PROBLEM SETALGEBRA

PROBLEM 1
In Algebra, what refers to the operation of root extraction?
A. Evolution
B. Resolution
C. Revolution
D. Involution
PROBLEM 2
What refers to the difference between an approximate value of a quantity and an exact value or true
value?
A. Relative Error
B. Mistake
C. Absolute Error
D. Difference
PROBLEM 3
If the roots of the equation are zero, then these roots are classified as what type of solution?
A. Conditional Solution
B. Extraneous Solution
C. Hypergolic Solution
D. Trivial Solution
PROBLEM 4
What refers to a sequence of numbers where the succeeding term is greater than the preceding term?
A. Divergent Sequence
B. Isometric Sequence
C. Convergent Sequence
D. Dissonant Sequence
PROBLEM 5

Convergent series is a sequence of decreasing numbers or when the succeeding term is

______________ the preceding term.
A. equal to
B. lesser than
C. greater than
D. twice
PROBLEM 6
In complex Algebra, we use a diagram to represent a complex plane commonly called ____________.
A. Maxwell diagram
B. Venn Diagram
C. Argand Diagram
D. Block Diagram
PROBLEM 7
What is a sequence of numbers such that the successive terms differ by a constant?
A. Arithmetic progression
B. Infinite geometric progression
C. Geometric progression
D. Harmonic progression
PROBLEM 7
What is a sequence of numbers such that the successive terms differ by a constant?
A. Arithmetic progression
B. Infinite geometric progression
C. Geometric progression
D. Harmonic progression
PROBLEM 8
What is a frequency curve which is composed of a series of rectangles connected wit the steps as the
base and the frequency as the height?
A. Histogram
B. Bar Graph

C. Ogive
D. Frequency Distribution
PROBLEM 8
What is a frequency curve which is composed of a series of rectangles connected wit the steps as the
base and the frequency as the height?
A. Histogram
B. Bar Graph
C. Ogive
D. Frequency Distribution
PROBLEM 9
The graphical representation of a cumulative frequency distribution in a set of statistical data is called
_______________.
A. Histogram
B. Kurtosis
C. Leptokurtic
D. ogive
PROBLEM 10
If a =b, then b=a. This illustrates which axiom in Algebra?
A. Transitive Axiom
B. Replacement Axiom
C. Reflexive Axiom
D. Symmetric Axiom
PROBLEM 10
If a =b, then b=a. This illustrates which axiom in Algebra?
A. Transitive Axiom
B. Replacement Axiom
C. Reflexive Axiom
D. Symmetric Axiom
PROBLEM 11

What refers to the smallest natural numbers for which 2 natural numbers are factors?
A. Least common divisor
B. Least common denominator
C. Least common factor
D. Least common multiple
PROBLEM 11
What refers to the smallest natural numbers for which 2 natural numbers are factors?
A. Least common divisor
B. Least common denominator
C. Least common factor
D. Least common multiple
PROBLEM 12
To compute the value of n factorial, in the symbolic form (n!), where n is large number, we use a
formula called ________________.
A. Richardson-Duchman formula
B. Diophantine formula
C. Stirlings approximation
D. Matheson formula
PROBLEM 13
It is measured of relationship between two variables.
A. Function
B. Relation
C. Correlation
D. Equation
PROBLEM 13
It is measured of relationship between two variables.
A. Function
B. Relation
C. Correlation

D. Equation
PROBLEM 14
It is the character of a population which is measurable.
A. Sample
B. Distribution
C. Frequency
D. Parameter
PROBLEM 15
The quartile deviation is a measure of __________________.
A. Division
B. Dispersion
C. Certainty
D. Central tendency
PROBLEM 16
What is the equivalent of the Roman numeral MCMXCIV in Arabic numeral?
MCMXCIV=
A.
B.
C.
D.

1992
1993
1994
1995

PROBLEM 17
The number 0.123123123 is what type of number?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Rational
Irrational
Imaginary
Complex

PROBLEM 18
What is the lowest common factor of 10 and 32?
A. 2
B. 320
C. 32

D. 10
PROBLEM 19
Find the 1987th digit in the decimal equivalent to 1785/9999 starting from the decimal point?
A.
B.
C.
D.

1
7
8
5

PROBLEM 20
Ten less than four times a certain number is 14. Determine the number
A.
B.
C.
D.

3
4
6
10

PROBLEM 21
The sum of two numbers is 21 and one number is twice the other. Find the numbers
A.
B.
C.
D.

8 & 13
7 & 14
6 & 15
4 & 17

PROBLEM 22
If 16 is 4 more than 4x, find 5x-1
A.
B.
C.
D.

10
11
12
14

PROBLEM 23
If 3 =9 and 27 =81 , find
A.
B.
C.
D.

5/3
1/8
8/3
6/5

PROBLEM 24

If (x+3): 10 = (3x-2):8, find (2x-1)

A.
B.
C.
D.

2
3
4
8

PROBLEM 25
Find the equation whose roots are the reciprocals of the roots or the equation 2 2 3 5 = 0.
A.
B.
C.
D.

5 2 + 3 2 = 0
3 2 + 2 2 = 0
2 2 + 3 2 = 0
8 2 + 3 2 = 0

PROBLEM 26
The roots of a quadratic equation are 1/3 and 1/4 . What is the equation?
A.
B.
C.
D.

2 2 7 + 1 = 0
2 7 + 1 = 0
7 2 2 + 1 = 0
7 2 1 + 1 = 0

PROBLEM 27
Find the sum of the roots of 5 2 10 + 2 = 0
A.
B.
C.
D.

1
2
5
7

PROBLEM 28
Given: f(x) = (x+3)(x-4)+4. When f(x) is divided by (x-k), the remainder is k, Find k.
A.
B.
C.
D.

3&5
10 & 15
-1 & 4
4 & -2

PROBLEM 29
Find the value of m that will make 4 2 4 + 4 + 5 a perfect square trinomial.
A. -1 & 5

B. 2 & 3
C. 5 & 6
D. 4 & -1
PROBLEM 30
The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 11. If the digits are reversed, the resulting number is
seven more that twice the original number. What is the original number?
A.
B.
C.
D.

47
20
38
92

PROBLEM 31
The tens digit of a certain two-digit number exceeds the units digit by four and is one less than twice
the units digit. Find the number.
A.
B.
C.
D.

85
95
47
85

PROBLEM 32
The sum of two numbers is 35 and their product is 15. Find the sum of their reciprocals.
A.
B.
C.
D.

7/3
2/3
1/6

PROBLEM 33
The sum of four positive integers is 32. Find the greatest possible product of these four numbers.
A.
B.
C.
D.

32
1024
4096
2188

PROBLEM 34
What is the value of (log 5 to the base 2)+ (log 5 to the base 3)?
A.
B.
C.
D.

2.10
3.09
3.79
2.79

PROBLEM 35
If log of 2 to the base 2 plus log of x to the base 2 is equal to 2, then what is the value of x?
A.
B.
C.
D.

1
2
5
10

PROBLEM 36
If 2(logx to the base 4) (log 9 to the base 4)= 2, find x.
A.
B.
C.
D.

2
6
12
24

PROBLEM 37
Find the value of (1 + )5 , where I is an imaginary number.
A.
B.
C.
D.

-4(1+i)
-4(1-i)
-5(1+i)
-5(1-i)

PROBLEM 38
Simplify the expression 1997+ 1999 where i is an imaginary number.
A.
B.
C.
D.

0
1
-1
2

PROBLEM 40
If (x+yi) (2-4i)= 14-8i, then what is the value of x?
A.
B.
C.
D.

2
3
5
8

PROBLEM 41
Evaluate the expression (1 + 2 )10, where i is an imaginary number
A. 0
B. -2
C. 2

D. 1
PROBLEM 42
Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as Ann was when Mary was as old as Ann is now. How old is
Ann?
PROBLEM 43
A man is 41 years old and his son is 9. in how many years will the father be three times as old as his son?
A.
B.
C.
D.

6
7
8
10

PROBLEM 44
Ana is 5 years older than Beth. In 5 years, the product of their ages is 1.5 times the product of their
present ages. How old is Beth now?
A.
B.
C.
D.

20
25
15
10

PROBLEM 45
For a particular experiment you need 5 liters of a 10% solution. You find 7% and 12% solution on the
shelves. How much of the 7% solution should you mix with the appropriate amount of the 12% solution
to get the 5 liters of a 10% solution?
A.
B.
C.
D.

5L
6L
3L
2L

PROBLEM 46
How many liters of water must be added to 35 liters of 89% hydrochloric acid solution to reduce its
strength to 75%?
A.
B.
C.
D.

6.53
7
9.15
7.75

PROBLEM 47
A man rows downstream at the rate of 5 mph and upstream at the rate of 2 mph. How far downstream
should he go if he is to return in 7/4 hours after leaving?

A.
B.
C.
D.

2.5 miles downstream

5 miles downstream
9 miles downstream
10 miles downstream

PROBLEM 48
It takes an airplane one hour and forty five minutes to travel 500 miles against the wind and covers the
same distance in one hour and fifteen minutes with the wind. What is the speed of the airplane?
A.
B.
C.
D.

150.725 miles per hr

342.857 miles per hr
432.836 miles per hr
127.765 miles per hr

PROBLEM 49
An Airplane travels from point A to point B with a distance of 1500 km and a wind along its flight line. If
it takes the airplane 2 hours from A to B with the tailwind, and 2. 5 hrs from A to B with the headwind,
what is the velocity of the plane?
A.
B.
C.
D.

633
675
753
785

PROBLEM 50
Pedro started running at a speed of 10kph. Five minutes later, Mario started running in the same
direction and catches up with Pedro in 20 minutes. What is the speed of Mario?
A.
B.
C.
D.

12.5 km/hr
4.5 km/hr
6.5 km/hr
10 km/hr

PROBLEM 51
A man travels in a motorized banca at the rate of 15kph from his barrio to the poblacion and come back
to his barrio at the rate of 12kph. If the total time of travel back and forth is 3 hrs , then what is the
distance from the barrio to the poblacion?
A.
B.
C.
D.

10 km
20 km
30 km
40 km

PROBLEM 52

One pipe can fill a tank in 6 hrs and another pipe can fill the same tank in 3 hours. A drain pipe can
empty the tank in 24 hours. With all the pipes open, how long will it take to fill the tanks?
A.
B.
C.
D.

2.182 hrs
3 hrs
4. 385 hrs
5.632 hrs

PROBLEM 53
A Tank is filled with an intake pipe that fills in it 2 hours and an outlet pipe that empty it in 6 hours. If
both pipes are left open, how long will it take to fill in the empty tank?
A.
B.
C.
D.

3
6
12
24

PROBLEM 54
Mike, Louie, and Joy can mow the lown in 4, 6, 7 hours, respectively. What fraction of the yard can they
mow in 1 hour if they work together?
A.
B.
C.
D.

47/84
85/34
33/87
31/25

PROBLEM 55
The time required for the examinees to solve the same PROBLEM differs by two minutes. Together, they
can solve 32 PROBLEMs in one hour. How long will it take for the slower PROBLEM solver to solve a
PROBLEM?
A.
B.
C.
D.

2 mins
3 mins
4 mins
5 mins

PROBLEM 56
A merchant has three items on sale namely: a radio for $50.00, a clock for $30.00 and a flashlight for
$1.00. At the end of the day, the merchant has sold a total of 100 of the three sale items and has taken
exactly $1,000.00 on the total sales. How many radios did the merchant sell?
A.
B.
C.
D.

10 radios
5 radios
8 radios
20 radios

PROBLEM 57

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.
A.
B.
C.
D.

5/13
4/11
11/25
16/35

PROBLEM 58
In a box there are 25 coins consisting of quarters, nickels and dimes with a total amount of $2.75. If the
nickels were dimes, the dimes were quarters and the quarters were nickels, the total amount would be
$3.75. How many quarters are there?
A.
B.
C.
D.

6 quarters
5 quarters
4 quarters
3 quarters

PROBLEM 59
A purse contains $11.65 in a quarters and dimes. Of the total number of coins is 70, find how many
dimes are there.
A.
B.
C.
D.

39 dimes
40 dimes
65 dimes
80 dimes

PROBLEM 60
A man sold a book by mistake at 120% of the marked price instead of discounting the marked price by
20%. If he sold the book for P14.40, what was the price for which he has sold the book?
A.
B.
C.
D.

8.50
9.60
7.30
8.25

PROBLEM 61
Maria sold a drafting pen for P 612 at a loss of 25% on her buying price. Find the corresponding loss or
gain in percent if she had sold it for P 635?
A.
B.
C.
D.

11.5 %
22. 18%
3.25%
1.25%

PROBLEM 62

A man invested part of P 20, 000 at 18% and the rest at 16%. The annual income from 16% investment
was P 620 less than three times the annual income from 18% investment. How much did he invest at
18%?
A.
B.
C.
D.

P 5457.14
P 4575.14
P 5757.14
P 3457.14

PROBLEM 63
The arithmetic mean of 6 numbers is 17. If two numbers are added to the progression, the new set of
numbers will have an arithmetic mean of 19. What are the two numbers if their difference is 4?
A.
B.
C.
D.

25 and 27
24 and 27
23 and 27
23 and 28

PROBLEM 64
The arithmetic mean of 80 numbers is 55. If two numbers namely 250 and 850 are removed, what is the
arithmetic mean of the remaining numbers?
A.
B.
C.
D.

45.307
42.307
49.307
72.307

PROBLEM 65
Find the 30th term of the arithmetic progression 4, 7, 10
A.
B.
C.
D.

90
91
92
93

PROBLEM 66
Find the 100th term of the sequence 1.01, 1.00, 0.99
A.
B.
C.
D.

0.02
0.01
2.02
3.02

PROBLEM 67
Find the 30th term of the arithmetic progression 4, 7, 10

A.
B.
C.
D.

96
97
91
73

PROBLEM 68
A seating section in a certain athletic stadium has 30 seats in the first row, 32 seats in the second row,
34 seats in the third row and so on, until the tenth rows each containing 50 seats. Find the total number
of seats in the section.
A.
B.
C.
D.

880
890
870
865

PROBLEM 69
Find the sum of the infinite geometric progression 6, -2, 2/3
A.
B.
C.
D.

8/2
8/2
3/2
2/3

PROBLEM 70
Find the sum of the first 10 terms of a geometric progression 2, 4,8, 16
A.
B.
C.
D.

1023
2046
4092
8184

PROBLEM 71
If one-third of the air in a tank is removed by each stroke of an air pump, what is the fraction part of the
total air is removed in 6 strokes?
A.
B.
C.
D.

665/729
743/882
696/923
773/887

PROBLEM 72
Determine x so that x, 2x+7, 10x-7 will be a geometric progression.

A.
B.
C.
D.

7 and -7/6
6 and -1/6
-7 and -5/6
9 and -7/6

PROBLEM 73
Find the ratio of an infinite geometric progression if the sum is 2 and the first term is .
A.
B.
C.
D.

1/3

2/3

PROBLEM 74
Find the mean proportion of 4 and 36
A.
B.
C.
D.

4
12
36
72

PROBLEM 75
A piece of paper is 0.05 thick. Each time the paper is folded into half, the thickness is doubled. If the
paper was folded 12 times, how thick in feet the folded paper be?
A.
B.
C.
D.

16 ft
17.9 ft
17.07 ft
16.3 ft

PROBLEM 76
A semiconductor company will hire 7 men an 4 women. In how many ways can a company choose from
9 men and 6 women who qualified for the position?
A.
B.
C.
D.

28 ways
54 ways
540 ways
63 ways

PROBLEM 77
If 15 people won prices in the state lottery (assuming that there are no ties), how many way can these
15 people win first, second, third, fourth and fifth prizes?
A. 225 ways
B. 360,360 ways

C. 2730 ways
D. 75 ways
PROBLEM 78
In how many ways can 9 books be arranged on a shelf so that 5 of the books are always together?
A.
B.
C.
D.

14, 400
45 ways
15,120
126

PROBLEM 79
How many triangles are formed by 10 distinct points no three of which are collinear?
A.
B.
C.
D.

120
240
60
480

PROBLEM 80
The probability of getting a credit in an examination is 1/3. If three students are selected at random,
what is the probability that at least one of the students get a credit?
A.
B.
C.
D.

19/27
18/27
16/27
14/27

PROBLEM 81
A person draws 3 balls in succession from a box containing 5 red balls, 6 yellow balls and 7 green balls.
Find the probability of drawing the balls in the order red, yellow, and green.
A.
B.
C.
D.

5.4 %
4.3 %
3.5 %
2.1 %

PROBLEM 82
Find the probability of getting exactly 12 out of 30 questions on a true or false question?
A.
B.
C.
D.

7%
8%
9%
10%

PROBLEM 83

Find the probability of getting a prime number thrice by tossing a die 5 times.
A.
B.
C.
D.

31.25%
20.25%
23.25%
35.25%

PROBLEM 84
In the expansion of ( + 4)12 , what is the numerical coefficient of the 5th term?
A.
B.
C.
D.

126720
125720
124720
122720

PROBLEM 85
Find the coefficient of the term involving 4 in the expansion of (2 2)10
A.
B.
C.
D.

3260
3460
3360
3960

PROBLEM 86
In the club of 40 executives, 33 like to smoke Marlboro and 20 like to smoke Philip Morris. How many
Like to smoke both cigarettes?
A.
B.
C.
D.

10
11
12
13