MATHEMATICS

120 Questions w/ Answer Key

1) Which statement is
true? a. √5 is a rational
number b. 0 is a positive
number c. √3 is a real
number
d. √4 is an irrational number

Ans: C

2) The thousandths digit of the number 1,234.5678 is ________.

c.
a. 1 8
d.
b. 7 5

Ans: B – 7 is the thousandths digit. 1 is the thousand digit.

3) (4)(-6) + (12x3) = ________

c.
a. 10 14
d.
b. 12 15

Ans: B

4) The difference between gross profit and cost of goods sold is

known as ________. a. markdown
b. discount c.
net profit
d. invoice price

Ans: C

5) Julius has ₱15,000 in the bank. After a year, he expects it to earn ₱750. What is the rate of interest?
a. 2% c. 5%
b. 4% d. 6%

Ans: C

6) The greatest common divisor of 91, 39 and 78 is ________.

c.
a. 24 39
d.
b. 13 91

Ans: B

7) The property of real numbers which describes (5+6)-3 = 3+(5+6) is ________.

a. Commutative c. Distributive
b. Associative d. Reflexive

Ans: A

8) Which is proportion?
a. 5:4 = 15:12 c. 4:5 = 12:10
b. 8:3 = 16:9 d. ½:7 = 5:2

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Ans: A

9) After receiving a 30% discount, Jay paid ₱210.00 for an item. What is the regular price of the item?
c.
a. ₱300 ₱380
d.
b. ₱350 ₱400

Ans: A

10) Peter borrowed 15,000 from the bank at the rate of 12% per year. How much will he owe the bank
after 1.5 years?
a. ₱16,000 b. ₱16,7
d.
c. ₱17,000 ₱17,700

Ans: D

11) 1/8 in percent is ________.

a. 10.5% c. 14.5%
d
b. 12.5% . 16.5%
Ans: B - 1/8 x =
100% 12.5%

12) John invested ₱5,000 in a certain business. How much will his money be in 2 years if it earns 12%
interest in a year?
c.
a. ₱6,000 ₱6,200
d.
b. ₱6,100 ₱6,300

Ans: C

13) What do you call an equality of 2 ratios?

a. quotient c. percentage
b. fraction d. proportion

Ans: D

14) The number of hours spent for review in Algebra, Chemistry and English is in the ratio of 4:3:1.
How many hours does each student spend for Chemistry in a 24-hour review package?
a. 3 c. 9
d.
b. 6 12

Ans: C

15) What is the value of 3.5 kilograms in grams?

c.
a. 35 3,500
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 d.
b. 350 35,000

Ans: C

16) The least common multiple of 18 and 24 is ________.

c.
a. 6 36
d.
b. 24 72

Ans: D

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17) How many pieces of 7 ½ inches wire can be cut from a 31 ¼ ft roll of wire?
a. 5 b. 10
c. 25 d. 50

Ans: D

18) What do you call a triangle with equal sides?

a. scalene b. equilateral
c. isosceles d. right

Ans: B

19) How many centimeters are there in 100 millimeters?

a. 0.1 b. 1
d.
c. 10 100

Ans: C

20) A ball is drawn at random from a box containing 3 red balls, 4 white balls and 5 blue balls. What is
the probability that it is not blue?
a. ¼ b. ½
c. 7/12 d. 1

Ans: C

21) A salesman gets a 15% commission for the first ₱20,000, and 10% for the amount over ₱20,000 of
his total sales. How much does he get for a total sale of ₱50,600?
b.
a. 5,060 6,060
d.
c. 7,060 8,060

Ans: B

22) A TV set that originally cost ₱20,000 is now sold at ₱18,000. What is the percentage decrease in the
price of the TV set?
b.
a. 10% 20%
d.
c. 30% 40%

Ans: A

23) At 70 kph, Robin can reach his home within 50 minutes. At what rate should he drive his car so
that he can reach home 15 minutes earlier?
a. 60 kph b. 80 kph
c. 90 kph d. 100 kph

Ans: D

24) A typist can finish 4 pages in 6 minutes. How long will it take for him to finish 10 pages?
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a. 20 minutes b. 15 minutes
c. 10 minutes d. 8 minutes

Ans: B

25) Four people can finish painting a room within 4 hours. If only 2 people are available, how many
hours do they have to work to finish the same job?

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a. 4 b. 6
d.
c. 8 10

Ans: C

26) (3√8) (3√18) = __________

b.
a. 108 110
d.
c. 112 114

Ans: A

27) Jean bought 5 kilos of rice worth ₱200 and another 4 kilos of rice worth ₱144. What is the average
price of rice per kilo?
b.
a. ₱172.00 ₱172.11
d.
c. ₱175.00 ₱175.11

Ans: D

28) 72 is ¾ of what number?

b.
a. 76 84
d.
c. 86 96

Ans: D

29) 0.0125 expressed in fraction in lowest term is ________.

a. 1/8 b. ¼
d.
c. 1/800 1/80

Ans: D

30) Jack and Jill work as part of the service crew in one of the fastfood chains. If their earnings were
in the ration of 7:8 respectively, how much did Jack earned when Jill had earned ₱6,400?
b.
a. ₱6,200 ₱5,600
d.
c. ₱5,800 ₱6,080

Ans: B

31) Which of the following is a multiple of 8?

b.
a. 5,148 53,250
d.
c. 1,460 32,400
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Ans: D

32) The value of the car has depreciated by ₱20,000. It is now worth ₱380,000. By how many
percent did the value of the car decrease?
b.
a. 5% 10%
d.
c. 20% 25%

Ans: A

33) If x is an integer and 90>3x, then x cannot be ________.

b.
a. 29 26
d.
c. 27 30

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Ans: D

34) Of the following, which is the greatest?

b.
a. ¾ 5/7
d.
c. 6/9 7/10

Ans: A

35) The area of the rectangle is 6x2, with length of 2x. Find the perimeter.
b.
a. 16x 10x
d.
c. 12x2 18x

Ans: B

36) How many times will the digit 7 appear between 1 to 100.
b.
a. 9 20
d.
c. 19 11

Ans: B

37) What is the value of a in the statement: 3ab =15, if b = 5?

b.
a. 3 1
d.
c. 2 5

Ans: B

38) Lito cut 4 ¼ yd of plastic cover from a bolt containing 35 1/8 yd. How many yards were left in
the bolt?
b. 30
a. 31 ¼ 7/8
d. 30
c. 31 1/8 ¼

Ans: B

39) Find the final amount due in investing ₱50,000 at a simple interest rate of 14.5% for 18
months.
b.
a. ₱60,875 ₱50,875
d.
c. ₱60,900 ₱50,900

Ans: A
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40) What is the exact interest of ₱15,000, invested at 5.5% simple interest rate for 108 days?
b.
a. ₱255.62 ₱265.62
d.
c. ₱260.62 ₱244.11

Ans: D

41) At what rate of interest should ₱2,400 be invested so that it will earn ₱80 in 8 months?
a. 6.5% b. 5.5%
c. 5% d. 6%

Ans: C

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42) What is the single equivalent discount rate of the discount series 5%, 10% and 25%?
b.
a. 40% 35.9%
c. 64.1% d. 60%

Ans: B

43) The product of 2 whole numbers is 36, and their ratio is 1:4. Which of these is the smaller number?
b.
a. 3 4
d.
c. 8 9

Ans: A

44) If 30% of x is 30, what is 50% of x?

b.
a. 30 40
d.
c. 50 60

Ans: C

45) Julio’s salary is ₱8,500 per month. If it is increased by 12%, what is his new salary per month?
b.
a. ₱9,320 ₱9,420
d.
c. ₱9,520 ₱9,550

Ans: C

46) How much commission does a salesman get if he was able to sell ₱35,000 worth of jewelry and he is
given a 15% of it?
b.
a. ₱5,300 ₱5,325
d.
c. ₱5,250 ₱5,425

Ans: B

47) How much should a man deposit in a bank at 6% simple interest rate if he wants to earn ₱1,200 a
year?
b.
a. ₱10,000 ₱30,000
d.
c. ₱15,000 ₱20,000

Ans: D

48) What is the quotient when .345 is divided by .5?

b.
a. .69 .65
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 d.
c. .64 .67

Ans: A

49) Simplify this [ 2 x 9 – 8 x (-3) ] / 6 + 15 = _________.

b.
a. 4 3
d.
c. 2 1

Ans: C

50) A movie ticket cost ₱500 during a premiere night, and ₱320 during the regular show. What is the
percentage decrease in the price of the ticket?
b.
a. 30% 36%
d.
c. 24% 28%

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Ans: B

51) A politician wants to get his message to 2/3 of the population of 48,000 in Bulacan. However,
his advertising campaign reaches only ¾ of the number he intended. How many people does he
actually reach?
b.
a. 16,000 10,000
d.
c. 24,000 36,000

Ans: C

52) A meter was cut at the 35-cm mark. What is the ratio of the smaller piece to the larger piece?
b.
a. 7:13 65:35
d.
c. 35:100 65:100

Ans: A

53) The carat is a unit of measure used to weigh precious stones. It equals 3.086 grains. How many
grains does a 2.8 carat diamond weigh?
b.
a. 864.08 86.408
d.
c. 8.6408 8640.8

Ans: C

54) A carpenter wanted three pieces of wood each 1⅝ feet long. If he planned to cut them from a 6-
foot piece of wood, how much of the piece would be left?
a. 4 ⅜ ft b. 1 ⅛ ft
c. 4 ⅞ ft d. 3 ft

Ans: B

55) Four mangoes cost P29.00. At that price what will 2½ dozen mangoes cost?
b.
a. ₱217.50 ₱188.50
d.
c. ₱348.50 ₱870.00

Ans: A

56) If ₱75.00 is shared among three children in the ratio of 3:7:15. The size of the smaller share is
b.
a. ₱9.00 ₱15.00
c. ₱25.00 d.
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Ans: A

57) 4 1/5 + 3 2/7 = __________

b. 7
a. 7 17/35 3/35
d. 7
c. 7 1/35 3/12

Ans: A

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58) 10 - 3 2/17 = __________
b. 2/1
a. 7 2/17 6 7
d. 15/
c. 6 1/17 6 17

Ans: D

59) How many whole numbers can divide 30 exactly?

a. Eight b. Six
c. Five d. Four

Ans: A

60) Which is the sum of the infinite progression 3/2, 1, 2/3, 4/9 . . . ?
a. 6½ b. 5½
c. 4½ d. 7½

Ans: A

61) In the progression 18, -12, 8 . . . which term is 512/729?

b. the
a. the 8th 6th
d. the
c. the 9th 7th

Ans: A

62) Which are the next three terms in the progression

1, 4, 16 . . . 8 terms? a. 64, 256, 1024
b. 67, 259,
1027 c. 66,
258, 1026 d.
65, 257,
1025

Ans: A

63) Which are the next three terms in the progression 1/125, -1/25, 1/5 . . . 7 terms?
b. -3, 7, -
a. -2, 6, -26 27
d. -1, 5, -
c. -4, 8, -28 25

Ans: A

64) Which is the equivalent common fraction of the repeating decimal 3.242424…?
b.
110/3
a. 107/33 3
d.
c. 109/33 108/3
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Ans: A

65) Benjamin received his report card with the following grades: 93, 88, 80, 86 and 89? What is the
average grade?
b.
a. 86 87
d.
c. 86 1/5 88

Ans: B

66) The Miranda Family purchased a 250-pound side of beef and had it packaged. They paid ₱365.00
for the side of beef. During the packaging, 75 pounds of beef were discarded as waste. What was the
cost per pound for the packaged beef?
a. ₱2.08 per pound

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b. ₱2.50 per pound
c. ₱2.06 per pound
d. ₱2.30 per pound

Ans: A

67) If a baseball player hits 10 home runs in the first 45 games, at the same rate how many home
runs can he expect to hit during the
162-game season?
b.
a. 38 42
d.
c. 36 40

Ans: C

68) During a recent shopping spree, Tomas and Nena bought some new accessories for their
apartment. Nena chose a crocheted throw pillow at ₱24.95, and Tomas purchased a rural landscape
painting for ₱135.00. How much did they actually spend if they paid 7% sales tax on their purchases?
b.
a. ₱171.15 ₱139.25
d.
c. ₱159.95 ₱148.75

Ans: A

69) You buy a new refrigerator for ₱12,800.00 and make a down payment of ₱2,500.00. If you
finance the remainder at 8% annually for three years, how much will you actually pay for the
refrigerator?
a. b.
₱12,190.00 ₱10,300.00
c. d.
₱12,772.00 ₱15,272.00

Ans: D

70) To pass her English Test, Lucille must get 75% of the items correct. Out of 80 questions, how many
must she correctly answer?
b.
a. 55 60
d.
c. 65 70

Ans: B

71) Employees at Shaira's Musicmart get a 20% discount on all purchases. If Theresa buys three
tapes at ₱7.49 each, how much will she have to pay after her employee discount?
b.
a. ₱16.98 ₱19.98
d.
c. ₱18.98 ₱17.98

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Ans: D

72) How many ways can a committee of 4 people be selected from a group of 7 people?
a. 35 b. 70
d.
c. 140 210

Ans: A

73) In how many ways can you arrange three mathematics books (Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry) in
order on a shelf?
a. 6 b. 8
d.
c. 12 24

Ans: A

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74) One package is 100 pounds, and the other is 150 pounds. The weight of the second package is
how many times that of the first? a. 1½ times heavier
b. ½ as heavy
c. 10 pounds
heavier d. 20
pounds heavier

Ans: A

75) How many gallons of water will fill a fish tank that is 18 inches by 12 inches by 48 inches? (There
are 231 cubic inches per gallon). Round your answer to the nearest gallon.
a. 45 gallons b. 40 gallons
c. 47 gallons d. 38 gallons

Ans: A

76) What are the next four numbers in this sequence 8, 5, 4, 9,17, ___, ___, ___, ___?
b. 5, 4, 3,
a. 4, 3, 2, 1 2
d. 3, 2, 1,
c. 6, 3, 2, 0 0

Ans: A

77) What day follows the day before yesterday if 2 days from now will be Sunday?
a. Tuesday b. Saturday
c. Wednesday d. Thursday

Ans: A

78) How much larger is the supplement of a 57 degree angle than the complement of a 75 degree angle?
a. 108 degrees b. 18 degrees
c. 105 degrees d. 123 degrees

Ans: A

79) The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 25 feet. If one leg is 24 feet, what is the length of the other leg?
a. 5 ft b. 5 ft
c. 20 ft d. 7 ft

Ans: D

80) Which is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 5 inches and 12 inches?
a. 17in. b. 13 in.
c. 11in. d. 20 in.

Ans: A

81) A tenant as awarded a house and lot package worth ₱180, 000.00. She has to pay package for 20
years at 9% per annum. How much will the house and lot cost after 20 years?
a. ₱604, b. 00
000 ₱504, 0
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c. ₱704, d.
000 ₱500, 00

Ans: B

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82) What is the exponential function of Y = f (x)?
a. y = 2x – 1 b. y = 5x2
c. y = x-1 d. y = x-5

Ans: B

83) Julio son is graduating. He sent his son three packages of 8 ½ kg, 10 ¼ and 2 ½ kg. What is the total
of the packages sent?
a. 20 ¼ kg b. 21 ¼ kg
c. 18 ½ kg d. 23 2/2 kg

Ans: B

84) The weather report recorded a temperature of 29°C in the morning and 33.5°C at two o’clock in the
afternoon. How many degrees higher was the afternoon temperature?
a. 4.5°C b. 5.8°C
c. 6.3°C d. 5.5°C

Ans: A

85) Write the ratio in the lowest term two hours to 30 minutes
b.
a. 2:15 2:4
d.
c. 2:30 4:1

Ans: D

86) Give the value of a if the statement is 4ab = 20 and b = 5:

b.
a. 3 1
d.
c. 2 4

Ans: B

87) What is the sum of √9 and √4.

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

Ans: B

88) What is the value on N in: 18 2/16 + 26 ¼ = N

a. 44 3/8 b. 44 ½
d. 43
c. 44 ¼ 4/16

Ans: A

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89) Which expresses the polynomial
in the following? a. x – x + 9 – 3x + 10x
b. 2x + 4x
– 3 c. xy –
x–6
d. x – 4x + 2x – x + 2

Ans: C

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90) The meat sent by air cargo is 1,340 pounds. The weight was computed into kilogram determine the
kilogram of the cargo.
b. 609.09
a. 0090 kg kg
d. 00.908
c. 61 kg kg

Ans: B

91) How do you determine the total length of the clothing materials if there are 7 2/10 meter and 15
4/5 meter available?
a. 18 ½ m b. 23 m
c. 18 m d. 18 ¼ m

Ans: B

92) Eight men can paint a 3 unit army school building in 3 days. How many more units will 12 men pain
of this building?
a. ½ b. 1 ½
c. 2 d. 1

Ans: B

93) Only 682 examinees passed in a Pharmacists Licensure Examination out of 2550 examinees. What
is the passing percentage?
a. 26.5% b. 26%
d.
c. 26.7% 26.8%

Ans: C

94) Convert this confiscated 8,000 grams of dangerous drugs into kilograms.
a. 8 kg c. 800 kg
b. 800 kg d. 80 kg

Ans: A

95) A rice field is divided into four sections. Each section is 25 meters by 38 meters. Get the perimeter
of each section.
b. 126
a. 152 m m
d. 146
c. 156 m m

Ans: B

96) Hacienda Rosita was to be decided among 22 tenants. Each tenant will be rewarded 6-
hectares each. What was the area of Hacienda Rosita?
a. 152 hectares b. 132 hectares
c. 122 hectares d. 142 hectares

Ans: B
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97) The host had only 8 ¼ gallons of ice cream to serve. Upon arrival of the guest she served 3 ½
gallons. How many gallons are left for the late corners?
a. 5 ¼ gallons b. 4 ½ gallons
c. 4 ¾ gallons d. 4 1/8 gallons

Ans: C

98) What is the product of (3+20) (4- 30)?

b.
a. -598 598
d.
c. 59.8 5.98

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Ans: A

99) The first prize of ₱40,000,000 was shared by 16 winners. How

much will each claim? a. ₱2,500,000.00
b.
₱2,800,000.0
0 c.
₱3,000,000.0
0 d.
₱2,700,000.0
0

Ans: A

100) The harvest of corn is ₱8.00 per kilograms. The whole harvest total worth is ₱10,000.00. How
many kilograms was the corn harvest?
b. 1,250
a. 1,050 kg kg
d. 2,250
c. 2,000 kg kg

Ans: B

101) Find the profit of Weng's water refilling business with revenue of ₱56,000,000 and costs of
₱42,000,000.
a. b.
₱14,000,000 ₱140,000
c. d.
₱1,400,000 ₱14,000

Ans: A

102) Norma's food stall has costs of ₱2,900. Her total food sales are ₱11,600. What percent of her
food sales do the food costs represent?
b.
a. 20% 25%
d.
c. 27% 30%

Ans: B

103) Marvin needs 250 cookies for a buffet. He will make oatmeal raisin, macaroons, and chocolate
chunk cookies. He wants 25% of the cookies to be oatmeal raisin and 15% of the cookies to be
macaroons. How many chocolate chunk cookies must Marvin bake?
b.
a. 150 125
d.
c. 140 100

Ans: A
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104) If a shirt is marked down 25%, what will the
purchase price be? a. ₱25
b. 75% of its
original price c.
50% off
d. ₱75

Ans: B

105) A customer places a special order through 480 Furniture Store. The list price in the
manufacturer's catalog is ₱1,600. 480 Furniture receives a 35% trade discount. What is the net
price for the furniture order?
b.
a. ₱560 ₱1,535
d.
c. ₱1,565 ₱1,040

Ans: D

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106) Ron's Manufacturing offers discounts on most of its products. What is the trade discount rate on
an item with a list price of ₱16.79 and a net price of ?₱2.42?
b.
a. 22% 26%
d.
c. 54% 74%

Ans: B

107) What type of financial statement summarizes the information concerning the cash inflows and
outflows during a particular period? a. Balance sheet
b. Statement cash
flows c. Income
statement
d. Statement of retained earning

Ans: B

108) Closing entries are made:

a. so that financial statements can be made
b. in order to terminate the business as an operating entity
c. in order to transfer net income/loss and owner's drawings to the owner's capital account
d. so that all assets, liabilities, and owner's capital accounts will have zero balances when the next
accounting period starts

Ans: C

109) Suppliers who allow business to receive goods and services before
paying for them are known as: a. Finance companies
b. Leasing
companies c.
Trade
companies d.
Trade debtors

Ans: C

110) Which of the following is an example of

external finance? a. Disposal by a business of
surplus assets
b. Bank loan
c. Day to day cash from sales to
customers d. Money loaned from
trade
suppliers through extended credit

Ans: B

111) A shareholder sells his shares for more than he paid for
them. This is known as: a. Capital gain

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b. Profit on
disposal c. God
deal
d. Capital allowance

Ans: A

112) The point at which the level of sales of a business exactly equals its
costs is known as the: a. Break-even point
b. Insolvency
point c. Start-
up stage d.
Profit point

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Ans: A

113) Working capital is:

a. Current Assets-Current Liabilities
b. Notes Payable
c. Current Liabilities
d. Accounts Payable

Ans: A

114) Which of the following does not appear in a

Balance Sheet? a. Cash
b. Equipment
c. Accounts Payable
d. Depreciation Expense

Ans: D

115) Adjusting entries

are used to: a. close the
books
b. record
accruals c.
correct errors
d. all of the listed answers are correct

Ans: D

116) Net Income or Profit

results from: a. revenues
exceeding expenses
b. assets exceeding liabilities
c. expenses exceeding
revenues d. liabilities
exceeding assets

Ans: A

117) Assets are normally

recorded at: a. cost
b. appraised
value c.
market value
d. management's estimated value

Ans: A

118) Which financial report measures results for

a period of time? a. Balance Sheet

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b. Income
Statement c.
Trial Balance
d. All of the listed answers

Ans: B

119) Using the double entry system, every business

transaction _________. a. affects two or more accounts

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b. affects only asset accounts
c. affects only one account
d. affects only income statement

Ans: A

120) A debt incurred by buying goods or services from a supplier on

credit is called _________. a. property
b. accounts
payable c. an
expense
d. accounts receivable

Ans: B

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