BEC198-1 - ALGEBRA
(5PTS) The electric power which a
1. (5PTS) A train, an hour after starting, meets
with an accident which detains it an hour, after
which it proceeds at 3/5 of its former rate and
arrives three hour after the time; but had the
accident happened miles farther on the line, it
would have arrived one and one-half hour
sooner. Find the length of the journey.
ANSWER: 800/9 miles
2. (5PTS) A mechanical engineer who was
awarded a P450,000.00 contract to install the
machineries of an oil mill failed to finish the
work on time. As provided for in the contract,
he has to pay a daily penalty equivalent to
one-fourth of one percent of the contract price
for the first ten days of the delay, one-half
percent per day for the next ten days and one
percent per day for every day thereafter. If the
total penalty paid was P60, 750.00, how many
days was the completion of the contract
delayed? ANSWER: 26 days
3. (5PTS) At 2:00 pm, an airplane takes off at 340
mph on an aircraft carrier. The aircraft carrier
moves due south at 25 kph in the same
direction as the plane. At 4:05 pm, the
communication between the plane and aircraft
carrier was lost. Determine the communication
range in miles between the plane and the
carrier. ANSWER: 557 miles
4. (5PTS) In a commercial survey involving 1000
persons on brand preferences, 120 were found
to prefer brand x only, 200 persons prefer
brand y only, 150 persons prefer brand z only,
370 prefer either brand x or y but not z, 450
prefer brand y or z but not x, and 370 prefer
either brand z or x but not y, and none prefer all
the three brands at a time. How many persons
have no brand preference with any of the three
brands? ANSWER: 280
5. (5PTS) The arithmetic means of 6 numbers is
17. If two numbers are added to the
progression, the new set of the numbers will
have an arithmetic mean of 19. What are
the two numbers if their difference is 4?
ANSWER: 23, 27
6. (5PTS) Solve algebraically: 11y2 – 3x2 = 41 and
4x2 + 7y2 = 32. ANSWER: (± 1, ± 2)
7.
transmission line can transmit is proportional
to the product of its design voltage and
current capacity, and inversely to the
transmission distance. A 115 - kilovolt line
rated at 100 amperes can transmit 150
megawatts over 150 km. How much power, in
megawatts can a 230 kilovolt line rated at 150
amperes transmit over 100 km?
ANSWER: 675 MW
8. (5PTS) The electrical resistance of a wire
varies as its length and inversely as the
square of its diameter. If a 100 m long and
1.25 mm in diameter has a resistance of 30
ohms, find the length of the wire of the same
material whose resistance and diameter are
25 ohms and 0.74 mm respectively.
ANSWER: 30 m
9. (5PTS) The electrical resistance offered by an
electric wire varies directly as the length and
inversely as the square of the diameter of the
wire. Compare the electrical resistance
offered by two pieces of wire of the same
material, one being 100 m long and 8 mm in
diameter, and the other 50 m long and 3 mm
in diameter. ANSWER: R1 = 0.28 R2
10. (5PTS) A manufacturing firm maintains one
product assembly line to produce signal
generators. Weekly demand for the generators
is 25 units. The line operates for 7 hours per
day, 5 days per week. What is the maximum
production time per unit in hours required for
the line to meet the demand? ANSWER: 1 hour
11. (5PTS) The time requires by an evaluator to lift
a weight varies directly with the weight and the
distance through which it is to be lifted and
inversely as the power of the motor. If it takes
30 seconds for 10 hp motor to lift 100 lbs
through 50 feet, what size of motor is required
to lift 800 lbs in seconds through a distance of
40 feet? ANSWER: 48 hp
12. (5PTS) Three transformers are rated 5 KVA, 10
KVA and 25 KVA, respectively. The total cost of
the three transformers is P15, 000.00. If the
cost of each transformer is proportional to its
KVA rating multiplied by the factor 1, 0.8 and
0.6 respectively, find the cost of the 10 KVA
transformers. ANSWER: P4, 286
13. (5PTS) A certain company manufactures two
products, X and Y, and each of these products
must be processed on two different machines.
Product X requires 1 minute of work time per
unit on machine 1 and 4 minutes of work time
on machine Product Y requires two minutes of
work time per unit on machine 1 and 3 minutes
of work time per unit on machine 2. Each day,
100 minutes are available on machine 1 and
200 minutes are available on machine 2. To
satisfy certain customers, the company must
produce at least 6 units per day of product X
and at least 12 units of product Y. If the profit of
each unit of product X is P50 and the profit of
each unit of product Y is P60, how many of each
product should be produced in order to
maximize the company's profit?
ANSWER: X = 20 units, Y = 40 units
14. (5PTS) Prior to the last IBP elections, a survey
was conducted in a certain barangay in Metro
Manila to find out which of three political
parties they like best. The results indicated that
320 like KBL, 250 like LABAN and 180 liked
INDEPENDENTS. But of these, 160 like both KBL
and LABAN, 100 liked both LABAN and
INDEPENDENTS and 70 like both KBL and
INDEPENDENTS. Only 30 said they like all the
three parties and none admitted that they did
not like any party. How many voters are there
in the barangay? ANSWER: 450
15. (5PTS) A certain manufactured part can be
defective because it has one or more out of the
three possible defects: insufficient tensile
strength, a burr, or a diameter outside of
tolerance limit. In a lot of 500 pieces: 19 have a
tensile strength defects, 17 have a burr, 11 have
an unacceptable diameter, 12 have tensile
strength and burr defects, 7 have tensile
strength and diameter defects, 5 have burr and
diameter defects and 2 have all three defects.
Determine: How many of the pieces have no
defects? How many pieces have only burr
defects? How many pieces have exactly 2
defects? ANSWER: 475, 2, 18
16. (5PTS) An inexperienced statistical clerk
submitted the following statistics to his
manager on the average rate of production of
transistorized radios in an assembly line: "1.5
workers produced 3 radios in 2 hour." How
many workers are employed in the assembly
line working 40 hours per week if weekly
production is 480 radios? ANSWER: 12
17. (5PTS) The polynomial x3 +4x2 -3x + 8 is
divided by x -5, then the remainder is.
ANSWER: 218
18. (5PTS) An equipment installation job in the
completion stage can be completed in 40
days of 8 hours day work with 40 men
working. With the contract expiring in 30
days, the mechanical engineer contractor
decided to add 10 men on the job, overtime
not being permitted. If the liquidated
damages is P2,000 per day of delay, and the
men are paid P80 per day, will the engineer
be able to complete the job on time?
ANSWER: Yes, P16,000 would be saved
19. (5PTS) An equipment installation job in the
completion stage can be completed in 50 days
of 8 hours day work, with 50 men working.
With the contract expiring in 40 days, the
mechanical engineer contractor decided to add
15 men on the job, overtime not being
permitted. If the liquidated damages is P5,000
per day of delay, and they are paid P150 per
day, will the engineer be able to complete the
job on time? Would he save money with the
addition of workers?
ANSWER: Yes, P44,750 savings
20. (2PTS) The denominator of a certain fraction is
three more than twice the numerator. If 7 is
added to both terms of the fraction, the
resulting fraction is 3/5. Find the original
fraction. ANSWER: 5/13
21. (2PTS) A 100 g of water are mixed with 150 g
of alcohol (p = 790 kg/cu.m.). What is the
specific volume of the resulting mixtures?
Assuming that the two fluids mix
completely. ANSWER: 1.20 cu cm/g
22. (2PTS) An automobile is travelling at a
velocity of 10 mph. If the automobile
mileage meter already reads 20 miles, find
the mileage meter reading after 3 hours.
ANSWER: 50 miles
23. (2PTS) A stack of bricks has 61 bricks in the
bottom layer, 58 bricks in the second layer, 55
bricks in the third layer, and so on until there
are 10 bricks in the last layer. How many bricks
are there all together?
ANSWER: 639
24. (2PTS) Three transformers are directly
proportional to the KVA cost P30,000. The cost
of each transformer is directly proportional to
the KVA rating and each has a constant of
proportionally of 0.9, 0.8 and 0.6, respectively.
Find the cost of the KVA transformer.
ANSWER: P13,500
25. (2PTS) Solve the simultaneous equations: 2x2 -
3y2 = 6 3x2 + 2y2 = 35.
ANSWER: x3 or -3; y2 or -2
26. (2PTS) The electrical resistance of wire made of
a certain material varies as its length and
inversely as the square of the diameter. If the
wire 200 meters long and 1.25 mm in diameter
has a resistance of ohms, find the length of the
wire of the same material, whose resistance
and diameter are 5 ohms and 0.65 mm,
respectively. ANSWER:. 4.51 m
27. (2PTS) The sum of the progression 5, 8, 11,
14, . . . Is 1025. How many terms are there?
ANSWER: 25
28. (2PTS) If x varies directly as y and inversely as
z, and x = 14 when y = 7 and z = 2, find the
value of x when y = 16 and z = 4.
ANSWER: 16
29. (2PTS) The seating section in a coliseum has 30
seats in the first row, 32 in the second row, 34
seats in the third row and so on, until the tenth
row is reached, after which there ten rows each
are containing 50 seats. Find the total number
of seats in the section. ANSWER: 890
30. (2PTS) An airplane flying with the wind, took
2 hours to travel 1000 km and 2.5 hours in
flying back. What was the wind velocity in
kph? ANSWER: 50
31. (2PTS) An airplane travels from points A and B
with a distance of 1500 km and a wind along its
flight line. If it takes the airplane 2 hours from
A and B with the tailwind and 2.5 hours from B
to A with the headwind, what is the velocity?
ANSWER: 675 kph
32. (2PTS) An airplane went 360 miles in 2 hours
with the wind and, flying back the same route,
it took 3 3/5 hours against the wind. What was
its speed in still air?
ANSWER: 140 mph
33. (2PTS) An airplane travels from points A
and B with the distance of 1500 km and a
wind along its flight line. If it takes the
airplane 2 hours from A to B with the
tailwind and 2.5 hours from B to A with the
headwind, what is the velocity?
ANSWER: 675 kph
34. (2PTS) Two jet planes travelling towards each
other take off at the same time from two
airports located 3000 miles apart. If they
passed each other after two hours, determine
the speed of each plane if one plane is flying at
a speed 100 mph faster than the other.
ANSWER: 700 and 800 mph
35. (2PTS) The probability for the ECE board
examinees from a certain school to pass the
Mathematics subject is 3/7 and that for the
Communication subject is 5/7. If none of
the examinees failed in both subjects, how
many examinees from the school took the
examination? ANSWER:28
36. (2PTS) Solve for x that satisfies the equation 6x2
- 7x - = 0. ANSWER: 5/3 or -1/2
37. (2PTS) A chemist of a distillery experimented
on two alcohol solutions of different strengths,
30% alcohol and 60% alcohol, respectively.
How many cubic meters of each strength must
be used in order to produce a mixture of 50
cubic meters that contain 40% alcohol?
ANSWER: 33 1/3, 16 2/3 m3
38. (2PTS) How many liters of water must be
added to 35 liters of 89% hydrochloric acid
solution to reduce its strength to 75%?
ANSWER: 6.53 liters
39. (2PTS) Crew No. 1 can finish installation of an
antenna tower in 200 man-hour while Crew No.
2 can finish the same job in 300 man-hour. How
long will it take both crews to finish the same
job, working together?
ANSWER: 120 man-hour
40. (2PTS) A pump can pump out water from a tank
in 11 hours. Another pump can pump out water
from the same tank in 20 hours. How long will it
take both pumps to pump out water in the
tank?
ANSWER: 7 hours
41. (2PTS) Equal volumes of two different liquids
evaporated at different but constant rates. If
the first is totally evaporated in 6 weeks and
the second in 5 weeks, when will the second
be one-half the volume of the first?
ANSWER: 4 2/7 weeks
42. (2PTS) A merchant has three items on sale:
namely, a radio for P50, a clock fo P30, and a
flashlight for P1. At the end of the day, she has
sold a total of 100 of the three items and has
taken exacly P1000 on the total sales. How
many radios did he sale? ANSWER: 16
43. (2PTS) The arithmetic mean of 80 numbers
is 55. If two numbers namely 250 and 850
are removed, what is the arithmetic mean of
the remaining numbers? ANSWER: 42.31
44. (2PTS) The arithmetic means of 6 numbers is
17. If two numbers are added to the
progression, the new set of the numbers will
have an arithmetic mean of 19. What are
the two numbers if their difference is 4?
ANSWER: 23, 27
45. (2PTS) The intensity of sound varies directly as
the strength of the source and inversely as the
square of the distance from the source. Write
the equation to the describe relation.
ANSWER: I=k/d2
46. (2PTS) For a particular experiment, you need 5
liters of 10% solution. You find 7% and 12%
solutions on the shelf. How much of the 7%
solution you mix with the appropriate amount
of the 12% solution to get 5 liters of 10%
solution? ANSWER: 2
47. (2PTS) A tank is fitted with two pipes. The first
pipe can fill the tank in 10 hours. But after it
has been open for 3 hours, the second pipe is
opened and the tank is filled up in 4 hours
more. How long would it take the second pipe
alone to fill tha tank? ANSWER: 13.33 hr
48. (2PTS) A tank is fitted with an intake pipe that
will fill it in 4 hours, and an outlet pipe that will
empty it in 9 hours. If both pipes are left open,
how long will it take to fill the empty tank?
ANSWER: 7.2 hr
49. (2PTS) How many kg of cream containing 25%
butter fat should be added to 50 kg of milk
containing one percent butter fat to produce
milk containing 2% butter fat? ANSWER: 2.174
50. The time required for two examinees to solve
the same problem differs by two minutes.
Together they can solve 32 problems in one
hour. How long will it take for the slower
problem solver to solve the problem?
ANSWER: 5 minutes
51. (2PTS) A man is 41 years old and his son is 9.
In how many years will the father be three
times as old as his son? ANSWER: 7
52. (2PTS) A man started driving his car at a
certain time froma certain place. On arrival at
his destination at the precise appointed time,
he said, "If I had averaged 6 miles per hour
faster, I would have been 5 minutes early. But
if I had averaged 5 mph slower, I would have
been 6 minutes late." Find how far he had
driven. ANSWER: 15 miles
53. (2PTS) A man 38 years old has a son of ten
years old. In how many years will the father be
three times as old as his son? ANSWER: 4
54. (2PTS) A man leaving his office on one
afternoon noticed the clock at past two o'clock.
Between two three hours, he returned to his
office noticing the hands of the clock
interchanged. At what time did he leave the
office and the time that he returned to the
office? ANSWER: 2:26.01, 5:12.17 P.M.
55. (2PTS) A man left his home at past 3:00 o'clock
P.M as indicated in his wall clock. Between 2
and 3 hours after, he returned home and
noticed the hands of the lock interchanged. At
what time the man leave his home?
ANSWER: 3:31.47 P.M
56. (2PTS) A man driving his car at a certain
speed from his house will reach his office in 6
hours. If he increased his speed 15 mph, he
would reach his office 1 hour earlier. Find the
distance from his office to his house.
ANSWER: 450 miles
57. (2PTS) 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? ANSWER: 2.5 miles
58. (2PTS) A & B working together can finish
painting the house in six days. A working alone,
can finish it in five days less than B. How long
will it take each of them to finish the work
alone? ANSWER: 10 days for A 15 days for B
59. (2PTS) A & B can do the job in 42 days, B & C
for the same job in 31 days, C & A also for the
same job in days. If A & C work together, how
many days can they do the same job?
ANSWER: 19
60. (2PTS) The equation whose roots are the
reciprocal of the solutions of 2x2 - 3x - 5 = 0.
ANSWER: 5x2 + 3x - 2=0
61. (2PTS) In certain Board Examination, 119
examinees too the Shop Machinery subjected,
104 examinees took thye Power Plant
Machinery subject and 115 examinees took the
Industrial Plant Machinery subject. Seventy-
eight (78) conditioned examinees took only
Shop Machinery and Power Machinery subjects.
Seventy-one (71) conditioned examinees took
only the POwer Plant Machinery and Industrial
Plant Machinery subjects. Eighty-five (85)
conditioned examinees took only Industrial
Plant Machinery and Shop Machinery subjects.
Fifty-four took all the three subjects. How many
examinees took the Certified Plant Mechanic
board examination? ANSWER: 158
62. (2PTS) If a train passes as many telegraph poles
in one minute as it goes miles per hour, how
far apart are the poles? ANSWER: 88 ft.
63. (2PTS) Which of the following numbers
should be changed to make all the numbers
from an arithmetic progression when
properly arranged? ANSWER 20/14
64. (2PTS) Pedro started running at a speed of
10kph. Five minutes later, Mario started
running in the same direction and catches up
with Pedro in 20 minutes. What is the speed of
Mario? ANSWER: 12.5 kph
65. (2PTS) 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? ANSWER: 10
66. (2PTS) The ten's digit of a certain two digit
number exceeds the unit's digit by four and is
one less than twice the unit's digit. Find the
number. ANSWER: 65
67. (2PTS) One pipe can fill a tank in 6 hours and
another pipe can fill the same in tank in 3
hours. A drain pipe can empty the tank in 24
hours. With all three pipes open, how lomg will
it take to fill in the tank? ANSWER: 2.18 hrs
68. (2PTS) The volume of hemisphere varies
directly as the cube of its radius. The volume
of a sphere with 2.54 cm radius is 20.75 cm3.
What is the volume of a sphere with 3.25 cm
radius of the same kind? ANSWER: 43.47 cm3
69. (2PTS) It takes Butch twice as it takes Dan to
do a certain piece of work. Working together
they can do the work in 6 days. How long
would it take Dan to do it alone?
ANSWER: 9 days
70. (2PTS) A medium unshaded lamp hangs 8 m
directly above the table. To what distance
should it be lowered to increase the
illumination to 4.45 times the former value?
Illumination intensity varies inversely to the
square of the distance. ANSWER: 3.79 m
71. (2PTS) Roberto is 25 years younger than his
father. However, his father will be twice his
age in 10 years. Find their ages now.
ANSWER: 15 and 40
72. (2PTS) How many numbers between 10 and
200 are exactly divisible by 7? Find their sum.
ANSWER: 27 numbers; sum
73. (2PTS) A gasoline tank of a car contains 50
liters of gasoline and alcohol, the alcohol
comprising 25%. How much of the mixture
must be drawn off and replaced by alcohol so
that the tank will contain a mixture of which
50% is alcohol? ANSWER: 16.67 liters
74. (2PTS) In a pile of logs, each layer contains one
more log than the layer above and the top
contains just one log. If there are 105 logs in
the pile, how many layers are there?
ANSWER: 14
75. (2PTS) A boat man rows to a place 4.8 miles
with the stream and black in 14 hours, but that
he can row miles with the stream in the same
time as 3 miles against the stream. Find the
rate of the stream.ANSWER: 0.8 mile per hour
76. (2PTS) A boat travels downstream 2/3 of the
time as it goes going upstream. If the velocity of
the river's current is 8 kph, determine the
velocity of the boat in still water.
ANSWER:. 40 kph
77. (2PTS) A survey of 100 persons revealed that
72 of them had eaten at restaurant P and
that 52 of them had eaten at restaurant Q.
Which of the following could not be the
number of persons in the surveyed group
who had eaten at both P and Q?
ANSWER: 24
78. (2PTS) Two thousand (2000) kg of steel
containing 8% nickel is to be made by mixing a
steel containing 14% nickel with another
containing 6% nickel. How much of each is
needed? ANSWER: 500 kg, 1500 kg
79. (2PTS) A rubber ball is made to fall from a
height of ft. and is observed to rebound 2/3 of
the distance it falls. How far will the ball travel
before coming to rest if the ball continues to fall
in this manner? ANSWER:. 250
80. (2PTS) Gravity causes a body to fall 16.1 ft in
the first second, 48.3 ft in the 2nd second, 80.5
ft in the 3rd second. How far did the body fall
during the 10th second. ANSWER: 305.9 ft
81. (2PTS) A storage battery discharges at a rate
which is proportional to the charge. If the
charge is reduced by 50% of its original value at
the end of 2 days, how long will it take to
reduce the charge to 25% of its original charge?
ANSWER:. 3
82. (2PTS) Given: f(x) = ( x+ 3) (x - 4) +4. When
f(x) is divided by (x - k), the remainder is k.
Find k. ANSWER: 4
83. (2PTS) A statistical clerk submitted the
following reports: "The average rate of
production of radios is 1.5 units for every 1.5
hours of work by 1.5 workers." How many
radios were produced in one month by 30
men working 200 hours during the month?
ANSWER: 4000
84. (2PTS) A piece of paper is 0.05 in thick. Each
time the paper is folded into half, the thickness
is doubled. If the paper was folded 12 times,
how thick in feet the folded paper will be?
ANSWER:17.06
85. (2PTS) A job could be done by eleven workers in
15 days. Five workers started the job. They
were reinforced with four more workers at the
beginning of the 6th day. Find the total number
of days it took them to finish the job.
ANSWER: 20.56 days
86. (2PTS) Six times the middle digit of a three-digit
number is the sum of the other two. If the
number is divided by the sum of its digits, the
answer is 51 and the remainder is 11. If the
digits are reversed the number becomes
smaller by 198, find the number.
ANSWER: 725
87. (2PTS) Given that "w" varies directly as the
product of x and y and inversely as the square
of z and that w = 4 when x = 2, y = 6 and z = 3.
Find tha value of "w" when x = 1, y = 4 and z =
2. ANSWER:3
88. (2PTS) Determine x, so that x, 2x + 7, 10x - 7
will be a geometric progression.
ANSWER: 7, -7/6
89. (2PTS) Solve for the values of x and y in 4x +
2y = 5 and 13x - 3y = 2.ANSWER: ( 1/2, 3/2 )
90. (2PTS) Determine the k so that the equation
4x2 + kx + 1 = 0 will have just one real root.
ANSWER:
91. (2PTS) A clock has dial face 304.80 mm in
radius. The minute hand is 228.60 mm long
while the hour hand is 152.40 mm long. The
plane of rotation of the minute hand is 50.80
mm above the plane of rotation of the hour
hand. Find the distance between the tips of the
hands of the clock at 5:40 AM.
ANSWER:233 mm
92. (2PTS) Solve for x : 10x2 + 10 x2 + 1 = 0.
ANSWER: -0.113, -0.887
93. (2PTS) A jogger starts a course at a steady
rate of 8 kph. Five minutes later, a second
jogger starts the same course at 10 kph. How
long will it take the second jogger to catch
the first? ANSWER: 20 min
94. (2PTS) The resistance of the wire varies
directly with its length and inversely with its
area. If a certain piece of wire 10 m long and
0.10 cm in diameter has a resistance of 100
ohms, what will its resistance be if it is
uniformly stretched so that its length becomes
12 m? ANSWER: 144
95. (2PTS) Ten liters of 25% salt solution and 25
liters of 35% salt solution are poured into a
drum originally containing 30 liters of 10% salt
solution. What is the percent concentration of
salt in the mixture? ANSWER: 0.1955
96. (2PTS) A pipe can fill a tank in 14 hours. A
second pipe can fill the tank in 16 hours. If
both pipes are left open, determine the time
required to fill the tank? ANSWER: 7.47 hr
97. (2PTS) Solve for the value of x. 2x - y + z = 6 x -
3y - 2z = 13 2x - 3y - 3z = 16 ANSWER: 2
98. (1PT) Find the value of w in the following
equations: 3x - 2y + w = 11 x + 5y - 2w = -9 2x +
y - 3w = -6. ANSWER: 3
99. (1PT) Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old
as Ana was when Mary was as old as Ana is
now. How old is Ana? ANSWER: 18
100. (1PT) Robert is 15 years older than his
brother Stan. However, "y" years ago, Robert
was twice as old as Stan. If Stan is now "b"
years old b.y, find the value of (b-y).
ANSWER: 15
101. (1PT) Mike, Loui and Joy can mow the
lawn in 4, 6 and 7 hours, respectively. What
fraction of the yard can they mow in 1 hour if
they work together? ANSWER: 84/47 hr
102. (1PT) Add the following and express in
meters: 3 m + 2 cm + 70 mm.ANSWER: 3.09 m
103. (1PT) From the time 6:15 PM to the
time 7:45 PM of the same day, the minute hand
of a standard clock describe an arc of:
ANSWER: 5400
104. (1PT) If a = b, then b = a. This
illustrates which axiom in Algebra?
ANSWER: Symmetric Axiom
105. (1PT) There are 9 arithmetic means
between 11 and the sum of the progression is:
ANSWER: 341
106. (1PT) The number 1.123123123. . . Is
ANSWER: rational
107. (1PT) How many significant digits do
10.097 have? ANSWER: 5
108. (1PT) Find the sum of the
infinite geometric progression 6, -2,
2/3, . ANSWER: 9/2
109. (1PT) One number is 5 less than
another. If the sum is 135, what are the
numbers? ANSWER: 65, 70
110. (1PT) Find the sum of 1, -1/5, 1/25, . .
. ANSWER: 5/6
111. (1PT) Find the mean proportion of 4
and 36. ANSWER: 12
112. (1PT) Find the 1987th digit in the
decimal equivalent to 1785/9999 starting
from the decimal point. ANSWER: 8
113. (1PT) Maria is 36 years old. Maria was
twice as old as Anna was when Maria was as
old as Anna is now. Jow old is Anna now?
ANSWER: 24
114. (1PT) Find the ratio of an infinite
geometric progression if the sum is 2 and the
first term is 1/2. ANSWER: ¾
115. (1PT) Determine the sum of the
infinite series 1/3 + 1/9 + 1/27 +. . .
116. (1PT) Find the sum of the roots of 5x2 -
10x + 2 = . ANSWER: 2
117. (1PT)The sum of Kim's and Kevin's
ages is 18. In 3 years, Kim will be twice as old
as Kevin. What are their ages now?
ANSWER: 5, 13
118. (1PT) What is the sum of the first
10 terms of the geometric progression 2,
4, 8, 16, . . . ? ANSWER: 2046
119. (1PT) What time after 3 o'clock will
the hands of the clock be together for the
first time? ANSWER: 3:16.36

120. (1PT) If the sum is 220 and the first term is 10,
find the common difference if the last term is 30.
ANSWER: 2
121. (1PT) In how many minutes after 3:00 P.M will
the minute hand of a clock coincide with the
hour hand?
ANSWER: 16.364
122. (1PT) In a class of 40 students, 27 students like
Calculus and 25 like Geometry. How many students
liked both Calculus and Geometry? ANSWER: 12
123. (1PT) Round off 34.2814 to four significant
figures. ANSWER: 34.28
124. (1PT) Subtracting 2.6 x 103 from8.26 x 104 is
ANSWER: 8.0 x 104
125. (1PT) What is the sum of the following
sequence of terms 18, 25, 32, 39, . .,67?
ANSWER: 380
126. (1PT) If the roots of an equation is zero, then they
are classified as ANSWER: trivial solutions
127. (1PT) Ten less than four times a certain number
is 14. Determine the number. ANSWER: 6
128. (1PT) The roots of a quadratic equation are 1/3
and 1/4. What is the equation? ANSWER: 12x2
- 7x + 1=0
129. (1PT) The geometric mean of 4 and 64:
ANSWER: 16
130. (1PT) If 4y3 + 18y2 + 8y - 4 is divided by 2y + 3, the
remainder is: ANSWER: 11
131. (1PT) The square of a number increased by 16 is the
same as 10 times the number. Find the number.
ANSWER: 8, 2
132. (1PT) Find the fourth proportion to 3, 5 and
21. ANSWER: 35
133. (1PT) Round off 0.003086 to three significant
figures. ANSWER: 0.00309
134. (1PT) It is sequence of numbers that successive
terms differ by a constant.
ANSWER: arithmetic progression
135. (1PT) Ana is 5 years older than Beth. In5 years,
the product of their age is 1.5 times the product
of their product ages. How old is Beth now?
ANSWER: 20
136. (1PT) Find the 30th term of the
arithmetic progression 4, 7, 10, .
ANSWER: 941
137.(1PT) Convergent series is a sequence of
decreasing numbers or when the succeeding term
is _______ than the preceding term.
ANSWER: lesser
138. (1PT) In the equation x2 + x = 0, one root is x equal
to: ANSWER: none of these
139. (1PT) Determine the sum of the progression if
there are 7 arithmetic means between 3 and 35.
ANSWER: 214
140. (1PT) MCMXCIV is a Roman numeral equivalent
to: ANSWER: 1994
141. (1PT) Find the 100th term of the sequence 1.01,
1.00, 0.99, . ANSWER: 0.02
142. (1PT) At what time after 12:00 noon will the
hour hand and minute hand of the clock first
form an angle of 120o? ANSWER: 12:21.818
143. (1PT) Solve the simultaneous equations: 3x - y = 6,
9x - y = 12. ANSWER: ( 1, -3 )
144. (1PT) Which number has four significant
figures? ANSWER: 0.01414
145. (1PT) A club of 40 executives, 33 likes to smoke
Marlboro and 20 likes to smoke Philip Morris. How
many like both? ANSWER: 13
146. (1PT) There are 9 arithmetic means between 11 and
the sum of the progression is: ANSWER: 341
147. (1PT) If a two digit number has X for its unit digit
and Y for its tenth digit, represent the number.
ANSWER: 10Y + Y
148. (1PT) In the series 1, 1, 1/2, 1/6, 1/24, . . . ,
determine the 6th term.
ANSWER: 1/120
149. (1PT) Round off 149.691 to the nearest integer.
ANSWER: 150
150. (1PT) The sum of two numbers is 21, and one
number twice the other. Find the numbers.
ANSWER: 7 & 14
151. (1PT) In Algebra, the operation of root extraction
is called as _____.
ANSWER: evolution