TORNO MA.

LYN H ME-PE412
BSME 4-A ENGR.
PATUNOB

ALGEBRA QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

1. Twice the sum of two numbers is 28. The sum of the squares of the two numbers is 100.
The product of the two numbers is?
A. 48 B. 12 C. 24 D. 36

2. In four hours, a light plane with an air speed of 200 kph flies for 480 km against the wind and
halfway back with same wind. What is the wind speed?
A. 70 kph B. 80 kph C. 90 kph D. 40 kph

3. One pipe can empty the tank in 4 hours. A second pipe takes 2 hours to do the same job. How long
will it take to empty the tank if both sides are open?
A. ½ B. 1 1/3 C. 1 2/3 D. 2 1/4

let x= time required to empty the tank if both sides are open.
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4. With a head wind a plane traveled 500 the return trip in 4 hours and 10 minutes. With a tail wind the
plane flew the return trip in 4 hours and 10 minutes. Find the plane's air speed. A. 10 kph B.110
kph C. 120 kph D.130 kph

5. Welmae and Malyn working together Can finish painting home in six days. Welmae, working alone, can
finish in five days less than Malyn. How long will it take each of them to finish the work alone?
A. Welmae= 10, Malyn=15 B. Welmae=5, Malyn=18
C. Welmae=8, Malyn=10 D. Welmae=10, Malyn = 10

6. In how many years will the age of mother be 3 times the age of the daughter if her mother is now 40 and
daughter is 8?
A. 6 years B. 8 years C.10 years D. 12 years.

7. During the 100km of city driving sue averaged 8km/L. She then drove 300 km on an interstate highway
and averaged 12 km/L for the entire 400 km. Find the average fuel consumption on the highway.
A. 10.40 km/li B. 12.40 km/li C. 14.40 km/li D. 16.40 km/li

8. Two sands hauling trucks have capacities of 12 tons and 15 tons. They made a total of 20 round trips to
haul 273 tons of sand. How many round trips did each truck makes
 A. 9 and 8 B. 9 and 11 C. 9 and 10 D. 9 and 12

9. Maria bought 24 boxes of screws for P2,200. There were three types of screws bought. Screw A cost
P300 per box, screw B cost P150 per box and screw C cost P50 per box. How many boxes of each screw
did he buy?
A. 2,5,17 B. 3,8,12 C. 4,6,13 D. 20,1,2

10. a<b or a=b or a>b, is what property?

A. Commutative property for addition B. Identity property of addition
C. Transitive property D. Trichotomy property

11. My taurus gets about 28 miles to a gallon. How far can I drive on 12 gallons?
A. 136 miles B. 336 miles C. 236 miles D. 436 miles

12. A shaft with a 6cm pulley turns 150 rpm. If the shaft turns 600 rpm, what size pulley should be used?
A. 1.5 cm B. 1.4 cm C. 1.3 cm D. 1.2 cm

13. The displacement of a body falling from rest varies directly as the square of the time of fall. If it falls 144
min 3 sec, compute the distance it has travelled after 8 seconds.
A. 1020 m B. 1028 C. 1024 D. 1032

14. A group of 35 men can do certain piece of work in fifteen 8-hour days. How many men can do the same
work in twenty-four 7 hours days?
A. 20 men B. 25 men C. 30 men D. 35 men
15. In two belted wheels the speed varies inversely as the diameter D. If a 5ft. diameter wheel turning 120
rpm is belted to a 3 feet wheel, what is the speed of 3feet wheel?
A. 100 rpm B. 150 rpm C. 200 rpm D. 450 rpm

16. How many different committees can be formed by choosing 4 men from an organization that has a
membership of 15 men?
A. 1390 B. 1240 C. 1435 D. 1365

17. Assertations to be proved are called:

A. Proof B. Axioms C. Corollary D. Theorems

18. A PSME has 10 ME's, 8 PME and 6 CPM. If a committee of 3 members, one of each from each group is
to be formed, how many such committees can be formed?
A. 400 B. 700 C. 480 D. 540

19. In how many five books be arranged on a shelf?

A. 25 B. 120 C. 125 D. 250
20. Eight boys are in the room which has 5 doors. In how many ways can they leave the room? A. 390,625
B. 490,625 C. 290,625 D. 190,625
21. Events that do not occur simultaneously
A. Single Event B. Joint Event C. Exclusive Event D. Inclusive Event

22. 2+7 is a real number, is what property?

A. Commutative property for addition B. Closure Property of addition
C. Distributive Property D. Associative Property

23. The form of logical reasoning from hypothesis to conclusion

A. Proof B. Axioms C. Corollary D. Theorems

24. It is a correspondence that assigns to each element x of some set X a single value y of a set Y.
A. Independent Variable B. Function C. Domain D. Variables
25. It is the number or quantity between two terms of geometric series
A. Geometric sequence B. Geometric mean
C. Harmonic expression D. Arithmetic Sequence

TRIGONOMETRY

A kite 2.5 m long is a quadrilateral having two sides each 1 m long and two sides each 2m long. How
wide is the kite?
A. 1.52 m B. 1.82 m C. 1.94 m D. 2.52 m

The height of an isosceles triangle is 10 and its base is 16 units. Find the length of equal sides.
A. 15.81 B. 14.81 C. 13.81 D. 12.81

Two Planes leave an airport at the same time, one flying due east at 600 kph and the other flying due
northwest at 400 kph. How far apart are they two hours later?
A. 1754 km B.1854 km C. 1800 km D. 1954 km

The height of an isosceles trapezoid is12 units and its bases have length 25 and 15 units. Find its
perimeter.
A. 51 B. 54 C. 69 D. 66

What is the angle of elevation of the sun when a flagpole 22.5 m high casts a shadow 32.4 m long?
A. 30.78° B. 34.78° C. 32.78° D. 36.78°

The sum of the squares of the sine and cosine of an angle:

A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3

In a triangle, find the side c if C=100°, side b=20 and side a=15
A. 28 B. 27 C. 29 D. 29

From the oblique triangle in which a=6cm b=9cm and C=32°, solve for angle A.
A. 46.20° B.36.10° C.39.10° D. 32.30°

What is the angle of π and less than 2π?

A. Straight angle B. Obtuse angle C. Oblique angle D. Acute angle

A road rises 100 ft. for every 1500 ft. along the road. Find the percentage grade of the road.
A. 5.76% B. 4.68% C. 9.95% D. 6.68%

From the top of the cliff 50m high, the angle of depression to a boat is 30 degrees. Determine the distance
between the boat and the foot of the cliff.
A. 50 m B. 98.7 m C. 86.6 m D. 150.3 m

What is the base of an isosceles triangle whose sides are 1.3 units in length and whose height is 1 unit.
A. 2 B. 44 C. 1.93 D. 1.66

A wire supporting a pole is fastened to it 20ft from the ground and to the ground 15ft from the pole.
Determine the angle it makes with the pole.
A. 36.87° B. 76.34° C. 23.40° D. 87.23°

Napierian logarithms have base closet to which number?

A. 153 B. 162 C. 2.72 D. 10.8

The logarithm of negative number is:

A. Imaginary B. Irrational C. Real D. Ratioanal

What is the natural log of e to the xy power?

A. 1/xy B. 2.781/xy C. xy D. 2.718/xy

The logarithm of 1 to any base is

A. indeterminate B. one C. zero D. infinity

It is the angle above the horizontal plane of the observer

A. Angle of elevation B. Angle of depression C. Related Angle D. Right Angle

If 10 grams of tritium decays to 8.50 grams in 2.93 years, what is the half-life of tritium?
A. 10.49 years B. 11.50 years C. 12.49 years D. 13.50 years

A triangle whose two equal sides are perpendicular to each other

A. Right Angle B. Right Isosceles triangle C. Equilateral Triangle D. Scalene triangle

A function obtained by expressing the dependent variable of one function as the independent variable of
another.
A. Quadratic function B. Inverse Function C. Polynomial function D. Identity function

A ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle

A. Tangent B. Cotangent C. Sine D. Cosine

The space between two lines or planes that intersect

A. Line B. Angle C. Curved D. Point

The measure on an angle with vertex at the center of a circle that subtends an arc equal to the radius of the
circle.
A. Radians B. Real Axis C. Radius Vector D. Co-terminal

A central angle of a circle of radius 4.25 cm measures 72°. Find the length of the arc it intercepts.
A. 11.34 cm B. 9.34 cm C. 7.34 cm D. 5.34 cm