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MESL - Algebra 3
MESL - Algebra 3
What time between 9 and 10 o’clock will the hands of the clock be directly
opposite to each other?
A. 9:45.35
B. 9:16.36
C. 9:12.51
D. 9:10.1
What time after 7 o’clock will the hands of the clock be perpendicular to
each other for the first time? For the second time?
The time is past 9 o’clock. In a quarter of an hour, the minute hand will be
behind the hour hand by only half as much as it is now behind it. What time
is it?
A. 9:15.1
B. 9:19.1
C. 9:18.4
D. 9:17.6
It is now past 3 o’clock in the afternoon. The minute hand 3 minutes from
now will be directly opposite the hour hand 9 minutes ago. What time is it?
A. 3:40
B. 3:22
C. 3:48
D. 3:45
The time is past 7 o’clock. In 4 minutes, the hour hand of the clock will be
directly opposite the position occupied by the minute hand 3 minutes ago.
What time is it?
A. 7:20.4
B. 7:23.5
C. 7:25.5
D. 7:04.6
What time between 2 and 3 o’clock will the angle between the hands of the
clock be bisected by the line connecting the center of the clock and the 3
o’clock mark?
A. 2:19 6/13
B. 2:17 6/13
C. 2:18 6/13
D. 2:22 6/13
It takes a plane one hour and forty-five minutes to travel 600 miles
upstream the current and covers the same distance in one hour and fifteen
minutes downstream. What is the speed of the plane?
A. 312.85 mph
B. 650.50 mph
C. 411.43 mph
D. 385.75 mph
Joggers, Ara and Biboy, starting from the same point, jogging in opposite
directions in a circular track field. Their circular path has diameter of 800
meters. If the average speed of jogger Ara is 3 kph and that of jogger Biboy
is to be 4 kph. Compute the time they will meet.
A. 6.85 min
B. 21.54 min
C. 14.54 min
D. 43.23 min
John Jaycob can walk 7 miles in the time it takes Patrice to walk 10 miles.
John Jaycob requires 5 minutes longer than Patrice to walk for a mile. Find
the rate of John Jaycob.
A. 5.5 mph
B. 2.5 mph
C. 3.6 mph
D. 1.2 mph
Three times the first of three consecutive odd integers is three more than
twice the third. Find the third integer.
A. 12
B. 15
C. 10
D. 18
The sum of the digits of a 3-digit number is 14. The hundred’s digit being 4
times the unit’s digit. If 594 is subtracted from the number, the order of the
digits will be reversed. Find the number.
A. 563
B. 824
C. 842
D. 743
3000th digit
4022nd digit
JV Macabanti has a number of coins in his pocket consisting of nickels,
dimes and pennies. There are two more nickels than dimes and three times
as many pennies as dimes. If Antonio has a total of 64 cents, how many
pennies does he have?
A. 5
B. 9
C. 12
D. 1
Mike Lawrence and Ronald Harold has three items on sale, namely a lotion
for P50.00, a candy for P30.00 and a Lollipop for P1.00. At the end of the
day, he has sold a total of 100 items and has taken exactly P1000.00 on the
total sales. How many of each item were sold?
Qiel Bryan sold a collection of ants for P2500 at a loss of 20% on the
original price. Find the corresponding loss or gain if he sold it for P4,000.
A. 28% gain
B. 28% loss
C. 23% gain
D. 23% loss
Engr. Cyril C. Nicolas put these words into the mouth of a woman washing
dishes in the river. “I don’t know how many guests there were but every two
used a dish for rice between them, every three a dish for broth and every
four a dish for meat and there were 65 dishes in all”. How many guests were
there?
A. 54
B. 60
C. 25
D. 30