Why STUDY WELL

on MATH for LET?

 Operations
Number
with Rational
Theory
Numbers

Properties Proportional
of Numbers Reasoning

Basic Geometry and

Algebra Measurement
Probability
and Statistics
 REAL NUMBERS (R)

RATIONAL IRRATIONAL

INTEGERS NON-INTEGERS

NEGATIVE WHOLE
INTEGERS NUMBERS

NATURAL
ZERO
NUMBERS
SETS OF NUMBERS

Which set of numbers do the

elements below belong to?

{0, 2, 4, 6, 8 …}

Set of Even Whole Numbers

SETS OF NUMBERS

All of the elements in the set -1,

0, 1, 2, 3, 4 are what type of
numbers?

Integers
SETS OF NUMBERS

π, -√11, √29 belong to which set

of numbers?

Set of Irrational Numbers

 NUMBER PROPERTIES
Closure Associative Commutative
Property Property Property

Identity Distributive Property of

Property Multiplication over
Add’n/Subtr’n

Which property does the example below show?

16 + 24 + 45 = 85
 NUMBER PROPERTIES
Closure Associative Commutative
Property Property Property

Identity Distributive Property of

Property Multiplication over
Add’n/Subtr’n

Which property does the example below show?

16 + 24 + 45 = 85

Ans: Closure Property of Addition

 NUMBER PROPERTIES
Closure Associative Commutative
Property Property Property

Identity Distributive Property of

Property Multiplication over
Add’n/Subtr’n

Which property does the example below show?

11 x 4 = 4 x 11
 NUMBER PROPERTIES
Closure Associative Commutative
Property Property Property

Identity Distributive Property of

Property Multiplication over
Add’n/Subtr’n

Which property does the example below show?

11 x 4 = 4 x 11

Ans: Commutative Property of Multiplication

 NUMBER PROPERTIES
Closure Associative Commutative
Property Property Property

Identity Distributive Property of

Property Multiplication over
Add’n/Subtr’n

Which property does the example below show?

2009 + 0 = 2009
 NUMBER PROPERTIES
Closure Associative Commutative
Property Property Property

Identity Distributive Property of

Property Multiplication over
Add’n/Subtr’n

Which property does the example below show?

2009 + 0 = 2009

Ans: Identity Property of Addition

 NUMBER PROPERTIES
Closure Associative Commutative
Property Property Property

Identity Distributive Property of

Property Multiplication over
Add’n/Subtr’n

Which property does the example below show?

2009 x 1 = 2009

Ans: Identity Property of Multiplication

 NUMBER PROPERTIES
Closure Associative Commutative
Property Property Property

Identity Distributive Property of

Property Multiplication over
Add’n/Subtr’n

Which property does the example below show?

9 (50 + 6) = 9(50) + 9(6)

 NUMBER PROPERTIES
Closure Associative Commutative
Property Property Property

Identity Distributive Property of

Property Multiplication over
Add’n/Subtr’n

Which property does the example below show?

9 (50 + 6) = 9(50) + 9(6)

Ans: Distributive Property of Multiplication over Addition

The Order of Operations:
PEMDAS
- arentheses (grouping symbols)

- xponents

Multiple and Divide from left to right

Add and Subtract from left to right

Simplify: 42 – (20 ÷ 4 x 2)
 P E MD AS
Simplify:
42 – (20 ÷ 4 x 2)

42 – (20 ÷ 4 x 2) = 42 – (5 x 2)
= 42 – (10)
= 16 – 10
=6
 P E MD AS

Simplify:

1. (15 – 12)3 ÷ 9 x 3 = 9

2. 94 – 2(4)2 + 14 = 76

3. 1200 ÷ 102 – 5 x 2 = 2
 1
A refrigerator van brought fish from
Davao. The total fish brought in was
1,125 kg. There were 148 kg. left after
the dealers bought their share. How
many kg were sold?
A. 877 kg
B. 967 kg
C. 977 kg
D. 1,273 kg
 2
Unleaded gasoline used to cost P18.01
per liter. The next day the same was sold
for P18.13 a liter. The station sold 11,001
liters that day. How much was realized in
a day?
A. P15,102.12
B. P13,200.12
C. P11,300.12
D. P1,320.12
 3
Simplify the expression:
15 – 3 x (8 – 5)2 + 9 ÷ 3

A. 39
B. 10
C. -1
D. -9
 4
A traveller was helped by other passengers
for his extra weight of 112 kg. There were
travellers who gave their allotment of 25 kg.
How much more possible extra weight
should the traveller pay?
A. 30 kg
B. 35 kg
C. 37 kg
D. 38 kg
 5
What is the least positive integer that can
be divided by 4, 5 and 10 without any
remainder?

A. 20
B. 40
C. 50
D. 100
 6
What is the sum of the first 20 positive
numbers?

A. 400
B. 210
C. 200
D. 105
 7
What are the two missing numbers in the
sequence?
1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, ____, 29, _____, 46

A. 22, 35
B. 23, 36
C. 23, 38
D. 22, 37
 8
Which of the following numbers is
divisible by 6?

A. 7 514 723 408

B. 8 573 379 241
C. 9 558 435 012
D. 9 646 911 208
 9
What is half the difference between
1 7
7 and 4 ?
3 8
11 11
A. 1 C. 1
48 24

11 11
B. 2 D. 2
24 48
 10
Which of the given fractions is equivalent
to 12/84?

1 6
A. C.
7 42

1 7
B. D.
8 42
  2  1 
1 1  11
Find  5  4 
7
16

1 4
A. C.
5 5

3
B. D. 4
4
 12
Which of the following is 7 ½%
expressed as a fraction in lowest term?

3 3
A. C.
4 40

15 15
B. D.
100 2
 13
The red bulbs of a Christmas light flash every 8
seconds, the blue bulbs flash every 9 seconds
and the green bulbs flash every 10 seconds. If
they all start flashing together, in every how
many minutes will they flash simultaneously
again?
A. 2
B. 6
C. 360
D. 720
 14
A farmer sends pomelos to Manila from
Davao. His cargo was 260 kilos. He was
entitled to 35 kilos only. How much will he
pay for his overweight at P50 per kilo?
A. P11,220
B. P11,250
C. P12,150
D. P12,250
 15
A rectangular sheet of paper is folded in half.
Then is it folded again in half, and again in half.
If the folding in half is done 5 times, and edges
are creased each time. How many small
rectangles will you see when you unfold the
original sheet of paper?

A. 64
B. 32
C. 16
D. 10
 16
Pastor irrigated 12 hectares if his rice
field one weekend. This is only 1/5 of the
whole area. What is the total area of
Pastor’s land?
A. 120 ha
B. 60 ha
C. 48 ha
D. 20 ha
 17
Divide 35 in the ratio of 3:4

A. 10 : 25
B. 13 : 22
C. 5 : 30
D. 15 : 20
 18
Write the ratio of 4 hours to 45 minutes in
simple form.

A. 48 : 6
B. 16 : 3
C. 9 : 2
D. 8 : 1
 19
Three brothers inherited a cash amount
of P120,000 and they divided it among
themselves in the ratio of 5:2:1. How
much more is the largest share than the
smallest share?
A. P75,000
B. P60,000
C. P30,000
D. P15,000
 20
It takes 20 men to build a house for 60
days. How many men will be needed to
build it in 15 days?

A. 5
B. 80
C. 100
D. 120
 21
A tank of water supplies the needs of 5
children in 6 days. How long will the
water last if there were only 3 children?

A. 3.6 days
B. 5 days
C. 8 days
D. 10 days
 22
If a faucet drips at the rate of 3 drops
every 5 seconds, how many drips will fall
in one minute?

A. 15
B. 36
C. 60
D. 100
 23
Arnold plays basketball for a university
team. During a game, he attempted 24
free throws and made 75% of them. How
many free throws did he make?
A. 32
B. 30
C. 20
D. 18
 24
How much is 20% of 60% of 200?

A. 120
B. 48
C. 40
D. 24
 25
A glassware was marked P160. After a
day the price increased by 10%. The
following day another 10% were added to
the price. How much was the eventual
cost of the glassware?
A. P176
B. P192
C. P193.60
D. P195.50
 26
If 35% of the graduating class failed in
the National Achievement Test and 260
passed, how many students failed?
A. 91
B. 105
C. 130
D. 140
 27
The youth is considered 55% of the
voting population. Marikina has 1.36
million voters. Approximately how many
voters in Marikina are youth?
A. 748,000
B. 750,000
C. 786,000
D. 788,000
 28
A water tank contains 8 liters when it is
20% full. How many liters does it contain
when it is 75%full?

A. 15
B. 30
C. 58
D. 60
 29
Tess spent one-sixth of her money in one
store. In the next store, she spent three
times as much as she spent in the first
store, and had 80 pesos left. How much
money did she have at the start?

A. P240
B. P252
C. P300
D. P360
 30
What is the measure in degrees of the
smaller angle formed by the hands of the
clock at 8:30?

A. 75°
B. 60°
C. 45°
D. 20°
 31
Two cars start two places 180 km apart and
travel toward each other on a super highway.
The speed of the two cars are 45 kph and 35
kph, respectively. If they drive without stopping,
in how many hours will they meet?
A. 2 ½ hrs
B. 3 hrs
C. 4 hrs
D. 4 ½ hrs
 32
Aling Rosa spent P 91.80 for ingredients
and fuel to cook guinatan. She was able
to sell what she cooked to 32 costumers
who paid P 4.50 each. How much did she
gain from her enterprise?
A. P22.40
B. P28.40
C. P42.20
D. P52.20
 33
Which of these is the heaviest?

A. 5 lbs
B. 2.5 kg
C. 4200 mg
D. 2250 g
 34
The volume of a box is 480cu. m. If its
length is 24 cm and the height is 5 cm.,
what is its width?

A. 4 cm
B. 5 cm
C. 6 cm
D. 8 cm
 35
The surface area of a cube is 150 sq.
cm. What is the volume of the cube?

A. 100 cu. cm.

B. 125 cu. cm.
C. 270 cu. cm.
D. 625 cu. cm
 36
What part of an hour has passed from
2:48 p.m. to 3:20 p.m.?

8 8
A. C.
10 15

7 1
B. D.
8 3
 37
The cost of the first 3 minutes for an
overseas call to the US is P302. Every
minute thereafter costs P62. At this rate,
how much will a 10-minute call cost?

A. P620
B. P736
C. P860
D. P922
 38
Mrs. Alcoriza is 44 years old. She was 21
years old when she gave birth to her
eldest daughter who is six years older
than her younger son. How old is Mrs.
Alcoriza’s youngest son now?
A. 17
B. 18
C. 22
D. 23
 39
Solve: 6x – 7 = 3x + 14

A. 3
B. 4
C. 7
D. 21
 40
Arnel received his grades for the fourth
quarter: 83, 86, 84, and 88. What was his
average grade?
A. 85.5
B. 85.25
C. 84.75
D. 84.5
 41
Two times a certain number added to 40
gives the same result as three times the
same number subtracted from 75. What
is the number?
A. 7
B. 10
C. 15
D. 35
 42
Which is NOT a leap year?

A. 2000
B. 2002
C. 2004
D. 2008
 43
The length and the width of a rectangle
are 3x-2 and 2x+1, respectively. What is
the perimeter of the rectangle?

A. 5x-1
B. 6x2-x-2
C. 6x2-x+2
D. 10x-2
 44
Divide:  x 2  9   2 x  6 
    
 y   8 

4 x  3 4 x  9 
A. C.
y y

4 x  3 4 x  9
B. D.
y y
 1
The letters A, B, C, D, have numerical
values of 1, 2, 3, 4, … and so on, what is
the sum of the letters D A V I D?

A. 37
B. 39
C. 40
D. 41
 2
On a standard number line, which
number is 23 units to the left of +17?

A. -14
B. -6
C. +6
D. +14
 3
Choose a number that is NOT divisible
by 4.

A. 123,523,456,134
B. 128,945,340,200
C. 435,268,997,548
D. 834,098,034,320
 4
In Australia each flock has 40 heads.
There are a total of 2,800 heads of sheep
in the field. How many flocks are there?

A. 40
B. 60
C. 70
D. 100
 5
Pedro spend P 48,000 for 3 sides of his
fence. How much will the remaining
fence cost?

A. P15,000
B. P16,000
C. P20,000
D. P22,000
 6
There are 8,051 adults at a funfair. There
are 2,685 more adults than children. How
many people are there altogether?

A. 10,736
B. 13,471
C. 14,685
D. 18,787
 7
Mr. Sulit has a total assets of P3.1 billion
to be divided among his 3 heirs. He gave
his son Nick P240 million, and Pepito
P1.2 billion. How much will the only
daughter receive?
A. P1.66 billion
B. P1.7 billion
C. P17 billion
D. P80 billion
 8
A ream of onion skin paper is 2.5 inches
thick. If there are 500 sheets to each
ream, how thick is one sheet of paper?

A. .002 in
B. .005 in
C. .0125 in
D. .02 in
 9
How much bigger is 29 than 92?

A. 431
B. 175
C. 73
D. 47
 10
What is the LCM of 12, 24 and 16?

A. 4
B. 48
C. 96
D. 384
 11
What is the value of N in the equation
N = 18 1 + 26 1 ?
8 4

3 1
A. 44 C. 43
8 4

1 1
B. 44 D. 44
2 4
 12
What is the total cost of a refrigerator if it
entails a down payment of P1,400 and
15 monthly instalments of P900?

A. P15,800
B. P14,900
C. P14,800
D. P14,400
 13
What is the average of ½ and ¼?

2 3
A. C.
8 4

3 1
B. D.
8 3
 14
One-fifth of the square root of a number
is 4. What is the number?

A. 20
B. 40
C. 200
D. 400
 15
What are the next tree numbers in this
sequence? 1/6, 1/3, ½, 2/3, ….

A. 7/3, 4, 9/3
B. 5/6, 1, 7/6
C. 5/2, 7, 4/2
D. 5/6, 2/3, 7/6
 16
How much greater is ¾ of 96 than 4/5 of
80?

A. 18
B. 12
C. 8
D. 6
 17
In one senior class, 1/3 of the students
are honor students. Of these honor
students, 2/7 are varsity athletes. If there
are four athletes in the class, how many
students are there in the class?
A. 84
B. 60
C. 52
D. 42
 18
The school cafeteria raised the price of a
plate of rice from P8 to P10. If the same
rate of increase was applied to a regular
order of viand which used to cost P20, how
much does an order of viand cost now?
A. P26
B. P25
C. P25
D. P22
 19
A man started painting a wall at 9:00 a.m.
and was able to finish painting 3/5 of it at
10:30 a.m. Continuing at this rate, at
what time will he finish painting the wall?
A. 11:30
B. 11:35
C. 12:15
D. 12:30
 20
In a math class of 14 students, 9
students had an average of 76, while the
other 5 students had an average of 90.
What is the average of the whole class?

A. 79
B. 81
C. 84
D. 85
 21
Forty people joined a picnic. If the ratio of
adults to children is 5:3, how many
children joined the picnic?

A. 5
B. 8
C. 15
D. 25
 22
The edges of a rectangular solid have
these measures: 1.5 feet by ½ feet by 3
inches. What is its volume in cubic
inches?
A. 3 cu. in.
B. 225 cu. in.
C. 272 cu. in.
D. 324 cu. in.
 23
A 737-model jet plane has 29 rows with 5
seats per row, except for the last three
rows which had 3 seats each. What is
the seating capacity of the plane?

A. 139
B. 142
C. 144
D. 145
 24
A subdivision sold a total number of
houses to 1,500 owners. The total area
of each lot is 80 sq.m. What is the total
area of the subdivision?
A. 12 ha
B. 13 ha
C. 14 ha
D. 120 ha
 25
A whole yard is to be apportioned
properly to accommodate a playground.
The area of the yard is 5,750 sq. m. If 2/5
of the area is allotted for the playground,
how wide will it be?
A. 2750 sq. m.
B. 2500 sq. m.
C. 2300 sq. m.
D. 2250 sq. m.
 26
Give the final percentage rate of
commission gained by Johnny. He sold
an engine for P258,000. His commission
was P 37,520 minus P5,300 for
transportation.
A. 14.54%
B. 14.14%
C. 12.49%
D. 12.05%
 27
How many feet of continuous paper will
you need to print an 81-paged report in
duplicate if one page is 8 inches long?

A. 100 ft
B. 108 ft
C. 142 ft
D. 1296 ft
 28
Ana is packing her things bought in
Singapore. She needs a box good for 75
cubic inches. Which dimensions of a box
can she use?

A. 3x5x5 in.
B. 4x4x4 in.
C. 3x6x7 in.
D. 3x6x5 in.
 29
Mr. Jamilla earns P1,250 per week in
salary, and 5% commission on all sales.
How much must he sell to earn P2,000
per week?
A. P15,000
B. P25,000
C. P40,000
D. P75,000
 30
A merchant bought shoes at P100 a pair.
She tagged them at 10% more. Then she
advertised a new cost which is 10% less
than the tagged price. Did she lose or did
she gain?
A. she did not lose nor gain
B. she gained by one peso per pair

C. she lost by one peso per pair

D. she lost by 2% of the cost price of each pair
 31
If January 1, 2008 is a Wednesday, on
what day does Christmas day of the
same year fall?

A. Wednesday
B. Thursday
C. Friday
D. Saturday
 32
An adventurer started on a round-the-world
tour on September 8, 1999 and finished on
October 12, 2000. How many days did he
spend to make the whole trip (including rest
periods)?
A. 398
B. 399
C. 400
D. 401
 33
A square has an area of 400 sq. cm.
What is its perimeter?

A. 20 cm
B. 40 cm
C. 80 cm
D. 100 cm
 34
A kitchen is to be covered by linoleum.
The area is 2m wide and 3.6m long. A roll
of linoleum is 90cm wide at P12.60 per
meter. How many meters of linoleum is
required?
A. 6.48 m
B. 8 m
C. 8.10 m
D. 100.8 m
 35
Elena’s grades in three math quizzes are
82, 78 and 86. What grade should she
get in her next quiz to raise her average
to 85?
A. 94
B. 90
C. 88
D. 87
 36
There are 18 Tagalog maids and 12
Visayan maids serving in a hotel. Give
the ratio of the Tagalog to the entire
group and express them in simple terms.
A. 2/5
B. 3/5
C. 2/3
D. 3/2
 37
A farmer owned 302 hectares. He planted
1/3 of the area with coconuts. The rest were
converted to mango and other fruits. Give
the number of hectares for mango and other
fruit trees.
A. 204 ha
B. 202.3 ha
C. 202 ha
D. 201.33 ha
 38
In a final exam in Math, a student can
receive a grade of A, B or C. If 1/5 of the
class got B and 1/3 got A, how many of
the 300 students in the class got C?

A. 160
B. 155
C. 140
D. 125
 39
Three out of every 24 flashlights turned
out to be defective by a particular
company. If the company inspected 1248
flashlights in all, how many are
defective?
A. 416
B. 156
C. 72
D. 18
 40
A meter stick was cut into two pieces at
the 48-cm mark. What is the ratio of the
smaller piece to the larger piece?

A. 12 : 13
B. 17 : 18
C. 2/3 : ½
D. 12 : 25
 41
If a car travels 120 miles on 8 liters of
gas, how far can the car travel on a full
tank of gas that holds 20 liters?

A. 240 miles
B. 275 miles
C. 300 miles
D. 320 miles
 42
Chris weighs 84 kilos. How heavy is he in
pounds?

A. 184.4 lbs
B. 184.8 lbs
C. 188.8 lbs
D. 213.36 lbs
 43
Write in simple form (3ab)2.

A. 3a2b2
B. 3a2b
C. 9a2b2
D. 9a2b3
 44
Give the factors of 9x2 + 2x3 + 9x.

A. x (2x – 3)(x + 3)
B. x (2x + 3)(x + 3)
C. x (3x – 2)(x + 3)
D. x (2x + 3)(x – 3)
 45
What is the volume of a cube whose
surface area is 150 sq.cm.?

A. 25 cu. cm.
B. 100 cu. cm.
C. 125 cu. cm.
D. 1,728 cu. cm.
 46
A dress marked P240 was put on sale at a
25% discount. Because no one bought it, its
sale price was reduced further by 10%.
What is the combined percent discount
given?
A. 35%
B. 32.5%
C. 27%
D. 17.5%
 47
Jenny has 3 red ribbons, 4 yellow and 9
pink. If she picks one ribbon at random,
what is the probability that it is NOT a red
ribbon?
A. 1/4
B. 4/16
C. 3/16
D. 13/16
 48
What is the probability that a card drawn
from a deck of cards is a red ace?

A. 2/13
B. 1/26
C. 1/13
D. 1/52
 49
Anton has 5 race cars. In how many
ways can he arrange the cars in his
shelf?

A. 20
B. 25
C. 100
D. 120
 50
What is the eighth term of the
progression 16, -8, 4, -2, ….?

A. - 1/8
B. 1/8
C. -1/4
D. 1/16