PLUMBING ARITHMETIC PART 03

1. A father willed that his three sons  A RIGHT 1

inheritance from him (starting from eldest) be in
ratio 1:2:3. If the middle sonsfs inheritance was
P27,000, how much did the third (or youngest)
son inherit?

A. P13,500
B. P40,500
C. P54,000
D. P81,000
2. Mercury boils at 675 F. what is the boiling B RIGHT 1
point of mercury in C?
A. 675
B. 357
C. 537
D. 735
3. What is the area of the square inscribed in the C RIGHT 1
quadrant if the radius of the circle is 10 cm?

A. 100 cm
B. 50 cm
C. 200 cm2
D. 50 cm2
4. What amount should be paid on February 14, B RIGHT 1
1991 on a loan of P5,090 made October 7, 1990
with 5 3/5% simple interest?

A. P5,200
B. P5190.56
C. P6000
D. P5910.56
5. On a boy's seventh birthday, his parents A RIGHT 1
deposited P5,000 in his name in a savings bank
paying 1 3/8% every three months. Find the
value of his savings when he reaches age 21.

A. P8762.50
B. P7862.50
C. P2678.50
D. P8276.50
6. A truck starts from rest and moves with C RIGHT 1
constant acceleration of 5 m/s2. what is its
distance traveled after 4 seconds has elapsed?

A. 20
B. 30
D. 40
D. 50
7. A marble dropped from a bridge strikes the A RIGHT 1
water in 5 seconds. What is the height of the
bridge?

A. 123m
B. 125m
C. 120m
D. 118m
8. A plane is traveling eastward at an airspeed of D RIGHT 1
500 km/hr. but a 90 km/hr wind is blowing
southward. What is the speed of the plane
relative to the ground?

A. 590 km/hr
B. 410 km/hr
C. 500km/hr
D. 508 km/hr
9. The specific gravity of cast iron is 7.20. find its A RIGHT 1
weight density in lbs/ft2 of cast iron. Density of
water is 62.4 lbs/ft3.

A. 449
B. 720
C. 500
D. 450
10. A horizontal pipe has a constriction in it as C RIGHT 1
shown in figure below. At point I the diameter is
6 cm, while at point 2 it is only 2 cm. At 1,
v1=2m/s and P1=180 kpa. Calculate P2 (in kPa).

A. 10
B. 15
C. 20
D. 25
11. How high would water rise in the pipes of a C RIGHT 1
building if the water pressure gauge shown the
pressure at the ground floor to be 270 kPa?

A. 25.5 m
B. 26 m
C. 27.6 m
D. 28.3 m
12. A lead pipe 50 mm in outside diameter and B RIGHT 1
1.20m is melted to form a cube of edge 10 cm.
how thick(mm) was the pipe?

A. 5
B. 6.05
C. 6.5
D. 6.55
13. Henryfs father is now twice as old as he is C RIGHT 1
16 years ago, he was four time as old. How old is
henry now?

A. 32
B. 24
C. 8
D. 48
14. The sum of reciprocal of two consecutive D RIGHT 1
even whole numbers is 13/84. Find the numbers.

A. 6,8
B. 8,10
C. 10,12
D. 12,14
15. A vertical pole was broken by the wind. The C RIGHT 1
upper part still attached, reached a point on the
level ground 4m from the base. If the upper part
is 2m longer than the lower part, how tall was
the pole?

A. 5m
B. 3m
C. 8m
D. 6m
16. If the digits of a two-digit number are A RIGHT 1
reversed, the number is three times their
difference. What is the number?

A. 42
B. 60