MATHEMATICS

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1. A business man had incurred the following expenses in his trips to the Visayan
islands: P5100.00, P4600.00, P3800.00, and P3200.00. What was his total expense for
the trip?

A. P16000 B. P16700 C. P17000 D. P17500

2. Ms. Tonelada weighed 60 kg. She lost 4 kg. on her first week of exercise, gained 2
kg. on her second week, lost 6kg. on the 3。week and remained her weight during the
fourth week. What was her weight on the4” week?

A. 52 kg B. 58 kg C. 68 kg D.72 kg

3. A group of young people from four countries gathered together for an international
conference: 40 from Manila, 60 from Japan, 35 from Thailand and 45 from Singapore.
The participants will form discussion groups with equal number of members from each
country in each group. What is the greatest number of discussion groups that can be
formed?

A. 5 B. 15 C. 20 D. 25

4. During summer, a lady visits Baguio every 6 days, and his best friend every 4 days. If
they visited Baguio last April last April 11, what was the earliest date did both of them
visit Baguio again?

A. April 21 B. April 23 C. May5 D. May 11

5. In a survey to determine the reaction of people about having a new GSIS card, 80%
of the 2,400 people voted in favor of the new card. How many of the voters did not vote
for the new card?

A. 1920 B. 1600 C. 800 D. 480

6. Lulu spends 15% of her monthly income for house rental, 10% for electric bill and
25% for food and other miscellaneous expenses. After paying all these expenses, she
still has P6,000 left. How much does she earn every month?

A. P15,000.00 B. P12,000.00 C. P9,000.00 D. P8,000.00

7. If 500 or 25% of a graduating class are girls, how many are graduating?

A. 2,000 B. 5,000 C. 10,000 D. 20,000

8. A man sleeps 6 hours a day. What is the ratio of the time he is asleep to the time he
is awake?
A. 1:4 B. 1:6 C. 1:3 D. 1:2

9 A recipe calls for ¾ cup of sugar. How much sugar should be used if only ½of the
quantities given in the recipe is to be prepared?
A. 4 B. 2/3 C. ½ D. 3/8

10. If a picture frame is 27 cm long and 18 cm wide, what is the ratio of its length to its
width?

A 3:2 B. 2:3 C. 3:5 D. 5:3

11. Five bananas weigh as much as 3 star apples. In this rate, how many star apples
will weigh as much as 45 bananas?

A. 27 B. 30 D. 36 C. 33

12. It takes 20 men to build a building for 60 days. Assuming that all men work at this
rate, how many men will be needed to build the same building in 15 days?

A. 5 B. 80 C. 100 D. 120

13. The ratio of the number of the carabaos, goats, and cows in a farm is 5:1:2. If there
are 48 animals of these kinds in his backyard, how many of them are goats?

A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8

14. A defective ruler was found to be 11.5 in long. Using this ruler, Samuel was found to
be 4 ft tall. What is Samuel’s actual height?

A. 4 ft 2 in B. 4 ft 4 in C. 3 ft 11.5 in D. 3 ft 10 in

15. Which of the following lengths is the longest?

A. 555 cm B. 5.5m C. .005km D. 5555 mm

16. One-fifth of the width and one-fourth of the length of a rectangular card-board is cut
off. What part of the original cardboard is the area of the remaining piece?

A. 30% of the original area C. 50% of the original area B 40% of the original area D.
60% of the original area

17. If the area of a triangle is 1 sq unit and its height is unit, what is the length of its
base? A. 1 unit B. 2 units C.3 units D, 4 units

18. In a farm there are cows and hens. If heads are counted they are 180, if legs are
counted they are 420. The number of cows in the farm is?

A. 150 B. 130 C. 50 D. 30
19. The number of ducks and pigs in a field total 35. The total number of legs among them is
98. Determine how many ducks and how many pigs are in the field.

A. Ducks 20, Pig 15 B. Ducks 21, Pig 14 C. Ducks 14, Pig 21 D. Ducks 15, Pig 20
20.. The sum of three consecutive integers is 96. What are the integers?

A. 31, 32, 33 B. 32, 33, 34 C. 30, 32, 34 D. 33, 34, 35

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