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Set A
MATHEMATICS
8am - 1pm

PREBOARD EXAM 16 – Math 6

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following

questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No. 2 only.

1. What is the area bounded by the parabola x² = 4ay, its latus rectum and
the y-axis?
A. 4a²/3 B. 2a²/3 C. 3a²/2 D. 3a²/4

2. A tetrahedron is a regular solid whose 4 equal faces (surfaces) are

each an equilateral triangle. What is the volume of such a solid whose 6
edges are equal to 10 cm?
A. 117.85 cu. cm. C. 111.27 cu. cm.
B. 123.74 cu. cm. D. 117.27 cu. cm.

3. At what time after one o'clock will the hands of the clock coincide for
the first time?
A. 1:05:27 B. 1:06:27 C. 1:07:27 D. 1:04:27

4. A spherical balloon is being inflated with r = ³√t as t is greater than

zero and t is less than or equal to 10. Find the rate of change of volume
in cubic cm at t = 8.
A. 24π B. 12π C. 48π D. 36π

5. The sum of interior angles of a polygon is 1080°. Find the number of

sides.
A. 6 B. 7 C. 8 D. 5

6. 12 oz of chocolate is added to 10 oz of flavoring is equivalent to

______.
A. 1 lb and 8 oz C. 1 lb and 4 oz
B. 1lb and 6 oz D. 1 lb and 10 oz

7. Find y" for the equation x^3 - 3xy + y^3 = 1.

A. -4xy/[(y^2 - x)^3] C. -2xy/(y^2 + x^3)
B. 2(1 + y)/[(1 + x)^2] D. 2(1 + x)/[(1 + y)^2]

8. The towers of a 60 meter parabolic suspension bridge are 12 m high and

the lowest point of the cable is 3 m above the roadway. Find the vertical

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distance from the roadway to the cable at 15 m from the center.
A. 5.25 m B. 5 m C. 4.50 m D. 3 m

9. A clerk at the Dior Department Store receives $15 in change for her
cash drawer at the start of each day. She receives twice as many dimes as
fifty-cent pieces, and the same number of quarter as dimes. She has twice
as many nickels as dimes and a dollar's worth of pennies. How many are
dimes?
A. 20 B. 40 C. 10 D. 30

10. A's probability of hitting a target is 1/3 while B has a probability

of 1/5 of hitting the same target. What is the probability that they both
hit the target?
A. 8/15 B. 7/15 C. 1/15 D. 2/3

11. A certain radioactive substance has a half-life of 3 years. If 10

grams are present initially, how much of the substance remain after 9
years?
A. 2.50g B. 5.2g C. 1.25g D. 10.20g

12. Solve the differential equation: x(y + 1)dx + (x² - 1)dy = 0. If y = 2

when x = 2, determine y when x = 4.
A. 0.342 B. 0.376 C. 0.282 D. 0.311

13. Evaluate: (1 + i)^10.

A. 16i B. 32i C. -32i D. -16i

14. The towers of a 60 meter parabolic suspension bridge are 12 m high and
the lowest point of the cable is 3 m above the roadway. Find the vertical
distance from roadway to the cable at 15 m from the center
A. 5.75 m B. 6.00 m C. 5.50 m D. 5.25 m

15. Evaluate d/dx (1/x^6).

A. 6x^-7 B. -6x^-6 C. -6x^-7 D. 6x^-6

16. With a throw of 3 dice, what is the probability of getting a 9 or 11?

A. 56/216 B. 54/216 C. 50/216 D. 52/216

17. A florist wishes to make bouquets of mixed spring flowers. Each

bouquet is to be made up of chrysanthemum (or mums) at Php 30 a bunch and
roses at Php 21 a bunch. How many bundles of mums should she use to make
15 bunches which she can sell for Php 24 a bunch?
A. 9 B. 5 C. 6 D. 10

18. Through the point (3, 3), determine the equation of the line making an
angle of 30° with the y-axis.
A. y - 3 = 1.732(x - 3) C. y - 3 = 1.428(x - 3)
B. y - 3 = 1.192(x - 3) D. y - 3 = 1.000(x - 3)

19. A rhombus has diagonals of 32 and 20 inches. Determine its area.

A. 400 sq. in. B. 280 sq. in. C. 360 sq. in. D. 320 sq. in.

20. The clerk at the Dior Department Store receives $15 in change for her

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cash drawer at the start of each day. She receives twice as many dimes as
fifty-cent pieces, and the same number of quarter as dimes. She has twice
as many nickels as dimes and a dollar's worth of pennies. How many are
dimes?
A. 30 B. 10 C. 40 D. 20

21. Find the distance between the line x + y = 2 and a given point (1/2,
1/3).
A. (-12/7)√2 B. (5/6)√2 C. (6/5)√2 D. (-7/12)√2

22. How many numbers between 10 and 200 are exactly divisible by 7? Find
their sum.
A. 26 numbers; S = 2835 C. 27 numbers; S = 2835
B. 26 numbers; S = 2830 D. 28 numbers; S = 2840

23. What is the value of √(-10) x √(-7)?

A. (-√70) B. √70 C. (-√70 i) D. √70 i

24. Find the coordinates of the trisection points of the line segment
joining P and Q where P = -6i + 3j and Q = 3i + 6j.
A. (-3, 3), (0, 5) C. (-3, 4), (0, 5)
B. (-3, 4), (0, -5) D. (-3, 3), (0, -5)

25. Find the Inverse Laplace Transform of: I(s) = 10(2s + 5)/(s² + 3s + 2)
and i(t) when t = 0.1 sec.
A. 18.96 B. 20.40 C. 19.07 D. 21.23

26. Find the area bounded by the curve y = 2 over (x - 3) and the lines y
= 0, x = 4 and x = 5.
A. 4ln2 B. 2ln4 C. (1/2)ln4 D. ln 4

27. Find the length of the common chord of the curves x² + y² = 64 and x²
+ y² - 16x = 0
A. 13.86 B. 22.64 C. 20.46 D. 15.53

28. Evaluate the double integral of xy dx dy, when the limits of x = 0 and
1, and the limits of y = 1 and 2.
A. 0 B. 3/4 C. 1 D. 1/4

29. A bicycle with 20-inch wheels is traveling down a road at 15mi/h. Find
the angular velocity of the wheel in revolutions per minute.
A. 252 B. 342 C. 180 D. 190

30. If a DC generator has an EMF of "E" volts and has an internal

resistance of "r" ohms, what external resistance "R" will consume the most
power?
A. R = 0.5 B. R = r C. R = 0.5r D. R = 2r

31. A 10-ohm resistance R and a 1.0-Henry inductance L are in series. An

AC voltage e(t) = 100 sin 377t is applied across the series circuit. The
applicable differential equation is Ri + L(di/dt) = e(t). Solve for the
particular solution, determine the amplitude of the resulting sinusoidal

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current i(t).
A. 0.292 A B. 0.241 A C. 0.321 A D. 0.265 A

32. A stack of bricks has 61 in the bottom layer, 58 bricks in the second
layer, 55 brick in the third layer, and so on until there are 10 bricks in
the last layer. How many bricks are there all together?
A. 638 B. 640 C. 639 D. 637

33. Find the area of the curve: r = a(1 - sin θ).

A. (1/2)πa^2 B. (3/2)πa^2 C. (4/3)πa^2 D. (2/3)πa^2

34. Find the average rate of change of the area of a square with respect
to its side x as x changes from 4 to 7.
A. 8 B. 11 C. 6 D. 21

35. What percentage of the volume of a cone is the maximum volume of a

right circular cylinder that can be inscribed in it?
A. 24% B. 34% C. 44% D. 54%

36. Find the equation of the straight line which passes through the point
(6, -3) and with an angle of inclination of 45 degrees.
A. x + y = 3 B. 4x - y = 27 C. x - 2y = 12 D. x - y = 9

37. Determine the radius of the sphere whose equation is: x^2 + y^2 + z^2
- 2x + 8y + 16z + 65 = 0.
A. 3 units B. 5 units C. 4 units D. 6 units

38. The angle of a sector is 30 degrees and the radius is 15cm. What is
the area of a sector?
A. 59.8 sq.cm. C. 89.5 sq.cm.
B. 58.9 sq.c\m. D. 85.9 sq.cm.

39. The probability of getting a spade and a face card (Jack, Queen and
King) in an ordinary deck of 52 cards, is
A. 3/52 B. 1/52 C. 1/49 D. 3/39

40. Find the 12th term of a (sub i) = (1 - i)^3.

A. -1331 B. -1311 C. 1331 D. 1311

41. Evaluate the integral of [(sinhx)^3][(cosh x)^2]dx.

A. 1/5 (coshx)^5 - 1/3 (cosh x)^3 + C
B. (coshx)^5 - (cosh x)^3 + C
C. 1/4 cosh 4x - 1/2 cosh 2x + C
D. (coshx)^4 - (cosh x)^2 + C

42. Calculate the eccentricity of an ellipse whose major axis and latus
rectum has lengths of 10 and 32/5, respectively.
A. 0.4 B. 0.5 C. 0.8 D. 0.6

43. A circle with a radius of 10 cm is revolved about a line tangent to

it. Find the volume generated.
A. 15,250 cm³ B. 17,834 cm³ C. 19,739 cm³ D. 18,235 cm³

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44. What is the equation of the line, in the xy plane, passing through the
point 96, 4) and parallel to the line with parametric equations x = 5t + 4
and y = t - 7?
A. 5y - x = 14 C. 5y - 4x = -4
B. 5x - 6 = 26 D. 5x - 4y = 14

45. Solve for x in the equation: 3^x + 9^x = 27^x

A. 0.438 B. 0.460 C. 0.416 D. 0.482

46. There are 8 different colors, 3 of which are red, blue and green. In
how many ways can 5 colors be selected out of the 8 colors if red and blue
are always included but green is excluded?
A. 12 B. 11 C. 10 D. 9

47. Evaluate the inverse Laplace transform of 6 over (s^2 + 4).

A. 3cosh2t B. 3sin2t C. 3sinh2t D. 3cos2t

48. A freight train starts from Los Angeles and heads for Chicago at 40
mph. Two hours later a passenger train leaves the same station for Chicago
traveling at 60 mph. How long will it be before the passenger train
overtakes the freight train?
A. 3 hrs B. 5 hrs C. 4 hrs D. 6 hrs

49. If the equation of the directrix of the parabola is x - 5 = 0 and its

focus is at (1, 0), find the length of its latus rectum.
A. 6 B. 8 C. 10 D. 12

50. Determine the sum of the positive-valued solutions to the simultaneous

equations: xy = 15, yz = 35, zx = 21. (MAR98-13)
A. 13 B. 19 C. 17 D. 15

51. A hemispherical tank with a diameter of 8 ft is full of water. Find

the work done in ft-lb in pumpoing all the liquid out of the top of the
tank.
A. 15,246 B. 12,546 C. 10,628 D. 16,210

52. Given the triangle with sides 10 cm, 16 cm and 18 cm. Find the area of
the triangle in square centimeters.
A. 79.6 B. 84.0 C. 81.2 D. 80.5

53. What is the value of x in Arctan 3x + Arctan 2x = 45 degrees?

A. 1 B. -1 C. -1/6 D. 1/6

54. Find the value of: sin (arc cos 15/17).

A. 17/9 B. 8/17 C. 8/9 D. 8/21

55. If x = 3t - 1, y = 1 - 3t^2, find d^2y/dx^2.

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

56. A question was lost in which 600 persons had voted; the same persons
having voted again on the same question, it was carried by twice as many
as it was before lost by; and the new majority was to the former as 8:7.

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How many changed their minds?
A. 200 B. 250 C. 125 D. 150

57. Determine csc (nπ) divided by nπ as n approaches to zero.

A. indeterminate B. 1 C. infinity D. 0

58. Evaluate: ∫sinh² x dx, from x = 0 to x = 1.

A. 0.40672 B. 0.04672 C. 0.46072 D. 0.46702

59. A farmer has enough money to build only 100 meter of fence. What are
the dimensions of the field he can enclose the maximum area?
A. 22.5 m x 27.5 m C. 20 m x 30 m
B. 15 m x 35 m D. 25 m x 25 m

60. Simplify 1/(cscx + cotx)+ 1/(csc x - cot x).

A. 2cos x B. 2 sec x C. 2 csc x D. 2 sin x

61. Suppose that a dam is shaped like a trapezoid with a height 100 feet,
300 feet long at the top and 200 feet long at the bottom. When the water
level behind the dam is level with its top, what is the total force that
the water exrets on the dam?
A. 84,600 tons B. 24,600 tons C. 42,600 tons D. 36,400 tons

62. A tank with a cross-sectional shape of an equilateral triangle has

dimensions of 4 m on all three sides. What is the water level if the tank
is 50% full by volume? The tank vertex points up.
A. 1.0 m from the bottom C. 1.7 m from the bottom
B. 1.2 m from the bottom D. 2.2 m from the bottom

63. In an arithmetic series, the terms of the series are equally spread
out. (SEPT 2017). For example, in 1 + 5 + 9 + 13 + 17, consecutive terms
are 4 apart. If the first term in an arithmetic series is 3, the last term
is 136, and the sum is 1,390, what are the first 3 terms?
A. 3, 36, 69 C. 3, 23, 43
B. 3, 10, 17 D. 3, 69.5, 136

64. If the volume of a regular tetrahedron is 85.92 cm³, compute its

surface area.
A. 140.30 cm² B. 120.10 cm² C. 150.40 cm² D. 130.20 cm²

65. Given the Fourier Series in cosine form, f(t) = 10 cos 40πt + 2 cos
80πt. What is f(1)?
A. 8 B. -12 C. 3.25 D. 12

66. If f(x) = 2x^2 + 2x + 4, what is f(2)?

A. x^2 + x + 2 B. 16 C. 4x + 2 D. 8

67. Find the sum of infinite geometric series: Σ[(-0.2)^n], from n = 2 to

infinity.
A. 1/60 B. 1/30 C. 1/45 D. 1/15

68. The height (in feet) at any time t (in seconds) of a projectile thrown
vertically is h(t) = 16t² + 256t. What is the rate of h changing when t =

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6 seconds?
A. 960 B. 128 C. 160 D. 64

69. The equations for two lines are 3y - 2x = 6 and 3x + ky = -7. for what
value of will the two lines be parallel?
A. -9/2 B. 9/2 C. -7/3 D. 7/3

70. Evaluate: sinh (5 + j5).

A. 71.16 - j21.05 C. 21.05 + j71.16
B. 21.05 + j71.16 D. 71.16 + j21.05

71. Given the equations: x + y + z = 2; 3x - y - 2z = 4 and 5x - 2y + 3z =

-7. Solve for y by determinants.
A. 1 B. -2 C. 0 D. 3

72. There are four balls of different colors. Two balls are taken at a
time and arranged in a definite order. For example, if a white and a red
ball are taken, one definite arrangement is white first, red second, and
another arrangement is red first, white second. How many such arrangement
are possible?
A. 24 B. 12 C. 36 D. 6

73. The Laplace Transform of cos ωt is:

A. ω/(s + ω) C. s/(s^2 + ω^2)
B. s/(s + ω) D. ω/(s^2 + ω^2)

74. Mr. Manuel makes a business trip from his house to Laguna in 2 hours.
One hour later, he returns home in a traffic at a rate of 20 kph less than
his rate going. If Mr. Manuel is gone a total of 6 hours, what was his
rate going to Laguna?
A. 30 kph B. 40 kph C. 50 kph D. 60 kph

75. Solve for the differential equation: d²x/dt² + 4x = 0. With initial

condition, x(0) = 10 and x'(0) = 0.
A. x(t) = 10 sin 2t C. x(t) = 10 cos 2t + 10 sin 2t
B. x(t) = 10 cos 2t D. x(t) = 10 cos t + 10 sin t

76. Find the equation of the normal line to x^2 + y^2 at the point (2,1).
(Sept 2017)
A. 4x - 3y = 0 B. x - 2y = 0 C. x + y = 0 D. x - y = 0

77. Which is identically equal to (sec A + tan A)?

A. 1/(sec A - tan A) C. 2/(1 - tan A)
B. csc (A + 1) D. csc (A - 1)

78. Solve the inequality, expressing the solution in terms of interval: -4

≤ (2x - 1)/3 ≤ 4
A. {x|-9/2 ≤ x ≤ 9/2} C. {x|-7/2 ≤ x ≤ 7/2}
B. {x|-11/2 ≤ x ≤ 11/2} D. {x|-2/3 ≤ x ≤ 2/3}

79. A tangent to a conic section is a line

A. which is parallel to the normal

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B. which touches the conic at only one point
C. which passes inside the conic
D. all of the above

80. A survey of 500 television viewers produced the following results: 285
watch football games; 195 watch hockey games; 115 watch basketball games;
45 watch football and basketball games; 70 watch football and hockey
games; 50 watch hockey and basketball games; 50 do not watch any of the
three games. How many watch football games only?
A. 160 B. 190 C. 200 D. 230

81. Integrating 1/(3x + 4) with respect to x and evaluate the result from
x = 0 and x = 2 gives?
A. 0.252 B. 0.278 C. 0.305 D. 0.336

82. For what value of k will the line kx + 5y = 2k have slope 3?

A. 5 B. -15 C. 15 D. -5

83. The acute angle between the two planes 3x + 4y = 0 and 4x - 7y + 4x -

6 = 0 is:
A. 82.5° B. 69.2° C. 64.8° D. 70.5°

84. Ben is two years away from being twice Ellen's age. The sum of twice
Ben's age and thrice Ellen's age is 66. Find Ben's age now.
A. 19 B. 20 C. 18 D. 21

85. A jogger starts a course at a steady rate of 8 kph. Five minutes

later, a second jogger starts the same course at 10 kph. How long will it
take the second jogger to catch the first?
A. 22 min. B. 21 min. C. 20 min. D. 18 min.

86. Find the center of curvature of the curve x^3 + y^3 = 4xy at the point
(2, 2).
A. (7/4, 7/4) C. (-1/3, -1/4)
B. (1/3, 3/4) D. (1/3, 1/4)

87. The rotating beacon of a lighthouse makes 0.2 revolution per second.
The nearest at point P along the straight shoreline from the beacon is 200
ft. What is the rate of change, in ft/min, that the ray of light makes
along the shore at a point 100 ft from P?
A. 200π B. 100π C. 125π D. 150π

88. Radium decomposes at a rate proportional to the amount at any instant.

In 100 years, 100 milligram of Radium decomposes to 96 mg. How many
milligram will be left after 100 years?
A. 92.16 B. 95.32 C. 88.60 D. 90.72

89. What is the number of permutations of the letters of the word BANANA?
A. 60 B. 36 C. 42 D. 52

90. Evaluate (3+j4)(3-j4)

A. 9 - j16 B. 9 + j16 C. 25 D. 36

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91. What do you call the integral divided by the differece of the abscissa
A. average value C. abscissa value
B. mean value D. integral value

92. Find the orthogonal trajectories of the family of parabolas y^2 = 2x +

C
A. y = Ce^x C. y - Ce^(2x)
B. y = Ce^(-x) D. y = Ce^(-2x)

93. Find the force on one face of a right triangle os sides 4m and
altitude of 3m. The altitude is submerged vertically with the 4m side in
the surface.
A. 62.64 kN B. 58.86 kN C. 66.27 kN D. 53.22 kN

94. The arc of a sector is 9 units and its radius is 3 units. What is the
area of the triangle?
A. 73,250 B. 10,250 C. 14,586 D. 11,260

95. The moment of inertia of a circle 5 m in diameter about an axis thru

its centroid is:
A. 30.68 m^4 B. 28.832 m^4 C. 36.144 m^4 D. 15 m^4

96. Find the 12th term of the harmonic progression: 1, 1/3, 1/5, …
A. 1/23 B. 1/17 C. 1/19 D. 1/21

97. If A = -2 - j3 and B = 3 + j4, what is A/B?

A. (18 - i)/25 C. (-18 + i)/25
B. (18 + i)/25 D. (-18 - i)/25

98. Obtain the general solution of the following differential equation and
determine y when x = 0.06545, in terms of the constants of integration.
A. y = 0.4559a + 0.4559b + 0.7071c
B. y = 0.5815a + 0.5815b + 0.5815c
C. y = 0.5815a + 0.5815b + 0.4559c
D. y = 0.7071a + 0.7071b - 0.4559c

99. A 100 Kg weight rest rest on a 30° inclined plane. Neglecting friction
how much pull must one exert to bring the weight up the plane?
A. 70.71 Kg B. 86.67 Kg C. 50 Kg D. 100 Kg

100. If tan (2D - 3) = 1/tan (5D - 9), determine D in degrees.

A. 14.57° B. 13.88° C. 16.97° D. 15.30°

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