I. EXPONENTS 25. find the fourth proportional to 33, 22, and 27.

ANS(18)
26. The mean proportion between 12 and x is equal to 6. Find the
1. If 3x = 6, what is the value of 34x-1 ? value of x. ANS(3)
a. 72 b. 432 c. 216 d. 108 27. The force required to stretched a spring is proportional to the
2.Which of the following is equivalent to 128x32y? elongation. If 24 N stretches a spring 3 mm, find the force required to
a. 25x+7y b. 26x+7y c. 27x+5y d. 27x+6y stretch the spring 2 mm. ANS(16)
2(72𝑛+1 )+5(72𝑛+5 )
3. Simplify .
3(72𝑛+3 ) VIII. AGE PROBLEMS
a. 88.61 b. 86.18 c. 61.88 d. 81.68
4. Solve for the value of x in 32x-3=2187. 28. Ana is 5 years older than beth. In 5 years, the product of their
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 ages is 1.5 times the product of their present ages. How old is beth
now? ANS(20)
II. RADICALS 29. Bianca is twice as old as Pio and Magie is twice as old as Bianca.
In ten years, their combined ages will be 58. How old is Bianca now?
5. Find the principal root of √2500𝑥16 𝑦10 𝑧 2 . ANS(50x8y5z) ANS(8)
3
6. find the principal root of √ √15625𝑟12 𝑠 18 . ANS(5r2s3) 30. The quotient of the ages of a mother and a daughter is 2 with
remainder 5. Five years ago, the mother was trice as old as her
3 4
7. Solve for x in the given equation √2 √16√8𝑥 = 2. 𝐀𝐍𝐒(𝟑𝟐) daughter then. How old is the mother now? ANS(35)
8 𝟐√𝟐𝐱
8. Rationalize the denominator of . 𝐀𝐍𝐒( ) IX. GEOMETRIC PROBLEMS
√8𝑥 3 𝑦 2 𝐱𝟐𝐲

III.LOGARITHMS 31. The base of an isosceles triangle is 6 cm shorter than its equal
sides. If the perimeter is 87 cm, find the length of the base. ANS(25)
9. The characteristic of the logarithm of 329.65 to the base 10 is. 32. A cardboard box manufacturer wishes to make boxes from
ANS(2) rectangular pieces of cardboard 30 cm by 40 cm by cutting squares
10. What is the cologarithm of 132 to the base 10? ANS(-2.12) with 5 cm sides from four corners. Find the volume contained in each
11. If log 2 = x and log 3 = y, find log 1.2. ANS(2x+y-1) box. ANS(3000)
𝑒𝑥 33. A lizard traveled from corner A to corner B of the rectangular
12. Find the value of y in the equation y = ln( ). ANS(2) room shown. Determine its shortest distance travelled. ANS(6.4)
𝑒 𝑥−2

IV. QUADRATIC EQUATIONS X. CLOCK PROBLEMS

13. In the equation x2 + 11x + 28 = 0, one root is 3 more than the
other root. What are the roots of the equation? ANS(-7,-4)
14. Determine the value of k so that the sum and product of the root
are equal from the given equation 7x2 + (2k-1)x – 3k + 2 = 0. ANS(1)
15. Determine k so that the equation 4x2 + kx + 1 = 0. ANS(4)
16. Find the value of C from the given quadratic equation x2 – 4x + C
= 0 if the product of the roots is -5. ANS(-5)
34. At what time between 4 PM and 5 PM will the hands of the clock
be coincident? ANS(4:21.82)
35. In how many minutes after 2 o’clock extend in opposite
directions for the first time? ANS(43.64)
36. If it were eight hours later, it would be half as long until midnight
as it would be if it were two hours later. What time is it now.
ANS(10AM)

V. BINOMIAL THEOREM XI. MIXTURE PROBLEMS

17. Find the fourth term in the expansion of (x+y)5. ANS(10x2y3)
18. find the term involving x9 in (x2 +2⁄𝑥)12. ANS(25344x9)
19. Find the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (3x +1) 4.
ANS(255)
20. Find the sum of the exponents in the expansion of (2x3-y5)7.
ANS(224)
37. A 50 ml 40% acid solution is added to a 150 ml 30% acid
solution. What will be the concentration of the resulting mixture?
ANS(32.5)
38. How much of a 90% solution of insect spray must a farmer add to
200 cc of a 40% insect spray to make a 50% solution of insect spray?
ANS(50cc)

VI. DIGIT PROBLEMS XII. MOTION PROBLEMS

21. Three times the first of three consecutive odd integers is three
more than twice the third. Find the third integer. ANS(15)
22. The square of the tens digit of a 2-digit number is 7 less than the
sum of the digits. If the digits are transposed the number is increased
by 63. Find the number. ANS(29)
23. the sum of a three digit number is 17. If the digits are reversed
and the rsulting number is added to the original number, the result is
1474. If the resulting number is subtratcted from the original number,
the result is 396. Find the original number.
a. 935 b. 845 c. 854 d. 953
39. A boat travels downstream in 2/3 the time as it does going
upstream. If the velocity of the river current is 8 kph, determine the
velocity of the boat in still water. ANS(40kph)
40. Two racing cars Mazda and Toyota compete for a stretched of
10000 m long. It took 40 minutes for Mazda to finish the race and
Toyota 50 minutes. How far was Toyota behind when Mazda reach
the finish line? ANS(2000m)
XIII. WORK PROBLEMS

41. A can do a piece of work alone in 30 days, B in 20 days, and C in

VII. PROPORTION / VARIATION
24. If y varies directly as x and is equal to 36 when x is equal to 10,
find the value of y when x is equal to 25. ANS(90)
60 days. If they work together, how many days would it take them to
finish the work? ANS(10)
42. 28 men can finish a job in 60 days. At the start of the 16th day, 5
men were laid off and after 45th day, 10 more men were hired. How
many days were they delayed in finishing the job? ANS(2.27)
43. a tank can be filled through its inlet pipe and emptied through its
outlet pipe in a total of 8 hours. If water enters through its inlet
simultaneously allowed to leave through its outlet, the pool is filled in
7.5 hours. How long would it take to fill the tank with the outlet
closed? ANS(3)
44. 8 men can excavate 50 m of canal in 7 hours. Three men can
backfill 30 m of the excavated canal in 4 hours. How long would it
take 10 men to dig and backfill 100 m of canal? ANS(15.2)
XIV. MONEY – RELATED PROBLEMS
45. If you owned a sari sari store in Kuwait, at what price will you
mark up a small camera for sale that cost P600 in order that you may
offer 20% discount on the marked price and still makes a profit of
25% on the selling price? ANS(1000)
46. A portion of 500000 was invested at 5% in the bank and the
remainder at 15% in a survey contract. If the total income from the
money is 55000 how much was invested at 5%. ANS(200000)
47.A couple does not wish to spend 700 for dinner at a restaurant. Is a
sales tax of 6% is added to the bill and they plan to tip 15% after tax
has been added, what is the most they can spend for the meal?
ANS(574.24)
XV. ARITHMETHIC PROGRESSION
48. Find the 19th term of the arithmetic progression 4, 15, 26.
ANS(202)
49. Find the sum of the first 11 terms of the progression -22, -14, -6
…. ANS(198)
50. The first term of an arithmetic mean is 8 and the last term is 62. If
the sum of allterms is 210, find the number of terms. ANS(6)
51.Determine x so that 2x+1, 10x-15, 2x2+9 will be an arithmethic
progression. ANS(5)
XVI. GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION
52. Find the 16th term of the geometric progression 2,6,18….
ANS(28697814)
53. find the sum of the first 8 terms of the geometric progression 7,
28, 112… ANS(152915)
54. Find the geometric mean of 18 and 1458. ASN(162)
55. Find the sum of the geometric progression 2x, 4x+14, 20x-14….
Up to the 10th term . ANS(413336)
XVII. HARMONIC PROGRESSION
56. Find the 20th term of the harmonic progression ½, 1/5, 1/8 …
ANS(1/59)
57. The arithmetic mean and geometric mean of a sequence of two
numbers are 4 and 18, respectively. Find their harmonic mean.
ANS(81)
XVIII. SEQUENCE AND SERIES
58. The sum of the first n terms of a sequence is given by the
expression 17n2 – 11n. Determine the 20th term. ANS(652)
XIX. DIOPHANTI NE EQUATION
59. A man bought 20 chickens for P20. The cocks cost P3 each, the
hens P1.5 each, and the chicks at P0.5 each. How many hens did he
buy?
a. 10 b. 13 c. 16 d. 5
60. Three items A, B, and C were sold in a store. Item A cost P10
each, item B cost P1 each and 3 pieces of item C cost P1. The total
sales at the end of the day were P100 and a total of 100 items were
sold. How many of item B were sold?
a. 54 b. 42 c. 48 d. 60
XX. SIGNUIFICANT FOGURES
61. How many significant figures do 10.097 have? ANS(5)
62. How many significant figures do 0.000026 have? ANS(2)
63. How many significant figures do 0.00209 have? ANS(3)
XXII. INFINITE GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION
64. Find the sum of the infinite progression 6, -2, 2/3 .. ANS(9/2)
65. A rubber ball is made to fall from a height of 50 ft and is
observed to rebound 2/3 of the distance it falls. How far will the ball
travel before coming to rest if the ball continues to fall in this
manner? ANS(250)
XXIII. TEST YOUR SELF
1. The sided of a square is 6cm long. A second square is inscribed by
joining the midpoints of the sides of the second square and so on.
Find the sum of the areas of the infinite number of inscribed squares
thusformed. ANS(72)
2. If the speed of a racing car is increased by 20 kph, it will cover in 7
hours the same distance it can ordinarily cover in 8 hours. What is its
ordinary speed? ANS(140 kph)
3. A container is filled with 70 liters which is 40% alcohol by
volume. How much of a mixture must be taken and then replaced
with equal amount of water so that the resulting solution is 30%
alcohol by volume? ANS(17.5L)
4.Twenty Years ago, Sheryl was twice as old as pinly and eight times
as old as roy. That same year the sum of their ages was 26. How old
is pinly now? ANS(30)
5.Dolve for x in the equation ANS(1.618)
1
X=1+ 1
1+ 1
1+ 1
1+
1+⋯…
6. How many times will the hand of the clock coincide in one day?
ANS(22)
7. A steel man can saw a piece of bar into 5 pieces in 16 minutes. In
how many minutes can the steelman saw the same bar into 10 pieces?
ANS(36)
8. In the recent gulf war the allied captured 6390 of enemy soldiers
with provisions on hand that will last for 216 meals taking 3 meals a
day. The provisions lasted 9 more days because of daily deaths. At an
average, how many died per day? ANS(18)
9. Find the value of x in the equation 14x + 35y = 91. Assume x and
y are both positive integers. ANS(4)
10. A son in a family says’’I have sisters twice as many as brothers.’’
A daughter in the same family says ‘’ I have brothers two thirds as
many as sisters’’. How many children are there in the family?
ANS(16)