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A. x
B.
2
x

C.
3
2

D. xy

3. It is between 3 and 4 oclock. In ten
minutes, the minute hand will be as much
after the hour hand as it is now behind it.
What is the time?

A. 3:13.05
B. 3:12.67
C. 3:11.36
D. 3:10.45

4. How many terms of the progression 3, 5,
7, must be taken in order that their sum
will be 2703?

A. 50
B. 51
C. 52
D. 53

5. An airplane traveled 360 miles in 2 hours
with the wind and flying back the same
route, took 3 hours and 36 minutes against
the wind. What was the speed of the
airplane in still air?

A. 150 mph
B. 145 mph
C. 140 mph
D. 135 mph

6. Find the sum of the odd integers from 1 to
3001 inclusive.

A. 2,253,000
B. 2,253,001
C. 2,253,101
D. 2,253,100







7. What is the sum of three geometric means
between 2 and 162?

A. 64
B. 78
C. 68
D. 72

8. A tank is fitted with two pipes. The first
pipe can fill the tank in 10 hours. After it
has been opened for 3 hours, the second
pipe is opened and the tank is filled up in 4
hours more. How long would it take the
second pipe alone to fill the tank?

A. 13.67 hours
B. 13.33 hours
C. 13.00 hours
D. 14.00 hours

9. Hookes law states that the force F
required to stretch a spring x units beyond
its natural length is directly proportional to
x. If a weight of 6 kg stretches a spring 2
cm, then how much weight will stretch it
1.5 cm?

A. 5.2 kg
B. 4.5 kg
C. 5.6 kg
D. 4.8 kg

10. What is the coefficient of the 5
th
term of the
expansion of ( )
13
3
y x + .

A. 715
B. 751
C. 571
D. 517

11. In how many ways can 10 people be
seated around a circular table?

A. 338,820
B. 354,280
C. 317,280
D. 362,880

12. The sum of the squares of two consecutive
odd numbers is 130. What is the sum of
these numbers?

A. 12
B. 16
C. 24
D. 20

13. A car 15 ft long overtakes a truck 30 ft long
which is traveling at 45 mph. How fast
must the car travel to pass the truck in 3
seconds?

A. 81 fps
B. 80 fps
C. 79 fps
D. 78 fps




14. How many triangles are formed by 20
points no three of which are on the same
straight line?

A. 1,140
B. 1,274
C. 1,180
D. 1,230

15. A gallon of alcogas of high concentration is
75% alcohol and 25% gasoline. However,
it has been found out that even a 50% -
50% mixture is still comparable to a
regular gasoline combustibility. How much
more gasoline then should be added to the
high concentrate alcogas to yield a 50% -
50% concentration?

A. 0.75 gallon
B. 0.50 gallon
C. 0.25 gallon
D. 1.00 gallon

16. The gasoline tank of a car contains 50
liters of gasoline and alcohol, with alcohol
comprising 25%. How much of the mixture
must be drawn off and replaced by alcohol
so that the tank contains a mixture of
which 50% is alcohol?

A. 12.25 liters
B. 13.50 liters
C. 14.75 liters
D. 16.67 liters

17. When the numerator and denominator of a
certain fraction is increased by 2 and 1,
respectively, the fraction becomes .
However if 1 is added to the numerator
and 2 is subtracted from the denominator,
the fraction becomes 3/5. Find the original
fraction?

A. 2/7
B. 3/7
C. 4/7
D. 5/7

18. Two horns A and B sound every 34
minutes and 38 minutes, respectively.
They sound together at 7:00 in the
morning. At what time will the two horns
next sound together?

A. 4:30 PM
B. 4:53 PM
C. 5:08 PM
D. 5:46 PM

19. What is the sum of 5 arithmetic means
between 4 and 19?

A. 57.5
B. 53.5
C. 55.5
D. 51.5

ASSIGNMENT 1 - MATHEMATICS


20. Given the following equations:
2x + y z = 5
4x 2y + z = - 5
6x + 4y 2z = 17
Find the value of y.

A. 1
B. 3
C. 1
D. 2

21. A man started his car at a certain time
from a certain place. On arrive at his
destination at the precise appointed time,
he said If I had averaged 6 miles per hour
faster, I would have been 5 minutes early.
But if I had averaged 5 miles per hour
slower, I would have been 6 minutes late.
How far he had driven?

A. 30 miles
B. 35 miles
C. 40 miles
D. 45 miles

22. ( ) =
2
5x 2

A. +
2
25x 20x 4
B. +
2
5x 4
C. +
2
25x 4
D.
2
25x 4

23. The difference of two positive numbers is
12. Their product is 405. What is the
smaller number?

A. 13
B. 16
C. 15
D. 17

24. A businessman has a choice of two rental
cars. One costs $40 per day with unlimited
mileage. The other costs $25 per day plus
30 cents per mile. For what mileage is the
$40 plan no more expensive than the other
plan?

A. At least 50 miles per day
B. No more than 50 miles per day
C. At least 133 miles per day
D. No more than 133 miles per day

25. A salesman drove 200 miles to visit a
client then returned home. He averaged 10
mph faster on his trip to the client than on
his way home. The total trip took 7 hours
20 minutes. How long did he spend driving
on his way home?

A. 3 hours 20 minutes
B. 4 hours
C. 5 hours
D. Cannot be determined





26. Two cars pass each other at 4:00 at an
overpass. One car is headed north at an
average speed of 60 mph and the other is
headed east at an average speed of 50
mph. At what time will the cars be 104
miles apart?

A. 5:25
B. 5:00
C. 5:10
D. 5:20

27. Together two pipes can fill a small
reservoir in two hours. Working alone Pipe
A can fill the reservoir in one hour forty
minutes less time than Pipe B can. How
long would Pipe A need to fill the reservoir
by itself?

A. 5 hours
B. 4 hours and 20 minutes
C. 3 hours and 20 minutes
D. 5 hours and 20 minutes

28. How much 10% alcohol solution should be
mixed with 14 ounces of 18% solution to
get a 12% solution?

A. 14/15 of an ounce
B. 42 ounces
C. 4.2 ounces
D. 14 ounces

29. A piggybank contains $3.20. There are
twice as many nickels as quarters and half
as many dimes as quarters. How many
dimes are in the piggybank?

A. 16
B. 8
C. 4
D. 6

30. 16 is what percent of 80?

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

31. A book report counts toward one-fifth of a
students course grade. The remaining
four-fifths of the courses average is
determined by the average of six quizzes.
One students book report grade is 90 and
has quiz grades of 72, 66, 69, 80 and 85.
What does she need to earn on her sixth
quiz to raise her average to 80?

A. 90
B. 91
C. 92
D. 93

32. Factor: +
4 2
x 5x 36

A.
( )( )( ) + +
2
x 9 x 2 x 2
B. ( )( ) + x 4 x 9
C. ( )( ) + x 4 x 9
D. ( )( )( )( ) + + x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3

33. A piece of work can be done by Melody,
Shirley and Phen working together in 4
days. The job can also be done if Melody
works for 2 days, Shirley for 7 days and
Phen for 4 days, or if Melody and Shirley
work together for 1 days, Shirley and
Phen work together for 5 days. How long
would it take Melody to do the work alone?

A. 10
B. 12
C. 13
D. 11

34. In how many different ways or
arrangements can you put 3 balls, colored
red, white and blue in 20 empty boxes?

A. 112
B. 120
C. 130
D. 148

35. A deer is 70 leaps of its own ahead of a
hound. Three leaps of the dear are as long
as 2 leaps of the hound, but the deer
makes 5 leaps while the hound is making
4 leaps. How many leaps must the hound
make to overtake the deer?

A. 292
B. 286
C. 280
D. 278

36. A man and his wife decide to entertain 24
friends by giving 4 dinners with 6 guests
each. In how many ways can the first
group be chosen?

A. 132,780
B. 128,580
C. 134,596
D. 136,780

37. Twenty five stones are placed in a straight
line on the ground at intervals of 3 feet.
Fifteen feet from the first stone a basket is
placed from which a runner starts. The
runner picks the stones one at a time and
carries them back to the basket. How far
does he ran in all?

A. 2,500 ft
B. 2,450 ft
C. 2,550 ft
D. 2,600 ft

38. A child in a swing moved on an arc 15 feet
in length, then back three-fourths of this
distance and so on until the swing
stopped. Find the distance traveled.

A. 60 feet
B. 68 feet
C. 64 feet
D. 72 feet


39. The safe load of a beam with a rectangular
section that is supported at each end
varies jointly as the width and square of
the depth and inversely as the length of
the beam between supports. If the safe
load of the beam 3 inches wide, 6 inches
deep with supports 8 feet apart is 2700
pounds, find the safe load of a beam of the
same material that is 4 inches wide, 10
inches deep with the supports 12 ft. apart.

A. 6,333 lbs
B. 6,500 lbs
C. 6,667 lbs
D. 7,000 lbs

40. An urn contains 4 red balls and 5 blue
balls. If two balls are drawn, what is the
probability that one ball is red and one ball
is blue?

A.
1
9

B.
4
9

C.
5
9

D.
7
9


41. A group of Koreans chartered a bus for
$300. Two of the group were unable to join
and as a consequence, each of the others
remaining in the group had to pay $12.50
more. How many were there in the original
group?

A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9

42. A two digit number is equal to 8 times the
sum of its digits. If 45 is subtracted from
the number, its digits are reversed. What is
the number?

A. More than 90
B. More than 55 but less than 86
C. More than 86 but less than 90
D. Less than 55

43. A carpenter constructed a unique ladder
with 9 rungs whose length decreases
uniformly from 24 cm at the base to 18 cm
at the top. What is the length of the 7
th

rung?

A. 18.75 cm
B. 19.50 cm
C. 20.25 cm
D. 21.00 cm







44. Find the value of x in the following
equation: ( ) ( ) x ln 2 3 x 2 ln 2 x ln = +

A. 6
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

45. A man bought 20 chickens for P 200. The
cocks cost P 30 each, the hens P 15 each
and the chicks at P 5 each. How many
chicks did he buy?

A. 11
B. 12
C. 13
D. 10

46. How many 5-card hands will have 3 aces
and 2 kings?

A. 16
B. 24
C. 12
D. 36

47. Find the sum of all odd numbers between
7 and 433, inclusive.

A. 46,160
B. 44,740
C. 42,640
D. 47,080

48. Find the probability of getting at least 1
head if three coins are tossed.

A. 6/8
B. 7/8
C. 5/8
D. 4/8

49. Nicole paid P 15.00 for a box of tomatoes.
She discarded 12% of the total weight as
damage and sold the remainder at P 0.25
per pound. Her profit was P 7.00. How
many pounds of tomatoes did she
purchase?

A. 100
B. 120
C. 130
D. 140

















50. The ECE graduating class of a certain
school has been questioned on which of
the major board subjects they liked best
and the results when tabulated are as
follows:

48 liked Mathematics
62 liked Electronics Engineering
55 liked Communications Engineering

16 said they liked both Mathematics and
Electronics Engineering, 20 liked both
Electronics Engineering and
Communications Engineering and 7 said,
they liked both Mathematics and
Communications Engineering. Only 3 said
they liked all the three subjects. If 10 said
that they like General Engineering and
Applied Subject (GEAS), how many were
there in the graduating class?

A. 125
B. 135
C. 145
D. 115