ALGEBRA

1. Any number that can be expressed as a

quotient of two integers (division of zero
excluded) is called

a) irrational number c. imaginary number

b) rational number d. odd number
2. In the expression
n
a , the
letter n represents
a)power c. order
b)exponent d. radicand
3. Which of the following non – terminating
decimals is rational?
a. 3.14159265… c. 2.71828180…
b. 2.470470… d. 1.141421356…
4. The sum of the integers between 288 and 887
that are exactly divisible by 15 is:
a. 23,700 c. 22,815
b. 21,800 d. 24,150
5. Find the zeroes of the given polynomial (x2 –
4x + 3)(x2 + 3x – 4).
a. 1, 2, 4 c. 1, 2, -4
b. 1, 3, 4 d. 1, 3, -4
6. Ten liters of 25 % salt solution and 15
liters of 35% salt solution are poured into a
drum originally containing 30 liters of 10 %
salt solution. What is the percent concentration
of salt in the mixture?
a. 22.15% c. 25. 75%
b. 7. 05% d. 19.55%
7. A stack of bricks has 61 in the bottom layer,
58 bricks in the second layer, 55 bricks in the
third later, and so on until there are 10 bricks
in the last layer. How many bricks are there all
together?
a. 637 c. 640
b. 639 d. 638
8. If f(x) = 2x2 + 2x + 4. What is f(2)?

a. 16 c. 8
b. x2 + x + 2 d. 4x + 2
9. Once a month a man put some money into the
cookie jar. Each month he puts 50 centavos more
into the jar than the month before. After 12
years, he counted his money: he had P 5, 436.
How much money did he put in the jar in the last
month?
a. P75.50 c. P72.50
b. P74.50 d. P73.50
10. A boatman rows to a place 48 miles distant
and back in 14 hours, but find that he rows 4
miles with the steam in the same time as 3 miles
against the steam. Find the rate of the steam.
a. 1 mile/hour c. 0.5 mile/hour
b. 0.8 mile/hour d. 1.5 mile/hour
11. A girl on a bicycle coasts down hill
covering 4 ft in the 1st second, 12 ft in the
2nd second, and in general, 8 ft more each
second than the previous second. If she reaches
the bottom at the end of 14 seconds, how far did
she coast?
a. 782 ft c. 786 ft
b. 780 ft d. 768 ft
12. A jogger starts a course
8 KPH. Five minutes later, a
starts the same course at 10
it take the second jogger to
a. 20 min c. 22 min
b. 21 min d. 18 min
at a steady rate of
second jogger
KPH. How long will
catch the first?
13. The sum of Kim’s and Kevin’s ages in 18. In
3 years, Kim will be twice as old as Kevin. What
are their ages?
a. 5, 13 c. 6, 12
b. 7, 11 d. 4, 14
14. Find the 10th term of 3, 6, 12, 24…
a. 1563 c. 1653
b. 1356 d. 1536
15. A bookstore purchased a best selling book at
P200.00 per copy. At what price should this book
be sold so that, giving a 20% discount, the
profit is 30%.

a. P 450 c. P 350
b. P 500 d. P 400
16. A bookstore contracted to purchase a
bestselling book at P250/copy. At what price
should the bookstore retail this book so that,
despite a 15% discount, the profit on each copy
will be 30%?
a. 375.66 c. 500
b. 413.22 d. 454.55
17. Determine the SUM of the positive-valued
solutions to the simultaneous equations: xy =
15, yz = 35, zx = 21:
a. 13 c. 19
b. 17 d. 15
18. If the polynomial x3 + 4x2 – 3x + 8 is
divided by x – 5, determine the remainder.
a. 45 c. 210
b. 42 d. 218
19. The areas of two square differ by 7sq. ft
and their perimeters differ by 4 ft. determine
the SUM of their areas.
a. 27.00 sq. ft c. 22.00 sq. ft
b. 29.00 sq. ft d. 25.00 sq. ft
20. Find the square root of 96 using binomial
theorem.
a. 9.79796 c. 9.81817
b. 9. 58584 d. 9. 67673
21. In a certain community of 1200 people, 60 %
are literate. Of the males, 50% are literate,
and of the females, 70% are literate. What is
the female population?
a. 500 c. 600
b. 550 d. 850
22. Gravity cause a body to fall 16.1 feet in
the 1st second, 48.3 ft in the 2nd second, 80.5
ft in the 3rd second, and so on. How far did the
body fall during the 10th second?
a. 273.7 ft. c. 241.5 ft.
b. 338.1 ft. d. 305.9 ft.
23. A and B can do a piece of work in 42 days, B
and C in 31 days and C and A in 20 days. In how
many days can all of them do the work together?
a. 17 c. 21
b. 15 d. 19
24. Find the 37th term of the arithmetic
sequence 8, 11, 14.
a. 114 c. 110
b. 112 d. 116
25. Solve the inequality: x2 is less than 9.

a. -3/2 is less than x is less than 3/2

b. -2 is less than x is less than 2
c. -4 is less than x is less than 4
d. -3 is less than x is less than 3
26. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 15
meters. On each rebound, it rises 2/3 of the
height from which it last fell. Find the
distance traversed by the ball before it comes
to rest. The distance traversed by the ball
before it comes to rest. The geometric
progression occurs after the first rebound.
a. 75 c. 80
b. 60 d. 85
27. A student makes 100% of his first test and
80% on the second. On the third test he made 60%
of the grade he made on the second, while on the
fourth he made 80% of the grade he made on the
third. What constant average rate of decrease
would give the first and the last grades?
a. 20.5 percent c. 20.1 percent
b. 20.7 percent d. 20.9 percent
28. A student has test scores of 75, 83 and 78.
The final test counts half the total f=grade.
What must be the minimum (integer) score on the
final so that the average us 80?
a. 81 c. 84
b. 82 d. 83
29. Find the 12th term if the harmonic
progression 1, 1/3, 1/5,...
a. 1/9 c. 1/17
b. 1/23 d. 1/21
30. Factor the following expression: x2 + 2xy –
z2 – 2zy.
a. (x – z)(x – 2y + z) c. (x – y)(x – 2y + z)
b. (x – y)(x + 2y - z) d. (x – z)(x + 2y + z)
31. Find the sum of the geometric series 3 + 3/2
+ 3/4 + ...
a. 8 c. 6
b. 4 d. 2
32. Solve the inequality, expressing the
solution in terms of interval: -4 is equal or
less than (2x – 1)/3 is equal or less than 4.
a. {x: -7/2 is less or equal to x is less or equal to
7/2}
b. {x: -2/3 is less or equal to x is less or equal to
9/2}
c. {x: -9/2 is less or equal to x is less or equal to
9/2}
d. {x: -11/2 is less or equal to x is less or equal to
11/2}
33. Find the dimensions of a rectangle whose
perimeter is 40 inches and whose area is 96
square inches.
a. 11, 9 c. 10, 9.6
b. 12, 8 d. 10, 10
34. Find the harmonic mean of the numbers a and
b by denoting h as the harmonic mean.
a. h = ab/(a + b) c. h = 2ab/(a + b)
b. h = ab/2(a + b) d. h = 3ab/(a + b)
35. A particle is projected vertically upward
from a point 112 ft above the ground with an
initial velocity of 96 ft/sec., how fast is it
moving when it is 240 ft above the ground?
a. 36 ft per sec c. 34 ft per sec
b. 32 ft per sec d. 30 ft per sec
36. A box with an open top is to be made by
taking rectangular piece of tin 8 x 10 inches
and cutting a square of the same size out of
each corner and folding up the sizes. If the
area of the base is to be 24 square inches, what
should the length of the sides of the square be?
a. 2.0 inches c. 2.1 inches
b. 2.2 inches d. 1.8 inches
37. How many numbers between 10 and 200 are
exactly divisible by 7? Find their sum.
a. 27 numbers; S = 2835 c. 26 numbers; S = 2835
b. 26 numbers; S = 2830 d. 28 numbers; S = 2840
38. A man buys a book for P200 and wishes to
sell it. What price should he mark on it if he
wishes a 40 percent discount while making 50
percent profit on the cost price?
a. 667 c. 467
b. 567 d. 867
39. When a bullet is fired into a sand bag, it
will be assumed that its retardation is equal to
the square root of its velocity on entering. For
how long will it travel if the velocity on
entering the bag is 144 ft/sec?
a. 27 sec c. 25 sec
b. 24 sec d. 26 sec
40. If a dc generator has an emf of E volts and
as an internal resistance of r ohms, what
external resistance R will consume the most
power?
a. R = r c. R= 0.5
b. R = 0.5r d. R = 2r
41. If (5x 3), (x + 2) and (3x – 11) form an
arithmetic progression, find the fifteenth term.
a. –86 c. -79
b. -81 d. -84
42. A man on a wharf (pier) is pulling a rope
tied to a raft at time rate of 0.60 m/sec if the
hands of the man pulling the rope are 3.66m
above the level of the water, how fast is the
raft approaching the wharf there are 6.10 m of
rope out?
a. 0.75 m/sec c. 0.45 m/sec
b. 0.55 m/sec d. -0.65 m/sec
43. How many kg. of cream containing 25 percent
butter fat should be added to 50 kg of milk
containing one percent butter fat to produce
milk containing 2 percent butter fat?
a. 2.174 c. 4.170
b. 5.221 d. 3.318
44. At what time will the hands of a clock be in
a straight line between 7:00 and 8:00 in the
morning? (Note: The hour hand is opposite that
of the minute hand)
a. 7:12.4545 A.M. c. 7:15.4545 A.M.
b. 7:5.4545 A.M. d. 7:10.4545 A.M.
45. A cask containing 20 gallons of wine was
emptied on one-fifth of its content and then is
filled with water. If this is done 6 times, how
many gallons of wine remain in the cask?
a. 5.121 c. 5.242
b. 5.010 d. 5.343
46. Given a triangle of sides 10 cm and 15 cm
with an included angle of 60 degrees. Find the
area of the triangle in sq. cm.
a. 65 c. 80
b. 72 d. 75
48. Find the rational number equivalent to the
repeating decimal 2.35242424…
a. 23273/9900 c. 23289/9900
b. 23261/9900 d. 23264/9900
48. Two vertical conical tanks are joined at the
vertices by a pipe. Initially, the bigger tank is
full of water. The pipe valve is opened to allow
the water to flow to the smaller tank until it is
full. At this instant, how deep is the water in
the bigger tank? The bigger tank has a diameter
of 6 ft and height of 10 ft, the smaller tank has
a diameter of 6 ft and height of 8 ft. Neglect
the volume of water in the pipeline.
a. 25 exponent (1/5) c. 25 exponent (1/3)
b. 200 exponent (1/3) d. 50 exponent (1/2)
49. Find the most economical proportion for a
box with an open top and a square base.
a. b = h c. b = 3h
b. b = 4h d. b = 2h
50. The electric power which a transmission line
can transmit is proportional to the product of
its design voltage and current capacity, and
inversely to the transmission distance. A 115
kilovolt line rated at 1,000 amperes can
transmit 150 megawatts over 150 km. How much
power, in megawatts, can a 230 kilovolt line
rated at 1,500 amperes transmit over 100 km?
a. 785 c. 675
b. 485 d. 595
51. Determine the Greatest Common Divisor of the
following numbers: 34, 58.
a. 7 c. 2
b. 4 d. 17
52. Find the values of x in the equation 24x2 +
5x – 1 = 0
a. (1/6, 1) c. (1/2, 1/5)
b. (1/6, 1/5) d. (1/8, -1/3)
53. An arithmetic progression starts with 1, and
9 terms, and the middle term is 21. Determine
the sum of the first 9 terms.
a. 235 c. 112
b. 148 d. 189
  lnx= 4, determine
54. If ln x = 3 and ln y
3
 
 lny 4


a. 1.8750 c. 0.5625
b. 0.300 d. 1.000
55. The hands of a tower clock are 4 ½ ft and 6
ft long respectively. How fast are the ends
approaching at 4 o’clock in ft per minute?
a. -0.246 c. -0.264
b. -0.203 d. -0.256
56. Two men running at constant speeds along a
circular track 1350 meters in circumference.
Running in opposite directions, they meet each
other every 3 minutes. Running in the same
direction, they come abreast every 27 minutes.
Determine the speed of the faster man, in
kilometers per hour.
a. 12 c. 15
b. 18 d. 21
58. A geometric progression is 1 + z + z2 + …… +
zn where z < 1. Determine the sum of the series
as n approaches infinity.
a. 1/(1 – 2z) c. 1/(1 – z)
b. 1/(2 – z) d. 2/(1 – z)
58. The vibration frequency of a string varies
as the square root of the tension and the
inversely as the product of the length and
diameter of the string. If a string 3 feet long
and 0.03 inch in diameter vibrates at 720 times
per second under 90 pounds tension, at what
frequency will a 2 feet long, 0.025 inch string
vibrate under 2500 pounds tension?
a. 5,645 c. 6,831
b. 7,514 d. 6,210
59. Find the values of x and y from the
equations: x – 4y + 2 = 0 2x + y – 4 = 0
a. 11/7, -6/7 c. 4/9, 8/9
b. 14/9, 8/9 d. 3/2, 5/3
60. Ten liters of 25% salt solution and 15
liters of 35% salt solution are poured into a
drum originally containing 30 liters of 10% salt
solution. What is the percent concentration of
salt in the mixture?
a. 19.55% c. 27.05%
b. 22.15% d. 25.72%
61. If f(x) = 2x2 + 2x + 4. What is f(2)?
a. 4x + 2 c. x2 + x +2
b. 16 d. 8
62. The piston of an engine is connected by a
12-inch connecting rod to a point on a crank
that rotates on a 4-inch radius about the
crankshaft. If the crankshaft has an angular
speed of 3,000 revolutions per minute, determine
the rectilinear speed of the piston, in feet per
minute, when the crank is 90 degrees to the
motion of the piston.
a. 1,319 c. 1,194
b. 1,257 d. 1,131
63. An arithmetic progression starts with 1, has
9 terms, and the middle term is 21. Determine
the sum of the first 9 terms.
a. 235 c. 112
b. 148 d. 189
64. A small line truck hauls poles from
substation stockyard to pole sites along a
proposed distribution line. The truck can handle
only one pole at a time. The first pole site is
150 meters from the substation and the poles are
to be 509 meters apart. Determine the total
distance traveled by the truck, back and forth,
after returning from delivering the 30th pole.
a. 35 km c. 37.5 km
b. 30 km d. 40 km.
65. Horses sell for $25 and cows $26 a head. A
rancher has $1,000 to spend and must spend it
all with nothing left. If he buys the minimum
number of horses, how many animals does he buy?
a. 40 c. 26
b. 39 d. 28
66. A man traveling 40 km finds that by
traveling one more km per hour, he would made
the journey in 2 hrs. less time. How many km per
hour did he actually travel?
a. 4 c. 18
b. 8 d. 6
67. Two prime numbers which differ by 2 are
called prime twins. Which of the following pairs
of numbers are prime twins?
a. (1,3) c. (7,9)
b. (3,5) d. (9,11)
 x2
68. If f(x) 
x2 and g(y)  y  2 then
f[g(2)] equal:
a. 6 b. 4
b. 5 d. 3
69. If x3 + 3x2 + (K + 5)x + 2 – K is divided by
x + 1 and the remainder is 3, then the value of
K is:
a. -2 c. -4
b. -3 d. -5
70. The value of k which will make 4x2 – 4kx +
5k a perfect square trinomial is:
a. 6 c. 4
b. 5 d. 3
71. If the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, are a real
and equal, then:
a. b2 – 4ac > 0 c. b2 – 4ac = 0
b. b2 – 4ac < 0 d. none of the above
72. The other form of loga N = b is:
a. N = ab
b. N = ba
a
N
c. b
d. N = ab
73. Six times the middle of a three digit number
is the sum of the other two. If the number is
divided by the sum of the digits, the answer is
51 and the remainder is 11. If the digits are
reversed, the number becomes smaller by 198.
Find the number.
Answer: 725
74. Pedro is as old as Juan was when Juan is
twice as old as Pedro was. When Pedro will be as
old as Juan is now, the difference between their
ages is 6 years. Find the age of each now.
Answer: Juan is 24 years old, Pedro is 18 years
old
75. The sum of the areas of two unequal square
lots is 5,200 square meters. If the lots were
adjacent to each other, they would require 320
meters of fence to enclose the combined area
formed by them. Find the dimensions of each lot.
Answers:60m and 40m
68m and 24m
76. The area of a square field exceeds another
square by 56 square meters. The perimeter of the
larger field exceeds one half of the smaller by
26 meters. What are the sides of each field?
Answers:
25
Larger field, 9m or 3
m

11
Smaller field, 5m or 3
m
77. In an electric circuit, the voltage is 15
volts. If the current is increased by 2 amperes
and the resistance is decreased by 1 ohm, the
voltage is reduced by 1 volt. Find the original
current and resistance.
Answers: 5A, 3 ohms
 
78. In an electric circuit A, the impressed
voltage is 12 volts and the resistance is 3
ohms. In circuit B, the voltage is 20 volts and
the resistance is 7 ohms. Additional batteries
with a total voltage of 28 volts are to be added
to these 2 circuits so that after the addition,
the circuits in the two circuits are equal. How
much voltage should be added to each circuit?
Answers: 6V to A, 22V to B
 
79. A number of two digits divided by the sum of
the digits the quotient is 7 and the remainder
is 6. If the digits of the number are
interchanged, the resulting number exceeds three
times the sum of the digits by 5. What is the
number?
Answer: 83
80. Which of the following has no middle term?
a. (x + y)3 c. (a - b)4
b. (u + v)6 d. (x - y)8
81. Find the term containing x26 in the expansion
of ( x-2 + x3):
Answer: 66x26
82. Maria was 36 years old; Maria was twice as
old as Anna was when Maria was as old as Anna
now. How old is Anna now?
Answer: 24 years old 
83.Separate 132 into 2 parts such that the
larger divided by the smaller the quotient is 6
and the remainder is 13. What are the parts?
Answers: 17 and 115
84. Find the number such that their sum
multiplied by the sum of their squares is 65,
and their difference multiplies by the
difference of their squares is 5.
Answer: 2 and 3
85. Find three consecutive odd integers such that
twice the sum of the first and the second
integers plus four times the third is equal to
60.
Answers: 5, 7, 9
86. Three numbers are in ratio 2:5:8. If their sum is 60, find the
numbers.
Answers: 8, 20, 32
87. The square of a number increased by 16 is the same as 10 times the
number. Find the number.
Answer: 8, 2
88. The sum of the digits of a 3 – digit number is 12. The middle digit is
equal to the sum of the other two digits and the number shall be
increased by 198 if its digits are reversed. Find the number.
Answer: 264
89. How much water must be evaporated from 80 liters of 12% solution
of salt in order to obtain a 20% solution of salt?
Answer: 32 L
90. A tank full of alcohol is emptied one third of its content and then
filled up with water and mixed. If this is done six times, what fraction of
the volume (original) of alcohol remains?
64
Answer:
729
91. How many liters of water must be added to 45 liters of solution
which is 90% alcohol in order to make the resulting solution 80 %
alcohol?
Answer: 5.63 L
92. A 40 – gram solution of acid and water is 20% acid by weight. How
much pure acid must be added to this solution to make it 30% acid?
Answer: 5.71 grams
94. Two numbers differ by 40 and their arithmetic mean exceeds their
positive geometric mean by two. The numbers are:
Answer: 81, 121
94. A motorcycle messenger left the rear of a motorized troop 8 km
long and rode to the front of the troop, returning at once to the rear.
How far did he ride, if the troop traveled 15 km during this time and
each traveled at a uniform rate?
Answer: 25 kms
95. September 1976. At the recent Olympic Games in Montreal,
Canada, a team which participated in 1600 meters relay event had the
following individual speed: First runner, 24 kph, second runner, 20 kph,
third runner, 22 kph and fourth runner, 23 kph. What was the team’s
speed?
Answer: 22.149 kph
96. A car running at 25 km per hour can cover a certain distance in 8
hours. By how many km per hour must its rate be increased in order to
cover the same distance in three hours less?
Answer: 15 km/hr
97. 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 each to do the
work alone?
Answer: 30, 20, 60
98. A one kilometer long caravan of men is walking at a constant rate. A
man from the rear end walks towards the head and back to the rear at
the instant when the caravan has covered a distance of one kilometer.
Find the total distance traveled by the man.
Answer: 2.414 kms
99. A man receives a salary of Php36,000 per annum for the first year
and a 10% rise every year for 10 years. What is his salary during the
fifth year?
Answer: Php52,707.60
100. A boat’s crew rowing at half their usual rate can negotiate 2 km
down a river and back in one hour and 40 minutes. At their usual rate in
still water, they would have gone over the same course in 40 minutes.
Find their rate of rowing in still water.
Answer: 6.4 km per hour
101. Two pipes running simultaneously can fill a swimming pool in 6
hours. If both pipes run for 3 hours and the first pipe is then shut off, it
requires 4 hours more for the second pipe to fill the pool. How long
does it take each pipe running separately to fill the pool?
Answer: 8 and 24
102. Two brothers washed the family car in 24 minutes. Previously,
when each had washed the car alone, the younger boy took 20 minutes
longer to do the job than the older boy. How long did it take the older
boy to wash the car alone?
Answer: 40 minutes
103. A swimming pool holds 54 cubic meters of water. It can be drained
at a rate of one cubic meter per minute faster than it can be filled. If it
takes 9 mins. longer to fill it than to drain it, find the drainage rate.
Answer: 3 m3/min.
104. How long will it be from the time the hour hand and the minute
hand of a clock are together until they will be together again?
Answer: 1 hr. and 5.45 minutes
105. At what time between 4 and 5 o’ clock do the
hands of the clock coincide?
Answer: 4:21.82 o’ clock
107. It is exactly 3 o’ clock. In how many seconds
will the angle formed by the hour hand and the
minute hand be twice the angle formed by the
hour and the second hand?
Answer: 22.4 sec.
107. It is now between 9 and 10 o’ clock. In 4
minutes, the hour hand will be exactly opposite
the position occupied by the minute hand 3
minutes ago. What is the time now?
Answer: 9:20
108. How many times in one complete day will the
hour and the minute hands coincide with each
other?
Answer: 25
109. A man piles 150 logs in layers so that the
top layer contains 3 logs and each lower layer
has one more log than the layer above. How many
logs are at the bottom?
Answer: 17 logs
110. If log 6 + xlog 4 = log 4 + log (32 + 4X).
Find x.
Answer: 3
111. Find the number of terms of a geometric
progression in which the first term is 48, the
last term is 384 and the sum of the terms is
720.
Answer: 4 terms
112. Evaluate log10 5.
Answer: 2.321
113. If loga 10 = 0.25, find log10 a.
Answer: 4
114. A man borrowed P100,000 at the interest
rate of 12% per annum compounded quarterly. What
is the effective rate?
a. 3% c. 12%
b. 13.2% d. 12.55%
115. A man purchased on monthly installment a
P100,000 worth of land. The interest rate is 12%
nominal and payable in twenty years. What is the
monthly amortization?
a. P 1,101.08 c. P 1,152.15
b. P 1,121.01 d. P 1,128.12
116. Once a month a man put some money into the
cookie jar. Each month he puts 50 centavos more
into the jar than the month before. After 21
years he counted his money; he has P5436. How
much money did he put in the jar in the last
month?
a. P73.50 c. P74.50
b. P75.50 d. P72.50
117. If equal spheres are piled in the form of a
complete pyramid with an equilateral triangle as
base, find the total number of spheres in the
pile if each side of the base contains 4
spheres.
a. 15 c. 21
b. 20 d. 18
118. A train, an hour after starting, meets with
an accident which detains it an hour, after
which it proceeds at 3/5 of its former rate and
arrives three hours after time; but had the
accident happened 50 miles farther on the line,
it would have arrived one and one-half hour
sooner. Find the length of the journey.
a. 910/9 miles c. 920/9 miles
b. 800/9 miles d. 850/9 miles
119. If n is any positive integer, then
(n–1)(n–2)(n-3)…(3)(2)(1)…=

a. e [exp(n-1)] c. n!
b. (n - 1)! d. (n - 1) exp n
120. A runner and his trainer are standing together on a
circular track of radius 100 meters. When the trainer
gives a signal, the runner starts to run around the
track at a speed of 10 m/s. How fast is the distance
between the runner and the trainer increasing when the
runner has run ¼ of the way around the track?
121. A stack of bricks has 61 in the bottom
layer, 58 bricks in the second layer, 55 bricks
in the third layer, and so on until there are 10
bricks in the last layer. How many bricks are
there all together?
a.638 c. 639
b. 637 d. 640
122. Multiply the following: (2x + 5y)(5x – 2y)
a. 10 (x square) – 21 xy + 10 (y square)
b. -10 (x square) + 21 xy + 10 (y square)
c. 10 (x square) + 21 xy - 10 (y square)
d. -10 (x square) – 21 xy -10 (y square)
123. The product of two positive numbers is 16.
Find the number if the sum of one and the square
of the other is least.
a. 8, 2 c. 8, 5
b. 8, 4 d. 8, 0
124. The seventh term is 56 and the twelfth term
is -1792 of a geometric progression. Find the
common ratio and the first term. Assume the
ratios are equal.
a. -2, 5/8 c. -1, 7/8
b. -1, 5/8 d. -2, 7/8
125. There are two numbers whose sum is 50.
Three times the first is 5 more than twice the
second. What are the numbers?
a. 23, 27 c. 21, 29
b. 20, 30 d. 23, 28
126. A chemist needs to dilute a 50% boric acid
solution to a 10% solution. If it needs 25
liters of the 10% solution, how much of the 50%
solution should it use?
a. 7 c. 4
b. 6 d. 5
127. Mr. Tom purchases a selection of wrenches
for his shop. His bill is $78. He buys the same
number of $1.50 and $2.50 wrenches, and half
that many of $4 wrenches. The number of $3
wrenches is one more than the $4 wrenches. How m
any $2.50 wrenches did he purchase?
a. 5 c. 8
b. 6 d. 10
128. Lita has ten bills in her wallet. She has a total of Php 40. If she has
one more Php 5 bills than Php 10 bills, and two more Php 1 bill than
Php 5 bills, how many Php 10 bill does she have?
a. 5 c. 2
b. 8 d. 4
129. There is a number such that three times the
number minus 6 is equal to 45. Find the number.
a. 16 c. 20
b. 17 d. 19
130. A motorboat with acceleration and
deceleration of 4 ft/sec2 starting from rest and
reaches its maximum cruising speed at 90 miles
per hour and maintained its speed for 15
minutes. Find the total distance traveled until
it stops.
a. 22.91 c. 23.33
b. 25.43 d. 27.56
131. A support wire is anchored 12 m up from the
base of a flagpole and the horizontal distance
of the base of a flagpole from the other end of
a wire is 16 ft., find the length of the
supporting wire:
a. 34 ft c. 20 ft
b. 36 ft d. 22 ft
132. What are the roots of the quadratic
equation if b2 – 4ac < 0?
a. real and equal c. complex and equal
b. real and unequal d. complex and imaginary
133. What is the value of x so that x
(x  1)3
will always be negative?
a. 0 < x < 1 c. 1 < x < 2
b. -1 < x < 0 d. -2 < x < 1
 .

2x  3  1
134. Solve the inequality
a. -1 < x < 2 c. -2 < x < 1
b. 2 < x < 3 d. 1 < x < 2
135. Solve for the particular solution if
y(1) = 4.

a. y = x4 c. y = x4 + 3x3
b. y = 3x2 + 4x + 2 d. y = 3x2 + x + 8
136. Mario bought two Php 1 stamps. How many 19-
cent stamps did he purchase?
a. 16 c. 12
b. 14 d. 11
137. In the afternoon, Pedro and Juan rode their
bicycles 4 km more than three times the distance
in kilometer they rode in the morning on a trip
to the lake. If the entire trip was 112 km, how
far did they ride in the morning?
a. 27 c. 36
b. 28 d. 34
138. Given y = (x + 1)2 and y = (1 - x)2. Solve
the equations simultaneously.
a. -1, 0 c. 0, 1
b. no solution d. 1, 0
139. Two cars are headed for Las Vegas. One is
50 km ahead of the other on the same road. The
one in front is traveling 60 kph while the
second car is traveling 70 kph. What is the
distance at which the second car will overtake
first?
a. 350 c. 340
b. 300 d. 400
140. Two people get in an elevator at the first
floor. At the second floor, one person gets in.
At the third floor, two people get off. At the
fourth floor, the last person gets off. If each
person weighs 150 lbs, and each floor is 12 ft
high, find the total work done in ft-lb done by
the elevator?
a. 10,800 c. 5,400
b. 11,200 d. 12,600
141. A tank in the form of a frustum of a right
circular cone is filled with oil weighing 50
pounds per cubic foot. If the height of the tank
is 10 feet, the base radius, 6 feet, and the top
radius, 4 feet, find the work required to pump
the oil height 10 feet above the tank.
a. 232 c. 195
b. 83 d. 312
142. Find the nth term of 6, 2, -2…
a. -4n + 6 c. 2n + 8
b. -2n + 6 d. -4n + 10
143. A man inherited Php 2,000,000 which he
invited in stocks and bonds. The stocks returned
6 percent and the bonds 8 percent. If the return
on the bonds was Php 8,000 less than the return
on the stocks, how much did he invest in the
stock?
a. Php 1,250,000 c. Php 1,400,000
b. Php 1,200,000 d. Php 1,500,000
144. Bill, Bob, and Barry are hired to paint
signs. In 8 hours Bill can paint 2 signs, and
Barry can paint 1 1/3 signs. They all come to
work the first day, but Barry doesn’t like the
job and quits after 3 hours. Bob works half an
hour longer than Barry and quits. How long will
it take Bill to finish the two signs they were
supposed to paint?
a. 2 hrs. c. 2 1/3 hrs.
b. 1 1/2 hrs. d. 3 hrs.
145. Binoy, Boboy, and Bata are hired to paint
signs. In 8 hours Binoy can paint 1 signs,
Boboy can paint 2 signs, and Bata can paint 1
1/3 signs. They all come to work the first day,
but Bata doesn’t like the job and quits after 3
hours. Boboy works half an hour longer than Bata
and quits. How long will it take Binoy to finish
the two signs they were supposed to paint?
a. 1-3/4 hours c. 2-1/4 hours
b. 1-1/2 hours d. 2-1/2 hours
146. The sum of three numbers in arithmetic
progression is 33. If the numbers are increased
by 2, 1 and 6, respectively, the new numbers
will be in geometric progression. Find the
product of the three numbers in arithmetic
progression.
a. 397 c. 792
b. 957 d. 872
147. The perimeter of an isosceles right
triangle is 10.2426. Find the area of a
triangle.
a. 2 c. 4.5
b. 3 d. 4
148. Mr. Manuel makes a business trip from his
house to Laguna in 2 hours. One hour later, he
returns home in traffic at a rate of 20 kph less
than his rate going. If Mr. Manuel is gone a
total of 6 hours, what was his rate going to
Laguna?
a. 50 kph c. 40 kph
b. 60 kph d. 30 kph
149. A stone is dropped into a pond causing
water waves that form concentric circles, if
after a few seconds the radius of the waves is r
= 40t, where t is in seconds, r in cm, find the
rate of change of area of the disturbed region
increase with respect to t at t = 1.
a. 2400 c. 6400
b. 3200 d. 1200
150. A clerk at the Dior Department Store
receives $15 in change for her cash drawer at
the start of each day. She receives twice as
many dimes as fifty-cent pieces, and the same
number of the quarters as dimes. She has twice
as many nickels as dimes and a dollar’s worth of
pennies. How many are dimes?
a. 30 c. 40
b. 20 d. 10
151. Shelly and Karie go out to play. Shelly,
who weighs 90 pounds, sits on one end of a 14-
foot teater-tooter. Its balance point is at the
center of the board. Karie, who weighs 120
pounds, climbs on the other end and slides
towards the center until they balance. What is
Karie’s distance from her end of the teater-
tooter when they balance?
a. 2-1/2 ft c. 1-3/4 ft
b. 1-1/2 ft d. 5-1/4 ft
152. What are the values of n if (2n – 6) is
greater than 1 but less than 14?
a. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 c. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
b. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 d. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
153. A collection of 36 coins consists of
nickels, dimes and quarters. There are three
fewer quarters than nickels and six more dimes
than quarters. How many are quarters?
a. 12 c. 9
b. 15 d. 6
154. A plane takes 1 ½ hours to fly from Los
Angeles to San Francisco and 2 hours from San
Francisco to Los Angeles. If the wind blows
north on both trips at 24 mph, what is the speed
of the plane in still air?
a. 170 c. 120
b. 110 d. 150
155. A ball is thrown vertically upward with a
velocity of 48 ft/sec at the edge of a cliff 432
ft above the ground. What is the acceleration in
ft/s2?
a. 32 c. -39.8
b. -32 d. 98
156. Terry bought some gum and some candy. The
number of packages of gum was one more than the
number of mints. The number of mints was three
times the number of candy bars. If the gum was
24 cents per package, mints were 10 cents each,
and candy bars were 35 cents each, how many gums
did he get for $5.72?
a. 6 c. 14
b. b. 9 d. 13
157. Without expanding, find the coefficient of
a10b5 in the expansion of (a2 + b)10.
a. 252 c. 126
b. 210 d. 1260
158. The first term of a geometric series is 256
and the last term is 81, the sum is 781, what is
the geometric ratio?
a. 2/3 c. 3/5
b. 3/4 d. 5/6
159. A contactor has 50 men of the same capacity
at work on a job in 30 days, the working day
being 8 hours, but the contract expires in 20
days, how many workers should he add?
a. 15 c. 25
b. 20 d. 30
160. Evaluate 12 + 13 + 22 +
23 +32 + 33 + 42 + 43 + … + 1002 + 1003.
a. 28,485,240 c. 26,854,520
b. 25,840,850 d. 28,240,290
161. If equal spheres are piled in the form of a
complete pyramid with a rectangular base, find
the total number of spheres in the pile if there
are 5 and 4 spheres in the long and short sides
of the base, respectively.
a. 36 c. 40
b. 39 d. 42
162. If equal spheres are piled in the form of a
complete pyramid with a rectangular base, find
the total number of spheres in the pile if there
are 6 and 5 spheres in the long and short sides
of the base, respectively.
a. 70 c. 68
b. 74 d. 72
163. Pipes between stations as indicated have
the following maximum flow capacities, in cubic
meters per second: Between A and B 40.0, between
B and C 30.0, between A and C 20.0. What is the
maximum possible flow rate from A to C, in cubic
meter per second, without exceeding this the
above maximum flow capacities
a. 60 c. 50
b. 30 d. 40
164. Solve for x in the equation: 3X + 9X = 27X
a. 0.438 c. 0.416
b. 0.460 d. 0.482
165. Which of the following is a prime number?
a. 91 c. 97
b. 119 d. 133
166. Three geometric means are to be inserted
between 6 and 14,406. Determine their product.
a. 74,088 c. 10,374,481
b. 1,452,729,852 d. 25,412,184
167. Which of the following is a prime number?
a. 377 c. 357
b. 313 d. 333
168. A 500 lb body rest on the plane that is
inclined 29. What is the force exerted
perpendicular to the plane? Neglect friction.
a. 430 lb c. 437 lb
b. 431 lb d. 500 lb
169. What are the values of n if (2n – 6) is
greater than 1 but less than 14?
a. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 c. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
b. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 d. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
170. Solve for one value of x in x3 – 8 = 0.
a. 3 c. 1
b. -2 d. 2
171. A man invested Php 50,000. Part of it he
put on an oil stock from which he hoped to
receive 20 percent return per year. The rest he
invested in a bank stock which was paying 6
percent per year. If he received Php 400 more
the first year from the bank stock than from the
oil stock, how much did he invest in the oil
stock?
a. Php 12,000 c. Php 10,000
b. Php 13,000 d. Php 11,000
172. A window in Mr. Jones’s house is stuck. He
takes an 8-inch screwdriver to pry open the
window. If the screwdriver rests on the sill
(fulcrum) 3 inches from the window and Mr. Jones
has to exert a force of 10 pounds on the other
and to pry open the window, how much force was
the window exerting?
a. 18 lbs. c. 17 1/2 lbs.
b. 16 2/3 lbs. d. 15.5 lbs.
173. A baseball diamond is a square whose sides
are 90 ft long. If a batter hits a ball and runs
to first base at the rate of 20 ft/sec, how fast
is his distance from second base changing when
he has run 50 ft?
174. A cistern in the form of an inverted right
circular cone 12 ft. diameter at the top and 20
ft. high is filled to a depth of 16 ft. with the
liquid weighing 60 pfc. A ½ hp pump (that is,
the engine can do the work at the rate of 16,
500 ft-lb per minute) is used to pump the liquid
to a height of 10 ft. above the top of the
cistern. Compute the number of minutes it will
take the pump to empty the cistern.
a. 36.50 min c. 25.57 min.
b. 7.14 min d. 34.63 min.
175. The sum of two numbers is 41. The larger
number is 1 less than twice the smaller number.
Find the larger number.
a. 26 c. 27
b. 30 d. 28
176. An anchor chainAn anchor chain of a ship weighs
730 N per lineal meter while the anchor weight
8900 N. What is the work done in pulling up the
anchor if 30 meters of chain are out, assuming
that the left is vertical?
a.328.5 kJ c. 61.5 kJ
b.267 kJ d. 595.5 kJ
177. The average of six scores is 83. If the
highest score is removed, the average of the
remaining scores is 81.2. Find the highest
score.
a. 91 c. 93
b. 92 d. 94
178. If 4, 2, 5 and 18 are added respectively to
an arithmetic progression, the resulting series
is a geometric progression. What is the sum of
A.P.?
a. 48 c. 46
b. 49 d. 47
179. Evaluate 12 + 13 + 22 + 23 + 32 + 33 + ……… +
1502 + 1503.
a. 128,348,358 c. 135,391,800
b. 129,391,900 d. 147,920,368
180. A bookstore contracted to purchase a best-
selling book at P250.00 per copy. At what price
should the bookstore retail this book so that,
despite a 15% discount, the profit on each copy
will be 30%?
a. 375.66 c. 500
b. 413.22 d. 454.55
181. Find the inequality of 1 < 2x – 1 < 3.
a. 2<x<3 c. 2<x<1
b. 1<x<2 d. 0<x<1
182. Solve the inequality (2x – 3) < 1.
a. -1<x<2 c. -2<x<1
b. 2<x<3 d. 1<x<2
183. In a 3-digit number, the hundreds digit is
4 more than the units digit and the tens digit
is twice the hundreds digit. If the sum of the
digits is 12, find the units digit.
a. 4 c. 8
b. 0 d. 2
184. In a 3-digit number, the hundred’s digit is
4 more than the unit’s digit. The ten’s digit is
twice the hundred’s digit. If the sum of the
digits is 28. Find the units digit.
a. 4 c. 2
b. 1 d. 0
185. A box with rectangular base 2 ft by 4 ft
and a height of 1 ft is full of water.
Calculating the work done in ft-lb to pump water
2 ft above the top of a box.
a. 1248 c. 1498
b. 1982 d. 2296
186. A farmer has 100 gallons of 70% pure
disinfectant. He wishes to mix it with
disinfectant which is 90% pure in order to
obtain 75% pure disinfectant. How much of the
90% pure disinfectant must he use?
a. 25 1/2 c. 33
b. 30 d. 33 1/3
187. Jose Ramirez had $50 to buy his groceries.
He needed milk at $1.95 a carton, bread at $2.39
a loaf, breakfast cereal at $3.00 box and meat
at $5.39 a pound. He bought twice as many
cartons of milk as loaves of bread and one more
package of cereal than loaves of bread. He also
bough t the same number of pounds of meat as
packages of cereal. How many pounds of meat did
he purchase if he received $12.25 in change?
a. 5 c. 7
b. 3 d. 10
188. The sum of three consecutive integers is
54. Find the largest integer.
a. 17 c. 19
b. 18 d. 20
189. The linear density of a rod is the rate of
change of its mass with respect to its length. A
nonhomogeneous rod has a length of 9 feet and a
total mass of 24 slugs. If the mass of a section
of the rod of length x (measured from its
leftmost end) is proportional to the square root
of this length, compute the average density of
the rod.
a. 8/3 slugs/ft c. 4/3 slugs/ft
b. 7/3 slugs/ft d. 7/6 slugs/ft
190. Robin flies to San Francisco from Santa
Barbara in 3 hours. He flies back in 2 hours. If
the wind was blowing from the north at the
velocity of 40 mph going, but changed to 20 mph
from the north returning, what was the airspeed
of the plane?
a. 140 mph c. 160 mph
b. 150 mph d. 170 mph