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Problem 101
Nonoy left Pikit to drive to Davao at 6:15 PM and arrived at

11:45 PM averaged 30 mph and stopped 1 hour for dinner,
how far is Davao from Pikit.
A. 128
B. 135
C. 160
D. 256
Problem 102
A man res a target 420 m away hears the bullet strikes to

2 second after he pulled the trigger. An observer 525 m
away from the target and 455 m from the man heard the
bullet strike the target one second after he heard the
report of the ri e. Find the velocity of the bullet.
A. 525 m/s
B. 360 m/s
C. 350 m/s
D. 336 m/s
Problem 103
A man travels in a motorized banca at rate of 12 kph from

his barrio to the poblacion and come back to his barrio at
the rate of 10 kph. If his total time of travel back and forth is
3 hours and 10 minutes, the distance from the barrio to the

poblacion is :
A. 17.27 km
B. 17.72 km
C. 12.77 km
D. 17.32 km
Problem 104
It takes Michael 60 seconds to run around a 440-yard track.

How long does it take Jordan to run around the track if
they meet in 32 second after they start together in a race
around the track in opposite direction?
A. 58.76 seconds
B. 68.57 seconds
C. 65.87 seconds
D. 86.57 seconds
Problem 105
Juan can walk from his home to his o ce at the rate of 5

mph and back at the rate 2 mph. What is his average
speed in mph?
A. 2.86
B.3.56
C.4.12
D.5.89
Problem 106
Kim and Ken traveled at the same time at the rate of 20

m/min,from the same point on a circular track of radius
600 m. If Kim walks along a circumference and Kim
towards the center, nd their distance after 10 minutes.
A.193 m
B.202 m
C.241 m
D.258 m
Problem 107
Two ferryboats ply back and forth across a river with

constant but di erent speeds, turning at the river banks
without loss of time. They leave the opposite shores at the
same instant, meet for the rst time 900 meters from one
shore, and meet for the second time 500 meters from the
opposite shore. What is the width of the river?
A. 1500 m
B. 1700 m
C. 2000 m
D. 2200 m
Problem 108 (CE May 1998)
A boat takes 2/3 as much time to travel downstream from

C to D, as to return, If the rate of the river’s current is 8 kph,
what is the speed of the boat in still water?
A. 38
B. 39
C. 40
D. 41
Problem 109 (ECE November 1998)
A man rows downstream at the rate of 5mph and upstream

at the rate of 2 mph. How far downstream should he go if
he is to return in 7/4 hours after leaving?
A. 2 mi
B. 3.5 mi
C. 3 mi
D. 2.5 mi
Problem 110 (EE April 1997)
A jogger starts a course at a steady rate of 8 kph. Five

minutes later, a second jogger the same course at 10 kph.
How long will it take for the second jogger to catch the
rst?
A. 20 min
B. 25 min
C. 30 min
D. 35 min
At 2:00 pm, an airplane takes o at 340mph on an aircraft

carrier. The aircraft carrier moves due south at 25kph 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.
A. 656 miles
B. 785 miles
C. 557 miles
D. 412 miles
Problem 112
A boat going across a lake 8 km wide proceed 2 km at a

certain speed and then completes the trip at a speed 1/2
kph faster. By doing this, the boat arrives 10 minutes earlier
than if the original speed had been maintained. Find the
original speed of the boat.
A. 2 kph
B. 4 kph
C. 9 kph
D. 5 kph
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 w when x = 1, y = 4 and z = 2.
A. 4
B. 2
C. 1
D. 3
If x varies directly as y and inversely as z, and x = 14 when y

= 7 and z = 2, nd x, when z = 4 and y = 16.
A. 14
B. 4
C. 16
D. 8
Problem 115
The electrical resistance of a cable varies directly as its

length and inversely as the square of its diameter. If a
cable 600 meters long and 25 mm in diameter has a
resistance of 0.1 ohm, nd the length of the cable 75 mm in
diameter with resistance of 1/6 ohm.
A. 6000 m
B. 7000 m
C. 8000 m
D. 9000 m
Problem 116
The electrical resistance o ered by an electric wire varies

directly as the length and inversely as the square of the
diameter of the wire. Compare the electrical resistance
o ered by two pieces of wire of the same material, one
being 100 m long and 5 mm diameter, and the other is 50
m long and 3 mm in diameter.
A. R1 = 0.57 R2
B. R1 = 0.72 R2
C. R1 = 0.84 R2
D. R1 = 0.95 R2
Problem 117
The time required for an elevator 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 motors. If it
takes 20 seconds for a 5-hp motor to lift 50 lbs. through 40
feet, what weight can an 80-hp motor lift through a
distance of 40 feet within 30 seconds?
A. 1000 lbs.
B. 1150 lbs.
C. 1175 lbs.
D. 1200 lbs.
The time required by an elevator to lift a weight, vary

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 a 10-hp motor to lift 100lbs through
50 feet, what size of motor is requires to lift 800 lbs. in 40

seconds through a distance of 40 feet?
A. 48 hp
B. 50 hp
C. 56 hp
D. 58 hp
Problem 119
In a certain department store, the salary of saleslady is

partly constant and varies as the value of her sales for the
month, when the value of her sales for the month is
P10000.00, her salary for that month is P900.00. When her
sales goes up to P 2000.00 her monthly salary goes up to
P1000.00. What must be the value of her sales for the
month so that her salary for that month will be P2000.00?
A. P25000.00
B. P28000.00
C. P32000.00
D. P36000.00
Problem 120
A man sold 100 eggs, eighty of them were sold at gain of

30% while the twenty eggs were sold at a loss of 40%.
What is the percentage gain or loss of the whole eggs?
A. 14%
B. 15%
C. 16%
D. 17%
Problem 121
The population of the country increases 5% each year. Find

the percentage it will increase in three years.
A. 5%
B. 15%
C. 15.15%
D. 15.76%
Problem 122
Pedro bought two cars, one for P600000.00 and the other
for P400000.00. He sold the rst at a gain of 10% and the
second at a loss of 12%. What was his total percentage
gain or loss?
A. 6% gain
B. 0% gain
C. 1.20% gain
D. 6% loss
Problem 123
A grocery owner raises the prices of his goods by 10%.

Then he starts his Christmas sale by o ering the customers
a 10% discount. How many percent of discount does the
customers actually get?
A. nothing
B. 1% discount
C. 9% discount
D. they pay 1% more
Problem 124
Kim sold a watch for P3500.00 at a loss of 30% on the cost

price. Find the corresponding loss or gain if he sold it for
P5050.00.
A. 1% loss
B. 10% loss
C. 1% gain
D. 10% gain
Problem 125
By selling balut at P5.00 each, a vendor gains 20%. The

cost price of egg rises by 12.5%. If he sells the balut at the
same price as before, nd his new gain in percent.
A. 7.5%
B. 5%
C. 8%
D. 6.25%
Problem 126
The enrollment at college A and college B both grew up

by 8% from 1980 to 1985. If the enrollment in college A
grew up by 800 and the enrollment in college B grew up
by 840, the enrollment at college B was how much greater
than the enrollment in college A in 1985?
A. 650
B. 504
C. 483
D. 540
Problem 127
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. 100
B. 49
C. 50
D. 51
Problem 128
On his Christmas Sale, a merchant marked a pair of slipper

P180.00, which is 20% o the normal retail price. If the retail
price is 50% higher than the whole sale price, what is the
wholesale price of the slipper?
A. P18.00
B. P17.00
C. P15.00
D. P22.50
Problem 129
A certain XEROX copier produces 13 copies every 10

seconds. If the machine operates without interruption, how
many copies will it produce in an hour?
A. 780
B. 46800
C. 1835
D. 4680
Problem 130
At a certain printing plant, each of the machines prints 6

newspapers every second. If all machines work together
but independently without interruption, how many minutes
will it take to print the entire 18000 newspapers? ( Hint: let
x = number of machines)
A. 50x
B. 3000/x
C. 50/x
D. 3000x
Problem 131 (ME April 1996)
A manufacturing rm maintains one product assembly line

to produce signal generators. Weekly demand for the
generators is 35 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?
A. 1 hour
B. 0.75 hour
C. 3 hours
D. 2.25 hours
Problem 132
Of the 316 people watching a movie, there a re 78 more

children than women and 56 more women than men. The
number of men in the movie house is:
A. 176
B. 98
C. 42
D. 210
Problem 133
A certain department store has an inventory of Q units of a

certain product at time t=0. The store sells the product at a
steady rate of Q/A units per week, and exhausts the
inventory in A weeks. The amount of product in inventory
at any time t is:
A. Q – (Q/A) t
B. Q + (Q/A) t
C. Qt – Q/A
D. Qt – (Q/A) t
Problem 134 (ECE March 1996)
A merchant has three items on sale: namely, a radio for

P50, a clock for P30, and a ashlight for P1. At the end of
the day, she has sold a total of 100 of three items and has
taken exactly 1000 on the total sales. How many radios did
he sale?
A. 80
B. 4
C. 16
D. 20
Problem 135
The price of 8 calculators ranges from P200 to P1000.If

their average price is P950,what is the lowest possible
price of any one of the calculators?
A. 500
B. 550
C. 600
D. 650
Problem 136
A deck of 52 playing cards is cut into two piles. The rst

pile contains 7 times as many black cards as red cards. The
second pile contains the number of red cards that is an
exact multiple as the number of black cards. How many
cards are there in the rst pile.
A. 14
B. 15
C. 16
D. 17
The population of the Philippines doubled in the last 30

years from 1967 to 1997.Assuming that the rate of
population rate increase will remain the same in what year
wills the population triple?
A. 2030
B. 2027
C. 2021
D. 2025
Problem 138
Determine the unit digit in the expansion of 3855.
A. 3
B. 9
C. 7
D. 1
Problem 139 (ECE April 1998)
Find the 1987th digit in the decimal equivalent of

1785/9999 starting from the decimal point.
A. 1
B. 7
C. 8
D. 5
Problem 140
Find the sum of all positive integral factors of 2048.
A. 4095
B. 3065
C. 4560
D. 1254
Problem 141
In how many ways can two integers be selected from the

numbers 1,2,3,…50 so that their di erence is exactly 5?
A. 50
B. 5
C. 45
D. 41
Problem 142
A box contains 8 balls, 6 black balls.a8 red balls, and 13

yellow balls. How many balls must be drawn to ensure that
there will be three balls of the same color?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
Problem 143
A shore sells 10 di erent sizes of shoes, each in both high-

cut and low-cut variety, each either rubber or leather, and
each with white or black color. How many di erent kinds of
shoes does he sell?
A. 64
B. 80
C. 72
D. 92
Problem 144 (ME October 1999)
An engineer was told that a survey had been made on a

certain rectangular eld but the dimension had been lost
.An assistant remembered that if the eld had been 100 ft
longer and 25 ft narrower, the area would have been
increased by 2500 sq. ft, and that if it had been 100 ft
shorter 50 ft wider, the area would have been decreased
5000 sq.ft. What was the area of the eld?
A. 25.000 ft2
B. 15,000 ft2
C. 20,000 ft2
D. 22,000 ft2
Problem 145 (EE April 1994)
A 10-meter tape is 5 mm short. What is the correct length

in meters?
A. 9.995 m
B. 10.05 m
C. 9.95 m
D. 10.005 m
Problem 146 (ME OCTOBER 1997)
The distance between two points measured with a steel

tape was recorded as 916.58 ft. later. The tape was
checked and to be only 99.9 ft long. What is the true
distance between the points?
A. 035.66 ft
B. 966.15 ft
C. 955.66 ft
D. 915.66 ft
A certain steel tape is known to be 100000 feet long when

the temperature of 70°F . When the tape is at a
temperature of 10°F, what reading corresponds to a
distance of 90 ft? Coe cient of linear expansion of the
tape is 5.833 x 10-6 per °F.
A. 85.935
B. 88.031
C. 90.031
D. 93.031
A line was measured with a steel tape when the

temperature was 30°C. The measured length of the line
was found to be 1,256.271 feet. The tape was afterwards
tasted when the temperature was 10°C and it was found to
be 100.042 feet long. What was the true length of the line if
the coe cient of expansion of the tape was 0.000011 per
°C?
A. 1,275.075 feet
B. 1,375.575 feet
C. 1,256.547 feet
D. 1,249.385 feet
The standard deviation of the numbers 1, 4, &7 is:
A. 2.3567
B. 2.4495
C. 3.2256
D. 3.8876
Problem 150
Three cities are connected by roads forming a triangle, all

of di erent lengths. It is 30 km around the circuit. One of
the roads is 10 km long and the longest is 10 km longer
than the shortest. What is the length of the longest road?
A. 5 km
B. 10 km
C. 15 km
D. 20 km
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Nonoy left Pikit to drive to Davao at 6:15 PM and arrived at

A man res a target 420 m away hears the bullet strikes to

A man travels in a motorized banca at rate of 12 kph from

3 hours and 10 minutes, the distance from the barrio to the

It takes Michael 60 seconds to run around a 440-yard track.

Juan can walk from his home to his o ce at the rate of 5

Kim and Ken traveled at the same time at the rate of 20

Two ferryboats ply back and forth across a river with

Problem 108 (CE May 1998)

A boat takes 2/3 as much time to travel downstream from

Problem 109 (ECE November 1998)

A man rows downstream at the rate of 5mph and upstream

Problem 110 (EE April 1997)

A jogger starts a course at a steady rate of 8 kph. Five

Problem 111 (CE May 1999)

At 2:00 pm, an airplane takes o at 340mph on an aircraft

A boat going across a lake 8 km wide proceed 2 km at a

Problem 113 (CE May 1993)

Given that w varies directly as the product of x and y and

Problem 114 (ECE November 1993)

If x varies directly as y and inversely as z, and x = 14 when y

The electrical resistance of a cable varies directly as its

The electrical resistance o ered by an electric wire varies

The time required for an elevator to lift a weight varies

Problem 118 (ECE November 1995)

The time required by an elevator to lift a weight, vary

50 feet, what size of motor is requires to lift 800 lbs. in 40

In a certain department store, the salary of saleslady is

A man sold 100 eggs, eighty of them were sold at gain of

The population of the country increases 5% each year. Find

A grocery owner raises the prices of his goods by 10%.

Kim sold a watch for P3500.00 at a loss of 30% on the cost

By selling balut at P5.00 each, a vendor gains 20%. The

The enrollment at college A and college B both grew up

A group consists of n boys and n girls. If two of the boys

On his Christmas Sale, a merchant marked a pair of slipper

A certain XEROX copier produces 13 copies every 10

At a certain printing plant, each of the machines prints 6

Problem 131 (ME April 1996)

A manufacturing rm maintains one product assembly line

Of the 316 people watching a movie, there a re 78 more

A certain department store has an inventory of Q units of a

Problem 134 (ECE March 1996)

A merchant has three items on sale: namely, a radio for

The price of 8 calculators ranges from P200 to P1000.If

A deck of 52 playing cards is cut into two piles. The rst

Problem 137 (ECE November 1997)

The population of the Philippines doubled in the last 30

Determine the unit digit in the expansion of 3855.

Problem 139 (ECE April 1998)

Find the 1987th digit in the decimal equivalent of

Find the sum of all positive integral factors of 2048.

In how many ways can two integers be selected from the

A box contains 8 balls, 6 black balls.a8 red balls, and 13

A shore sells 10 di erent sizes of shoes, each in both high-

Problem 144 (ME October 1999)

An engineer was told that a survey had been made on a