Practice Problems | iReview TRC

Date: June 28, 2020 | Mabalacat, Pampanga

1. A swimmer requires 3 hours to swim 15 miles downstream. The return trip upstream
takes 5 hours. Find the average speed of the swimmer in still water.
A. 2 mph C. 6 mph
B. 4 mph D. 1 mph

2. The weight of a body above the surface of the earth varies inversely as the square
of the distance from the center of the earth. If a certain body weighs 55 lbs when
it is 4000 miles from the center of the earth, how much will it weigh when it is
4400 miles from the center?
A. 45.45 lb C. 51.45 lb
B. 48.55 lb D. 53.55 lb

3. Determine the remainder of the following fraction,

2𝑥 6 + 5𝑥 4 − 𝑥 3 + 1
−𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1
29𝑥 + 20 29𝑥 − 20
𝐴. 2 𝐶. 2
−𝑥 + 𝑥 + 1 −𝑥 + 𝑥 + 1
−29𝑥 − 20 −29𝑥 + 20
𝐵. 𝐷.
−𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1 −𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1

4. Two missiles are fired at the same location to different angles. Their speeds are
84.24 m/s and 72.32 m/s respectively. How far apart are the missiles after 0.75
second if the horizontal angle between them is 60.2 degrees?
A. 44.20 m C. 97.20 m
B. 59.70 m D. 127.70 m

5. What is the 5th term of the expansion of (𝑒 𝑥 + 𝑒 −𝑥 )8 ?

A. e^(4x) C. x^2x
B. 70 D. 80

6. It is now between 9 and 10 o’clock. In quarter of an hour, the minute hand will be
behind the hour hand by only half as much as it is now behind it. What time is it?
A. 9:29:18 C. 9:20:09
B. 9:19:09 D. 9:19:05

7. When all odd numbers between 3 and 101 are added, the result is
A. 2600 C. 2499
B. 2496 D. 2501

8. On the first day of Mr. Mercado’s class, the ratio of the boys to girls enrolled was
5/7. On the second day, 4 boys and 4 girls dropped the class and the ratio changed
to 2/3. If on the third day, another 4 boys and 4 girls dropped, what is the ratio
this time?
A. 1/3 C. 3/5
B. 3/4 D. 2/5

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SITUATION 1: Utilize the principles of geometry and properties of plane and solid figures
to answer the following problems.
9. The sum of sides of two polygons is 12 and the sum of their diagonals is 19. Which
of the following could be the polygons?
A. Pentagon and Heptagon C. Quadrilateral and Octagon
B. Both Hexagon D. Triangle and Nonagon

10. A piece of wire having a total length of 72 cm was cut into two unequal segments and
bent to form two unequal squares. If the total area of the squares is 180 cm 2, what
is the difference in the lengths of the two segments?
A. 24 C. 36
B. 48 D. 12

11. A circle of radius 3 crosses the center of a square with side length 2. Find the
difference between the areas of non-overlapping portions of the figure.
A. 22.21 C. 23.23
B. 23.62 D. 24.27

12. In the expansion of the expression (𝑥 + 4𝑦)12 , what is the numerical coefficient of
the term next to 126720𝑥 8 𝑦 4 ?
A. 264040 C. 990280
B. 811008 D. 112080

13. Given: log 2 9 = 𝑛. Find:

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log 2
9
A. 1/n C. -1/n
B. n D. -n

14. A father tells his son, “I was your age now when you were born.” If the father is
now 38 years old, how old was his son 2 years ago?
A. 15 C. 19
B. 17 D. 21

15. Crew No. 1 can finish installation of an antenna tower in 200 man-hours while crew
No. 2 can finish the same job in 300 man-hours. How long will it take both crews to
finish the same job, working together?
A. 100 man-hours C. 140 man-hours
B. 120 man-hours D. 160 man-hours

16. If one-third of the air in a tank is removed by each stroke of an air pump, what
fraction of the total air is removed in 6 strokes?
A. 0.9213 C. 0.9350
B. 0.9122 D. 0.8689

17. A girl on a bicycle coasts downhill covering 4 ft the first second, 12 ft the second
second, and in general, 8 ft more each second than the previous second. If she
reaches the bottom at the end of 14 seconds, how far did she coast?
A. 782 ft C. 784 ft
B. 780 ft D. 786 ft

18. In a three-point shootout contest, the committee decided to give a prize in the
following manner: A prize of $1 for the first basket made, $2 for the second, $4 for
the third, $8 for the fourth and so on. If the contestant wants to win a prize of
no less than a million dollars, what is the minimum number of baskets to be converted?

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 A. 20 C. 18
B. 19 D. 21

19. Solve for x in the following expression:

arctan(𝑥 + 1) + arctan(𝑥 − 1) = arctan⁡(12)
A. 1.50 C. 1.20
B. 1.33 D. 1.25

20. A spherical triangle has an area of 327.25 square km. What is the radius of the
sphere if the spherical excess is 30 degrees?
A. 20 km C. 25 km
B. 22 km D. 28 km

21. What is the radius of the circle circumscribing an isosceles right triangle having
an area of 162 m2?
A. 12.73 m C. 14.18 m
B. 13.52 m D. 15.55 m

22. The area of a regular hexagon inscribed in a unit circle is _____.

A. 1.316 C. 2.598
B. 2.945 D. 3.816

23. Lewdan is standing on a 48.5 m building, has an eyesight of 1.5 m above the top of
the building, took a depression reading from the top of another nearby building and
nearest wall, which are 50° and 80° respectively. Find the height of the nearby
building in meters. Assume Lewdan is standing at the edge of the building and both
buildings lie on the same horizontal plane.
A. 39.49 C. 30.74
B. 35.50 D. 42.55

24. Solve for side b of a right spherical triangle ABC whose parts are a = 46°, c = 75°
and C = 90°.
A. 74° C. 48°
B. 68° D. 76°

25. Find the difference of the area of the square inscribed in a semi-circle having a
radius of 15 cm. The base of the square lies on the diameter of the semi-circle.
A. 671.50 cm2 C. 173.43 cm2
B. 526.86 cm2 D. 256.47 cm2

26. Find the area of a regular pentagon with apothem of 17.2.

A. 1075 C. 1092
B. 1025 D. 1270

27. Given a circle whose diameter AB equals 2 m. If two points C and D lie on the circle
and angles ABC and BAD are 18 and 36 degrees respectively. Find the length of the
major arc CD.
A. 5.02 m C. 1.63 m
B. 11.31 m D. 1.26 m

28. Solve for x from the following equations:

xy = 12
yz = 20
zx = 15
A. 2 C. 3

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29. A germ population has a growth curve Ae0.4t. At what value of t does the original
value doubled?
A. 1.654 C. 2.042
B. 1.733 D. 2.134

30. If 𝑡8 = 4 and 𝑡12 = –2, find the third term of the arithmetic sequence.
A. 23/2 C. 29/2
B. 13 D. 1

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