~Practice Problems

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How many terms of the sequence -9. -6. -3.
must be taken so U1at the sum Is 66? flAllJI L
® 11 C 7
B 6 D 10
2 Two numbers differ by 40. and \heir arithmetic mean
1 exceeds their positive geometnc mean by 2 What
Is the larger number?
A. 81 C 121
B 90 D 140

3 Is a sequence of terms whose reciprocals form an

anthmetic progression?
A Geometric progression C Algebraic progression
@1 Harmonic progression D Ratio and proportion
4 What Is the sum of the dates in a 31-day month?
@ 496 C 520 I /.-1.Jl.-
B 304 D 260

l 5. How many numbers of 4 different d1gIts each

greater than 5000 can~ formed from the digits
1,2,3.4.5,6,7? GJ ~"1:1'~ ~.
A. 30 C 60
B. 90 @360
6 ln how many ways that 8 d1aj1nct toys can be
distributed among 5 children? 9
© 390,625 C 56
B. 32,768 D. 6,720.

7 In how many ways can you elect a president and a

vice president from 3 presidenti<!! ca,Qd1dates and 4
candidates for vice president? r' 1l
@, 12 C 10
B 16 D 7
8. There are 6 geometric means between 4 and 8748
Find the sum of all terms
A. 15410 C 15920
B. 12370 (l5_) 13120
3 9 A factory building has 8 entrance doors In how
many ways can a person enter and leave by any
door and by different door?
64 ways : 56 ways C 63 ways : 50 ways
B 65 ways : 59 ways D. 66 ways : 54 ways
10. A group of 3 people enter a theater in how many
ways can they be seated? 3f.i • .•
A. 1 C. 3
B' 6 D 10
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many ways can 5 people hne up to pay thJ
elednc bdls at Merak:o tf two of them don't wan\ to
each other?
36 C 12 _,
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1s to be formed how many of such romm,ttees can
be formed
A 840
480
C 408
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cm long ,n the first swrng, what w,R be the total length 39 A stack of br1cils 11as 61 bncks m the bottom layer
of the path which the pendulum descnbes before 11 1
comes to rest?
A 720 cm C 820 cm
58 bocks 1n the second layer. 55 bricks m the
third layer and so unltl there are 10 bncks in the
last layer How many bnd<s are there together ? '
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21 Fmd the sum of the first 10 terms of the o 540 cm D 640 cm A 638 £ 640
11-- V'v'hat ts the number of arra~~I tbat,can be made B 637 ro) 639
geometric progression 2. 4, 8. 16 ~W- lfi•~
wrth the letters of the WOl'd t\AiQJEVAtl~ ,n wh\ A 1023 30 The time required for an elevator to hft a weightj 40 How many words can be made from the letters of
~~.,all vowels come together? C 225
@ 2046 vanes directly with the weight and the distance! the word COMMITTEE?~
D 1596
@ 120,960 C 140,540 22 On a certain exam,nallon,
the student must
through which 11 is to be lifted and inversely as the
power of the motors If rt lakes ~O secoods f0< a !2-:
A 91 g 9 1/2 1x2 1
B 130.i20 D 214 920 B 9 1 I2 1 £9 1 /(2 1 )>
answer 8 out of the 12 quesbons. including W2 motor to hft <2.QH thro:.igh 1.2..00..m what size of'
exactly 5 of the first 6 In how many ways can he motor 1s required to ltft 5,340 N in 30 seconds 41 Pnme numbers that appear 1n pa,r and differ by 2
13 II 15 people won pnzes ,n lhe slate lottery. in wnle lhe examination? U.'., 3 _.,.,-' b P:.) (eg 3 and 5. 11 and 13 etc ) are called_ __
through 12 OOm? 1 \ tl I
how many ways can these 15 people wm first A. 100 (Al A Mersenne pnmes
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792 80 91 hp • C 89 10 hp twm pomes
second . third . fourth and filth pnzes ? B. 495 (Q) 120 B 90.81 hp D 79.50 hp B pnme number theorem D pseudo pnmes
@ 360,360
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A 4. 845
B 116. 280 D 3,003 ~J
23 How man~ d1fferel};I sums money cal\~ made 31 There are two copies each of 4 d1fferenl books In How many 4-chgtt numbers can be formed using
~ma penny. a nl.';kel, a dtme, and a quarter how many ways can they be arranged on a shelf? , the digrts 0 2. 4. 6. 8 and 9 1f lhe repe1Jt1on of
14 Two°' more equaltons are equal 11 and only 1f they rA. 15 c 40 N:. .,. ·, N 2520 C 24 d,!9rts is not allowed? G~
have the same B 20 D 4 ~J:t-\ B. 40320 D 56 Z A 360 C 65
solution set C order
B degree 24 Four couples are to eat at a round table with the B 625 D 300
D vanable set 32 How many basketball quintets (5 men). can be
15 There are four balls of different colors Two balls I men and women alternating If the hostess
reserves a place for hersett, tn how many ways can
chosen from a group of 15 players?. r~XA
A 3003 C 2002
43 A rubber ball IS made lo fall from a height of 50 fl
and is observed lo rebound 2/3 of lhe distance 11 •
at a lime are taken and arranged m any way How
many such combmatt0ns are posstble ? A,-
she assign seats to the others? ( 4-J). • '~
A. 5040
® 1001 D 1050
11 .. /
falls How far will the ball travel before coming to
C 6
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A. 36
B 3
6 -,~z
D 12 I B 4030 IQ, 144
25 A storage battery discharges at a rate proportional
33 Find the
A 1/10
B. 0102
4" term of the progress,~½.
'Q1/11'-.
D 0099-
0.2. 0 12'5

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rest ,f the ball continues to fall in this manner?
AJ 2~
If 200
c~o
D 350
16 In a commercial survey involving LlKlD persons on to the charge If the charge 1s reduced by 50%.of 1\s
._..,. brand preference. 120 were found to prefer brand x 34 The seJfn.1 term is 56 and the 12 term 1s -1792
th 44 . In how many ways can 5 engineers & 4 nurses be
ongmal value at the end of 2 days. how long will ti arranged ,n a round table 1f the nurses are lo sit next
,, -only. prefer bmruL¥ onty, 1.50 prefer b.ra.Dd....z\ take to reduce the charge to 25% of ,ts original of the geometric progression Fmd lhe ralto and
only, J10 prefer eitbec brand x 0f.J/ but rim.z. 450, the first term . Assume the ratios are equal. to each other?
~arge? lc~Q.
prefer brand y or z but Ql2Ut, and 420 prefer~ A -2. 5/8 A 2880 C 720
3 days C. 5 days l ><. - 1. 7 /8
grand z or x but not y How many persons have nol B.-1,5/8 l!?)-2,7/8 B 5760 D 576
B 4 days D. 2 days I•
9{_and preference, satisfied w,lh any of the 3 brands 45 How many tlllles will a cJock strike in 24 hours 11 rt
230 26 From 7 consonants and .5.xo.wels. how many words 35 • There are 10 true or false questions in an
C 180 examination Then. these questions can be strikes only at the hours?
B 2~ can be formed consisting of 4 different moso.oants A 12
D 1~ answered in how many different ways? C 156 ...
and 3...d1fferent llllwels? The words need not have B 78
17 How many permutations can be made oU1 of the A 20ways @10C2ways D 124
meaning
letters of the word ENGINEERING? B 100 ways -D 1024 ways
A. 350 C 120 46 The symbol efb means the pnnc,pal nth root ·n· hi'
@ 277,200
B 178,000
C 54,560 @ 1,764,000 D 9,500,210 36. In how many different orders can 7 books be called the _ __
D 39,916.800 arranged on a shelf 11 a certain 3:-yolume book ,s
27. How many four d1g1I numbers can be formed by (II:) Rad1cand C radix
18 Determine the sum of the progression tf there are the use of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 ,f one digit not to be separated? CJ~'t 1- 5 B radical D index
7 arithmetic mean between 3 and 35 3 - - , - - - ,s used only once m one number ? Gf4 ® 720 C. 240
47 A witness to a hit-and-run accident told the police
(A) 171
l3 182
C 232 - - , A x 280
B 540 D. 1512
that the license number contamed the letter RLH

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D. 216 ~,• . 8.320 (.01360 37. How dci you call an equation in x and y which 1s not
~r._ :a' followed by 3 digits, the first of which 1s a 5 If the
"19 How many hne seamenls are determined by"?!.~ 28. Find the 5"' term of an AP 11 the 3"' term 1s 10 and easily solved for y 1n terms of x ? Witness cannot recall the last two d,g,ts. but he ,s
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disltnct points? iL 1
@28 C 56
10" term is - 4
A 5 C 8
1-t!}[ .,, .
., "'2 ~Jl,
1 :,1:!.
A exphctl
@ implicrt function
C d1scontinu1ly
D quadratic
certain that 11111 3 digits are different. find the
maximum number of aulomobtle reg,strat,ons that
B 16 D 4 @')6 D 15 38. II the 4"' term of GP is 216 and the 6°' term is 1944 the police may have to check
find the 8111 term \O.l ~,b, "lf1 ,, r ', A. 300 1Cl72
20 A PSME untl has 10 ME's . 8 PME's and 6 CPM's 29 A pendulum ,s bought lo rest by a,r resistance, each •
If a commrttee of 3 a;iem~rs one from each group swing being 11/2 as much as the preceding one If A. 18692 C 16486 B 45 0 87
r, 1 . fij, ~I the lower end of the pendulum describes ] ) 17496 D 21664
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If w vanes directly as the product of x and y and 68 Boyle's law slates lhal::nslanl temperature, thel- of the class solved the first problem and 70% solve
C convergent sequence
inversely as the square of z and that w = 4 when x D finite sequence volume of a gas vanes Inversely as the pressure to the second?
which II Is subJected If volume = 10.000 when A 35% C 10%
: ~· Y = 6 and z = 3 Find w when x = 1, Y = '4 and z 58
If the 4 th term of GP Is 8 and the 7•• lerm Is 1, find pressure = 10 find the pressure when volume = BJ 25 % D 12 %
@3 C. 4 the 2"" term 12,000 77 The electrical resrstance of a wire made of a certain
B 2 D 1 1. 45 C 30 A 7 53 C. 543 material vanes as ,ts length and inversely as lhe
(BJ32 D 25 B 6 73 IQ) 8 33
49 The term ·ratio· comes from Lahn verb ·ratus· square of the diameter If a wire 100 m long and 1 25
which means what? 59 The set of all subsets of a given set. containing the 69 A club has a membership of 12 Mechanical/ mm m diameter has a resrstance of 30 ohms find
empty set and the original set the length of a wrre of the same material whose
© to divide C to get the mean
A lntersecllon C Proper subset
Engineers, 9 C1v1I Engineers 8 Chemical Engineers
one from each group. resistance and diameter are 25 ohms and O 75 mm
B lo estimate D to make a proportion If a committee of 3 members,
(al Power set D Improper subset Is to be formed, how many of such committees can respectively
50 In how many ways can a COID.tnlllee.of three be formed? ;. 26 m C 19
60. In a party there are 316 guests composed of men. D 56
consisting of two chemical engineers and one Ii:', 864 • C 1,034,880 §)30 m
women and children. There are 78 mnre chi.ldce.n
rnechamcaJ engineer can be formed from four B 29 D 3645 In the word
th.an..lAlomen and 56 moi:e woroeo tharwnen How 78 What is the permutahon of the letters
chemical engineers and three mechanical t/
many men in the party? 70 A set containing the elements that is common lo the BANANA?
engineers? C 52
A. 18
@42 C. 50 ong1nal sets. A. 36
C 32
B 64 D none of these
B 46 D 44 A. Union C. Normal set B) 60 D. 42
61 The receives from a hght source l£aileJ; (B) Intersection D Subset 79 A certain part can be defectrve becau~ it has one
51 A set containing the elements that Is common to
tlll1.e.rs~_ly as the sQuare ol tbe 41staore from the or more out of three possible defects lllSllfficient
the original sets source and dlr.eciJy as its caodle;>owef. Al what 71 The lotto uses numbers 1 - 42 A winning ~sllJm.gth, a burr or a diameter outside.of
C Normal set
A. Union
distance from a 50-cp light would the 1llummation be number consists of six different numbers in any tplerance llr:oits In a lot of 500 pieces rw 1 ,
® Intersection D Subset
one-half that received at 20 f1 from a 40-cp hghl? order Whal are your chances of winning 11? ,.,. ·, 19 have tensile strength
A. 10sq rt of10 C 10sq rt of5 5,245,786 C. 10,127.420 17 have burr
52 In Mathematics examination , a student may D 2, 546, 725
select 7 problems from a set of 10 problems In 8. 5 sq rt of 10 D. 3 sq rt 10 B 8,437, 224 11 have unacceptable diameter
how many ways can he make his choice ?loC • 72 Every posI1tve number has ____ nth root. / 12 have tensile strength and burr defects
@1w C 7W 62. What Is the sum of three arithrnelic means between A. zero C two 7 have ~ns1le stren_gjh and d1amerec defects
5and17? ti' ____ J:.. 1 5 have burr and diameter defects
B 530 D 320 (8) two D three
A 22 • C 25 2 have three defects
How many line segments can be formed with 6 @33 D. 30 73 In a certain factory, the ratio of the number of male How many of the pieces have no defects?
d1sltnct points , no two of which are collinear ? lo female workers is 2:3 If one hundred new C 500
A. 450
A 10 C 20 63 The number O 123123123. Is a/an female workers are hired. the number of female
A. 1rrattonal number © rahonal number @) 475 D 425
@ 15 D 25 workers wtlr increase to 65 % of the total number of
8. surd D transcendental workers. Find the ongmal number of workers in the
54 In a pile of logs, each layer contains one more log 80 An Engineer bought 24 boxes of screws for P
factory.
than the layer above and the top contains Just one 64 In how many ways 7 scientists be ~sJi.9ned to one 2,200 00. There were three types of screws bought
pile, how many triple and two double hotel rooms? • • 7(~ f A 600 C. 700
log If there are 105 logs in the 0.900 Screw A costs P 300 per box. saew B costs P 150
@ 210 C 300 " - B. 800
layers are there? and screw C cost PSO per box. How many boxes of
C 8 B 200 D. 230 l(z formed
A 12 74. The unending sequence of integers screw A did he buy?
@ 14 D 10
65 A seQuence of numbers where the succeeding term according to the rule that each integer Is the sum of
A 2
·{1 '!° 55 In how many ways can a committee of 3 men and 2 Is greater than the precedina_terrn Is called the preceding two. B. 10
,G'11 A dissonant senes divergent series A. Fermat's last theorem
women be chosen from 7 men and 5 women? 81 A meeting Is gathered and someone counted the
B convergent series D isometric series B Goldbach conjecture
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@ 350 C. 4200
Fibonacci numbers total number of handshakes to be 66 If each
6 66 ..Q_elermine the harmonic mean between a and b
B 250 D D. Tnangular numbers shakes hand with all the other, how many attended
56 In how many ways can 3 MARINES and 4 ® 2ab/(a + b ) C.(a + b)/ab t!J.e meeting? ,(. 1 f;
B. ab/(a - b) D 2ab/(b-a)
M-1~ 1 ~ 1~4 ARMIES be seated on a bench 1f the ARMIES 75 Find the sum of the 1nf1nite geometric series 2 + 2/5 ~)12 C 11 \I
1 1
..o1,

must be seated together ? + 2/25 + 2/125 + .. + 2/5" + . B 10 D. 14

'67 A man on a stnct diet loss 18 pounds In 2 months,
A 640 (c) 576 12 pounds in the next 2 months, 8 pounds in the next A. 6/3 C 5/2
TI 144 82 Find the geometric mean of 64 and 4
B 720 two months and so on for a long time If the man B 7/2 D. 5/4
@ 16 C 32 I~
57 How do you call a sequence having a defined first initially weighs 190 lbs . what will be the resulting 76 Two problems were given during examination How B 34 D 28
and last terms ? weight? many were able to solve both problems 1f only 55%
A 158 C 90
A 1nf1n1te seQuence
B 234 D 136
divergent sequence
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How many committees can be formed by
. 92. If the third term of a G P is 4 . what IS the product ol 100 Find the ratio of an infinite geometnc senes ,f the I
choosing 4 men from an organization of a the first five terms? sum 1s 2 and the frrst tenn is ½
membership of 15 men ? A2~ C 768 A 1~ C ~4
A 1390 C. 1435 8 512 D 1024 B 1/2 D 1/.
8 1240 @ 1365 Three times the first of three consecutive odd For more ELEMENTS in Mathematics. Study Yellow
84 "Every even integer greater than 2 can be written integers is three more than twice the third Find the Book'
1
as the sum of two pnrnes· This Is known third integer l
as _ _ _ __ A. 12 C 10 .../'.,'. ..
A Fermat's last theorem B 15 D 18
B Prime number theorem
There were two Calculus problems that came out in
© Goldbach coniecture the latest l10ensure examInatIons. How many were
D Me~nne primes
able to solve both problems rf 50% of them solve
the Integral problem and 75% solve the differential
85. If twice the 11" term of an AP is equal to 7 times
problem? The total number of examinees is 2000
the 21•• term. then what is the 25"' term?
A.250 C. 750
@o C 92
@soo D 700
8 24 D. 120
95 In a class of 40 students, 27 hke Calculus and 25
86. If the daily wage of a Mechanical Engineer and a
like Chemistry How many like both Calculus and
CPM are in the ratio 2.1 In a day, a Mechanical
Chemistry? t;;-6, ;-.
Engineer has to worl( 8 hrs but the CPM only 6 hrs.
A. 15 C. 2 l(__:iL,
Determine the ratio of their hour wages
8)12 D 5
A.83 C 63
8 3·2 D 4.3 96 The vibration frequency of a string varies as the '{ I
0I square root of the tension and inversely as the • / I J
87 Simplify-- product of the length and d1ameter of the string. If
( n-1) 1
the string ,s :ileel long and 0,03-jnch m drameter
vibrates at under ~nds
A. n + 1 C (n+1) 1 tension, at what frequency will a 2 feet long, 0 025-
8 n- 1 @n inch stnng vibrate under 2500 pounds tension
88 The 6" term of an AP is 3 and the 23"' term is 54. A._6210 C. 7514
Find the 35ri term. l'li. 3,l ~. ~t,ltr'" \ 1 ) (B)6830 D.5645
A 58 C. 80 97 A company will hire 7 men and 4 women. In how
@ 90 D 72 many ways can the company choose from 9 men
89 There are four balls of four different colors. Two and 6 women who qualified for the position? .f.1 '
balls are taken at a time and arranged In a A 560 C 504 rh=-6
definite order. For example 1f a white and a red (© 540 D. 480 i.:J
ball are taken, one definite arrangement Is white 98 A group of 6 speakers consists of 2 politicians
first red second and another arrangement Is red and 4 lawyers who are not politicians. In
first. white second How many such arrangements arrangements for a speaking order at a meeting ,
are possible ? the politicians will speak in succession and the
A 24 © 12 lawyers in succ.ession In how many ways can the
B 6 D. 36 order be arranged ? ti:: 214 1 , 2
90 Insert three geometric means between 2 and 162 A. 69 {Cl 96
Find the largest of the three geom~ric means 8 138 'tf. 192
A 6 (g,>54 3,t-, 99. The excess of the sum of the fourth and fifth parts
8 18 D 262 2,-,- 1- • over the difference of the half and the third parts of
91 Find the sum of all posIhve integers divisible by 11 a number Is 119. Find the number
between 1 and 1000. @420 C 320
A. 44955 C. 46046 8 500 D. 400
@)45045 D. 47047

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