AHEAD MAKATI ACET PROBLEM SET 3

TOTAL SCORE: /70

ADVANCED MATHEMATICS (50 MINUTES) SCORE: /40

DIRECTIONS: Encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. If a square and a circle have the same area,

4. The weight of the top six students of a class
what is the length of the side of a square if
are as follows: 55 kg, 52 kg, 50 kg, 60 kg, 58
the circle has a radius of 4√𝜋 ? kg, and 49 kg. What is the average weight of
A. 4 the students?
B. 4π A. 51 kg
C. 16 B. 53 kg
D. 16π C. 54 kg
D. 55 kg
2. Kira and Rona’s coin bank contains 10-peso
and 5-peso coins. Their coin bank contains a 5. If log y 0.5 = –1, then y2 = _____.
total of Php185. If the number of 5-peso
A. ¼
coins is 1 more than that of 10-peso coins,
B. ½
how many coins are there?
C. 2
A. 25
D. 4
B. 18
C. 13
6. Evaluate: log 3 729
D. 12
A. 6
B. 5
3. If b dozens of cartons cost p pesos, how
C. 4
many cartons can be bought with c
D. 3
centavos?
A. 1200pbc
7. Solve for x if log 4 (3𝑥 + 4) = 2.
3𝑏𝑐
B. A. 4
25𝑝
3𝑏
B. 5
C. C. 20
25𝑝𝑐
D. pbc D. 24

2
8. Given log 𝑎 (8) = –2, find a.
A. ¼
B. ½
C. 2
D. 4
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9. In the parallelogram ABCD, the ratio of the 13. In the figure below, a circle of radius 4 and
measure of angle A to the measure of angle center c is inscribed in an equilateral
D is 5 : 7. What is the measure in degrees of triangle. Determine the area of the shaded
∠B? region.
A. 15
B. 75
C. 105
D. 180

10. A cargo box is 5 meters (m) long, 4 m wide,

and 3 m deep. What maximum length of a A. 8(4√3 – 2π) units2
fishing rod can fit into the box? B. 16(3√3 – π) units2
A. 5 m C. 64√3 – 16π units2
B. √41 m D. 144√3 - 16π units2
C. 5√2 m
D. 12 m 14. Points P, Q, R and S are the midpoints of the
sides of square ABCD. Find the area of the
11. A man is 12 m away from one road and 9 m shaded region, if triangle PAQ is 1 unit2.
away from another road. The two roads A P B
intersect perpendicularly. How many
meters is he from the intersection? Q S
A. 16
B. 9√2
D R C
C. 15 A. 3 units2
D. 12√2 B. 4 units2
C. 5 units2
12. Bruce lives 8 km south of the church while D. 6 units2
Wayne lives east of the church. Wayne finds
that the direct distance from his house to 15. In a circle with center O, the measure of
Bruce’s is 6 km shorter than the distance by minor arc JK is 124 degrees. What is the
way of the church. What is the distance degree measure of ∠OEK IF JE is a
(km) between their houses? diameter?
A. 5√2 J
B. 6√2
O
C. 13
D. 17
K E
A. 48
B. 62
C. 96
D. 124
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16. A rectangular box is 16 cm long, 12 cm 20. What is the measure of the acute angle
wide, and 8 cm high. How many cubes with between the minute hand and the hour
a 4-cm edge can it contain? hand of the clock at 4:30 PM?
A. 24 A. 30°
B. 16 B. 45°
C. 12 C. 60°
D. 10 D. 75°

17. If the diameter of a circle is increased by 21. A man running at 1 meter per second is
20%, by how many percent is its area 0.72 kilometers from his house at 7:28 AM.
increased? At this rate, what time will he be home?
A. 20 A. 7:42 AM
B. 21 B. 7:40 AM
C. 40 C. 7:36 AM
D. 44 D. 7:34 AM

18. In the isosceles triangle PQR, QS, and SR are 22. A dealer wishes to mix 30 kg of nuts that
the angle bisectors of ∠Q and ∠R, cost Php90 per kg, with some more
respectively. If m∠PQS = 17°, what is the expensive nuts that cost Php120 per kg, to
degree measure of ∠QSR + ∠QPR? make a mixture that will cost Php100 per
P kg. How many kg of the more expensive
S nuts should he use?
A. 10
Q R B. 15
A. 168° C. 20
B. 176° D. 25
C. 216°
D. 258° 23. Sandro invested Php38,000 in the
International Bank of the Philippines at 5%
19. In the figure below, A, E, and B are collinear interest. How much additional money must
points and CE is perpendicular to ED. If he invest at 10% so that the total annual
m∠CEB = 48°, what is the degree measure income would be equal to 7.5% of his entire
of ∠AEC + ∠BED? investment?
A. 174° C A. Php12,000
B. 156° A E B B. Php24,000
C. 138° C. Php38,000
D. 120° D. Php42,000
D
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24. If 9a = 12 + 3a, then 3a + 7 = ______. 30. The trinomial x2 – x – 12 gives a remainder

A. 14 of 0 when divided by _____.
B. 13 A. x – 5
C. 12 B. x – 6
D. 11 C. x – 3
D. x – 4
25. Find k : 2k2 – k = 6
A. 2 31. Mr. Astor rents a car for d days. He pays m
B. 3/2 or 0 pesos per day for each of the first 7 days,
C. –3/2 or 2 and half that rate for each additional day.
D. 2/3 or –2 Find the total charge if d > 7.
md
A. 7m +
2
𝑎17 𝑏3
26. Evaluate: = _______ B. m + 2m(d – 7)
𝑎4 𝑏11 m(d−7)
A. 𝑎−13 𝑏8 C. m +
2
B. 𝑎13 𝑏 −8 m(d−7)
C. 𝑎13 𝑏 8 D. 7m +
2
D. 𝑎21 𝑏14
32. Criela received her allowance on Sunday.
𝑏 𝑏 She spent a sixth of her allowance on
27. Find b : – =1
4 6 Monday and a fourth of the remainder on
A. 3
Tuesday. What part of her allowance was
B. 4
left for the rest of the week?
C. 8 5
D. 12 A.
12
7
1 3 B.
28. If = √0.125, then y is equal to ______ 12
𝑦
A. 0.25 5
C.
B. 0.5 8
C. 2 7
D.
D. 8 8

1 1 1 1 1 1
29. + = 2 and – = 13. Find – . 33. If (j + k)2 = 36 and jk = 8, find j2 + k2.
𝑥 𝑦 𝑥 𝑦 𝑥2 𝑦2
A. 52
A. 3
B. 31
B. 7
C. 27
C. 10
D. 20
D. 26
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For nos. 34 and 35, refer to the figure below: 38. A television was marked Php94,640 to yield
a 30% profit. How much should it be sold to
yield a 10% profit?
Sulfate 8.6
A. Php75,712
Chloride 25 B. Php80,080
Bicarbonate
C. Php85,176
226.5
D. Php90,098
Magnesium 14

Calcium 43 39. A band of ribbon is cut into three sections

so that the first is three times as long as the
0 100 200 300 second and the second section is five times
Concentration, mg/L as long as the third. What part of the entire
piece is the smallest section?
34. How many mg of chloride does a 700-mL 1
A.
bottle of mineral water contain? 21
1
A. 175 B.
7
B. 35.7 5
C. 25.0 C.
21
D. 17.5 5
D.
7
35. How many mg of dissolved calcium are
there in a 100-L tank of mineral water? 40. Annika has an average of 85 in four
A. 4300 examinations. What should be her average
B. 430 score on her next two exams if she wants to
C. 43 raise her average to 88?
D. 4.3 A. 98
B. 96
36. What is the next term in this number series: C. 94
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, _____? D. 92
A. 10
B. 12
C. 13
D. 15

37. The net price of a certain article is Php720

after successive discounts of 20% and 10%
were applied on the marked price. What
was the marked price?
A. Php950.40
B. Php1,000.00
C. Php2,462.40
D. Php3,600.00
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GENERAL INFORMATION (5 MINUTES) SCORE: /30

DIRECTIONS: Read each question carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. In the fifth century, St. Augustine wrote De 5. What instrument measures atmospheric
Civitate Dei. What does De Civitate Dei pressure?
mean in English? A. Barometer
A. The City of God B. Hygrometer
B. The Civilization of God C. Seisometer
C. God of Reasons D. Wind vane
D. Leader of Civilizations
6. When dry ice turns to vapor without
2. Norwegian artist Edward Munch created a passing through liquid state, it undergoes a
series of expressionist paintings symbolizing process called ________.
man as overwhelmed by an attack of A. condensation
existential angst. What is the name of this B. deposition
series? C. precipitation
A. The Fall of Man D. sublimation
B. The Thinking Man
C. The Scream 7. In the history of kitchen cutlery, which is
D. The Shining the newest implement to be invented, and
was once demonized by the Catholic Church
3. In which province can you find the but finally gained acceptance in the 13th
sanctuary of the butanding, the largest fish century?
in the world? A. Fork
A. Albay B. Glass
B. Camarines Sur C. Knife
C. Samar D. Spoon
D. Sorsogon
8. Who wrote the novel Scarlet Letter?
4. What objects did Harry and his friends hunt A. Harper Lee
in the seventh book “Harry Potter and the B. Herman Melville
Deathly Hallows” to destroy Voldemort? C. Nathaniel Hawthorne
A. Basilisks D. William Faulkner
B. Horcruxes
C. Pensieves 9. What is the oldest street in the Philippines?
D. Quidditches A. Colon Street, Cebu
B. Luna Street, Intramuros
C. Mabini Street, Manila
D. Real Street, Intramuros
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10. Who directed “Inception”, a science fiction 15. Who among the following women did not
film about introducing an idea into sew the first official Philippine flag?
someone’s subconscious? A. Lorenza Agoncillo
A. Michael Mann B. Maria Josephine Barrios
B. Christopher Nolan C. Dona Marcela Marino Agoncillo
C. Steven Soderbergh D. Delfina Herbosa Natividad
D. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
16. In Season 2009-2010 of the NBA, who won
11. Which of the following represents a correct the Most Valuable Player Award?
pair in taxonomy? A. Kobe Bryant
A. Plants – hydra B. Shaquille O’ Neal
B. Animals – corals C. Lebron James
C. Fungi – slime molds D. Dwayne Wade
D. Protozoa – red algae
17. Who discovered the antibacterial property
12. What is the most common slat in seawater? of penicillin?
A. Sodium chloride A. Alexander Fleming
B. Magnesium chloride B. Antoine Lavoisier
C. Calcium chloride C. Gregor Mendel
D. Potassium chloride D. Louis Pasteur

13. What was the most important shrine in all
Greece that was considered to be the
omphalos or the center of the world?
A. Obelisk of Senusret in Heliopolis
B. Mausoleum Of Halicarnassus
C. Oracle of Delphi
D. Statuary Hall of Olympia
14. What is the name of the lovable bear that is
the central character of A.A. Milne’s books
for children?
A. Baloo
B. The Care Bears
C. Winnie the Pooh
D. Yogi Bear
18. The world’s largest and highest-energy
particle accelerator located in Geneva,
Switzerland that can help prove the
existence of dark matter and extra
dimension is the _________.
A. Bates Linear Accelerator
B. Large Hadron Collider
C. Proton Synchrotron
D. Stanford Linear Accelerator
19. What was the last battle of the Napoleonic
Wars?
A. Nile
B. Trafalgar
C. Waterloo
D. Wavre
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20. The light and humorous verse Hickory 24. What phenomenon is described by the
Dickory Dock is an example of which kind of scattering of a beam of light by a medium
poetry? containing small suspended particles?
A. Cinquain A. Brownian movement
B. Haiku B. Diffraction
C. Limerick C. Refraction
D. Ode D. Tyndall effect

21. Under the 1987 Constitution, what is the 25. Most of the Great Wall of China was
minimum age requirement for a person constructed during which Chinese dynasty?
who wants to run for President? A. Qing
A. 35 B. Zhou
B. 40 C. Han
C. 45 D. Ming
D. 50
26. Which of the following is NOT a
22. The following are functions of a webcam Shakespearean comedy?
EXCEPT _________. A. King Lear
A. input control device B. Much Ado About Nothing
B. mobile communication C. The Merry Wives of Windsor
C. security camera D. Twelfth Night
D. video conference camera
27. Which of the following is a pen name of
23. What do you call the abnormal fear of Andres Bonifacio?
heights? A. Huseng Sisiw
A. Acrophobia B. Dimasilaw
B. Claustrophobia C. Dimasalang
C. Demophobia D. Agapito Bagumbayan
D. Xenophobia
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28. On February 8, 2010, Conrad Murray was
charged with the involuntary manslaughter
of Michael Jackson. Who is Murray?
A. Jackson’s masseur
B. Jackson’s golf buddy
C. Jackson’s band manager
D. Jackson’s personal physician
30. Based on the MOHS Scale of Mineral
Hardness, which of the following is true?
A. Quartz can scratch topaz.
B. Gypsum can scratch fluorite.
C. Calcite can scratch talc.
D. Feldspar can scratch diamond.

29. What is the program designed to sequence

the entire human genome for the benefit of
both public and scientific community?
A. Biosynthetic Engineering
B. Human Genome Project
C. International Human Genomics
D. Hadron Collider