MASTER PLUMBER Licensure Examination

Final Pre-Board

PLUMBING ARITHMITIC Rating _______

1. A plumber is to install 20 meters long pipe, the length of pipe is 3.0 meters per
piece. If the plumber have 4 pcs. of pipe available, what is the total length of pipe
he will have to install?

a. 8 c. 10
b. 12 d.. 6

2. The cost of purchasing a set of bathroom fixture is P15, 000.00. If the purchase
will be made directly with the manufacturer, a discount of 30% can be availed of.
What will be the cost of discounted fixture?

a. P 12,000.00 c. P 10,500.00
b. P 13,000.00 d. P 10,000.00

3. The age of the father is 3 times that of his son. The sum of their age is 60. How old
is the son?

a. 10 c. 15.
b. 12. d. 16

4. Two years from now, Pedro will be two times as old as Juan. If the sum of their
age 2 years from now is 60 years. How old is Pedro and Juan now.

a. 17 c. 15
b. 20 d. 18

5. Car A which is running at the speed of 60 km/hr leaves station N which is 200 km
away from station S where it is heading. Car B leaves station S heading to station
N at the speed of 40 km/hr. How long will the two cars meet?

a. 2 c. 1 ½
b. 1 d. 3

6. A plumber covers a journey of 952,000 km in 7 days and 3 hours. Find his average
speed in km/s.
a. 155 km/s b. 1.55 km/s c. 15.50 km/s d. 1550
km/s
7. A young plumber deposited P1,000 in the bank at 6% interest compounded
annually when he started plumbing at the age of 21. How much will he get from the
bank when he retires at the age of 65?
a. P 12,990.00 b. P 12,890.00 c. P 12, 980.00 d. P 2,770.00

8. A refrigerator cost P 15,000.00 when it is new. It depreciates at the rate of 10% per
year. What would it worth after 10 years?
a. P 5,130.18 b. P 5330.00 c. P 5,240.18 d. P 5,230.18

9. How much work is required to lift a 50 pounds weight 100 ft vertically from ground
level?
a. 500 ft-lb b. 5000 ft-lb c. 50 ft-lb d. none from
these

10. A swimming pool is 5m wide, 20m long and 1.20m deep, is being filled up with a
pipe at the rate of 85 gallons per minute. How long does it take to fill the pool?
a. 6 hrs b. 6.2 hrs c. 7 hrs d. 5 hrs

11. How many straight lines parallel to a plane passing thru a point outside the plane
can be drawn?
a. 1 b. none c. two d. infinite

12. How many straight lines perpendicular to a plane passing thru a point outside the
plane?
a. 1 b. none c. two d. infinite

13. How many planes parallel to a given line can be drawn thru a point?
a. 1 b. none c. two d. infinite

14. How many planes perpendicular to a given line can be drawn thru a point?
a. 1 b. none c. two d. infinite

15. A chord divides the circle into two areas in the ratio 1:5. Find the ratio of this chord
to the diameter.
a. 2:3 b. 6:1 c. 1:2 d. 5:6

16. The formula for the change of centigrade reading to Fahrenheit reading is?
a. ºF = 5/ 9 ºC + 32 b. ºF = 9/5 ºC - 32 c. ºF = 9/5 ºC + 32 d. ºF = 5/ 9 ºC – 32

17. The radius of a circle whose area is equal to that of a rectangle whose side are 20
meters and 30 meters respectively is:
a. 9.17 m b. 13.83 m c. 28 m d. 27.64 m

18. Find the height of a cylinder tank which is filled with water weighing 200 kg and its
diameter of the base is 4m (specific gravity of water = 1)
 a. 13.92 m b. 16.92 m c. 15.92 m d. 14.92 m

19. A plumber crosses a river 30m wide but current brought him 40 m beyond and
further to the opposite bank, what is the total distance traveled.
a. 50 m b. 60 m c. 45 m d. 55 m

20. A total dynamic head of a certain pump installation to lift water for an overhead
water tank at certain elevation is 65.25 feet. Neglecting friction, what is the
estimated pump pressure at the base?

21. A car 15 ft. long overtakes a truck30 ft. long which is traveling at a rate of 45 mph.
How fast must the car travel to pass the truck in 3 seconds?
a. 90 b. 60 c. 91 d. 75

22. If the numerator of a fraction is doubled and the denominator is increased by 7, the
value becomes 2/3. If the denominator is doubled and the numerator is increased
by 2, the value becomes 3/5. Find the original fraction.
a. 4/5 b. ¾ c. 5/6 d. 4/7

23. Johnny can walk 4 miles in the same time it takes Joseph to walk 5 miles.
However, Johnny requires 3 minutes longer. What are their rates?
a. 5 and 4 mph b. 3 and 2 mph c. 3 and 5 mph d. 2 and 4
mph
24. A car rental company charges for mileage as follows: x pesos per mile for the first
n miles and x+1 pesos per mile for each mile over n miles. How much will the
mileage charge be in pesos for a journey of d miles, where d>n?
a. d [x+1] - n pesos b. x [n+d] + d pesos c. xn + d pesos d. xn + d
[x+1] pesos

25. If a sequence of consecutive integers of increasing value has a sum of 63 and the
first term of 6, how many integers are in the sequence?
a. 8 b. 7 c. 9 d. 11

26. The square of the positive integer y is how much greater than the square of the
integer immediately preceding it.
a. [y+4]2 b. 2y – 1 c. 2y + 1 d. y2 + 1

27. 3M/2N = .125, what is the value of N in terms of M?

a. 12 M b. 8M c. 4 M d. M/4

28. What is the value of x if x + 1 - x + 2

 x-3 x-4
a. 1 b. -2 c. -1 d. 2

29. A crate of apples contain one bruised apple for every 30 apples in a crate if 3 out of
every 4 bruised apples are considered unsaleable, and there are 12 unsaleable
apples in a crate, how many apples are there in a crate?
a. 270 b. 480 c. 600 d. 840

30. Two motorists start out from two towns420 km apart and travel toward each other
at the hourly rate of 30 and 40 km respectively. In how many hours will they meet?
a. 4 hrs. b. 7 hrs. c. 5 hrs. d. 6 hrs.

31. Twenty seven coins composed of 5 centavo - coins and 25 centavo - coins have a
total value of P 4.95. How many25 centavo - coins are there?
a. 15 b. 20 c. 18 d. 12

32. A boat travels a certain distance downstream in2 hrs. On its return trip the same
distance is covered in 5 hours. If the speed of the current is 6 mph, what is the
speed of the boat in still water?
a. 14 mph b. 13 mph c. 12 mph d. 15 mph

33. What is the volume of the cylindrical tank with the flat ends, if the inside diameter
is one meter and height is 2 m?
a. π/2 b. 2 π c. π d. π/4

34. Going against the wind, the plane can travel 5/8 of the distance it can travel in one
hour if it is going with the wind. If the plane can fly 300 mph in calm wind, what is
the velocity of the wind?
a. 69 4/13 mph b. 71 mph c. 73 mph d. 50 mph

35. If the lengths of the sides of the triangle sail are 5m, 8m and 11m. Find the area of
the sail.
a. 18.33 b. 19.75 c. 18.66 d. 19.5

36. Three years ago Juan was 1/5 as old as his father. Six years from now he will be 1/3
as old as his father. How old is Juan now?
a. 11 yrs. Old b. 15 yrs. Old c. 12 yrs. Old d. 10 yrs. old

37. Two cars set out from a certain place going in the same direction. The first travels
at a constant rate of 8 kph while the 2nd goes 4 km the first hour, 6 km the2nd
hour, 8 km the 3rd hour and so on. After how many hours will the 2nd car overtake
the first?
a. 5 hrs. b. 6 hrs. c. 7 hrs. d. 8 hrs.

38. Two trains start from the same station and runs in opposite directions. One runs
at a uniform rate of 33 kph while the other at 35 kph. In how many hours will they
 be 195 km apart?
1 1
a. 4 hrs. b. 2 /2 hrs. c. 3 hrs. d. 3 /2 hrs.

39. A person runs 500m at an average speed of 6m/s and then the next 800m at
speed of 6m/s and then the next 800m at an average speed of 8m/s. What is the
total time required?
a. 193.3 b. 183.3 c. 103 d. 173.3

40. What is the smallest value of x in the expression? [12/x + 36] [4 - x2] = 0
a. [-2] b. -1/4 c. -1/3 d. 2

41. Three tankers each carrying 10,000 tons of oil and the fourth tanker carries 16,000
tons. What is the average (arithmetic mean) number of tons carried by each of the
tons tankers?

a. 10,500 b. 10,000 c. 10,000 d. 10,050

42. An office has 60 employees. If 4 out of every 5 employees are married, how many
married employees are there?

a. 20 b. 48 c. 24 d. 40

43. In a triangle with sides 100 & 116 inscribe in a circle of radius 72.5, find the third
side.
a. 234 b. 213 c. 457 d. 144

44. Find the area of a regular hexagon with perimeter 12.

a. 14.70 b. 10.39 c. 5.6 d. 9.25

45. The surface area of a cube is 96 sq.m. How many cu. cm. are there in a cube?
a. 96 b. 32 c. 64 d. 16

46. A plane can go 400 mph more than twice as fast as a diesel power train. If the
train can run 160 miles in the same time that the plane can fly 1210 miles. Find the
rate of the train.
a. 75 mph b. 550 mph c. 80 mph d. 600 mph
47. In the numeral 4 7 3 8, the digit 7 means?
a. 700 b. 7 c. 7000 d. 70

48. Rounded to the nearest thousands 9645 will be

a. 8,000 b. 9,000 c. 11,000 d. 10,000

49. A man riding on a motorcycle runs 40 km/hr., is followed 5 hrs. later by a car which
runs 60 kph. In how many hours will the car overtake the motorcycle?
a. 10 hrs. b. 5 hrs. c. 12 hrs. d. 15 hrs.

50. If n/2 is an even integer, what is the remainder when n is divided by 4?

a. 1 b. 0 c. 2 d. 3