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Compiled UPCAT Questions Mathematics - gh5tXc PDF
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5. 2 − 7 − 8 − 14 =
Choose the letter of the best answer.
A. – 11
1 1 B. –1
1. 15 − 5 =
3 2 C. 1
D. 11
2
A. 8
3
1 6. What is the product of -1.54 and -
B. 9 1.64?
3
5 A. 252.56
C. 9
6 B. 25.256
1 C. 2.5256
D. 10
3 D. – 2.5256
16 7. –4 [8 – (5 – 2)] –3 =
2. =
5
A. 15
A. 3.2% B. 17
B. 3.25% C. -17
C. 32.5% D. -23
D. 320%
8. (x3y2)4 =
3. 5.75 = _____
A. x7y6
A. 11/2 B. x12y8
B. 17/3 C. x8y6
C. 23/4 D. x3y8
D. 29/5
9. Which of the following has the
1 lowest value?
4. Divide 42 by 3
3
3
3 A.
A. 12 8
5
B. 0.22
2
B. 14 2
3 C.
25
C. 15
D. 10%
1
D. 16
5
A. 0.7 3
B. 0.77 A.
11
C. 0.777
15
D. 0.077 B.
99
63
C.
11. (42) (52) 35
105
D.
A. 92 385
B. 94
C. 200
D. 400 ?
15. = 0.875
32
12. Which of the following has the A. 16
greatest value? B. 18
C. 24
2 D. 28
A.
3
5
B.
8 4 1 3 41
16. + + = ,x=?
3 5 2 x 20
C.
4
D. 0.675 A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
13. Which of the following fractions has D. 7
the smallest value?
7 m
A. 17. If = 0.625 , what is the numerical
4 24
8 value of m?
B.
5
27 A. 12
C. B. 13
20
C. 14
67
D. D. 15
60
A. 7 A. 9
B. 9 B. 12
C. 10 C. 15
D. 16 D. 27
26. Which expression has the largest 31. If a and b are both odd numbers,
value? then which of the following must be
an odd number?
A. 7
A. a+b
B. 7 − 2 B. ab + 1
C. 2 − 7 C. 2a + 4b
D. a+b+3
D. − 7 + 2
27. What is the weight, in kilograms of 32. Last week, Vince read from page
26 sacks of sugar if 156 sacks 139 to page 225 inclusive in his
weigh 12 kg? History book. How many pages did
he read?
A. 2
B. 3 A. 86
C. 4 B. 87
D. 5 C. 88
D. 89
28. 64 x 7 =
33. Anne will be P years old in Q years.
Her age R years ago was
A. 8x 3
B. 4x 3 A. P+Q–R
C. 8x 2 x B. P–Q+R
D. 8x 3 x C. P+Q+R
D. P–Q–R
29. If m – 4 = 9, then 3m – 5 =
34. If a jeepney ride costs P8.50 for the
A. 10 first four kilometers and P1.50 for
B. 17 each additional kilometer or fraction
C. 20 thereof, then how much would a
D. 34 passenger pay for a 12 km ride?
A. P10.00
30. The point with coordinates (-5, 3) is B. P18.00
in quadrant C. P18.50
D. P20.50
A. I
B. II
C. III 35. (5x2 – 4x + 3) – (3x2 +4x – 3) =
D. IV
A. 2x2
B. – 2x2
C. 2x2 – 8x
D. 2x2 – 8x + 6
A. x2 – x – 6 = 0
B. x2 + x – 6 = 0
C. x2 – 9 = 0
D. x2 + 6x + 9 = 0
53. A triangle has the following points 57. A telephone pole is 9 meters tall.
as vertices: (0, 0), (3, 4), and (6, 0). What is the length of a piece of wire
This triangle is which extends from the top of the
pole to a point that is 12 meters
A. a scalene triangle from the base of the pole?
B. an isosceles triangle
C. a right triangle A. 21
D. an equilateral triangle B. 18
C. 15
D. 12
54. The diameter of a wheel is 6 cm.
How many complete revolutions will
the wheel make if it rolls a distance 58. If the measures of the angles of a
of 108 cm? triangle are in the ratio 2:3:4, what is
the degree measure of the smallest
A. 6 angle?
B. 12
C. 18 A. 20
D. 24 B. 30
C. 40
D. 60
55. The length, width, and height of a
large box are thrice those of a
smaller box. The volume of the large 59. The width of a rectangular rug is 4
box is feet. If the perimeter is 20 feet, what
is the length of the rug?
A. thrice that of the smaller box
B. 6 times that of the smaller box A. 4 feet
C. 9 times that of the smaller box B. 5 feet
D. 27 times that of the smaller box C. 6 feet
D. 16 feet
61. If four lines are drawn in a plane, 65. When the length of a rectangle is
what is the maximum possible divided by 4 and the width is tripled,
number of points of intersection of the area of the new rectangle is the
the lines? area of the original one multiplied by
____.
A. 4
B. 5 A. 4
C. 6 B. 3
D. 7 C. 2
D. ¾
69. If the sides of a quadrilateral are 8, 73. If a triangle has sides 4, 8 and 11,
14, 12, and 20 cm and the longest which could be the sides of a similar
side of a similar quadrilateral is 30 triangle?
cm, how long is the shortest side of
this quadrilateral? A. (2, 4, 5 ½)
B. (8, 16, 24)
A. 5 cm C. (7, 11, 14)
B. 12 cm D. (2, 6, 9)
C. 15 cm
D. 16 cm
74. The area of the whole figure below
is 42. If four congruent squares
70. In the figure, the ratio of the area of each with a perimeter of 8 are cut to
triangle LEA to the area of rectangle form a cross as shown, what is the
LAST is area of the cross?
L A
A. 1:2 A. 20
B. 2:1 B. 24
C. 1:4 C. 26
D. 4:1 D. 30
T E S
71. Point A(5,3) is the midpoint of line 75. In the figure, if AO = 5 and OB = 3,
OAK, where O is at the origin. The what is the area of the shaded
coordinates of K are: region?
A. –1 A. –32
B. 0 B. –20
C. 1 C. 5
D. 2 D. 7
x
78. A biker took 2 hours to ride 24 km 82. The expression
( x + 9)( x − 5)
2
A. 3
79. If the sum of two positive integers is
B. 4
16 and the difference of their
C. 6
squares is 64, what is the difference
D. 8
of the two integers?
A. 32 84. Simplify: 4
27 x 2 9 x 4
B. 16
C. 8 A. 3x 3x
D. 4
B. 3x
C. 3 x
80. Find the value of q so that D. 4 3x
q
− 2 x = 3 has 4 as a root.
x
85. What is the remainder when 2x4 – x3
A. 4 + 3x – 1 is divided by x + 2?
B. 20
C. 38 A. 0
D. 44 B. 2
C. –2
D. 33
86. If x = y + 4 and x = 20 – y, then what 90. Find the fourth term of the arithmetic
is the value of x2 – y2? progression x, y, 2y – x, . . .
A. 24 A. 2x – y
B. 80 B. 3x – y
C. 16 C. 3y – 2x
D. 5 D. 2x – 3y
A. 2
93. The product of (–xm+1) and (–xm–1) is
B. 4
C. 8
A. x2m
D. 16
B. – x2m
C. xm–1
D. –xm+1
89. The solution set of 3y + 2x 2 does
NOT include points in quadrant
____.
94. If y is an integer and y + 3 > 0, what
is the least possible value of y?
A. I
B. II
A. –3
C. III
B. –2
D. IV
C. –1
D. 2
15
A.
7
2
B.
15
15
C. −
2
D. 15
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