MATHEMATICS PRATICE PROBLEMS

1. Which of the following is less than 2/7?

a. 3/10 b. 5/17 c. 4/13 d. 7/25

2. 180 30 80 + 40 10 50 =
a. 434 b. 128 c. 356 d. 243

3. In the arithmetic sequence 1, 4, 7, 10, , which term is 82?

a. 26 b. 27 c. 28 d. 29

4. Which of the following the 35th term of the arithmetic sequence -6, -4, -2, 0, ?
a. 66 b. 68 c. 70 d. 72

5. Round off 9,403,420.71 to the nearest hundred

a. 9,403,500 b. 9,403,400 c. 9,403,000 d. 9,404,500

6. If it takes 12 equally sized pipes to fill up a tank in 2 hours, how many hours will it take 4 pipes to fill up the same tank?
a. 3 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8

7. Which of the following is the greatest in value?

a. 0.2 b. 0.20000001 c. 0.189999 d. 0.19

8. The weights of a man on Earth and on the moon are in the ratio 5:3. If the man weighs 120 pounds on the moon, then what is his weight
on Earth in pounds?
a. 160 b. 180 c. 200 d. 240

9. If 24 workers can finish a job in 4 days, then how long will it take 6 workers to finish the same job?
a. 12 days b. 18 days c. 20 days d. 24 days

10. If x = 2, y = 3 and z = 4, then what is the value of z 2x y

2 3
?
a. 400 b. 600 c. 8000 d. 8000

11. In an auditorium, half of the audience are students, one third are parents and the rest are teachers. If there are 200 teachers present,
how many persons are there in the auditorium?
a. 1200 b. 800 c. 1500 d. 1000

12. The sum 30 + 35 + 40 + + 145 + 150 is equal to

a. 2250 b. 2340 c. 1800 d. 2450

13. The product of a negative even number and a positive odd number is
a. positive even b. positive odd c. negative even d. negative odd

14. If A, B and C are odd numbers, which of the following is also odd?
a. AB + C b. A(B + C) c. ABC d. AB + AC

15. Which of the following is NOT equal to 6.78910 2?

a. 0.006789101 b. 678.9104 c. 0.06789 d. 67890107

16. If the operation is defined by x y = x + y xy, then the value of 3 4 is

a. 12 b. 7 c. 5 d. 5

10 x
17. If the operation is defined by x y , then the value of 0.0042*0.00006 is
y
a. 70 b. 700 c. 7,000 d. 70,000

18. The sum of nine numbers is 3812. If each number is decreased by 50 and the resulting numbers are added,
the sum will be
a. 3362 b. 3862 c. 4262 d. 3812

19. If a number x is between 1 and 0, then which of the following has the greatest value?
a. X b. x3 c. 1 d. 1/x

20. The ratio of those who passed the exam against those who failed is 3: 7. If there are 180 examinees who passed the exam, how many
took the exam?
a. 1200 b. 720 c. 600 d. 480

21. The average of one hundred examinees who took an examination is 80. The average of 50 students is 90
while the average of 30 students is 75. What is the average of the remaining students?
a. 70 b. 67.5 c. 62.5 d. 62

22. If two liters of water are added to 8 liters of a 20% alcohol solution, the percentage of alcohol in the resulting solution is
a. 14% b. 15% c. 16% d. 12%

23. One half of a number is 7 more than one third of that number. The number is
a. 72 b. 54 c. 84 d. 42

24. A set of 3 positive integers has a sum of 9 and a product of 24. If the smallest of the integers is 2, what is the largest?
a. 8 b. 6 c. 4 d. 2

25. How much simple interest will P2,000 earn in 18 months at an annual rate of 6%, assuming that
Simple Interest = Principal Rate Time,
where time is expressed in number of years?
a. P120 b. P180 c. P240 d. P360

26. 5 years from now, Gabriel will be twice as old as he was 3 years ago. How old is Gabriel now?
a. 5 b. 7 c. 11 d. 16

27. What is the correct number sentence for The quotient of a number by 4 is 2 more than thrice y?
a. (x 4) 2 = 3y b. (x 4) 2 = 3(y + 2) c. (x 4) + 2 = 3y d. (x 4) = 3(y + 2)

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28. There are 3 pendulums in the science lab room. The first pendulum swings back and forth every 6 seconds. The second pendulum
swing back and forth every 5 seconds, the third pendulum swing back and the forth every 3 seconds. If they all started at the same time,
every how many seconds will they
have the same starting point?
a. 14 seconds b. 20 seconds c. 30 seconds d. 60 seconds

29. An exam consists of twenty-five true or false questions and fifteen multiple choice questions. What percent of the exam is true-or-false
type?
a. 25% b. 37.5% c. 60% d. 62.5%

30. If the previous months reading of the water meter is 27,595 cubic meters and the present reading is 27,564 cubic meter, how much is
the water bill if the cost per cubic meter is P10?

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 a. P1,490 b. P1,590 c. P1,680 d. P1,690

31. There are 20 animals in the farm consisting of cows and chickens. Gabriel counted 56 legs. How many cows are there?
a. 4 b. 8 c. 10 d. 12

32. What is the effect of increasing the price of an item by 10% one time then decreasing it by 10% the next time?
a. The final price is the same as the original price. c. The final price is the lower than the original price.
b. The final price is higher than the original price d. Cannot be determined

33. John can type 85 words in 2 minutes. At this rate, how long will it take him to type 1785?
a. 21 minutes b. 22 minutes c. 41 minutes d. 42 minutes

34. A colony of bacteria with plenty of food doubles its population every three hours. At noon the colony had a million bacteria. When was the
population equal to 250,000?
a. 6 AM b. 9 AM c. 10 AM d. 11 AM

35. Two rectangular carpets, each measuring 8 feet by 12 feet, are placed side by side. How much shorter will the perimeter of the covered area
be if the two long sides are placed together than if the two short sides are placed together?
a. 8 feet c. 16 feet
b. 12 feet d. there is no change

36. Jennifers average score on nine 100-point test was 71. Her score on the tenth test raised his mean by score by two points. How many points
did she score on the tenth test?
a. 73 b. 75 c. 89 d. 91

37. Out of 800 students, 60% are from public school. Of these, 75% are males. How many male students come from public school?
a. 480 b. 360 ` c. 320 d. 240

38. Rachels age is half her mothers age. In 2 year the sum of their ages will be 64. How old is her mother now?
a. 20 b. 32 c. 40 d. 62

39. The sum of three numbers is 81. The second is twice the first, and the third is six more than the second. Find the largest number.
a. 15 b. 36 c. 30 d. 75

40. The numerator of a fraction is 7 less than the denominator. If 4 is subtracted from the numerator and 1 is added to the denominator, the
resulting fraction is 1/3. Find the original fraction.
a. 1/3 b. 9/16 c. 10/17 d. 8/15

41. A motorist left town A at 9:45 A.M and arrived at his destination at 1:05 P.M. If he traveled at an average speed of 84 kph, find the total
distance covered. Assume that the distance traveled equals the speed multiplied by the time of travel.
a. 120 km b. 180 km c. 240 km d. 280 km

42. Which of the following does not round off to 3.13?

a. 32.127695 c. 32.127095
b. 32.124895 d. 32.125021

43. Which of the following numbers leaves a remainder when divided by 9?

a. 369 b. 9513 c. 10,919 d. 84,843

44. Which of the following divides 653,412?

a. 6 b. 9 c. 5 d. 8

45. One light flashes every 10 minutes, a second light flashes every 6 minutes and a third light flashes every 8 minutes. If all the lights flashed at
the same time at 5:00 p.m., when is the next time they will all flash at the same time again?
a. 6:00 pm c. 8:00 pm
b. 7:00 pm d. 9:00 pm

46. If A weighs 120 lbs and B weighs 59 kg, then which of the following is true? (Assume that 1 kg = 2.2 lbs)
a. A is heavier
b. B is heavier
c. A and B have the same weight
d. Relationship between their weights cant be determined

47. If oil is poured into an empty tank is at the rate of 200 gallon per minute and it is filled up in 1 hour, then how many gallons of oil can the tank
hold?
a. 6,000
b. 9,000
c. 12,000
d. 15,000
48. Which is the same as 34?
a. 3 3 3 3 c. 4 + 4 + 4
b. 4 4 4 d. 3 + 3 + 3 + 3

49. Find the area of the shaded region.

a. 16 4
4 b. 16 16 c. 16 32 d. 16 8

50. Find the area of the shaded region.

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3
4
a. 18 b. 30 c. 24 d. 28

51. Which of the following CANNOT be the sides of a triangle?

a. 2, 3, 4 b. 1, 2, 3 c. 5, 6, 7 d. 3, 4, 5

52. If the given triangle is isosceles, then the measure of the vertex angle x is

a. 110o b. 100o 140o c. 90o d. 80o

53. If the side of a square is doubled, then which of the following is also doubled?
a. area b. perimeter c. diagonal d. all of the above

54. In the figure below, E, F, G and H are the midpoints of the sides of square ABCD. If AH = 4, find the area of square EFGH.

E
A B a. 16
b. 24
c. 32
H F d. 64

Let point O as the center of the larger circle and point P as the center of the smaller circle. OQ = 6 is a radius of the larger circle and is a diameter
of the smaller circle: D C
G
O
P
55. Find the area of the shaded region.
a. 24 Q b. 27 c. 30 d. 32

56. On a number line, point C has coordinate 3.02 and point A has coordinate 7.52. Point C is the midpoint of segment AB. Which of the
following is true?
c. The distance between A and C is 4.5 II. The coordinate of B is 11.02
a. I only b. II only c. both I and II d. neither I nor II

57. A rectangular wire 24 cm by 16 cm is twisted into a shape of a square. Find the area of the square formed.
a. 120 sq cm b. 100 sq cm c. 124 sq cm d. 96 sq cm

58. Find the area of the whole region assuming that the 4 semicircles have as their diameters a side of the square, which is 8 ft.

a. 64 + 256
b. 64 + 128
c. 64 + 64
d. 64 + 32
59. Find the area of the shaded region, given triangle ACB is right and that E bisects AC and D bisects BC.
A
a. 24
E b. 30
6 c. 32
d. 36
C 4 D B

y
x
60. Simplify x
1
x y
a. 1 b. x c. x d. y e. y

61. Simplify
x 2 x 3
x 2 x 1
x3 x2 x3 x3 x 3
a. b. c. d. e.
x 1 x 1 x 1 x2 x2
62. Which of the following quadratic equations has 1 and -6 as its solutions?
a. x 2 5x 6 0 b. x 2 5x 6 0 c. x 2 5x 6 0
d. x 2 5x 6 0 e. x2 x 6 0

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63. Simplify
3 2
2 3 3 2
a. 3 2 b. 3 2 c. 2 3 d. e.
5 5

64. Find the product: 3 3

6a 2 12a 2
a. 3 b. 3 c. 3 d. 3 e. 3
2a 9a 3a 2a 2a 3a 3a 9a 3a 3a

x 2 3x 4 x 2 2 x 3 9 x 2
65. Simplify
x2 1 x2 6x 8 x2 2x
x x x x
a. b. c. d. e. 1
x3 x3 x3 x3

1 1 3
66. Simplify
2 2 2 2
2a 3ab b a 3ab 2b 2a 5ab 2b 2
2
1 1
a. 0 b. 1 c. 1 d. e.
ab 2a b
67. 3x 1 x 1
Solve for x:
a. 0 b. 5 c. 8 d. 0, 5 e. 0, 5, 8

x2 2x
68.
Solve for x: 1
x x2
a. 1 b. 2 c. 2 d. 1, 2 e. 1, 2

69. Solve for x:

4 x 2 16 x 1
a. 1 b. 2 c. 4 d. 4 e. 0
70. Solve for x:
2 x 1 3x
log 2 log 3 log 2
a. b. c.
log 3 log 2 log 3 log 2 log 2 log 3
log 3 log 2
d. e.
log 2 log 3 log 3 log 2

71. Solve for x:

log 2 x 2 2 x 3
a. 4, -2 b. 2,- 4 c. 2 d. -4 e. -2

x y 3
72. Solve for x:
2 x 3 y 1
a. 1 b. -1 c. 2 d. -2 e. 3

73. Find the derivative of f x x 3 6x 2 8x 5

1 4 1 4
a. x 2 x 3 4 x 2 5x C b.
x 2 x 3 4 x 2 5x
4 4
c. 3 x 2 12 x 8 C d. 3 x 2 12 x 8
e. 3 x 2 12 x 8
x2 4
74. Evaluate:
lim 2
x 2 x 2 x 8
a. 2 b. -2 c. 1 d. -1 e. 4

75. Evaluate the integral 2 x 3 dx

a. x 2 3x b. x 2 3x C c. x 2 3x d. x 2 3x C e. 2

76. Which of the following is the graph of x 2 4 y 2 16 0 ?

a. line b. circle c. ellipse d. hyperbola e. parabola

77. Find the slope of the line that passes through the points (1, -2) and (2, 2)?
a. 2 b. -2 c. 1/2 d. -1/2 e. 1

78. In how many ways can three coins be tossed?

a. 6 b. 8 c. 9 d. 12 e. 18

6!
79. Find the value of
2!4!
a. 6 b. 12 c. 15 d. 20 e. 30

80. Find the mode of the data set 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5.

a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5 e. 2, 3

81. Find the variance of the distribution 2, 4, 7, 8, 9.

a. 5 b. 13 c. 24 d. 39 e. 19

82. In how many ways can 4 persons be seated around a circular table?
a. 4 b. 6 c. 8 d. 16 e. 24

83. A three digit number will be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. In how many ways can this be done if the digits are not allowed to
repeat?
a. 12 b. 15 c. 25 d. 60 e. 125

84. In drawing a card from a regular deck of cards, find the probability of getting a face card.
a. 1/13 b. 1/4 c. 3/13 d. 10/13 e. 12/13

85. When tossing two dice, find the probability of getting a sum of 7.
a. 1/6 b. 5/36 c. 7/36 d. 1/4 e. 1/12