CE PRE-REVIEW 1- Midterm Examination
Instruction: Read and solve each problem. Show your
solutions and box your final answer. Answer without
correct solution will be given ZERO credit. DO NOT
CHEAT.
1. A chemist if a distillery experimented on two alcohol
solutions of different strength, 35% alcohol and 50%
alcohol respectively. How many cubic meters of 35%
strength must he use in order to produce a mixture of
60 cubic meters that contain 40% alcohol?
2. The sum of the digits of a 3-digit number is 14. The
hundreds digit being 4 times the unit digit. If 594 is
subtracted from the number, the order of the digits will
be reversed. Find the ten’s digit of the number.
3. In 5 years, Jose would be twice the age of Ana. Five
years ago, Jose was 4 times as old as Ana. Find the sum
of their present ages.
4. Jun can finish an accounting work in 8 hrs. Leo can
finish the same work in 6 hrs. After 2 hrs. of working
together, Jun left Leo for lunch and Leo finished the job.
How long does it take Leo to finish the job?
5. At what time between 3 PM to 4 PM will the hands of
the clock be at right angle?
6. A stack of bricks has 61 bricks in the bottom layer, 58
bricks in the second layer, 55 bricks in the 3 rd layer and
so on until there are 10 bricks in the last layer. How
many bricks are there together?
7. The sum of 3 numbers in arithmetic progression is 45.
If 2 is added to the 1 st number, 3 to the second and 7 to
the 3rd, the new numbers will be in a geometric
progression. Find the common difference in arithmetic
progression.
8. Find the smallest positive number among the 4
numbers such that the sum of the 1 st, 3rd, and 4th
exceeds the second by 8; the sum of the squares of the
1st and the 2nd exceeds the sum of the squares of the 3 rd
and the 4th by 36; the sum of the products of the 1 st and
the 2nd and 3rd and 4th is 42; the cube of the 1 st equals
the sum of the cubes of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.
9. A man leaves his house at 8:00 AM and travelling at
an average speed of 2 kph, arrives at his office 3
minutes ahead of the expected time. Had he left his
house at 8:30 AM and traveled at an average speed of 3
kph, he will arrive 6 min late of the expected time. Find
the distance that he had traveled.
10. In a pile of log, each layer contains one more log
that the layer above and the top contains just one log. If
there are 105 logs in the pile, how many layers are
there.
CE PRE-REVIEW 1- Midterm Examination
Instruction: Read and solve each problem. Show your
solutions and box your final answer. Answer without
correct solution will be given ZERO credit. DO NOT
CHEAT.
1. A chemist if a distillery experimented on two alcohol
solutions of different strength, 35% alcohol and 50%
alcohol respectively. How many cubic meters of 35%
strength must he use in order to produce a mixture of
60 cubic meters that contain 40% alcohol?
2. The sum of the digits of a 3-digit number is 14. The
hundreds digit being 4 times the unit digit. If 594 is
subtracted from the number, the order of the digits will
be reversed. Find the ten’s digit of the number.
3. In 5 years, Jose would be twice the age of Ana. Five
years ago, Jose was 4 times as old as Ana. Find the sum
of their present ages.
4. Jun can finish an accounting work in 8 hrs. Leo can
finish the same work in 6 hrs. After 2 hrs. of working
together, Jun left Leo for lunch and Leo finished the job.
How long does it take Leo to finish the job?
5. At what time between 3 PM to 4 PM will the hands of
the clock be at right angle?
6. A stack of bricks has 61 bricks in the bottom layer, 58
bricks in the second layer, 55 bricks in the 3 rd layer and
so on until there are 10 bricks in the last layer. How
many bricks are there together?
7. The sum of 3 numbers in arithmetic progression is 45.
If 2 is added to the 1 st number, 3 to the second and 7 to
the 3rd, the new numbers will be in a geometric
progression. Find the common difference in arithmetic
progression.
8. Find the smallest positive number among the 4
numbers such that the sum of the 1 st, 3rd, and 4th
exceeds the second by 8; the sum of the squares of the
1st and the 2nd exceeds the sum of the squares of the 3 rd
and the 4th by 36; the sum of the products of the 1 st and
the 2nd and 3rd and 4th is 42; the cube of the 1 st equals
the sum of the cubes of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.
9. A man leaves his house at 8:00 AM and travelling at
an average speed of 2 kph, arrives at his office 3
minutes ahead of the expected time. Had he left his
house at 8:30 AM and traveled at an average speed of 3
kph, he will arrive 6 min late of the expected time. Find
the distance that he had traveled.
10. In a pile of log, each layer contains one more log
that the layer above and the top contains just one log. If
there are 105 logs in the pile, how many layers are
there.