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1. If n is a perfect square, what is the next larger perfect 15. In a given series of numbers 1, 1, ½, 1/6, 1/24,…, an.
square? Find the 7th term.
A. n2 + 2n + 1 C. n2 + n + 1 A. 1/245 C. 1/360
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B. n + 1 D. n + 2√n + 1 B. 1/130 D. 1/720
2. If 6x2 + 36x + k = 6(x + a)2, what is the value of k? 16. A survey was conducted by SWS to find out which of
A. 54 C. 12 the three presidentiables they liked best. The results
B. 36 D. 18 indicated that 500 liked Noynoy, 470 liked Villar, and
430 liked Estrada. But of these, 180 liked both Noynoy
3. Which of the following is the value of xy if x – y = 2, x2
and Estrada, 140 liked both Noynoy and Villar, and 210
+ 2xy + y2 = 3?
liked both Estrada and Villar. Only 60 liked all the
A. -1/4 C. 1/4
presidentiables. How many persons responded to the
B. -4 D. Not in the choices
survey?
4. Solve for x if 8x = 2(y+2) and 16(3x-y) = 4y. A. 910 C. 960
A. 1 C. 3 B. 980 D. 930
B. 2 D. 4
17. When William was as old as Mae is now, the sum of
5. When the given function f(x) = cx3 - 3x2 + dx – 4 is their ages was 51. When Mae will be as old as William
divided by (x+2), the remainder is -34. When divided by is now, the sum of their ages will be 103. How many
(x-2), the remainder is 2. What is the value of d? years older is William than Mae?
A. 1 C. 3 A. 25 C. 19
B. 2 D. 4 B. 13 D. 32
6. If the discriminant of a quadratic equation is greater 18. Maria is twice as old as Ana was when Maria was as
than zero, the roots of the equation are
old as Ana is now. If Maria is 24 years old now, how old
A. real & equal C. imaginary & distinct
B. real & distinct D. complex & unequal is Ana now?
A. 18 C. 12
7. Find the value of constant “h” in the 2x2 – hx2 + 4x + 5h
B. 16 D. 15
= 0 so that the sum of the roots is 2.
A. 4 C. 6 19. At what time between 2:00 and 3:00 will the angle
B. 12 D. 18 between the hands of the clock be bisected by the line
connecting the center of the clock and the 3 o’clock
8. There are two numbers whose sum is 53. Three times
the smaller number is equal to 19 more than the larger mark?
number. What are the numbers? A. 2:21 3/11 C. 2:23 7/13
A. 16, 37 C. 18, 35 B. 2:18 6/13 D. 2:19 7/13
B. 20, 33 D. 24, 29 20. Town A is 11 kilometers from town B. A boy walks from
9. If A is 10% greater than B and B is 20% less than C, A to B at the rate of 3 kph and a man starting at the
then A in terms of percentage of C is, same time walks from B to A at 4 kph. When will they
A. 114% C C. 88.9% C be 2 kilometer apart after meeting each other along the
B. 112.5% C D. 88% C way?
A. 1.76 hr. C. 1.66 hr.
10. Find the 5th term of (x2 - 3y)5 without expanding.
B. 1.96 hr. D. 1.86 hr.
A. 403x2y4 C. 405x2y4
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B. 402x y D. 404x2y4 21. A motor is travelling from town A to town B at 60kph
and returns from town B to town A at 30kph. His
11. Find the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (2x-
average velocity for the roundtrip is,
3y+1)35.
A. 45 kph C. 35 kph
A. -1 C. 1
B. 40 kph D. 60 kph
B. -2 D. 2
22. Sept. 1976 at the recent Olympic Games in Montreal,
12. If (5x – 3), (x + 2), and (3x – 11) form an arithmetic
Canada, a team which participated in 1600 meters
progression, find the fifteenth term.
relay event had the following individual speed. First
A. – 86 C. – 81
runner, 24 kph, second runner, 20 kph, third runner, 22
B. – 79 D. – 84
kph and fourth runner 23 kph. What was the team’s
13. The first term of a geometric progression is 3 and the speed?
last term is 48. If each term is twice the previous term, A. 22.149 kph C. 23.149 kph
find the sum of the geometric progression. B. 22.25 kph D. 21.25 kph
A. 93 C. 91
23. Equal volumes of different liquids evaporate at different
B. 92 D. 90
but constant rates. If the first is totally evaporated in 6
14. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 15 meters. On week and the second is 5 weeks, when will the second
each rebound, it rises 2/3 of the height from which it be ½ the volume of the first?
last fell. Find the distance traversed by the fall before it A. 27/7 C. 33/7
comes to rest. The geometric progression occurs after B. 30/7 D. 29/7
the first rebound. 24. How much silver and how much copper must be added
A. 96 m C. 100 m to 20 kg of an alloy containing 10% silver and 25%
B. 85 m D. 75 m
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copper to obtain an alloy containing 36% silver and 35. The average of 2013 numbers is 2014. If a number is
38% copper? neglected, the new average becomes 2013. What was
A. 14 kg, 12 kg C. 12 kg, 10 kg the number neglected?
B. 16 kg, 14 kg D. 16 kg, 18 kg A. 2013 C. 2012
25. A given alloy contains 20% copper and 5% tin. How B. 4026 D. 4024
many pounds of copper and of tin must be melted with 36. Consider the sequence:
100 lb. of the given alloy to produce another alloy 1, -2, 3, -4, 5, -6, … , whose nth term is (-1)n+1(n).
analyzing 30% copper and 10% tin? All percentages What is the average of the first 200 terms of the
are by weight. sequence?
A. 20.5 lb. copper and 4.5 lb. tin A. -1 C. 0
B. 17.5 lb. copper and 7.5 lb. tin B. -0.5 D. 1
C. 19.5 lb. copper and 5.5 lb. tin 37. A figure is 30 cm high is reduced by 19% in a copier.
D. 18.5 lb. copper and 6.5 lb. tin The height of the figure in the resulting copy will be
26. A man can do a job with his son in 30 days. If after A. 5.7 cm C. 24.3 cm
working together for 12 days, the son worked alone and B. 27 cm D. 13.08 cm
finished the job in 24 more days, how long will it take 38. Yoyet reads the clock differently such that he
the son to do the job alone? recognizes the hour hand as the minute hand and the
A. 55 days C. 40 days minute hand as hour hand. How many minutes after 5
B. 45 days D. 50 days o’clock will he read the time correctly?
27. A contractor estimates that he could finish a project in A. 26.55 C. 28.92
15 days if he has 20 men. At the start, he hired 10 men B. 27.27 D. 28.66
then after 6 days, 10 more men are added. How many 39. A man wishes to buy a piece of land worth 15 million
days was the project delayed? pesos. If it were possible for him to save one peso for
A. 5 C. 6 the first day, two pesos on the second day, 4 pesos on
B. 3 D. 4 the third day and so on. In how many days would he
28. If 20 bakers can bake 40 cakes in 8 hrs, how many save enough money to buy the land?
bakers can bake 10 cakes in 2 hours? A. 20 C. 24
A. 20 C. 10 B. 23 D. 27
B. 30 D. 40 40. What part of 90% alcohol solution must be replaced by
29. A number is less than 100 and its tens’ digit is 2 more an equal amount of pure alcohol to make a 95% alcohol
than its units’ digit. If the number with the digits solution?
reversed is subtracted from the original number, the A. 50% C. 25%
remainder is 3 times the sum of the digits. Find the B. 45% D. 5%
number. 41. A boat can go 12 kph in still water. Going full speed, it
A. 42 C. 75 goes 25 km upstream in the same time it takes to go
B. 53 D. 64 35 km downstream. What is the rate of the current?
30. A salesperson earns $ 600 per month plus a A. 3 kph C. 4 kph
commission of 20% of sales. Find the minimum amount B. 1 kph D. 2 kph
of sales needed to receive a total income of at least $ 42. A cask containing 20 gallons of wine was emptied on
1,500 per month. one-fifth of its content and then is filled with water. If
A. $ 1,500 C. $ 4,500 this is done 6 times, how many gallons of wine remain
B. $ 3,500 D. $ 2,500 in the cask?
A. 5.121 C. 5.010
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B. 5.243 D. 5.343
31. The simplest form of [(n+1)!]2 / [(n!)(n-1)!] is 43. A can do a job in 4 days, B can do the job in 6 days and
A. n(n+1) C. n2 C can do the job in 8 days. How long will it take to do
B. n+1 D. n(n+1)2 the job if A and B work for 1 day then B and C finish the
32. The ratio or product of two expressions in direct or job?
inverse relation with each other is called: A. 1 C. 4
A. ratio and proportion C. means B. 2 D. 3
B. extremes D. constant of variation 44. A project activity can be done by 25 men in 60 days. At
the end of the 5th day, 6 men were laid off. At the start
33. An investor has ₱ 1, 100 income from bonds bearing
4% and 5% if the amount at 4% and 5% were of the 33rd day, 12 more men were hired to finish the
interchanged he would earn ₱ 50 more per year. Find job. How many days is the project advanced/ delayed?
the total sum invested. A. 0.81 advanced C. 0.19 advanced
A. ₱ 20, 000 C. ₱ 25, 000 B. 0.81 delayed D. 0.19 delayed
B. ₱ 30, 000 D. ₱ 35, 000 45. The sum of the digits of a 2-digit number is 10. If the
34. The terms of a sum may be grouped in any manner number is divided by the units’ digit, the quotient is 3
without affecting the result. This law is known as: remainder is 4. Find the number.
A. Associative Law C. Reflexive Law A. 37 C. 46
B. Commutative Law D. Distributive Law B. 28 D. 19