PLUMBING REVIEW Series 6 PLUMBING ARITHMETIC Find the distance around a cit a Circle whose diameter is A 25.13 26 b. 24.13 ‘8 23.13 Find the area of a circle whos tale se radius is 0.82 a3 41 BOM att Centrade Hardware Corp. spends 120,000.00 each month for its building rental, maintenance and salaries. If the maintenance expenditures is twice the building rental and the amount for the employee's salaries is five times that of the rental, how much is spent for the salaries? a, 65,000.00 ‘¢. P50,000.00 © P75,000.00 d. P70,000.00 |. Find the number of meters of cloth needed to make 6 dresses if 2 % meters of cloth is needed per dress. a 13 © 12 b. 125 M135 ‘tyka is playing with a hulahoop with a radius of 30 centimeters. What is the circumference of the ul 188.50 ©. 208.50 178.50 4. 198.50 Room temperature is often identified as 68°F. What temperature is this on the Kelvin scale? a. 100K ©. 341K b. 293K 4 20K ‘When water reaches 4 degrees C, what is the result? ‘a._ it will expand whether it is cooled or heated ._ its volume will remain constant - it will contract until it freezes into ice, and then expand d._ it will expand only if heated The sum of 3 consecutive even integers is 102 Find the largest integer. aw cB b. 40 HB How many dimes are equivalent to 3 quarters and 3 nickels 11. What is the cost of 15 meters of cyclone wire if the cost of 6 meters is P1,200.007 a. P2,400.00 c. 3,000.00 b. P3,600.00 4. P3,200.00 12. Convert 132 pounds to kilograms. a 55 ©. 65 b. 60 4. 50 13, How long will it take plumber A and B together, to finish a job which can be done by A alone in 6 days and by B alone in 4 days? a 34 44 b 14 4 24 14, During the final examination in Mathematics, Lorina did not answer 12 questions. If these represent 1/5 of the total number of questions given in the examination, how many questions were there? a. 60 ©. 65 b. 75 4.70 415. What is the hypotenuse of a 30° right triangle if the short side is 2 cm in height? a4 26 b3 a5 16. A city of 20,000 uses 400 pounds of water per day per capita. It is required to raise this water 120-ft, What is the number of horsepower required? a 202 © 222 b. 182 d. 242 47. A force of 8.5 x 10* Newton is needed to push a stranded car along the South Superhighway. The ‘auto mechanic and the driver push the car 40 meters. How much work (Newion — meters) is done? a 34x10" 6. 3.4x105 b. 3.4x10* 434x107 48, Find the value of (10°) a. 10,000 ©, 100,000 b. 10,000,000 d. 1,000,000 19. During a clearance sale of TY Enterprises, a faucet originally sold for P200.00 was offered for P150.00. What was the per cent of decrease in the price of the faucet? a. 30 25 b. 15 d. 20 20. If there are 1% cubic feet in a bushel, what is the capacity (in bushels) of a hooper in the shape of an inverted pyramid 12 feet deep and 8 feet square at the top? a. 2048 b. 1848 c. 1948 4. 2148 21, Determine the volume of a cylinder whose 3.8 square meters and whose height centimeters. a 916 c b. 7.16 a. 8.16PLUMBING REVIEW Series 6 22. The floor and the sides of a rectangular swimming pool are to be covered with marble tires measuring 10 om by 10 cm. How many tiles will be needed if the pool measures 18 m long, 15 m wide and 2.5 meters deep? ‘a. 43,500 ©. 13,500 b. 33,500 d. 23/500 23. Find the area of a triangle whose base and altitude measure 31/3 cm and 1 2/5 om., respectively. a 145 ©. 2218 b 213 4.123 24, In a factory, out of the 500 parts produced 7 were found to be defective. About how many defective pieces would one expect to find in an output of 20,0007 a. 280 ©. 240 b. 220 . 260 25. The floor of @ rectangular comfort room, whi ‘measures 1.8 meters by 2.4 meters, will be covered with square tiles that measures 64 square centimeters each. How many tiles are needed to ‘cover the floor? a 575 ©. 525 b. 625 4. 675 26. 60 is % greater than what number? a 48 © 32 b. 38 4 42 27. The cost of sending a package is P185.50 per kilogram. How much would be spent to send a package weighing 54.20 kilograms? a. 10,054.10 ©. P10,064.10 b. P10,044.10 d. P10,034.10 28. What part of the day is 9 hours? a 05 ©. 0.375 b. 0.125 4. 0.25 29, If it takes Manuel 15 minutes and 20 seconds to install one PVC pipe, how many hours wil it take him to install 25 pipes? a 6.39 . 5.39 b. 7.39 d 839 30. One pump can lower the flood water level by 0.6 meter in 8 hours and the other can lower the flood ‘water level by 0.9 meter in ten hours. How many hours will the two pumps use to lower the water level by 1.5 meters? a 80/11 ec. 100/11 b. 90/1 d. 105/11 31. The vertical end of a trough has the following dimensions: width at 4.4 meters, width at bottom 3.2 depth, depth 3.5 meters. Find the area of the end of the trough. a 13 © 143 b. 123 4. 133 32. There are three consecutive numbers such that when one-third of the second is added to the first the result is 3 more than the third. What is the first a 14 615 b. 13 416 33. What is the weight of a block of ice 24 inch by 24 inch, ifice weighs $2 per cent as much as water and water weighs 62.5 pounds per cubic foot? a 440 ©. 400 b. 420 4. 460 34. A 6-meter pipe is to be cut into two pieces. If the Jength of one piece is 2 2/3 meters, how long is the other piece? a 2113 ©. 223 b 31/3 4. 328 35. A refrigerator is 2.6 cubic meters. If its length is 0.8 meter and its width is 0.51 meter, find its height?” a. 637 © 537 b. 7.37 4.837 36. In a classroom, there are two kinds of seats, single ‘and double. There are three times as many single seats as double seats. The room will seat 70 students, How many double seats are there’? a 60 40 b. 20 4.30 37. Find the perimeter of a rectangle whose width is 12 ‘centimeters and whose length is 18 centimeters. a 70 c. 50 b. 60 4. 40 38. Find the largest of the three consecutive numbers such that the sum of twice the first and three times the third is 20 less than six times the second. a 24 ce 22 b 24 4. 23 39. What is the hypotenuse of a 30° right angle if the short side is 2 om. in length? as a4 b 2 43 40. How much is due at the end of 2 years and 6 months if P45,000.00 is deposited in a bank that pays 6% simple interest? a. 49,750.00 b. P51,750.00 &. P50,250.00 d. P47,500.00 41, Liquid helium boils at -452.02°F. What is its boiling point in the Kelvin scale? a 44 © 64 b 51 74 42. Felix decides to build a fence around his rectangular yard which measures 90 meters by 50 meters. How many meters of wire will he need? a 290 ©. 270 b. 260 . 280 43, How much worth of plumbing fitings must Peter sell to Paul at a commission of 10% to earn P2,000.00. 15,000.00 'e. P10,000.00 b. 25,000.00 4. P20,000.00 444, If child 2 % feet in height weighs 30 pounds, what would be the weight of a man 5 ft tal of the same proportions? a 60 c 18045. 47. 48. 49. 5 53. PLUMBING REV! Ew Series 6 b. 240 d. 120 Find the circumference of a circle with a diameter of gem. a 1827 b. 3227 ©. 24.27 4. 28.27 Ifittakes 24 days to type 350 pages of a term paper. How many days it takes to type 2400 pages? a 155 © 125 b. 140 d. 165 A storage bin of circular base has 324 square ‘meters of floor space. Find the radius of the floor? a. 12.155 ©. 13.155 b. 11.155 d. 10. 155 I 6 kilos of solvent compound cost P246.00, what will 20 kilos cost? ‘a. P800.00 ©. P810.00 b. P830.00 d. P-820.00 If a P70.00 commission is paid on a sale of P2,800, what commission would be paid on a sale of 1,600.07 ‘a. P60.00 b. P50.00 c. P40.00 4. P30,00 Julius can produce 50 PVC fitings a day and is paid 150,00 @ day. If the daily cost for the machine excluding the wage of Julius is P100,00, determine the production cost per fiting. a P5.00 c. P6.00 b. P4.00 d. P7.00 AA tank containing 50 liters of water at 70 deg C has 20 liters of cold water at 10 deg C mixed with it Determine the resultant temperature (deg C) of the water. Ignore heat losses. A 46.86 B. 48.86 C. 5286 D. 54.86 ‘A group of 10 plumbers work 8 hours and 20 minutes each on the plumbing installation of a building. What is the total number of minutes spent (on the job? ‘A 500 B. 5000 C. 50,000 D. 50 Joe! runs a distance of 0.7 km in 3 minutes. What is his average speed in kilometers per hour? A 3.89 3.6.89 c.16 D.14 Jonathan borrows P75, 000,00 and promises to pay the principal plus accumulated interest at the rate 7% compounded quarterly, at the end of 9 years and 3 months. What must he pay? A P145, 125.81 B. P135,623.68, C. P142, 506.521 D. P140, 687.11 . A pressure tank contains 3 cu. ft. of air at a gage Pressure of 200-bs/sq. inch. What volume (cu. ft) would this amount of air occupy at sea level ‘atmospheric pressure of 15 psi? A 37 B 43 C35 D. 45 » How many Kilometers can motorist travel from 8.55 PM to 10:10 PM at a rate of 60 km per hour? ATS B74 Cc. 68 0. 60 57. The volume of @ cylinder is 900 cm? . Find the volume of a cone that has the same base area and height as the cylinder. ‘A 75 B. 400 Cc. 500 D. 200 58. Solve 4y~2y + 15=4+6y+3 A4 B.2 c.3 D1 59. An obligation of P85,000 is due on June 30, 2002, ‘What is the value of this obligation on December 30, 1996 at 6 % % compounded semi-annually? A P63,157.88 B.P72,918.48 C. P67,810.17 D. P'59,789.96 60. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number formed when the digits are reversed is 54 more than the original number. What is the original number? A 28 B19 ©. 32 D. 41 61. Find the number of residents of a small island where 7% of the population or 105 people had water-borne B. 1,500 C.1,400 D. 1,600 62. It takes Mark half an hour to go 1 km across town. ‘What is his average speed (km per hour)? A4 B14 x2: b3 63. The reciprocal of a number is added to 3, giving 4 ‘What is the number? A3 B2 C4 D4 64. If is % of 5/6 of a certain number, what is the number? ASS B15 C215 D.40 65. A 480 — meter wire is cut into three pieces. The second piece is three times as long as the first. The third piece is four times as long as the second. How long, in meters is the shortest piece? ‘A.50 B.20 ¢.30 D.40 68. How many liters are there in one gallon of water? A287 B.378 C.278 0.387 the volume of a sphere that is inscribed in a cube with edge of length 9. A 3815 B. 254.3 C. 339 D.121.5 68. 225 plumbing engineers attended a conference. If the ratio of female to male is 2: 13, how many male engineers were there? A. 190 B. 210 ©. 205 195 69. In an election with two candidates, Abraham has 24 less than twice the votes of Job. If 960 votes were cast, how many did Job receive? A 632 B648 c. 614 D629 70. Awheel has a diameter of 37 cm. How many om. thas the wheel traveled after 130 complete turns? A 12,786 B. 13,949 ©. 16,273 D. 15,111