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1. For the function, f(x) = x4 + 5x3 + 2x2 - 20x 24 which of the following zeroes of f(x) has
a multiplicity of 2?
A. 3
B. -3
C. -2 *
D. 2
A. 620
B. 420 *
2. Find the 15th term if 8k + 4, 6k - 2, and 2k 7 are the first 3 terms of an arithmetic
progression.
A. 84
B. -68
C. 72
D. -90 *
3. Find the volume of a spherical segment if
the radius of the sphere is 10 cm and
altitude 8 cm.
3
A. 1747.54 cm
B. 1474.45 cm3 *
C. 1372.62 cm
D. 1440.47 cm3
C. 30.94 a7
D. 15.57 a7
5. Given: log b y = 2x + log b x. Which of the
following is true?
A. y = b2x
B. y = 2xb
C. y = x
D. y = xb2x *
6. Find the number which is 7/4 times the
excess of number over 3.
A. 8
B. 7 *
C.6
D.5
7. A man sold half an egg more than half his
eggs. He then sold half an egg more than
half his remaining eggs. He did the same
for the third time. If he had 7 eggs left, how
many eggs does he originally have?
A. 67
B. 65
C.63 *
D.61
8. At what time between 4 and 5 oclock will
the hands of the clock be at right angle for
the first time?
A. 4:6.42
B. 4:5.45 *
C. 4:5.23
D. 4:7.62
9. The difference of the squares of the digit of
a 2-digit positive numbers is 27. If the
digits are reversed in order and the
resulting number is subtracted from the
original number, the difference is also 27.
What is the original number?
A. 72
B. 56
C. 63 *
D. 81
10. How many liters of water must be added
to 35 liters of 89% hydrochloric acid
solution to reduce its strength to 75%?
A. 7.33
B. 5.34
C. 6.53 *
D. 4.83
11. A boy is one-third as old as his brother
and 8 years younger than his sister. The
sum of their ages is 38 years. How old is
the boy?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6 *
D. 7
C.220
D.110
13. An equilateral triangle is inscribed within
a circle whose diameter is 16 cm. In this
triangle, a circle is inscribed, and in this
circle another equilateral triangle is
inscribed, and so on indefinitely. Find the
sum of the perimeters of all the triangles?
A.
48 2
C.
B. 47 3
D.
4. Find the term involving a7 in the expansion
of (1/2 + a)12.
A. 24.75 a7 *
B. 14.44 a7
12. The excess of the sum of the fourth and
fifth parts over the difference of the half
and third parts of a number is 119. Find
the number.
46 3
48 3 *
14. A tank is filled with 240 gallons of acid.
Sixty gallons are drawn off and replaced
with water. Then another 60 gallons of
the mixture are again removed and
replaced with water. This removal is done
5 times. How many gallons of acid remain
in the tank after 5 drawing of 60 gallons
each?
A. 52.34 gal
B. 53.34 gal
C. 55.49 gal
D. 56.95 gal *
15. The probability that both stages of a twostage rocket will function correctly is 0.95.
The reliability of the first stage is 0.98.
What is the reliability of the second
stage?
A. 0.97 *
B. 0.95
C. 0.93
D. 0.03
16. Given a right spherical triangle: C = 90;
B = 80; c = 110. Solve for b.
A. 68 *
B. 87
C.54
D. 64
17. A and B submitted separate proposals for
the construction of a bridge, A offering
the lower price for the winning bid. Had A
and B reduced their bid prices by 5% and
10%, respectively, A would still have won
the bid, but the difference in their bids
would have been reduced by P3000. If
the sum total of the bids is P90000, what
is the bid of A?
A. P50000
B. P60000
C.P40000 *
D.P70000
18. A parcel of land in the form of a rectangle
has length 6m longer than its width. If it
was 3m shorter and 2m wider its area
would be decreased by 14 sq. m. Find its
dimensions.
A. 24m x 26m
B. 25m x 23m
C. 20m x 26m*
D. 12m x 40m
19. During the last election, the total number
of voters recorded in a certain
municipality was 8600. Had one-third of
RFs supporters stayed away from the
polls and one-half of EQs behaved
likewise, RFs majority would have been
reduced by 200. How many votes did RF
actually received?
A.5500
B.4500
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20. What theorem states that the area of
lattice polygon (polygons that have
vertices located at the integral nodes of a
square grid or lattice that are spaced a
unit distance from their immediate
neighbors) can be found simply by
counting the lattice points on the interior
and boundary of the polygon?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Pell theorem
Picks theorem *
Planck theorem
Poncelet theorem
21. A box contains 5 radio tubes of which 2
are defective. The tubes are tested one
after the other until 2 defective tubes are
discovered. What is the probability that
the process stopped on the third test?
A. 0.3
B. 0.4
C. 0.2 *
D. 0.1
22. Two planes fly from the same airport. The
first plane leaves at 8:00am flying N 43o
W at 240 km/hr while the second leaves
at 8:30 am flying N 27o E at 300 km/hr.
How far apart the planes at 11:00am?
A. 755.31km
B. 843.52km *
C. 946.65km
D. 999.12km
23. How many numbers of four different digits
can be formed from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
each containing 2 odd and 2 even digits?
A. 312
B. 248
C. 524
D. 432 *
24. A boy counted 73 posts while riding a
train for a time of 8 minutes. He started
counting as the train passes the first post
and stopped with the last one. If the posts
were 100 meters apart, how many
kilometers an hour was the train
traveling?
A. 54.75 kph
B. 54.50 kph
C. 54 kph *
D. 55 kph
25. Find n: 21C(n,3) = 10C(n,5)
A. 10 *
B. 12
C. 11
D.13
26. A ring was formed by two concentric
circles. A chord 20cm long is drawn
tangent to the inner circle. Determine the
area of the ring.
A. 324.17 sq. cm.
B. 314.16 sq. cm *
C. 1256 sq.cm
D. 212.34 sq.cm
27. Find the radius of the circle escribed in a
triangle which is tangent to the 17m side
if the triangle has sides equal to 17m,
10m and 21m respectively.
A. 7 m
B. 12 m *
C. 8 m
D. 10 m
28. To measure distance AC, a man walks
400 ft from A to B, then turns 300 to face
C, and walks 600ft to C. What is the
distance AC?
A. 967.312 ft *
B. 831.463 ft
C. 892.153 ft
D. 793.134 ft
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29. A regular triangular pyramid has an
altitude of 9 m and a volume of 187.06
cu. m. What is the base edge in meters?
A. 10m
B. 12m *
C. 11m
D. 13m
30. If the edge of a cube is increased by
99%, by how much is the surface area
increased?
A. 99%
B. 400%
C. 198%
D. 290%*
31. A goat is tethered to a corner of a 4m by
5m water tank by a 6m pole. What area
of the ground outside the water tank can
the goat graze?
A. 83.53 sq.m
B. 88.75 sq.m *
C. 64.51 sq.m
D. 67.39 sq.m
32. A merchant paid P 360 for some crates of
bananas. Four crates were spoiled and
had to be thrown away, but he sold the
rest at an increase in price of P 2 per
crate, gaining P 88.00. How many crates
did he buy?
A. 60 *
B. 40
C. 50
D. 39
33. Find the centroid of the triangle formed by
joining the points A (3, 2), B (-1, 4), and C
(5, -3).
A. (3, 3)
B. (2, 1)
C. (7/3, -1)
D. (7/3, 1) *
34. A line through (5, -3) and (-1, 4) is
perpendicular to a line through (4, 2) and
(-3, Y). Find Y.
A. -1
B. -4 *
C. 2
D. 3
35. A light hangs 15 feet directly above a
straight walk on which a man 6 feet tall is
walking. How fast is the end of the mans
shadow traveling when he is walking
away from the light at a rate of 3 miles
per hour?
A. 5 mph *
B. 6 mph
C. 4.7 mph
D. 5.5 mph
36. A particle travels along the parabola
y=ax2 + x + b. At what point do its
abscissa and ordinate change at the
same rate?
A. (0,a)
B. (-2, 1)
C. (1, 2)
D. (0, b) *
37. A clock has hands 1 and 1 3/5 inches
long respectively. At what rate are the
ends of the hands approaching each
other when the time is 2 oclock? 0.095
in/min
A.1 in/min
B. 1.5 in/min
C. 0.03 in/min
D. 0.095 in/min*
38. A triangle has a base 12 feet long and an
altitude 8 feet high. Find the area of the
largest rectangle that can be inscribed in
the triangle so that the base of the
rectangle falls on the base of the triangle.
A.76 sq. ft
B. 24 sq. ft *
C. 38 sq. ft
D. 12 sq. ft
39. Evaluate:
50. Two of the roots of 2x3 11x2 + = 0
are 2, 3.Find the complete equation.
ex e x
x0
tan x
lim
A. -1
B. infinity
C. 0
D. 2 *
40. Find the area bounded by y = 2x + x2
x3, the x axis, and the lines x = -1 and x =
1.
A. 2/3
B. 1/4
C. 3/2 *
D.1/3
41. Find the volume of the solid generated by
revolving the area bounded by y = x2 and
y2 = x about x = -1.
A. 3 *
B. 3.5
C. 4
D. 4.5
42. A right circular tank of depth 12 feet and
radius 4 feet is half full of oil weighing 60
pounds per cubic foot. Find the work
done in pumping the oil to a height 6 feet
above the tank.
A. 149 ft-tons
B. B. 136 ft-tons *
C. 120 ft-tons
D. 100 ft-tons
43. Find the length of the curve x2 + y2 = 36
at the first quadrant from x = 1 to x = 5.
A. 4 units
B. 5.62 units
C. 9.5 units
D. 4.91 units *
44. How soon after noon are the hands of a
clock together again?
A.
B.
1.091 hr *
1.5 hr
C. 1.0833 hr
D. 1.05
45. Find the probability that a single toss of
a die will result in a number less than 4
if it is given that the toss resulted in an
odd number.
A. 1/3
B.
C. 2/3 *
D. 1/6
46. The interior of a cubical box is lined with
insulating material 4 cm thick. Find the
original interior dimensions if the volume
is thereby decreased by 271 cm3.
A. 9 cm
B. 10 cm *
C. 11 cm
D. 12 cm
47. From 7 consonants and 5 vowels, how
many words can be formed consisting of
4 different consonants and 3 different
vowels? The words need not have
meaning.
A. 1,764,000 *
B. 350
C. 50400
D. 254016000
48. Find the area of each segment formed
by an inscribed equilateral triangle if the
radius of the circle is 8 cm.
A. 39.3 cm2 *
B. 42.1 cm2
C.78.2 cm2
C.47.2 cm2
49. A 6-foot man is running away from the
base of a streetlight that is 15 feet high.
If he moves at the rate of 18 feet per
second, how fast is the length of his
shadow changing?
A. 10 fps
B. 11 fps
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C. 9 fps
D. 12 fps *
A. 2x3
B. 2x3
C. 2x3
D. 2x3
11x2 + 17x 6 = 0 *
11x2 + 15x 2 = 0
11x2 - 17x 6 = 0
11x2 - 15x + 2 = 0
51. A circus tent is shaped like a right circular
cone. Its diameter is 50meters and the
height at the center is 20meters. How
much canvas is in the tent?
A. 2515 m3 *
B. 39270 m3
C. 1571 m3
D. 3142 m3
52. The fourth term of an A.P. is 14 and the
ninth term is 34. Find the thirteenth term.
A. 70
B. 85
C. 50 *
D. 35
53. A card is drawn at random from an
ordinary deck of 52 playing cards. Find
the probability that it is neither a four nor
a club.
A. 4/13
B. 9/13 *
C. 1/3
D. 1/5
54. A mold grows at a rate proportional to its
present size. Initially there is 2 oz of this
mold, and two days later there is 3 oz.
How much mold will be present in ten
days?
A. 17.31 oz
B. 12 oz
C. 15.19 oz *
D. 20 oz
55. A and B are 30 km apart. If they leave at
the same time and travel in the same
direction A overtakes B in 60 hours. If
they walk toward each other they meet in
5 hours. What is the speed of A?
A. 3.25 kph*
B. 2.75 kph
C. 4.75 kph
D. 1.5 kph
56. A railroad track makes an angle of 4.8o
with the horizontal. How far must the train
go up the track for it to gain 30 m in
altitude?
A. 359 m*
B. 400 m
C. 360 m
D. 250m
57. A lighthouse is 10 km northwest of a
dock. A ship leaves the dock at 9 A.M.
and steams west at 12 km/h. At what time
will it be 8 km from the lighthouse?
A.
B.
C.
D.
9:16 A.M.
9:17 A.M.
9:37 A.M.
9:27 A.M.
and 9:43 A.M.
and 9:54 A.M. *
and 9:32 A.M.
and 9:56 A.M.
58. A woman hikes 503 m, turns and jogs
415 m, turns again, and runs 365 m
returning to her starting point. What is the
area of the triangle formed by her path?
A. 74,600 m2 *
B. 53,600 m2
C. 64,500 m2
D. 34,400 m2
59. Find the number of degrees in the angle
formed by a tangent and a chord drawn
to the point of tangency if the intercepted
arc has measure 38o.
A. 17o
B. 40o
C. 19o *
D. 10o
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60. If the medians of triangle ABC meet in D.
Find the length of the median whose
shorter segment is 7.
A. a hyperbola
B. a straight line *
A. 12
B. 14
C. 21 *
D. 10
61. A party costing $30 is planned. It is found
that by adding three more to the group,
the cost per person would be reduced by
50 cents. For how many was the party
originally planned?
A. 11
B. 8
C. 15
D. 12 *
62. Find the area of the quadrilateral formed
by the lines: y = 0, y = 4, y = x, and y = x
+4.
A.20
B.16 *
C. 18
D. 22
63. As a gasoline tank is being emptied, the
number G of gallons left after t seconds is
given by G = 3(15 - t) 2. What was the
average rate at which the gasoline was
being drained from the tank over the first
12 seconds?
A. 32 gal/sec
B. 64 gal/sec
C. 54 gal/sec *
D. 27 gal/sec
64. Four different mathematics books, six
different physics books, and two different
chemistry books are to be arranged on a
shelf. How many different arrangements
are possible if the books in each
particular subject must all stand together?
A. 207,360 *
B. 8,709,120
C. 4.8 x 108
D. 34560
C. 156 lb
D. 170 lb
66. A hole of radius 1 unit is bored through a
sphere of radius 3 units, the axis of the
hole being a diameter of the sphere. Find
the volume of the remaining part of the
sphere.
A.
B.
64 3
3
64 2
4
C.
D.
64 2
3
64 2
3
67. A particle moves along the curve y = x3/3
with vx = 2 at all times. Find the
magnitude of the velocity.
A.
B.
15
19
C. 12
D. 18 *
68. Find the length of the indicated arc of the
given curve: y3 = 8x2 from x = 1 to x = 8.
A.
B.
7.31 units
9.26 units*
70. The cost C, in pesos per day, of
producing x TV sets per day is given by
the formula: C = 7000 + 50x 0.05x2.
Find the rate of change of C with respect
to x (called the marginal cost) when 200
sets are being produced each day.
C. 1.24 units
D. 5.32 units
69. Suppose a geometric object in the
mathematicians polar coordinate plane is
represented by the equation = /4. The
object is
78. The decimal number system is the most
commonly used number system. What is
another term for this number system?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Dyadic number system
Decadic number system
Denary number system *
Decanary number system
79. The base of the number system is called:
A. P40/set
B. P30/set *
C. 50/set
D. 60/set
71. What do you call a prime number with at
least two distinct digits, which remains
prime on every rearrangement of the
digits?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Permutable prime *
Mersene prime
Combinational prime
Periodic prime
72. What is another term for a permutable
prime?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Indefinite prime
Variable prime
Fixed prime
Absolute prime *
73. A prime number is an integer greater than
1 which has:
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
1 as its only positive divisor
itself as its only positive divisor
1 and itself as its only positive
divisors *
1 and its additive inverse as its only
positive divisor
2
4*
3
5
Infinity
Zero
Negligible
Infinitesimal *
C.
D.
The sum of even numbers is even.
The difference of even numbers is
even.
The product of even numbers is
even.
The quotient of even numbers is
even. *
77. Every positive integer greater than 1 is a
prime or can be expressed as a unique
product of primes and powers of primes.
What is this statement commonly called?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Rule of Primes
Fundamental Theorem of
Arithmetic *
Fundamental Law of Primes
Fundamental Theorem of Numbers
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80. What refers to a number system in which
addition, subtraction, and multiplication
are always defined and the associative
and distributive laws are valid?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Field
Range
Ring *
Domain
A.
B.
C.
D.
Diocles approximation
Diophantine approximation *
Appolonius approximation
Pythagorean approximation
82. A number is said to be in _____ when it is
written as the product of a number having
the decimal point just after the leading
digit, and a power of 10.
A.
B.
C.
D.
scientific notation *
exponential
irrational
logarithm
A.
B.
C.
D.
0
1*
1
infinity
84. Any number divided by infinity equals
76. Which of the following statements about
even numbers is NOT true?
A.
B.
Index
Radix *
Cologarithm
Logarithm
83. What is the multiplicative identity
element?
75. A number that is greater than zero yet
smaller than any positive real number is
called:
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
81. What refers to the approximation of a real
number by a rational number?
74. What is the smallest composite number?
65. Four groups of students, consisting of 15,
20, 10, and 18 individuals, reported mean
weights of 162, 148, 153, and 140 lb,
respectively. Find the mean weight of all
the students.
A. 142 lb
B. 150 lb *
C. a parabola
D. a spiral
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A.
B.
C.
D.
0*
1
infinity
indeterminate
85. What system of numeration was the
usually used by many ancient cultures
because humans have ten fingers and
ten toes on which to count?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Sexagesimal numeration
Mayan numeration
Vigesimal numeration *
Aztec numeration
86. The number 0.0320 has how many
significant digits?
A.
B.
C.
D.
1
2
3
4*
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87. What theorem links complex numbers
and trigonometry?
A.
B.
C.
D.
de Malvess theorem
de Morgan theorem
dAlemberts theorem
de Moivres theorem *
88. What is a statement of truth of which
follows with little or no proof from a
theorem?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Axiom
Hypothesis
Corollary *
Conclusion
89. A proved proposition which is useful
mainly as a preliminary to the proof of a
theorem is called:
A.
B.
C.
D.
lemma *
hypothesis
postulate
corollary
90. In mathematics and other fields of logical
reasoning, axioms are used as basis for
the formulation of statements called:
A.
B.
C.
D.
lemma
hypotheses *
postulate
theorem
91. What refers to a sequence of statements
in which each subsequent statement is
derivable from one of the previous
statements or from an axiom of a formal
statement?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hypothesis
Corollary
Paradox
Proof *
92. What is a null hypothesis?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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96. The result that any polynomial with real
or complex coefficient has a root in the
complex plane. What is this theorem
called?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Fundamental theorem of Algebra*
Fundamental theorem of Geometry
Fundamental theorem of Arithmetic
Fundamental theorem of Number
Theory
97. Every even integer greater than 2 can be
written as the sum of two primes. This is
known as
A.
B.
C.
D.
Fermats last theorem
Goldbach conjecture *
Prime number thoerem
Mersenne primes
98. What is the least proved theorem in
Mathematics?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Goldbach conjecture
Fermats last theorem *
Mersennes proposition
Pappus propositions
99. What is the most proved theorem in
Mathematics?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gauss lemma
Fermats theorem
Ptolemys theorem
Pythagorean theorem *
100. What theorem is considered as the
fundamental theorem of calculus and is
used today in almost all computer codes
that solve partial differential equations?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Greens theorem *
Hams theorem
Gauss theorem
Guys theorem
A hypothesis that is being tested in a
hypothesis-testing situation. *
A hypothesis that has nothing to
test.
A hypothesis that need not be
tested.
A hypothesis that has no basis.
93. If a = b then b = a. This illustrates what
axiom in algebra?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Symmetric axiom*
Reflexive axiom
Transitive axiom
Replacement axiom
94. If a = b and b = c, then a = c. This
illustrates:
A.
B.
C.
D.
reflexive law
law of symmetry
transitive law*
substitution law
95. The product of two or more numbers is
the same in whatever order they are
multiplied. This refers to:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Associative law of addition
Commutative law of multiplication *
Associative law of multiplication
Distributive law of multiplication
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