LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR TEACHERS

REFRESHER COURSE
PRACTICE EXERCISES

Focus:
Mathematics – General Education

Prepared by:
1. How many 1/8 are there in 2 5/8?
a. 21 b. 22 c. 23 d. 24

2. A blue neon light blinks every 4

seconds. A red one blinks every 5
seconds while a green one blinks every
6 seconds. How many times will they
blink together in one hour?
a. once c. 20 times
b. 10 times d. 60 times
3. Which of the following is divisible by 3,
but not by 9?
a. 11,070 c. 45,072
b. 20,103 d. 19,386

4. The distance between two towns on a

given map is 2 ¾ cm. If ½ cm represents
6 km, what is the distance between the
two towns?
a. 18 km c. 36 km
b. 33 km d. 42 km
5. Margo paid P400 for a blouse. If the
blouse was sold at 20% discount, what
was its original price?
a. P80 c. P500
b. P480 d. P540

6. The area of a rectangle is 117cm2. Find

its perimeter if its length is 13 cm.
a. 9 cm c. 44 cm
b. 30 cm d. 54 cm
7. What is the sum of the first five prime
numbers?
a. 11 b. 18 c. 26 d. 28

8. In the sequence of starts and stops, an

elevator travels from the first floor to the
fifth floor and then to the second floor.
From there, the elevator travels to the
fourth floor and then to the third floor. If
the floors are 3 meters apart, how far
has the elevator traveled?
a. 18 m b. 27 m c. 30 m d. 45 m
9. The volume of a fixed mass of a perfect
gas at constant temperature is inversely
proportional to the pressure. If the volume
is 8L when the pressure is 3 atmospheres,
find the volume when the pressure is 5
atmosphere?
a. 4.8L b. 5.2L c. 5.6Ld. 6L

10. Which of the following has the greatest

value?
a. 0.351 c. 3/10
b. 35/100 d. 3/9
11. Which of the following numbers is
greater than - 3/2?
a. - 4/3 b. - 3 c. - 7/4 d. - 2

12. Simplify 1/3 + 2/5 – 2/6.

a. 1/14 b. 1/5 c. 2/3 d. 2/5
13. Find the product of (2 ½) (5/7) (2/5)
a. 0 b. 5/14 c. 1 d. 5/7

14. Simplify [2 (-3)2 – (-4)(-5) – 2 ]

a. -4 b. 14 c. 28 d. 10

15. 3/8 of a revolution is how many degrees?

a. 225o c. 67.5o
b. 150o d. 135o
16. How much would 215 boxes of paper
clips cost if each box costs P 6.75?
a. P1250.75 c. P 1451.25
b. P1355.25 d. P 1455.75

17. What is the least common multiple of

9, 8 and 18?
a. 36 b. 54 c. 72 d. 144
18. A group of young people from 4
countries gathered together for an
international workshop: 60 from Manila,
48 from Jakarta, 54 from Kuala Lumpur
and 42 from Bangkok. The participants
will form discussion groups with equal
number of members from each country in
each group. What is the greatest number
of discussion groups that can be formed?
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a. 6 b. 12 c. 18 d. 24
19. What are the two digits which when
inserted in the blank spaces will make
934__ __ divisible by 8?
a. 3 and 4 c. 5 and 0
b. 3 and 0 d. 0 and 0

20. Which of the following is NOT true about

the sum of two consecutive odd integers?
a. It is even
b. It is divisible by 4
c. it is only divisible by 2
d. it is always divisible by 1
21. The ratio of the number of boys to the
number of girls in a class is 2:3. If there
are 40 pupils in the class, how many boys
are there?
a. 8 b. 16 c. 18 d. 24

22. Your mother paid P94.50 for 3 1/2

dozens of eggs. How much would 2
dozens of such eggs cost?
a. P 50.50 c. P 55
b. P 54 d. P 56.75
23. Arthur divides his day into leisure,
sleep and work in the ratio of 1:2:3. How
many hours does he spend working?
a. 4 hours c. 10 hours
b. 8 hours d. 12 hours

24. It takes 20 men to build a house for 60

days. How many men will be needed to
build it in 15 days?
a. 5 b. 80 c. 100 d. 120
25. Which of these is a correct proportion?
a. 3 : 5 = 5 : 10 c. 1 ½ : 2 = 5 : 7
b. 7 : 10 = 15 : 18 d. 4 : 9 = 2 : 4 ½

26. Express 24 % in fraction form.

a. ¼ c. 12/51
b. 5/8 d. 6/25

27. How much larger than 20% of 950 is

40% of 600?
a. 50 b. 54 c. 60 d. 68
28. Which of the following is true?
a. 12% < 0.8 c. 40% > 0.4
b. 30 % = 0.03 d. 25% = 0.5

29. In a class of 40 pupils, 40% are boys.

How many are girls?
a. 15 b. 17 c. 20 d. 24
30. My brother took two hrs. to spend a model
boat. He spent 75% of that time reading the
instructions. How much time did he actually
spend on the construction of the boat?
a. 25 minutes c. 50 minutes
b. 30 minutes d. 85 minutes

31. In an examination, 24% of the pupils failed

in Math and 33% in Science. If 9% of the
students failed in both subjects, find the
percent of students who passed in both
subjects?
a. 45% b. 49% c. 52% d. 61%
32. On board an inter-island ship, 25% of
the passenger travel 1st class, 30% travel
2nd class, and 729 travel 3rd class. How
many passengers are there?
a. 1255 c. 1565
b. 1482 d. 1620

33. One angle of a parallelogram is 35?

What are the measures of the three other
angles?
a. 145º,35º,145º c. 85º,135º,140º
b. 45º,65º,170º d. 35º,65º,65º
34. The outer diameter of a metal pipe is 3
¼ cm and the inner diameter is 2 ¾ cm.
Find the thickness of the pipe.
a. ½ cm c. 1/8 cm
b. ¼ cm d. ¾ cm

35. How many pieces of ribbon, each 75

cm long could be cut from a roll
containing 18 meters of ribbon?
a. 12 b. 16 c. 18 d. 24
36. Laura jogs at least 1,500 meters
everyday on a circular track. If the track
has a diameter of 80 meters, about how
many rounds does Laura jog everyday?
a. 15 b. 12 c. 9 d. 6

37. A tank is a rectangular prism. Its

dimensions are 50 cm x 40 cm x 10 cm.
If it is filled with water, what is the
volume or capacity of the water?
a. 500 cc c. 5000 cc
b. 2000 cc d. 20000 cc
38. If a peso coin weighs 15 grams, about
how much money will you have if you
have a kilogram of 1- peso coins?
a. P 6 c. P 660
b. P 66 d. P 6,600

39. A right cylindrical can is to hold exactly

3 liters of water. What should the height
of the can be if the radius is 10 cm?
a. 3.25 cm c. 9.55 cm
b. 6.4 cm d. 12.35 cm
40. Which of the following gives the prime
factorization of 54?
a. 22 • 32 c. 23 • 33
b. 2 • 33 d. 23 • 32

41. Which property of real numbers does

the statement (a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
illustrate?
a. associative c. commutative
b. closure d. distributive
42. If 2a + 2b + 3c = 16 and c = 2, what is
the value of (a + b)2 ?
a. 5 b. 10 c. 25 d. 625

43. If x = y2, how would x change if y is

doubled?
a. double c. quadruple
b. triple d. get squared
44. A boat travels 8kph in still water. If it
can travel a given distance upstream in
5 hrs and the same distance
downstream in 3hrs, what is the rate of
the current?
a. 2kph b. 5kph c. 8kph d. 9kph

45. What is the value of (x – 6) if 2(x – 3)

+ 5 = 19?
a. – 1 b. 4 c. 16 d. 20
46. It takes 27 women to clean the building in
15 days. at this rate, how many women will
be needed to clean the same building in 9
days?
a. 32 b. 45 c. 55 d. 60

47. In series of card games, Jun stars out

with P100 and wins a total of P400. If he
later loses P300, wins P50 and loses P250,
how much cash does Jun have?
a. P 0 c. P50
b. P25 d. P100
48. Your score in a game is -12. How
many points must you earn to get a
score of 18?
a. -6 b. 6 c. 10 d. 30

49. If the sum of a certain number and 8

is divided by 5, the quotient is 5. What
is the number?
a. 5 b. 7 c. 10 d. 17
50. A bus has seven vacant seats. If there
additional passengers enter the bus, in how
many different ways can they be seated?
a. 6 b. 210 c. 5040 d. 35

51. Jeepney fares are computed as follows:

P5.50 for the first four kilometers plus P0.50
for every additional kilometer thereof. How
much should you pay for a ride that covers 11
kilometers?
a. P8.00 c. P9.50
b. P9.00 d. P10.00
52. Which of the following is greater than
1?
a. 1/3 – 1/4 c. 1/3 x 1/4
b. 1/3 + 1/4 d. 1/3 ÷ ¼

53. Which is a set of equivalent fractions?

a. 2/3, 4/6, 8/12 c. 4/5, 3/4, 7/10
b. 2/3, 4/6, 7/10 d. 3/4, 7/10, 4/5
54. 2/3 – 1/4 equals
1/3
a. 3/4 b. 1 ¼ c. 1 d. 4/3

55. Your mother left 3/4 pan of a cake on

the table. Your sister ate 2/3 of it. What
fraction of cake was left?
a. 1/6 b. 1/4 c. 1/3 d. 1/2
56. The distance from C to D is 24 km.
The distance from B to C is 2/3 of the
distance from C to D. The distance from
A to B is 3/8 of the distance from B to C.
What is the distance from A to B?
B
C D
A

a. 3 km b. 5 km c. 6 km d. 7 km
57. Julie buys a washing machine for
P7,920. He pays 1/3 of the price in cash
and the balance in 12 equal monthly
installments. How much will he pay each
month?
a. P 200 c. P 400
b. P 350 d. P 440

58. Ten liters of 15% salt solution is mixed with

15 liters of 10% salt solution. What is the
concentration of the resulting solution?
a. 10% b. 12% c. 12.5% d. 13%
59. Arman is 5 yrs older than Ann. Three years
ago, he was twice as old as Ann. How old is
Ann today?
a. 6 b. 8 c. 13 d. 15

60. For the rest of the day, Bus A passes by

station 3 every 45 minutes, while Bus B passes
by Station 3 every 1 hour and 15 minutes. If the
two buses pass by Station 3 at 7:00 A.M., at
what time will they both pass the station at the
same time?
a. 9:30 c. 10:45
b. 10:15 d. 11:15
61. Find the GCF of 12, 32, and 56.
a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 56

62. Two bells ring at 8 A.M. For the rest of

the day, one bell rings every half hour,
while the other bell rings every 45
minutes. What time will both bells ring at
the same time again?
a. 9:00 A.M. c. 9:30 A.M.
b. 9: 15 A.M. d. 9:45 A.M.
63. Which of the following numbers give a
remainder of 2 when divided by 5 and a
remainder of 1 when divided by 4?
a. 10 b. 15 c. 17 d. 22

64. What number can be inserted in the

blank space so that 59__172 is divisible
by 6?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
65. Jeff had fewer than 100 blocks. When
he made four equal rows, he had three
left over, and with 9 equal rows, he had
none left over. How many blocks did
Jeff have?
a. 54 b. 63 c. 72 d. 91

66. How many prime numbers are less

than 31?
a. 8 b. 10 c. 12 d. 13
67. If one prime factor of 42 is 3, what are
the other prime factors?
a. 2 and 3 c. 2 and 7
b. 3 and 5 d. 3 and 7

68. A kilogram of dried fish costs P240.

Manny wants to buy 400 grams only.
How much will it cost?
a. P 96 c. P 120
b. P 110 d. P 130
69. If there are 18 apples and 45 bananas
in a fruit basket, what is the ratio of the
apples to the bananas?
a. 2:5 b. 2:6 c. 3:7 d. 4:7

70. A 3 ½ meter ribbon is cut into four

pieces in the ratio 1:2:3:4. Find the
length of the longest piece.
a. 30 cm c. 110 cm
b. 50 cm d. 140 cm
71. What is x in 1 : x = x : 64?
a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 8

72. A tank of water, supplies the needs of

5 children for 6 days. How long will the
water last if there were only 3 children?
a. 3.6 days c. 7 days
b. 5.6 days d. 10 days
73. A man gives 10 % of his monthly earnings to
the church. Another 70% is spent on food,
electricity, water and other bills. After paying all
these, he still has P 2 000. How much does he
earn in a month?
a. P 5 000 c. P 10 000
b. P 7 000 d. P 12 000

74. In a candy jar, there are 15 lemons, 12

chocolates, and 3 mints. What percent of the
candies are mints?
a. 10 % c. 13.5%
b. 12 % d. 15%
75. The cell phone model 3110 sold for
P4000 in 2001. Two years later, the same
cellphone model sold for P 2800. What was
the percent decrease of the price?
a. 15% b. 20% c. 25% d. 30%

76. A conical tank is 12 meters high and the

diameter of the top is 8 meters. If the tank
is filled with water to a depth of 3 meters,
what is the area of the surface of the
water?
a. π b. 2π c. 4π d. 16π
77. The perimeter of a rectangular lawn is
37 meters. If it is 8 meters wide, how
long is the lawn?
a. 9 ½ m c. 10 ½
b. 10 m d. 12 m

78. The area of a square is 225 cm2. .

What is the perimeter in centimeters?
a. 20 b. 30 c. 50 d. 60
79. A container contains 5 liters of water. If
this will be placed in bottles that should
contain 450 milliliters each, how many
bottles are needed?
a. 9 b. 11 c. 13 d. 14

80. If the volume of a cube with 6 sides is

equal to the volume of a rectangular solid
with length 12 and width 9, then the
height of the rectangular solid is
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
81. The volume of a cylinder is given by the
formula V = πr2h. The approximate volume
of a cylinder with radius 5 cm and
perpendicular height of 8 cm is ______.
a. 72.8 cm3 c. 628 cm3
b. 125.6 cm3 d. 685 cm3

82. Joshua cuts out the largest circle

possible from a square whose edge is 10
cm. What is the area of the circle?
a. 17.6 cm2 c. 78 cm2
b. 34.5 cm2 d. 90.2 cm2
83. At the beginning of the month, the
school tank was 8/9 full. After 1 week, it
was 2/9 full. If the tank’s capacity is 27
cubic meters, how much water was used
in 1 week?
a. 12 cu. m c. 16 cu. m
b. 14 cu. m d. 18 cu. m

84. An angle of equiangular triangle is given

by 4x – 4. What is the degree measure of
x?
a. 16o b. 32o c. 18o d. 30o
85. The sum of the two interior angles of a
triangle is equal to the third angle and the
difference of the two angles is equal to 2/3
of the third angle. Find the third angle.
a. 15o b. 75o c. 90o d. 120o

86. The sum of two numbers is 52 and their

difference is 20. What is the larger
number?
a. 16 b. 26 c. 36 d. 46
87. If x = 7 and y = 4, what is the value of
the expression (2x2 + 3y3) + (4x3 – 2y)?
a. 1456 c. 1645
b. 1654 d. 1564

88. If 3x+1 = 81, find x.

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

89. If 65% of x is 195, what is 75% of x?

a. 215 b. 225 c. 235 d. 250
90. If the circumference of a circle is equal to
the perimeter of a square, then what is the
ratio of the area of the circle to the area of
the square?
a. 4/π b. π/4 c. 4π d. 2/π

91. If 910 + 910 + 910 = 3x, then what is x?

a. 20 b. 21 c. 22 d. 23

92. Solve for x: log (2x + 7) – log (x – 1) =

log 5
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
93. A man rowed 16 km upstream in 4 hours.
If the river flowed with a current of 2 kph.
How long did the man’s return trip take?
a. 2 minutes c. 2 hours
b. 45 minutes d. 6 hours

94. Earnest can do a job in 2 hours, Dave can

do the same job in 3 hours, and Noel can
do the job in 6 hours. Working together how
long does it take them to finish the job?
a. 6/11 hour c. 1 hour
b. 1/2 hour d. 1/3 hour
95. How many terms are in the arithmetic
progression: 7,10,13,16,……..79?
a. 21 b. 23 c. 25 d. 27

96. Compute the sum of the terms in arithmetic

progression 7,10,13,16,……,79
a. 1075 b. 1080 c. 1085 d. 1090

97. A 30% solution of barium chloride is mixed

with 10 liters of water to form a 20% solution.
How many liters of the original solution did we
start with?
a. 10 b. 15 c. 20 d. 25
98. Bianca is twice as old as Pio and Neggie
is twice as old as Bianca. In ten years,
their combined ages will be 58. How old is
Bianca now?
a. 4 b. 8 c. 16 d. 32
99. A father and son working together can
finish painting a room in 6 hours. Working
alone, a father takes 9 hours to do the
painting. How many painting hours will it
take the son, working alone, to finish
painting the room?
a. 18 b. 15 c. 75 d. 12
100. At 9 am, two cyclists simultaneously leave
their houses and travel towards each other
on the same road. Houses A and B are
located 130 miles away from each other. If
the cyclist who leaves from House A pedals
at a constant speed of 30 mph, and the
cyclist who leaves from House B travels at 20
mph, how far from House A will the two meet
and at what time?
a. 78 miles at 11:36 c. 82 miles at
11:42
b. 75 miles at 11:30 d. 80 miles at
101. A motorboat goes 3 miles upstream in the
same time required to go 5 miles
downstream. If the rate of flow of the river is
3 miles per hour, find the speed of the
motorboat in still water.
a. 10 mph c. 12 mph
b. 11 mph d. 14 mph

102. How many ounces of pure silver must be

added to 100 ounces, 40% pure, to make an
alloy which is 65% pure silver?
a. 67 3/7% c. 69 3/7%
b. 73 3/7% d. 71 3/7%
103. The measure of an angle of a regular
polygon is 135o, then how many sides
does a polygon have?
a. 8 b. 9 c. 10 d. 11

104. A man 32 years old has a son 8 years

of age. In how many years the man will
be twice as old as his son?
a. 8 years c. 24 years
b. 16 years d. 36 years
105. Anna has an average of 87% on 5
exams in Statistics. What must she get
in the 6th exam to get an average of 88%
on the 6 exams?
a. 87% b. 88% c. 93% d.
95%
106. There are 5 routes between an
executive homes and her place of work. In
how many ways can she go to and from
work if she does not want to use the same
route both ways?
a. 5 b. 25 c. 20 d. 4
107. 4 married couples have purchased 8
seats in a row for a basketball game. In
how many different ways can they be
seated if each couple is to sit together?
a. 384 b. 350 c. 345 d. 360
108. A pair of dice is thrown. What is the
probability of throwing a double number?
a. 1/3 b. 1/6 c. 1/12 d. 1/36

109. A coffee shop offers 4 flavors of

coffee, mocha, capuccino, vanilla and
latte. Coffee may be served hot or cold,
and it comes in tall, regular, and short
sizes. In how many ways can the
costumer order his/her coffee?
a. 3 ways c. 24 ways
b. 8 ways d. 36 ways
110. In how many distinguishable ways
can the letters of the word “CINCINNATI”
be arranged?
a. 5,040 c. 25,200
b. 50,400 d. 8,400

111. In how many ways can 7 people

seated around a circular table?
a. 49 b. 720 c. 5,040 d. 14
112. Compute for the standard score of 31 if the
mean is 25 and the standard deviation is 2.
a. – 3.00 b. 1.75 c. 3.00 d. – 1.75

113. The probabilities that a student will get an

A, B, or a C in a history course are 0.09, 0.15,
0.53. What is the probability that the student
will get a grade lower than C?
a. 0.23 b. 0.35 c. 0.68 d. 0.77
115. From the figure below, lines m and n
are parallel. Which of the following is not
true? p
a. 1 and 3 are vertical
angles.
m 1 2 b. 2 and 6 are
4 3 corresponding angles.
c. 5 and 8 are alternate
interior angles.
n 5 6 d. 3 and 4 are linear pair.
8 7 dlsau-exer-2015
118. Henry’s father is now twice as old as
he is. Sixteen years ago, he was four
times as old. How old the father now?
a. 24 b. 48 c. 18 d.
36

119. In 11 years, Jonathan will be 5 times

as old as he was 9 years ago. How old
is he now?
a. 10 b. 12 c. 14 d.
16
120. Two alcohol solutions consist of 40
gallons of 35% alcohol and the other
one containing 50% alcohol. If the two
solutions are combined together, they
will have a mixture of 40% alcohol. How
many gallons of solutions containing
50% alcohol?
a. 15 b. 10 c. 25 d.
20
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