COMPRE 1

DIRECTION: Answer the following problems by shading the letter of the BEST answer on the answer
sheet provided. Use BLACK or BLUE ballpen when shading. STRICTLY NO DOUBLE SHADING. Be extra
careful when answering. Two points each number.

PRINCIPLES/CONCEPTS/FORMULAS
1. The sum of exponents in every term of a binomial expansion is
A. 𝑛 + 1 B. 𝑛 C. 𝑛 − 1 D. zero
2. A function is given by 𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥) is an even function if and only if
A. 𝑓(−𝑥) = −𝑓(−𝑥) B. 𝑓(−𝑥) = 𝑓(𝑥) C. either A or B D. neither A or B
3. A line segment perpendicular to the axis of semmetry and passes through the focus of the
parabola is called
A. locus B. directrix C. latus rectum D. foci
4. The area of the triangle of sides 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐, inscribed in a circle of radius 𝑟 is
𝑎𝑏𝑐 𝑎+𝑏+𝑐 1
A. 𝐴 = 4𝑟 B. 𝐴 = 𝑟𝑠, 𝑠 = 2 C. 𝐴 = 2 𝑏ℎ D. 𝐴 = 𝑟(𝑠 − 𝑎)(𝑠 − 𝑏)(𝑠 − 𝑐)
5. The sum of three vertex angle of a spherical triangle is between
A. 0° 𝑎𝑛𝑑 180° B. 180° 𝑎𝑛𝑑 360° C. 0° 𝑎𝑛𝑑 360° D. 180° 𝑎𝑛𝑑 540°
6. The perimeter of an ellipse is
𝑎 2 +𝑏2 2𝜋√𝑎 2 +𝑏2 𝑎 2 +𝑏 2
A. 𝑃 = 2𝜋√𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 B. 𝑃 = 2𝜋√ 2
C. 𝑃 = 2
D. 𝑃 = 𝜋√ 2
7. The surface area of a spherical zone of 2-bases of radius 𝑟 and height ℎ is
A. 𝐴 = 2𝜋𝑟ℎ B. 𝐴 = 𝜋𝑟ℎ C. 𝐴 = 2𝜋(3𝑟 − ℎ)ℎ D. 𝐴 = 4𝜋𝑟ℎ
8. The face of a tetrahedron is a
A. hexagon B. pentagon C. square D. triangle
9. The line segment where the foci of the ellipse are located is called
A. minor axis B. transverse axis C. major axis D. conjugate axis
10. The equation 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 4𝑥 − 6𝑦 + 13 = 0 is called a/an
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A. circle B. ellipse C. hyperbola D. point

ALGEBRA
11. A mason can lay the bricks in a sidewalk in 12 hours. The mason’s apprentice requires 16 hours to
do the same job. After working together for 4 hours, the mason leaves for another job, and the
apprentice continues working. How long will it take the apprentice to complete the job?
A. 8 hours B. 7.5 hours C. 6.67 hours D. 5.33 hours
12. How much pure gold should be melted with 15 grams of 14-karat gold to produce 18-karat gold?
(Hint:A karat is a measure of the purity of gold in an alloy. Pure gold measures 24 karats.
A. 10 grams B. 20 grams C. 30 grams D. 40 grams
13. Sound travels through sea water 4.62 times as fast as through air. The sound of an exploding mine
on the surface of the water and partially submerged reaches a ship through the water 4 seconds
before it reaches the ship through the air. How far is the ship from the explosion (to the nearest
foot)? Use 1100 feet per second as the speed of sound through air.
A. 5615 ft B. 1215 ft C. 6715 ft D. 4400 ft
14. A contest offers 15 prizes. The 1st prize is $5000, and each successive prize is $250 less than the
preceding prize. What is the value of the 15th prize? What is the total amount of money
distributed in prizes?
A. $101,250 B. $101,000 C. $48,750 D. $48,500
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15. The fifth term of an arithmetic sequence whose fourth term is 9 and whose tenth term is 9 .
10 14 2 12
A. 9
B. 9
C. 3 D. 9
16. The sum of the roots of a cubic equation 𝑥 3 + 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0 is
A. – 𝑎 B. – 𝑏 C. – 𝑐 D. 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐
17. Mary is 40 years old. She is twice as old as Ann was whenshe was as old as Ann now. How old is
Ann?
A. 18 B. 36 C. 15 D. 30
18. What time after 2 PM will the hands of the clock forms a right angle for the first time .
A. 2:27 PM B. 2:26 PM C. 2:28 PM D. 2:29 PM
19. The numbers 28, √4 − 𝑥 2 , 112, … forms a geometric progression. What is the 10th term?
A. 13,346 B. 14,336 C. 16,633 D. 15,363
20. How many ways you can arrange 7 Mahematics and 5 Physics books in a shelf if two books are to
be kept together?
A. 4,838,400 B. 3,628,800 C. 1,209,600 D. 479,001,600

TRIGONOMETRY
21. The distance between an aircraft carrier and a Navy destroyer is 7620 feet. The angle of elevation
from the destroyer to a helicopter is 77.2°, and the angle of elevation from the aircraft carrier to
the helicopter is 59.0°. The helicopter is in the same vertical plane as the two ships. Use this data to
determine the height of the helicopter.
A. 27,234 B. 8,744 C. 9202 D. 6710
22. A surveying team determines the height of a hill by placing a 12-
foot pole at the top of the hill and measuring the angles of
elevation to the bottom and the top of the pole. They find the
angles of elevation to be as shown in the following figure. Find the
height of the hill.
A. 31.6 ft C. 33.5 ft
B. 35.6 ft D. 42.3 ft
23. A navigator on a ship sights a lighthouse at a bearing of N36°E.
After traveling 8.0 miles due north, the ship sights the lighthouse at a bearing of S82°E. How far is
the ship from the lighthouse at the second sighting?
A. 5.3 mi B. 5.7 mi C. 6.2 mi D. 4.7 mi
24. A ship leaves a port at a speed of 16 miles per hour at a heading of 32°. One hour later another
ship leaves the port at a speed of 22 miles per hour at a heading of 254°. Find the distance
between the ships 4 hours after the first ship leaves the port.
A. 157 mi B. 142 mi C. 150 mi D. 170 mi
25. A wind machine is used to generate electricity. The wind machine has propeller blades that are
12 feet in diameter. If the propeller is rotating at 3 revolutions per second, what is the linear speed
in feet per second of the tips of the blades?
A. 36𝜋 𝑓𝑝𝑠 B. 6𝜋 𝑓𝑝𝑠 C. 45𝜋 𝑓𝑝𝑠 D. 18𝜋 𝑓𝑝𝑠
26. A passenger in an airplane at an altitude of 10 kilometers sees two towns directly to the east of
the plane. The angles of depression to the towns are 28° 𝑎𝑛𝑑 55°. How far apart are the towns?
A. 8.6 kms B. 11.8 kms C. 13.2 kms D. 9.5 kms
sin 𝑥+tan 𝑥
27. Simplify
1+cos 𝑥
A. cot 𝑥 B. 1 + cos 𝑥 C. tan 𝑥 D. 1
28. Given a right spherical triangle with angles 𝐴 = 63°15′ and 𝐵 = 135°34′. Find side b.
A. 134.1° B. 143.1° C. 131.4° D. 141.3°
29. Find the area of a spherical triangle ABC on the surface of a sphere of radius 10 where
𝐴 = 119°37′, 𝐵 = 38°43′ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶 = 34°23′.
A. 23.18 B. 22.19 C. 21.16 D. 24.13
30. How many miles away is Manila(14°36' N, 121°05' E) from San Francisco(37°48' N, 122°24' W) ?
A. 7051 B. 8051 C. 9051 D. 10051
GEOMETRY
31. A building casts a shadow 60 feet long. A rod 4 feet tall placed near the building casts a shadow
3 inches long. Find the height of the building.
A. 45 ft B. 80 ft C. 65 ft D. 90 ft
32. A square piece of cardboard is formed into a box by cutting out 3-inch squares from each of the
corners and folding up the sides. If the volume of the box needs to be 126.75 cubic inches, what
size square piece of cardboard is needed?
A. 10.5 inches B. 9 inches C. 12 inches D. 12.5 inches
33. The area of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle of radius 1 is:
A. 2.698 sq. units B. 2.598 sq. units C. 3.698 sq. units D. 3.598 sq. units
34. A polygon has 170 diagonals. How many sides does it have?
A. 20 B. 18 C. 25 D. 26
35. Calculate the radius (in cm) of the smaller circle on the figure shown on the right.
A. 4.6 cm B. 5.5 cm C. 8.6 cm D. 10 cm

36. A rectangle ABCD which measure 18 by 24 cm is folded once, perpendicular to diagonal AC, so
that the opposite vertices A and C coincide. Find the length of the fold.
A. 2 B. 7/2 C. 54/2 D. 45/2
37. A cone was formed by rolling a thin sheet of metal in the form of a sector of a circle 72 cm in
diameter with a central angle of 210°. What is the volume of the cone in cc?
A. 13,602 B. 13,504 C. 13,716 D. 13,318
38. A conical vessel has a height of 24 cm. and a base diameter of 12 cm. It holds water to a depth
of 18 cm. above its vertex. Find the volume of its content in cc.
A. 387.4 B. 381.7 C. 383.5 D. 385.2
39. A mixture compound from equal parts of two liquids, one white and the other black was placed
in a hemispherical bowl. The total depth of the two liquids is 6”. After standing for a short time the
mixture separated the white liquid settling below the black. If the thickness of the segment of the
black liquid is 2”, find the radius of the bowl in inches.
A. 7.53 B. 7.3 C. 7.73 D. 7.93
40. Find the volume of a spherical wedge of radius 10 cm. and central angle 50°.
A. 425.66 sq. m. B. 431.25 sq. m. C. 581.78 sq. m. D. 444.56 sq. m.

ANALYTIC GEOMETRY
41. The Lovell Telescope is a radio telescope located at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire,
England. The dish of the telescope has the shape of a paraboloid with a diameter of 250 feet. The
distance from the vertex of the dish to its focus is 75 feet. Find an equation of a cross section of
the paraboloid that passes through the vertex of the paraboloid. Assume that the dish has its
vertex at (0,0) and a vertical axis of symmetry.
A. 75𝑥 = 𝑦 2 B. 300𝑦 = 𝑥 2
C. 75𝑦 = 𝑥 2
D. 300𝑥 = 𝑦 2
42. A light source is to be placed on the axis of symmetry of the
parabolic reflector shown in the figure below. How far to the
right of the vertex point should the light source be located if
the designer wishes the reflected light rays to form a beam of
parallel rays?
3 9 1 9
A. 2 B. 4 C. 2 D. 24
43. The circle is tangent to both x and y axes. A point on the circle is (2,1). Calculate the area of the
circle.
A. 16𝜋
B. 9𝜋
C. 25𝜋
D. 36𝜋

44. The distance from Saturn to the sun at Saturn’s aphelion is 934.34 million miles, and the distance
from Saturn to the sun at its perihelion is 835.14 million miles. Find an equation for the orbit of
Saturn. Assume the center is at the origin and the major axis lies on the x-axis.
𝑥2 𝑦2 𝑥2 𝑦2
A. 884.742 + 883.352 = 1 B. 883.352 + 884.742 = 1
𝑥2 𝑦2 𝑥2 𝑦2
C. + =1 D. + =1
848.74 2 838.352 838.352 848.742

45. A carpenter needs to cut a semielliptical form from a 3-foot by

8-foot sheet of plywood, as shown in the following diagram.
How long is the string that connects the push pins?
A. 8 ft B. 6 ft
C. 12 ft D. 7 ft

46. Find the length of the latus rectum and the distance between
foci of the ellipse 4𝑥 2 + 9𝑦 2 − 8𝑥 + 36𝑦 + 4 = 0.
A. 9, 2√5 B. 8/3 , √5 C. 8/3, 2√5 D. 9, √5
47. Find the center and the eccentricity of the hyperbola 4𝑥 − 9𝑦 − 16𝑥 + 54𝑦 − 29 = 0.
2 2
√13 √13
A. (2,3) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒 = 2
B. (2, −3) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒 = 2
√13 √13
C. (−2,3) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒 = 3 D. (2,3) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒 = 3
48. A vertical cross section of a cooling tower is a portion of a
hyperbola, as shown in the following diagram. The standard
form of the equation of the hyperbolic cross section is
𝑥2 (𝑦 − 220)2
− = 1, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 0 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 380
6400 32400
where and are measured in feet. The horizontal cross sections of
the tower are circles. Find the radius of the top and the base of
the tower. Round to the nearest foot
A. 126 and 107 B. 121 and 110 C. 130 and 110 D. 123 and 108
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49. Describe the conic section given the polar equation 𝑟 = 2−3 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 . Calculate the eccentricity.
A. parabola B. ellipse C. circle D. hyperbola
50. Find the equation of the axis of semmetry of the parabola 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 3.
A. 𝑥 − 1 = 0 B. 𝑥 + 1 = 0 C. 𝑦 − 1 = 0 D. 𝑦 + 1 = 0