REFRESHER EXAM 1 MATH

Instruction: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. is known to have taken the test and received a favorable (i.e., a
Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to negative result), what is the
the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. probability that she has the disease?
a. 0.00786* b. 0.00796 c. 0.00886 d. 0.00986
Strictly no erasures allowed. Use pencil no. 1 only.
NOTE: Whenever you come across a caret (^) sign, it means 13. Police plan to enforce speed limits by using radar traps at 4 different
exponentiation. locations within the city limits. The radar traps at each of the
locations L1,L2 ,L3 and L4 are operated 40%, 30%, 20%, and 30%
of the time, and if a person who is speeding on his way to work has
1. Jose’s rate of doing work is three times as fast as Bong. On a given probabilities of 0.2, 0.1, 0.5, and 0.2, respectively, of passing
day Jose and Bong work together for 4 hours then Bong was called through these locations, what is the probability that he will
away and Jose finishes the rest of the job in 2 hours. How long receive a speeding ticket?
a. 0.27* b. 0.37 c. 0.47 d. 0.57
would it take Bong to do the complete job alone?
A. 18 hrs. B. 22 hrs. C. 16 hrs. D. 31 hrs. 14. If the person in the previous received a speeding ticket on his way
to work, what is the probability that he passed through the radar
2. In a certain A.P. the first, fourth and eight terms are themselves trap located at L2?
form a geometric progression. What is the common ratio of the a. 1/9* b. 4/9 c. 7/9 d. 8/9

   
G.P.? 3 1
15. If P B   ,P A B C  and P A  B  C = 1/3, then
A. 4/3 B. 5/4 C. 4/5 D. 3/4 4 3
3. What time after 2 o’clock will the hands of the clock extend in P B  C  is
opposite directions for the first time? a. 1/12* b. ¾ c. 5/12 d. 23/36
A. 2:43.64 B. 2:43.46 C. 2:34.64 D. 2:34.46
16. A fair coin is tossed repeatedl. If tail appears on first four tosses,
4. In a racing contest, there are 240 vehicles which will have then the probability of head appearing on fifth toss equals
a. ½* b. 1/32 c. 31/32 d. 1/5
provisions that will last for 15 hours. Assuming constant hourly
consumption for each vehicle, how long will the fuel provisions last if 17. The probability of Philippines winning a test match against America
8 vehicle withdraw from the race every hour after the first? is ½. Assuming independence from match to match, the probability
A. 63 B. 18 C. 20 D. 25 that in a 5 match series Philippines’ second win occurs at the third
test is
5. Find the term containing x2 in the expansion of [x3+(a/x)]10. a. 1/8 b. ¼* c. ½ d. 2/3
A. 128a7x2 B. 210a6x2 C. 120a7x2 * D. 320a5x2
18. The probabilities of a student getting 1st, 2nd and 3rd division in an
6. In a restaurant, 100 tables had been served. Of these tables, 15 examination are respectively 1/10, 3/5 and ¼. The probability, that a
had dish A only, 20 had dish B only, 15 had dish C only, 10 had student fails in the examination is
dishes A and B only, 15 had dishes B and C only, 15 had dishes C a. 197/200 b. 27/100* c. 83/100 d. 33/200
and A only, and 10 had all three dishes. In how many tables can
19. Let E and F be two independent events. If the probability that both E
dishes A or B be found? and F happen is 1/12 and the probability that neither E nor F
A. 75 C. 90 happens is ½ , then P ( E ) and P ( F )
B. 85 * D. 80 respectively are
a. 1/3,1/4* b. ½,1/6 c. 1/6,1/2 d. ¼,1/3*
7. In a certain party each one of the group drinks coke or beer or
whisky or all. Also 400 drink coke, 500 drink beer and 300 drink 20. Three identical dice are rolled. The probability that the same
whisky. 100 drink coke and beer and 200 drink beer and whisky. number will appear on each of them is
One who drinks whisky does not drink coke. How many are in the a. 1/6 b. 1/36* c. 1/18 d. 3/28
group?
21. A can solve 90% of the problems given in a book and B can solve
A. 600 C. 900*
70%. What is the probability that at least one of them will solve a
B. 300 D. 500
problem, selected at random from the book?
(A) 0.16 (B) 0.63 (C) 0.97* (D) 0.20
8. A person moving through a tuberculosis prone zone has a 50%
probability of becoming infected. However, only 30% of infected 22. Nine people sit down for dinner where there are three choices of
people develop the disease. What percentage of people moving meals. Three people order the beef meal, three order the chicken
through a tuberculosis prone zone remains infected but does not meal, and three order the fish meal. The waiter serves the nine
show symptoms of disease? meals in random order. Find the number of ways in which the waiter
(A) 15 (B) 33 (C) 35* (D) 37 could serve the meal types to the nine people so that exactly one
person receives the type of meal ordered by that person.
9. A bag contains 4 red and 3 black balls. A second bag contains 2 red a. 216* b. 391 c. 421 d. 481
and 4 black balls. One bag is selected at random. If from the
selected bag one ball is drawn, then the probability that the ball 23. In how many ways can a total of 8 be thrown if 3 dice are tossed?
drawn is red is a. 16 b. 18 c. 21* d. 32
a. 1/42 b. 3/41 c. 9/42 d. 19/42*
24. Initially Alex, Betty, and Charlie had a total of 444 peanuts. Charlie
10. A 6-faced fair dice is rolled repeatedly till 1 appears for the first time. had the most peanuts, and Alex had the least. The three numbers
The probability that the dice is rolled for even number of times is of peanuts that each person had formed a geometric progression.
a. 1/6 b. 5/36 c. 6/11 d. 5/11* Alex eats 5 of his peanuts, Betty eats 9 of her peanuts, and Charlie
eats 25 of his peanuts. Now the three numbers of peanuts each
11. A firm is accustomed to training operators who do certain tasks on a person has forms an arithmetic progression. Find the number of
production line. Those operators who attend the training course are peanuts Alex had initially.
known to be able to meet their production quotas 90% of the time. a. 108* b. 126 c. 143 d. 151
New operators who do not take the training course only meet their
quotas 65%. of the time. Fifty percent of new operators attend the 25. Find x^2 + y^2 if x and y are positive integers such that
course. Given that a new operator meets his production quota, what xy + x + y = 71
is the probability that he (or she) attended the program? (x^2)y + x(y^2) = 880
A. 0.5807* b. 0.6807 c. 0.7807 d. 0.8807 a. 146* b. 151 c. 161 d. 179

12. A certain form of cancer is known to be found in women over 60 26. If the value of the piece of property decreases by 10% while the tax
with probability 0.07. A blood test exists for the detection of the rate on the property increases by 10%, what is the effect on the
disease but the test is not infallible. In fact, it is known that 10% of taxes?
the time the test gives a false negative (i.e., the test incorrectly A. Taxes decrease by 1% * C. Taxes decrease by 3%
gives a negative result) and 5% of the time the test, gives a false B. Taxes decrease by 2% D. Taxes decrease by 4%
positive (i.e., incorrectly gives a positive result). If a woman over 60
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27. Four couples are to eat at a round table with the men and women B. 2/x 3 + 3/x-1+ 4/(x-1)^2 D. 3/x 3 + 4/x-1– 2/(x-1)^2
alternating. If the hostess reserves a place for herself, in how many
ways can she assign seats to the others? 41. A father and his son can dig a well if the father works 6 hours and his
A. 144 * B. 155 C. 166 D. 177 son works 12 hours or they can do it if the father works 9 hours and son
works 8 hours. How long will it take for the son to dig the well alone?
28. One proposal in the Agrarian Reform Program is to have a retention A. 5 hours B. 15 hours C. 10 hours D. 20 hours*
limit of 10 hectares. If a landowner was left with 10 hectares fewer
than 40% of his land, after selling 6 hectares more than 70% of his 42. Find x if 7 is the fourth proportional to 36 and 28, and x.
A. 13 B. 12 C. 9 * D. 10
land, what size of land did he initially owned?
A. 20 hectares C. 40 hectares * 43. The difference of the squares of the digits of a two digit positive number
B. 30 hectares D. 50 hectares is 27. If the digits are reversed in order and the resulting number
subtracted from the original number, the difference is also 27. What is
29. Two alcohol solution consists of a 40 gallons of 35% alcohol and the original number?
other solution containing 50% alcohol. If the two solutions are A. 63* B. 48 C. 54 D. 73
combined together, they will have a mixture of 40% alcohol. How
many gallons of solutions containing 50% alcohol? 44. One thousand tickets are sold at $1 each for four prizes of $100, $50,
A. 10 B. 20* C. 30 D. 40 $25, and $10. After each prize drawing, the winning ticket is then
returned to the pool of tickets. What is the expected value if you
30. Ten (10) yrs from now the sum of the ages of A and B is equal to purchase two tickets?
50. Six (6) yrs ago, the difference of their ages is equal to 6. How a. -$1.63* b. $1.63 c. -$2.63 d. $2.63
old is A and B?
A. A=17, B=16 C. A=20, B=40 45. A die is rolled 360 times. Find standard deviation of the number of 4s
B A=18, B=12 * D. A=10, B=20 that will be rolled.
a. 50 b. 7.07* c. 49 d. 7
31. P, Q, R and S are working on a project. Q can finish the task in 25
46. Box 1 contains 2 red balls and 1 blue ball. Box 2 contains 3 blue balls
days, working alone for 12 hours a day. R can finish the task in 50 and 1 red ball. A coin is tossed. If it falls heads up, box 1 is selected and
days, working alone for 12 hours per day. Q worked 12 hours a day a ball is drawn. If it falls tails up, box 2 is selected and a ball is drawn.
but took sick leave in the beginning for two days. R worked 18 Find the probability of selecting a red ball.
hours a day on all days. What is the ratio of work done by Q and R a. 3/8 b. 11/24* c. 13/24 d. 17/24
after 7 days from the start of the project?
(A) 10:11 (B) 11:10 (C) 20:21* (D) 21:20 47. A game is played by drawing 4 cards from an ordinary deck and
replacing each card after it is drawn. Find the probability that at least 1
32. Two and a quarter hours back, when seen in a mirror, the reflection ace is drawn.
of a wall clock without number markings seemed to show 1:30. a. 0.17 b. 0.27* c. 0.37 d. 0.47
What is the actual current time shown by the clock.
a. 8:15 b. 11:15 c. 12:15 d. 12:45* 48. How many different 3-placed numbers can be formed by using 2 odd
digits and 1 even digit, if being permissible to use the digit zero, but
33. One pipe can fill a tank in 6 hours and another pipe can fill the same obviously not in the hundreds’ position? Repetitions of digits are allowed
tank in 3 hours. A drain pipe can empty the tank in 24 hours. With a. 150 b. 250 c. 350* d. 450
all three pipes open, how long will it take to fill in the tank?
49. The tennis squad of one college consists of 12 players, that of another
A. 5.18 hours C. 4.18 hours
consists of 10 players. In how many ways can a doubles match between
B. 3.18 hours D. 2.18 hours* the two institutions be arranged?
a. 2970* b. 1290 c. 1560 d. 2250
34. At a birthday party, one-half drank only lemonade, one-third drank
only cola, fifteen people drank neither, and nobody drinks both. How 50. If one third of the air in the tank id removed by each stroke of an air
many people were at the party? pump, what fractional part of the total air is removed in 6 strokes?
A. 70 C. 90 * A. 0.9122* B. 0.0877 C. 0.8211 D. 0.7145
B. 80 D. 100
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35. There are two candidates P and Q in an election. During the  
campaign, 40% of the voters promised to vote for P, and rest for Q. x  1 
However, on the day of election 15% of the voters went back on  3

their promise to vote for P and instead voted for Q. 25% of the 51. The constant term in the expansion of  x 2  is:
voters went back on their promise to vote for Q and instead voted A. 3003 B. 5005* C. 6435 D. 7365
for P. Suppose, P lost by 2 votes, then what was the total number of
voters? 52. As the bus left the station for its first trip, it has 8 empty seat, 32 seated
passengers, and 4 standing passengers. At the next stop, 5 passengers
A. 100 * C. 110
get off, 15 get on, and all seats are occupied. How many passengers
B. 90 D. 95
are standing?
A. 6* B. 12 C. 10 D. 14
36. Find the sum of all the 4-digit positive numbers with no zero digit.
A. 36644635 C. 36644645 53. In a benefit show, a number of wealthy men agreed that the first one to
B. 36445335 D. 36446355 * arrive would pay 10 centavos to enter and each later arrival would pay
twice as much as the preceding man. The total amount collected from
37. Find the inverse function. f (x) = 5ln(x + 2) all of them was P104,857.50. How many wealthy men had paid?
A. f^-1(x) =e^x+2/5 C. f^-1(x) =5e^x-2 A. 18 B. 19 C. 20* D. 21
B. f^-1(x) =e^x/5-2 * D. does not exist for this function

38. Two students solve a quadratic equation in x. One student made a 54. A is as old as the combined age of his two brothers B and C. But C is
mistake in the coefficient of the linear term and found the roots to be 1 two years older than B. The combined age of the three last year was 3/4
and 2, while the other, made a mistake in the constant term and found their combined ages at present. How old is B now?
the roots to be -1 and 2. What are the roots of the correct quadratic A. 2* B. 4 C. 8 D. 10
equation?
2 7 55. Mortimer wants to shape up for football. He decides to cut back by
A.  i C. 2  7i
3 3 eating two fewer candy bars each day for five days. During the five
1 7 3 days, he ate a total of 30 candy bars. How many did he eat on the 2nd
B.  i * D. 1  i day?
2 2 2
A. 6 B. 8* C. 10 D. 12
39. The sum of the reciprocals of two numbers is 11. Three times the
reciprocal of one of the numbers is three more than twice the reciprocal 56. From 9 different books including just 2 books of poetry, how many
of the other number. Find the numbers. groups of 5 books each can be formed, if each group is to involve just 1
A. 5 and 6 C. 7 and 4 book of poetry?
B. 1/5 and 1/6* D. 1/7 and ¼ a. 40 b. 50 c. 60 d. 70*
40. Express 5x^2-2x-19/(x+3)(x-1)^2 as the sum of three partial fractions.
A. 2/x 3 + 3/x-1 – 4/(x-1)^2 * C. 1/x 3 - 3/x-1 – 4/(x-1)^2

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57. When two dice are rolled, what are the odds against getting
doubles?
A. 1:5 C. 1:6
B. 5:1* D. 6:1

58. A coin is biased so that the probability of heads is 2/3. What is the
probability that exactly four heads come up when the coin is flipped
seven times, assuming that the flips are independent?
A. 650/2187 C. 560/2187 *
B. 650/1278 D. 560/1278

59. We have two boxes. The first contains two green balls and seven
red balls; the second contains four green balls and three red balls.
Bob selects a ball by first choosing one of the two boxes at random.
He then selects one of the balls in this box at random. If Bob has
selected a red ball, what is the probability that he selected a ball
from the first box?
A. 0.546 C. 0.654
B. 0.645 * D. 0.564

60. When a card is selected from a deck of 52 cards, what are the odds
in favor of getting a face card?
A. 5:2 B. 12:1 C. 3:10 * D. 2:5

61. Determine -26 (mod7).

A. 5 B. 21 C. 2* D. 33
7
 1 
62. Find the term involving x^5 of x  .
 2x 
A. (2/9)x^5 C. 34x^5
B. (7/2)x^5* D. 11x^5

63. Solve: |x-1| > 2.

A. [-∞,-1)U[3,+ ∞) C. [-∞,-1) [3,+ ∞)
B. (-∞,-1)U[3,+ ∞)* D. (-∞,-1] [3,+ ∞)

64. Find the remainder if 3x3 - 4x2y + 5xy2 + 6y3 is divided by x2 -

2xy + 3y2.
A. 0* B. 1 C. 2 D. 3

65. The mean proportion between 12 and x is equal to 6. Find the

value of x.
A. 5 B. 4 C.3 * D. 2

GOD BLESS. . .

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