ACTIVITY # 2

Solve the following problems. Show clean and complete details of your work for
each number.

1. A pipe used to fill a tank can fill the tank alone in 6 hours. A drain pipe can empty the
tank in 12 hours. If the tank is being filled for 6 hours while the drain pipe is
accidentally left open, how long would it take to fill the tank if after 6 hours the drain
pipe is closed?
A. 8 hours C. 10 hours
B. 9 hours D. 12 hours

2. Thirty men can do a job in 80 days. Twenty men started the job. After 30 days, 10
men were added. On the 56th day 20 new additional workers were hired. In how
many days was the project has finished?
A. 100 C. 76
B. 98 D. 68

3. Three men can assemble 3 kiddie chairs in 5 days. How many kiddie chairs can 5
men assemble in 6 days?
A. 5 C. 8
B. 6 D. 12

4. Admission tickets to a theatre were P 60 for adults and P 25 for children. The total
amount collected was P 14,000 and the total attendance was 280 persons. How
many adults attended that day?
A. 80 C. 180
B. 120 D. 200

5. A man invests P 4,000 at one interest rate and invests P 5,000 at a rate 1% greater
than the first. Find the rate of the interest of the first investment if the total income
annually is P 156.
A. 2.16 % C. 1.44 %
B. 1.18 % D. 2.26%

6. Find x so that x – 2, 2x + 2, 9x + 3 form an arithmetic progression. What is the

common difference?
A. 5/2 C. 10/3
B. 8/3 D. 9/2

7. Find the common ratio if ( 7a – 1 ), ( 3a + 1 ), 5 forms a geometric progression.

A. 1/2 C. 1/4
B. 1/3 D. 1/5

8. Rolls of carpet are stack in layers so that the top layer has 3 rolls and each lower layer
has one roll than the layer above it. If there are 21rolls at the bottom, how many rolls
of carpet are there in all?
A. 228 C. 232
B. 218 D. 215
9. Julie Anne plans to save a part of her salary for Christmas vacation. She saved
P 1,000 in January, P 1,200 in February, P 1,440 in March, and so on increasing by
20% in each succeeding month. How much money will she have in December after
she has the 12th savings?
A. P 32,720 C. P 28,660
B. P 24,490 D. P 39,580

10. If 1/3 of air in a tank is removed in each stroke of an air pump, find the amount of air
removed in the tank after the 5th stroke.
A. 92.18% C. 79.54%
B. 65.82% D. 86.83%

11. Find the middle term in the expansion of ( x2 + 2y )6.

A. 120x4y2 C. 150x6y3
B. 180x8y2 D. 160x6y3

12. A company owns stock in HBF selling at P 54 per share, GCG selling at P 65, and
BTB selling at P 105 per share. The company owns equal shares of HBF and GC and
five times as many shares of BTB. If this portfolio is worth P 450,800, how many
shares of BTB does the company owns?
A. 4,200 C. 3,500
B. 2,800 D. 5,000

13. Find the sum of the infinite series 36, 18, 9 . . . .

A. 102 C. 84
B. 72 D. 120

14. Working together Manny and Kelly can design a web site in 6 hours. Working alone
however, Manny would design the web site in 2 hour less time than Kelly. How long
would it take Kelly alone to design the web site?
A. 10.3 hrs C. 13.1 hrs
B. 11.7 hrs D. 12.2 hrs

15. A square has a side of 20 cm. A second square is drawn by connecting the midpoints
of the sides of the first square. A third square is drawn by connecting the midpoints of
the sides of the second square, and so on. If this process continues indefinitely, find
the sum of the areas of all the squares, including the first.
A. 600 cm2 C. 800 cm2
B. 1,200 cm2 D. 1,000 cm2

16. There are 4 arithmetic means between 8 and 128. Find the 10th term.
A. 200 C. 212
B. 224 D. 232

17. Three brothers Art, Bert, and Charles divided a gift from their father an amount of P
48,000. Bert’s share is twice that of Art. Their shares in the same order form an
arithmetic progression. How much is Charles’ share?
A. P 8,000 C. P 6,000
B. P 24,000 D. P 30,000

18. The 6th term of a harmonic progression is 12, and the 10th term is 6. Find the 18th
term.
A. 2 C. 4
B. 3 D. 5
19. . Find the sum of the positive integers divisible by 3 from 50 to 110.
A. 1,236 C. 1,486
B. 1,342 D. 1,539

20. A swimming pool has 2 pipes A and B to be used for filling with B bigger than A. The
small pipe A working alone can fill a pool in 90 minutes. At a certain day when the
pool is empty, this pipe A is put into operation to fill the pool. After 60 minutes of
operation the bigger pipe B is opened and the 2 pipes fill the pool completely in 10
minutes more. How long would it take the bigger pipe B alone to fill the pool?
A. 60 minutes C. 45 minutes
B. 54 minutes D. 72 minutes

21. The sum of the first “ n “ terms of the series is 3n – 2 – 6. Find the seventh term.
A. 162 C. 512
B. 114 D. 518

22. In the binomial expansion of ( x + y )n, find the 5th term if the coefficient of the 3rd and
the 11th terms are equal to each other.
A. 792x7y5 C. 824x5y5
B. 526x6y6 D. 495x8y4

23. In the expansion of ( 2x + 3 )8, find the sum of the coefficients of all the terms.
A. 384,064 C. 322,924
B. 328,526 D. 352,406

24. Find the 6th term of the series 2, 5, 10, 17 . . . .

A. 50 C. 51
B. 65 D. 68

25. Find the next term of the series 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ___.

A. 15 C. 21
B. 18 D. 24