Basic Math Problems:

1.) A certain luxury ship cruses Cebu to Manila at 21 knots. If it will take 21 hours to reach Manila from Cebu, the
distance travel by the ship is nearly
a. 847.5 km
b. 507.15 statute mile
c. 441 statute mile
d. 414 nautical mile

2.) Carry out the following multiplication and express your answer in cubic meter:
8cm x 5mm x 2m
a. 8 x 10 –2
b. 8 x 102
c. 8 x 10-3
d. 8 x 10-4
3.) Which of the following is equivalent to 1 hectare?
a. 100 ares
b. 2 acres
c. 1000 square meters
d. 50000 square feet
4.) A 7kg mass is suspended in a rope. What is the tension in the rope in SI?
a. 68.67 N
b. 70 N
c. 71 N
d. 72 N
5.) A 10 liter pail is full of water. Neglecting the weight of the pail, how heavy is its water content?
a. 5 kg
b. 6.67 kg
c. 10 kg
d. 12.5 kg
6.) If 16 is 4 more than 4x, find 5x – 1.
a. 14
b. 3
c. 12
d. 5
7.) Solve for the value of x and y.
4x + 2y = 5 13x – 3y = 2
a. y = ½ , x = 3/2
b. y = 3/2 , x = ½
c. y = 2 , x = 1
d. y = 3 , x = 1

8.) Multiply the following: (2x + 5y)(5x – 2y)

a. 10x2 – 21xy + 10y2
b. -10x2 – 21xy + 10y2
c. 10x2 + 21xy - 10y2
d. -10 x2 – 21xy + 10y2
9.) Simplify: 7a+2 – 8(7)a +1 + 5(7)a + 49(7)a-2
a. –5a
b. – 3a
c. –7a
d. –4a
10.) The value of (3 to 2.5 power) square is equal to:
a. 729
b. 140
c. 243
d. 81
11.) Given: (an)(am) = 100,000 anm = 1,000,000
an/am = 10
Find a:
a. 12
b. 9
c. 11
d. 10
Solution:
a2 – x2 = (a+x)(a-x)
13.) Solve value of k so that 4x2 + 6x + k is a perfect square.
a. 36
b. 2.5
c. 9
d. 2.25
a. –9
b. 6
c. 9
d. 16
a. 4x + 2
b. 16
c. x2 + x + 2
d. 8
16.) Find the quotient 3x5 - 4x3 + 2x2 + 36x + 48 divided by x3 - 2x2 + 6
a. 3x2 - 4x – 8
b. 3x2 + 4x + 8
c. 3x2 - 6x – 8
d. 3x2 + 6x + 8
17.) Find the mean proportional of 4 and 36.
a. 72
b. 24
c. 12
d. 20
18.) In the equation x2 + x = 0, one root is equal to
a. 1
b. 5
c. ¼
d. none of these
19.) Determine k so that the equation 4x2 + kx + 1 = 0 will have just one real solution.
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
20.) Find the term involving y5 in the expansion of (2x2 + y)10.
a. 8064 x10y5
b. 8046 x5y5
c. 8046 x10y5
d. 4680 x5y5
21.) Find the 6th term of (3x – 4y)8
a. –148288 x3y5
b. –548 x2y5
c. –154288 x3y5
d. –1548288 x3y5
22.) Find the value of log 8 48.
a. 1.86
b. 1.68
c. 1.78
d. 1.98
23.) If log a 10 = 0.25, what is the value of log 10 a ?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8
24.) If log b 1024 = 5/2 . Find b.
a. 2560
b. 16
c. 4
d. 2
25.) Find the value of x if log 12 x = 2.
a. 144
b. 414
c. 524
d. 425
26.) The sum of Kim’s and Kevin’s ages is 18. in 3 years, kim will be twice as old as Kevin. What are their ages
now?
a. 4, 13
b. 5, 13
c. 7, 11
d. 6, 12
27.) A father tells his son , “I was your age now when you were born.” If the father is now 38 years old, how old
was his son 2 years ago?
a. 15
b. 17
c. 19
d. 21
28.) A pump can pump out water from a tank in 11 hours. Another pump can pump out water from the same
tank in 20 hrs. how long will it take both pumps to pump out the water in the tank?
a. 7 hours
b. 6 hours
c. 7 ½ hours
d. 6 ½ hours
29.) Glenn can paint a house in 9 hours while Stewart can paint the same house in 16 hours. They work together
for 4 hours. After 4 hours, Stewart left and Glenn finished the job alone. How many more days did it take Glenn
to finish the job?
a. 2.75 hours
b. 2.50 hours
c. 2.25 hours
d. 3 hours
30.) Mike, Loui and Joy can mow the lawn in 4, 6 and 7 hours respectively. What fraction of the yard can they
mow in 1 hour if they work together?
a. 47/84
b. 45/84
c. 84/47
d. 39/60
31.) Ten liters of 25 % salt solution and 15 liters of 35% salt solution are poured into a drum originally
containing 30 liters of 10% salt solution. What is the % concentration of salt in the mixture?
a. 19.55 %
b. 22.15 %
c. 27.05 %
d. 25.72 %
32.)How much water must be evaporated from 10kg solution which has 4% salt to make a solution of 10% salt?
a. 4 kg
b. 5 kg
c. 6 kg
d. 7 kg
33.) If eight is added to the product of nine and the numerical number, the sum is seventy one. Find the
unknown number.
a.) 5
b.) 6
c.) 7
d.) 8
34.) Find the fraction such that if 2 is subtracted from its terms its becomes ¼, but if 4 is added to its terms it
becomes ½.
a. 3/2
b. 5/12
c. 5/14
d. 6/13
Solution:
Let:
xy
= the fraction
x2y2
=
14
4x – 8 = y – 2
y = 4x – 6  
x4y4
=
1
2
2x + 8 = y + 4  
Substitute (1) in (2): 2x+8 = (4x – 6) + 4
10 = 2x x = 5
y = 4(5) – 6 = 14
Thus the fraction is
514
.
35.) Find the product of two numbers such that first added to the second equals to 19 and three times the first is
21 more than the second.
a. 24
b. 32
c. 18
d. 20
36.) A man rows downstream at the rate of 5mph and upstream at the rate of 2mph. How far downstream
should he go if he return in 7/4 hours after leaving?
a. 2.5 miles
b. 3.3 miles
c. 3.1 miles
d. 2.7 miles
37.) An airplane flying with the wind, took 2 hours to travel 1000km and 2.5 hours in flying back. What was the
wind velocity in kph?
a. 50
b. 60
c. 70
d. 40

38.) On a certain trip, Edgar drive 231 km in exactly the same time as Erwin drive 308 km. If Erwin’s rate
exceeded that of Edgar by 13 kph, determine the rate of Erwin.
a. 39 kph
b. 44 kph
c. 48 kph
d. 52 kph
39.) In how many minutes after 7 o’clock will the hands be directly opposite each other for the first time?
a. 5.22 min
b. 5.33 min
c. 5.46 min
d. 5.54 min
40.) From the time 6:15 pm to the time 7:45 pm of the same day, the minute had of a standard clock describe an
arc of
a. 60o
b. 90o
c. 180o
d. 540o
41.) The time required for an elevator to lift a weight varies directly with the weight and the distance through
which it is to be lifted and inversely as the power of the motor. If it takes 30 seconds for a 10 hp motor to lift
100lbs through 50 feet, what size of motor is required to lift 800 lbs in 40 seconds through 40 feet?
a. 42
b. 44
c. 46
d. 48
42.) A bookstore purchased a best selling price book at Php 200.00 per copy. At what price should this book be
sold so that, giving a 20% discount, the profit is 30% ?
a. Php 450
b. Php 500
c. Php 357
d. Php 400
43.) The sum of three arithmetic means between 34 and 42 is
a. 114
b. 124
c. 134
d. 144
44.) A stack of bricks has 61 bricks in the bottom layer, 58 bricks in the second layer, 55 bricks in the third layer,
and so on until there are 10 bricks in the last layer. How many bricks are there al together?
a. 638
b. 637
c. 639
d. 640
45.) Once a month, a man puts some money into a cookie jar. Each month he puts 50 centavos more into the jar
than the month before. After 12 years, he counted his money, he had Php 5,436. how much money did he put in
the jar in the last month?
a. Php 73.50
b. Php 75.50
c. Php 74.50
d. Php 72.50
46.) How many times will a grandfather’s clock strikes in one day if it strikes only at the hours and strike once at
1 o’clock, twice at 2 o’ clock and so on?
a. 210
b. 24
c. 156
d. 300
47.) When all odd numbers from 1 to 101 are added, the result is
a. 2500
b. 2601
c. 2501
d. 3500
48.) The fourth term of a Geometric Progression is 216 and the 6th term is 1944. find the 8th term.
a. 17649
b. 17496
c. 16749
d. 17964
49.) A person has 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great grand parents and so on. How man ancestors during the 15
generations preceding his own, assuming no duplication?
a. 131070
b. 65534
c. 32766
d. 16383
50. A machine has an initial cost of P 50,000 and a salvage value of P 10,000.00 after
10 years. What is the book value after 5 years using straight line depreciation?
A. P 35,000.00 C. P 15,500.00
B. P 25,000.00 D. P 30,000.00
51.) A rubber ball is made to fall from a height of 50 feet and is observed to rebound 2/3 of the distance it falls.
How far will the ball travel before coming to rest if the ball continues to fall in this manner?
a. 200 ft.
b. 225 ft.
c. 250 ft.
d. 275 ft.
52.) If equal spheres are piled in the form of a complete pyramid with an equilateral triangle as base, find the
total number of spheres in the pile if each side of the base contains 4 spheres.
a. 15
b. 20
c. 18
d. 21
53.) A club 0f 40 executives, 33 like to smoke Marlboro and 20 like to smoke Philip Morris. How many like both?
a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. 13
54.) How many four letter words beginning and ending with the vowel without any letter repeated can be
formed from the word “personnel”?
a. 40
b. 480
c. 20
d. 312
56.) Four different colored flags can be hung in a row to make coded signal. How many signals can be made if a
signal consists of the display of one or more flags?
a. 64
b. 66
c. 68
d. 62
57.) In how many ways can 4 boys and 4 girls be seated alternately in a row of 8 seats?
a. 1152
b. 2304
c. 576
d. 2204
58.) In how many ways can you invite one or more of your five friends in a party?
a. 15
b. 31
c. 36
d. 25

59.) There are 50 tickets in a lottery in which there is a first and second prize. What is the probability of a man
drawing a prize if he owns 5 tickets?
a. 50%
b. 25%
c. 20%
d. 40%
60.) A coin is tossed 3 times. What is the probability of getting 3 tails up?
a. 1/8
b. 1/16
c. ¼
d. 7/8
61.) There are 3 questions in a test. For each question 1 point is awarded for a correct answer and none for a
wrong answer. If the probability that Janine correctly answers a question in the test id 2/3, determine the
probability the she gets zero in the test.
a. 8/27
b. 4/9
c. 1/30
d. 1/27
62.) In a multiple choice test, each question is to be answered by selecting 1 out of 5 choices , of which only 1 is
right. If there are 10 questions in a test, what is the probability of getting a 6 right of pure guesswork?
a. 10 %
b. 6 %
c. 0.44 %
d. 0.55 %
63.) From 20 tickets of marked with the first 20 numerals one is drawn at random. What is the chance that it will
be a multiple of 3 or of 7?
a. ½
b. 8/15
c. 3/10
d. 2/5
64. Find each interior angle of a hexagon.
A. 90° C. 150°
B. 120° D. 180°
65. The sides of a triangle are 8 cm, 10cm and 14 cm. Determine the radius of the inscribed circle.
A. 2.25 cm C. 2.45 cm
B. 2.35 cm D. 2.55 cm
66. A circle with radius 6 cm has half its area removed by cutting off a border of
uniform width. Find the width of the border.
A. 1.76 cm C. 1.98 cm
B. 1.35 cm D. 2.03 cm
67. The area of a circle is 89.42 sq. inches. What is its circumference?
A. 32.25 in. C. 35.33 in.
B. 33.52 in. D. 35.55 in.
68. What is the area in sq. cm. Of the circle circumscribed about an equilateral
triangle with a side 10 cm long?
A. 104.7 C. 106.7
B. 105.7 D. 107.7
69. The angle of a sector is 30° and the radius is 15 cm. What is the area of the
sector in cm2?
A. 59.8 C. 58.9
B. 89.5 D. 85.9
70. The arc of a sector is 9 units and its radius is 3 units. What is the area of the
sector in square units?
A. 12.5 C. 14.5
B. 13.5 D. 15.5
71. What is the area in sq. m of the zone of a spherical segment having a volume
of 1470.265 cu. m if the diameter of the sphere is 30m?
A. 465.5 m2 C. 665.5 m2
B. 565.5 m2 D. 656.5 m2
72. If cos 65° + cos 55° = cos , find  in radians.
A. 0.765 C. 1.213
B. 0.087 D. 1.421
73. The sine of a certain angle is 0.6, calculate the cotangent of the angle.
A. 4/3 C. 4/5
B. 5/4 D. ¾
74. Simplify the expression sec  - (sec ) sin2 
A. cos2  C. sin2 
B. cos  D. sin 
75. If the longitude of Tokyo is 139°E and that of Manila is 121°E, what is the
time difference between Tokyo and Manila?
A. 1 hour and 12 minutes C. 1 hour and 8 minutes
B. 1 hour and 5 minutes D. 1 hour and 10 minutes
76. Solve for side b of a right spherical triangle ABC whose parts are a=46°, c=
75° and C = 90°?
A. 74° C. 48°
B. 68° D. 74°
77. Solve for angle C of the oblique triangle ABC given, a=80°, c =115° and A=72°.
A. 61° C. 95°
B. 85° D. 119°
78. What is the spherical excess of the spherical triangle whose angles are all right angles?
A. 45° C. 60°
B. 90° D. 30°
79. Find the distance between A (4, -3) and B (-2, 5).
A. 11 C. 10
B. 9 D. 8

80. The points (a,1), (b,2) and (c,3) are collinear. Which of the following is true?
A. c – b = c - a C. c – a = a - b
B. c – b = b - a D. c – a = b - a

81. Find the inclination of the line passing through (-5,3) and (10,7).
A. 14.73 C. 14.83
B. 14.93 D. 14.63
82. A triangle has variable sides x,y,z subject to the constraint such that the perimeter
is fixed to 18 cm. What is the maximum possible area for the triangle?
A. 15.59 cm2 C. 17.15 cm2
B. 18.71 cm2 D. 14.03 cm2
83. A box is constructed from a piece of zinc 20 sq. in by cutting equal squares from
each corner and turning up the zinc to form the side. What is the volume of the largest box that can be so
constructed?
A. 599.95 cu. in. C. 579.50 cu. in.
B. 592.59 cu. in. D. 622.49 cu. in.
84. The cost of C of a product is a function of the quantity x of the product: C(x) = x 2 -
4000 x + 50. Find the quantity for which the cost is minimum.
A. 1000 C. 2000
B. 1500 D. 3000
Solution: C = x2 – 4000x + 50
dCdx
= 2x – 4000 = 0
0 = 2x – 4000 2x = 4000 x = 2000 units.
85. A fencing is limited to 20 ft. length. What is the maximum rectangular area that
can be fenced in using two perpendicular corner sides of an existing wall?
A. 120 C. 140
B. 100 D. 190
86. If a 10 kg piece of copper falls 100m, how much heat might be produced?
A. 3.81 kCal C. 2300 Cal
B. 32 BTU D. 9.41 kJ
87. What average force is necessary to stop a .45 caliber bullet of mass of 15 grams
and speed of 300 m/s as it penetrates a block to a distance of 5 cm?
A. 12.5 kN C. 13.5 kN
B. 13.0 kN D. 12.0kN
88. A block of wood floats in water with 5 cm projecting above the water surface. When
placed in glycerine of specific gravity of 1.35, the block projects 7.5 cm above the liquid. Determine its specific
gravity.
A. 0.514 C. 0.836
B. 0.704 D. 0.658
89. How long must a current of 5 amperes pass through a 10-ohm resistor until a
charge of 1200 coulombs passes through?
A. 3 min. C. 4 min.
B. 1 min. D. 2 min.
90. Two forces of 20 units and 30 units act at right angle. What is the magnitude of
the resultant force?
A. 36 C. 40
B. 42 D. 44
91. A beam rests on a fulcrum, 1.2 m from one end. A weight of 350 kg is suspended
from this end causing the beam to balance. If the weight of 350 kg is suspended on the opposite end of the beam,
it is necessary to suspend a 1000 kg weight on the first end in order to effect an even balance. Find the length of
the beam?
A. 2.48 m C. 3.43 m
B. 3.24 m D. 4.21 m
92. A 600 N block rests in a surface inclined at 30°. Determine the horizontal force P
required to prevent the block from sliding down. Angle of friction between the block and the inclined plane is
15°.
A. 160.75 N C. 164.60 N
B. 198.55 N D. 190.45 N
93. At what angle does the force F = 6.23i – 2.38j + 4.92k N makes with the x-axis?
A. 39.2° C. 41.3°
B. 40.2° D. 42.2°
94. If you borrowed money from your friend with simple interest of 12%, find the
present worth of P 50,000, which is due at the end of 7 months.
A. P 46,200 C. P 46, 730
B. P 44,893 D. P 45,789
95. The amount of P 12,800 in 4 years at 5% compounded quarterly is
A. P 14,785.34 C. P 16,311.26
B. P 15,614.59 D. P 15,847.33
96. Alexander Michael owes P 25,000.00 due in 1 year and P 75,000 due in 4 years.
He agrees to pay P 50,000.00 today and the balance in 2 years. How much must he pay at the end of two years if
money is worth 5% compounded semi-annually?
A. P 38,025.28 C. P 30,500.55
B. P 35,021.25 D. P 39,021.28
97. If P 50,000 is deposited at a rate of 11.25% compounded monthly, determine
the compounded interest after 7 years and 9 months.
A. P 401,170 C. P 521,170
B. P 421,170 D. P 621,170
98. A young engineer borrowed P 10,000 at 12% interest and paid P2,000 per annum
for the last 4 years. What does he have to pay at the end of the fifth year in order to pay off his loan?
A. P 6,919.28 C. P 6,074.00
B. P 5,674.00 D. P 3,296.00
99. Mr. Ayala borrows P 100,000 at 10% effective annual interest. He must pay
back the loan over 30 years with uniform monthly payments due on the first day of each month. What does Mr.
Ayala pay each month?
A. P 870.00 C. P 878.00
B. P 846.00 D. P 839.00
100. A man paid 10% down payment of P 200,000 for a house and lot and agreed
to pay the balance on monthly installments for “x” years at an interest rate of 15% compounded monthly. If the
monthly installment was P 42,821.87, find the value of x?
A. 11 C. 5
B. 9 D. 7