SPECIALIZATION

MATHEMATICS

1) Which statement is true?

a. √5 is a rational number
b. 0 is a positive number
c. √3 is a real number
d. √4 is an irrational number

2) The thousandths digit of the number 1,234.5678 is ________.

a. 1
b. 7
c. 8
d. 5

3) (4)(-6) + (12x3) = ________

a. 10
b. 12
c. 14

4) The difference between gross profit and cost of goods sold is known as ________.
a. markdown
b. discount
c. net profit
d. invoice price

5) Julius has ₱15,000 in the bank. After a year, he expects it to earn ₱750. What is the rate of interest?
a. 2%
b. 4%
c. 5%
d. 6%

6) The greatest common divisor of 91, 39 and 78 is ________.

a. 24
b. 13
c. 39
d. 91

7) The property of real numbers which describes (5+6)-3 = 3+(5+6) is ________.

a. Commutative c. Distributive b. Associative d. Reflexive

8) Which is proportion?
a. 5:4 = 15:12
b. 8:3 = 16:9
c. 4:5 = 12:10
d. ½:7 = 5:2

9) After receiving a 30% discount, Jay paid ₱210.00 for an item. What is the regular price of the item?
a. ₱300
b. ₱350
c. ₱380
d. ₱400

10) Peter borrowed 15,000 from the bank at the rate of 12% per year. How much will he owe the bank after 1.5
years?
a. ₱16,000
b. ₱16,7
c. ₱17,000
d. ₱17,700

11) 1/8 in percent is ________.

a. 10.5%
b. 12.5%
c. 14.5%
d. 16.5%
12) John invested ₱5,000 in a certain business. How much will his money be in 2 years if it earns 12% interest
in a year?
a. ₱6,000
b. ₱6,100
c. ₱6,200
d. ₱6,300

13) What do you call an equality of 2 ratios?

a. quotient
b. fraction
c. percentage

14) The number of hours spent for review in Algebra, Chemistry and English is in the ratio of 4:3:1. How many
hours does each student spend for Chemistry in a 24-hour review package?
a. 3
b. 6
c. 9
d. 12

15) What is the value of 3.5 kilograms in grams?

a. 35
b. 350
c. 3,500
d. 35,000

16) The least common multiple of 18 and 24 is ________.

a. 6
b. 24
c. 36
d. 72

17) How many pieces of 7 ½ inches wire can be cut from a 31 ¼ ft roll of wire?
a. 5
b. 10
c. 25
d. 50

18) What do you call a triangle with equal sides?

a. scalene
b. equilateral
c. isosceles
d. right

19) How many centimeters are there in 100 millimeters?

a. 0.1
b. 1
c. 10
d. 100

20) A ball is drawn at random from a box containing 3 red balls, 4 white balls and 5 blue balls. What is the
probability that it is not blue?
a. ¼
b. ½
c. 7/12
d. 1

21) A salesman gets a 15% commission for the first ₱20,000, and 10% for the amount over ₱20,000 of his total
sales. How much does he get for a total sale of ₱50,600?
a. 5,060
b. 6,060
c. 7,060
d. 8,060
22) A TV set that originally cost ₱20,000 is now sold at ₱18,000. What is the percentage decrease in the price
of the TV set?
a. 10%
b. 20%
c. 30%
d. 40%

23) At 70 kph, Robin can reach his home within 50 minutes. At what rate should he drive his car so that he can
reach home 15 minutes earlier?
a. 60 kph
b. 80 kph
c. 90 kph
d. 100 kph

24) A typist can finish 4 pages in 6 minutes. How long will it take for him to finish 10 pages?
a. 20 minutes
b. 15 minutes
c. 10 minutes
d. 8 minutes

25) Four people can finish painting a room within 4 hours. If only 2 people are available, how many hours do
they have to work to finish the same job?
a. 4
b. 6
c. 8
d. 10

26) (3√8) (3√18) = __________

a. 108
b. 110
c. 112
d. 114

27) Jean bought 5 kilos of rice worth ₱200 and another 4 kilos of rice worth ₱144. What is the average price of
rice per kilo?
a. ₱172.00
b. ₱172.11
c. ₱175.00
d. ₱175.11

28) 72 is ¾ of what number?

a. 76
b. 84
c. 86
d. 96

29) 0.0125 expressed in fraction in lowest term is ________.

a. 1/8
b. ¼
c. 1/800
d. 1/80

30) Jack and Jill work as part of the service crew in one of the fastfood chains. If their earnings were in the
ration of 7:8 respectively, how much did Jack earned when Jill had earned ₱6,400?
a. ₱6,200
b. ₱5,600
c. ₱5,800
d. ₱6,080

31) Which of the following is a multiple of 8?

a. 5,148
b. 53,250
c. 1,460
d. 32,400
32) The value of the car has depreciated by ₱20,000. It is now worth ₱380,000. By how many percent did the
value of the car decrease?
a. 5%
b. 10%
c. 20%
d. 25%

33) If x is an integer and 90>3x, then x cannot be ________.

a. 29
b. 26
c. 27
d. 30

34) Of the following, which is the greatest?

a. ¾
b. 5/7
c. 6/9
d. 7/10

35) The area of the rectangle is 6x2, with length of 2x. Find the perimeter.
a. 16x
b. 10x
c. 12x2
d. 18x
36) How many times will the digit 7 appear between 1 to 100.
a. 9
b. 20
c. 19
d. 11

37) What is the value of a in the statement: 3ab =15, if b = 5?

a. 3
b. 1
c. 2
d. 5

38) Lito cut 4 ¼ yd of plastic cover from a bolt containing 35 1/8 yd. How many yards were left in the bolt?
a. 31 ¼
b. 30 7/8
c. 31 1/8
d. 30 ¼

39) Find the final amount due in investing ₱50,000 at a simple interest rate of 14.5% for 18 months.
a. ₱60,875
b. ₱50,875
c. ₱60,900
d. ₱50,900

40) What is the exact interest of ₱15,000, invested at 5.5% simple interest rate for 108 days?
a. ₱255.62
b. ₱265.62
c. ₱260.62
d. ₱244.11

41) At what rate of interest should ₱2,400 be invested so that it will earn ₱80 in 8 months?
a. 6.5%
b. 5.5%
c. 5%
d. 6%

42) What is the single equivalent discount rate of the discount series 5%, 10%, and 25%
a. 40%
b. 35.9%
c. 64.1%
d. 60%
43) The product of 2 whole numbers is 36, and their ratio is 1:4. Which of these is the smaller number?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 8
d. 9

44) If 30% of x is 30, what is 50% of x?

a. 30
b. 40
c. 50
d. 60

45) Julio’s salary is ₱8,500 per month. If it is increased by 12%, what is his new salary per month?
a. ₱9,320
b. ₱9,420
c. ₱9,520
d. ₱9,550

46) How much commission does a salesman get if he was able to sell ₱35,000 worth of jewelry and he is given
a 15% of it?
a. ₱5,300
b. ₱5,325
c. ₱5,250
d. ₱5,425

47) How much should a man deposit in a bank at 6% simple interest rate if he wants to earn ₱1,200 a year?
a. ₱10,000
b. ₱30,000
c. ₱15,000
d. ₱20,000

48) What is the quotient when .345 is divided by .5?

a. .69
b. .65
c. .64
d. .67

49) Simplify this [ 2 x 9 – 8 x (-3) ] / 6 + 15 = _________.

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

50) A movie ticket cost ₱500 during a premiere night, and ₱320 during the regular show. What is the
percentage decrease in the price of the ticket?
a. 30%
b. 36%
c. 24%
d. 28%

51) A politician wants to get his message to 2/3 of the population of 48,000 in Bulacan. However, his
advertising campaign reaches only ¾ of the number he intended. How many people does he actually reach?
a. 16,000
b. 10,000
c. 24,000
d. 36,000

52) A meter was cut at the 35-cm mark. What is the ratio of the smaller piece to the larger piece?
a. 7:13
b. 65:35
c. 35:100
d. 65:100
53) The carat is a unit of measure used to weigh precious stones. It equals 3.086 grains. How many grains
does a 2.8 carat diamond weigh?
a. 864.08
b. 86.408
c. 8.6408
d. 8640.8

54) A carpenter wanted three pieces of wood each 1⅝ feet long. If he planned to cut them from a 6-foot piece
of wood, how much of the piece would be left?
a. 4 ⅜ ft
b. 1 ⅛ ft
c. 4 ⅞ ft
d. 3 ft

55) Four mangoes cost P29.00. At that price what will 2½ dozen mangoes cost?
a. ₱217.50
b. ₱188.50
c. ₱348.50
d. ₱870.00

56) If ₱75.00 is shared among three children in the ratio of 3:7:15. The size of the smaller share is
a. ₱9.00
b. ₱15.00
c. ₱25.00
d. ₱35.00

57) 4 1/5 + 3 2/7 = __________

a. 7 17/35
b. 7 3/35
c. 7 1/35
d. 7 3/12

58) 10 - 3 2/17 = __________

a. 7 2/17
b. 6 2/17
c. 6 1/17
d. 6 15/17

59) How many whole numbers can divide 30 exactly?

a. Eight
b. Six
c. Five
d. Four

60) Which is the sum of the infinite progression 3/2, 1, 2/3, 4/9 . . . ?
a. 6½
b. 5½
c. 4½
d. 7½

61) In the progression 18, -12, 8 . . . which term is 512/729?

a. the 8th
b. the 6th
c. the 9th
d. the 7th

62) Which are the next three terms in the progression 1, 4, 16 . . . 8 terms?
a. 64, 256, 1024
b. 67, 259, 1027
c. 66, 258, 1026
d. 65, 257, 1025

63) Which are the next three terms in the progression 1/125, -1/25, 1/5 . . . 7 terms?
a. -2, 6, -26
b. -3, 7, -27
c. -4, 8, -28
d. -1, 5, -25
64) Which is the equivalent common fraction of the repeating decimal 3.242424…?
a. 107/33
b. 110/33
c. 109/33
d. 108/33

65) Benjamin received his report card with the following grades: 93, 88, 80, 86 and 89? What is the average
grade?
a. 86
b. 87
c. 86 1/5
d. 88

66) The Miranda Family purchased a 250-pound side of beef and had it packaged. They paid ₱365.00 for the
side of beef. During the packaging, 75 pounds of beef were discarded as waste. What was the cost per pound
for the packaged beef?
a. ₱2.08 per pound
b. ₱2.50 per pound
c. ₱2.06 per pound
d. ₱2.30 per pound

67) If a baseball player hits 10 home runs in the first 45 games, at the same rate how many home runs can he
expect to hit during the 162-game season?
a. 38
b. 42
c. 36
d. 40

68) During a recent shopping spree, Tomas and Nena bought some new accessories for their apartment. Nena
chose a crocheted throw pillow at ₱24.95, and Tomas purchased a rural landscape painting for ₱135.00. How
much did they actually spend if they paid 7% sales tax on their purchases?
a. ₱171.15
b. ₱139.25
c. ₱159.95
d. ₱148.75

69) You buy a new refrigerator for ₱12,800.00 and make a down payment of ₱2,500.00. If you finance the
remainder at 8% annually for three years, how much will you actually pay for the refrigerator?
a. ₱12,190.00
b. ₱10,300.00
c. ₱12,772.00
d. ₱15,272.00

70) To pass her English Test, Lucille must get 75% of the items correct. Out of 80 questions, how many must
she correctly answer?
a. 55
b. 60
c. 65
d. 70

71) Employees at Shaira's Musicmart get a 20% discount on all purchases. If Theresa buys three tapes at
₱7.49 each, how much will she have to pay after her employee discount?
a. ₱16.98
b. ₱19.98
c. ₱18.98
d. ₱17.98

72) How many ways can a committee of 4 people be selected from a group of 7 people?
a. 35
b. 70
c. 140
d. 210
73) In how many ways can you arrange three mathematics books (Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry) in order
on a shelf?
a. 6
b. 8
c. 12
d. 24

74) One package is 100 pounds, and the other is 150 pounds. The weight of the second package is how many
times that of the first?
a. 1½ times heavier
b. ½ as heavy
c. 10 pounds heavier
d. 20 pounds heavier

75) How many gallons of water will fill a fish tank that is 18 inches by 12 inches by 48 inches? (There are 231
cubic inches per gallon). Round your answer to the nearest gallon.
a. 45 gallons
b. 40 gallons
c. 47 gallons
d. 38 gallons

76) What are the next four numbers in this sequence 8, 5, 4, 9, 1, 7, ___, ___, ___, ___?
a. 4, 3, 2, 1
b. 5, 4, 3, 2
c. 6, 3, 2, 0
d. 3, 2, 1, 0

77) What day follows the day before yesterday if 2 days from now will be Sunday?
a. Tuesday
b. Saturday
c. Wednesday
d. Thursday

78) How much larger is the supplement of a 57 degree angle than the complement of a 75 degree angle?
a. 108 degrees
b. 18 degrees
c. 105 degrees
d. 123 degrees

79) The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 25 feet. If one leg is 24 feet, what is the length of the other leg?
a. 5 ft
b. 5 ft
c. 20 ft
d. 7 ft

80) Which is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 5 inches and 12 inches?
a. 17in.
b. 13 in.
c. 11in.
d. 20 in.

81) A tenant as awarded a house and lot package worth ₱180, 000.00. She has to pay package for 20 years at
9% per annum. How much will the house and lot cost after 20 years?
a. ₱604, 000
b. ₱504, 000
c. ₱704, 000
d. ₱500, 00

82) what is the exponential function of Y=f(x)?

a. y = 2x
b. y = 5x2
c. y = x – 1
d. y = 5 – x
83) Julio son is graduating. He sent his son three packages of 8 ½ kg, 10 ¼ and 2 ½ kg. What is the total of
the packages sent?
a. 20 ¼ kg
b. 21 ¼ kg
c. 18 ½ kg
d. 23 2/2 kg

84) The weather report recorded a temperature of 29°C in the morning and 33.5°C at two o’clock in the
afternoon. How many degrees higher was the afternoon temperature?
a. 4.5°C
b. 5.8°C
c. 6.3°C
d. 5.5°C

85) Write the ratio in the lowest term two hours to 30 minutes
a. 2:15
b. 2:4
c. 2:30
d. 4:1

86) Give the value of a if the statement is 4ab = 20 and b = 5:

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

87) What is the sum of √9 and √4.

a. 3
b. 5
c. 2
d. 4

88) What is the value on N in: 18 2/16 + 26 ¼ = N

a. 44 3/8
b. 44 ½
c. 44 ¼
d. 43 4/16

89) Which expresses the trinomial in the following?

a. x – x + 9 – 3x + 10x
b. 2x + 4x – 3
c. xy – x – 6
d. x – 4x + 2x – x + 2

90) The meat sent by air cargo is 1,340 pounds. The weight was computed into kilogram determine the
kilogram of the cargo.
a. 0090 kg
b. 609.09 kg
c. 61 kg
d. 00.908 kg
91) How do you determine the total length of the clothing materials if there are 7 2/10 meter and 15 4/5 meter
available?
a. 18 ½ m
b. 23 m
c. 18 m
d. 18 ¼ m

92) Eight men can paint a 3 unit army school building in 3 days. How many more units will 12 men pain of this
building?
a. ½
b. 1 ½
c. 2
d. 1
93) Only 682 examinees passed in a Pharmacists Licensure Examination out of 2550 examinees. What is the
passing percentage?
a. 26.5%
b. 26%
c. 26.7%
d. 26.8%

94) Convert this confiscated 8,000 grams of dangerous drugs into kilograms.
a. 8 kg
b. 800 kg
c. 800 kg
d. 80 kg

95) A rice field is divided into four sections. Each section is 25 meters by 38 meters. Get the perimeter of each
section.
a. 152 m
b. 126 m
c. 156 m
d. 146 m

96) Hacienda Rosita was to be decided among 22 tenants. Each tenant will be rewarded 6-hectares each.
What was the area of Hacienda Rosita?
a. 152 hectares
b. 132 hectares
c. 122 hectares
d. 142 hectares

97) The host had only 8 ¼ gallons of ice cream to serve. Upon arrival of the guest she served 3 ½ gallons.
How many gallons are left for the late corners?
a. 5 ¼ gallons
b. 4 ½ gallons
c. 4 ¾ gallons
d. 4 1/8 gallons

98) What is the product of (3+20) (4- 30)?

a. -598
b. 598
c. 59.8
d. 5.98

99) The first prize of ₱40,000,000 was shared by 16 winners. How much will each claim?
a. ₱2,500,000.00
b. ₱2,800,000.00
c. ₱3,000,000.00
d. ₱2,700,000.00

100) The harvest of corn is ₱8.00 per kilograms. The whole harvest total worth is ₱10,000.00. How many
kilograms was the corn harvest?
a. 1,050 kg
b. 1,250 kg
c. 2,000 kg
d. 2,250 kg

101) Find the profit of Weng's water refilling business with revenue of ₱56,000,000 and costs of ₱42,000,000.
a. ₱14,000,000
b. ₱140,000
c. ₱1,400,000
d. ₱14,000

102) Norma's food stall has costs of ₱2,900. Her total food sales are ₱11,600. What percent of her food sales
do the food costs represent?
a. 20%
b. 25%
c. 27%
d. 30%
103) Marvin needs 250 cookies for a buffet. He will make oatmeal raisin, macaroons, and chocolate chunk
cookies. He wants 25% of the cookies to be oatmeal raisin and 15% of the cookies to be macaroons. How
many chocolate chunk cookies must Marvin bake?
a. 150
b. 125
c. 140
d. 100

104) If a shirt is marked down 25%, what will the purchase price be?
a. ₱25
b. 75% of its original price
c. 50% off
d. ₱75

105) A customer places a special order through 480 Furniture Store. The list price in the manufacturer's
catalog is ₱1,600. 480 Furniture receives a 35% trade discount. What is the net price for the furniture order?
a. ₱560
b. ₱1,535
c. ₱1,565
d. ₱1,040

106) Ron's Manufacturing offers discounts on most of its products. What is the trade discount rate on an item
with a list price of ₱16.79 and a net price of ?₱2.42?
a. 22%
b. 26%
c. 54%
d. 74%

107) A circle is a ____________ curve, every point on which is equidistant from a given fixed point
a. Closed
b. Open
c. Single
d. Double
108) It is the distance around the circle.
a. Curve
b. Radius
c. Perimeter
d. Diameter
109) It is a line segment passing through the center of the circle and having its end position on the circle.
a. Radius
b. Diameter
c. Circle
d. Circumference
110) Concentric circles are circles having the_________ center, but different radii.
a. Same
b. Different
c. No
d. Two
111) The diameter divides the circle into two equal parts, each part is called:
a. Semicircle
b. Radius
c. Angle
d. Diameter
112) Which is a characteristic of the diagonals of a parallelogram?
a. Divide
b. Bisect each other
c. Parallel to each other
d. Curve
113) Diagonals divide the parallelogram into two congruent______.
a. Lines
b. Triangles
c. Circles
d. Squares
114) The diagonals of a square are equal and __________ bisect each other.
a. Perpendicularly
b. Parallelly
c. Vertically
d. Horizontally 360
115)What is the sum of the consecutive angles of a parallelogram?
a. 360°
b. 180°
c. 90°
d. 120°
116) What do you call a parallelogram whose sides and angles are equal?
a. Rectangle
b. Triangle
c. Square
d. Trapezium
117) It is a figure enclosed by three or more line segments, which are co-planar, non-collinear, and intersecting
each other at their end points.
a. Triangle
b. Polygons
c. Circle
d. Point
118) What do you call the end points of the line segments.
a. Vertices of the polygon
b. Sides of the polygon
c. Angles of the polygon
d. Diagonals of the polygon
119) A polygon that is both equilateral and equiangular.
a. Irregular polygon
b. Segment
c. Regular polygon
d. Vertices
120) The sum if interior angles of a regular octagon.
a. 850°
b. 900°
c. 1060°
d. 1080°
121) Parallelograms standing on the same base and between the same parallels are_______________ in
area.
a. Opposite
b. Equal
c. Not equal
d. Parallel
122) Congruent triangles have_____________ area
a. Parallel
b. Opposite
c. Unequal
d. Equal
123) A storage container in the shape of a right cylinder has a diameter of 8 inches and height of 10 inches.
What is the volume of this container?
a. 56.55 in3
b. 125.66 in3
c. 251.33 in3
d. 502.65 in3
124) A packing carton in the shape of a rectangular prism with the dimensions of 4cm, 8cm, and 10cm. What is
the volume of this carton?
a. 320 cm3
b. 60 cm3
c. 120 cm3
d. 240 cm3
125) The diameter of a sphere is 15 inches. What is the volume of the sphere?
a. 706.9
b. 1767.1
c. 2827.4
d. 14,137.2
126) A right circular cone has a diameter of 8 inches and a height of 12 inches. What is the volume of the cone
to the nearest inch?
a. 201
b. 481
c. 603
d. 804
127. What is the surface area of the rectangular prism with dimensions of 2 inches, 4 inches and 5.5 inches?
a. 102 in2
b. 108 in2
c. 96 in2
d. 82 in2
128) The volume of a container of olive oil is 720 cm3. Which of the following measures is equivalent to this
volume?
a. 7.2 kL
b. 72 L
c. 720 mL
d. 7200 dL

129) The radius of the base of a cone is 3 cm and its volume is 56.52 cm3 . ( = 3.14) What is the height of the
cone?
a. 2 cm
b. 6 cm
c. 9 cm
d. 18 cm
130) Find the surface area of a cube having an edge that measures 12mm.
a. 144mm2
b. 864 mm2
c. 72 mm2
d. 1728 mm2