SEMINAR IN PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATHEMATICS

QUESTIONNAIRE

Direction: Solve the problem and encircle the correct answer. 1 point each

1. In a certain year a farmer harvested 321 sacks of rice. The following year he
harvested 456 sacks. What was the percentage of increase?
a. 40%
b. 41%
c. 42%
d. 43%
2. The distance between Legarda and Pateros is 14600 meters. What is the distance
in kilometers?
a. 14.6km
b. 14.7km
c. 14.8km
d. 15.6km
3. The numbers 1, 4, 5, and x have an average equal to 4. What is x?
a. 6
b. 6.70
c. 6.89
d. 7
4. The division of a whole number N by 15 gives a quotient of 17 and a remainder
of 2. What is N?
a. 254
b. 255
c. 256
d. 257
5. Gloria obtained score in the test: 75, 77, 79, and 82. What is her average score?
a. 77.85
b. 78.25
c. 78.90
d. 79.20
6. Shane fashion, list polo-shirts at ₱1,300 per dozen. If Lily’s boutique purchase 25
dozen at a discount rate of 30%. what amount did she pay? Page 101
a. ₱22,750
b. ₱22,751
c. ₱22,752
d. ₱22,753
7. Toys which were originally priced at ₱410.00 are reduced to ₱360.00 during a
sale. What is the rate of discount? Page 144
 a. 9%
b. 10%
c. 11%
d. 12%
8. A person jogged 20 times along the perimeter of a rectangular field at the rate
of 12 kilometers per hour for 30 minutes. If field has a length that twice its width.
What is the area of the field in square meters?
a. 4500sq.m
b. 5000sq.m
c. 5700sq.m
d. 5115sq.m
9. Linda spend ¾ of her savings on furniture and the rest on a TV. If a TV cost her
₱3300, what were her original savings?
a. ₱9900
b. ₱13200
c. ₱14100
d. ₱16500
10. James had a stock in his bookshop. He sold 80 on Monday, 30 on Tuesday, 65 on
Wednesday, 98 on Thursday, and 265 on Friday. What percentage of the book
were not sold?
a. 64%
b. 64.20%
c. 64.70%
d. 65%
11. One of the bases of a trapezoid is 6 cm and the altitude is 42 cm. the area is 90
𝑐𝑚2 . What is the length of the other base? Page 210
a. 1 cm
b. 1.3 cm
c. 1.5 cm
d. 1.7 cm
12. Liza De Lara, a sales supervisor, had 8 representatives. she receives a commission
of 20% from his own sales and 8% over-ride. During the month of December,
many made sales amounting to ₱75,000 and his representatives made ₱98,500.
What was his total earning for the month? Page 95
a. ₱22,840
b. ₱22,850
c. ₱22,880
d. ₱22,890
13. If 10 red balls and 7 white balls are placed in a box, what is the probability of
getting a white ball? Page 228
a. 39%
b. 40%
c. 41%
d. 42%
14. Because of the oversupply in the market the price of eggs was reduced from
₱4.50 to ₱4.00 each. What was the percent of decrease?
a. 10%
b. 10.2%
c. 10.4%
d. 11%
15. A man who bought goods worth ₱830 in one of the dry goods stores was
allowed a 7% discount for paying it in cash. What was the actual amount paid?
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a. ₱771.90
b. ₱772
c. ₱772.60
d. ₱772.90
16. The area of the region enclosed by a parallelogram is 265𝑓𝑡 2 and the height is 15
ft. What is the base?
a. 17.26ft
b. 17.38ft
c. 17.67ft
d. 17.80ft
17. A 7-foot ladder touches the side of a building at a point 6 feet above the
ground. At what height would a 16-foot ladder touch the building if it makes the
same angle with the ground as the short ladder?
a. 13.71ft
b. 18.81ft
c. 14.12ft
d. 14.23ft
18. At a certain time of the day, a boy found that a five-meter high pole casts a
shadow of 4 meters long. He wanted to know the height of the tree whose
shadow was 24 meters long. What the height of the tree?
a. 29 meters
b. 29.3 meters
c. 29.5 meters
d. 30 meters
19. The number x, y, z, and w have an average equal to 30. The average of x, y, and
z is equal to 32. What is the value of w?
a. 23
b. 24
c. 25
d. 26
20. A car is travelling 63 kilometer per hour. How many meters does the car travel in
one minute?
a. 1050m/mins.
b. 1350m/mins.
c. 2100m/mins.
 d. 2300m/mins.
21. Ashley is four times as old as Dianne, and Ericka is 8 years older than Dianne. The
sum of their ages is 92 years. How old Dianne is?
a. 13
b. 14
c. 15
d. 16
22. Kyla and Jenny had the same amount of money. After Kyla spent ₱ 347 and
Jenny spent ₱371, Kyla had 3 times as much money as Jenny. How much money
did each have at first?
a. ₱383
b. ₱384
c. ₱385
d. ₱386
23. Kim loves animals. She has 4 times as many birds as she has cat. She has 2 more
dogs than cats. Altogether, she has 14 animals. How many more birds does she
have than dogs?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
24. Harry collects caps. He has 2 times as many blue caps as he has red caps. He
has 4 more black caps than red caps, and 2 more white caps than red caps.
Altogether, he has 26 caps. How many more blue caps does he have than white
caps?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
25. Alice, Cassy and Irene had 20 dolls. Alice had twice as many dolls as Cassy.
Cassy had 3 times as many dolls as Irene. How many dolls did Alice have?
a. 9
b. 10
c. 11
d. 12
26. Jaycee scored 5 times as many points as Sean in a basketball game. Larry
scored an amount equal to the 6th multiple of 9. If the 3 boys scored a total of
126 points, how many points did Jaycee score?
a. 57
b. 58
c. 59
d. 60