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1 Four more than half of certain number is seven less than the number. What is the 22 22 Solution
number?

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2 At a clothing store, the price of a cashmere sweater is three times the price of a 15 18 Solution
cotton sweater. If the store sold 25 cashmere sweaters for a total of P 1,500 and
the combined sales of cashmere and cotton sweaters totaled P 1,800, how many
cotton sweaters were sold?

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3 An amusement park ride has an elevator that brings riders to the top of a tower. 30 30 Solution
Riders step off the elevator onto a slide, which is a straight line from the top of the
tower to level ground. The base of the slide is 400 feet from the base of the tower
and the length of the slide is 500 ft. If the elevator rises at a rate of 10 feet per
second, how many seconds does the elevator take to rise from the ground to the
top of the slide?

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4 What is the root of Aⁿ = Bⁿ which is NOT a root of A = B? Extraneous Extraneous Solution
root root

5 The fourth term of a G. P. is 216 and the 6th term is 1944. Find the 8th term. 17496 17496 Solution

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6 Two planes leave Manila for a southern city, a distance of 900 km. Plane A travels 240 kph 240 kph Solution
at a ground speed of 90 kph faster than the plane B. Plane A arrives in their
destination 2 hours and 15 minutes ahead of Plane B. What is the ground speed of
plane A?

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7 Two years ago Cathy was three times as old as her cousin Claire. Two years before 4 6 Solution
that, Cathy was four times as old as Claire. In how many years will the ratio of their
ages be 2:1?

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8 Ten liters of 25 % salt solution and 15 liters of 35 % salt solution are poured into a 19.55 % 19.55 % Solution
drum originally containing 30 liters of 10% salt solution. What is the per cent
concentration of salt in the mixture?

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9 At what time between 8 and 9 o’clock will the minute hand coincide with the hour 8:43.6 8:43.9 Solution
hand?

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10 What is the sum of the coefficients of the expansion of (2x –1)²⁰? 0 3 Solution

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11 Four people, Anna, Brittany, Casey and Dawn, exit a building in the reverse order II and III only II and III Solution
than that in which they entered it. If Casey entered the building first, and Brittany only
entered the building second, which of the following must be true?
I.   Casey exited first.
II.  Brittany exited third.
III. Casey exited last.

12 Stephanie, Damon and Karissa have been contracted to paint an office building 42 42 Solution
that contains 72 rooms. If Stephanie paints half as many rooms as Karissa and 12
more than Damon, how many rooms does Karissa paint?

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13 The sum of Jan’s and Nicole’s ages is 18. In 3 years, Jan will be twice as old as 13 14 Solution
Nicole. How old is Jan?

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14 The 3rd term of a harmonic progression is 15 and the 9th term is 6. Find the 11th 5 4 Solution
term.

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15 For the annual school fundraisers, Santos has p pledges each for c centavos per lap 25d/pc 100d/pc Solution
that he jogs. If his school track has 4 laps per mile and Santos raises a total of d
pesos, how many miles did he jog in terms of p, c and d?

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16 Ely walks down to the bottom of an escalator that is moving up and he counts 150 120 140 Solution
steps. Her friend, Mia walks up to the top of the escalator and counts 75 steps. If
Ely’s speed of walking (in steps per unit time) is three times Mia’s walking speed,
how many steps are visible on the escalator at a given time? Assume that this
value is constant.

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17 If Jim and Jerry work together they can finish a job in 4 hours. If working alone 6.7 6.7 Solution
takes Jim 10 hours to finish the job, how many hours would it take Jerry to do the
job alone?

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18 6-year-old Jan Nicole visited Santa at a local department store. He gave her this 75 75 Solution
riddle: "I started working at 15. I spent 1/4 of my working life in a factory. I spent
1/5 of my working life in an office, and I spent 1/3 of my working life as a school
caretaker. For the last 13 years of my working life I've been Santa Claus. How old
am I?"

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19 Five people stand in line: three men, Denzel, Melvin and Aneet, and two women, Fifth Fifth Solution
Janine and Susan. The order in which they stand must match the following
conditions:
1.  A man is not first in line.
2.  Denzel is ahead of Janine in the line.
3.  A woman must stand fourth in line.
4.  Melvin cannot stand next to Denzel.
In which position does Melvin stand in the line?

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20 Pedro can paint a fence 50% faster than Juan and 20% faster than Pilar, and 10 12 Solution
together they can paint a given fence in 4 hours. How long will it take Pedro to
paint the same fence if he had to work alone?

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21 Find the 6th term of the expansion of [(1/2a) – 3]¹⁶.  - - Solution


66339/128a¹¹ 66339/128a¹¹

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22 Bonnie has twice as many cousins as Robert. George has 5 cousins, which is 11 less 8 8 Solution
than Bonnie has. How many cousins does Robert have?

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23 A river flows at the rate of 3 mph downstream. It takes a person in a canoe the 8 mph 8 mph Solution
same time to row 22 miles downstream as it does or row 10 mi upstream. How
fast can the person row in still water?

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24 The total distance that a car can travel varies directly with the amount of gas in its 360 360 Solution
tank. A certain car can travel 270 miles when its tank is ¾ full. If the car’s tank has
12 gallons in it when it is ¾ full, how far, in miles can the car travel on a full tank?

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25 The second and sixth terms of a geometric progression are 3/10 and 243/160, 1/5 1/5 Solution
respectively. What is the first term of this sequence?

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