CORREL 2 – MATHEMATICS grandfather’s present age, the total is 68.

How
2. Solve the different equation x(y − 1)dx + old is each one now?
(x + 1)dy = 0 if y = 2 and x =1. Determine y
when x = 2. a. 57, 11
b. 45, 23
a. 1.80 c. 60, 8
b. 1.55 d. 49, 12
c. 1.48
d. 1.63 8. One-half of Heather’s age two years from
now plus one-third of her age three years ago is
3. Evaluate the expression (1 + i2 )10 where i is twenty years. How old is she now?
an imaginary number.
a. 30
a. -1 b. 32
b. 0 c. 20
c. 10 d. 24
d. 1
9. Suppose you bought something that was
4. When two rows are interchanged in position, priced at $6.95, and the total bill was $7.61.
the value of the determinants will be What is the sales tax rate in this city?

a. Unchanged a. 8. 5%
b. Multiplied by b. 2. 5%
c. Become zero c. 10. 0%
d. Unpredictable d. 9. 5%

5. Twice the larger of two numbers is three 10. A picture has a height that is 4/3 its width. It
more than five times the smaller and the sum of is to be enlarged to have an area of 192 square
four time the larger and three times the smaller inches. What will be the dimensions of the
is 71. What are the numbers? enlargement?

a. 13, 6 a. 12 inches x 16 inches

b. 15, 5 b. 10 inches x 15 inches
c. 14, 5 c. 12 inches x 14 inches
d. 13, 3 d. 10 inches x 14 inches

6. The product of two consecutive negative 11. A collection of 33 coins, consisting of

even integers is 24. Find the numbers. nickels, dimes, and quarters, has a value of
$3.30. If there are three times as many nickels
a. -5, -3 as quarters, and one-half as many dimes as
b. -6, -4 nickels, how many dimes are there?
c. -8, -2
d. -9, -7 a. 6
b. 10
7. In three more years, Miguel’s grandfather will c. 9
be six times as old as Miguel was last year. d. 18
When Miguel’s present age is added to his
12. A wallet contains the same number of …. d. 10. 24 ft.
total $1.44. How many of each type of coin
does the wallet contain? 17. A speed boat can make a trip of 100 miles in
one hour and 30 minutes if it travels upstream.
a. 10 If it travels downstream, it will take an hour and
b. 7 15 minutes to travel the same distance. What is
c. 12 the speed of the boat in calm water?
d. 9
a. 293. 33 mph
13. A 555-mile, 5-hour plane trip was flown at b. 73. 33 mph
two speeds. For the first part of the trip, the c. 108. 45 mph
average speed was 105 mph. Then the tailwind d. 28. 99 mph
picked up, and the remainder of the trip was
flown at an average speed of 115 mph. For how 18. A company sells 80 units and makes P80
long did the plane fly at 155 mph speed? profit. It sells 110 units and makes P140 profit.
If the profit is a linear function of the number of
a. 2 hours units sold, what is the average profit per unit if
b. 4 hours the company sells 250 units?
c. 3 hours
d. 5 hours a. P1.68
b. P1.78
14. Ivan gathered twice more chestnuts than c. P1.50
Peter and Boris gathered 2 kilograms more than d. P2.05
Peter. Together they gathered 26 kilograms
chestnuts. How many kilograms gathered by 19. Solve for x in the equation: arctan(2x) +
π
Boris? arctanx = 4

a. 6 kg
b. 8 kg 20. Three times the sine of a certain angle is
c. 12 kg twice of the square of the cosine of the same
d. 10 kg angle. Find the angle.

15. Simplify the expression i1997 + 11999 , where a. 45°

I is an imaginary number. b. 10°
c. 30°
a. 1+i d. 50°
b. 0
c. –i 21. Find the height of the tree if the angle of
d. 1-i elevation of its top changes from 20 degrees to
40 degrees as the observer advances 23 meters
16. A piece of paper is 0.05 inches thick. Each toward the base.
time the paper is folded into half, the thickness
is doubled. If the paper was folded 12 times, a. 13. 78 m
how thick in feet the folded paper be? b. 14. 78 m
c. 15. 88 m
a. 17. 10 ft. d. 10. 89 m
b. 11. 25 ft.
c. 12. 34 ft.
22. A transmitter with a height of 15 m is
located on top of a mountain, which is 3.0 km
high. What is the furthest distance on the
surface of the Earth that can be seen from the
top of the mountain? Take the radius of the
Earth to be 6400 km.
c. 89. 05 cu. inch
d. 79. 59 cu. inch
27. The volume of two spheres is in the ratio
27:343 and the sum of their radii is 10. Find the
radius of the smear sphere.

a. 196 km a. 5
b. 255 km b. 3
c. 205 km c. 4
d. 156 km d. 9

23. A railroad curve is to be laid in a circular 28. A wire with a length of 54 inches is cut into
path. What should be the radius if the track is to two unequal lengths. Each part is bent to form a
change direction by 30 degrees at a distance of square. If the sum of the area for the two
300 m? squares is 97 square inch, what is the area of
the smaller square?
a. 300 m
b. 421 m a. 34
c. 655 m b. 23
d. 573 m c. 16
d. 10
24. Two triangles have equal bases. The altitude
of one triangle is 3 units more than its base and 29. The segment from (-1, 4) to (2, -2) is
the altitude of the other is 3 units less than its extended three times its own length. The
base. Find the altitudes, if the areas of the terminal point is
triangles differ by 21 sq. units.
a. (11, 20)
a. 4 and 10 b. (12, 20)
b. 10 and 11 c. (11, -20)
c. 6 and 15 d. (12, -25)
d. 5 and 11
30. The diameter of a circle described by
25. A metal washer 1-inch in a diameter is 9x 2 + 9y 2 = 16 is
pierced by 1/2-inch hole. What is the volume of
the washer if it is 1/8 inch thick? a. 4/3
b. 2
a. 0. 074 c. 1/2
b. 0. 054 d. 8/3
c. 0. 085
d. 0. 082 31. Find the equation of the axis of symmetry of
the function y = 2x 2 − 7x + 5.
26. Find the increase in volume of a spherical
balloon when its radius is increased from 2 to 3 a. 7x + 4 = 0
inches. b. 4x – 7 = 0
c. 4x + 7 = 0
a. 74. 12 cu. inch d. 4x – 2 = 0
b. 75. 99 cu. inch
32. Find the area of the hexagon ABCDEF c. π/2
formed by joining the points A (1, 4), B (0, -3), C d. 2 π/7
(2, 3), D (-1, 2), E (-2, -1) and F (3, 0).
38. Find the change in y = 2x – 3 if x changes
a. 24 from 3.3 to 3.5.
b. 20
c. 12 a. 0.5
d. 15 b. 0.3
c. 0.4
33. If the lines 4x – y + 2 = 0 and x + 2ky + 1 = 0 d. 0.2
are perpendicular to each other, determine the
value of k. 39. A statue 3.2 m high stands on a pedestal
such that its foot is 0.4 m above an observer’s
a. 1 eye level. How far from the statue must the
b. 4 observer stand in order that the angle
c. 3 subtended by the statue will be maximum?
d. 2
a. 1.1 m
34. Find the volume of the pyramid formed in b. 1.5 m
the first octant of the plane 6x + 10y + 5z – 30 = c. 1.6 m
0 and the coordinate axes. d. 1.2 m

a. 15 40. What is the slope of the curve y = 1 + x 2 at

b. 14 the point where y = 10?
c. 13
d. 16 a. 6
b. 7
35. The depth of the water in a cylindrical tank c. 9
4 m in diameter is increasing at the rate of 0.7 d. 8
m/min. Find the rate at which the water flowing
into the tank. 41. A person draws 3 balls in succession from a
box containing 5 red balls, 6 yellow balls and 7
a. 2.5 green balls. Find the probability of drawing the
b. 9.0 balls in the order red, yellow and green.
c. 3.8
d. 8.8 a. 0. 3894
b. 0. 5439
36. If ln(lny) + lny = lnx, find y’ c. 0. 03489
d. 0. 04289
a. x/(x + y)
b. y/(x + y) 42. How many triangles are formed by 10
c. x/(x – y) distinct points no three of which are collinear?
d. y/(x – y)
a. 56
37. If y = 2x + sin2x, find x if y’ = 0. b. 120
c. 42
a. π/4 d. 150
b. 2 π/3
43. How many four digit zip codes are there if b. x 2 − 2x − 1
no digit is repeated? c. x 2 + 2x + 2
d. x 2 − 2x − 2
a. 151. 030
b. 32,090 49.
c. 5,040 50.
d. 1,450 4n+2 −24(4n−1 )
51. Solve for x if x = 10(4 n+1 )
44. If the probability that a basketball player
sinks the basket at 3-point range is 2/5, a. 1/4
determine the probability of shooting 5 out of 8 b. 1/6
attempts. c. 1/5
d. 2/8
a. 12. 4%
b. 25% 52. The rate at which a postal clerk can sort
c. 15. 67% mail is a function of clerk’s experience. Suppose
d. 28. 4% the post master of a large city estimates that
after “t” months on the job, the average clerk
45. Three forces 20N, 30N and 40N are in can sort Q(t) = 700 − 400e0.5t letters per
equilibrium. Find the angle between the 30N hour. How many letters can a new employee
and 40N forces. sort per hour?

a. 28. 96° a. 300 letters

b. 25. 97° b. 350 letters
c. 45. 89° c. 400 letters
d. 30. 98° d. 450 letters

46. How far does an automobile move while its 3

53. Solve for x if √8 √4 4√x = 4.
speed increases uniformly from 15 kph to 45
kph in 20 sec?
a. 16
a. 165 m b. 8
b. 134 m c. 12
c. 167 m d. 6
d. 205 m
54. Solve for x if logx 2 = log 2 x.
47. Determine the sum of the first 4 terms of
the sequence whose general term is given by a. 1, 100
3n − 2. b. 10, 100
c. 1, 10
a. 100 d. 2, 10
b. 98
c. 89 55. Find the value of x if x = log c a ∙ log a b ∙
d. 112 log b c

48. If f(x − 1) = 1 + x 2 , then what is f(x)? a. 1

b. b c/a
a. x 2 + 2x + 1 c. ab/c
d. c a/b a. 25, 17
b. 24, 15
4 c. 24, 18
56. Express tanh−1 ( − 5) in terms of natural
d. 26, 16
logarithm.
62. Two gallons of 20% salt solution is mixed
a. – ln 3
with 4 gallons of 50% salt solution. Determine
b. – ln (1/3)
the percentage of salt solution in the new
c. ln e
mixture.
d. – ln (4/5)
a. 40%
57. Find the value of k in the quadratic equation
b. 45%
3x 2 − kx + x − 7k = 0 if 3 is one of the roots.
c. 70%
d. 60%
a. 3
b. 18
63. At how many minutes after 3 P.M. will the
c. 6
hands of a clock be opposite each other for the
d. 12
first time?
58. From the given expression (3x − 1)12 . Find
a. 49. 09 min
the sum of the coefficients.
b. 51. 5 min
c. 45 min
a. 5094
d. 47. 9 min
b. 2942
c. 1245
64. The second hand of a clock is 4 inches long.
d. 4095
Find the speed of the tip of the second hand.
59. Find the middle term of the expansion of
a. 0.34 in/sec
(x 2 − 5)8 .
b. 0.42 in/sec
c. 0.48 in/sec
a. 43750x8
d. 0.55 in/sec
b. 45852x 2
c. 44736x 8
65. A merchant paid P360 for some crates of
d. 46940x 8
Bananas. Four crates were spoiled and had to
be thrown away, but he sold the rest at an
60. Find the remainder if we divide 4y 3 +
increase in price in price of P2 per crate, gaining
18y 2 + 8y − 4 by (2y + 3).
P88.00. How many crates did he buy?
a. 11
a. 70
b. 10
b. 65
c. 13
c. 60
d. 12
d. 55
61. Eight years ago the sum of the ages of A and
66. Find the number which is 7/4 times the
B is equal to 26. Five years from now, B’s age
excess of number over 3.
will be equal to twice A’s age less than 35. How
old is A and B?
a. 8
b. 7
c. 6
d. 5
67. How many liters of water must be added to
35 liters of 89% hydrochloric acid solution to
reduce its strength to 75%?
a. 7.33
b. 5.34
c. 6.53
d. 4.83
68. With a wind of 15 km/hr, an airplane can
travel 1,325 km. In the same time, the plane can
travel 1, 175 km against the same wind. Find
the speed in km/hr, of the plane in still air.
72. There are 4 geometric means between 3
and 729. Find the fourth term of the geometric
progression.
a. 81
b. 64
c. 243
d. 156
73. A country has a billion dollars in paper
currency. The bank clearing consisting of old
and new currency amounts to 5 million dollars
per day. The government decides to introduce a
new currency coming into the banks are being
exchanged for new. How long will it take for the
currency in circulation to become 90% new?

a. 260 a. 520 days

b. 250 b. 460 days
c. 240 c. 180 days
d. 280 d. 360 days

69. If Hagrid is 10% taller than Albus and Albus 74. In a racing contest, there are 240 cars which
is 10% taller than Minerva, then Hagrid is taller will have provisions that will last for 15 hours.
than Minerva by ___ %. Assuming a constant hourly consumption for
each car, how long will the fuel provisions last if
a. 18 8 cars withdraw from race every hour after the
b. 30 first?
c. 21
d. 20 a. 22
b. 25
70. The length of a rectangle is three more than c. 18
its width. What will be its length if the area is d. 30
numerically equal to the perimeter?
75. A club of 40 executives, 33 like to smoke
a. 9 Marlboro and 20 like to smoke Philip Morris.
b. 6 How many like both?
c. 5
d. 3 a. 10
b. 11
71. Find the fourth term of the progression 1/2, c. 12
0.2, 0.125 …. d. 13

a. 1/10 76. A group of 3 people enter a theater after

b. 0. 102 the lights had dimmed. They are shown to the
c. 1/11 correct group of 3 seats by the usher. Each
d. 0.099 person holds a number stub. What is the
probability that each is in the correct seat a. 27. 42 cm^2
according to the numbers on seat and stub? b. 37. 42 cm^2
c. 47. 42 cm^2
a. 1/4 d. 57. 42 cm^2
b. 1/6
c. 1/2 82. A circle having a diameter of 8 cm is
d. 1/8 inscribed in a sector of a circle whose central
angle is 80°. Find the area of the sector.
77. Find the probability of getting exactly 12 out
of 30 questions on the true or false questions. a. 82. 92 cm^2
b. 75. 92 cm^2
a. 0.12 c. 72. 92 cm^2
b. 0.08 d. 82. 08 cm^2
c. 0.15
d. 0.04 83. A circle having an area of 201 cm^2 is to be
divided into two segments by a chord which is 3
78. How many line segments can be formed cm from the center of the circle. Compute the
with 10 distinct points, no two of which are area of the smaller segment.
collinear?
a. 63.7 cm^2
a. 45 b. 53.7 cm^2
b. 90 c. 55.7 cm^2
c. 10 d. 73.7 cm^2
d. 100
84. Exact internal angle of a regular dodecagon
79. In how many ways can 9 books, 6 is equal to:
Mathematics and 3 Electronic be arranged on a
shelf if Electronic books are not to be a. 140°
separated? b. 130°
c. 150°
a. 23300 ways d. 90°
b. 23034 ways
c. 32012 ways 85. The distance between the centers of the
d. 30240 ways three circles which are mutually tangent to each
other externally are 10, 12 and 14 units. The
80. An urn contains 4 black balls and 6 white area of the largest circle is:
balls. What is the probability of getting 1 black
ball and 1 white ball in two consecutive draws a. 64π
from the urn? b. 60π
c. 75π
a. 0.24 d. 50π
b. 0.27
c. 0.53 86. A central angle of 45° subtends an arc of 12
d. 0.04 cm. What is the radius of the circle?

81. Find the area of a hexagon inscribed in a a. 15. 28 cm

circle with area 33.16 cm^2. b. 17. 28 cm
c. 19. 28 cm
d. 10. 28 cm 92. What is the area in cm^2 of the circle
circumscribed about an equilateral triangle with
87. Find the area of a hexadecagon of perimeter sides 10 cm long?
32 units.
a. 106. 7 cm^2
a. 67.89 units b. 102. 8 cm^2
b. 54.66 units c. 104. 7 cm^2
c. 90.00 units d. 100. 6 cm^2
d. 80.44 units
93. The area of a circle circumscribed about an
88. A circle with radius 6 has half its area equilateral triangle is 254.47 m^2. What is the
removed by cutting of a border of uniform area of the triangle?
width. Find the width of the border.
a. 109.88 m^2
a. 1.98 b. 150 m^2
b. 1.50 c. 170.18 m^2
c. 1.76 d. 105.22 m^2
d. 1.90
94. Find the area of a spherical triangle whose
89. A non-square rectangle is inscribed in a radius is 6 m and whose angles are 30°, 100°
square so that each vertex of the rectangle is at and 80°.
the trisection point of the different sides of the
square. Find the ratio of the area of the a. 6π m^2
rectangle to the area of the square. b. 7π m^2
c. 8π m^2
a. 2:3 d. 9π m^2
b. 4:9
c. 4:3 95. The area of an equilateral spherical triangle
d. 5:1 is 10π m^2. Find the measure of each angle if its
radius is 10 m.
90. If a regular polygon has 27 diagonals, then it
is a a. 60°
b. 56°
a. hexagon c. 66°
b. pentagon d. 55°
c. nonagon
d. rectangle 96. A flagpole 3 m high stands on the top of a
pedestal 2 m high above the ground. At a
91. The two legs of the triangle are 300 units distance “x” meters from the base of the
and 150 units respectively. The angle opposite pedestal and on the same horizontal plane of
to the 150 units’ side is 26°. How long is the that of the pedestal, the flagpole and the
third side? pedestal subtend equal angles. Find the
distance “x”.
a. 341.78 units
b. 301.41 units a. 4.57 m
c. 350.00 units b. 4.47 m
d. 321.78 units c. 3.54 m
d. 6.57 m
97. Points A and B are 100 m apart and are of
the same elevation as the foot of the building.
The angles of elevation of the top of the
building from points A and B are 21° and 32°
respectively. How far is A from the building in
meters?

a. 259. 28 m
b. 233. 33 m
c. 235. 90 m
d. 245. 9 m

98. A man whose eye standing is 1.5 m above

his sole stands on a 48.5 m high building. The
angle of depression of the top and foot of a
nearby building are 50° and 80° respectively.
Find the height of the second building.

a. 49. 5 m
b. 34. 4 m
c. 50. 0 m
d. 39. 5 m

99. A pole casts a shadow 15 m long when the

angle of elevation of the sun is 61°. If the pole
leans 15° from the vertical directly towards the
sun, what is the length of the pole?

a. 56.78 m
b. 34.50 m
c. 54.23 m
d. 59.90 m

100. If an equilateral triangle is circumscribed

about a circle of radius 10 cm, determine the
length of the side of the triangle.

a. 35.67 cm
b. 34.64 cm
c. 39.90 cm
d. 41.89 cm