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1. In the isosceles triangle has an interior angle measuring 134 degrees, what is the measure of each of the other two?

A. 23 B. 46 C. 21 D. 42

2. What is the perimeter of a rectangle whose length and width are 2x+5 and 3x-1, respectively?

A. 5x+4 B. 10x+8 C. 6 D. 6

3. The area of a rectangle whose width is x-7 is . What is the length?

A. X-5 B. X+5 C. X+7 D. X-28

4. What is the number 2/3 of whose square root is 10?

A. 200 B. 125 C. 225 D. 67

5. There are 120 freshmen in the group of 300 students. How many percentage of the group are freshmen?

A. 45% B. 38% C. 40% D. 42%

6. If x= 12, y=81 and z==64. Find the value of 2

A. 9 B. 36 C. 72 D. 18

7. A road 12 km long, 5 meters wide and 0.2 meters thick is being constructed. How many cubic meters of concrete will be
required?

A. 10,000 B. 12,000 C. 6,000 D. 15,000

8. Given that x/3 +4=49; find out the value of x

A. 215 B. 105 C. 95 D. 135

9. Twelve employees can work on a task in eight days. How many employees can be assigned to work on the task if it must
be completed in six day?

A. 32 B. 16 C. 9 D. 18

10. In the number 123456789, which digit is in the hundredths place?

A. 7 B. 3 C. 4 D. 8

11. What is the amount at the end of four years if php 90,000 is invented at 12% simple interest?

A. Php 154,400 B. Php 125,300 C. Php 152,500 D. Php 133, 200

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12. What id the capacity of a box with length 11 ½ inches, width 8 inches, and height 2 ½ inches?

A. 115 cu. In B. 288 cu. In C. 230 cu .in D. 96 cu . in

13. The youth is estimated to be 65% of the voting population. If a province has approximately 1.36 million voters, about
how many voters are the youth?

A. 824,00 B. 884,000 C. 796,000 D. 804,000

14. Which of the following has a different value compared to the other three?

A. 9/50 B. 0.18 C. 3/25 D. 18%

15. Find the equations of the line passing through the points (-5, 4) and (3, 1).

A. 3x-8y+17=0 B. 3x-8y-17=0 C. 3x+8y+17=0 D. 3x+8y-17=0

16. 5 ¾-3 7 / 8 = ________.

A. 25/8 B. 27/8 C. 1 5/8 D. 1 7/8

17. How many square feet of paper would be needed to cover a box in all sides? The box is 4 feet long, 3 feet wide and 1.5
feet high.

A. 27 B. 96 C. 45 D. 48

18. A community covers 300 hectares of land. 1/8 of the land was reserved for common areas like parks and roads and the
rest for residence. How many hectares were used for residence?

A. 262.5 hectares B. 240.5 hectares C. 260 hectares D. 250 hectares

19. Floor tiles will be placed in a bathroom which measures 3.5 meters by 2.6 meters. How many square meters will be
tiled?

A. 8.2 sq. m B. 9.8 sq. m C. 9.1 sq. m D. 10.2 sq. m

20. How many meters longer is a mile than a kilometer? There is 1 609 kilometers in a mile.

A. 609 B. 600 C. 1000 D. 1609

21. A rectangular field is 20 meters by 12 meters. Find its perimeter.

A. 64 meters B. 32 meters C. 240 meters D. 120 meters

22. How much would Php 180,000.00 amount to in 20 years if it earns 905 per annum?

A. Php 404,000 B. Php 604,000 C. Php 704,000 D. Php 504,000

23. A box weighs 1.3 kilos when it is empty. A bottle of wine weighs 1.5 kilos. Which expression gives the weight of the box
when it’s filled with Y bottles?

A. 1.3y+1.5 B. 1.5y-1.3 C. 1.3+1.5y D. 1.3y+1.5y

24. In a PBA game last week, James Yap attempted forty shots and made 65% of them. How many shots did he make?

A. 28 shots B. 32 shots C. 30 shots D. 26 shots

25. Danielle has five pairs of blue socks and seven pairs of orange socks. If she picks one pair of socks, what is the
probability that it will not be blue?
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26. What is the amount (in feet) of framing needed to frame a picture whose dimensions are 8 ½ inches by 11?

A. 2¼ B. 4 1/4 C. 3 1/4 D. 5¼

27. What are 32 multiplied by ¾?

A. 96 B. 8 C. 16 D. 24

28. Find the value of M in 26 2/8+22 ½ =M.

A. 48 1/3 B. 48 ¾ C. 48 2/3 D. 48 ½

29. What is the total length of fabric materials if there are 72/10 meters and 15 4/5 meters available?

A. 23 m B. 18 m C. 18 ¼ m D. 18 ½ m

30. What is the prime factorization of 540?

A. 2x3x5 B. 9x6x5x2 C. D.

31. What is the probability of getting a sum of five when a pair of dice is rolled?

A. 5 / 36 B. 2/3 C. 5/6 D. 1/9

32. A bookshop sells a certain book for P1350 and charges P150 for shipping the book to an address within the city,
regardless of the number of copies of the book ordered. Which equation gives the total cost (y) of an order as a
function of the number of books ordered (x)?

A. Y=1350+150 B. X=1350y+150 C. Y= (1350+150)x D. Y= 150x+1350

33. How many feet of continuous paper are needed to print an 81 page document in duplicate? One page is 8 inches in
length.

A. 150 ft B. 54 ft C. 130 ft D. 140 ft

34. How many boys are there if 55.5% of 2,000 first year high school students are girls?

A. 445 B. 550 C. 920 D. 890

35. A bottle of cough syrup contains 90 milliliters. How many dosages can be given if each dosage is ¾ milliliter?

A. 81 B. 60 C. 120 D. 96

36. Carey earns Php 7, 500 per week in salary plus 5% commission on her weekly sales. If she needs Php 15,000 in a
particular week, how much her weekly sales should be.

A. Php 130,000 B. Php 100,000 C. Php 150,000 D. Php 125,000

37. The edges of a cubical frame are made from wood. How much longer is the total length of the wooden edges of a cube
with side equal 10 cm compared to a cube with side equal 10 cm compared to a cube with side equal to 8 cm?

A. 24 cm B. 18 cm C. 12 cm D. 8 cm

38. This season’s crop harvest netted a farmer Php 105,000. If the harvested crop was sold for Php 15 per kilogram, how
many kilograms was the total harvest?

A. 10,000 B. 15,000 C. 10,500 D. 7,000

39. A company issues a three letter security code to each its employees. How many distinct codes can be generated if each
letter can be used only once for each code?
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40. Factor completely

A. X(x-5) (x+2) B. X(x-5) (x+3) C. X(x+5) (x+2) D. x(x2 – 15)

41. Find x if 1/6 : 1.5= 35:x

A. 315 B. 300 C. 420 D. 360

42. Factor the expression 144

A. (12- ) C.
B. (12 -3) D.

43. Thirty percent of 65 is what percent of 120?

A. 12.75% B. 16.25% C. 18% D. 14.50%

44. When a man died, he left a large tract of land to his wife and five children. How large is the share of the wife if the total
land area is 66 hectares?

A. 26.4 ha B. 13.2 ha C. 22 ha D. 11 ha

45. How much cloth is required to cover a round table whose diameter is 1.5 meters?

A. 1.676 sq. m B. 1.767 sq. m C. 17.67 sq. m D. 16.76 sq. m

46. What is the area of a triangular piece of land which has a “base” of 940 m and a “height” of 128 m?

A. 160,240 sq. m B. 120,320 sq. m C. 80,120 sq. m D. 60, 160 sq. m

47. A graduating class of 160 boys and 180 girls held a seniors ball. Approximately what percent attended if 60% of the girls
and 70% of the boys were there?

A. 68.97% B. 67.06% C. 62.73% D. 64.71%

48. A big container contains twelve liters when it is 30 % full. How much does it contain when it is 90% full?

A. 64 liters B. 42 liters C. 48 liters D. 36 liters

49. By how much is 35 % of 220 greater than 55% of 140?

A. 10 B. 15 C. 20 D. 0

50. Charles can paint a room in ten hours. Sherwin can finish the same task in twelve hours how long will it take the two of
them if they work together?

A. 5.45 hours B. 5.25 hours C. 6.25 hours D. 4 hours

51. Each container of puree contains 5 liters. What would be the price increase if the cost of one container of puree
increases from Php 2,950 to Php 3,050?

A. Php 100 B. Php 20 C. Php 500 D. Php 15, 250

52. Find the GCF of 18 and 36.

A. 18 B. 2 C. 9 D. 6

53. What is 202 multiplied by .03?

A. 606 B. 6.06 C. 0.606 D. 60.6

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54. A housewife deposited Php 150,000 at 6% compounded annually for 5 years. What is the amount in 5 years?

A. Php 200,733.84 B. Php 195,000 C. Php 750,000 D. Php 180,000

55. In how many years will Php 50,000 grow to Php 60,000 if it is invested at 6% compounded monthly?

A. 4.05 B. 3.05 C. 3.62 D. 2.34

56. A path cutting diagonally across a rectangular lot is 13 meters long. If one side of the lot is 12 meters long, how long is
the shorter size?

A. 7 meters B. 3 meters C. 10 meters D. 5 meters

57. Find the equation of the line with elope two and passing through the point (3, -1).

A. 2x +y+7=0 B. 2x-y+7=0 C. 2x+y-7=0 D. 2x-y-7=0

58. A twenty five hectare farm land produces 350 cavans of palay. How many cavans can sixty hectare land produce?

A. 920 cavans B. 840 cavans C. 880 cavans D. 800 cavans

59. Which of these has a value different from the other three?

A. 12 / 18 B. 15 / 20 C. 75% D. 0.75

60. A three foot high tree casts a shadow four feet long. Another tree, casts a 24 feet shadow. If the heights and shadows
are in proportion, how high is the second tree?

A. 24 ft B. 20 ft C. 21 ft D. 18 ft

61. A student got this report card and saw the following grades: 85, 72, 80,88 and 90. What is his average grade?

A. 87 B. 82.5 C. 83 D. 84

62. A water pipe ten feet long was cut into two with the shorter part measuring 2.5 feet. Find the ratio of the smaller part
to the larger part.

A. 4:5 B. 1:4 C. 1:3 D. 2.5:10

63. A bond paper is folded in half, after which it is folded in half, after which it is folded again in half and again in half. If this
folding is done 5 times, how many rectangles on the original sheet of paper will there be?

A. 64 B. 16 C. 32 D. 10

64. A merchant sold an item for Php 45,000, in the process earning for himself a 15 % profit how much is the profit?

A. Php 3,000 B. Php 51,750 C. Php 6,750 D. Php 4,750

65. A book is 2 ½ cm. thick. How many copies of this book can be placed in a shelf one meter long?

A. 45 copies B. 40 copies C. 44 copies D. 36 copies

66. Arielle is packing her things. She needs a box which can hold 75 cubic inches. Which of the following could fit her nee?

A. 4x4x4 inches B. 3x6x5x inches C. 3x6x7 inches D. 5x5x5 inches

67. A little boy weighs seven kilos. How much is this in pounds?

A. 18.5 lbs. B. 15.4 lbs C. 16.4 lbs D. 14.5 lbs

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68. For which side length of a square are the perimeter and the area numerically equal?

A. 4 B. 8 C. 12 D. 2

69. Find the ratio of fifteen minutes to one hour.

A. 2:15 B. 15:1 C. 1:15 D. 1:4

70. A large track of land was distributed to tenants who each got eight hectares. If there are 32 tenants, what was the
original land area?

A. 216 B. 236 C. 246 D. 256

71. Into how many four hundred gram packs of sugar can a 30 kilogram sack be repacked?

A. 80 packs B. 50 packs C. 60 packs D. 75 packs

72. What value of y makes TRUE? No possible answer: the equation can never be true.

A. -9 B. 16 C. -16 D. 25

73. Evaluate the following limit: x-1 (-2x +1)

A. 1 B. -1 C. 0 D. The limit is not defined

74. How many ounces of pure acid must be added to 20 ounces of a solution that is 24 % acid? No Answer: Incomplete
information

A. 3 ounces B. 2 ½ ounces C. 10 ounces D. 5 ounces

75. If forty percent of y is 32, what is twenty five percent of y?

A. 60 B. 50 C. 35 D. 20

76. If x+2=7, then what is the value of 2x+5?

A. 18 B. 15 C. 20 D. 12

77. What is the standard deviation of a set of scored if its variance 15?

A. 225 B. 3.87 C. 15 D. 30

78. Find the volume (in cubic inches) of a rectangular solid whose dimensions are 3 feet, 2 ½ feet and 8 inches.

A. 8,530 B. 6,570 C. 8,640 D. 7,980

79. One right triangle has legs measuring 12 and 9. A second triangle has legs measuring 112 and 16. What is the difference
of their perimeters?

A. 12 B. 42 C. 54 D. 7

80. What is the median of the following scores = 80,82,88,76,92,74?

A. 82 B. 80 C. 81 D. 83

81. Simplify (

A. B. C. D.

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96. If you are currently earning Php 22,000 a month, how much will your new salary be if you are to receive a 4% increase
next month?

A. Php 22, 880 B. Php 25,440 C. Php 26,560 D. Php 24,330

97. At what rate of ineterst should Php 24,000 be invested so that it will earn Php 1, 080 in 9 months?

A. 5% B. 6% C. 6.5% D. 5.5%

98. Find the least common multiple (LCM) of the numbers 18, 24 and 54.

A. 216 B. 192 C. 512 D. 384

99. Given that 2xy = 50 and x=2, what is the value of y?

A. 12.5 B. 25 C. 10 D. 5

100. Find two numbers whose product is 24 and the sum of whose reciprocals is 5/12.

A. 1 and 24 B. 2 and 12 C. 8 and 3 D. 6 and 4

101. If an isosceles triangle has an interior angle measuring 134 degrees, what is the measure of each of the other two?

A. 21 B. 46 C. 42 D. 23

102. The probability that a man will be alive in 25 years is 3/5 and that of his wife is 2/3. What is the probability that both will
be alive?

A. 1/5 B. 2 /5 C. 50 % D. 100%

103. The degree of the term -4.

A. 1st B. 4th C. 3rd D. 2nd

104.

105. The greatest common divisor (GCD) of 91, 39 and 78.

A. 13 B. 24 C. 91 D. 39

106. The difference between gross profit and cost of goods sold.

A. Discount B. Markdown C. Invoice price D. Net profit

107. The property of real numbers which describes (5+6)-3=-3+(5+6)

A. Reflexive B. Associative C. Distributive D. Commutative

108. What do you call an equality of 2 ratios?

A. Fraction B. Proportion C. Quotient D. Percentage

109. The number of hours spent for review in Algebra, Chemistry and English is in the ratio 4:3:1. How many hours does each
student spend for chemistry in a 24 hours review package?

A. Twelve hours B. Three hours C. Six hours D. Nine hours

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110. If m <0 and n > 0, which of the following is true?

A. M/n=0 B. 1/m < 1/n C. Mn >0 D. 1/m >1/n

111. What do you call a triangle with all sides equal?

A. Right B. Scalene C. Equilateral D. Isosceles

112. What is the volume of a right circular cylinder of height h and radius r?
A. ½ C. 1/3
B. 2 D.

113. What is the area of a rectangle of height h and base b?

A. Bh B. 2 bh C. ½ bh D. 1/3 bh

114. What is the circumference of a circle with area 4 square units?

A. 8 units B. 6 units C. 4 units D. 2 units

115. What is the value of ?

A. -2 B. -1 C. 1 D. 2

116. How much is 30% of 70 % of 400?

A. 72 B. 75 C. 84 D. 96

117. The unit’s digit of a two-digit number exceeds the ten digits by 2. Find the number if it is four times the sum of its digits.

A. 24 B. 42 C. 82 D. 84

118. If one side of a square is doubled in length and the adjacent side is decreased by two centimeters, the area of the
resulting rectangle in 96 square centimeters larger that that of the original square. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.

A. 10x 24 B. 17 x 24 C. 24x24 D. 6x16

119. Factor completely the expression: 27

A. (3a-2b B. (3a-3b C. (a-3b D. (4a-3b

120. Which of the following technique will best to help you to factor the expression: x2+6x-7=0?

A. Grouping C. Common monomial factor

B. Difference of two cubes D. Completing the square