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SECTION 3: MATHEMATICS PROFICIENCY NAME: _________________________________

Time -– 75 minutes SCHOOL: _______________________________
60 Questions (146 – 205) SIMULATED EXAM – SET A

For each question, decide which the correct answer is, and darken the corresponding oval on the answer sheet.

146. Joey’s Talyer is having a car wash service with a C. 140 °

price of P 125 per car. How many cars does it
D. 150 °
need to wash to reach their goal amount of
P 12,800?
150. Mr. Cruz owns half of the company and his best
A. 100
friend owns the other half. If Mr. Cruz would give
B. 101
250,000 pesos from his share of company to his
C. 102 best friend, Mr. Cruz would own only one-third
D. 103 of the company. What is the total worth of the
company?
147. Find the y-intercept of the line that passes A. 750,000 pesos
through the point (–5, 7) and perpendicular to B. 1,250,000 pesos
the line whose equation is x = 3y + 4. C. 1,500,000 pesos
A. −8 D. 2,000,000 pesos

B. −5
151. If k is an odd integer, which of the following is
C. 3
an even integer?
D. 6
A. k2
148. Solve for m. B. k 2+2
m+ m∙ m C. k 2+2 k
=4
m
D. k 2+2 k +1
A. m=−2∨m=2
B. m=0∨m=2 152. Which of the following is a function?
C. m=0∨m=3 A. x 2+ y 2=1
D. m=3 B. x 2+ y=1

149. The ratio of two consecutive angles of a

C. x + y 2=1
parallelogram is 2:7. What is the measure of the D. ( x + y )2=1
largest angle of the parallelogram?
A. 110° 153. If log 2 3=x and log 2 5= y, express log 2 60 in

B. 120 ° terms of x and y .

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A. 2+ x + y III. 100 x ÷ 10x =10x

B. 2 xy A. II only

C. 4 xy B. I and II only

D. 4 +x+ y C. II and III only

D. I, II, and III

154. Triangle WAX is inscribed in rectangle WXYZ such 157. In the figure, ABC is a right triangle. What is the
that A is the midpoint of ZY. If WA = √2 units,
value of x? C
what is the perimeter of WZY?
A. 4
W X
B. 5
C. 12 B A

D. 13
Z A Y

158. Three five-peso coins were placed side-by-side

A. 6+2 √ 5 units
in such a way that their centers formed an
B. 4 √ 5 units equilateral triangle. Find the area of the shaded
C. 3+ √ 5 units region if the radius of five-peso coin was 1 cm.
D. 8 units

155. If x,y, and z are integers, where x < y <0< z ,

which of the following is true?

A. A. 2 π cm
B. 2 .5 π cm
B.
C. 3 π cm
C. D. 3.5 π cm

D. 159. If x and y are both negative integers, which of

the following is not possible?
A. x− y <0
156. Which of the following is/are true?
B. x + y <0
I. 100 x ∙ 10x =1000 x
C. −xy <0
x x 2x
II. 10 ∙ 10 =10
D. x y<0

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164. In the figure a‖b , Find the measure of x .

160. Refer to the figure below. Express angle z in
terms of x and y . a
115°
A. y +2 x
x
B. y−x
C. y−3 x 45 °
b
D. y−2 x A. 105 °
B. 95 °
C. 160 °
161. Ifn=√ 2+ √ 3 , which of the following is the
multiplicative inverse of n .
D. 110°
A. √ 3− √2
165. If r , s, and t are integers and s is a factor of t ,
B. √ 2−√ 3 which of the following is integer?
C. −√ 2−√ 3 st
A.
r
D. −√ 3− √ 2
sr
B.
t
162. James went to mall to buy items worth P 66 .00
that were not subjected to tax. However, he also rt
C.
bought items worth that were still to
s
P 540.00
be subjected to 12 % VAT. How much did he pay t
D.
all in all? sr
A. P 606.00
166. A line intersects a circle _________.
B. P 663.73
A. at exactly one point
C. P 670.80
B. at least twice
D. P 678.72
C. at most once

D. at most twice
163. Given a pie chart that shows the total population
of the Philippines. If the total population is 90
167. What values of x will make the expression √ 1−x
million, how many are from Luzon?
a real number?
A. 22.5 million
Luzon A. x >1
B. 25 million
NCR
120 B. x≥1
C. 30 million Visayas C. x <1
Mindanao
D. 75 million D. x≤1

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168. What value(s) of x will satisfy the inequality

C.
−|x|≥ 0?
A. all real numbers except 0
B. no values of x will satisfy
C. zero only
D. all real numbers
D.

169. In an hour-long debate, two candidates both

answered 8 questions each. Each question took 3
minutes to answer. At the end of the debate,
each candidate was also given 2 minutes to give
172. If ( 3 ×10 a )( 0.007 ×10b ) =( 2.1 ×109 ), what is
their closing statement. How long did each the value of a+ b ?
candidate speak? A. 9
A. 30 minutes B. 11
B. 32 minutes
C. 13
C. 26 minutes
D. 60 minutes D. 15
170. How milliliters of salt should added to 270
173. If the perimeter of a circle is equal to the
milliliters of a 36% salt solution to increase the
perimeter of a square. Which of the following is
percentage of salt by 10% concentration?
true about their area?
A. 40 milliliters
A. Their areas are equal.
B. 45 milliliters
B. The area of the square is greater than the
C. 50 milliliters
area of the circle.
D. 60 milliliters
C. The area of the circle is greater than the area
of the square.
171. Given quadratic function y=a x2 +bx +c where
D. Cannot be determined
a ≠ 0and b 2−4 ac< 0. Which of the following is
the possible graph of the given quadratic
174. Find the values of k that could make the roots of
function?
the quadratic equation k x 2+ 7 x+ kx=9 equal.
A. A. 1∧49
B. −1∧49
C. 1∧−49
D. −1∧−49
B.
175. In the figure, line a is parallel to line b . Which of
the following are congruent?
A. 1,4,6,7

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B. 1 ,2 , 7 , 8 D. P 485.00
C. 3 , 4 ,5 , 6
180. If z varies jointly as x and square of y, what
D. 2 , 3 ,6 , 7 happens to z if x is quadrupled and y is halved?
A. half

B. double
x 2−3 x+2
176. Simplify: C. triple
x2 −5 x +6
x−1 D. same
A.
x−3
x−2 181. If x is four times as large as z and y is half as
B.
x−5 large as z, which of the following is true?
x+1 A. x is twice as large as y.
C.
x+3 B. x is eight times as large as y.

x+ 2 C. x is half as large as y.
D.
x−5 D. x is one-eighth of y.

177. Which of the following is parallel to x= y ? 182. If a 2−b2=495 and a+ b=11 , what is the value
A. √ 5 x−√ 5 y =1 of a−b ?
A. 41
B. y=−x
B. 39
C. y=1−4 x
C. 21
D. x=2 y−3
178. The average of 3 numbers is N . The first number
D. 45
is 4 N and the second number is 2(N – 1). What
is the third number? 183. If X is 40 % of Y and Y is 60 % of Z, then which

A. 3 N−2 of the following is true?

A. X is 24 % of Z.
B. 2−3 N
B. X is 20 % of Z.
C. 1−3 N C. X is 40 % of Z.

D. 3 N +1 D. X is 100 % of Z.

184. Find the ratio between the radii of two spheres, if

179. One paper costs 10 cents. For every 1000 pieces
the ratio of their volume is 1 :8.
of paper purchased, you get 3% discount. How
A. 3 :8
much did you save, if you purchased 5000 pieces
of paper? B. 1 :2 √ 2
A. P 15.00 C. 1 :2
B. P 150.00
D. 1 :4
C. P 350.00

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B. 1:4
185. Charlayne wants to invest part of $ 40,000 at C. 2:3

16 % simple interest rate and the remainder at D. Cannot be determined

8 % simple interest rate. How much should she

invest at 16 % to earn a total of $ 4,000 ? 189. A bag contains different color of marbles, in

A. $ 10,000 which 2 are yellow, 4 are red and 4 are green. If

two marbles are drawn from the bag at random
B. $ 15,000
and the first was yellow, what is the probability
C. $ 25,000
that it will be green on the second draw?
D. $ 30,000
2
A.
5
186. The average of five scores is 10. When a new
score is added, the average becomes
3
x 12. What B.
5
is the value of x?
A. 10 1
C.
3
B. 20
4
C. 22 D.
9
D. 24
190. Find the ratio of the area of circle Q to the area of

187. What is the range of the quadratic function the shaded region.

y=x 2−6 x +5?

A. y ≥−4
Q
P
B. y ≥−5
C. y ≤8
A. 1:3
D. y ≥14
B. 1:4

C. 1:5
188. ABCD is a square with X as the midpoint of BC.
D. 1:2
Find the ratio of the area of the shaded portion
191. Find the extraneous root of the radical equation:
to the area of the unshaded portion of the
square. √ 3 x+6 + √ x +3=1
A D
A. −1
B. 1
C. −2
B C D. 2
X

A. 1:3

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192. Find the length of the chord 3 units away from D. 13cm
the center of circle O.

196. If f ( x )= √ x−1 and g ( x )=x 2+1, find the value

r=6
of ( f ∘ g )( 2 ) .
O
A. ± 2

B. 2
A. 2 √3 C. ± √2
B. 3 √3 D. √2
C. 4 √3
197. Refer to the figure below. Find the value of x.
D. 6 √3

193. Chaz has 5 times as many chocolates as Zachary.

After she gave 20 chocolates to Zachary, they
have now equal number of chocolates. How many
chocolates do they have altogether?
A. 30
B. 40 A. 4
C. 50 B. 3 √3
D. 60
C. √ 29
194. The length of the rectangle is 3 units more than D. √ 34
its width. When the width is reduced by 25% and
the length is increased by 3 units, the area will 198. Mrs. Santos was 27 years old when her eldest
still be the same. Find the original dimensions. child was born. Eighteen years from now, Mrs.
A. 2 ×5 Santos would only be twice as old as her eldest

B. 4.5 × 7.5 child. How old is Mrs. Santos now?

A. 27 years old
C. 6×9
B. 9 years old
D. 12 ×15 C. 45 years old
D. 36 years old

195. The width of the rectangle is 2 less than twice of

199. Given the data 4, 6, -1, 15, -5, -2, 17, and 6.
one half of the length and the perimeter is 40
Which of the following is false?
cm. What is the length of the rectangle?
A. The mean and the median are the same.
A. 7cm
B. The mode is 1 more than the mean.
B. 9 cm
C. The range is 2 more than twice the median.
C. 1 1cm

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D. The range is 2 more than twice the sum of
T S
the mean and median.

O
−f ( x )
200. If f ( x )=x 2 + x , find .
f (−x )
Q R
x+ 1
A.
x−1 A. 16 - 64
x+1 B. 16 - 128
B.
x C. 64 - 64

x D. 64 - 128
C.
x+1
−x−1
D.
x−1

201. There are 20 tables and 92 chairs. Each table

must only be filled with 4 or 6 chairs. How many
204. Given the pattern:
tables are filled with 4 chairs, if all the tables and
chairs are used?
3 12 4 1
A. 4
8 2 6 x
B. 6
C. 10
Find the value of x.
D. 14
3
A.
202. In a 50-item multiple choice test in a certain
2
class, a student would get a deduction of 1/4 for B. 4
every mistake or blank he made. If a student got
C. 10
a score of 35 points in that test, how many items
did the student answered correctly?
D. 24
A. 36
B. 38 205. Pointing to a man, Charlene says, "He is the son
C. 39 of the only son of my grandfather." How is the
D. 40 man related to Charlene?
A. brother
B. cousin
203. Square QRST is inscribed in circle O. If the area of C. uncle
triangle QOR is 32, find the area of the shaded D. father
region.

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