Mathematics Module I

)0 16. A boat tavels three times as fast when it is empty as when it is full. If it travels 20 km north
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with cargo, spends 2 hours unloading, andretums to the original port empty, taking 8 hours to
complete the entire trip, what is the speed of the barge when it is empty?

a) less than 4 kph c) less than l0 kphbutnot less than 5 kph 0000
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b) less than 5 lgh but not less than 4 lgh d) less than 15 kph but not less than l0 kph

l0 17. Vic canbind 200bookletsinlhour.fuiniecan dothesamejobin50minutes.Howlongwill

rd it take them to finish if Vic binds the first 50 booklets, then Annie binds for 30 minutes, then
Vic finishes the job

r0 a) 46 minutes b) 50 minutes c) 54 minutes d) 90 minutes 0000

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18. Robert has 12 coins totalling P 1.45. None of his coins is larger than a twenty-five centavo
coin. Which of the following cannotbe the number of 25-centavo coins that he has?

a)l b)2 c)3 d)s 0000

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d 19. If Robert can seal 40 envelopes in one minute, and Paul can do the same job in 80 seconds,
how many minutes will it take the two of them, working together, to seal 350 envelopes?

a) 4 minutes b) 5 minutes c) 6 minutes d) 7 minutes 0000

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d 20. City A and City B are 400 km apart. If a train leaves A in the direction of B at 50 kph, how
long will it take before the train meets another train, going from B to A, at a speed of :O 6fi
and leaves at the same time as the first train?

a) 4 hours b) 4.5 hours c) 5 hours d) 5.75 hours 0000

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22. Findthe solution setof !G + 4' * .[9 - x = 5.
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