PLUMBING ARITHMETIC

1. If the total fall of house sewer is 24 inches per 120

feet. What is the slope per foot in sewer?
b. 0.02.

2. Find the area at the cross section of a pipe with

the inside diameter of 14 inches and outside
diameter of 17 inches?
b. 73.04 sq. in

3. The amount of heat required to change ice to

liquid water is?
b. 144 Btu.

4. For any two triangles, if an angle of one triangles

is congruent to an angle of the other and if the
two sides of one triangle are proportional to two
sides of the other, they are what kind of
triangles?
c. Similar.

5. A temperature of 180 degrees

Farenheit is approximately equal
to?
d. 82.22 deg celcius.

6. An angle inscribe in a semi-circle is always?

d. 90 degrees.

7. A factor repeated to produce a power is?

d. root.

8. A polygon with ten sides is?

c. Decagon.

9. A rectangle reservoir has the following

dimensions, L=4m, W=2m, H=3m. what is the
maximum volume of water that can be
accomadated in the tank?
a. 24,000 liters.

10. Two angles having the same vertex and the side
of one is the prolongation of the side of the pther
is?
d. Vertical angle.

11. A water supply system is to be installed at a

distance of 54 meters using 6 meters long PVC
pipe with a diameter of 100mm. determine the
number of length of PVC pipe to be used?
c. 9.

12. What is the number of horsepower required to

raise 25,000 lbs of water for a height of 30 meters
within 10 minutes?
d. 8 hp.

13. A city of 25,000 uses 15 gallons of water per day

per capita. If it is required to raise this water 150
feet, what is the number of horsepower required?
b. 10 hp.

14. Twenty less than four times a certain number is 4.

Determine the number?
c. 4.

15. What is the number of the horsepower to lift

10,000 gallons of water per hour top to a height
of 90 ft? assume the weight of water to be 8 and half
lbs per gallon?
b. 3.86.

16. How many gallons of water can a 75 hp engine

raise 150 ft in 5 hours? One gallon of water
weights 8 and half lbs.
c. 593,238 gallons equals to 852,353 gallons.

17. One cubic foot of water is assumed to wight 62.5

lbs. what is the weight of one cubic inch of water?
a. 0.0361.

18. A man bought plumbing tools worth 2100. The

sales tax was 8%. How much did the man pay?
b. 2268.

19. A drainage pipe line 1000 ft long is laid at a slope

of 2%. What is the total drop of the lower end?
c. 20 ft.

20. What is the travel length of a plastic pipe 4” in

diameter if the offset angle is 11.250
and the
offset length is 60 cm.
b. 3meters.

21. A 150 mm diameter pipe, 50 ft long is installed

vertically. It is filled with water at atmospheric
pressure, what is the total pressure in psi at the
bottom?.
b. 21.66 psi.

22. What is the pressure in pounds per square inch at

the base of a 10 foot water cylinder?
b. 4.33 psi.

23. If the total working area of the plunger of a pump

is 10 sq. in. What is the total pressure in pounds
on the plunger when pumping against 125 lbs per
square inch?
b. 12.5 lbs.

24. 350 is to be divided between Jones and Smith so

that jones will receive 25 more than Smith. How
much Jones received?
b. 187.50.

25. 350 is to be divided between Jones and Smith so

that jones will receive 25 more than Smith. How
much Smith received?
d. 162.50.

26. Find two consecutive even integers such that the

square of the larger is 44 greater that the square
of the smaller integers?
b. 10 and 12

27. A messenger traveling 65 miles per hour pursues

a truck which has a start of 2 hours and overtacks
it in 3 hours. Find the trucks’ speed?
c. 39 miles/hr.

28. A motorboat went 70 miles in 4 hours when

traveling at full speed upstream on a river whose
current flows at the rate of 6 miles per hour. How
fast can the boat travel in still water?
c. 23.5 miles/hr.

29. Two coats of paint are required for an elevated

water pipe line 7 inches in diameter (outside
diameter) and 200 ft long. If a gallon of paint
covers 200 sq. ft. on the first coat and 250 sq. ft.
on the second coat, how many gallons are
needed?
d. 33 gallons.

30. What is the radius of a circle the area of which is

equal to that of a rectangle whose sides are 26.9
and 12.5 inches respectively?
a. 10.34 inches.

31. What is the weight of a solid ball of brass 6 inches

in diameter? Assume specific gravity of 8.4?
b. 34.3 lbs.

32. One cubic yard can give a volume equivalent to?

a. 0.7651 cu.m.

33. Find the diameter of a circle whose area is equal

to the difference between the area of an 8-inch
circle and the area of a 4-inch circle?
b. 6.93 inches.

34. One gallon is equal to?

c. 3.65 liters.

35. 11/16 of an inch is equal to?

c. 17.4625 mm.

36. The volume of a cube is equal to the cube of the

measure of its?
c. Edge.

37. If each of two lines is perpendicular to the same

line, then the lines are?
b. Parallel.
38. Is a branch of mathematics dealing with integers
and more generally, numeral computation?
d. Arithmethic.

39. One pound per square inch is equivalent to how

many feet of water?
d. 2.31 ft.

40. The power to which a number is raised is

indicated by a small superior figure called?
c. Exponent.

41. A number that be exactly divided by two is?

d. Even.

42. How many feet can one horsepower raise a

weight of 33 lbs within one hour?
d. 60,000 ft.

43. A space that is devoid of matter and in which the

pressure is zero?
b. Outer space.

44. Decrease in the value of a physical property due

to the passage of time?
d. Depreciation.

45. We may classify an interest rate which specifies

the actual rate of interest on the principal for one
year as?
d. Effective rate.

46. The ratio of the interest payment to the principal

for a given unit of time and usually expressed as a
percentage of the principal?
b. Interest rate.

47. Additional information of prospective bidders on

contract documents issued prior to bidding date?
d. Bid bulletin.

48. What is the corresponding effective rate of 18 %

compound semi-quarterly?
b. 19.48%.

49. Find the present worth of future payment of

100,000 to be made in 10 years with an interest
of 12% compounded quarterly?
c. 30,655.68

50. You loan from a firm an amount of 100,000 with a

rate of simple interest of 20 % but the interest
was deducted from the loan at the time the
money was borrowed. If at the end of one year,
you have to pay the full amount of 100,000, what
is the actual rate of interest?
b. 25.0%.

51. The paper currency issued by the Central Bank

which forms part of the country’s money supply?
c. Check.

52. Reduction in the level of national income and

output usually accompanied by the fall in the
general price level?
b. Deflation.

53. It is a series of equal payment occurring at equal

interval of time?
a. Annuity.

54. The place where buyers and sellers come

together?
a. Market.

55. A market whereby there is only one buyer of an

item for which there are no goods substitute?
a. Monopsony.

56. It is a series of equal payments occurring at equal

interval of time where the first payment is made
after several periods, after the beginning of the
payment?
d. Deferred annuity.

57. The total income equal the total operating cost?

d. Break even no gain no loss.

58. Kind of obligation which has no condition

attached?
c. Gratuitous.

59. Direct labor cost incurred in the factory and direct

material costs are the costs of all materials that
go into production. The sum of these two direct
cost is known as?
c. Prime Cost.

60. An index of short term paying ability is called?

c. Current ratio.

61. An artificial expenses that spreads purchase price

of an asset or another property over number of
years?
a. Depreciation.

62. Estimated value at the end of the useful life?

c. Salvage value.

63. Consists of the actual counting or determination

of the actual quantity of the materials on hand as
of a given date?
a. Physical inventory.

64. Additional information of prospective bidders on

contract documents issued prior to bidding date?
d. Bid bulletin.
65. A series of uniform accounts over a period of time?
b. Annuity.

66. The quantity of a certain commodity that is

offered for sale at a certain price at a given place
and time?
b. Supply.

67. Work-in process is classified as?

a. An asset.

68. What is the highest position in the corporation?

c. Chairman of the board.

69. Type of ownership in business here individuals

exercise and enjoy the right in their own interest?
c. Private.

70. Decrease in the value of a physical property due

to the passage of time?
d. Depreciation.

71. An association of two or more individuals for the

purpose of operating a business as co-owners for
profit?
c. Partnership.

72. We may classify an interest rate, which specifies

the actual rate of interest on the principal for one
year as?
d. Effective rate.

73. It is defined to be the capacity of a commodity to

satisfy human want?
b. Luxury.

74. It is the amount which a willing buyer will pay to

willing seller for a property where each has equal
advantage and is under no compulsion to buy or
sell?
b. Market value.

75. This occurs in a situation where a commodity or

service is supplied by a number of vendor by a
number of vendors and there is nothing to
prevent additional vendors entering the market?
a. Perfect competition.

76. These are products or services that are desired by

human and will be purchase if money is available
after the required necessities have been obtain?
c. Luxuries.

77. These are products or services that are required

to support human life and activities that will be
purchased in somewhat the same quantity even
though the price varies considerably?
b. Necessities.
78. A condition where only few individuals produce a
certain product and that any action of one will
lead to almost the same action of others?
a. Oligopoly.

79. Grand total of the assets and operational

capability of a corporation?
a. Authorized capital.

80. The worth of the property equals to the original

cost less depreciation?
d. Book value.

81. Money paid for the use of borrowed capital?

c. Interest.

82. liquid assets such as cash and other assets that

can be converted quickly into cash, such as
accounts receivable and merchandise are called?
c. current assets.

83. the length of time which the property may be

operated at a profit?
b. economic life.

84. the provision in the contract that indicates the

possible adjustment of material cost and labor
cost?
b. escalatory clause.

85. the present worth of all depreciation over the

economic life of the item is called?
c. depreciation recovery.

86. gross profit, sale less cost of goods sold, as a

percentage of sales is called?
b. gross margin.

87. worth of the property as shown in the accounting

records of an enterprise?
d. book value.

88. those funds that are required to make the

enterprise or project a going concern?
c. working capital.

89. a market situation where there is one seller with

many buyer?
a. monopoly.

90. a market situation where there is one seller and

one buyer?
b. monopsony.

91. A market situation where there are few sellers

and few buyers?
c. bilateral oligopoly.

92. A market situation where there are only two

buyers with many sellers?
c. duepsony.

93. Define as the future value minus the present

value?
c. Discount.

94. The ratio of the interest payment to the principal

for a given unit of time and usually expressed as
percentage of the principal?
b. interest rate.

95. Scrap value of an asset is sometimes known as?

b. salvage value.

96. A type of annuity where the payments are made

at the end of payment period starting from the
first period?
a. ordinary annuity.

97. Bond to which are attached coupons indicating

the interest due and the date when such interest
is to be paid?
b. coupon bond.

98. “When free competition exists the price of a

product will be that value where supply is equal
to the demand?
d. Law of supply and demand.

99. The ratio of the net income to the owners’ equity

is known as?
c. Return of investment.

100. Capitalized cost of any property is equal to the?

c. First cost+ cost of perpetual maintenance.