EASY

1. Two angles of the right triangle are complementary to each other. The measure of the 2nd angle is twice
as of the 1st angle. What are their angles?

Answer: 1st angle = 30 degrees, and 2nd angle = 60 degrees

EASY
2. What is the interest rate of a P5,000 loan if at the end of two (2) years the amount is P6,250? The loan
bears a simple interest
a. 25%
b. 8%
c. 12.5%
d. 10%
Answer: C. 12.5%

EASY

3. A number from 1 to 10 is chosen at random. What is the probability that it is divisible by 2 or 3?

Answer: 7/10

EASY

4. The number of degrees in the sum of the interior angles of a pentagon is

a. 360
b. 72
c. 540
d. 720

Answer: C. 540

EASY

5. In the diagram, ▲LMO is isosceles with LO = MO.

If m∠L = 55 and m∠NOM = 28, what is m∠N?
a. 27
b. 28
c. 42
d. 70

Answer: A. 27

EASY

6. A coin is tossed 3 times. Find out the number of possible outcomes.

Answer: 8
EASY

7. The sides of a triangle are 8, 12 and 14 cm. long. A new triangle is constructed by joining the
midpoints of the sides of the first triangle with segments. What is the perimeter of this new triangle?
a. 18 cm
b. 17 cm
c. 16 cm
d. 15 cm

Answer: B. 17 cm.

EASY
𝑘
8. Find the value of k so that 2 will be a root of 𝑥 – x = 7

Answer: 18

EASY
9. A line has a slope of 2 and passes through the point (4,1). What is its y-intercept?

Answer: -7 or (0,-7)

EASY

10. Find the derivatives of 3x2 + 6x + 101

Answer: 6x + 6

EASY

11. Find the product of 4x + 3y multiplied by 4x – 3y.

Answer: 16x2 – 9y2

AVERAGE

1. A tank can be filled by one pump in 20 hours and by a second pump in 50 hours. How long will it take to fill
the tank using both pumps?
2
a. 14 7 hours
3
b. 15 8 hours
1
c. 14 6 hours
4
d. 15 5 hours

𝟐
Answer: A. 14 𝟕 hours

AVERAGE

2. What is the sum of 1 -2 + 3 – 4 + 5 …. +2017 ?

Answer: 1,009
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3. If a1 = 2 and an = 3an-1 +2 for n ≥ 2, what is a4 ?

Answer: 80

AVERAGE

4. The average of two radical expressions is √3 − √2. If one of them is √3 + √2, what is the other radical
expression?

Answer: √𝟑 − 𝟑√𝟐

AVERAGE

5. A freight train starts from Catbalogan and heads for Tacloban at 40mph. Two hours later a passenger train
leaves the same station for Tacloban traveling 60 mph. How long before the passenger train overtakes the
freight train?
a. 5
b. 6
c. 3
d. 4

Answer: D. 4

AVERAGE

6. One number is 6 less than 3 times another number and their sum is 62. Find the numbers.
a. 17 and 45
b. 18 and 46
c. 17 and 46
d. 18 and 45

Answer: A. 17 and 45

AVERAGE

7. Identify the missing number within the series: 98, 94, __, 70, 38
a. 89
b. 85
c. 86
d. 87

Answer: C. 86

AVERAGE

8. Find the value of x: −6x − 20 = −2x + 4(1 – 3x)

a. 1
b. 3
c. 5
d. 7

Answer: B. 3
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9. Each equal side of an isosceles triangle is 11 centimeters longer than the base. The perimeter of the
triangle is 64 centimeters. Find the length of the base?

Answer: 14 cm

AVERAGE

10. Find the factor of 24x2 + 2xy – 12y2

Answer: (8x + 6y)(3x – 2y)

AVERAGE

11. In how many ways can the letters of the word 'LEADER' be arranged?

Answer: 360
DIFFICULT

1. Janet and Susan together earned $109.50 in a week. Janet worked 7 hrs and Susan worked 9.5 hrs. If each
had worked three hours more, their combined pay would have been $150. What is the hourly rate for
Janet?
a. 10.5
b. 9.5
c. 8.5
d. 7.5

Answer: B. 9.5

DIFFICULT

2. Integrate (x3 - x) dx

Solution: ∫(x3 – x) dx
= ∫x3dx - ∫xdx

Answer: x4 – x2 + C
4 2

DIFFICULT

3. A father is three times as old as his son. Four years ago, he was four times as old as his son. How old will
the son be six years from now?

Answer: 18 years old

DIFFICULT

4. Solve for x in the equation √𝑥 + 2 = √2𝑥 − 1

Answer: 25

DIFFICULT

5. Suppose z varies directly as the cube of x and inversely as y. If z = 6, when x = ½ and y= 1/12, find z when
x = 3 and y = 6.

Answer: 18

DIFFICULT
6. What is the remainder when 𝑥 2019 − 𝑥 2017 − 𝑥 2015 − ⋯ − 𝑥 5 − 𝑥 3 − 𝑥 is divided by 𝑥 2 − 2?

Answer: 𝒙
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7. In a right triangle, the two legs have lengths a and a+7d, while the hypotenuse has length a+8d. Find the
value of a/d.

Answer: 5

DIFFICULT

8. How many 3 digit numbers can be formed from the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 which are divisible by 5 and
none of the digits is repeated?

Answer: 20

DIFFICULT

1+ √5
9. Rationalize the denominator of and simplify.
3− √5

Answer: 2 + √𝟓

DIFFICULT

1
10. Solve for x in the equation: log ( + 1) = 2
𝑥

Answer: 1/99

DIFFICULT

11. Simplify: √9 + 4√5 + √14 − 6√5

Answer: 5