MULTIPLE CHOICE :

1. If ( A + B ) = 45, find the value of X if ( 1 + tan A ) ( 1 + tan B ) = X.

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
2. A man can finish the job in 10 days. A boy can finish the same job in 15 days. If the man and a boy plus a girl
can finish it in the same job in 15 days, how long will it take the girl to finish the job alone ?
a. 10 days b. 20 days c. 30 days d. 40 days
3. A certain mixture contains 50 kg of substance X, and 30 kg of substance Y. How much of substance X must
be added to make a mixture that is 75% of substance X ?
a. 30 kg b. 40 kg c. 50 kg d. 60 kg
4. How many grams of an alloy 70% copper must be mixed with 40 grams of an alloy 90% pure to make a
mixture 78% copper pure ?
a/ 30 grams b. 40 grams c. 50 grams d. 60 grams
5. A minute hand of a clock is 12 cm long. How far does the tip of the hand move during 20 minutes ?
a. 20.1 cm b. 25.1 cm c. 30.2 cm d. 35.1 cm
6. A wheel makes 120 revolutions in one minute. Through how many degrees does it turn in one second ?
a. 720 b. 43200 c. 4320 d. 72
7. Calculate the area of a triangle whose two sides are 15m and 17m and the included angle is 38 degrees .
a. 78.497 sq. m. b. 88.497 sq. m. c. 98.497 sq. m. d. 68.497 sq. m.
8. A clock has a minute hand 16 cm and an hour hand 11 cm long. Find the distance between the outer tips of
the hands at 2:30 o’clock P. M.
a. 17.6 cm b. 19.6 cm c. 21.6 cm d. 23.6 cm
9. Three times the sine of the angle is equal to twice the square of the cosine of the same angle. Find the angle.
a. 200 b. 300 c. 400 d. 500
10. Find the height of a tree if the angle of elevation of its top changes from 20 degrees to 40 degrees as the
observer advances 30m toward its base.
a. 15.28m b. 17.28m c. 19.28m d. 21.28m
11. A jet took-off at a rate of 260 ft per second and climbed in a straight path for 3.2 minutes. What was the
angle of elevation of its path if its final altitude was 12,000 ft ?
a. 13.910 b. 15.910 c. 17.910 d. 19.910
12. Find the value of tan ( X + Y ), where tan ( X) = 1/3 and tan( Y ) = ¼. X and Y are acute angles.
a. 2/12 b. 7/12 c. 7/11 d. 12/7

13. A pole cast a shadow 15m long when the angle of elevation of the sun is 61 degrees. If the pole has lean 15
degrees from the vertical directly toward the sun, what is the length of the pole ?
a. 34.23m b. 44.23m c. 54.23m d. 24.23m
14. Find the amplitude of the equation y = 3 sin2X.
a. 2/3 b. 2 c. 3 d. 1/3
15. Find the quotient of (3X + 9)/ ( X + 5 ) divided by ( X + 3 ) / ( 3X + 15 ).
a. 3 b. 6 c. 9 d. 1/3
16. The sum of the terms in a Geometric Progression is 1820. How many terms are there if the first term is 5,
the second term is 15, and the third term is 45 ?
a. 6 b. 7 c.8 d. 9
17. The 4 term in an arithmetic progression is -1 and the 16 term is 3. What is the 31st term ?
th th

a. 8 b. 10 c. 12 d. 15
18. A group consists of n boys and n girls. If two of the boys are replaced by two other girls, then 49% of the
group members will be boys.. Find the value of n.
a. 25 b. 50 c. 75 d. 100
19.How much is X if logx 4 = 1.5 ?
a. 1.292 b. 7.55 c. 2.52 d. 3.03
20. Which of the following expression is both perfect square and a perfect cube ?
a. 27y12 b. 64y8 c. 64y12 d. 27y2
21. Reduce ( 3p + 6s ) ? ( p2 – 4 s2 ) into the lowest term.
a. 3/ p – 2s b. 3/p + 2s c. p-2s d. p + 4 s
22. What value of x makes ( x + 5 ) / ( x – 4 ) be undefined ?
a. 0 b. 1 c. -4 d. 4
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23. What is the remainder when X – 5 X + 1 is divided by ( X + 2 ) ?
a. 3 b. -5 c. -3 d. 4
24. What is the fourth term of the expression of ( X 2 + 3 Y 4 ) 5 ?
a. 270 X4Y12 b. 270X4Y3 c. 270X6Y12 d. 90 X4 Y3
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25. What is the value of X if 3 = 81 ?
a. 5 b. 4 c. 2 d. 3