ALGEBRA

Functions and algebraic expressions

1. The polynomial 2x3y + 8xyz4 – 3x2y3 has a degree of
a. 6 b. 3 c. 4 d. 8
2. If f(x) = 2x3 – 3x + 1, then f(1) = ?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
3. The equation xy = 0 implies that
a. x = 0 and y = 0 b. x = 0 or y = 0 c. x = 0 and y ≠ 0 d. x = 0 or y ≠ 0
4. Simplify (a-1 + b-1)/(ab)-1.
a. ab b. b + a c. 1/ab d. a/b
5. What is the greatest common factor (GCF) of 48 and 72?
a. 12 b. 24 c. 36 d. 42
6. Find the least common multiple (LCM) of 72x3y2, 108x2y3 and 9x2y.
a. 108x3y3 b. 648x3y3 c. 972x3y3 d. 216x3y3
7. If xy = 12, xz = 15, yz = 20, find the value of xyz.
a. 60 b. 55 c. 50 d. 45
8. Using the Remainder Theorem, find the remainder when x6 – x + 1 is divided by x – 2.
a. 61 b. 62 c. 63 d. 64
9. When f(x) = (x + 3 (x – 4) + 4 is divided by x – k, the remainder is k. The values of k are.
a. 2 and -4 b. -2 and 4 c. 3 and 4 d. -3 and 4
10. If 3x3y = 27 and 2x + y = 5, find x.
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
x +2
11. Resolve 2 into partial fraction.
x −7 x+12
5 2 6 5 6 5 5 6
a. − b. − c. − d. −
x−4 x−3 x+ 4 x−3 x−4 x−3 x+ 4 x−3
12. Find the value of A in the equation:
x + 4 x +10 A B ( 2 x +2 )
2
C
3 2
= + 2 + 2
x +2 x + 5 x x x +2 x +5 x +2 x+ 5
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

Remainder and Factor Theorem

13. What is the remainder when 2x3+ 3x2- 2x + 25 is divided by x + 3?
14. Find the value of k for which x+4 is a factor of x3+ 2x2- 7x + k = 0
15. Find the remainder if we divide (4y3 + 18y2 + 8y – 4) by (2y + 3).

Sum of Exponent and Sum of Coefficient

16. What is the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (x+y-z)8.
17. Determine the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (2x-1)3.
18. Find the sum of the exponents in the expansion of (x3 + y2)4.
19. What is the sum of the exponents in the expansion of (x2+y2+z)5

Binomial Theorem

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20. Find the 6th term in the expansion of (3x-2y)10.
21. Find the coefficient of the term containing x4 in the expansion of (3x-2)10.
22. Find the term free of x in the expansion of (x+3y)7
23. Find the 5th term in the expansion of (x+3y)-6.

Quadratic Functions and Equations

24. If the roots of the equation are -1 and 4, what is the equation?
25. Find the sum and product of the roots of 5 x 2−10 x+2=0
26. Find the value of k in 3 x 2−kx + x−7 k=0 if 3 is one of the roots.
27. From the equation 7 x 2+ ( 2 k−1 ) x−3 k +2=0 , determine the value of k so that the sum and product of the roots are
equal.
28. In a quadratic equation problem, one student made a mistake in copying the coefficient of first degree term and got the roots 5
and -2. Another student also made a mistake in copying the constant term and got the roots 3 and 4. Find the correct quadratic
equation.

Equations and Inequalities

29. Solve for x: |2 x+1| = 7

30. Solve |x−3|≤4

31. Solve the absolute value inequality |x+5|<−2

Progression and Series

32. If the 5th term in AP is 17 and the 3rd term is 10, what is the 8th term?
33. How many terms in the progression 3,5,7... Must be in order that their sum will be 2600?
34. In a pile of logs, each layers contains one more log than the layer above and the top contains just one log. If there are 105 logs
in the pile, how many layers are there?
35. A besiege fortress is held by 5700 men who have provisions for 66 days. If the garrison loses 20 men each day, for how many
days can the provision hold out?
36. A man owns pigs in his barn. He had purchased feed that will last for 75 days for his livestock. The pigs were then infested with
a disease. If the man has 4,950 pigs initially and 25 pigs die each day, for how long will the feed last?
37. The arithmetic mean of a set of 50 numbers is 38. Two numbers of the set, namely 45 and 55, are discarded. What will be the
arithmetic mean of the remainder set of numbers?
38. There are 4 geometric means between 3 and 729. Find the fourth term of the geometric progression.
39. If one third of the air in the tank is removed by each stroke of an air pump, what fractional part of the total air removed in 6
strokes?
40. Find the 52nd term of the harmonic progression 9/8, 45/13, -45/14 . . .
41. The arithmetic mean and geometric mean of two numbers are 5 and 4, respectively. Determine their harmonic mean.
42. A ball is dropped from a height of 128 cm. If it always rebounds ½ of the height from which it falls, how far does it travel after
the fifth bounce?
43. A rubber ball is made to fall from a height of 50ft and is observed to rebound 2/3 of the distance it falls. How far will the ball
travel before coming to rest if the ball continues to fall in this manner?

Word Problems

Number Relation
44. Thrice the sum of two numbers is 30 and the sum of their squares is 52. Find the product of the numbers.

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45. The first of the three numbers exceeds twice the second number by 4, while the third number is twice the first. If the sum of the
three number is 54, find the largest of the three numbers.
46. The head of a fish measures 22 cm long. The tail is as long as the head and half the body and the body is as long as the head
and tail. How long is the fish?
47. The denominator of a certain fraction is three more than twice the numerator. If 7 is added to both terms of the fraction, the
resulting fraction is 3/5. Find the original fraction.
48. A number is divided into two parts such that when the greater part is divided by the smaller, the quotient is 3 and the remainder
is 5. Find the smaller number if the sum of the two numbers is 37.
Age Problem

49. Harry is one-third as old as Ron and 8 years younger than Hermione. If Harry is 8 years old, what is the sum of their ages?
50. Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as Ann was when Mary was as old as Ann now. How old is Ann?
51. In a certain family, the sum of the parents’ ages is twice the sum of their children’s ages. Five years ago, the sum of the
parents‘ age was four times the sum of the children’s age during that time. In fifteen years, the sum of the parent’s ages will be
equal to the sum of their children’s ages. How many children are there in the family?
52. Ann is eleven times as old as Beth. In a certain number of years, Ann will be five times as old as Beth and five years after that,
Ann will be three times as old as Beth. How old is Ann now?
53. A father is 27 years older than his son and 10 years from now, he will be twice as old as his son. How old is his son now?
54. Juan is thrice as old as Jose was when Juan was as old as Jose is now. When Jose becomes twice as old as Juan is now,
together they will be 78 years. How old is Juan now?
55. Juan’s age on his birthday in 1989 is equal to the sum of the digits of the year 19XY in which he was born. If X and Y satisfy
the equation X – Y – 6 = 0, find the age of Juan in 1990
Digit Problem

56. The sum of the digits of a two – digit number is 11. If the digits are reversed, the resulting number is 7 more than twice the
original number. What is the original number?
57. A certain two-digit number is 1 less than five times the sum of its digits. If 9 were added to the number, its digit would be
reversed. Find the number.
58. In a three digit number, the hundreds digit is twice the units digit. If 396 is subtracted from the number, the order of the digits
will be reversed. Find the number if the sum of the digits is 17.

Mixture Problem

59. For a particular experiment, you need 5 liters of 10% solution. You find 7% and 12% solution on the shelf. How much of the 7%
solution you mix with the appropriate amount of the 12% solution to get 5 liters of 10% solution?
60. A tank contains 20 liters of a mixture of alcohol and water, which is 40% alcohol by volume. How much of the mixture should be
removed and replaced by an equal volume of water so that the resulting solution will be 25% alcohol by volume?
61. A pound of alloy of lead and nickel weighs 14.4 ounces in water, where lead losses 1/11 of its weight and nickel losses 1/9 of
its weight. How much of each metal is in the alloy?
62. Fifty liters of acid solution contains 22% water. How many liters of water must be added to the solution so that the resulting
mixture will be 60% acid?
63. A chemist mixed 40 ml of 8% hydrochloric acid with 60 ml of 12% hydrochloric acid solution. She used a portion of this solution
and replaced it with distilled water. If the new solution tested 5.2% hydrochloric acid, how much of the original solution did she
use?
64. A 700-pound alloy containing 50% tin and 25% lead is to be added with amounts of pure tin pure lead to make an alloy which is
60% tin and 20% lead. Determine how much pure tin must be added.
65. A container is required to secure his 200m 3 of materials for a subbase from three pits with the following soil analyses. From
the first pit, the analysis is comprised of 55% coarse aggregate, 35% fine aggregate, and 10% mineral filler. The second pit
comprised of 65% coarse aggregate, 20% fine aggregate, 15% mineral filler. The third pit composed of 10% coarse aggregate,

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 50% fine aggregate, and 40% mineral filler. The volumetric composition of the combined materials as desired is set to 50%
coarse aggregate, 35% fine aggregate, and 15% mineral filler. How much soil must be taken from the first pit to produce the
desired design mix?

Work Problem
66. One pipe can fill a tank in 6 hours and another pipe can fill the same tank in 3 hours, a drain pipe can empty the tank in 24
hours. With all three pipes open, how long will it take to fill the tank?
67. A and B working together can finish a piece of work in 20 days. After working for 4 days, A quits and B finishes the work in 24
days more. Find the number of days that B could finish the work alone.
68. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 10 days. A and B can do it in 12 days, A and C in 20 days. How many days would it take
for C to do the work alone?
69. Juan after working on a job for 2 hours was helped by Jose and it took 3 hours more for them working together to finish the job.
Had they worked together from the start, it would only require 4 hours to finish the job. How long would it take Juan to finish the
job alone?
70. Twenty men have a contract to finish the job in 15 days. Ten men were hired at the start and after 6 days 10 men are added.
How many days were they delayed or ahead in finishing the job?
71. Eleven men can finish the job in 15 days. Five men were working at the start and after 6 days four men were added. How
many days will it take to finish the job?
72. Twenty men can finish the job in 30 days. Twenty five men were hired at the start and 10 quit after 20 days. How many days
will it take to finish the job?
73. On one job, two power shovels excavate 20,000 cu m of earth, the larger shovel working for 40 hours and the smaller for 35
hours. On another job, they removed 40,000 cu m with the larger shovel working 70 hours and the smaller working 90 hours.
How much can each move in 1 hour working alone?

Motion Problem
74. A man drives a certain distance at 50 kph and a second man drives the same distance in 20 minutes less time at 60 kph. Find
the distance traveled.
a. 130 km b. 120 km c. 110 km d. 100 km
75. A businessman traveled 1, 110 km to attend a company conference. He droved his car 60 km to an airport and flew the rest of
the way. His plane speed is 10 times that of his car. If he flew 45 minutes longer than he drove, how long did he fly?
a. 1.25 hr b. 1.45 hr c. 1.75 hr d. 1.50 hr
76. A messenger travels from points A to B. If he will leave A at 8:00 and travels at 2 kph, he will arrive at B 3 minutes earlier than
his expected time of arrival. However, if he will leave at 8:30 and travel at 3 kph, he will arrive 6 minutes later than the expected
time. What is the expected time of arrival?
77. An air plane went 360 miles in 2 hours with the wind and flying back the same route, it took 3 hours and 36 minutes against the
wind. What was its speed in still air?
a. 60 mph b. 120 mph c. 140 mph d. 160 mph
78. A boat can travel 10 kph in still water. It can travel 60 km downstream in the same time that it can travel 40 km upstream. What
is the rate of the current?
a. 2 kph b. 2.5 kph c. 3 kph d. 3.5 kph
79. The speed of the plane is 120 mi/hr in a calm. With the wind it can cover only 3/5 of that distance in the same time. Find the
velocity of the wind.
a. 10 mi/hr b. 30 mi/hr c. 20 mi/hr d. 40 mi/hr

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80. A boatman rows to a place 45 km distant and back in 20 hour. He finds that he can row 12 km with the stream in the same time
as 4km against the stream. Find the speed of the stream.
A. 3 km/hr B. 2.5 km/hr C. 4 km/hr D. 3.5 km/hr
81. Distance between two stations A and B is 778km. A train covers the journey from A to B at 84km per hour and returns back to A
with a uniform speed of 56km per hour. Find the average speed of train during the whole journey.
60 km/hr B. 30.5 km/hr C. 57 km/hr D. 67.2 km/hr
82. A motorboat whose speed is 15 km/hr in still water goes 30km downstream and comes back in four and a half hours. The
speed of the stream is:
A. 4.5 km/hr B. 6 km/hr C. 7 km/hr D. 5km/hr
Coin Problem
83. A boy has nickels, dimes and quarters amounting to $1.85. If he has twice as many dimes as quarters, and the number of
nickels is two fewer than twice the number of dimes, how many quarters are there?
a. 3 b. 6 c. 4 d.2
84. Miguel opens his piggy bank and found dimes, quarters and nickels with a total value of $1.90. There are twice as many dimes
as there are quarters and half as many nickels as quarters. How many quarters are there?
a. 8 b.2 c.4 d.1

85. The amount of P300, 000 is divided into 3 parts in the ratio 2:5:8 and these parts are invested at 2%, 4% and 6%
respectively. Find the income from 6% investment.
a. P6, 600 b. P7, 600 c. P8, 600 d. P9, 600

86. A purse contains $3.73 in pennies and nickels. If the number of pennies was halved and the number of nickels was
doubled, the money would amount to $7.04. How many nickels were there?
87. Dennis has P50, P100, and P200 paper bills amounting to P20, 300. Delio borrowed 14 pieces of P50 so that the
total amounts of P50 and P 100 bills are equal. Donalyn also borrowed 11 pieces of P200 bills so that the total
amounts of the remaining P200 and P 100 bills are equal. How many paper bills were left?

Clock Problem
88. At exactly what time after 5 o’clock will the hour hand and the minute hand be perpendicular for the first time?
89. How many minutes after 7 o’clock will the hands of the clock be perpendicular for the second time?
90. In how many minutes after 2 o’clock will the hands of the clock extend in opposite directions for the first time?
91. How many minutes after 2 o’clock will the hands of the clock are together for the first time?
92. What time after 4 o’clock will the 7 o’clock mark bisects the angle formed by the hour hand and the minute hand?

Other Problem
1. Find the number of different triangles which can be formed by joining the vertices of a decagon.
[Formula: n(n-1)(n-2)/6]
a. 150 b. 100 c. 120 d. 250
2. Which of the following forms a Fibonacci sequence?
a. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14….. c. 2,5,10,17,26,37
b. 1,1,2,3,5,8,13.. d. 3,7,15,31,63…
2
3. Given set A = {1, 2}, find A .
a. {(1,1), (1,2), (2,1), (2,2)} c. {(1,1), (2,2)}
b. {(1,4)} d. {(2,1),(1,2),(1,4)}

3
4. Find the inverse of y=x - 5.

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 3 3 3 3
a. y = X+5 b. y = x-5 c. y= (x-5) d. y=(x-5)
5. The Roman Numerals MCMLXXXIV is equivalent to
a. 1, 974 b. 1, 984 c. 1,934 d. 1,994
6. A fruit vendor goes to market to buy fruits for resale at her store. She spends half her money for mangoes, and one-third of
what remains for bananas. She spends 150 for other fruits and still has 200 left from the amount she originally had. How
much money did she have at the start?
a. 1050 b. 5100 c. 1500 d. 1250

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Supplementary Problems c. 12 d. 11
1. A two digit number is equal to four times the sum of 12. In a certain community of 1200 people, 60% are
its digits while the sum of the squares of its digits is literate. Of the males, 50% are literate, and of the
20. Find the number. females 70% are literate. What is the female
a. 24 b. 42 population?
c. 62 d. 33 a. 600 b. 500
2. The roots of the equation 2x2 – 13x + 20 = 0 c. 700 d. 400
a. Real and equal 13. What is the sum of the exponents of the expansion
b. real and unequal (x + 2y)14?
c. complex and unequal a. 28 b. 210
d. complex c. 123 d. 54
3. Find the remainder if the polynomial x6 – 3x4 + 5x3 + 14. Two candles of the same height and diameter burn
7 is divided by x + 1. at the same uniform rate. Each takes 6 hr to be
a. 10 b. -10 consumed. If the first candle is lit at 6:00PM and
c. 7 d. 0 other at 8:00PM, at what time will the second cable
4. Find the value of x such that (2x – 1), (3x – 10), (5x be twice as tall as the first?
– 3) is an arithmetic sequence of three terms. a. 8:30 PM b. 9:30 PM
a. 16 b. 12 c. 9:45 PM d. 10:00 PM
c. -16 d. -12 15. What is the maximum number of squares that can
5. Find the sum of the coefficient of the terms in the be from a piece of wire 100 meters long if the area
expansion of (5x – 3y)6. of each square is 9 square meters?
a. 14896 b. 12 a. 6 b. 7
c. 64 d. 27 c. 8 d. 9
6. Three numbers are in the ratio 2:5:8 if their sum is 16. Vivian was 50 years old when Tina was born. Now
60, find the numbers? she is 2 years more than four times Tina’s age. How
a. 9,35,40 b. 8,20,32 old is Tina now?
c. 7,45,16 d. 4,10,16 a. 12 b. 16
7. If the square of the difference of two given integers c. 56 d. none of these
equals 13 while the product of those integers is 4, 17. Solve for x: (ax + 4x2)1/2 – 2x = a.
find the sum of the square of the integers. a. –a/3 b. a/3
a. 8 b. 21 c. 3/a d. -3/a
c. 10 d. 3 18. Solve for x: 3+ √ x−2= x−5
8. Determine the displacement, in feet, of an AUV a. 6 only b. 11 only
vehicle skidding along a concrete pavement with a c. -6 only d. 6 and 11
velocity of 90fps before it stops when the stopping 19. In a club of 60 executives, 25 like to smoke Philip
period is 3sec. Morris and 45 like to smoke champion. How many
a. 60 b. 100 like both?
c. 120 d. 135 a. 10 b. 11
9. When a circle rolls externally on the circumference c. -10 d. 0
of a second, fixed circle, any point P on the 20. A 40 gram solution of acid and water is 40% acid by
circumference of the rolling circle describes ____. weight. How much pure acid must be added to this
a. Hypocycloid b. epicycloids solution to make it 70% acid?
c. cycloid d. involute a. 6.98 b. 4.90
10. It is the sequence of numbers such that successive c. 40 d. 4.97
term differ by a constant. 21. Pedro can do a piece of work in 9 days, Juan in 12
a. Arithmetic progression days and Johnny in 18 days. Pedro and Juan work
b. infinite progression for 3 days, after which Johnny replace Juan. How
c. geometric progression long must Pedro and Johnny work together to finish
d. harmonic progression the job?
a. 1.0 b. 2.5
11. If 4x3 + 18x2 + 8x – 4 divided by 2x + 3, compute the
c. 3.5 d. 4
remainder.
22. Another term for Napierian logarithm.
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 a. Common b. base ten c. 0 d. π
c. hyperbolic d. exponential 35. A father is twice older than his son. If the sum of
23. For precious stones, 1 carat approximately weighs. their ages is 48, how old is each?
a. 20 mg b. 0.2 gm a. 16,32 b. 12, 36
c. 200 gm d. 2 mg c. 30, 18 d. 40, 8
24. How many meters is 1 Myriameter (Mm)? 36. A two-digit number is equal to four times the sun of
a. 100m b. 1000m its digits while the sum of the squares of its digits is
c. 10,000m d. 100 000m 20. Find the number.
25. How many grams is 1 Quintal (q)? a. 24 b. 42
a. 100 000 b. 500 000 c. 62 d. 33
c. 10 000 d. 50 000 37. 2
The roots of the equation 2x – 13x + 20 = 0.
26. The sum of the infinite progression is 5. What is the a. Real and equal
first term if the common ratio is ½? b. real and unequal
a. 1.5 b. 2 c. compex and unequal
c. 2.5 d. 5.7 d. complex
x +2 38. Find the remainder if the polynomial x6 – 3x4 + 5x3 +
27. If f ( x )= and g(y) = y + 2, then f[g(1)] equals;
x−2 7 is divided by x + 1.
a. 6 b. 4 a. 10 b. -10
c. 5 d. 3 c. 7 d. 0
28. The geometric mean proportion of 2 and 32 is: 39. Find the value of x such that (2x – 1), (3x – 10), (5x
a. 16 b. 17 – 3) is an arithmetic sequence of three terms.
c. 8 d. 18 a. 16 b. 12
29. What is the natural logarithm of exy? c. -16 d. -12
a. 1/xy b. xy 40. If the square of the difference of two given integers
xy equals 13 while the product of those integers is 4,
c. 2.718xy d. find the sum of the squares of the integers.
2.718
a. 8 b. 21
30. The equation y = a1 + a2x is an algebraic expression
c. 10 d. 3
for which of the following:
41. Jose can finish a certain job in 10 days. After
a. Cosine expansion series
working one day, Pedro whose rate is twice that of
b. projectile motion
Jose joined him. How many days more will it take
c. potential energy
thte two to finish the job?
d. straight line a. 8 b. 21
31. How many numbers between 10 and 200 are c. 10 d. 3
exactly divisible by 7? 42. The tank of a car contains 50 liters of alcogas 25%
a. 27 b. 26 of which pure alcohol. How much of the mixture
c. 28 d. 29 msut be drawn off which when replaced by pure
32. The liquidated damages a contractor must pay if he alcohol will yield a 50-50% alcogas?
goes beyond his contract time is P250 for the first a. 16 2/3 b. 15 2/3
day, and thereafter, P50 more each day delayed. If c. 14 d. 20
he pays a total penalty of P40,500 how many days 43. The middle term in the expansion of (x2 – 3)8.
was he delayed? a. 70x8 b. -70x8
a. 18 b. 24 c. 5670x 8
d. -5670x8
c. 30 d. 36 44. How many numbers between 100 and 300 are
33. What is the constant term in the expansion of divisible by 11?

[ ]
15
1 a. 30 b. 18
x+ ?
x 3/ 2 c. 17 d. 16
a. 5,500 b. 5005 45. Nicole is now 18 years old and his friend Annie is 14
c. 5050 d. 5750 years old. How many years ago was Nicole twice as
34. If n is any positive integer, tehn (n-1)(n-2)(n-3) old as Annie?
…..3(2)(1) = ? a. 5 b. 7
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46. If 16 is 4 more than 4x, find 5x-1; c. 3 d. 6
a. 14 b. 3 59. 2
Find k in the equation 4x + kx + 1 = 0, so that it will
c. 12 d. 5 just have one real root.
¿x
3 a. 1 b. 2
47. If Inx = 3 and Iny = 4. Determine 3. c. 3 d. 4
¿y
60. th
The 10 term of the harmonic progression 6/5, 4/3,
a. 1 b. 0.56
3/2 …. Is
c.1.87 d. 0.3
a. 12 b. 10/3
48. One number is 8 times the other number and their
c. 11/3 d. 12/3
sum is 45, what are the numbers?
61. A father is twice older than his son and the sum of
a. 5, 40 b. 34,56
their ages is 48. How old is each?
c. 23,56 d. 7, 12
a. 12, 36 b. 24, 36
49. How many significant figures in the number
c. 16, 32 d. none of these
0.003845?
62. The expression x4 + ax3 + 5x2 + bx = 6 when divided
a. 5 b. 6
by (x – 2) leaves the remainder 16, and when
c. 3 d. 4
divided by (x – 1) leaves the remainder 10. Find the
50. Evaluate log 105
values of a and b.
a. 1 b. 10
a. A = -11/3, b = 5/3
c. 5 d. 50
b. a = -7/3, b = 5/4
51. The value of k which will make 4x2 – 4kx + 5k a
c. a = 3/7, b = 5/6
perfect square trinomial is:
d. a = 2/5, b = -4/7
a. 6 b. 5
63. The area of a square field exceeds another square
c. 4 d. 3
by 56 square meters. The perimeter of the larger
52. How many terms in the progression 3, 5, 7,9 ……
field exceeds one half of the smaller by 26 meters.
must be taken in order that the sum is 2, 600?
What are the sides of each field?
a. 53 b. 52
a. Larger field, 9 m or 25/3m: smaller field, 5m or
c. 51 d. 50
11/3m
( )
9
x b. Larger field, 10m or 2/3m; smaller field, 5m or
53. Find the 6th term in the expansion of +9 .
2 11/3m
63 54 c. Larger field, 79m or 25/3m; smaller field, 5m or
a. 4 5 b. 4 5 11/3m
8x y 9x y
44 40 d. Larger field, 9m or 2/3m ; smaller field, 6m or
c. 4 5 d. 4 5 11/3m
10 x y 9 x y 64. The sum of the areas of two unequal square lots is
54. Find the sum to infinity of 1/3, 1/27, 1/243…… 5,200 square meters. If the lots were adjacent to
a. 3/8 b. 1/8 each other, they would require 320 meters of fence
c. 5/8 d. 7/8 to enclose the combined are formed by them. Find
55. If x + y = 1 and x2 + y2 = 2. Find x4 + y4. the dimensions of each lot.
a. ½ b. 4 a. 60m and 40m or 68m and 24m
c. 7/2 d. 2 b. 60m and 40m or 68m and 24m
56. Find K so that the system 3x + 2y = 5 and 5 Kx – y c. 60 m and 40m or 68m and 24 m
= 5 has no solution. d. 60m and 40 m or 68 m and 24m
a. 2/5 b. -1/5 65. Which of the following has no middle term?
c. 3/10 d. -3/10 a. (x + y)3 b. (a – b)4
57. It is the sequence of numbers such that successive c. (u _ v)6 d. (x – y)8
term differ by a constant. 66. Find the middle term in the expansion of (x + 2y)n is
a. Arithmetic prgoression kx4y4, find k and n.
b. infinite progression a. -8.064x10y5 b. -8.86x12y5
c. geometric progression c. -9,064x y10 5
d. -8,064x10y6
d. harmonic progression 67. If the middle term in the expansion of (x + 2y)n kx4y4,
58. Given: log 6 + xlog 4 = log 4 + log(32 + 4x). Find the find k and n.
value of x. a. N = 8, k = 1,120
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 b. n = 58, k = 2,120 a. 8, 20 b. 34, 12
c. n = 9, k = 1,620 c. 25, 43 d. 45, 23
d. n = 6, k = 1,190 77. The square of a number increased by 16 is the
68. If the rth term of (x2 – 2y3)n is Cx8y12, find the value same as 10 times the number. Find the number.
of C. a. 8, 2 b. 6, 4
a. 1120 b. 1209 c. 6, 4 d. 9, 5
c. 453 d. 345 78. The sum of the digits of a three digit number is 12.
69. Mara is 24 years old now. Maria was twice as old as The middle digit is equal to the sum of the other two
Ana when Maria was old as Anna is now. How old is digits and the number shall be increased by 198 if
Anna now? its digits are reversed. Find the number.
a. 16 years old b. 18 years old a. 264 b. 342
c. 20 years old d. 14 years old c. 564 d. 652
70. A father is twice as old as his son and the sum of 79. How much water must be evaporated form 80 liters
their age is 48. How old is each? of 12% solution of salt in order to obtain a 20%
a. 16, 32 b. 12, 36 solution of salt?
c. 12, 24 d. nota a. 32 L b. 40 L
71. Pedro is as old as Juan was when Juan is twice as c. 50L d. 60L
old as Pedro was. When Pedro will be as old as 80. How many liters of water must be added to 100
Juan is now, the difference between their ages is 6 liters of 85% sulfuric acid solution to produce 60%
years. Find the age of each now. sulfuric acid solution?
a. Juan 24 years old and pedro 16 years old a. 41.67 L b. 54.3 L
b. juan 24 years old and pedro 20 years old c. 62.1 L d. 32.5 L
c. Juan 24 years old and Pedro 12 years old 81. A certain solution should contain 8% alcohol. If it
d. Juan 25 years old and Pedro is 19 years old was mistakenly mixed to contain 6% alcohol, how
72. The sum of the ages of two boys is four times the much must be drawn from a 5 liter tank and
sum of the ages of a certain number of girls. Four replaced by 10 percent alcohol solution to provide
years ago, the sum of the ages of the girls was one the proper concentration?
eleventh of the sum of the ages of the boys and a. 2.5 L b. 5.4L
eight years hence, the sum of the ages of the girls c. 4.2L d. 6.4L
will be one half that of the boys. How many girls are 82. A certain amount of 80% sugar solution added to
there? another amount of 40% sugar solution yields a
a. 4 b. 5 solution that contains 14 kg of sugar. Had the
c. 6 d. 8 amount been reversed, the solution would have
73. Separate 132 into 2 parts such that the larger contained 16 kg sugar. How much of the 80%
divided by the smaller the quotient is 6 and the solution was there?
remainder is 13. What are the parts? a. 10 kg b. 12kg
a. 17 and 115 b. 12 and 23 c. 8 kg d. 14 kg
c. 20 and 102 d. 123 and 10 83. Ten liters of 25% salt solution and 15 liter of 35%
74. A number of two digits divided by the sum of the salt solution are poured into a drum originally
digits quotient is 7 and the remainder is 6. If the containing 30 liters of 10% salt solution. What is the
digits of the number are interchanged, the resulting concentration of salt in the mixture?
number exceeds three times the sum of the digits a. 19.55% b. 22.15%
by 5. What is the number. c. 27.05% d. 25.72%
a. 725 b. 675 84. Two cyclists are practicing on a circular tract of
c. 435 d. 126 circumference 276 meter. Starting at the same
75. A 40 gram solution of acid and water is 20% acid by instant and from the same place, when they run in
weight. How much pure acid must be added to this opposite directions they pas each other every 6
solution to make it 30% acid? seconds and when they run the same direction the
a. 5.71 b. 5.17 faster passes the slower at every 23 seconds.
c. 7.51 d. 15.7 Determine their rates.
76. Three numbers are in the ratio 2:5:8. If their sum is a. F = 29 m/s, S = 17 m/s
60, find the numbers, b. F = 19, S = 15
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 d. F = 25, S = 16 93. The sum of three numbers in A.P is 27. If the frist
85. Two cars A and B start at the same point and at the number is increased by 2, the second by 7, and the
same time and travel in opposite directions, car B third by 20, the resulting number will be in G.P. Find
traveling 20 km/hr slower than A. If they are 420 the original numbers.
kilometers apart after 3 hours, find the rate of each. a. 6, 9, 12 b. 4, 9, 14
a. 60 kph, 80 kph b. 50, 70 c. 5, 9, 13 d. 9, 12, 15
c. 40, 50 d. 35, 70 94. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 10 days, A and
86. Two cars A and B are to race around a 1,500 meter B can do it in 12 days, A and C in 20 days. How
circular track. If they will start the same point and many days would it take each to do the work alone?
travel opposite direction, they will meet for the first a. 30,20,60 b. 20,50,70
time in 3 minutes. But if they will travel in the same c. 10, 40,50 d. 40,50,29
direction, with the starting point, car A will reach the 95. A man can finished a certain job in three fourths the
starting point with car B traveling behind by 500 time that the boy can; the boy can finish the same
meters. What should be the rates of each? job in two thirds the time that a girl can; and the
a. 300m/min, 200 m/min man and the girl working only jointly can finish the
b. 200, 100 job in 4 hours. How long will it take to finish if they
c. 400, 300 all work together?
d. 250, 350 a. 8/3hr b. 7/3hr
87. A man walked 24 km in time T. during the first part c. 9/5hr d. 2/3hr
of this time, he walked at 6 kph and the last part at 96. Two brothers washed the family car in 24 minutes.
4 kph. Had he reversed his rates, he would have Previously, when each had washed the car alone,
walked two km more. Find the time. they younger boy took 20 min. longer to do the job
a. 5hrs b. 6hrs than the older boy. How long did it take the older
c. 3 hrs d. 7hrs boy to wash the car alone?
88. A pendulum swings 24 inches for the first time. It is a. 40 minutes b. 30 minutes
swinging 11/12 of its previous swing. What would be c. 20 minutes d. 50 minutes
the total distance when the pendulum stopped? 97. How long will it be from the time the hour hand and
a. 288 b. 264 the minute hand of a clock are together until they
c. 268 d. 312 will be together again?
89. Two positive numbers may be inserted between 3 a. 1hr & 5.45 min
and 9 such that the first three are in geometric b. 2hr & 6.75 min
progression, while the last three are in arithmetic c. 3hr & 3.45 min
progression. What is the sum of these two positive d. 4hr & 3.5 min
integers? 98. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock do the hands
a. 1.25 b. 12.25 of the clock coincide?
c. 11.25 d. 6.25 a. 4:21.82 o’clock
90. A man piles 150 logs in layers so that the top layer b. 5:22.34 o’clock
contains 3 logs and each lower layer has one more c. 3:31.3 o’clock
log than the layer above. How many logs are at the d. 6:8.32 o’clock
bottom? 99. It is exactly 3 o’clock in how many seconds will the
a. 17 logs b. 14 angle formed by the hour hand and the minute hand
c. 19 d. 20 be twice the angle formed by the hour and the
91. th nd
The 18 and the 52 terms of an arithmetic second hand?
progression are 3 and 173, respectively. The 25th a. 22.4 seconds b. 21.3 seconds
term is c. 25.6 seconds d. 30.5 seconds
a. 38 b. 35 100. It is now between 9 and 10 o’clock in 4 minutes the
c. 28 d. 25 hour hand will be exactly opposite the position
92. Find the number of terms of a geometric occupied by the minute hand 3 minutes ago. What
progression in which the first term is 48, the last is the time now?
term is 384 and the sum of the terms is 720. a. 9:20 b. 9:30
a. 4 terms b. 5 terms c. 9:10 d. 9:40
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101. Two times the fathers age is 8 more than six times
his son’s age. Then year ago, the sum of their ages
was 44. The age of the son is
a. 15 b. 49
c. 20 d. 18
102. Think of a number, double the number. Subtract 6
from the result and divide the answer by 2. The
quotient will be 20. What is the number you think?
a. 12 b. 20
c. 23 d. 32
103. The product of the roots of the equation x2 – (k +
2)x + 3k – 3 = 0 is five more than the sum of its
roots. Find the roots.
a. 1.2 b. 2.3
c. 3.4 d. 4.5

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