PALAWAN POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE INC.

Refresher Course 1
MODULE 5

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Problems:
1. Justine’s average in 5 subjects is 89. Disregarding the lowest grade his average is 90. What is Justine’s lowest
grade?
a. 85
b. 86
c. 87
d. 89
2. Determine the arithmetic mean of 95, 92 & 87.
a. 90.66
b. 91.33
c. 137
d. 247
3. Find the geometric mean of 7, 9 & 12.
a. 9.1
b. 9.8
c. 9.33
d. 14
4. If five coins are tossed simultaneously, find the probability that they will just have two heads.
a. 5/32
b. 7/32
c. 5/16
d. 1/16
5. If five coins are tossed simultaneously, find the probability of getting two tails.
a. ½
b. 4/5
c. 3/16
d. 6/31
6. If five coins are tossed simultaneously, find the probability of getting at least four tails.
a. ¼
b. 4/5
c. 3/16
d. 6/31
7. If five coins are tossed, how many possible ways are there of getting four tails.
a. 1/3
b. 1/16
c. 5
d. 5/32
8. On the number system, find x if the point (x, 1) is equidistant from (3, 1) and (9, 1).
a. 4
b. 7
c. 5
d. 6
9. On the number system from negative 5 to positive 3, find x so that will be three times from negative 5.
a. x = 1
b. x = -3
c. x = -1
d. x = 0
10. A rectangle with sides parallel to the axis has vertices at (5,1) , (-3, 1) are (5,4). Find the coordinates of the fourth
vertex.
a. (4, -3)
b. (-3, 5)
c. (-3, -4)
d. (-3, 4)
11. A triangle is defined by the points A(5, 2) & B(-2, 2). Find the third point C in enter to have a right angle.
a. (-2, 6)
b. (6, -2)
c. (2, 6)
d. (-6, 2)
12. A triangle is defined by the points (2, 6), (-2, 2) 7 (5, 2). Find the area of the triangle.
a. 28 sq. units
b. 14 sq. units
c. 12 sq. units
d. 10 sq. units
13. A triangle is defined by the points (0, 0), (3, 1) and (-3, 1). Determine what type of triangle?
a. Vertical
b. Angular
c. Equilateral
d. Isosceles
14. Points (5, 4) is the center of a circle that is tangent to the y-axis. What is the point of tangency?
a. (4, 0)
b. (5, 0)
c. (0, 4)
d. (0, 5)
15. If two point in a number line have coordinates -2 and 10. Find the coordinate of a point that is three times as far
from 10 as from -2.
a. 7
b. 4
c. 1
d. 0
16. If two points in a number line have coordinates 1 and 10, Find the coordinate of a point that is twice as far from
1 as from 10
a. 7
b. 5
c. 4
d. 3
17. Find the equation of the line that is tangent to the curve at (-3, -5) and parallel to y-axis.
a. X=3
b. X=-7
c. Y=-7
d. Y=3
18. A line that has an equation of y=0 is what?
a. Y axis
b. X axis
c. Point of origin
d. Between x axis and y axis
19. Which is true regarding the signs of the natural functions for angles between 90 Degrees and 180 degrees.
a. Sine is negative
b. Tangent is Positive
c. Cosine is Positive
d. Cotangent is Negative
20. What kind of fraction with a numerator that is greater than the denominator?
a. Improper
b. Mixed
c. Proper
d. Decimal
21. The center of the circle inscribed inside the triangle and it is the intersection of the three angle bisector of the
triangle.
a. In Circle
b. Median
c. Increment
d. In center
22. What do you call a radical expressing an irrational number?
a. Surd
b. Complex Number
c. Radix
d. Index
23. XYZ factory employs 100 workers. If three out of four workers are men, How many men workers are employed
in the factory?
a. 60
b. 65
c. 75
d. 90
24. Justin’s Factory has 60 workers. If 4 out of 5 workers are married, how many workers are not married?
a. 12 workers
b. 24 workers
c. 48 workers
d. 60 workers
25. A equilateral triangle has an altitude of 10 square root of 3 mm. long. Find its area in mm squared.
a. 20 square root of 3
b. 50 square root of 3
c. 100 square root of 3
d. 200 square root of 3
26. What do you call the largest integer which is a factor of each of the given numbers?
a. Least common denominator
b. Least common multiple
c. Greatest common multiple
d. Greatest common factor
27. Justin can paint a cabinet alone in 5 working days and Bonbon can do it in 10 days alone. How long will it take
Justin and Bonbon to do the Job working together?
a. 3 and 2/3 days
b. 3 and 1/3 days
c. 2 and 1/3 days
d. 2 and 2/3 days
28. A stone is placed in a cylinder vessel of water whose radius is 10 cm., the water rises 4cm. What is the volume of
the stone if it is completely submerged? Density of stone 2,350kg/cubic meter.
a. 3141 cubic cm.
b. 1256 cubic cm.
c. 1526 cubic cm.
d. 1625 cubic cm.
29. A square with side S has a perimeter equal to the circumference of a circle with radius R. Which of the following
is true?
a. 2 S equals πR
b. 4 S equals πR
c. S equal 2 πR
d. S equals πR
30. How long is each side of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle of radius 15 cm?
a. 10cm
b. 12 cm
c. 15cm
d. 20cm
31. What is the number of the sides of the polygon if the sum of the angles is 1440degrees?
a. 6 sides
b. 8 sides
c. 9 sides
d. 10 sides
32. What type of polygon if the number of diagonal is 54?
a. Dodecagon
b. Pentedecagon
c. Octagon
d. Nonagon
33. Which interior angle of regular pentagon is nearest to:
a. 130 degrees
b. 138 degrees
c. 145.9 degrees
d. 128.6 degrees
34. Dagot was told to get the 20 cans of milk in a store. Dagot can carry only 3 cans at a time. How many trips would
Dagot has to make?
a. 6 trips
b. 7 trips
c. 7.6 trips
d. 6.7 trips
35. Which of the following is the value of x squared plus 1 over x squared. When x plus 1 over x equals 10 over 3?
a. 9
b. 70 over 9
c. 3
d. 82 over 9
36. A rectangular 80m perimeter lot is to contain 300 meter squared floor area. What should be its dimension if the
length is 3 times its width?
a. 10m times 30m
b. 50m times 45m
c. 5m times 15m
d. 10m times 25m
37. What do you call a surd that contains at least 1 rational number, example: 3 square root of 2?
a. Pure Surd
b. Binomial Surd
c. Surd
d. Mixed Surd
38. The ratio of two numbers is 5:6 if the smaller number is 70, what is the larger number?
a. 58
b. 68
c. 80
d. 84
39. A sequence 1,3,6,10,15,21,… is known as what?
a. Triangular numbers
b. Harmonic
c. Square numbers
d. Geometric
40. A sequence 1,8,27,64,… is known as what?
a. Oblong Numbers
b. Gnomons Numbers
c. Cubic Numbers
d. Pentagonal Numbers
41. A hot air balloon rising straight up from a level field is track by a range finder 500ft. from the point of lift off. At
the moment the lift finder’s elevation is 45 degree, the angle is increasing at the rate of 0.14 radian/minute.
How fast is the balloon rising?
a. 120ft/min.
b. 110ft/min.
c. 130ft/min.
d. 140ft/min.
42. Going against the wind, the domestic plane can travel 5/8 of the distance in 1 hour than it is going with the
wind. If the plane can fly 300miles per hour in calm wind, What is the velocity of the wind?
a. 69.3 MPH
b. 73.3 MPH
c. 89.3 MPH
d. 93.3 MPH
43. What do you call an angle whose terminal side coincides with an axis?
a. Reflex
b. Quadrantal
c. Right
d. Co-terminal
44. 2 angles are ______ if they have the same terminal side when placed in standard position.
a. Coincide
b. Right
c. Co-terminal
d. Supplementary
45. Find the equation of the line whose slope is -3 and the x-intercept is 5.
a. 3x – y =5
b. Y= 3x + 15
c. 3x + y= 15
d. Y= -3x + 5
46. Find the equation of the line whose y intercept is -2 and slope is 1.
a. Y= x-2
b. Y= -x+2
c. Y= -2x + 1
d. Y= 2x – 1
47. Find C so that the line Y=4x+3 is tangent to the curve y=x(squared) + C.
a. 6
b. 5
c. 7
d. 4
48. Find the equation of the line if the line y – 4x= C is tangent to the curve y= x(squared) + 7.
a. 2x= 2y – 3
b. 2x= y – 2
c. X= 4y + 3
d. 4x= y – 3
49. The product of 2 numbers is increased by 4 is D. If one of the number is P, Find the other number.
a. (D +4)/P
b. D/P – 4
c. (D – 4)/P
d. P/D – 4
50. Paul Tamaño is 10 years old and his sister Ivy is 1-year-old. What will be the age of Paul be twice as old as his
sister?
a. 8
b. 15
c. 18
d. 24