Past Board Exam Problems in Algebra three pipes open, how long will it take to fill 10.

take to fill 10. CE Board Exam November 1993 D. 5.54 minutes

the tank? It takes Butch twice as long as it takes Dan to
A. 2.00 hours do a certain piece of work. Working together 15. CE Board Exam May 1997
1. CE Board Exam May 1997 B. 2.50 hours they can do the work in 6 days. How long What time after 3 o’clock will the hands of the
Find the value of w in the following equations C. 2.25 hours would it take Dan to do it alone? clock be together for the first time?
3x – 2y + w = 11 D. 2.75 hours A. 9 days A. 3:02.30
x + 5y – 2w = -9 B. 10 days B. 3:17.37
2x + y – 3w = -6 6. CE Board Exam November 1996 C. 11 days C. 3:14.32
A. 3 Find the 6th term of the expansion of D. 12 days D. 3:16.36
B. 2 æ ö16
C. 4 çç 1 - 3÷
÷ 11. CE Board Exam November 1994 16. CE Board Exam May 1993, April 2004
çè2a ÷
ø
D. -2 An airplane flying with the wind, took 2 hrs to Given that “w” varies directly as the product of
66939 travel 1000 km and 2.5 hrs in flying back. “x” and “y” and inversely as the square of “z”
2. CE Board Exam May 1996 A. - What was the wind velocity in kph? and that w = 4 when x = 2, y = 6 and z = 3.
256a11
Find the value of A in the equation: A. 50 kph Find the value of “w” when x = 1, y = 4 and z =
66339 B. 60 kph 2.
x 2 + 4x + 10 A B(2x + 2) C B. - answer
= + + 128a11 C. 70 kph A. 3
x 3 + 2x 2 + 5x x x 2 + 2x + 5 x 2 + 2x + 5
33669 D. 40 kph B. 4
A. -2 C. - C. 5
B. 1/2 256a11 12. CE Board Exam May 1998 D. 6
C. -1/2 39396 A boat travels downstream in 2/3 of the time
D. -
D. 2 128a11 as it goes going upstream. If the velocity of 17. CE Board Exam May 1993, May 1994,
the river’s current is 8 kph, determine the November 1994
3. CE Board Exam November 1991 7. CE Board Exam November 1993, ECE velocity of the boat in still water. How many terms of the progression 3, 5, 7, …
Solve for x in the given equation. November 1993 A. 40 kph must be taken in order that their sum will be
4 3 Find the value of log8 48. B. 50 kph 2600?
8 2 8x = 2 C. 30 kph A. 48
A. 1.86
A. 4 B. 1.68 D. 60 kph B. 49
B. 2 C. 1.78 C. 50
C. 3 D. 1.98 13. CE Board Exam May 1995 D. 51
D. 5 In how many minutes after 2 o’clock will the
8. CE Board Exam November 1997 hands of the clock extend in opposite 18. CE Board Exam May 1995
4. CE Board Exam November 1997 Evaluate the log6 845 = x. directions for the first time? What is the sum of the progression 4, 9, 14,
Find the remainder if we divide 4y3 + 18y2 + A. 3.76 A. 42.4 minutes 19… up to the 20th term?
8y – 4 by 2y + 3. B. 5.84 B. 42.8 minutes A. 1030
A. 10 C. 4.48 C. 43.2 minutes B. 1035
B. 11 D. 2.98 D. 43.6 minutes C. 1040
C. 15 D. 1045
D. 13 9. CE Board Exam November 1992, May 1994 14. CE Board Exam November 1995
If loga 10 = 0.25, what is the value of log10 a? In how many minutes after 7 o’clock will the 19. CE Board Exam May 1998
5. CE Board Exam November 1993 A. 2 hands be directly opposite each other for the Determine the sum of the progression if there
A 400-mm φ pipe can fill a tank alone in 5 B. 4 first time? are 7 arithmetic means between 3 and 35.
hours and another 600-mm φ pipe can fill the C. 6 A. 5.22 minutes A. 171
tank alone in 4 hours. A drain pipe 300-mm φ D. 8 B. 5.33 minutes B. 182
can empty the tank in 20 hours. With all the C. 5.46 minutes C. 232
 D. 216 24. CE Board Exam May 1998 A. 11/7, -5/7
Find the sum of 1, -1/5, 1/25, … B. 14/9, 8/9 34. EE Board Exam April 1996, March 1998
20. CE Board Exam May 1991 A. 5/6 C. 4/9, 8/9 The polynomial x3 + 4x2 – 3x + 8 is divided by x
In the “Gulf War” in the Middle East, the allied B. 2/3 D. 3/2, 5/3 – 5, the remainder is
forces captures 6400 of Saddam’s soldiers C. 0.84 A. 175
and with provisions on hand it will last for 216 D. 0.72 29. EE Board Exam October 1993 B. 140
meals while feeding 3 meals per day. The Solve for the value of x. C. 218
provision lasted 9 more days because of daily 25. CE Board Exam May 1992 2x – y + z = 6 D. 200
deaths. At an average, how many people died To conserve energy due to present energy x – 3y – 2z = 13
per day? crisis, the Meralco tried to readjust their 2x – 3y – 3z = 16 35. EE Board Exam October 1993
A. 15 charges to electrical energy users who A. 4 In the equation x2 + x = 0, one root is equal to
B. 16 consume more 2000 kW-hrs. For the first 100 B. 3 A. 1
C. 17 kW-hr, they changed 40 centavos and C. 2 B. 5
D. 18 increasing at a constant rate more than the D. 1 C. 1/4
preceding one until the fifth 100 kW-hr, the D. none of the above
21. CE Board Exam November 1993 charge is 76 centavos. How much is the 30. EE Board Exam April 1997
The 3rd term of a harmonic progression is 15 average charge for the electrical energy per Multiply (2x + 5y)(5x – 2y) 36. EE Board Exam October 1997
and the 9th term is 6. Find the 11th term. 100 kW-hr? A. 10x2 – 21xy + 10y2 Find the values of x in the equation 24x2 + 5x –
A. 4 A. 58 centavos B. -10x2 + 21xy + 10y2 1=0
B. 5 B. 60 centavos C. 10x2 + 21xy – 10y2 A. (1/6, 1)
C. 6 C. 62 centavos D. -10x2 – 21xy – 10y2 B. (1/6, 1/5)
D. 7 D. 64 centavos C. (1/2, 1/5)
31. EE Board Exam March 1998 D. (1/8, -1/3)
22. CE Board Exam May 1995 26. EE Board Exam October 1992 Determine the sum of the positive valued
The numbers 28, x + 2, 112 form a geometric x + 1 2x solution to the simultaneous equations: xy = 37. EE Board Exam October 1990
progression. What is the 10th term? Find the value of x in + = 47 - 2x 15, yz = 35; xz = 21. Determine k so that the equation 4x2 + kx + 1
3 4
A. 14336 A. 15 = 0 will have just one real solution.
A. 16.47
B. 13463 B. 12.84 B. 13 A. 3
C. 16433 C. 18.27 C. 17 B. 4
D. 16344 D. 20.17 D. 19 C. 5
D. 6
23. CE Board Exam November 1994 27. EE Board Exam October 1991 32. EE Board Exam October 1997
In a benefit show, a number of wealthy men Find the value of x in the equations: If f(x) = 2x2 + 2x + 4, what is f(2)? 38. EE Board Exam October 1992
agreed that the first one to arrive would pay A. 4x + 2 Given: log 6 + x log 4 = log 4 + log (32 + 4x).
10 centavos to enter and each later arrive éA A ù é3A 4A ù B. 16 Find x.
10 ê + ú= A 2 ê - ú= A
would pay twice as much as the preceding êx y ú êx y ú C. x2 + x + 2 A. 2
ë û ë û
man. The total amount collected from all of A. 50/9 D. 8 B. 3
them was Php104,857.50. How many wealthy B. 80/9 C. 4
men paid? C. 70/9 33. EE Board Exam April 1997 D. 6
A. 18 D. 60/9 If n is any positive integer, then
B. 19 (n – 1)(n – 2)(n – 3) … (3)(2)(1) = 39. EE Board Exam April 1997
C. 20 28. EE Board Exam October 1997 A. e(n – 1) The sum of Kim’s and Kevin’s ages is 18. In 3
D. 21 Find the values of x and y from the equations: B. (n – 1)! years, Kim will be twice as old as Kevin. What
x – 4y + 2 = 0 C. n! are their ages now?
2x + y – 4 = 0 D. (n – 1)n A. 4, 14
 B. 5, 13 the same course at 10 kph. How long will it hands of the clock interchanged. At what time of the females 70% are literate. What is the
C. 7, 11 take the second jogger to catch the first? did the man leave his home? female population?
D. 6, 12 A. 20 min A. 3:31.47 A. 850
B. 21 min B. 3:21.45 B. 500
40. EE Board Exam April 1996 C. 22 min C. 3:46.10 C. 550
A and B can do a piece of work in 42 days, B D. 18 min D. 3:36.50 D. 600
and C in 31 days and C and A in 20 days. In
how many days can all of them do the work 45. EE Board Exam April 1997 49. EE Board Exam April 1990 53. EE Board Exam March 1998
together? A boat man rows to a place 4.8 miles with the A storage battery discharges at a rate which is Gravity causes a body to fall 16.1 ft in the first
A. 19 stream and back in 14 hours, but finds that he proportional to the charge. If the charge is second, 48.3 in the 2nd second, 80.5 in the 3rd
B. 17 can row 14 miles with the stream in the same reduced by 50% of its original value at the end second. How far did the body fall during the
C. 21 time as 3 miles against the stream. Find the of 2 days, how long will it take it reduce the 10th second?
D. 15 rate of the stream. charge to 25% of its original charge? A. 248.7 ft
A. 1.5 miles per hour A. 3 B. 308.1 ft
41. EE Board Exam October 1997 B. 1 mile per hour B. 4 C. 241.5 ft
Ten liters of 25% salt solution and 15 liters of C. 0.8 mile per hour C. 5 D. 305.9 ft
35% salt solution are poured into a drum D. 0.6 mile per hour D. 6
originally containing 30 liters of 10% salt 54. EE Board Exam April 1997
solution. What is the per cent concentration of 46. EE Board Exam April 1993 50. EE Board Exam March 1998 A stack of bricks has 61 bricks in the bottom
salt in the mixture? If eight is added to the product of nine and the The electric power which a transmission line layer, 58 bricks in the second layer, 55 bricks
A. 19.55% numerical number, the sum is seventy-one. can transmit is proportional to the product of in the third layer, and so until there are 10
B. 22.15% Find the unknown number. its design voltage and current capacity, and bricks in the last layer. How many bricks are
C. 27.05% A. 5 inversely to the transmission distance. A 115- there all together?
D. 25.72% B. 6 kilovolt line rated at 100 amperes can transmit A. 638
C. 7 150 megawatts over 150 km. How much B. 637
42. EE Board Exam October 1994 D. 8 power, in megawatts can a 230-kilovolt line C. 639
If a two digit number has x for its unit’s digit rated at 150 amperes transmit over 100 km? D. 649
and y for its ten’s digit, represent the number. 47. EE Board Exam April 1997 A. 785
A. 10x + y A train, an hour after starting, meets with an B. 485 55. EE Board Exam April 1997
B. 10y + x accident which detains it an hour after which it C. 675 Once a month, a man puts some money into
C. xy proceeds at 3/5 of its former rate and arrives D. 595 the cookie jar. Each month he puts 50
D. none of these three hour after time; but had the accident centavos more into a jar than the month
happened 50 miles farther on the line, it would 51. EE Board Exam March 1998 before. After 12 years, he counted his money,
43. EE Board Exam October 1994 have arrived one and one-half sooner. Find A bookstore purchased a best selling price he had Php5,436. How much money did he
One number is 5 less than the other. If their the length of the journey. book at Php200.00 per copy. At what price put in the jar in the last month?
sum is 135, what are the numbers? A. 910/9 miles should this book be sold so that, giving a 20% A. Php73.50
A. 85, 50 B. 800/9 miles discount, the profit is 30%? B. Php75.50
B. 80, 55 C. 920/9 miles A. Php450 C. Php74.50
C. 70, 65 D. 850/9 miles B. Php500 D. Php72.50
D. 75, 60 C. Php357
48. EE Board Exam October 1990 D. Php400 56. EE Board Exam April 1997
44. EE Board Exam April 1997 A man left his home at past 3 o’clock PM as A girl on a bicycle coasts downhill covers 4
A jogger starts a course at a steady state of 8 indicated in his wall clock, between 2 to 3 52. EE Board Exam March 1998 feet the 1st second, 12 feet the 2nd second,
kph. Five minutes later, a second jogger starts hours after, he returns home and noticed the In a certain community of 1,200 people, 60% and in general, 8 feet more each second than
are literate. Of the males, 50% are literate and the previous second. If she reaches the
 bottom at the end of 14 seconds, how far did 66. ECE Board Exam November 1993 x y z
she coasts? 61. EE Board Exam April 1990 Simplify the following equation Solve for y: = =
(b - c) (a - c) (a - b)
A. 782 feet What is the fraction in lowest term equivalent 5x x+ 3 2x + 1
B. 780 feet to 0.133133133133? - + A. x–z
2x 2 + 7x + 3 2x 2 - 3x - 2 x 2 + x - 6 B. x+z
C. 784 feet A. 133/666
D. 786 feet B. 133/777 4 C. a+b
A. answer D. a–b
C. 133/888 x+ 3
57. EE Board Exam October 1991 D. 133/999 2
The fourth term in the geometric progression B. 70. ECE Board Exam April 1993
x- 3 Solve for x in the following equations:
is 216 and the 6th term is 1944. Find the 8th 62. EE Board Exam April 1997
term. If equal spheres are piled in the form of a 4 27x = 9y
C.
A. 17649 complete pyramid with an equilateral triangle x- 3 81y3-x = 243
B. 17496 as base, find the total number of spheres in 2 A. 1
C. 16749 the pile if each side of the base contains 4 D. B. 1.5
x+ 3 C. 2
D. 17964 spheres.
A. 15 D. 2.5
67. ECE Board Exam April 1991
58. EE Board Exam April 1997 B. 20 6
The seventh term is 56 and the twelfth term is C. 18 ìï 1ü ï 71. ECE Board Exam April 1993
-1792 of a geometric progression. Find the D. 21 ïï 2 é- 1 - 1 - 2 ù2 ïï
4(52n+ 1) - 10(52n- 1)
Simplify: ïí x 3 êx 3 y
ê
2
(x 2 - 2
y ) 3ú ï
ú ý Evaluate y =
common ratio and the first term. Assume the ïï ïï
ïïî ëê ú
û ïïþ 2(52n )
ratios are equal. 63. EE Board Exam October 1997 n
A. -2, 5/8 In the series 1, 1, 1/2, 1/6, 1/24, …, determine 5
A. y=5
B. -1, 5/8 the 6th term. y2 B. y=9
A. answer C. y = 52n
C. -1, 7/8 A. 1/80 x
D. -2, 7/8 B. 1/74 D. y = 18
3
C. 1/100 y2
59. EE Board Exam March 1998 D. 1/120 B. 72. ECE Board Exam April 1990
x Given:
Determine the sum of the infinite series:
5
n 64. ECE Board Exam April 1999 (an )(am ) = 100,000
1 1 1  1 y2
S= + + +L+   If 16 is 4 more than 4x, find 5x – 1. C. anm = 1,000,000
3 9 27 3 A. 14 x2
A. 4/5 B. 3 3 an
= 10
B. 3/4 C. 12 y2 am
D.
C. 2/3 D. 5 x 2 Find a
D. 1/2 A. 12
65. ECE Board Exam April 1991 68. ECE Board Exam April 1991 B. 9
60. EE Board Exam October 1994 - 1 Simplify C. 11
2 3 - 2 - 3
A rubber ball is made to fall from a height of (x y z )(x yz- 3 ) 2 7a+2 – 8(7)a+1 + 5(7)a + 49(7)a-2 D. 10
50 feet and is observed to rebound 2/3 of the Simplify
- 5 A. -5a
distance it falls. How far will the ball travel (xyz- 3 ) 2
B. -3a 73. ECE Board Exam November 1991
before coming to rest if the ball continues to A. 1/x2y7z5 C. -7a Give the factors of a2 – x2
fall in this manner? B. 1/x2y7z3 D. -4a A. 2a – 2x
A. 200 feet C. 1/x2y5z7 B. (a + x)(a – x)
B. 225 feet D. 1/x5y7z2 69. ECE Board Exam April 1993 C. (a + x)(a + x)
C. 250 feet D. 2x – 2a
D. 275 feet
 mean of 19. What are the two numbers of D. 3 D. -1
74. ECE Board Exam November 1990 their difference is 4?
(a – b)3 = ? A. 21, 25 85. ECE Board Exam November 1990 91. ECE Board Exam April 1995, April 1999
A. a3 – 3a2b + 3ab2 + b3 B. 23, 27 Log (MN) is equal to Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as
B. a3 – 3a2b – 3ab2 – b3 C. 8, 12 A. Log M – N Ann was when Mary was as old as Ann is
C. a3 + 3a2b + 3ab2 – b3 D. 16, 20 B. Log M + N now. How old is Ann now?
D. a3 – 3a2b + 3ab2 – b3 C. N Log M A. 16
80. ECE Board Exam March 1996 D. Log M + Log N B. 18
75. ECE Board Exam April 1998 The equation of whose roots are the C. 12
What is the least common factor of 10 and reciprocal of the roots of 2x2 – 3x – 5 = 0 is 86. ECE Board Exam April 1998 D. 15
32? A. 5x2 + 3x – 2 = 0 What is the value of log2 5 + log3 5?
A. 320 B. 2x2 + 3x – 5 = 0 A. 7.39 92. ECE Board Exam November 1995
B. 2 C. 3x2 – 3x + 2 = B. 3.79 Pedro can paint a fence 50% faster than Juan
C. 180 D. 2x2 + 5x – 3 = 0 C. 3.97 and 20% faster than Pilar, and together they
D. 90 D. 9.37 can paint a given fence in 4 hours. How long
81. ECE Board Exam April 1990 will it take Pedro to paint the same fence if he
76. ECE Board Exam April 1999 Solve for the value of “a” in the equation a8 – 87. ECE Board Exam November 1995 had to work alone?
Given: f(x) = (x + 3)(x – 4) + 4. When f(x) is 17a4 + 16 = 0. Given: logb y = 2x + logb x. Which of the A. 6
divided by (x – k), the remainder is k. Find k. A. ±2 following is true? B. 8
A. 2 B. ±3 A. y = b2x C. 10
B. 4 C. ±4 B. y = 2xb D. 12
C. 6 D. ±5 C. y = 2x/b
D. 8 D. y = xb2x 93. ECE Board Exam April 1999
82. ECE Board Exam April 1998 Mike, Louie and Joy can mow the lawn in 4, 6
77. ECE Board Exam April 1999 In the expression of (x + 4y)12, the numerical 88. ECE Board Exam November 1991 and 7 hours respectively. What fraction of the
Find the mean proportional of 4 and 36. coefficient of the 5th term is Given: logb 1024 = 5/2. Find b. yard can they mow in 1 hour if they work
A. 72 A. 63,360 A. 2560 together?
B. 24 B. 126,720 B. 16 A. 47/84
C. 12 C. 506,880 C. 4 B. 45/84
D. 20 D. 253,440 D. 2 C. 84/47
D. 36/60
78. ECE Board Exam April 1998 83. ECE Board Exam November 1995 89. ECE Board Exam April 1993
The arithmetic mean of 80 numbers is 55. If What is the sum of the coefficients of the Solve for the value of x in the following 94. ECE Board Exam November 1991
two numbers namely 250 and 850 are expansion (2x – 1)20? equation: x3log x = 100x Crew No. 1 can finish installation of an
removed, what is the arithmetic mean of the A. 0 A. 12 antenna tower in 200 man-hours while Crew
remaining numbers? B. 1 B. 8 No. 2 can finish the same job in 300 man-
A. 42.31 C. 2 C. 30 hours. How long will it take both crews to
B. 50 D. 3 D. 10 finish the same job, working together?
C. 38.62 A. 100 man-hours
D. 57.12 84. ECE Board Exam April 1995 90. ECE Board Exam November 1998 B. 120 man-hours
What is the sum of the coefficients of the If log of 2 to the base 2 plus log of x to the C. 140 man-hours
79. ECE Board Exam April 1998 expansion (x + y – z)8? base 2 is equal to 2, then the value of x is: D. 160 man-hours
The arithmetic mean of 6 numbers is 17. If two A. 0 A. 4
numbers are added to the progression, the B. 1 B. -2 95. ECE Board Exam March 1996
new set of numbers will have an arithmetic C. 2 C. 2
 Ten less than four times a certain number is D. 120 looses 20 men each day, for how many days C. 7/2
14. Determine the number. can the provision hold out? D. 11/2
A. 6 100. ECE Board Exam November 1993 A. 72
B. 7 If x varies directly as y and inversely as z, and B. 74 110. ECE Board Exam November 1998
C. 8 x = 14 when y = 7 and z = 2, find the value of C. 76 Find the ratio of an infinite geometric
D. 9 x when y = 16 and z = 4. D. 78 progression if the sum is 2 and the first term is
A. 14 1/2.
96. ECE Board Exam March 1996 B. 4 105. ECE Board Exam November 1995 A. 1/3
The sum of two numbers is 21 and one C. 16 Find the fourth term of the progression 1/2, B. 1/2
number is twice the other. Find the numbers. D. 6 0.2, 0.125 … C. 3/4
A. 6, 15 A. 1/10 D. 1/4
B. 7, 14 101. ECE Board Exam November 1993 B. 1/11
C. 8, 13 Jojo bought a second hand DVD player and C. 0.102 111. ECE Board Exam April 1998
D. 9, 12 then sold it to Rudy at a profit of 40%. Rudy D. 0.099 Find the 1987th digit in the decimal equivalent
then sold the player to Noel at a profit of 20%. to 1785/9999 starting from the decimal point.
97. ECE Board Exam November 1997 If Noel paid Php2,856 more that it cost to Jojo, 106. ECE Board Exam April 1999 A. 8
The denominator of a certain fraction is three how much did Jojo paid for the unit? Determine x so that: x, 2x + 7, 10x – 7 will be a B. 1
more than twice the numerator. If 7 is added A. Php4,000 geometric progression. C. 7
to both terms of the fraction, the resulting B. Php4,100 A. 7, -7/12 D. 5
fraction is 3/5. Find the original fraction. C. Php4,200 B. 7, -5/6
A. 8/5 D. Php4,300 C. 7, -14/5 112. ECE March 1996
B. 13/5 D. 7, -7/6 For a particular experiment you need 5 liters
C. 5/13 102. ECE Board Exam March 1996 of a 10% solution. You find 7% and 12%
D. 3/5 A merchant has three items on sale, namely a 107. ECE Board Exam November 2001, April 1999 solution on the shelf. How much of the 7%
radio for P 50, a clock for P 30 and a flashlight If one third of the air in a tank is removed by solution should you mix with appropriate
98. ECE Board Exam November 1998 for P 1. At the end of the day, he sold a total of each stroke of an air jump, what fractional part amount of the 12% solution to get 5 liters of a
A man rows downstream at the rate of 8 mph 100 of the three items and has taken exactly P of the total air is removed in 6 strokes? 10% solution?
and upstream at the rate of 2 mph. How far 1000 on the total sales. How many radios did A. 0.7122 A. 1.5 liter
downstream should he go if he is to return in he sell? B. 0.9122 B. 2.5 liters
7/4 hours after leaving? A. 16 C. 0.6122 C. 2 liters
A. 2.5 miles B. 20 D. 0.8122 D. 3 liters
B. 3.3 miles C. 18
C. 3.1 miles D. 24 108. ECE Board Exam April 1998 113. ECE November 1999
D. 2.7 miles The sum of the first 10 terms of a geometric The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is
103. ECE Board Exam November 1998 progression 2, 4, 8, … is 11. If the digits are reversed, the resulting
99. ECE Board Exam April 1990 Find the 30th term in the arithmetic A. 1023 number is seven more than twice the original
The resistance of a wire varies directly with its progression 4, 7, 10, … B. 2046 number. What is the original number?
length and inversely with its area. If a certain A. 75 C. 225 A. 38
piece of wire 10 mm long and 0.10 cm in B. 88 D. 1596 B. 53
diameter has a resistance of 100 ohms, what C. 90 C. 83
will be its resistance be if it is uniformly D. 91 109. ECE Board Exam April 1998 D. 44
stretched so that its length becomes 12 m? Find the sum of the infinite progression 6, -2,
A. 80 104. ECE Board Exam April 1995 2/3 … 114. ECE November 1999
B. 90 A besiege fortress is held by 5700 men who A. 9/2 Find the sum of the roots of 5x2 – 10x + 2 = 0.
C. 144 have provisions for 66 days. If the garrison B. 5/2 A. -1/2
 B. -2 pipe can empty the tank in 24 hours. With all At exactly what time after 2 o’clock will the A. 4x4
C. 2 tanks open, how long in hours will it take to fill hour hand and the minute hand extend in B. 8x2
D. 1/2 the tank? opposite directions for the first time? C. 2x6
A. 2.228 hours A. 2:43 and 0.64 sec D. 2x10
115. EE November 1999, November 2000 B. 2.812 hours B. 2:43 and 6.30 sec
The time required for the two examinees to C. 2.322 hours C. 2:43 and 40.5 sec 128. ECE April 2003
solve the same problem differs by two D. 2.182 hours D. 2:43 and 37.8 sec A man can do a job three times as fast as a
minutes. Together they can solve 32 problems boy. Working together it would take them 6
in one hour. How long will it take for the 120. ECE April 2001 124. ECE November 2002 hours to do the same job. How long will it take
slower problem solver to solve the same The seating section in a Coliseum has 30 The sum of the ages of Peter and Paul is 21. the man to do the job alone?
problem? seats in the first row, 32 seats in the second Peter will be twice as old as Paul 3 years form A. 9 hours
A. 5 minutes row, 34 seats in the third row, and so on, until now. What is the present age of Peter? B. 8 hours
B. 2 minutes the tenth row is reached, after which there are A. 8 C. 7 hours
C. 3 minutes ten rows, each containing 50 seats. Find the B. 6 D. 10 hours
D. 4 minutes total number of seats in the section. C. 18
A. 900 D. 15 129. ECE April 2003
116. ECE November 2000 B. 910 A company sells 80 units and makes P 80
Find the value of m that will make 4x2 – 4mx + C. 890 125. ECE November 2002 profit. Its sells 110 units and makes P 140
4m + 5 is a perfect square trinomial. D. 1000 A multimillionaire left his entire estate to his profit. If the profit is a linear function of the
A. 3 wife, daughter, son and bodyguard. His number of units sold, what is the average
B. -2 121. ECE November 2001 daughter and son got half the total value of profit per unit if the company sells 250 units?
C. 4 A piece of paper is 0.05 inches thick. Each the estate in the ratio 3:2. His wife got twice A. P 1.76
D. 5 time the paper is folded into half, the value as much as the share of the son. If the B. P 1.68
thickness is doubled. If the paper was folded bodyguard received half a million pesos, what C. P 1.66
117. ECE April 2001 12 times, how thick in feet the folded paper is the total value of the estate? D. P 1.86
Ana is 5 years older than Beth. In 5 years, the be? A. 6.5 million
product of their ages will be 1.5 times the A. 10.24 B. 5 million 130. ECE November 2003
product of their present ages. How old is Beth B. 12.34 C. 7 million At approximately what time after 12 o’clock
now? C. 17.10 D. 6 million will the hour hand and the minute hands of a
A. 27 D. 11.25 clock form an angle of 120 degrees for the
B. 20 126. ECE November 2002, April 2004 second time?
C. 25 122. ECE November 2001 A speed boat can make a trip of 100 miles in A. 50 min and 30 sec after 12 o’clock
D. 18 It takes an airplane one hour and forty-five one hour and 30 minutes if it travels upstream. B. 43 min and 38 sec after 12 o’clock
minutes to travel 500 miles against the wind If it travels downstream, it will take one hour C. 38 min and 35 sec after 12 o’clock
118. ECE April 2001 and covers the same distance in one hour and and fifteen minutes to travel the same D. 30 min and 45 sec after 12 o’clock
Find the coefficients of the term involving b4 fifteen minutes with the wind. What is the distance. What is the speed of the boat in
in the expansion of (a2 – 2b)10. speed of the airplane? calm water? 131. ECE November 2003
A. -3360 A. 342.85 mph A. 193.45 mph A company sells 80 units and makes P 80
B. 10! B. 375.50 mph B. 73.33 mph profit. It sells 110 units and makes P 140
C. -960 C. 450.50 mph C. 146.67 mph profit. If the profit is a linear function of the
D. 3360 D. 285.75 mph D. 293.33 mph number of units sold, what is the average
profit per unit of the company sells 250 units?
119. ECE April 2001 123. ECE November 2002, April 2004 127. ECE April 2003 A. P 1.76
One pipe can fill a tank in 6 hours and another Simplify the expression: the square root of the B. P 1.68
pipe can fill the same tank in 3 hours. A drain cube root of 64x60. C. P 1.66
 D. P 1.86 142. ECE April 2004 D. 4x – 100
137. ECE April 2004 A professional organization is composed of x
132. ECE November 2003 Peter can do a job 50 percent faster than Paul ECEs and 2x EEs. If 6 ECEs are replaced by 147. ECE April 2005
What is the remainder when the polynomial x4 and 20 percent faster than John. If they work 6 EEs, 1/6 of the members will be ECEs. Candle A and candle B of equal length are
– 5x3 + 5x2 + 7x + 6 id divided by x + 2? together, they can finish the job in 4 days. Solve for x. lighted at the same time and burning until
A. 16 How many days will it take Peter to finish the A. 12 candle A is twice as long as candle B. Candle
B. 32 job if he is to work alone? B. 24 A is designed to fully burn in 8 hours while
C. 48 A. 18 C. 36 candle B for 4 hours. How long will they be
D. 68 B. 10 D. 1 lighted?
C. 12 A. 3 hours and 30 minutes
133. ECE November 2003 D. 16 143. ECE April 2004 B. 2 hours and 40 minutes
Harry is one-third as old as Ron and 8 years The average rate of production of printed C. 3 hours
younger than Hermione. If Harry is 8 years 138. ECE April 2004 circuit board (PCB) is 1 unit for every 2 hours D. 2 hours
old, what is the sum of their ages? Solve for x in the following equation: x + 4x + work by two workers. How many PCB’s can
A. 40 7x + 10x + … + 64x = 1430. be produced in one month by 60 workers 148. ECE April 2005
B. 45 A. 4 working 200 hours during the month? Solve for x if 8^x = 2^(y + 2) and 16^(3x – y) =
C. 48 B. 3 A. 4000 4^y.
D. 50 C. 2 B. 5000 A. 2
D. 1 C. 6000 B. 4
134. ECE November 2003 D. 3000 C. 1
The sum of the three consecutive even 139. ECE April 2004 D. 3
integers is 78. What is the largest number? If kx3 – (k + 3)x2 + 13 is divided by x – 4, and 144. ECE November 2004
A. 24 the remainder is 157, then the value of k is What is the sum of all even integers from 10 149. ECE April 2005
B. 28 A. 6 to 500? What is the sum of all odd integers between
C. 32 B. 4 A. 87,950 10 and 500?
D. 30 C. 5 B. 124,950 A. 87,950
D. 3 C. 62,730 B. 124,950
135. ECE November 2003 D. 65,955 C. 62,475
An iron bar four meters long has a 300 pound 140. ECE April 2004 D. 65,955
weight hung on one end and a 200 pound If 16 is four more than 3x, then x2 + 5 = ____? 145. ECE April 2005
weight hung at the opposite end. How far from A. 16 From the equation 7x2 + (2k – 1)x – 3k + 2 = 0, 150. ECE April 2005
the 300 pound weight should the fulcrum be B. 21 determine the value of k so that the sum and How many terms of the progression 3, 5, 7,
located to balance the bar? C. 3 product of the roots are equal. should there be so that their sum was 2600.
A. 2.5 meters D. 4 A. 2 A. 60
B. 1.0 meter B. 4 B. 50
C. 1.6 meters 141. ECE April 2001, November 2002 C. 1 C. 52
D. 2.0 meters Four positive integers form an arithmetic D. 3 D. 55
progression. If the product of the 1st and the
136. ECE April 2003 last term is 70 and the 2nd and the third term is 146. ECE April 2005 151. ECE April 2005
What are the first four terms of the sequence 88, find the 1st term. What is the equation form of the statement: If the 1st term of the geometric progression is
whose general term is n2 + 1? A. 5 “The amount by which 100 exceeds four times 27 and the 4th term is -1, the third term is
A. 1, 4, 9, 16 B. 3 a given number?” A. 3
B. 2, 5, 10, 17 C. 14 A. 4x(100) B. 2
C. 5, 10, 17, 26 D. 8 B. 100 + 4x C. -3
D. 2, 4, 6, 10 C. 100 – 4x D. -2
152. GE Board Exam February 1991 B. 16 166. ME Board Exam April 1996
The product of 1/4 and 1/5 of a number is 500. C. 17 161. ME Board Exam October 1996 If x to the 3/4 power equals 8, x equals
What is the number? D. 18 The value of (3 to 2.5 power) square is equal A. -9
A. 50 to B. 6
B. 75 157. ME Board Exam October 1995 A. 729 C. 9
C. 100 Solve for the value of x and y. B. 140 D. 16
D. 125 4x + 2y = 5 C. 243
13x – 3y = 2 D. 81 167. ME Board Exam October 1996
153. GE Board Exam February 1997 A. y = 1/2, x = 3/2 Solve for x that satisfies the equation 6x2 – 7x –
At what after 12:00 noon will the hour hand B. y = 3/2, x = 1/2 162. ME Board Exam April 1996 5=0
and minute hand of the clock first form an C. y = 2, x = 1 Factor the expression x2 + 6x + 8 as A. 5/3 or -1/2
angle of 120 degrees? D. y = 3, x = 1 completely as possible B. 3/2 or 3/8
A. 12:18.818 A. (x + 4)(x + 2) C. 7/5 or -7/15
B. 12:21.818 158. ME Board Exam October 1996 B. (x – 4)(x + 2) D. 3/5 or 3/4
C. 12:22.818 Solve the simultaneous equations C. (x – 4)(x – 2)
D. 12:24.818 2x2 – 3y2 = 6 D. (x + 6)(x + 2) 168. ME Board Exam April 1996
3x2 + 2y2 = 35 Solve for x: 10x2 + 10x + 1 = 0
154. GE Board Exam February 1994 A. x = 3 or -3; y = 2 or -2 163. ME Board Exam April 1995 A. -0.113, -0.887
From the time 6:15 pm to the time 7:45 pm of B. x = 3 or -3; y = -2 or 1 Factor the expression 3x3 – 3x2 – 18x B. -0.331, -0.788
the same day, the minute hand of a standard C. x = 3 or -3; y = -2 or -1 A. 3x(x – 3)(x + 2) C. -0.113, -0.788
clock describes an arc of D. x = 3 or -3; y = 2 or -3 B. 3x(x + 3)(x + 2) D. -0.311, -0.887
A. 60° C. 3x(x + 3)(x – 2)
B. 90° 159. ME Board Exam October 1996 D. 3x(x – 3)(x – 2) 169. ME Board Exam April 1997
C. 180° Solve for the simultaneous equations: What is the value of log to the base 10 of
D. 540° x + y = -4 164. ME Board Exam April 1995 10003.3?
x+z–1=0 Simplify bm/n. A. 10.9
155. GE Board Exam July 1993 y+z+1=0 B. 99.9
A Geodetic Engineering student got a score of A. x = -1, y = -5, z = 3 bm C. 9.9
A.
30% on Test 1 of the five number test in B. x = 1, y = 2, z = -3 n D. 9.5
Surveying. On the last number he got 90% in C. x = -1, y = -3, z = 2 B. bm+ n
which a constant difference more on each D. x = -2, y = -3. z = -1 170. ME Board Exam October 1996
n m
number that he had on the immediately C. b answer Which value is equal to log to the base e of e
preceding one. What was his average score in 160. ME Board Exam October 1996 to the -7x power?
bm
Surveying? x- 2 D. A. -7x
A. 50% Resolve into partial fraction. n B. 10 to the -7x power
x 2 - 7x + 12
B. 55% C. 7
C. 60% 6 2 165. ME Board Exam April 1998 D. -7 log to the base 10
A. -
D. 65% x- 4 x- 3 Find the value of x which will satisfy the
3 5 following expression: 171. ME Board Exam April 1996
156. GE Board Exam February 1994 B. - x- 2 = x + 2 Log of the nth root of x equals log of x to 1/n
x- 4 x- 3
Robert is 15 years older than his brother Stan. A. 3/2 power and also equal to
However “y” years ago, Robert was twice as 6 5
C. - answer B. 9/4 log x
old as Stan. If Stan is now “b” years old and b x- 4 x- 3 A. answer
C. 18/6 n
> y, find the value of (b – y). 7 5 D. none of these B. n log x
A. 15 D. -
x- 4 x- 3
 log(x to the 1/n power) A and B working together can finish painting a A. 1000 kg of steel with 14% nickel, 500 kg If the sum is 220 and the first term is 10, find
C. house in 6 days. A working alone can finish it of steel with 6% nickel the common difference if the last term is 30.
n
D. (n – 1)log x in 54 days less than B. How long will it take B. 750 kg of steel with 14% nickel, 1250 kg A. 2
each of them to finish the work alone? of steel with 6% nickel B. 5
A. 8, 13 C. 500 kg of steel with 14% nickel, 1500 kg C. 3
172. ME Board Exam April 1997
What expression is equal to log x – log(y + z)? B. 10, 15 of steel with 6% nickel D. 2/3
A. log x + log y + log z C. 6, 11 D. 1250 kg of steel with 14% nickel, 750 kg
B. log [x/(y + z)] D. 7, 12 of steel with 6% nickel 184. ME Board Exam October 1996
A product has a current selling price of
C. log x – log y – log z
D. log y + log (x + z) 177. ME Board Exam October 1994 180. ME Board Exam October 1991 Php325.00. If its selling price is expected to
On one job, two power shovels excavate The time required for an elevator to lift a decline at the rate of 10% per annum because
20,000 cubic meters of earth, the larger weight varies directly with the weight and the of obsolescence, what will be its selling price
173. ME Board Exam October 1997
Find the value of x if log12 x = 2. shovel working 40 hours and the smaller for distance through which it is to be lifted and four years hence?
A. 144 35 hours. On another job, they removed inversely as the power of the motor. If it takes A. Php213.23
40,000 cubic meters with the larger shovel 30 seconds for a 10 hp motor to lift 100 lbs B. Php202.75
B. 414
working 70 hours and the smaller working 90 through 50 feet, what size of motor is required C. Php302.75
C. 524
hours. How much earth can each remove in 1 to lift 800 lbs in 40 seconds through 40 feet? D. Php156.00
D. 425
hour working alone? A. 42
A. 169.2, 287.3 B. 44 185.
174. ME Board Exam April 1998
A pump can pump out water from a tank in 11 B. 178.3, 294.1 C. 46
hours. Another pump can pump out water C. 173.9, 347.8 D. 48 A.
from the same tank in 20 hours. How long will D. 200.1, 312.4 B.
it take both pumps to pump out water in the 181. ME Board Exam October 1996 C.
178. ME Board Exam October 1992 The arithmetic mean of a and b is D.
tank?
A Chemist of a distillery experimented on two a+b 186.
A. 7 hours A. answer
alcohol solutions of different strength, 35% 2
B. 6 hours
alcohol and 50% alcohol, respectively. How A.
C. 7 1/2 hours B. ab
D. 6 1/2 hours many cubic meters of each strength must he B.
use to produce a mixture of 60 cubic meters ab C.
C.
that contain 40% alcohol? 2 D.
175. ME Board Exam April 1995
If A can do the work in “x” days and B in “y” A. 20 m3 of solution with 35% alcohol, 40 m3 a−b
of solution with 50% alcohol D. 187.
days, how lone will they finish the job working 2
together? B. 50 m3 of solution with 35% alcohol, 20 m3
of solution with 50% alcohol A.
x+y 182. ME Board Exam April 1995
A. C. 20 m3 of solution with 35% alcohol, 50 m3 B.
xy of solution with 50% alcohol In a pile of logs, each layer contains one more C.
D. 40 m3 of solution with 35% alcohol, 20 m3 log than the layer above and the top contains D.
x+y
B. of solution with 50% alcohol just one log. If there are 105 logs in the pile,
2 how many layers are there?
xy 179. ME Board Exam October 1994 A. 11
C. answer
x+y Two thousand (2000) kg of steel containing B. 12
8% nickel is to be made by mixing a steel C. 13
D. xy D. 14
containing 14% nickel with another containing
6% nickel. How much of each is needed?
176. ME Board Exam April 1995 183. ME Board Exam April 1999