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12x2 – 11x + 90 = 0
ALGEBRA b.
c. 12x2 + 11x – 90 = 0
d. 12x2 – 11x – 90 = 0
BINOMIAL/MULTINOMIAL EXPANSION

LOGARITHMS
1. In the expansion of (x + 4y)12, the numerical
coefficient of the 5th term is:
SITUATION 2: For log 1 456
a. 253 440 c. 63 360
12. Determine its characteristic.
b. 126 720 d. 506 880
a. 2 c. 4
2. The term involving y4 in the expansion of (3x – y)11 is:
b. 3 d. 5
a. 721 710 x7y4 c. – 721 710 x7y4
13. Determine its mantissa.
b. 727 110 x7y4 d. – 727 110 x7y4
2 12
a. 0.1632 c. 0.8368
3. The term involving x9 in (x2 + ) is:
x b. – 0.1632 d. – 0.8368
a. 32 168 x9 c. 6 987 x9
b. 25 344 x9 d. 512 x9 SITUATION 3: For log 0.0000564302
4. Find the term in (a + 2b – c)10 that involves a4c3 14. Determine its characteristic.
a. 33 600 a4b4c3 c. – 33 600 a4b4c3 a. –2 c. - 4
b. 33 600 a4b3c3 d. – 33 600 a4b3c3 b. –3 d. – 5
15. Determine its mantissa
QUADRATIC EQUATIONS a. 0.2485 c. 0.7515
b. – 0.2485 d. – 0.7515
5. Solve for the value/s of x in the equation:
5x2 – 6x - 9 = 0 16. Solve for x if logx 36 = 2.
a. 2.07, 0.87 c. 2.07, - 0.87 a. 2 c. 6
b. – 2.07, 0.87 d. – 2.07, - 0.87 b. 4 d. 8
6. Solve for x in the equation: 17. Find a if log2(a + 2) + log2(a – 2) = 5.
1 a. 2 c. 6
x=1+ 1
1+ 1
b. 4 d. 8
1+ ex
1+…
18. Find the value of y in the equation y = ln( )
a. 1.390 c. 1.521 ex-2
b. 1.483 d. 1.618 a. 2 c. 6
b. 4 d. 5
x 2x + 1
SITUATION 1: Given the quadratic equation: 19. Solve the equation (3 )(5 ) = 63x – 2

x2 + 6x – 27 = 0 a. 4.9902 c. 4.9920

7. What is the sum of the roots? b. 4.9092 d. 4.2099

a. 3 c. 6
b. –3 d. – 6 REMAINDER AND FACTOR THEOREM

8. What is the product of the roots?

a. 27 c. – 27/2 20. The polynomial x3 + 4x2 – 3x + 8 is divided by x – 5,

b. – 27 d. 27/2 then the remainder is:

a. 175 c. 218

9. Find the quadratic equation if one of the roots is 8 – b. 140 d. 200

3i. 21. Find the remainder if we divide 4y3 + 16y2 + 8y – 4 by

a. x2 – 16x + 73 = 0 (2y + 3)

b. 2
x + 16x + 73 = 0 a. 10 c. 15

c. x2 + 16x – 73 = 0 b. 11 d. 13

d. x2 – 16x – 73 = 0 22. Given f(x) = (x + 3)(x – 4) + 4. When f(x) is divided

2
10. What is the value of k so that 4x + (4k – 3)x + 1 = 0 by (x – k), the remainder is k. What is the

has two equal roots? remainder?

a. 3/4 c. – 3/4 a. 2 c. 6

b. – 1/4 d. 1/4 b. 4 d. 8

11. In a quadratic equation problem, one student made a

mistake in copying the coefficient of x and got the NUMBER/DIGIT PROBLEMS

roots 5 and – 3/2. Another student also made a

mistake in copying the constant term and got the 23. The sum of five consecutive even integers is 1280.

roots 2/3 and 1/4. Find the correct quadratic Find the product of the lowest and highest integer.

equation. a. 64 512 c. 65 532

a. 2
12x + 11x + 90 = 0. b. 65 024 d. 65 520

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24. The sum of the digits of a two – digit number is 10. a. 26 y.o. c. 42 y.o.
If the number is divided by the units’ digit, the b. 30 y.o. d. 36 y.o.
quotient is 3 and the remainder is 4. Find the 32. The sum of the parents’ ages is twice the sum of the
number. children’s ages. Four years ago, the sum of the
a. 37 c. 46 parents’ ages was thrice the sum of the children’s
b. 28 d. 19 ages. In 16 years, the sum of the ages of the
25. The sum of the digits of a three – digit number is 17. parents and children will be equal. How many children
If the digits are reversed and the resulting number are there?
is added to the original number, the result is 1 474. a. 4 c. 5
If the resulting number is subtracted from the b. 7 d. 6
original number, the result is 396. Find the original 33. When John was as old as Paul is now, the sum of
number. their ages was 51. When Paul will be as old as John is
a. 935 c. 854 now, the sum of their ages will be 103. John is older
b. 845 d. 953 than Paul by how many years?
a. 25 years c. 13 years
PROPORTION/VARIATION PROBLEMS b. 19 years d. 32 years

26. z varies directly as x and inversely as the square CLOCK PROBLEM

root of y. It is equal to 3 when x is 13 and y is 16.
Find the value of z when x is 52 and y is 9. 34. At what time between 4:00 PM and 5:00 PM will the
a. 24 c. 25 hands be coincident?
b. 20 d. 16 a. 4:21.82 c. 4:23.64
27. At constant temperature, the resistance of a wire b. 4:22.27 d. 4:21.64
varies directly as its length and inversely as the 35. In how many minutes after 2 o’clock will the hands
square of its diameter. If a piece of wire 0.10 in in of the clock extend in opposite directions for the
diameter and 50 ft long has a resistance of 0.10 first time?
ohm, what is the resistance of another piece of wire a. 40.64 min c. 42.64 min
of the same material, 2 000 ft long, 0.20 in in b. 41.64 min d. 43.64 min
diameter? 36. Find the angle between the hands of the clock at
a. 0.50 ohm c. 1 ohm 3:43 PM.
b. 4 ohms d. 2 ohms a. 148.500 c. 145.500
0
28. If three cats can kill three mice in three minutes, in b. 147.50 d. 146.500
how many minutes can twelve cats kill twelve mice? 37. A man left his home at past 3:00 PM as indicated in
a. 12 min c. 4 min his wall clock. Between two or three hours after, he
b. 6 min d. 3 min returned home and noticed that the hands of the
29. Ten students from Pampanga decided to stay in clock interchanged. At what time did he leave his
Manila for a regular review in preparation for the CE home?
Board Exam. To minimize their expense, they agreed a. 3:33.47 c. 3:32.47
to bring 18 sacks of rice that will last for 4 months. b. 3:31.47 d. 3:34.47
After their regular review, 4 students went back to
Pampanga. Only the remaining students enrolled in MIXTURE PROBLEMS
the refresher for 1 month. How much more rice will
the remaining students need for their extended stay 38. A 50 mL 40% acid solution is added to 150 mL 30%
in Manila? (1 sack = 50 kg) acid solution. What will be the concentration of the
a. 120 kg c. 150 kg resulting mixture?
b. 135 kg d. 175 kg a. 25 % c. 30 %
b. 27.5 % d. 32.5 %
AGE PROBLEMS 39. How much of a 90 % solution of insect spray must a
farmer add to 200 cc of 40% insect spray to make a
30. Elmer is 36 years old and his daughter is 8 years old. 50% solution of insect spray?
In how many years will Elmer’s age be twice his a. 30 cc c. 50 cc
daughter’s age? b. 40 cc d. 60 cc
a. 20 years c. 18 years 40. A container is filled with 70 L which is 40 % alcohol
b. 24 years d. 22 years by volume. How much of a mixture must be taken and
31. Two years ago, a father was four times as old as his then replaced with equal amount of water so that
son. In 3 years, the father will only be three times the resulting solution is 30 % alcohol by volume?
as old as his son. How old was the father when his a. 17.50 L c. 20 L
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41. A vat contains a mixture of acid and water. If 25 49. Twenty – eight men can finish the job in 60 days. At
gallons of acid are added, the mixture will be 80 % the start of the 16th day, 5 men were laid off and
acid. If 25 gallons of water are added, the mixture after the 45th day, 10 more men were hired. How
will be 60 % acid. Find the percentage of acid in the many days were they delayed in finishing the job?
mixture. a. 2.27 days c. 2.97 days
a. 65 % c. 75 % b. 2.45 days d. 3.67 days
b. 70 % d. 72 %
VENN DIAGRAM
MOTION PROBLEM
42. Two airplanes left airports which are 960 km apart 50. In a certain group of consumers, each one may drink
and flew toward each other. One plane flew 32 kph beer, and/or brandy, and/or whisky, or all. Also, 155
faster than the other. If they passed each other at drink brandy, 173 drink beer, 153 drink whisky, 53
the end of an hour and 12 minutes, what was the drink beer and brandy, 79 drink beer and whisky, 66
rate of faster plane? drink brandy and whisky, 21 of them drink beer,
a. 352 kph c. 416 kph brandy and whisky. How many are there in the
b. 384 kph d. 448 kph group?
43. The boat travels downstream in two – thirds the a. 302 c. 304
time as it does upstream. If the speed of the river b. 303 d. 305
current is 8 kph, determine the velocity of the boat 51. The probability of the students passing Chemistry
in still water. and Physics are 40 % and 55 %, respectively. If
a. 30 kph c. 50 kph there are 260 students who took the exam and 37
b. 40 kph d. 60 kph of them failed in both subjects, how many students
44. A man walks from his house to the office. If he passed both subjects?
leaves at 8:00 AM and walks at the rate of 2 kph, he a. 20 c. 27
will have arrived 3 minutes earlier, but if he leaves b. 28 d. 24
at 8:30 AM and walks at 3 kph, he will have arrived 6 52. CSPC CE 5 students took an examination on
minutes late. What time should he arrive at the Geometry, Calculus, Probability and Engineering
office? Economy. The results are as follows:
a. 9:06 AM c. 8:54 AM
b. 9:12 AM d. 8:43 AM 178 Passed Engineering Economy
45. A man started on his mountain bike for Manila, a 172 Passed Probability
distance of 30 km, intending to arrive at a certain 177 Passed Calculus
time. After biking for 10 km, he was detained due to 161 Passed Geometry
the bad weather for half an hour. As a result, he had 65 Passed Probability and Engineering Economy
to speed up 2 km faster. What was his original 63 Passed Calculus and Engineering Economy
speed? 56 Passed Calculus and Probability
a. 8.50 kph c. 7.50 kph 49 Passed Geometry and Engineering Economy
b. 8 kph d. 9 kph 60 Passed Geometry and Probability
51 Passed Geometry and Calculus
WORK PROBLEMS 19 Passed Calculus, Probability and Engineering
Economy
46. A can do a piece of work alone in 30 days, B in 20 20 Passed Geometry, Probability, and Engineering
days, and C in 60 days. If they work together, how Economy
many days would it take them to finish the work? 15 Passed Geometry, Calculus, and Engineering
a. 15 days c. 10 days Economy
b. 8 days d. 12 days 16 Passed Geometry, Calculus and Probability
47. A and B working together can finish the job in 10 6 Passed all subjects
days. If A works 4 days and B works 3 days, one-
third of the job shall be finished. How many days will If there were 93 students who did not pass in any
it take A to finish the job alone? subject, how many students took the examination?
a. 30 days c. 20 days a. 498 c. 500
b. 15 days d. 45 days b. 499 d. 501
48. Eight men can excavate 50 m of canal in 7 hours.
Three men can backfill 30 m of the excavated canal ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE AND SERIES
in 4 hours. How long would it take 10 men to dig and
backfill 100 m of canal? SITUATION 4: Given the sequence 15, 18, 21, …
a. 12.50 hrs c. 21.50 hrs 53. Determine the 30th term.
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b. 102 d. 135 66. Find the sum of the geometric progression 2x, 4x +
54. What is the order of “93” in the sequence? 14, 20x – 14, … up to the 10th term.
a. 27 c. 29 a. 566 579 c. 617 774
b. 28 d. 30 b. 312 228 d. 413 336
55. Determine the sum of first 20 terms. 67. Find the geometric mean of 2.138, 6.414, 19.242,
a. 840 c. 870 and 57.726.
b. 900 d. 930 a. 10.367 c. 11.109
56. How many terms of the sequence are needed in b. 10.995 d. 12.607
order to obtain a sum of 1188? 68. A container is filled with 20 gallons of pure water.
a. 21 c. 23 Five gallons of water is taken from the container and
b. 22 d. 24 is replaced by 5 gallons of pure acid and then
thoroughly mixed. Another 5 gallons is taken from
57. Find the sum of all odd numbers between 100 and the mixture and is replaced again by 5 gallons of
1000. pure acid. If this process is done repeatedly, find
a. 472 500 c. 247 500 the amount of water in the container after doing the
b. 427 500 d. 274 500 process 15 times.
2 2
58. If the term 3(x -1), x – 4x + 5, 11 – 9x form an a. 0.672 gal c. 0.276 gal
arithmetic progression, find the sum of the first 8 b. 0.267 gal d. 0.627 gal
terms. 69. A ball is dropped from a height of 48 ft and
a. – 144 c. - 160 rebounds two-thirds of the distance it falls. If it
b. – 168 d. – 152 continues to fall and rebound in this way, how far will
59. A particle moves along a straight path. For the first it travel before coming to rest?
second, it travels 16 m. In every second after the a. 120 ft. c. 240 ft.
first, it travels 2 m farther than it did in the b. 192 ft. d. 200 ft.
preceding second. How far will it travel after 10
seconds? HARMONIC SEQUENCE AND SERIES
a. 250 m c. 180 m
b. 34 m d. 92 m 70. Find the 20th term of the harmonic progression 1/2,
60. In the recent “Gulf War” in the Middle East, the 1/5, 1/8, …
Allied Forces captured 6 390 of the Saddam’s a. 1/50 c. 1/56
soldier with provisions on hand that will last for 216 b. 1/53 d. 1/59
meals taking 3 meals a day. The provisions lasted 9 71. The 3rd term of a harmonic progression is 15 and the
more days because of daily deaths. At an average, 9th term is 6. Find the 11th term.
how many captured soldiers died per day? a. 4 c. 6
a. 15 c. 17 b. 5 d. 7
b. 16 d. 18 72. The geometric mean and the arithmetic mean of two
numbers are 8 and 17, respectively. Find the
GEOMETRIC SEQUENCE AND SERIES harmonic mean.
a. 3.45 c. 3.54
SITUATION 5: Given the sequence 2, 6, 18, … b. 3.76 d. 3.67
th
61. What is the 15 term? 73. A race is scheduled for four laps. The velocities of a
a. 9 565 938 c. 9 656 938 car for these laps are 60 kph, 56 kph, 52 kph, and
b. 9 556 938 d. 9 665 938 63 kph, consecutively. Find its average velocity for
62. In what order of the sequence is 354 294? the whole race.
a. 11 c. 13 a. 57.30 kph c. 57.60 kph
b. 12 d. 14 b. 57.45 kph d. 57.75 kph
63. What is the sum of the first 10 terms?
a. 59 408 c. 59 048 SUMMATION
b. 59 480 d. 59 084
64. How many terms of the sequence are needed in 74. Evaluate:
order to obtain a sum of 6560? 10
1
a. 7 c. 9 �
2x+1
b. 8 d. 10 1
a. 1.08 c. 1.28
65. Find the sum of the infinite geometric progression b. 1.18 d. 1.38
36. 24, 16, … 75. Determine the value of:
a. 108 c. 160
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15 88. What is the cofactor of A23?
2x
� a. 31 c. 13
6-3x2
8 b. – 31 d. – 13
a. -0.934 c. -0.943 89. What is the cofactor of A31?
b. -0.439 d. -0.493 a. 36 c. 63
b. – 36 d. – 63
MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS 90. What is A ? -1

6/25 -7/125 21/125

SITUATION 6: Given the following matrices: A-1 = 1/25 3/125 -9/125
-2/75 -31/375 -32/375
3 7 0 9 -2 5
A = -2 6 -9 B = 2 -3 7
1 -8 -3 -4 0 1 91. What is the value of:
76. Find A + B 8 9 0 -2
12 5 5
4 1 -2 3
A + B = 0 3 -2
-3 -8 -2 0 3 2 -4
77. Find A – B 1 -9 5 3
-6 9 -5 a. 160 c. 106
A – B = -4 9 -16
b. – 160 d. – 106
5 -8 -4
78. Find 2B – 3A 92. What is the value of:
9 -25 10 -7 0 5 3
2B – 3A = 10 -24 41 10 9 -1 4
-11 24 11
6 -3 9 1
79. Find AB
41 -27 64 4 0 12 3
AB = 30 -14 23 a. 1374 c. 1734
5 22 -54 b. – 1374 d. – 1734
80. Find BA
36 11 3
BA = 19 -60 6 COMPLEX NUMBER
-11 -36 -3
81. Find |A| 93. What is the value of i3?
a. 325 c. - 325 a. i c. 1
b. 375 d. - 375 b. – i d. – 1
82. Find |B| 94. What is the value of i12 322
a. 27 c. - 72 a. i c. 1
b. – 27 d. 72 b. –i d. – 1
83. Find AT (or A’) 95. What is the value of i-243
3 -2 1
a. i c. 1
AT = 7 6 -8
0 -9 -3 b. –i d. – 1
84. Find BT (or B’)
9 2 -4 SITUATION: Given that z1 = 6 – 3i and z2 = 5 + 4i
BT = -2 -3 0
96. Determine z1 + z2
5 7 1
a. 11 + i c. – 11 + i
SITUATION 7: Given the following matrices: b. 11 – i d. – 11 - i
4 0 97. Determine 4z2 - 3z1
2 5 7
A= B = -6 5 a. 25 + 2i c. 2 + 25i
-1 0 8
1 0
b. 25 – 2i d. 2 – 25i
85. Find AB
98. Determine z1z2
AB = - 15 25
4 0 a. 9 – 42i c. 42 – 9i
86. Find BA b. 9 + 42i d. 42 + 9i
8 20 28
99. Determine z1/z2
BA = -17 -30 -2
1 1
2 5 7 a. (18 + 39i) c. (18 + 41i)
41 39
1 1
b. (18 - 39i) d. (18 - 41i)
41 39
SITUATION 8: Given the matrix:
3 7 0
A = -2 6 -9 SITUATION: Given that z = 6 – 3i
1 -8 -3 100. Determine |z|
87. What is the minor of A23?
a. 6.780 c. 7.608
3 1� 3 7�
a. � c. � b. 6.708 d. 7.806
7 -8 1 8
3 7� -3 1 � 101. Determine z3
b. � d. �
1 -8 7 8
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b. 54 – 297i d. 297 – 54i
102. Determine √z
a. 0.595 + 2.521i
b. 0.595 – 2.521i
c. 2.521 + 0.595i
d. 2.521 – 0.595i
103. Determine ln z
a. 0.464 – 1.903i
b. 0.464 + 1.903i
c. 1.903 – 0.464i
d. 1.903 + 0.464i

SITUATION 9: Given that z = 5 + 4i

104. Determine |z|
a. 6.304 c. 6.403
b. 6.340 d. 6.430
5
105. Determine z
a. -10475 – 2476i
b. 10475 – 2476i
c. 10475 + 2476i
d. -10475 + 2476i
3
106. Determine �z2
a. 3.105 – 1.499i
b. -3.105 – 1.499i
c. -3.105 + 1.499i
d. 3.105 + 1.499i
107. Determine log5z
a. 1.154 – 0.419i
b. 1.154 + 0.419i
c. -1.154 – 0.419i
d. -1.154 + 0.419i

108. Determine ln(-6)

a. 1.791 + 3.142i
b. 1.971 – 3.142i
c. 1.791 + 6.232i
d. 1.971 – 6.232i
109. Determine log7(-52)
a. 2.031 + 3.142i
b. 2.031 + 1.614i
c. 2.031 + 2.231i
d. 2.031 + 2.748i

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