TOWER CIVIL ENGINEERING REVIEW CENTER wire 0.

20 inch in diameter and 100 feet long has a resistance of

ALGEBRA 0.20 ohm, what is the resistance of a piece of wire of the same
Significant Figures material, 4000 feet long, 0.40 inch in diameter?
1. Round off 0.003986 to three significant figures. a. 1 ohm c. 2 ohms
a. 0.00399 c. 0.0040 b. 4 ohms d. 3 ohms
b. 0.004 d. 0.003986 18. Fifteen students from Laguna decided to live in Manila for the
2. Perform the indicated operations and follow the rule in computing review of CE licensure examination. To minimize their expenses,
with rounded numbers. (12.0*27.043)/(6.11*127.8) they agreed to bring 21 sacks (1 sack = 50 kg) of rice that will last
a. 0.4156 c. 0.416 for 5 months. After 5 months, 5 students went back to Laguna to
b. 0.41559 d. 0.42 focus on self-review. Remaining students stayed in Manila for 1
Prime Numbers (Multiple and Divisor Definition) month. How much more rice will the remaining students need for
3. Which of the following is a prime number? the extended stay in Manila?
a. 203 c. 367 a. 150 kg c. 130 kg
b. 301 d. 259 b. 140 kg d. 110 kg
4. Find the sum of all the prime numbers between 10 and 50. Number/Digit Problems
a. 360 c. 311 19. The sum of the digits of a 2-digit number is 10. If the number is
b. 381 d. 1560 divided by the unit digit, the quotient is 5 and the remainder is 2.
System of Real Numbers Find the number.
Natural Numbers (N) and Whole Numbers (W) a. 28 c. 37
5. Given A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, B = {2, 4}, and C = {0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8}. b. 19 d. 64
Which of the following statement is false? 20. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 12. If the digits are
a. B is a proper subset of A c. 99 ∈ W reversed, the new number is 4/7 times the original number.
b. C is a proper subset of d. B is a proper subset of C Determine the original number.
W a. 84 c. 93
6. Given A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, B = {2,4}, and C = {0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8}. b. 75 d. 39
Which of the following statement is true? Age Problems
a. 99 ∈ W c. 2 is not an element of W 21. In three years, a boy will be fifteen-nineteenths as old as his sister.
b. 0∈N d. C is a proper subset of N Three years ago, he was nine-thirteenths as old as she. How old
Integers (Z), Rational (Q), Irrational (H) Numbers and Real Numbers (R) is the boy?
7. List the numbers in set A = {-2, 0, 5, √7, 12, 2/3, 4.5, √21, π, - a. 12 c. 10
0.75} that belong to Rational Numbers. b. 16 d. 14
a. -2, 0, 5, 12, 2/3, 4.5, - c. √7, √21, π 22. A man is 41 years old and his son is 9. In how many years will the
0.75 father be three times as old as the son?
b. 0, 5, 12 d. -2, 0, 5, 12 a. 8 c. 6
8. Which of the following statement is false? b. 5 d. 7
a. N is a proper subset of Q c. H is a proper subset of Q 23. Ten years ago Jane was four times as old as Bianca. Now she is
b. W is a proper subset of Z d. Z is a proper subset of R only twice as old as Bianca. Find the sum of their ages.
Algebraic Expressions Translation a. 30 c. 50
x plus y x decreased to b. 15 d. 45
y 24. Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as Anna was when Mary
x added to y x diminished was as old as Anna is now. How old is Anna?
by y a. 12 c. 14
x more than y x reduced by y b. 16 d. 18
Clock Problems
x greater than x reduced to y
25. Find the angle between the hands of the clock at 3:33 P.M.
y
a. 140.5° c. 120.5°
x minus y x less y
b. 91.5° d. 75°
x subtracted by x less than y 26. In how many minutes after 3 o’clock will the hands of the clock
y extend in opposite directions for the first time?
x subtracted to x exceeds y a. 49.09 mins c. 45.00 mins
y b. 43.64 mins d. 42.24 mins
x decreased by 27. At what time after 7 o’clock will the second hand bisect the hour
y and the minute hand for the first time?
9. Translate the phrase ‘Thrice a number, increased by 7’ into an a. 7:00:16.659 c. 7:00:17.659
algebraic expression b. 7:00:18.079 d. 7:00:17.233
a. 3n – 7 c. 7 + 3n Motion Problems
b. 7 – 3n d. 3n + 7 28. I live 260 miles from a popular mountain retreat. On my way there
10. Translate the phrase ‘Four less than five times the width’ into an to do some mountain biking, my car had engine trouble – forcing
algebraic expression me to bike the rest of the way. If I drove 2 hours longer than I biked
a. 4 + 5W c. 4 – 5W and averaged 60 miles per hour driving and 10 miles per hour
b. 5W + 4 d. 5W - 4 biking, how many hours did I spend pedaling to the resort?
Inequalities a. 4 hours c. 3 hours
11. Solve the inequality, b. 2 hours d. 1 hour
−2 1 5 29. At 9:00 AM, Linda leaves work on a business trip, gets on the
𝑥+ ≤
3 2 6 expressway, and sets her cruise control at 60 mph. At 9:30 A.M.,
a. x ≤ -2 c. x ≥ -1/2 Bruce notices she’s left her briefcase and cellphone, and
b. x ≥ -2 d. x ≤ -1/2 immediately starts her driving 75 mph. At what time will Bruce
12. Solve the inequality, catch up with Linda?
|3𝑥 + 2| a. 11:45 AM c. 12:05 AM
≤1
4 b. 11:00 AM d. 11:30 AM
a. 2 c. 𝑥 ≥ −2 30. Jeff had a job interview in a nearby city 72 miles away. On the first
−2 ≤ 𝑥 ≤
3 leg of the trip he drove an average of 30 mph through a long
b. 2 d. 2 construction zone, but was able to drive 60 mph after passing
𝑥≤ 𝑥=
3 3 through this zone. If driving time for the trip was 1-1/2 hr, how long
Theory of Equations was he driving in the construction zone?
Nature of Roots a. 24 minutes c. 36 minutes
13. Find the sum of the roots of 𝑥 3 + 6𝑥 2 – 13x – 42 = 0. b. 12 minutes d. 42 minutes
a. -6 c. 42 31. Luffy and Naruto can run around a circular mile track in 6 and 10
b. 6 d. -42 minutes respectively. If they start at the same instant from the
Remainder Theorem same place, in how many minutes will they pass each other if they
14. If (5x + 𝑥 4 – 14 𝑥 2 ) is divided by (x + 4), compute the remainder. run around the track in the same direction?
a. -50 c. 52 a. 3.75 minutes c. 10 minutes
b. -30 d. 12 b. 15 minutes d. 8.75 minutes
15. If 4𝑥 3 – 9x – 8𝑥 2 + 7 is divided by (2x – 3), compute the remainder. 32. Luffy and Naruto can run around a circular mile track in 6 and 10
a. 11 c. -15 minutes respectively. If they start at the same instant from the
b. 15 d. -11 same place, in how many minutes will they pass each other if they
Binomial Expansion run around the track in opposite directions?
16. In the expansion of the expression below, what is the term a. 3.75 minutes c. 10 minutes
involving 𝑥 2 ? b. 15 minutes d. 8.75 minutes
𝑎 10 33. A boat, propelled to move at 25mi/hr in still water, travels 4.2mi
(𝑥 3 + )
𝑥 against the river current in the same time that it can travel 5.8mi
a. 252 𝑎 4 𝑥 2 c. 210 𝑎 5 𝑥 2 with the current. Find the speed of the current.
b. 45 𝑎 8 𝑥 2 d. 120 𝑎 7 𝑥 2 a. 4 mi/hr c. 6 mi/hr
Proportion/Variation b. 3 mi/hr d. 5 mi/hr
17. At constant temperature, the resistance of a wire varies directly as
its length and inversely as the square of its diameter. If a piece of
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