CE CORREL ALGEBRA (B)

ASSIGNEMENT NO. 4 – DEADLINE APRIL 30

COVERAGE: VENN DIAGRAM, AGE PROBLEMS, MIXTURE PROBLEMS, WORK PROBLEMS, CLOCK PROBLEMS, NUMBER PROBLEMS,
MOTION PROBLEMS, MATRIX PROBLEM

1. Two times the father’s age is 8 more than six times his son’s age. Ten years ago, the sum of their ages was 44. The age of the son
is:
a. 49 b. 15 c. 20 d. 18

2. Peter’s age 13 years ago was 1/3 of his age 7 years hence. How old is Peter?
a. 15 b. 21 c. 23 d. 27

3. A father is 41 years old and in seven years he will be four times as old as his son is at that time. How old is his son now?
a. 9 b. 4 c. 5 d. 8

4. A father is three times as old as his son. Four years ago, he was four times as old as his son was at that time. How old is his son?
a. 36 b. 24 c. 32 d. 12

5. The ages of the mother and her daughter are 45 and 5 years, respectively. How many years will the mother be three times as old
as her daughter?
a. 5 b. 10 c. 15 d. 20

6. Two thousand (2000) kg of steel containing 8% nickel is to be made by mixing a steel containing 14% nickel with another steel
containing 6% nickel. How much of the steel containing 14% nickel is needed?
a. 1500 kg b. 800 kg c. 750 kg d. 500 kg

7. A 40-gram alloy containing 35% gold is to be melted with a 20-gram alloy containing 50% gold. How much percentage of gold is
the resulting alloy?
a. 40% b. 30% c. 45% d. 35%

8. A 100kg salt solution originally 4% by weight. Salt in water is boiled to reduce water content until the concentration is 5% by
weight salt. How much water is evaporated in kg?
a. 10 b. 15 c. 20 d. 25

9. A pump can pump out a tank in 11 hours. Another pump can pump out the same tank in 20 hours. How long will it take both
pumps together to pump out the tank in hours?
a. 1/2 b. 1/4 c. 6 d. 7

10. One pipe can fill a tank in 5 hours and another pipe can fill the same tank in 4 hours. A drainpipe can empty the full content of
the tank in 20 hours. With all the three pipes open, how long will it take to fill the tank in hrs?
a. 2 b. 2.5 c. 1.92 d. 1.8

11. Pedro can paint a fence 50% faster than Juan and 20% faster than Pilar and together they can paint a given fence in 4 hours. How
long will it take Pedro to paint the same fence if he had to work alone in hrs?
a. 10 b. 11 c. 13 d. 15

12. How many minutes after 3:00PM will the minute hand of the clock overtakes the hour hand?
a. 14/12 min b. 16-11/12 min c. 16-4/11 min d. 14/11 min

13. At what time after 12:00 noon will the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock first form an angle of 120°?
a. 21.818 b. 12:21.181 c. 21.181 d. 12:21.818

14. If a two-digit number has x for its unit’s digit and y for its ten’s digit, represent the number.
a. yx b. 10y+x c. 10x+y d. x+y

15. One number is five less than the other number. If their sum is 135, what are the numbers?
a. 70 and 75 b. 60 and 65 c. 65 and 70 d. 75 and 80

16. In a two-digit number, the unit’s digit is 3 greater than the ten’s digit. Find the number if it is 4 times as large as the sum of its
digits.
a. 47 b. 58 c. 63 d. 25

17. Juan can walk from his home to his office at the rate of 5mph and back at the rate of 2mph. What is his average speed in mph?
a. 2.86 b. 3.56 c. 4.12 d. 5.89
18. A man rows downstream at the rate of 5mph and upstream at the rate of 2mph. How far downstream should he go if he is to
return in 7/4 hours after leaving?
a. 2mi b. 3.5mi c. 3mi d. 2.5mi

19. A jogger starts a course at a steady rate of 8kph. Five minutes later, a second jogger starts the same course at 10kph. How long
will it take for the second jogger to catch the first?
a. 20min b. 25min c. 30min d. 15min

20. At 2:00PM, an airplane takes off at 340mph on an aircraft carrier. The aircraft carrier moves due south at 25kph in the same
direction as the plane. At 4:05PM, the communication between the plane and the aircraft carrier was lost. Determine the
communication range in miles between the plane and the carrier.
a. 656 miles b. 785 miles c. 557 miles d. 412 miles

21. In class of 40 students, 27 likes Calculus and 25 likes geometry. How many students liked both Calculus and Geometry?
a. 10 b. 14 c. 11 d. 12

22. A class of 40 took examination in Algebra and Trigonometry. If 30 passed Algebra, 36 passed Trigonometry, and 2 failed in both
subjects, the number of students who passed the two subjects is?
a. 2 b. 8 c. 28 d. 25

7 8
23. Evaluate the following determinant: | |
9 4
a. 64 b. 44 c. 54 d. -44

3 𝑥 2 −1
24. The following involves two determinants: | |=| |, the value of x is:
2 2 𝑥 −3
a. 1 b. 3 c. 4 d. 3

1 5 −2
25. Evaluate the following determinant: |2 1 −3|
3 −2 1
a. -24 b. 24 c. -46 d. 46