLimaco National HIgh School
General Climac, Toledo City

Diagnostic Test in General Mathematics

Instructions: Write the letter of your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. We are making posters with a budget of ₱96.00. We want to make 20 posters. Each poster board costs ₱1.50
and the paint for each poster costs ₱1.08. How much money will be left over after making the posters?

a. ₱34.40 b. ₱35.40 c. ₱44.40 d. ₱45.40

2. A student gets a 75% on his first exam and a 95% on his second exam. He has one more exam and hopes to get
an overall average of an 80% in the class. What does he need to get on this final exam?

a. 60% b. 70% c. 80% d. 90%

3. If 3x – 12 = 2x-4(x-2) then x= ? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

4. Twenty-four less than five times Bob’s age is 11. How old is Bob? a. 7 b. 9 c. 11 d. 13

5. Elena scored in the 65th percentile on her exam. Which of the following is the correct interpretation of her
score? a. Elena got a D on her test.

b. Elena answered 65% of the questions correctly.

c. Elena’s score is higher than that of 65% of all examinees.

d. Elena’s score is lower than that of 65% of all examinees.

6. Town B is due west of Town A. Town D is due south of town A. Town C is due north of Town A. The store is due
North of Town C. Which of the following must be true?

a. Town B is due west of the store. b. Town B is due east of the store.

c. Town D is due south of the store. d. Town D is due east of Town B.

7. A man drives 200 miles in 7 hours. How far can he drive in 21 hours?

a. 600 miles b. 300 miles c. 1200 miles d. 1000 miles

8. There are 400 students. 40% are girls. 20% of the girls play a sport. How many girls play a sport?

a. 30 b. 32 c. 40 d. 42

9. We have 2 blue marbles, 3 red marbles, and 3 yellow marbles. What percent are blue?

a. 20% b. 25% c. 40% d. 45%

10. A microwave oven is 24 inches wide, 9 inches deep and 6 inches high. What is the volume in cubic feet?
a. .75 cubic feet b. 1.5 cubic feet c. 54 cubic feet d. 1296 cubic feet

11. A metal worker is building a wire frame for a cubic box that is to have a volume of 8 cubic feet. What is the
length of wire the metal worker will need?

a) 8 feet b) 16 feet c) 20 feet d) 24 feet

12. Tom and Jerry put up P80 and P20 respectively to buy a toaster oven. A year later, they sell the toaster oven
for P30. How much of this money should Jerry get?

a) P4 b) P6 c) P8 d) P20

13. An instructor gives three lectures—a morning lecture, an afternoon lecture and an evening lecture. There are a
total of 160 people attending the lectures. The afternoon lecture is attended by 10 more people than the morning
lecture. The evening lecture is attended by 20 more people than the afternoon lecture. How many people
attended the afternoon lecture? a) 40 b) 50 c) 60 d) 70

14. A six-foot tall person casts a 4 foot shadow. Next to the person, a lamppost casts a 30 foot shadow. How tall is
the lamppost? a) 45 feet b) 48 feet c) 50 feet d) 55 feet

15. A part-time gym membership costs one-quarter of the cost of a full-time gym membership. We have 20 part-
time members and 30 full-time members. We know that the monthly amount that the gym collects from its
members is ₱7000. What is the cost of a full-time membership? a) ₱160 b) ₱200 c) ₱240 d)
₱280

16. A new design of the Redbox machine allows for 40% more movies to be stocked in a single machine. Each
machine already holds 30 different movie titles and a total of 500 discs. How many additional discs will the new
Redbox machine be able to hold? a) 120 b) 200 c) 400 d) 600

17. Alex is hosting a dinner at his house. He found a recipe that uses 2 ounces of dough for one biscuit. He has
prepared 4 pounds of dough. If each person attending the dinner will be given 3 biscuits, how many total people
can we feed? a) 8 b) 9 c) 10 d) 11

Test II. Solve. Show your solution. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

18. Give a real-life situation for the sum −15 + 10.

19 – 26. Solve.
2 5
19. −13 + (−45) + 60= 20. −8 − (−7) = 21. −3 · (−8) = 22. − · −3
7 8

23. 48 ÷ (−4) = 24. (−2) · 3 · (−2) = 25. 122 26. 27.5/0.6

27- 28. Write the decimals as fractions

27. 0.1748 28. −0.00483

 29. Convert 3/2 to a decimal number.

30 – 35. Simplify the expressions.

30. 7s + 2 + 8s − 12 31. x · 5 · x · x · x 32. 3(a + b − 2)

33. 0.02x + x 34. 1/3(6w − 12) 35. −1.3a + 0.5 − 2.6a

36 - 38. Factor the expressions (write them as multiplications).

36. 7x + 14 37. 15 − 5y 38. 21a + 24b − 9

= = =

39 - 40. Solve the equations.

39. 2x − 7 = −6

c
40. 120 =
−10

41. Which equation matches the situation?

A pair of binoculars is discounted by 1/5 of its original price (p), and now they cost ₱48.
w 4w 5w
= 48 = 48 = 48 w − 1/5 = 48 w − 4/5 = 48 5w − 4 = 48
5 5 4

42 - 43. Solve the inequalities and plot their solution sets on a number line. Write appropriate multiples of ten
under the bolded tick marks (for example, 30, 40, and 50).

42. 3x − 7 < 83 43. 2x − 16.3 ≥ 10.5

44. In December, Sarah’s website had 72,000 visitors. In December of the previous year it had 51,500 visitors. Find the
percentage of increase to the nearest tenth of a percent in the number of visitors her website had for that year.

45. A farmer sells potatoes in sacks of various weights. The table shows the price per weight.

Weight 5 lb 10 lb 15 lb 20 lb 30 lb 50 lb
Price $4 $7.50 $9 $12 $15 $25

a. Are these two quantities in proportion?

46. What is the area of a square, if its side measures √5 m?

47. How long is the side of a square with an area of 45 cm2?

48. You and your friends are at a river at point A. You suddenly remember you need something from home, which is
at point C. So you decide to go home (distance AC) and then walk along the road (distance CB) to meet your friends,
who will walk along the riverside from A to B.

If ABC is a right triangle, AC = 120 m, and CB = 110 m, how much longer distance (in meters) will
you walk than your friends?
Basic Skills Math Diagnostic Test Key 1. C 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. C 6. C 7. A 8. B9. B 10. A 11. D 12. B 13. B 14. A 15. B16. B 17. C