ALGEBRA

Functions and algebraic expressions

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1. The polynomial 2x y + 8xyz – 3x y has a degree of
a. 6 b. 3 c. 4 d. 8
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2. If f(x) = 2x – 3x + 1, then f(1) = ?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
3. The equation xy = 0 implies that
a. x = 0 and y = 0 b. x = 0 or y = 0 c. x = 0 and y ≠ 0 d. x = 0 or y ≠ 0
-1 -1 -1
4. Simplify (a + b )/(ab) .
a. ab b. b + a c. 1/ab d. a/b
5. What is the greatest common factor (GCF) of 48 and 72?
a. 12 b. 24 c. 36 d. 42
3 2 2 3 2
6. Find the least common multiple (LCM) of 72x y , 108x y and 9x y.
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
a. 108x y b. 648x y c. 972x y d. 216x y
7. If xy = 12, xz = 15, yz = 20, find the value of xyz.
a. 60 b. 55 c. 50 d. 45
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8. Using the Remainder Theorem, find the remainder when x – x + 1 is divided by x – 2.
a. 61 b. 62 c. 63 d. 64
9. When f(x) = (x + 3 (x – 4) + 4 is divided by x – k, the remainder is k. The values of k are.
a. 2 and -4 b. -2 and 4 c. 3 and 4 d. -3 and 4
x y
10. If 3 3 = 27 and 2x + y = 5, find x.
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
11. Resolve into partial fraction.
a. b. c. d.
12. Find the value of A in the equation:
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

Remainder and Factor Theorem

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13. What is the remainder when 2x + 3x - 2x + 25 is divided by x + 3?
3 2
14. Find the value of k for which x+4 is a factor of x + 2x - 7x + k = 0
3 2
15. Find the remainder if we divide (4y + 18y + 8y – 4) by (2y + 3).

Sum of Exponent and Sum of Coefficient

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16. What is the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (x+y-z) .
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17. Determine the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (2x-1) .
3 2 4.
18. Find the sum of the exponents in the expansion of (x + y )
2 2 5
19. What is the sum of the exponents in the expansion of (x +y +z)

Binomial Theorem
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20. Find the 6 term in the expansion of (3x-2y) .
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21. Find the coefficient of the term containing x in the expansion of (3x-2) .
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22. Find the term free of x in the expansion of (x+3y)
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23. Find the 5 term in the expansion of (x+3y) .

Quadratic Functions and Equations

24. If the roots of the equation are -1 and 4, what is the equation?
25. Find the sum and product of the roots of
26. Find the value of k in if 3 is one of the roots.
27. From the equation determine the value of k so that the sum and product of the roots are equal.
28. In a quadratic equation problem, one student made a mistake in copying the coefficient of first degree term and got
 the roots 5 and -2. Another student also made a mistake in copying the constant term and got the roots 3 and 4.
Find the correct quadratic equation.

Equations and Inequalities

2x + 1
29. Solve for x: =7
x −3 ≤ 4
30. Solve
x + 5 < −2
31. Solve the absolute value inequality

Progression and Series

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32. If the 5 term in AP is 17 and the 3 term is 10, what is the 8 term?
33. How many terms in the progression 3,5,7... Must be in order that their sum will be 2600?
34. In a pile of logs, each layers contains one more log than the layer above and the top contains just one log. If there
are 105 logs in the pile, how many layers are there?
35. A besiege fortress is held by 5700 men who have provisions for 66 days. If the garrison loses 20 men each day, for
how many days can the provision hold out?
36. A man owns pigs in his barn. He had purchased feed that will last for 75 days for his livestock. The pigs were then
infested with a disease. If the man has 4,950 pigs initially and 25 pigs die each day, for how long will the feed
last?
37. The arithmetic mean of a set of 50 numbers is 38. Two numbers of the set, namely 45 and 55, are discarded. What
will be the arithmetic mean of the remainder set of numbers?
38. There are 4 geometric means between 3 and 729. Find the fourth term of the geometric progression.
39. If one third of the air in the tank is removed by each stroke of an air pump, what fractional part of the total air
removed in 6 strokes?
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40. Find the 52 term of the harmonic progression 9/8, 45/13, -45/14 . . .
41. The arithmetic mean and geometric mean of two numbers are 5 and 4, respectively. Determine their harmonic
mean.
42. A ball is dropped from a height of 128 cm. If it always rebounds ½ of the height from which it falls, how far does
it travel after the fifth bounce?
43. A rubber ball is made to fall from a height of 50ft and is observed to rebound 2/3 of the distance it falls. How far
will the ball travel before coming to rest if the ball continues to fall in this manner?

Word Problems

Number Relation
44. Thrice the sum of two numbers is 30 and the sum of their squares is 52. Find the product of the numbers.
45. The first of the three numbers exceeds twice the second number by 4, while the third number is twice the first. If
the sum of the three number is 54, find the largest of the three numbers.
46. The head of a fish measures 22 cm long. The tail is as long as the head and half the body and the body is as long as
the head and tail. How long is the fish?
47. The denominator of a certain fraction is three more than twice the numerator. If 7 is added to both terms of the
fraction, the resulting fraction is 3/5. Find the original fraction.
48. A number is divided into two parts such that when the greater part is divided by the smaller, the quotient is 3 and
the remainder is 5. Find the smaller number if the sum of the two numbers is 37.
Age Problem
49. Harry is one-third as old as Ron and 8 years younger than Hermione. If Harry is 8 years old, what is the sum of
their ages?
50. Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as Ann was when Mary was as old as Ann now. How old is Ann?
51. In a certain family, the sum of the parents’ ages is twice the sum of their children’s ages. Five years ago, the sum
of the parents‘ age was four times the sum of the children’s age during that time. In fifteen years, the sum of the
parent’s ages will be equal to the sum of their children’s ages. How many children are there in the family?
52. Ann is eleven times as old as Beth. In a certain number of years, Ann will be five times as old as Beth and five
years after that, Ann will be three times as old as Beth. How old is Ann now?
53. A father is 27 years older than his son and 10 years from now, he will be twice as old as his son. How old is his son
now?
54. Juan is thrice as old as Jose was when Juan was as old as Jose is now. When Jose becomes twice as old as Juan is
now, together they will be 78 years. How old is Juan now?
55. Juan’s age on his birthday in 1989 is equal to the sum of the digits of the year 19XY in which he was born. If X
and Y satisfy the equation X – Y – 6 = 0, find the age of Juan in 1990
Digit Problem
56. The sum of the digits of a two – digit number is 11. If the digits are reversed, the resulting number is 7 more than
twice the original number. What is the original number?
57. A certain two-digit number is 1 less than five times the sum of its digits. If 9 were added to the number, its digit
would be reversed. Find the number.
58. In a three digit number, the hundreds digit is twice the units digit. If 396 is subtracted from the number, the order
of the digits will be reversed. Find the number if the sum of the digits is 17.

Mixture Problem
59. For a particular experiment, you need 5 liters of 10% solution. You find 7% and 12% solution on the shelf. How
much of the 7% solution you mix with the appropriate amount of the 12% solution to get 5 liters of 10% solution?
60. A tank contains 20 liters of a mixture of alcohol and water, which is 40% alcohol by volume. How much of the
mixture should be removed and replaced by an equal volume of water so that the resulting solution will be 25%
alcohol by volume?
61. A pound of alloy of lead and nickel weighs 14.4 ounces in water, where lead losses 1/11 of its weight and nickel
losses 1/9 of its weight. How much of each metal is in the alloy?
62. Fifty liters of acid solution contains 22% water. How many liters of water must be added to the solution so that the
resulting mixture will be 60% acid?
63. A chemist mixed 40 ml of 8% hydrochloric acid with 60 ml of 12% hydrochloric acid solution. She used a portion
of this solution and replaced it with distilled water. If the new solution tested 5.2% hydrochloric acid, how much
of the original solution did she use?
64. A 700-pound alloy containing 50% tin and 25% lead is to be added with amounts of pure tin pure lead to make an
alloy which is 60% tin and 20% lead. Determine how much pure tin must be added.
65. A container is required to secure his 200 of materials for a subbase from three pits with the following soil
analyses. From the first pit, the analysis is comprised of 55% coarse aggregate, 35% fine aggregate, and 10%
mineral filler. The second pit comprised of 65% coarse aggregate, 20% fine aggregate, 15% mineral filler. The
third pit composed of 10% coarse aggregate, 50% fine aggregate, and 40% mineral filler. The volumetric
composition of the combined materials as desired is set to 50% coarse aggregate, 35% fine aggregate, and 15%
mineral filler. How much soil must be taken from the first pit to produce the desired design mix?

Work Problem
66. One pipe can fill a tank in 6 hours and another pipe can fill the same tank in 3 hours, a drain pipe can empty the
tank in 24 hours. With all three pipes open, how long will it take to fill the tank?
67. A and B working together can finish a piece of work in 20 days. After working for 4 days, A quits and B finishes
the work in 24 days more. Find the number of days that B could finish the work alone.
68. 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 for C to do the work alone?
69. Juan after working on a job for 2 hours was helped by Jose and it took 3 hours more for them working together to
finish the job. Had they worked together from the start, it would only require 4 hours to finish the job. How long
would it take Juan to finish the job alone?
70. Twenty men have a contract to finish the job in 15 days. Ten men were hired at the start and after 6 days 10 men
are added. How many days were they delayed or ahead in finishing the job?
71. Eleven men can finish the job in 15 days. Five men were working at the start and after 6 days four men were
added. How many days will it take to finish the job?
72. Twenty men can finish the job in 30 days. Twenty five men were hired at the start and 10 quit after 20 days. How
many days will it take to finish the job?
73. On one job, two power shovels excavate 20,000 cu m of earth, the larger shovel working for 40 hours and the
smaller for 35 hours. On another job, they removed 40,000 cu m with the larger shovel working 70 hours and the
smaller working 90 hours. How much can each move in 1 hour working alone?

Motion Problem
74. A man drives a certain distance at 50 kph and a second man drives the same distance in 20 minutes less time at 60
kph. Find the distance traveled.
a. 130 km b. 120 km c. 110 km d. 100 km
75. A businessman traveled 1, 110 km to attend a company conference. He droved his car 60 km to an airport and flew
the rest of the way. His plane speed is 10 times that of his car. If he flew 45 minutes longer than he drove, how
long did he fly?
a. 1.25 hr b. 1.45 hr c. 1.75 hr d. 1.50 hr
76. A messenger travels from points A to B. If he will leave A at 8:00 and travels at 2 kph, he will arrive at B 3
minutes earlier than his expected time of arrival. However, if he will leave at 8:30 and travel at 3 kph, he will
arrive 6 minutes later than the expected time. What is the expected time of arrival?
77. An air plane went 360 miles in 2 hours with the wind and flying back the same route, it took 3 hours and 36
minutes against the wind. What was its speed in still air?
a. 60 mph b. 120 mph c. 140 mph d. 160 mph
78. A boat can travel 10 kph in still water. It can travel 60 km downstream in the same time that it can travel 40 km
upstream. What is the rate of the current?
 a. 2 kph b. 2.5 kph c. 3 kph d. 3.5 kph
79. The speed of the plane is 120 mi/hr in a calm. With the wind it can cover only 3/5 of that distance in the same
time. Find the velocity of the wind.
a. 10 mi/hr b. 30 mi/hr c. 20 mi/hr d. 40 mi/hr
80. A boatman rows to a place 45 km distant and back in 20 hour. He finds that he can row 12 km with the stream in
the same time as 4km against the stream. Find the speed of the stream.
A. 3 km/hr B. 2.5 km/hr C. 4 km/hr D. 3.5 km/hr
81. Distance between two stations A and B is 778km. A train covers the journey from A to B at 84km per hour and
returns back to A with a uniform speed of 56km per hour. Find the average speed of train during the whole
journey.
60 km/hr B. 30.5 km/hr C. 57 km/hr D. 67.2 km/hr
82. A motorboat whose speed is 15 km/hr in still water goes 30km downstream and comes back in four and a half
hours. The speed of the stream is:
A. 4.5 km/hr B. 6 km/hr C. 7 km/hr D. 5km/hr
Coin Problem
83. A boy has nickels, dimes and quarters amounting to $1.85. If he has twice as many dimes as quarters, and the
number of nickels is two fewer than twice the number of dimes, how many quarters are there?
a. 3 b. 6 c. 4 d.2
84. Miguel opens his piggy bank and found dimes, quarters and nickels with a total value of $1.90. There are twice as
many dimes as there are quarters and half as many nickels as quarters. How many quarters are there?
a. 8 b.2 c.4 d.1

85. The amount of P300, 000 is divided into 3 parts in the ratio 2:5:8 and these parts are invested at 2%, 4%
and 6% respectively. Find the income from 6% investment.
a. P6, 600 b. P7, 600 c. P8, 600 d. P9, 600
86. A purse contains $3.73 in pennies and nickels. If the number of pennies was halved and the number of
nickels was doubled, the money would amount to $7.04. How many nickels were there?

87. Dennis has P50, P100, and P200 paper bills amounting to P20, 300. Delio borrowed 14 pieces of P50 so
that the total amounts of P50 and P 100 bills are equal. Donalyn also borrowed 11 pieces of P200 bills so
that the total amounts of the remaining P200 and P 100 bills are equal. How many paper bills were left?
Clock Problem
88. At exactly what time after 5 o’clock will the hour hand and the minute hand be perpendicular for the first time?
89. How many minutes after 7 o’clock will the hands of the clock be perpendicular for the second time?
90. In how many minutes after 2 o’clock will the hands of the clock extend in opposite directions for the
first time?
91. How many minutes after 2 o’clock will the hands of the clock are together for the first time?
92. What time after 4 o’clock will the 7 o’clock mark bisects the angle formed by the hour hand and the
minute hand?

Other Problem
1. Find the number of different triangles which can be formed by joining the vertices of a decagon.
[Formula: n(n-1)(n-2)/6]
a. 150 b. 100 c. 120 d. 250
2. Which of the following forms a Fibonacci sequence?
a. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14….. c. 2,5,10,17,26,37
b. 1,1,2,3,5,8,13.. d. 3,7,15,31,63…
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3. Given set A = {1, 2}, find A .
a. {(1,1), (1,2), (2,1), (2,2)} c. {(1,1), (2,2)}
b. {(1,4)} d. {(2,1),(1,2),(1,4)}

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4. Find the inverse of y=x - 5.
3 3 3 3
a. y = X+5 b. y = x-5 c. y= (x-5) d. y=(x-5)
5. The Roman Numerals MCMLXXXIV is equivalent to
a. 1, 974 b. 1, 984 c. 1,934 d. 1,994
 6. A fruit vendor goes to market to buy fruits for resale at her store. She spends half her money for mangoes, and
one-third of what remains for bananas. She spends 150 for other fruits and still has 200 left from the amount
she originally had. How much money did she have at the start?
a. 1050 b. 5100 c. 1500 d. 1250

Supplementary Problems
1. A two digit number is equal to four times the sum of its digits while the sum of the squares of its digits is 20.
Find the number.
a. 24 b. 42
c. 62 d. 33
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2. The roots of the equation 2x – 13x + 20 = 0
a. Real and equal
b. real and unequal
c. complex and unequal
d. complex
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3. Find the remainder if the polynomial x – 3x + 5x + 7 is divided by x + 1.
a. 10 b. -10
c. 7 d. 0
4. Find the value of x such that (2x – 1), (3x – 10), (5x – 3) is an arithmetic sequence of three terms.
a. 16 b. 12
c. -16 d. -12
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5. Find the sum of the coefficient of the terms in the expansion of (5x – 3y) .
a. 14896 b. 12
c. 64 d. 27
6. Three numbers are in the ratio 2:5:8 if their sum is 60, find the numbers?
a. 9,35,40 b. 8,20,32
c. 7,45,16 d. 4,10,16
7. If the square of the difference of two given integers equals 13 while the product of those integers is 4, find the
sum of the square of the integers.
a. 8 b. 21
c. 10 d. 3
8. Determine the displacement, in feet, of an AUV vehicle skidding along a concrete pavement with a velocity of
90fps before it stops when the stopping period is 3sec.
a. 60 b. 100
c. 120 d. 135
9. When a circle rolls externally on the circumference of a second, fixed circle, any point P on the circumference
of the rolling circle describes ____.
a. Hypocycloid b. epicycloids
c. cycloid d. involute
10. It is the sequence of numbers such that successive term differ by a constant.
a. Arithmetic progression
b. infinite progression
c. geometric progression
d. harmonic progression
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11. If 4x + 18x + 8x – 4 divided by 2x + 3, compute the remainder.
a. 10 b. 0
c. 12 d. 11
12. 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. 600 b. 500
 c. 700 d. 400
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13. What is the sum of the exponents of the expansion (x + 2y) ?
a. 28 b. 210
c. 123 d. 54
14. Two candles of the same height and diameter burn at the same uniform rate. Each takes 6 hr to be consumed.
If the first candle is lit at 6:00PM and other at 8:00PM, at what time will the second cable be twice as tall as
the first?
a. 8:30 PM b. 9:30 PM
c. 9:45 PM d. 10:00 PM
15. What is the maximum number of squares that can be from a piece of wire 100 meters long if the area of each
square is 9 square meters?
a. 6 b. 7
c. 8 d. 9
16. Vivian was 50 years old when Tina was born. Now she is 2 years more than four times Tina’s age. How old is
Tina now?
a. 12 b. 16
c. 56 d. none of these
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17. Solve for x: (ax + 4x ) – 2x = a.
a. –a/3 b. a/3
c. 3/a d. -3/a
18. Solve for x:
a. 6 only b. 11 only
c. -6 only d. 6 and 11
19. In a club of 60 executives, 25 like to smoke Philip Morris and 45 like to smoke champion. How many like
both?
a. 10 b. 11
c. -10 d. 0
20. A 40 gram solution of acid and water is 40% acid by weight. How much pure acid must be added to this
solution to make it 70% acid?
a. 6.98 b. 4.90
c. 40 d. 4.97
21. Pedro can do a piece of work in 9 days, Juan in 12 days and Johnny in 18 days. Pedro and Juan work for 3
days, after which Johnny replace Juan. How long must Pedro and Johnny work together to finish the job?
a. 1.0 b. 2.5
c. 3.5 d. 4
22. Another term for Napierian logarithm.
a. Common b. base ten
c. hyperbolic d. exponential
23. For precious stones, 1 carat approximately weighs.
a. 20 mg b. 0.2 gm
c. 200 gm d. 2 mg
24. How many meters is 1 Myriameter (Mm)?
a. 100m b. 1000m
c. 10,000m d. 100 000m
25. How many grams is 1 Quintal (q)?
a. 100 000 b. 500 000
c. 10 000 d. 50 000
26. The sum of the infinite progression is 5. What is the first term if the common ratio is ½?
a. 1.5 b. 2
 c. 2.5 d. 5.7
27. If and g(y) = y + 2, then f[g(1)] equals;
a. 6 b. 4
c. 5 d. 3
28. The geometric mean proportion of 2 and 32 is:
a. 16 b. 17
c. 8 d. 18
xy
29. What is the natural logarithm of e ?
a. 1/xy b. xy
c. 2.718xy d.
30. The equation y = a1 + a2x is an algebraic expression for which of the following:
a. Cosine expansion series
b. projectile motion
c. potential energy
d. straight line
31. How many numbers between 10 and 200 are exactly divisible by 7?
a. 27 b. 26
c. 28 d. 29
32. The liquidated damages a contractor must pay if he goes beyond his contract time is P250 for the first day, and
thereafter, P50 more each day delayed. If he pays a total penalty of P40,500 how many days was he delayed?
a. 18 b. 24
c. 30 d. 36
33. What is the constant term in the expansion of ?
a. 5,500 b. 5005
c. 5050 d. 5750
34. If n is any positive integer, tehn (n-1)(n-2)(n-3)…..3(2)(1) = ?
a. -1 b. (n-1)!
c. 0 d. π
35. A father is twice older than his son. If the sum of their ages is 48, how old is each?
a. 16,32 b. 12, 36
c. 30, 18 d. 40, 8
36. A two-digit number is equal to four times the sun of its digits while the sum of the squares of its digits is 20.
Find the number.
a. 24 b. 42
c. 62 d. 33
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37. The roots of the equation 2x – 13x + 20 = 0.
a. Real and equal
b. real and unequal
c. compex and unequal
d. complex
6 4 3
38. Find the remainder if the polynomial x – 3x + 5x + 7 is divided by x + 1.
a. 10 b. -10
c. 7 d. 0
39. Find the value of x such that (2x – 1), (3x – 10), (5x – 3) is an arithmetic sequence of three terms.
a. 16 b. 12
c. -16 d. -12
40. If the square of the difference of two given integers equals 13 while the product of those integers is 4, find the
sum of the squares of the integers.
a. 8 b. 21
 c. 10 d. 3
41. Jose can finish a certain job in 10 days. After working one day, Pedro whose rate is twice that of Jose joined
him. How many days more will it take thte two to finish the job?
a. 8 b. 21
c. 10 d. 3
42. The tank of a car contains 50 liters of alcogas 25% of which pure alcohol. How much of the mixture msut be
drawn off which when replaced by pure alcohol will yield a 50-50% alcogas?
a. 16 2/3 b. 15 2/3
c. 14 d. 20
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43. The middle term in the expansion of (x – 3) .
8 8
a. 70x b. -70x
8 8
c. 5670x d. -5670x
44. How many numbers between 100 and 300 are divisible by 11?
a. 30 b. 18
c. 17 d. 16
45. Nicole is now 18 years old and his friend Annie is 14 years old. How many years ago was Nicole twice as old
as Annie?
a. 5 b. 7
c. 8 d. 10
46. If 16 is 4 more than 4x, find 5x-1;
a. 14 b. 3
c. 12 d. 5
47. If Inx = 3 and Iny = 4. Determine .
a. 1 b. 0.56
c.1.87 d. 0.3
48. One number is 8 times the other number and their sum is 45, what are the numbers?
a. 5, 40 b. 34,56
c. 23,56 d. 7, 12
49. How many significant figures in the number 0.003845?
a. 5 b. 6
c. 3 d. 4
5
50. Evaluate log 10
a. 1 b. 10
c. 5 d. 50
2
51. The value of k which will make 4x – 4kx + 5k a perfect square trinomial is:
a. 6 b. 5
c. 4 d. 3
52. How many terms in the progression 3, 5, 7,9 …… must be taken in order that the sum is 2, 600?
a. 53 b. 52
c. 51 d. 50
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53. Find the 6 term in the expansion of .
a. b.
c. d.
54. Find the sum to infinity of 1/3, 1/27, 1/243……
a. 3/8 b. 1/8
c. 5/8 d. 7/8
2 2 4 4
55. If x + y = 1 and x + y = 2. Find x + y .
a. ½ b. 4
 c. 7/2 d. 2
56. Find K so that the system 3x + 2y = 5 and 5 Kx – y = 5 has no solution.
a. 2/5 b. -1/5
c. 3/10 d. -3/10
57. It is the sequence of numbers such that successive term differ by a constant.
a. Arithmetic prgoression
b. infinite progression
c. geometric progression
d. harmonic progression
58. Given: log 6 + xlog 4 = log 4 + log(32 + 4x). Find the value of x.
a. 2 b. 4
c. 3 d. 6
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59. Find k in the equation 4x + kx + 1 = 0, so that it will just have one real root.
a. 1 b. 2
c. 3 d. 4
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60. The 10 term of the harmonic progression 6/5, 4/3, 3/2 …. Is
a. 12 b. 10/3
c. 11/3 d. 12/3
61. A father is twice older than his son and the sum of their ages is 48. How old is each?
a. 12, 36 b. 24, 36
c. 16, 32 d. none of these
4 3 2
62. The expression x + ax + 5x + bx = 6 when divided by (x – 2) leaves the remainder 16, and when divided by
(x – 1) leaves the remainder 10. Find the values of a and b.
a. A = -11/3, b = 5/3
b. a = -7/3, b = 5/4
c. a = 3/7, b = 5/6
d. a = 2/5, b = -4/7
63. 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?
a. Larger field, 9 m or 25/3m: smaller field, 5m or 11/3m
b. Larger field, 10m or 2/3m; smaller field, 5m or 11/3m
c. Larger field, 79m or 25/3m; smaller field, 5m or 11/3m
d. Larger field, 9m or 2/3m ; smaller field, 6m or 11/3m
64. 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 are formed by them. Find the dimensions of
each lot.
a. 60m and 40m or 68m and 24m
b. 60m and 40m or 68m and 24m
c. 60 m and 40m or 68m and 24 m
d. 60m and 40 m or 68 m and 24m
65. Which of the following has no middle term?
3 4
a. (x + y) b. (a – b)
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c. (u _ v) d. (x – y)
n 4 4
66. Find the middle term in the expansion of (x + 2y) is kx y , find k and n.
10 5 12 5
a. -8.064x y b. -8.86x y
10 5 10 6
c. -9,064x y d. -8,064x y
n 4 4
67. If the middle term in the expansion of (x + 2y) kx y , find k and n.
a. N = 8, k = 1,120
b. n = 58, k = 2,120
c. n = 9, k = 1,620
d. n = 6, k = 1,190
 2 3 n 8 12
68. If the rth term of (x – 2y ) is Cx y , find the value of C.
a. 1120 b. 1209
c. 453 d. 345
69. Mara is 24 years old now. Maria was twice as old as Ana when Maria was old as Anna is now. How old is
Anna now?
a. 16 years old b. 18 years old
c. 20 years old d. 14 years old
70. A father is twice as old as his son and the sum of their age is 48. How old is each?
a. 16, 32 b. 12, 36
c. 12, 24 d. nota
71. 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.
a. Juan 24 years old and pedro 16 years old
b. juan 24 years old and pedro 20 years old
c. Juan 24 years old and Pedro 12 years old
d. Juan 25 years old and Pedro is 19 years old
72. The sum of the ages of two boys is four times the sum of the ages of a certain number of girls. Four years ago,
the sum of the ages of the girls was one eleventh of the sum of the ages of the boys and eight years hence, the
sum of the ages of the girls will be one half that of the boys. How many girls are there?
a. 4 b. 5
c. 6 d. 8
73. 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?
a. 17 and 115 b. 12 and 23
c. 20 and 102 d. 123 and 10
74. A number of two digits divided by the sum of the digits 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.
a. 725 b. 675
c. 435 d. 126
75. 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?
a. 5.71 b. 5.17
c. 7.51 d. 15.7
76. Three numbers are in the ratio 2:5:8. If their sum is 60, find the numbers,
a. 8, 20 b. 34, 12
c. 25, 43 d. 45, 23
77. The square of a number increased by 16 is the same as 10 times the number. Find the number.
a. 8, 2 b. 6, 4
c. 6, 4 d. 9, 5
78. The sum of the digits of a three 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.
a. 264 b. 342
c. 564 d. 652
79. How much water must be evaporated form 80 liters of 12% solution of salt in order to obtain a 20% solution
of salt?
a. 32 L b. 40 L
c. 50L d. 60L
80. How many liters of water must be added to 100 liters of 85% sulfuric acid solution to produce 60% sulfuric
acid solution?
a. 41.67 L b. 54.3 L
 c. 62.1 L d. 32.5 L
81. A certain solution should contain 8% alcohol. If it was mistakenly mixed to contain 6% alcohol, how much
must be drawn from a 5 liter tank and replaced by 10 percent alcohol solution to provide the proper
concentration?
a. 2.5 L b. 5.4L
c. 4.2L d. 6.4L
82. A certain amount of 80% sugar solution added to another amount of 40% sugar solution yields a solution that
contains 14 kg of sugar. Had the amount been reversed, the solution would have contained 16 kg sugar. How
much of the 80% solution was there?
a. 10 kg b. 12kg
c. 8 kg d. 14 kg
83. Ten liters of 25% salt solution and 15 liter of 35% salt solution are poured into a drum originally containing 30
liters of 10% salt solution. What is the concentration of salt in the mixture?
a. 19.55% b. 22.15%
c. 27.05% d. 25.72%
84. Two cyclists are practicing on a circular tract of circumference 276 meter. Starting at the same instant and
from the same place, when they run in opposite directions they pas each other every 6 seconds and when they
run the same direction the faster passes the slower at every 23 seconds. Determine their rates.
a. F = 29 m/s, S = 17 m/s
b. F = 19, S = 15
c. F = 21, S = 28
d. F = 25, S = 16
85. Two cars A and B start at the same point and at the same time and travel in opposite directions, car B traveling
20 km/hr slower than A. If they are 420 kilometers apart after 3 hours, find the rate of each.
a. 60 kph, 80 kph b. 50, 70
c. 40, 50 d. 35, 70
86. Two cars A and B are to race around a 1,500 meter circular track. If they will start the same point and travel
opposite direction, they will meet for the first time in 3 minutes. But if they will travel in the same direction,
with the starting point, car A will reach the starting point with car B traveling behind by 500 meters. What
should be the rates of each?
a. 300m/min, 200 m/min
b. 200, 100
c. 400, 300
d. 250, 350
87. A man walked 24 km in time T. during the first part of this time, he walked at 6 kph and the last part at 4 kph.
Had he reversed his rates, he would have walked two km more. Find the time.
a. 5hrs b. 6hrs
c. 3 hrs d. 7hrs
88. A pendulum swings 24 inches for the first time. It is swinging 11/12 of its previous swing. What would be the
total distance when the pendulum stopped?
a. 288 b. 264
c. 268 d. 312
89. Two positive numbers may be inserted between 3 and 9 such that the first three are in geometric progression,
while the last three are in arithmetic progression. What is the sum of these two positive integers?
a. 1.25 b. 12.25
c. 11.25 d. 6.25
90. 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?
a. 17 logs b. 14
c. 19 d. 20
th nd th
91. The 18 and the 52 terms of an arithmetic progression are 3 and 173, respectively. The 25 term is
a. 38 b. 35
c. 28 d. 25
92. 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.
a. 4 terms b. 5 terms
c. 6 terms d. 8 terms
93. The sum of three numbers in A.P is 27. If the frist number is increased by 2, the second by 7, and the third by
20, the resulting number will be in G.P. Find the original numbers.
a. 6, 9, 12 b. 4, 9, 14 c. 5, 9, 13 d. 9, 12, 15
94. 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?
a. 30,20,60 b. 20,50,70
c. 10, 40,50 d. 40,50,29
95. A man can finished a certain job in three fourths the time that the boy can; the boy can finish the same job in
two thirds the time that a girl can; and the man and the girl working only jointly can finish the job in 4 hours.
How long will it take to finish if they all work together?
a. 8/3hr b. 7/3hr
c. 9/5hr d. 2/3hr
96. Two brothers washed the family car in 24 minutes. Previously, when each had washed the car alone, they
younger boy took 20 min. longer to do the job than the older boy. How long did it take the older boy to wash
the car alone?
a. 40 minutes b. 30 minutes
c. 20 minutes d. 50 minutes
97. 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?
a. 1hr & 5.45 min
b. 2hr & 6.75 min
c. 3hr & 3.45 min
d. 4hr & 3.5 min
98. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock do the hands of the clock coincide?
a. 4:21.82 o’clock
b. 5:22.34 o’clock
c. 3:31.3 o’clock
d. 6:8.32 o’clock
99. 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?
a. 22.4 seconds b. 21.3 seconds
c. 25.6 seconds d. 30.5 seconds
100. 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?
a. 9:20 b. 9:30
c. 9:10 d. 9:40
101. Two times the fathers age is 8 more than six times his son’s age. Then year ago, the sum of their ages was 44.
The age of the son is
a. 15 b. 49
c. 20 d. 18
102. Think of a number, double the number. Subtract 6 from the result and divide the answer by 2. The quotient
will be 20. What is the number you think?
a. 12 b. 20
c. 23 d. 32
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103. The product of the roots of the equation x – (k + 2)x + 3k – 3 = 0 is five more than the sum of its roots. Find
the roots.
a. 1.2 b. 2.3
c. 3.4 d. 4.5
Engr. Mark Paolo C. Abag, REE