Problem 1: CE Board May 1995

In how many minutes after 2 oclock will the hands of the

clock extend in opposite directions for the first time?
A. 42.4 minutes
B. 42.8 minutes
C. 43.2 minutes
D. 43.6 minutes
Problem 2: CE Board November 1995
In how many minutes after 7 oclock will the hands be
directly opposite each other for the first time?
A. 5.22 minutes
B. 5.33 minutes
C. 5.46 minutes
D. 5.54 minutes
Problem 3: CE Board May 1997
What time after 3 oclock will the hands of the clock are
together for the first time?
A. 3:02.30
B. 3:17.37
C. 3:14.32
D. 3:16.36
Problem 4: GE Board February 1997
At what time after 12:00 noon will the hour hand and minute
hand of the clock first form an angle of 120o?
A. 12:18.818
B. 12:21.818
C. 12:22.818
D. 12:24.818
Problem 5:

At what time between 8 and 9 oclock will the minute hand

coincide with the hour hand?
A. 8:42.5
B. 8:43.2
C. 8:43.6
D. 8:43.9
Problem 6: EE Board October 1990
A man left his home at past 3:00 oclock PM as indicated in
his wall clock, between 2 to 3 hours after, he returns home
and noticed the hands of the clock interchanged. At what
time did the man leave his home?
A. 3:31.47
B. 3:21.45
C. 3:46.10
D. 3:36.50
Problem 7: GE Board February 1994
Form the time 6:15 PM to the time 7:45 PM of the same
day, the minute hand of a standard clock describes an arc of?
A. 60o
B. 90o
C. 180o
D. 540o
Problem 8: EE Board April 1990
A storage battery discharges at a rate which is proportional to
the charge. If the charge is reduced by 50% of its original
value at the end of 2 days, how long will it take to reduce the
charge to 25% of its original charge?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5

 D. 6
Problem 9: ECE Board April 1990
The resistance of a wire varies directly with its length and
inversely with its area. If a certain piece of wire 10 m long
and 0.10 cm in diameter has a resistance of 100 ohms, what
will its resistance be if its is uniformly stretched so that its
length becomes 12 m?
A. 80
B. 90
C. 144
D. 120
Problem 10: CE Board May 1993
Given that w varies directly as the product of x and y
and inversely as the square of z and that w = 4 when x =
2, y = 6 and z = 3. Find the value of w when x = 1, y = 4
and z = 2.
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
Problem 11: ECE Board November 1993
If x varies directly as y and inversely as z, and x = 14 when y
=7 and z = 2, find the value of x when y = 16 and z = 4.
A. 14
B. 4
C. 16
D. 8
Problem 12: EE Board March 1998

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 115kilovolt line rated at 100 amperes can transmit 150
megawatts over 150 km. How much power, in megawatts can
a 230 kilovolt line rated at 150 amperes transmit over 100
km?
A. 785
B. 485
C. 675
D. 595
Problem 13: ME Board October 1992
The time required for an elevator to lift a weight varies
directly with the weight and the distance through which it is
to be lifted and inversely as the power of the motor. If it takes
30s seconds for a 10hp motor to lift 100 lbs through 50 feet,
what size of motor is required to lift 800 lbs in 40s seconds
through 40 feet?
A. 42
B. 44
C. 46
D. 48
Problem 14:
The selling price of TV set is double that of its cost. If the TV
set was sold to a customer at a profit of 25% of the net cost,
how much discount was given to the customer?
A. 33.7 %
B. 35.7 %

 C. 37.7 %
D. 34.7 %
Problem 15:
A group of EE examinees decided to hire a mathematics tutor
from Excel Review Center and planned to contribute equal
amount for the tutors fee. If there were 10 more examinees,
each would have paid P2 less. However, if there were 5 less
examinees, each would have paid P2 more. How many
examinees are there in the group?
A. 14
B. 16
C. 18
D. 20
Problem 16: EE Board March 1998
A bookstore purchased a best selling price book
at P200.00per copy. At what price should this book be sold
so that, giving a 20% discount, the profit is 30%?
A. P 450
B. P 500
C. P 357
D. P 400
Problem 17: ECE Board November 1993
Jojo bought a second hand Betamax VCR and then sold it to
Rudy at a profit of 40%. Rudy then sold the VCR to Noel at a
profit of 20%. If Noel paid P2, 856 more than it cost to Jojo,
how much did Jojo paid for the unit?
A. P 4,000

 B. P 4,100
C. P 4,200
D. P 4,300
Problem 18: EE Board March 1998
In a certain community of 1,200 people, 60% are literate. Of
the males, 50% are literate and of the females 70% are
literate. What is the female population?
A. 850
B. 500
C. 550
D. 600
Problem 19: ECE Board March 1996
A merchant has three items on sale, namely a radio for P50, a
clock for P30 and a flashlight for P1. At the end of the day, he
sold a total of 100 of the three items and has taken exactly
P1000 on the total sales. How many radios did he sale?
A. 16
B. 20
C. 18
D. 24
Problem 20: ME Board October 1996
The arithmetic mean of a and b is?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Problem 21:
The sum of three arithmetic means between 34 and 42 is?
A. 114
B. 124
C. 134
D. 144
Problem 22: EE Board March 1998
Gravity causes a body to fall 16.1 ft in the first second, 48.3
in the 2nd second, 80.5 in the 3rd second. How far did the body
fall during the 10th second?
A. 248.7 ft
B. 308.1 ft
C. 241.5 ft
D. 305.9 ft
Problem 23:
If the first term of arithmetic progression is 25 and the fourth
term is 13, what is the third term?
A. 17
B. 18
C. 19
D. 20
Problem 24: ECE Board November 1998
Find the 30th term of the arithmetic progression 4, 7, 10, .
A. 75
B. 88
C. 90
D. 91

Problem 25: CE Board May 1993, CE Board May 1994,

CE Board November 1994
How many terms of the progression 3, 5, 7, must be taken
in order that their sum will be 2600?
A. 48
B. 49
C. 50
D. 51
Problem 26: ME Board April 1995
In pile of logs, each layer 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?
A. 11
B. 12
C. 13
D. 14
Problem 27: CE Board May 1995
What is the sum of the progression 4, 9, 14, 19 up to the
20th term?
A. 1030
B. 1035
C. 1040
D. 1045
Problem 28: EE Board April 1997
A stack of bricks has 61 bricks 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
B. 637
C. 639
D. 640
Problem 29: CE Board May 1998
Determine the sum of the progression if there are 7
arithmetic mean between 3 and 35.
A. 171
B. 182
C. 232
D. 216
Problem 30: ECE Board April 1995
A besiege fortress is held by 5700 men who have provisions
for 66 days. If the garrison losses 20 men each day, for how
many days can the provision hold out?
A. 72
B. 74
C. 76
D. 78
Problem 31: CE Board May 1991
In the recent Gulf War in the Middle East, the allied forces
captured 6400 of Saddams soldiers and with provisions on
hand it will last for 216 meals while feeding 3 meals a day.
The provision lasted 9 more days because of daily deaths. At
an average, how many died per day?
A. 15
B. 16

 C. 17
D. 18
Problem 32: GE Board July 1993
A Geodetic Engineering student got a score of 30% on Test 1
of the five number test in Surveying. On the last number he
got 90% in which a constant difference more on each number
that he had on the immediately preceding one. What was his
average score in Surveying?
A. 50
B. 55
C. 60
D. 65
Problem 33: ME Board April 1999
If the sum of 220 and the first term is 10, find the common
difference if the last term is 30.
A. 2
B. 5
C. 3
D. 2/3
Problem 34: EE Board April 1997
Once a month, a man puts 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
P5, 436. How much money did he put in the jar in the last
month?
A. P 73.50
B. P 75.50

 C. P 74.50
D. P 72. 50
Problem 35: EE Board April 1997
A girl on a bicycle coasts downhill is covering 4 feet the first
second, 12 feet the second second, and in general, 8 feet
more each second than the previous second. If she reaches
the bottom at the end of 14 seconds, how far did she coasts?
A. 782 feet
B. 780 feet
C. 784 feet
D. 786 feet
Problem 36:
When all odd numbers from 1 to 101 are added, the result
is?
A. 2500
B. 2601
C. 2501
D. 3500
Problem 37:
How many times will a grandfathers clock strikes in one day
if it strikes only at the hours and strike once at 1 oclock,
twice at 2 oclock, thrice at 3 oclock and so on?
A. 210
B. 24
C. 156
D. 300

Problem 38: CE Board May 1992

To conserve energy due to the present energy crisis, the
Meralco tried to re-adjust their charges to electrical energy
users who consume more than 2000 kw-hrs. For the first 100
kw-hr, they charged 40 centavos and increasing at a constant
rate more than the preceding one until the fifth 100 kw-hr,
the charge is 76 centavos. How much is the average charge
for the electrical energy per 100 kw-hr?
A. 58 centavos
B. 60 centavos
C. 62 centavos
D. 64 centavos
Problem 39: CE Board November 1993
The 3rd term of a harmonic progression is 15 and the 9thterm
is 6. Find the 11th term.
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
Problem 40: ECE Board November 1995
Find the fourth term of the progression , 0.2, 0.125, . . .
A. 1/10
B. 1/11
C. 0.102
D. 0.099
Problem 41:
Find the 9th term of the harmonic progression 3, 2, 3/2.
A. 3/5

 B. 3/8
C. 4/5
D. 4/9
Problem 42:
Find the sum of 4 geometric means between 160 and 5.
A. 130
B. 140
C. 150
D. 160
Problem 43: EE Board October 1991
The fourth term of a G.P. is 216 and the 6th term is 1944. Find
the 8th term.
A. 17649
B. 17496
C. 16749
D. 17964
Problem 44: ECE Board April 1999
Determine x so that: x, 2x + 7, 10x 7 will be a geometric
progression.
A. 7, -7/12
B. 7, -5/6
C. 7, -14/5
D. 7, -7/6
Problem 45: ECE Board April 1999
If one third of the air in a tank is removed by each stroke of
an air pump, what fractional part of the total air is removed in
6 strokes?

 A. 0.7122
B. 0.9122
C. 0.6122
D. 0.8122
Problem 46: ME Board October 1996
A product has a current selling of P325.00. If its selling price
is expected to decline at the rate of 10% per annum because
of obsolescence, what will be its selling price four years
hence?
A. P 213.33
B. P 202.75
C. P 302.75
D. P156.00
Problem 47: CE Board May 1995
The numbers 28, x + 2, 112 form a G.P. What is the 10 thterm?
A. 14336
B. 13463
C. 16433
D. 16344
Problem 48: ECE Board April 1998
The sum of the first 10 terms of geometric progression 2, 4,
8,
A. 1023
B. 2046
C. 225
D. 1596

Problem 49:
If the first term of G.P. is 9 and the common ration is -2/3, find
the fifth term.
A. 8/5
B. 16/9
C. 15/7
D. 13/4
Problem 50: EE Board April 1997
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 rations are equal.
A. -2, 5/8
B. -1, 5/8
C. -1, 7/8
D. -2, 7/8
Problem 51:
A person has 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great grandparents
and so on. How many ancestors during the 15 generations
preceding his own, assuming no duplication?
A. 131070
B. 65534
C. 32766
D. 16383
Problem 52:
If the PBA three-point shootout-contest, the committee
decided to give a prize in the following manner. A price of P1
for the first basket made, P2 for the second, P4 for the third,
P8 for the fourth and so on. If the contestant wants to win a

prize of no less than a million pesos, what is the minimum

number of baskets to be converted?
A. 20
B. 19
C. 18
D. 21
Problem 53: CE Board November 1994
In a benefit show, a number of wealthy men agreed that the
first one to arrive would pay 10 centavos to enter and each
later arrive would pay twice as much as the preceding man.
The total amount collected from all of them was P
104,857.50. How many wealthy men paid?
A. 18
B. 19
C. 20
D. 21
Problem 54:
A man mailed 10 chain letters to ten of his friends with a
request to continue by sending similar letter to each of their
ten friends. If this continue for 6 sets of letters and if all
responded, how much will the Phil. Postal Office earn if
minimum postage costs P4 per letter?
A. P 6,000,000
B. P 60,000
C. P 2,222,220
D. P 4,444,440
Problem 55: EE Board March 1998

Determine the sum of the infinite series: S =

+

+ + + .

A. 4/5
B. 3/4
C. 2/3
D. 1/2
Problem 56:
Under the favourable condition, single cell bacteria divided
into two about every 20 minutes. If the same rate of
division is maintained for 10 hours, how many organisms is
produced from a single cell?
A. 1,073,741
B. 1,730.74
C. 1,073,741,823
D. 1,037,417
Problem 57: EE Board October 1994
A rubber ball is made to fall from a height of 50 feet 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?
A. 200 feet
B. 225 feet
C. 250 feet
D. 275 feet
Problem 58: EE Board April 1990
What is the fraction in lowest term equivalent to
0.133133133?

 A.
B.
C.
D.
Problem 59: ECE Board April 1998
Find the sum of the infinite geometric progression 6, -2,
2/3, . . .
A. 9/2
B. 5/2
C. 7/2
D. 11/2
Problem 60: CE Board May 1998
Find the sum of 1, - , , . . .
A. 5/6
B. 2/3
C. 0.84
D. 0.72
Problem 61: ECE Board November 1998
Find the ratio of an infinite geometric progression if the sum
is 2 and the first term is .
A. 1/3
B. 1/2
C. 3/4
D. 1/4
Problem 62: EE Board April 1997

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
B. 20
C. 18
D. 21
Problem 63:
Find the 6th term of the sequence 55, 40, 28, 19, 13, . . .
A. 10
B. 9
C. 8
D. 11
Problem 64: EE Board October 1997
In the series 1, 1, , 1/6, 1/24, . . .determine the 6th term.
A. 1/80
B. 1/74
C. 1/100
D. 1/120
Problem 65: ECE Board April 1998
Find the 1987th in the decimal equivalent to
the decimal point.
A. 8
B. 1
C. 7
D. 5

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