MASTER PLUMBER Licensure Examination

Final Pre-Board

PLUMBING ARITHMITIC Rating _______

1. A plumber is to install 20 meters long pipe, the length of pipe is 3.0 meters per piece. If the
plumber have 4 pcs. of pipe available, what is the total length of pipe he will have to
install?

a. 8 c. 10
b. 12 d.. 6

2. The cost of purchasing a set of bathroom fixture is P15, 000.00. If the purchase will be
made directly with the manufacturer, a discount of 30% can be availed of. What will be the
cost of discounted fixture?

a. P 12,000.00 c. P 10,500.00
b. P 13,000.00 d. P 10,000.00

3. The age of the father is 3 times that of his son. The sum of their age is 60. How old is the
son?

a. 10 c. 15.
b. 12. d. 16

4. Two years from now, Pedro will be two times as old as Juan. If the sum of their age 2 years
from now is 60 years. How old is Pedro and Juan now.

a. 17 c. 15
b. 20 d. 18

5. Car A which is running at the speed of 60 km/hr leaves station N which is 200 km away
from station S where it is heading. Car B leaves station S heading to station N at the speed
of 40 km/hr. How long will the two cars meet?

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

6. A plumber covers a journey of 952,000 km in 7 days and 3 hours. Find his average speed in
km/s.
a. 155 km/s b. 1.55 km/s c. 15.50 km/s d. 1550
km/s
7. A young plumber deposited P1,000 in the bank at 6% interest compounded annually when
he started plumbing at the age of 21. How much will he get from the bank when he retires
at the age of 65?
a. P 12,990.00 b. P 12,890.00 c. P 12, 980.00 d. P 2,770.00

8. A refrigerator cost P 15,000.00 when it is new. It depreciates at the rate of 10% per year.
What would it worth after 10 years?
a. P 5,130.18 b. P 5330.00 c. P 5,240.18 d. P 5,230.18

9. How much work is required to lift a 50 pounds weight 100 ft vertically from ground level?
a. 500 ft-lb b. 5000 ft-lb c. 50 ft-lb d. none from these

10. A swimming pool is 5m wide, 20m long and 1.20m deep, is being filled up with a pipe at
the rate of 85 gallons per minute. How long does it take to fill the pool?
a. 6 hrs b. 6.2 hrs c. 7 hrs d. 5 hrs

11. How many straight lines parallel to a plane passing thru a point outside the plane can be
drawn?
a. 1 b. none c. two d. infinite

12. How many straight lines perpendicular to a plane passing thru a point outside the plane?
a. 1 b. none c. two d. infinite

13. How many planes parallel to a given line can be drawn thru a point?
a. 1 b. none c. two d. infinite

14. How many planes perpendicular to a given line can be drawn thru a point?
a. 1 b. none c. two d. infinite

15. A chord divides the circle into two areas in the ratio 1:5. Find the ratio of this chord to the
diameter.
a. 2:3 b. 6:1 c. 1:2 d. 5:6

16. The formula for the change of centigrade reading to Fahrenheit reading is?
a. F = 5/ 9 C + 32 b. F = 9/5 C - 32 c. F = 9/5 C + 32 d. F = 5/ 9 C 32

17. The radius of a circle whose area is equal to that of a rectangle whose side are 20 meters
and 30 meters respectively is:
a. 9.17 m b. 13.83 m c. 28 m d. 27.64 m

18. Find the height of a cylinder tank which is filled with water weighing 200 kg and its
diameter of the base is 4m (specific gravity of water = 1)
a. 13.92 m b. 16.92 m c. 15.92 m d. 14.92 m
19. A plumber crosses a river 30m wide but current brought him 40 m beyond and further to
the opposite bank, what is the total distance traveled.
a. 50 m b. 60 m c. 45 m d. 55 m

20. A total dynamic head of a certain pump installation to lift water for an overhead water tank
at certain elevation is 65.25 feet. Neglecting friction, what is the estimated pump pressure
at the base?

21. A car 15 ft. long overtakes a truck30 ft. long which is traveling at a rate of 45 mph. How
fast must the car travel to pass the truck in 3 seconds?
a. 90 b. 60 c. 91 d. 75

22. If the numerator of a fraction is doubled and the denominator is increased by 7, the value
becomes 2/3. If the denominator is doubled and the numerator is increased by 2, the value
becomes 3/5. Find the original fraction.
a. 4/5 b. c. 5/6 d. 4/7

23. Johnny can walk 4 miles in the same time it takes Joseph to walk 5 miles. However,
Johnny requires 3 minutes longer. What are their rates?
a. 5 and 4 mph b. 3 and 2 mph c. 3 and 5 mph d. 2 and 4
mph
24. A car rental company charges for mileage as follows: x pesos per mile for the first n miles
and x+1 pesos per mile for each mile over n miles. How much will the mileage charge be in
pesos for a journey of d miles, where d>n?
a. d [x+1] - n pesos b. x [n+d] + d pesos c. xn + d pesos d. xn + d
[x+1] pesos

25. If a sequence of consecutive integers of increasing value has a sum of 63 and the first term
of 6, how many integers are in the sequence?
a. 8 b. 7 c. 9 d. 11

26. The square of the positive integer y is how much greater than the square of the integer
immediately preceding it.
a. [y+4]2 b. 2y 1 c. 2y + 1 d. y2 + 1

27. 3M/2N = .125, what is the value of N in terms of M?

a. 12 M b. 8M c. 4 M d. M/4

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28. What is the value of x if x + 1 - x + 2
x-3 x-4
a. 1 b. -2 c. -1 d. 2

29. A crate of apples contain one bruised apple for every 30 apples in a crate if 3 out of every 4
bruised apples are considered unsaleable, and there are 12 unsaleable apples in a crate, how
many apples are there in a crate?
a. 270 b. 480 c. 600 d. 840

30. Two motorists start out from two towns420 km apart and travel toward each other at the
hourly rate of 30 and 40 km respectively. In how many hours will they meet?
a. 4 hrs. b. 7 hrs. c. 5 hrs. d. 6 hrs.

31. Twenty seven coins composed of 5 centavo - coins and 25 centavo - coins have a total
value of P 4.95. How many25 centavo - coins are there?
a. 15 b. 20 c. 18 d. 12

32. A boat travels a certain distance downstream in2 hrs. On its return trip the same distance is
covered in 5 hours. If the speed of the current is 6 mph, what is the speed of the boat in
still water?
a. 14 mph b. 13 mph c. 12 mph d. 15 mph

33. What is the volume of the cylindrical tank with the flat ends, if the inside diameter is one
meter and height is 2 m?
a. /2 b. 2 c. d. /4

34. Going against the wind, the plane can travel 5/8 of the distance it can travel in one hour if it
is going with the wind. If the plane can fly 300 mph in calm wind, what is the velocity of
the wind?
a. 69 4/13 mph b. 71 mph c. 73 mph d. 50 mph

35. If the lengths of the sides of the triangle sail are 5m, 8m and 11m. Find the area of the sail.
a. 18.33 b. 19.75 c. 18.66 d. 19.5

36. Three years ago Juan was 1/5 as old as his father. Six years from now he will be 1/3 as old as
his father. How old is Juan now?
a. 11 yrs. Old b. 15 yrs. Old c. 12 yrs. Old d. 10 yrs. old

37. Two cars set out from a certain place going in the same direction. The first travels at a
constant rate of 8 kph while the 2nd goes 4 km the first hour, 6 km the2nd hour, 8 km the
3rd hour and so on. After how many hours will the 2nd car overtake the first?
a. 5 hrs. b. 6 hrs. c. 7 hrs. d. 8 hrs.
38. Two trains start from the same station and runs in opposite directions. One runs at a
uniform rate of 33 kph while the other at 35 kph. In how many hours will they be 195 km
apart?
a. 4 hrs. b. 2 1/2 hrs. c. 3 hrs. d. 3 1/2 hrs.

39. A person runs 500m at an average speed of 6m/s and then the next 800m at speed of 6m/s
and then the next 800m at an average speed of 8m/s. What is the total time required?
a. 193.3 b. 183.3 c. 103 d. 173.3

40. What is the smallest value of x in the expression? [12/x + 36] [4 - x2] = 0
a. [-2] b. -1/4 c. -1/3 d. 2

41. Three tankers each carrying 10,000 tons of oil and the fourth tanker carries 16,000 tons.
What is the average (arithmetic mean) number of tons carried by each of the tons tankers?

a. 10,500 b. 10,000 c. 10,000 d. 10,050

42. An office has 60 employees. If 4 out of every 5 employees are married, how many married
employees are there?
a. 20 b. 48 c. 24 d. 40

43. In a triangle with sides 100 & 116 inscribe in a circle of radius 72.5, find the third side.
a. 234 b. 213 c. 457 d. 144

44. Find the area of a regular hexagon with perimeter 12.

a. 14.70 b. 10.39 c. 5.6 d. 9.25

45. The surface area of a cube is 96 sq.m. How many cu. cm. are there in a cube?
a. 96 b. 32 c. 64 d. 16

46. A plane can go 400 mph more than twice as fast as a diesel power train. If the train can run
160 miles in the same time that the plane can fly 1210 miles. Find the rate of the train.
a. 75 mph b. 550 mph c. 80 mph d. 600 mph

47. In the numeral 4 7 3 8, the digit 7 means?

a. 700 b. 7 c. 7000 d. 70
48. Rounded to the nearest thousands 9645 will be
a. 8,000 b. 9,000 c. 11,000 d. 10,000

49. A man riding on a motorcycle runs 40 km/hr., is followed 5 hrs. later by a car which runs
60 kph. In how many hours will the car overtake the motorcycle?
a. 10 hrs. b. 5 hrs. c. 12 hrs. d. 15 hrs.

50. If n/2 is an even integer, what is the remainder when n is divided by 4?

a. 1 b. 0 c. 2 d. 3