Bicol University

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Department of Electrical Engineering
Legazpi City
Set: A
WORKSHEET 1 - ALGEBRA
1. Find the domain of the function f(x)=ln(x+5). 5. Factor: x2 y2 z2 2yz x y z.
a. x>-5 a. (x + y + z)(x - y - z - 1)
b. x=0 b. (x + y + z)(x - y - z + 1)
c. x<-5 c. (x + y - z)(x - y + z + 1)
d. x=-5 d. (x + y - z)(x - y + z - 1)

2. If the product of the roots of 6. If a and b are the roots of the equation
4x2 (k 2)x (k 13) 0 is -15/4, find the sum a
of the roots. 4x2 13x 7 0, the value of a
a. -1 a. 3
b. 2/3 b. 7/11
c. 3/4 c. 13/7
d. 5/3 d. 4

7. If a and are the roots of the equation

3. If a and ß vare the roots of the equation
whose roots are aß+a+ß and aß-a-ß is: x2 3k x k 2 0 and a 2 2 7 / 4, the value of k
is
a. x2 qx p 0
2
b. x 2qx q 2 p2 0 a. -1,1
2 2 2 b. 2,1
c. 2qx p q 0
d. x2 2qx q 2
p 2
0 c. 1,1/2
d. 1/2, -1/2

4. If x ; y ; z = 4 ; -3 :2 and 2x = 4y - 3z = 8. How many negative root(s) are there in

20, find x,y,z. polynomial equation P(x) x9 5x5 2x2 3x 12
a. -8,-6,-4
0?
b. -5,4,-6
a. none
c. 7,-5,6
b. 1
d. 9, -4, 5
c. 2
d. 5
 9. If x-y=5 and xy+k, the x2 y2 13. The value of x for which the polynomials
2 2
a. 25k x 1 and x 2x 1 vanish simultaneously,
b. 25-k
c. 25+2k
is
d. 25-2k
a. 2
b. -2
c. -1
d. 1

10. Given 32 = 70 (1-e 1 / 2 ) dtermine the value a y b z x c

of t, correct to 3 significant figures. 14. If x b 1 and y c , then a z will be
a. 1.22 equal to:
b. 1.2218 a. y/b
c. 3.22 b. b/y
d. 1.222 c. 0
d. 1

15. If x1 / 3 y1 / 3 z1 / 3 0, then the value of

11. Given the equation 2x2 x 10 0. Find
the product of roots. (x+y+z)3 will be:
a. 5 a. 3x1 / 3 y1 / 3 z1 / 3
b. -5 b. 9x1 / 3 y1 / 3 z1 / 3
c. -1/2 c. 27x.y.z
d. ½ d. 0

12. Which of the following equations has 16. Fnd the value of k in the quadratic equation

roots which are reciprocals of the roots of

3x2 k x x 7k 0 if 3 is one of the roots.
a. 12
the equation b. 3
2x2 3x 5 0? c. 6
a. 3x2 2x 5 0 d. 18
b. 2x2 5x 12 0
c. 7x2 3x 12 0
d. 5x2 3x 2 0
 x3 y 3 21. The roots of a quadratic equation are: 1/3
17. Simplify x y and 1/4. What is the equation?
a. 2x2 -17x+10=0
a. x2 2xy y2
b. x2 -14x+9=0
b. x2 2xy y2
c. 10x2 -5x+2=0
c. x2 xy y2
d. 12x2 -7x+1=0
d. x2 xy y2

22. What is the quadratic equations whose

18. Divide 3x3 x2 3x 5 by x+1.
roots are 2/3 and -3/4?
a. 3x2 2x 1
a. 10x2 x 8 0
b. x2 2xy 5
b. 12x2 x 4 0
c. x2 2xy 5
c. 10x2 x 8 0
d. 3x2 2x 5
d. 12x2 x 6 0

23. Solve for y. 9-2y y+6

19. The roots of the quadratic equation Ax2 a. y>3
+Bx+C=0 are 1/4 and -07/2. Determine the values b. y 1
of B. c. y 3
a. 24 d. y 1
b. 30
c. 28
d. 26

24. Solve for z. -3<2z+1 5

20. Determine the k so that the equation a. -2 z<2
4x2 k x 1 0 will have just one real solution. b. -2<z 2
a. 4 c. -2<z 2
b. 6 d. -2 z<2
c. 5
d. 8
25. Solve for y: 5 2y 1 3 29. The ratios of pure milk and water in two vessels are
a. 3/2, 2/7 3:1 and 7:5 respectively. If equal quantities of the
b. 3/2,7/2 mixtures of the vessels are mixed together, then the
c. 2/3, 7 ratio of pure milk and water in the new vessel is
d. 2/3, 2/7 a. 1:2
b. 2:1
c. 5:3
d. 3:5
e. NO ANSWER

26. Solve: 3 x 4 0 30. The force of attraction between two bodies of mass,
m1 and m2 respectively varies directly as the square
a. x<1 and x>-7
of the distance between them. If the mases of the
b. -7< x <1
bodies and the distance between them is doubled,
c. (-7,1)
the force of attraction will become
d. all are correct
a. Four times
b. Two times
c. half
d. will not change
e. no answer

27. The roots of the quadratic equation Ax2 31. A merchant marked a certain product for P
+Bx+C=0 are 3 and 2. Determine the sum 180, which is 20% off the normal retail price
of A+B+C. is 50% higher than the wholesale price,
a. 2 what is the wholesale price of the product?
b. 3 a. 120
c. 1 b. 150
d. 0 c. 130
d. 140
e. no answer

28. Ten years from now the sum of the ages of A and 32. Three consective integers are such that
B is equal to 50. Six years ago, the difference of twice the smallest plus 3 times the middle
their ages is equal to 6. How old is A and B? one plus 4 times the largest is 155. What is
a. A=18, B=12 the sum of these three integers?
b. A=10, B=22 a. 48
c. A=16, B=24 b. 54
d. A=19, B=29 c. 51
d. 38
e. no answer
33. A boatman rows to a place 48 km distant and 37. The sum of the squares of two consecutive odd
back in 14 hours; he finds that he can row 4km numbers is 130. Find the product of the numbers
with the stream in the same time as 3km a. 56
against the stream; Find the ratio of the stream b. 72
a. 2 km/hr c. 63
b. 1.5 km/hr d. 69
c. 1 km/hr e. no answer
d. 2.4 km/hr
e. no answer

34. The difference between two numbers is 12. If 2 is 38. If 3 is subtracted from the numerator of a certain
added to 7 times the smaller, the result is the same fraction, the value of the fraction becomes 3/5. If
as when 2 is subtracted from 3 times the larger. one is subtracted from the denominator of the
Find the numbers. same fraction, the value of the fraction becomes
a. 20 and 6 2/3. Find the original fraction
b. 20 and 8 a. 34/56
c. 15 and 3 b. 36/55
d. 17 and 2 c. 38/56
e. no answer d. 34/52
e. no answer

35. The illumination receives from a light source varies 39. The difference two numbers is 24 and their sum
as the square of the distance from the source and is 24 and their sum is 60. Find the numbers.
directly as its candle power. At what distance from a a. 16, 40
50-cp light would the illumination be one-half that b. 18, 42
received at 20 ft from a 40-cp ligtht? c. 20, 44
a. 10 sqr 10 d. 15, 39
b. 5 sqr 10 e. no answer
c. 10 sqr 5
d. 3 sqr 10
e. No answer

40. Alfred runs around a circular track in 60

36. The current in a wire varies directly as the
seconds and Barry in 30 seconds. Five seconds
electromotive force and inversely as the resistance.
after, Alfred starts, Barry starts from the same
If current =12 amperes when voltage= 120 volts and
point in the same direction. When will they be
resistance = 6 ohms. Find the current when voltage
together for the first time, assuming that they
= 220 volts and resistance =10 ohms
run around the track continously?
a. 13.2 a. 6.5 minutes
b. 15.2 b. 5.5 minutes
c. 22
c. 3.4 minutes
d. 18.5 d. 6.5 minutes
e. No answer e. no answer
41. John started running at a speed of 10 kph. Five 45. In his wallet, Josh has one-dollar bills, five dollar
minutes later, Peter started running in the bills and ten dollar bills. The total amount in his
same direaction and catches up with john in 20 wallet is $43. If Josh has four times as many one-
minutes. What is the speed of Peter? dollar bills as ten dollar bills, and all together,
a. 17.5 kph there are 13 bills in his wallet. How many one-
b. 12.5 kph dollar bills does he have?
c. 15.0 kph a. 3
d. 14.2 kph b. 5
e. no answer c. 8
d. 2
e. no answer

42. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock will 46. Candy worth 30 cents a pound is mixed with cansy
the hands of the clock be coincident? worth 12 cents a pound to make a mixture of 300
a. 4:21.52 pounds worth 18 cents a pound. How many pounds
b. 4:23.72 of the more expensive candy must be used?
c. 4:22.42 a. 100
d. 4:20.32 b. 200
e. no answer c. 150
d. 250

47. Coffee worth $1.05 per pound is mixed with cofee

43. How many minutes afer 10:00 o’clock will
worth 85 cents per pound to obtain 20 pounds of
the hands of the clock be opposite each
a mixture worth 90 cents per pound. How many
other for the first time?
pounds of coffee worth $1.05 is used?
a. 21:81
b. 20:45 a. 5 pounds
c. 22:76 b. 15 pounds
d. 21:48 c. 10 pounds
e. no answer d. 12 pounds
e. no answer

44. In his wallet, Josh has one-dollar bills, five dollar 48. The sum of twice one number and three
bills and ten dollar bills. The total amount in his times another number is 23 and their
wallet is $43. If Josh has four times as many one- product is 20. Find the sum of two numbers.
dollar bills as ten dollar bills, and all together, a. 12
there are 13 bills in his wallet. How many one- b. 7
dollar bills does he have? c. 9
a. 3 d. 10
b. 5 e. no answer
c. 8
d. 2
e. no answer
49. If A={8,9,10,11}, and B={13,14,15} then A B is 53. Find the sum of the first 40 even numbers
a. {9,11,12} a. 1640
b. b. 3280
c. {13,14, 15} c. 820
d. {12} d. 410

54. In a potato race, 10 potatoes are placed 8 ft

50. Which of te following statement is not correct? apart in a straight line. If the potatoes are to
a. If A B, then A B=B
be picked up singly and returned to the
b. If A B, then A B=A basket and if the first potato is 20 ft in front
c. {a,a,a}={a} of the basket. Find the total distance covered
d. A (B C)=A(B C) by a contestant who finishes the race.
a. 1120 ft
b. 2120 ft
c. 1210 ft
d. 1102 ft

51. From the digits 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9. 55. In a lottery, tickets are numbered
Find the number of sic digit combination. consecutively from 1 to 100. Customers draw
a. 210 ticket at random and pay an amount in cents
b. 240 corresponding to the number on the tickets
c. 120 with numbers divisible by 5, which are free.
d. 150 How much is realized If 100 tickets are sold.
a. $10
b. $40
c. $30
d. $50

56. Determine the fifth term of the expansion (x2-

52. Find the value of x given equation 2
x+2x+4x+8x+16x+.......+256x=1022 x 4 )1/2.
a. 6
b. 4 a. 5
c. 2 8X 23

b. 1
2X 11

c. 1
2X 17
1
d. X 5
e. NO ANSWER
57. Three married couples have purchased tickets 61. A three digit number if formed from the digit used
to stage play. Spouses are to be seated next to only once. How many of these are odd numbers?
each other and the six seats are in a row. In how
many ways can the six people be seated?
a. 90
b. 60
a. 24 c. 85
b. 48 d. 75
c. 6 e. NO ANSWER
d. 720

58. Four different colored flags can be hung in 62. There are 5 main roads between the cities
a row to make coded signal. How many A and B, and 4 between B and C. in how
signals can be made if a signal consists of many ways can a person drive from A to C
the display of one or more flags. and return, going through B on both trips
without driving on the same route twice?
a. 64
b. 68 a. 250
c. 66 b. 240
d. 62 c. 280
d. 310
e. NO ANSWER

63. Five different MATH books, 4 different

59. If three sticks are drawn from 5 sticks whose ESAS books and 2 different EE books are
lengths are 1,2,3,4, & 5 cm. what is the probability to be placed on a shelf with books of each
that the three sticks drawn form a triangle? subject together. Find the number of ways
in which the books can be placed.
a. 0.30
b. 0.70 a. 34560
c. 0.50 b. 32520
d. 0.80 c. 30240
e. no answer d. 35420

60. The Senate Committee on has 11 Republicans and 64. In how many ways can 8 persons be
9 Democrats. They decide o form a subcommittee seated at a round table if a certain 2
consisting of republicans and 3 Democrats. How persons are not to sit next to each other?
many different subcommittees are possible?
a. 1440
a. 414 b. 4040
b. 8424 c. 3600
c. 27.720 d. 3800
d. 7750 e. NO ANSWER
e. NO ANSWER
65. In how many ways can one make a 69. The number 28, x+2, 112 form a GP. What
selection of 5 red balls 3 blue balls, and 4 is the 10th term?
yellow balls from a box containing 10 red a. 1733
balls, 6 blue balls and 12 yellow balls? b. 14336
c. 16336
a. 2494800 WAYS d. 15336
b. 1728700 WAYS
c. 1764400 WAYS
d. 280800 WAYS
e. NO ANSWER

66. A candidate is required to answer six out of ten

70. Find the constant term in (x2 1
x 2 )
12
questions divided into two groups of five questions
each. He cannot answer more than four questions
a. 465
from either group. Determine the number of ways in
b. 696
c. 924
which he can choose the six questions.
d. 71
a. 250
b. 150
c. 200
d. 350
e. NO ANSWER

71. How many different sums of money can

be made from a penny, a nickel, a dime
67. How many district permutations can be
made from letters of the word INFINITY? and a quarter?
a. 24
a. 40320 b. 15
b. 10280 c. 12
c. 3360 d. 20
d. 5710
e. NO ANSWER

72. Solve for x in the following

68. The first and the last term of a GP is equal to
6 and 486 respectively. If the sum of all equation:
terms is 726, find the number of terms. x+4x+7x+10x+.....64x=1430
a. 5 a. 4
b. 6 b. 3
c. 8 c. 2
d. 7 d. 1
e. no answer
73. Which of the following forms a 77. X and y are positive numbers. If z, -3, y forms a
Fibonacci sequence? GP and -3, y, x forms an AP. Find the value of
a. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14... x.
b. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13. a. 6 or -3
c. 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37... b. 6 or -1
d. 3, 7, 15, 31, 63... c. 4 or -3
d. -6 or -3

78. The sixth term of an AP is 21 and the sum of the

first 17 terms is 0. Write the first three terms.
a. 42, 49, 56
74. Find the 5th term of the series whose sum b. 42, 35, 28
of n term is given by 3n+2-6 c. 56, 49, 42
a. 1062 d. 35, 42, 49
b. 1264
c. 2432
d. 1453
e. no answer

79. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 81m.

Each time it strikes the ground, it rebounds
two-thirds of the distance through which it last
fell. Through what distance did the ball fall
when it struck the ground for the sixth time?
75. There are 9 arithmetic means between 11
a. 122m
and 51. Compute the sum of the
b. 211m
progression.
c. 222m
a. 341 d. 322m
b. 431
c. 143
d. 314

80. A stack of bricks has 61 bricks at the

bottom layer, 58 bricks in the 2nd layer, 55
bricks in the third layer and so on, until
the last year which has 10 bricks.
Determine the total number ofbricks used
76. Determine the sum S of the following up.
series S=2 +5 + 8+11 .... with 100 terms a. 639
a. 15050 b. 178
b. 15500 c. 204
c. 51050 d. 192
d. 51505
81. An equation which is satisfied by some, but 89. If x3 3x2 (K 5)x 2 K is
not all, of the values of the variablesfor which divided by x+1 and the remainder is 3, then
the value of K is
the members of the equation are not defined is
called a: a. -2
b. -4
a. Linear equation c. -3
b. Conditional equation d. -5
c. Rational equation e. no answer
d. Identical equation

82. An equation which is satisfied by all the

values of the variables for which members
of the equation are defined is:
a. Linear equation
b. Conditional equation
c. Rational equation
d. Identical equation 90. The value of K which will make 4x -
4kx+5k a perfect square trinomial is
83. A complex number is one which takes the a. 6
form: x+jy where x and y are real numbers, b. 4
x is the real part and _____ is the imaginary c. 5
part, j is the imaginary unit equal to sqr of 1 d. 3
a. x no answer
b. jy
c. jx
d. x-jy

84. A polynomial which is exactly divisible by

two or more polynomial is called as:
a. Least common denominator
b. Common multiple
91. A certain work can be done in as many
c. Factors
days as there are men in the group. If the
d. Binomial
number of men in the group is reduced by
85. A succesion of numbers in which one number 3, the job will be delayed by4 days. The
is designated as first, anothe as third and so number of men originally in the group is
on is called a: a. 8 men
a. Series b. 12 men
b. Arrangment c. 10 men
c. Order of Numbers d. 14 men
d. Sequence e. no answer

86. All positive numbers which are used in

counting (excluding zero)
a. Natural Number
b. Rational Number
c. Counting Number
d. Irrational Number

87. _________________ Number which cannot

be a root of a rational integral equation
a. Natural 92. The other form of loga N b is
b. Transcendental
c. Counting a. N=a b
d. Irrational b. N=a/b
e. no answer c. N=b a
d. N=ab
88. If f(x)= x 2 and g(y)=y+2, then f[g(2)]
a. 6
b. 4
c. 5
d. 3
93. Two students were solving a problem that would 97. A pump discharging 9 gpm requires 36
reduce it to a quadratic equation. The first hours to fill a tank. If the pump is replaced
student committed an error in the constant term by one that will discharge 16 gpm, how
and found the roots to be 5 and 7 while the long will it take to fill the tank?
second student made an error in the first degree a. 64 hr
term and gave the roots as 2 and I6. If you were b. 20.25 hr
to check their solutions, the right equation is: c. 16 hr
d. 40.5 hr
a. x2 +12x+35=0
e. no answer
b. -7x-14+0
c. +18x+32=0
d. -12x+32=0

98. How many minutes after 2:00 o’clock

will the hands of the clock extend in the
opposite directions for the first time?
a. 40.636
94. Three sticks are drawn from 5 sticks whose
b. 41.636
lengths are 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9, what IS the
c. 43.636
probability that they will form a triangle?
d. 42.636
a. 0.25 e. no answer
b. 0.35
c. 0.30
d. 0.40
e. No answer

99. A student left his home to attend a party

one morning at past 6 o'clock and
returned at past 3'clock. He noticed the
hands of the wall clock have exchanged
position. What exact time did he arrive'?
95. Tossing a coin is generally called: a. 3:26.07
a. An experiment b. 3:34.62
b. an event c. 3:31.47
c. an outcome d. 3:32.19
e. no answer
d. a trial
No Answer

100. A low cost housing electrical installation

96. A father is twice older than his son and takes 10 days for 3 electricians. How many
the sum of their ages is 48. How old is each? electricians must be hired to finish the
a. 8, 40 work in 5 mo. ifthere are 80:uni:ts
b. 16, 32 a. 25
c. 12, 36 b. 16
d. 15, 33 c. 36
e. NO ANSWER d. 48
e. no answer
101. How many license plates can be made using 105. The weight W of an object above the earth
any two letters for the first two places and any varies inversely as the square of the distance d
of the numbers 0 through 9 for the last three? from the center of the earth. If a man weighs
a. 38,358 180 pounds on the surface of the earth, what
b. 252,000 would his weight be at an altitude 1000 miles?
c. 35,283 assume the radius of the earth to be 4000
d. 676,000 miles.
e. no answer a. 92.5
b. 115.2
c. 28.8
d. 56.2

102. A man travelling 40 km finds that by

travelling one more km per hour, he
would made the joumey in 2 hrs. less 106. Bobbie has $1.54 in quarters, dimes, nickles and
time. How many km per hour did he pennies. He has twice as many dimes as quarters
actually travel? and three times as many dimes as nickels as
a. 4 dimes. The number of pennies is the same as the
b. 18 number of dimes. How many of each coin does he
c. 8 have?
d. 6 a. q=2; d=4; n=12; p=4
e. no answer b. q=6; d=3; n=2; p=3
c. q=4; d=4; n=3; p=4
d. q=5; d=4; n=2; p=4

103. Find the 1996th digit of 5.27832783... 107. Suppose the dolls sell for 7 dollars each and
a. 2 toy train sell or 18 dollars. a store sells only
b. 8 dolls a train sets and the total amount received
c. 7 is 208 dollars. How many of toy trains were
d. 3 sold?
e. no answer
a. 22
b. 3
c. 18
d. 6

104. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock

will the hands of the clock be at right 108. Harry is one-third as old as Ron and 8
angle for the first time. years younger than Hermoine. If Harry is 8
a. 4:5:45 years old, what is the sum of their ages?
b. 4:5:42 a. 40
c. 4:5:23 b. 45
d. 4:7:62 c. 48
d. 50
108. Three cats can kill 3 rats in 3 minutes. how many 113. A class of 40 students took examination
minutes wil it take for 100 cats to kill 100 rats? in EE and ESAS. If 30 passed in EE, 36
a. 3 passed in ESAS and 2 failed in both
b. 33.33 subjects, how many students passed in
c. 100 both subjects?
d. 300
e. NO ANSWER

109. A falling body strikes the ground with a

valocity v which varies directly as the square
root of the distance s it falls. if a body that
falls 100 f strikes the ground with a velocity of
80 ft/sec, with what velocity will a ball
dropped from the Washington Monument
(approximately 550 ft high) strike the ground?
a. 15.7 ft
b. 16.7 ft
c. 17.7 ft
d. 18.7 ft
e. NO ANSWER
114. In a surveyof 100 EE reviewees
regarding on what board subject they
liked, revealed the following results:
30 like both MATH and EE; 35 like MATH
and ESAS; 35 like ESAS and EE; 70 like
MATH; 60 like ESAS; and 20 like all three
board subjects. How many like EE?

115. In a surveyof 30 freshmen students on

what course they like, sixteen students
110. Given the z varies directly as x and say they want to take Engineering, 16
inversely as y2. If x=1 and y=2, then z=2. want to take Business. Five say they want
Find z when x=3 and y=4. to take both Engineering and Business,
a. 1.5 and of these, 3 wanted to take Nursing as
b. 3 well. Five want only Business, and 8 want
c. 2.5
only nursing. How many students want
d. 3.5
Engineering only?

112. In a class of 40 students, 27 like Calculus

and 25 like Chemistry. How many like both
Calculus and Chemistry?

116. What is the coefficient of the 4th

term of the expansion (x + y)12
117. What is the coefficient of the 4th 121. What is the sum of the coefficients of the
term of the expansion (x + y)12 expansion (2x - 1)4

122. Determine the sum of the first 4 terms

118. What is the coefficient of the term of the sequence whose general term is
involving y5 in the expansion (2x + y)8? given by 3n 2

119. What is the coefficient of the term

123. Determine the 5th term of the sequence
involving x5 in the expansion (x2 + 2x 1 whose sum of n term is given by 2n 3 5
)10?

120. What is the sum of the coefficients of the 124. The 6th term of an AP is 3 and 23rd term is
expansion (x + 3y)8 54. Find the 35th term.
125. The arithmetic progression starts with 3 129. What is the 11th term of the progression if the
has 9 terms, and the middle term is 19. first and third terms are 1/2 and 1/6 respectively?
Determine the sum of the first 9 terms.

130. A rubber ball is made to a fall from a height of

126. Find the sum of all integers between 300 50 ft and is observed to rebound 2/3 of the
and 800 that are exactly divisible by 14 distance it falls. How far will the ball travel
before coming to rest if ball continues to fall in
this manner?

131. How many 4-digit numbers less than 4000

127. How many terms in the expression 3, 5, 7 must
can be formed from the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
be taken in order that their sum will be 2600.
and 9 if each digit must be used only once?

128. Find the value of x so that x-1, x+2 and x+8 are 132. Determine the value of k so that the equation
the first three terms of the geometric sequence. 2
x +(k-5)x = k-2=0 is a perfect trinomial square.
 4 3 2 137. In an electric circuit, the voltage is J 5 volts.
133. The expression x ax 5x bx 6 when divided
by (x-2) leaves the remainder 16, and when
divided by (x-1) leaves the remainder 10. Find
the values of a and b.
134. An automobile starts from the intersection of two
highways and travels north at the rate of 50km/hr
135. The area of a square field exceeds another
square by 56 square meters. The perimeter of
the larger field exceeds one half of the
smaller by 26 meters, What are the sides of
each field?
136. The sum of the ar~as of two unequal square lots
is 5,200 square meters. If the lots were adpcent
to each other, they would require 320 meters of
fence to enclose the combined area formed by
them. Find the dimensions of each lot.
lfthe current 1s mcreased by 2 amperes and
the resistance is dec1:cased by I ohm, the
voltage is reduced by I volt. Find the original
current and resistance.
138. In an electric circuit A, the impressed voltage is 12
volts and the resistance is 3 ohms. In c.ircuit B, the
voltage is 20 volts and the resistance is 7 ohms.
Additional batteries with a total voltage of 28
volts are to be added to these two circuits so
that after the addition, the currents in the two
circuits will be equal. How much voltage
should be added to each circuit?
139. Three resistors when connected in series give a
total resistance of45 ohms and when connected in
parallel, give a total resistance of3 ohms. If the
resistance of the third resistor is twice the sum of
the resistances of the two other resistors. Find the
resistance of each of the resistors.
140. Solve the following equations:
x 2
A)Find the value of x: (a b) (a 2ab b
2x 1
)
4
B) Find the roots of the equation 4x 1 0
141. Derive the rth term ofthe binomial 145. Solve the following systems of equations:
n A) x+y+z=6
expansion of (a b) 2x +Y _ z = 3
x+ 2y+ 3z= 13
B) L/2 + M/3 + N/4 = 62
L/4+ MIS+ N/6 =38
L/3 + M/4 + N/5 =47

2/3 13
142. A) Expand to 4 terms(x 1 / 2)x
B) Find the 9th term in the expression
2 13
of(x + 1/2)
C) Write the first four terms and the last term ofthe
65
expansion of(3/x- x/3)
D. Find the term independent ofy in the expansion
146. Without expanding find the lOth tem1
2 19 ofthe expansion of
of(y y )
2 14
(S- 2t )

2 10
143. Find the middle term of ((x 2y)

21 12
147. In the expression of ((x x )

Find: a)The 6th Term

b)The middle Term
6
c)The Term involving x
d)The Term free of x

2 n
144. If the middle term in the expansion of (x 2y)
is
4 4
kx y , find k and n
9
148. Find the sixth term in the expansion of (x/2 +y)
 26 153. The sum of the ages of the father and his son is
149. Find the term containing x in the 99. If the age of the son is added to the inverted
2 3 12 age of the father, the sum is 72. If the inverted
expansion of (x x )
age of the son is subtracted from the age of the
father, the difference is 22. What are their ages?

9
150. The term containing X in the expansion of
3 1 15 154. Maria is 24 years old now. Maria was twice as
(x x )
old as Anna was when Maria was as old as
Ana is now. How old is Ana now?

151. Find x:
2 2 2
(x 1) 24 11(x 1)
155. Pedro is as old as Juan was when Juan is
x x twice as old Pedro was. When Pedro will be as
4 2 30
old as Juan is now, the difference betwen
3 3
their ages is 6 years. Find the age of each
2 now.
x 2 8x 7 0
x x
e e 5

2 2
x 5x 10 x 5x 2 14 0

156. The sum of the ages of two boys is four times

152. Maria is 36 years old, Maria was twice was
old when Maria was as old as Anna is now.
How old is Anna now?
the sum o the ages of a certain number of
girls. Four years ago, the sum of the ages of
the girls was one eleventh of the sum of the
ages of the boys and eight years hence, the
sum of the ages ofthe girls will be one half
that of the boys. How many girls are there?
157. Separate 132 into 2 parts such that the larger
div1ded by the smaller the quotient is 6 and
the remamder is 13. What are the parts?
158. A number of two digits divided by the sum of
the digits the quotient is 7 and the remainder
is 6. Ifthe digits ofthe number are
interchanged, the resulting number exceeds
three times the sum of the digits by 5. What is
the number?
159. Six times the middle of a three digit number is the
sum of the other two. If the number is divided by the
sum of the digits, the answer is 51 and the
remainder is l I. If the digits are reversed, the
number becomes smaller by 198. Find the number.
160. Find the number such that their sum multipled by
the sum of their squares is 65, and their difference
multiplies by the difference of their squares is 5.
161. Three numbers are ltl the rat:o 2:5:8.
Jftheirsum is 60, find the numbers.
162. The sum of the digits of a three-digit number is
twelve. The sum of the squares of the hundreds'
digit and the tens' digit as equal to the square of
the units' digits. lf the hundreds' digit is
increased by two and the units' digit is
decreased by two, the digits will be reversed.
Find the
number.
163. April 1978. The square of a number increased
by 16 is the same as 10 times the digits the
number. Find the number.
164. The sum of the digits of a three-digit number is 12.
The middle digit is equal to the sum of the other
two digits and the number shall be increased by l
98 if its digits are reversed. find the number.
165. Find three consecutive odd integers such that
twice the sum of the first and the second
integers plus four times the third equal to 60.
166. A tank full of alcohol is emptied of one th1rd of
its content and then filled up with water and
mixed. if this is done 6 times, what fraction of
the volume (original) of alcohol remains?
167. How much tin and how much iron must be added
to 50 kilograms of an alloy containing 10 percent
tin and 25 percent iron to obtain an alloy
containing 25 percent tin and 50 percent iron?
168. How many liters of water must be added to 45
liters of solution which is 90% alcohol in order
to make the resulting solution 80% alcohol?
169. A 40-gram solution of acid and water is 20%
acid by weight. How much pure acid must be
added to this solution to make it 30% acid
170. How much water must be evaporated from 8O
liters of 12% solution of salt in order to obtain
a 20% solution of salt? How many liters of
water must be added to 100 liters of 85%
sulfuric acid solution to produce 60% sulfuric
acid solution?
171. A certain solution should contain 8% alcohol.
It was mistakenly mixed to contain 6%
alcohol, how much must be drawn from a 5-L
tank and replaced by I0% alcohol solution to
provide the proper concentration?
172. A certain amount of 80% sugar solution
added to another amount of 40% sugar
solution yields a solution that contains 14 kg
of sugar. Had the amount been reversed, the
solution would have contained 16 kg sugar.
How much of the 80% solution was there
173. A florist wishes to make bouquet of mixed spring
flow ers. Each bouquet is to be made up of tulips at
S 30 a bunch and daffodils at $21 a bunch. How
many bunches of each should she use to make 15
bunches which she can sell for $24 a bunch
174. A store manger wishes to reduce the price on
her fresh ground coffee by mixing two grades.
If the has 50 pounds of coffee which sells for
$l0 per pound, how much coffee worth $6 per
pound must she mix with it so that she can
sell the final mixture for S 8.50 per pound?
175. Mr. Abernathy purchases a selection of
wrenches for his shop. His bill is $78. He buys
the same number of $1.50 and $2.50
wrenches, and half that many of $4 wrenches.
The number of $3 wrenches is one more than
the number of $4 wrenches. How many each
did he purchase? (Hint: if you have nor
worked with fraction-s, use decimals for all
fi?actional parts.)
176. Terry bought some gum and some candy. The
number of packages of gum was one more
than the number of mints The number of mints
was three the number of candy bars. If gum
was 24 cents a package, mints were l 0 cents
each, and candv bars were 35 cents each, how
many of each did he get for $5.72?
177. A chemist has 300 grams of 20% hydrochloric
acid solution. He wishes to drain some off and
replace it with an 80% solution so as to obtain
a 25% solution. How many grams must he
drain and replace with the 80% solution?
178. At the recent Olympic games in Montreal,
Canada, a team which participated in 1600
meters relay event had the following
individual speed. First runner, 24 fourth kph,
second runner, 20kph, third runner, 22kph
and fourth runner, 23 kph. What wa the team's
speed?
179. A troop camp of soldiers after they marched l5km
going to the concentration camp after they were
forced to surrender at the same time that the
victorious general who is supervising the "march"
rode from the rear of the troop to the front and back
at once to the rear. If the distancecovered victorious
by general is 25 km and both the troop and general
traveled at uniform rate, how long is the troop?
180. Two cyclists are practicing on a circular tract of
circumference 276 meter. Starting at the same
instant and from the same place, when they run
in opposite directions they pass each other
every 6 seconds and when the run the same
direction the faster passes the slower every 23
seconds. Determine their rates.
181. Mr. Kasbcrg rides his bike at 6mph to the bus 185.
station. He then rides the bus to work, averaging
30 mph. lf he spends 20 minutes less time on the
bus than on he bike, and the distance from his
house to work is 26 miles, what is the distance
from his house to the bus station?
186.
182. Two cars A and B start at the same point and at the
same time and travel in opposite directions, car B
travelling 20 km/hr slower than A. If they are 420
kilometers apart after 3 hours, find the rate of each.
187.
183. A one kilometer long caravan of men is
walking at a constant rate. A man from the
rear end walks towards the head and back to
the rear at the instant when the caravan has
covered a distance of one kilometer. Find the
total distance travelled by the man.
188.
184. A man walked 24 km in timeT. During the first
part of his time, he walked at 6 kph and the last
part at 4 kph. Had he reversed his rates, he
would have walked two km more. Find the timeT.
A traffic check counted 390 cars passing a certain
spot on one day and 430 cars at the same spot on.
the second day. On the first day, there were three
times as many cars going east and half as many
going west as on the second day. What was the
total number of eastbound cars and the total
number of west bound cars for the two days?
A man is sent to deliver an important package
and travels by car 75. kilometers per hour from
point A to B and then by airplane to point C
against a wind blowing 40 kilometers per hour.
the airplane can fly 280 km/hr in still air. if the
package carriertakes 3 2/3 hours in going from
A to C and 3 1/6 hours for the return trip, what is
the total distance of travel covered by the man?
A motorcycle messenger left the rear of a motonzed
troop 8 kilometers long and rode to the front of the
troop, returning at once to the rear. how far did he
ride,if the troop travelled 15 kilometers during this
time and each travelled at a uniform rate
An army officer made the first part of a trip on a
plane which flew at the rate of 210 kilometers per
hour. At the landing field, he was met by a jeep
which Took him rest of the way to his destination
at rate of 40 kilometers per hour. The trip
required 3 hours and 15 minutes. On his return
trip the jeep travelled at the rate of 50 kilometers
per hour and the plane which he took flew at the
rare of 200 kilometers per hour. The return
journey required the same amount of time, but
this inciuded a minute which he spent waiting for
the plane to take off Find the total distance that
he flew and the total distance that he travelled by
jeep
189. ln a family, there are 8 children, two of them are
twins. The youngest is 3 years old and the
eldest is 21 years old. Their agespare 1t1
arithmetic progression. There are three children
younger than the twins. How old are the twins?
190. A BMW cardnves from A toward Cat 30 miles/ hr.
Another car starting from .B at the same time,
drives towards A at20 mi/hr. IfAB =20 miles, find
when the cars will be nearest together.
191. Two boats started their voyages is in a
straight line towards each other. One has an
average navigational speed of 30 km/h and
the other one has an average of 20kph.
Assuming that they can not avoid a collision,
how long will it take before the collision
occurs? How far each boat have travelled
before the collision
192. A boat's crew rowing at half their usual rate can
negotiate 2 km. down a river and back in one hour
and 40 minutes. At their usual rate in still water,
they would have gone over the same course in 40
min. Find their rate of rowing in still water
193. A sets out to walk at the rate of four km per hour.
After he had been walking for 2-3/4 hours, B sets
out to overtake and went 4-l/2 km the first hour,
4-3/4 km the second hr 5 km the third hr and
so on gaining 1 quarter of a km every hour. In
how many hours would B overtake A?
194. A besieged fortress is held by 5700 men who
have provisions for 66 days. If the garrison
loses 20 men each day, for how many days
can the provisions hold out?
195. The sum ofthree numbers in arithmetic
progression is 60. If the numbers are
increased by 2, l, and 28, respectively, the new
numbers will be in the arithmetic progression.
Find the arithmetic progression.
196. Three numbers are in arithmetic progression.
Their sum is 15, and the sum of their squares
is 83. Find the numbers.
197. A 20-liter container is filled with pure acid. Five
liters are drawn off and replaced with water;
then 5 liters of the mixture are drawn offand
replaced with water, and so on until 5 drawings
and 5 replacements have been made. Find the
amount ofacid in the final mixture.
198. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 27 meters.
Each time that it hits the ground it bounces to a
height 2/3 of that from which it fell. Find the
distance that it travels up to the time that it hits the
ground for the 5th time. The total distance
trave11ed by th'o bail until it comes to rest.
199. A man wishes lo buy a piece of!and worth
150,000 pesos. If it were possible for hm1 to
save one centavo on the first day, two
centavos on the second day, 4 centavos on
the third day and so on, in how many days
would he save to be able to buy the land?
200. The population of the Philippines doubled in the
last 50 years fi?om 1935 to 1985. Assuming that
the rate of population increase will remain the
same, in what year will our population triple?
201. A man cuts a piece of paper 0.03 mm thick into
three equal parts. Then he cuts each of these parts
into three equal parts again and the process is
repeated 10 times after which he piles together the
pieces of paper. How thick is the pile?
202. A rich man called his seven sons. He had with him
a number of pebbles, each pebble representing a
gold bar. To his first son, he gave half the pebbles
that he had and one pebble more. To his second
son, he gave half the remaining pebbles and one
pebble more. He did the same to each of his five
other sons and then found out that he had one
pebble left. How many pebbles were there initially?
203. A man receives a salary of P36,000 per annum for
the first year and a 10 percent raise every year for
ten years. What is his salary dunng the fifth year?
204. A car running at 25 kilometers per hour can cover a
cetain distance in 8 hours. By how many kilometers
per hour must its rate be increased in order to cover
the same distance in three hours less?
205. The 8th term ofanAP is3 ;;j;ile its 84th tetm is
273. Find the 35th term.
206. Find the sum to infinity of I/3, 1/27, 1/243
207. n the series I.0 I, l.O, .099, .098 ... Find the
80th term.
208. Find the sum of 3 + 0.4 + 0.05 + 0.004 +
0.0005 +...
209. A farmland is to be plowed for P10,000. Farmer
1 can be plow the field in 3 days. The same job
can be done by farmer 2 in 5 days. How long will
it take to plow the field if the 2 farmer will work
together'1 How much should each receive?
210. A, B and C can do a piece of wor:k in 10 days, A
and B can do it in 12 days, A and C in 20 days. How
many days would it take each to do the work alone?
211. A and B can do a job in 12 days. A and C can
do the same job in 18 days while B and C can
do it in 24 days. How long will it take A, B and
C to do the job together?
212. A garden can be cultivated by 8 boys in 5 days.
The same job can be done 5 men in 6 days. How
long will it take to finish the job if A) the 8 boys
and
5 men will work together? B) only 6 boys and
3 men will work together? C) two days after
the 5 men were working the 8 boys arrived to
help?
213. Bill, Bob, and Barry are hired to paint signs. In 8
hours Bill can paint I sign, Bob can paint 2 signs,
and Barry can paints 1- I /3 signs. They all come to
work the first day, but Barry doesn't like the job
and quits after 3 hours. Bob works half an hour
longer than Barry and quits. How long will it take
Bill to finish the two signs they were supposed to
paint?
214. Two p1pes running simultancoulsycan fill a tmk
in 3 hours and 20 minutes. If both pipes run for
2 hours and the first is then shut off, it requires
2 hours more for the second to fill the tank. How
long does it take each pipe to fill it alone?
215. A man can finished a certain job in three-
fourths the time that a boy can; the boy can
finish the same job in two thirds the time that
a gil can and the man and the girl working
jointly can finish the job in 4 hours. How long
will it take to finish the job ifthey all work
together?
216. The intake pipe to a reservoir is controlled by a
valve which automaticallv closes when the
reservoir is full and opens again when four-fifths
of the water had been drained off The intake pipe
can fill the reservoir m 4 hours and the outlet
pipe can drain it in 10 hours. If the outlet pipe
remains open, how much time elapses between
the two instants that the reservoir is full?
217. Two brothers washed the family car in 24
minutes. Previously, when each had washed
the car alone, the younger boy took 20 min
longer to do the job than the older boy. how
long did it take the older boy to wash the car
alone?
218. A swimming pool holds 54 cubic meters of
water. it can be drained at a rate of one cubic
meter per minute faster than it can be filled.
Ifit takes 9 minutes longer to' fill it than to
drain it, find the drainage rate
219. One input pipe can fill a tank alone in 8 hrs.
another input pipe can fill it alone in 6 hours
and a drain pipe can empty the full tank in 10
hours. If the tank is empty and all the pipes are
wide open, now long will1t take to fill the tank?
220. A steel company has three blast furnaces of
varying sizes. If furnaces A, B, and Care used
full time, 800 metric tons of steel are produced
per day If A and Bare used halftime and C full
time, 545 metric tons are produced. If A is not
used, B is used full time, and C halftime, 410
metric tons are produced. How many metric
tons per day does each furnace produce?
221. Three observation planes A, B, and C, working
together, can map a certain region in 4 hours.
Planes A and B can map the reg10n in 6
hours, planes Band C can map it in 6 hours
and 40 mmutes. How long would 1t take each
of the planes working alone to map this
region?
225. A certain part can be defective because it has
one or more out ofthreec possible defects:
insufficient tensile strength a burr or a diameter
outside of tolerance limits. In a lot of 500 pcs:
19 have a tensile strength defect
17 have a burr
11 have an unacceptable diameter
12 have tensile strength and diameter defects
5 have burr and diameter defects
2 have all three defects

A) How many have no defects?

B) How many pcs have only a burr defects?
C) How many pieces have two defects?

222. Two pipes running simultaneously can fill a

swimming pool in 6 hours. If both pipes run
for 3 hours and the first pipe is then shut off,
it requires 4 hrs. more for the second to fill
the pool. How long does it take each pipe
running separately to fill the pool?

226. During the last election, the total number of

223. A pond is being drained by a pump. After 3
votes recorded
hours, the pond is half empty. A second
in a certain municipality was 12,400. Had 2/5
pump ;spit into opcratwn, and together the
of the supporters of LABAN candidate
two pumps finish emptying the pond in half
stampede away from the pools and 1/2 of the
an hour. How long would it take the second
supporters of GAD candidate haved likewise,
pump drain the pond if it f,3d to the same job
the LABAN candidates majority would have
alone?
been reduced by 100. How many votes did
the LABAN & GAD candidates actually
received?

224. A firm advertises for workers to address

envelopes. Priscilla says she will work 100
hours. Herb will work for 8O hours. If each can
address 10,000 envelops in the time they
work, long would it tctke them to address l
0,000 envelops if they work together?
227. The President just recently appointed 25 2 2
229. From the equation m 5mn 6n 0, the ration
Generals of the Phil Army of these 14 have of m to n?
already served in the war of Korea, 12 in the war
of Vietnam and 10 in the war of Japan. Therefore
4 who have served both in Korea and Japan, G
have served both in V1etnam and Korea and 3
have served both in Japan and Vietnam. How
many have served in Japan, Korea and Vietnam.

230. A man leaves P60,000 to his children and

grandchildren seven all The children receive
1/3 of it, which is P2,000 more a piece than
what the grandchildren get. How many
children are there and how many
grandchildren and what does each received?

228. One proposal in the Agrarian Reform-Program is to

have a retention limit of 10 hectares. If a landowner 231. The time is 3:00 o'clock and the hands of the
was left with 10 hectares fewer than 40% of his land clock are at right angles to each other. What
after selling 6 hectares more than 70% of his land, is the nearest time of the clock such that the
what size of land did he initially own? hands of it will be at right angles again?

232. How long will it be from the time the hour

hand and the minute hand of a clock are
together until they will be together again?
233. At what time between 4 and 5 o'clock do the
hands of the clock coincide?
234. It is exactly 3 o'clock In how many seconds
will the angle formed by the hour hand and the
minute hand be twice the angle formed by the
hour and the second hand?
235. It is now between 9 and l 0 o'clock. In 4
minutes, the hour hand will be exactly
opposite the position occupied by the minute
hand 3 minutes ago. What is the time now?
236. The kilowatt that can be transmitted safely by
a shaft varies directly as the number of
revolution It makes per minute and the cube
of its diameter. If a shaft 3 centimeters in
diameter making 200 revolutions per minute
can safely'transmit 60 kilowatt, what kilowatt
can be safely transmitted by a 2-centirneter
shaft making 300 revolutions per minte?
237. The time required for an elevator to lift a weight
varies directly with the weight and distance
through which it is lifted and inversely as the
power of the motor. If it takes 30 seconds for a
10 HP motor to lift 100 Ibs through a height of
50ft, what size of motor IS required to lift 800 lbs
in 40 sec through a height of 40 ft?
238. Eight men can excavate 15 ofdrainage open
canal in 7 hrs. Three men can backfill 10 in 4
hrs. How long will it take 10 men to excavate and
3
backfill 20 m in the project?
239. A man is sent to deliver an important package
and travels by car 75 kilometers per hour from
point A to 8 and then by airplane to point C
against a wind blowing 40 kilometers per hour.
The airplane can fly 280 kilometers per hour in
still air. If the package carrier takes 3-2/3 hours
in going from A to C and 3 1/6 hours for the
return trip, what is the total distance of travel
covered by the man?
240. A sphere 30 cm in diameter is divided into two
segments. One of which is two times as h1gh
as the other. Find the volume of the bigger
segment.
241. Two flywheels are connected by a belt The
radius of the flywheels are 30 in and 50 in. The
small flywheel has a speed of350 rpm.
Determine the velocity of the belt in ft/sec. What
would be the angular velocity of the larger
flywheel
245. A body falls 16.1 meters during the first
second,48.3 meters during the second second, 80.5
meters during the third second and so on. How long
wi ll it take the body to reach the ground if it was
released at an aititudc of 15,000 meters?

242. A cylindrical tin can has its he1ght equal to the

diameter of its base. Another cylindrical tin can
With the same capacity has its height t;qual to
twice the diameter of its base. Find the ratio of
the amount oftm required for making the two
cans with covers.
246. find the number ot terms of a geometric
progression in which the first term is 48, the last
term is 384 and the sum of the term is 720

243. A man piles 150 logs in layers so that the top

layer contains 3 logs and each lower layer has
one more log than the layer above. How many
Jogs are at the bottom?

247. A mechanical engineer bought 24 boxes of

screws P2,200. There were three types of screws
bought. Screw A costs P300 per box, screw B costs
P 150 per box, and screw C costs P50 per box. How
many boxes of each type did he buy?

244. The diameters of two spheres are in-the

ratio 2:3 and the sum of their volumes is I,260
cubtc meters. Find the volume ofthe larger
sphere.
248. lf 20 meters are added to the length of a
certain rectangular field and 4 meters are subtracted
from the width of this field, the area will be increased
40 square meter. If 10 meters are subtracted from the
length and 5 meters are added to the width are area
will dimi,nished 50 square meters. Find the
dimensions of the? field. 14. T the new numbers will
be in geometric progression. Find the arithmetic
progression.

249. A merchant purchased two lots of shoes.

One lot the purchased for $ 32 per pair and the
second lot he purchased for $40 per pair. There were
50' pair in the first lot. How many pairs were in the
second lot ifhe sold them all at $60 per pair and
mad?e a. gain of $2800 on the entire transaction?

250. Mrs. Mahoney went shopping for some

canned
goods which were on sale. She bought three times
as many cans of tomatoes as cans of peaches and
two times as many cans of tuna as cans of
peachcs. If Mrs. Mahoney purchased a total of 24
cans, how many of each did she