NMAT QUANTITATIVE SIMULATIONS (MOCK 2)

Section 1. Fundamental Operations 14. A brand new car could travel 15 km on a gallon of gas. After
two years, this same car travel only 80% of the distance on the
1. 2[4 − 2𝑥(3 − 𝑎) + 6𝑥(𝑎 + 1)] same amount of gas, how many gallons of gas will the old car need
a) 8ax + 24x + 8 c) 8ax + 6 in order to travel 90 km?
b) 8ax + 8 d) 16ax + 8 a) 7.0 b) 7.5 c) 8.5 d) 9.0

15. Two boys divide a prize of Php 3,200 in the ratio 5:3. How
5𝑥 45𝑥 3
2. √ ÷ √12𝑦2 = much more does one boy receive than the other?
3𝑦 a) Php 2,000 b) Php 1,200 c) Php 800 d) Php 400
2 3𝑎 2
a)
3𝑥
√𝑦 b) 6𝑥√𝑦 c)
2
√𝑦 d)
3
√𝑥𝑦 16. A newsboy earns 20c per newspaper and 40c per magazine
sold. On a lucky day, he sells a total of 70 newspaper and
𝑥 3 −1 𝑥−1 2 magazines and earns Php 20. The number of newspapers sold is:
3.
𝑥
÷( 𝑥 ) = a) 30 b) 38 c) 40 d) 48
𝑥 𝑥−1 𝑥 2 +𝑥+1 𝑥 3 +𝑥 2 +𝑥
a) b) c) d) 17. The product of two consecutive positive integers is 240. The
𝑥−1 𝑥 𝑥−1 𝑥−1
sum of two integers is:
3 2𝑥 6𝑦 a) 29 b) 31 c) 33 d) 35
4.
𝑥−𝑦
+ 𝑦(𝑥+𝑦) − 𝑥 2 −𝑦2 =
𝑥+𝑦 2𝑥+𝑦 2𝑥+3𝑦 𝑥+3𝑦 18. Thirty percent in a class are accounting majors, 20% are
a) b) c) d) marketing majors and the rest are economics major. If there are 30
𝑥−𝑦 𝑦(𝑥+𝑦) 𝑦(𝑥+𝑦) 𝑦(𝑥+𝑦)
students in the class majoring in economics, how many students
4.8 𝑥 13.5−9 are majoring in marketing?
5. = a) 12 b) 18 c) 30 d) 60
2.4
a) 27 b) 23.25 c) 2.7 d) 2.325

6. 13
1
+
5
4 + 12
7
= A
2 8 12 B
17 17 17 17
a) 30 b) 29 c) 31 d) 29
24 24 24 48

1
−3
125𝑥 6 𝑦 4
7. ( ) =
27𝑥 9 𝑦 −8
3𝑥 𝑥 5𝑥 3𝑥
a) b) c) d)
4 3𝑦 4 3𝑦 4 5𝑦 4
19. The figure above is a square that contains two squares A and B.
𝑏3 −1 𝑏−1 2 A has an area of 25 sq.mm, B has a perimeter of 36 mm. The area
8.
𝑏
÷( 𝑏 ) = of the shaded part in sq.mm is…
a) 90 b) 60 c) 40 d) 32
𝑏 𝑏2 +𝑏+1
a) c) 20. If the average of the ages of three men is 46 and none of them
𝑏−1 𝑏−1 is less than 42 years of age, what is the maximum age in years of
any one man?
𝑏−1 𝑏3 + 𝑏2 +𝑏
b) d) a) 58 b) 54 c) 52 d) 50
𝑏 𝑏−1
21. A sheet of aluminium is 0.06 cm thick. How many meters high
9. 16 x 2 ÷ 8 + 12 x 3 – 36 ÷ 6 x 3 =
would a pile of 1,250 sheets be?
a) 22 b) 20 c) 38 d) 32 3 1
a) 75.0 m b) 7.5 m c) m d) m
4 4
2 1
10. 3 x5 =
5 4 22. In an English test, 50 students have an average score of 80
12 17 13 5
while 30 other students have an average of 72. The average score
a) 15 b) 17 c) 3 d) 4 of all students is:
20 20 20 20
a) 79 b) 78 c) 77 d) 76
1 2
−
11. 16 2 + (−27) 3 = 2
1 1
23. The product of two numbers is 8. If one of the numbers is
3
a) 9 b) 9 c) 17 d) 9 then the sum of the number is:
2 4
18 22 36 38
a) b) c) d)
−1/3 3 3 3 3
1250 𝑥 3 𝑦 4
12. ( ) =
8𝑥 6 𝑦 −2 24. If 5 cats can catch 5 mice in 5 minutes, how many cats are
2𝑥 𝑦2 5𝑦 2 2𝑥 required to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes?
a) b) c) d)
𝑦2 2𝑥 2𝑥 5𝑦 2 a) 5 b) 20 c) 100 d) 200

25. In an ice cream parlor, 87 customers ordered either vanilla or

Section 2. Problem Solving chocolate or both flavors. If 62 ordered vanilla and 68 ordered
chocolate, how many ordered both flavors?
13. Anita earned the following scores in 5 quizzes 82, 93, 76, 85 a) 130 b) 87 c) 44 d) 43
and 80. What is the average score?
a) 81.2 b) 82.0 c) 83.2 d) 85.2

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 26. Travelling at 15 kph, a doctor would arrive at his office for an 32. Which statement gives an accurate comparison of the height of
appointment one hour too early. If the same trip is made at an the two boys when they were 12 years old?
average speed of 10kph, he will arrive an hour late. At what a) Romil was taller by 5 inches
average speed should the trip be made in order for him to arrive on b) Emy was taller by 5 inches
time? c) Romil was taller by 50 inches
a) 11.5 kph b) 12.0 kph c) 12.5 kph d) 13.0 kph d) Emy was taller by 55 inches

27. Collectively, Jose, Pepe, and Boy weigh 396 lb. Pepe is 10 lb 33. Which of the following is/are true, based on the graph?
heavier than Jose while Boy weighs 10 lb more than Pepe. They are I. at birth, Romil was longer than Emy
medical interns assigned with senior residents in pairs. Resident Del II. from ages 4 to 7, Emy and Romil were of the same
weighs as much as his partner Jose, Carlos is twice as heavy as his height
partner, while Albert is one and one-half times as heavy as the III. during the first four years, Emy grew faster than Romil
intern assigned to him. If the six weigh 1000 lb, what is the weight a) I only b) I and II only c) I and III only d) I, II and III
of Pepe’s partner?
a) 132 lb b) 142 lb c) 198 lb d) 213 lb For nos 34-37, please refer to the following figure:

For nos. 28-31, please refer to the following table

Savings Miscellanous

Except for newborn babies, the age distribution (in percent) of the 5% 10%
patients in hospitals A and B are given in the following table: Books
20%
200 patients 300 patients Food Movies
Age (in Years) Hospital A (%) Hospital B (%) 45% Recreation 30%
up to 10 7 5 15%
11-20 11 12 Music
21-30 23 25
31-40 19 20 50%
41-50 15 13 Fare
51-60 9 8
61-70 8 11
25%
71-80 5 4
above 80 3 2
34. If the student’s weekly allowance is Php 500, how much does
TOTAL
he save each week?
a) Php 250 b) Php 2.50 c) Php 100 d) Php 25
28. How many patients aged 51 to 80 years does Hospital A have?
a) 25 b) 44 c) 69 d) 113 35. If the student’s weekly allowance is Php500, how much does he
spend for watching movies every week?
29. The largest difference between the number of patients in the a) Php 22.50 b) Php 150 c) Php 37.50 d) Php 75
two hospitals occurs in which of the following in age brackets?
a) up to 20 b) 21-40 c) 41-60 d) above 60 36. If the students spend Php 60 each week for his transportation
expenses, what is the total weekly allowance?
30. How many more patients aged up to 20 does Hospital B has a) Php 200 b) Php 240 c) Php 300 d) Php 150
compared to that of Hospital A?
a) 51 b) 36 c) 21 d) 15 37. What is the central angle of the pie representing recreation?
a) 27˚ b) 15 ˚ c) 45 ˚ d) 54 ˚
31. The total number of patients aged at least 61 years is what
percent of the total number of patients in the two hospitals? For nos 38-40, please refer to the following graph:
a) 33 b) 16.6 c) 10.2 d) 6.4
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For nos 32-33 please refer to the following graph
50 SERVICE (PUBLIC &
80 PRIVATE)

70 40 (

60 30
inches

50 20 GOODS PRODUCING
INDUSTRIES
40 10
ROMIL
48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76
30 MY

20 38. At the end of 1965, about what was total employment, in

EMY millions, in both service and goods-producing industries?
10 a) 51 b) 54 c) 57 d) 63

0 39. For the entire period shown in the graph, the increase in
employment in service was about how many times greater than the
0 5 10 15 20
increase in employment in goods-producing industries?
The height of twin boys, Emy and Romil were recorded every year a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
from birth until their twentieth year. A graph of the data is shown in
the above graph. 40. At the end of 1970, about what was the ratio of the number of
service workers to workers in goods-producing industries?
a) 2:1 b) 3:2 c) 5:3 d) 5:2
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