34. The boat travels with the water current in 2/3 time as it does 51.

51. Seven times the first of two consecutive odd integers is equal to
against. If the speed of the river current is 8 kph, determine the five times the second. Find the larger integer.
speed of the boat in tranquil water. a. 5 c. 9
a. 10 kph c. 20 kph b. 7 d. 11
b. 40 kph d. 30 kph Arithmetic Progression
35. An airplane could travel a distance of 1000 miles with the wind in 52. Find the 16th term of the arithmetic sequence: 4,7,10,…
the same time it could travel a distance of 800 miles against the a. 52 c. 46
wind. If the wind velocity is 40 mph, what is the speed of the plane. b. 49 d. 55
a. 360 mph c. 420 mph 53. Determine the sum of the first 12 terms of the arithmetic sequence:
b. 180 mph d. 240 mph 3,8,13,…
36. An airplane flying with the wind, took two hours to travel 1000 km a. 328 c. 432
and 2.5 hrs. in flying back, what was the wind velocity? b. 412 d. 366
a. 60 kph c. 70 kph 54. Find the 40th term and the sum of the first 40 terms of the
b. 50 kph d. 40 kph arithmetic sequence: 10,8,6,…
Mixture Problems a. -72, -1164 c. -70, -1162
37. As a nasal decongestant, doctors sometimes prescribe saline b. -66, -1158 d. -68, -1160
solutions with n concentration between 6% and 20%. In “the old 55. Which term of the sequence 5, 14, 23,... is 239?
days,” pharmacists had to create different mixtures, but only a. 27 c. 25
needed to stock these concentrations, since any percentage in b. 26 d. 28
between could be obtained using a mixture. An order comes in for 56. Compute the sum of the first 100 positive integers exactly divisible
a 15% solution. How many milliliters (mL) of the 20% solution must by 7.
be mixed with 10 mL of the 6% solution to obtain the desired 15% a. 36057 c. 36771
solution? b. 35350 d. 34650
a. 18 mL c. 20 mL 57. How many consecutive integers, beginning with 10, must be taken
b. 15 mL d. 17 mL for their sum to equal 2035?
Situation 1 Give the total amount of the mix that results and the a. 74 c. 65
percent concentration or worth of the mix. b. 55 d. 34
38. Two quarts of 100% orange juice are mixed with 2 quarts of water. 58. How long will it take to pay off a debt of $880 if $25 is paid the first
a. 4 quarts; 100% c. 2 quarts; 75% month, $27 the second month, $29 the third month, etc.?
b. 4 quarts; 50% d. 2 quarts; 25% a. 10 months c. 20 months
39. Eight pounds of premium coffee beans worth $2.50 per pound are b. 25 months d. 15 months
mixed with 8 lb of standard beans worth $1.10 per pound. 59. Determine the 20th term of the arithmetic sequence whose sum to
a. 16 lb; $1.80/lb c. 16 lb; $1.90/lb n terms is n2 +2n.
b. 16 lb; $2.10/lb d. 16 lb; $2.25/lb a. 39 c. 43
40. To help sell more of a lower grade meat, a butcher mixes some b. 37 d. 41
premium ground beef worth $3.10/lb with 8 lb of lower grade 60. Find the second number of three numbers in an arithmetic
ground beef worth $2.05/lb. If the result was an intermediate grade sequence such that the sum of the first and third is 12 and the
ground beef worth $2.68/lb, how much premium ground beef was product of the first and second is 24.
used? a. 8 c. 4
a. 12 lb c. 16 lb b. 10 d. 6
b. 14 lb d. 18 lb 61. Compute the sum of all integers between 100 and 800 that are
41. How many pounds of walnuts of 84 cents/lb should be mixed with divisible by 3.
20 lb of pecans at $1.20/lb to give a mixture worth $1.04/lb? a. 104844 c. 104850
a. 18 lb c. 16 lb b. 104841 d. 104847
b. 17 lb d. 15 lb 62. There are 5 arithmetic means between 8 and 26. Which of the
42. A 320-kg alloy containing 50% tin and 25% lead is to be added following is not part of the sequence?
with amounts of pure tin and pure lead to make an alloy which is a. 11 c. 17
60% tin and 20% lead. Determine how much pure tin must be b. 15 d. 20
added. 63. Give the sum of all arithmetic means between 1 and 36 if the sum
a. 60 kg c. 40 kg of the resulting arithmetic sequence will be 148.
b. 80 kg d. 100 kg a. 111 c. 116
Work Problems b. 106 d. 101
43. Sakura can do a job in 3 days, and Nami can do the same job in 6 64. There are 5 arithmetic means between 8 and 26. One is
days. How long will it take them if they work together? a. 13 c. 19
a. 2.5 days c. 1.75 days b. 17 d. 22
b. 2 days d. 2.25 days Geometric Progression
44. A tank can be filled by three pipes separately in 20, 30, and 60 65. Find the 8th term of the sequence 4, 8, 16,…
minutes respectively. In how many minutes can it be filled by the a. 128 c. 256
three pipes acting together? b. 1024 d. 512
a. 10 minutes c. 14 minutes 66. Find the sum of the first seven terms of the sequence 9, -6, 4,…
b. 12 minutes d. 16 minutes a. 552/81 c. 463/81
45. A and B working together can complete a job in 6 days. A works b. 367/81 d. 243/81
twice as fast as B. How many days would it take each of them, 67. The second term of a geometric sequence is 3 and the fifth term
working alone, to complete the job? is 81/8. Find the eighth term.
a. 10, 20 days c. 8, 16 days a. 2257/64 c. 2635/64
b. 7, 14 days d. 9, 18 days b. 2187/64 d. 2517/64
46. Zorro’s rate of doing work is three times that of Sanji. On a given 68. Find three numbers in a geometric sequence whose sum is 26
day Zorro and Sanji work together for 4 hours; then Sanji is called and whose product is 216.
away and Zorro finishes the rest of the job in 2 hours. How long a. 2, 4, 8 c. 2, 8, 32
would it take Sanji to do the complete job alone? b. 2, 10, 50 d. 2, 6, 18
a. 20 hours c. 24 hours 69. In a geometric sequence consisting of four terms in which the ratio
b. 22 hours d. 26 hours is positive, the sum of the first two terms is 8 and the sum of the
47. A bathtub is filled through the faucet and then emptied through its last two terms is 72. Find the 3rd term of sequence.
drain in a total of 2 hours. If water enters through the faucet and a. 2 c. 54
simultaneously allowed to leave through its drain, the bathtub is b. 6 d. 18
filled in 1-7/8 hours. How long will it take to fill the tub with the drain 70. It is estimated that the population of a certain town will increase
closed? 10% each year for four years. What is the percentage increase in
a. 60 minutes c. 30 minutes population after four years?
b. 25 minutes d. 45 minutes a. 21% c. 46%
48. Twenty-eight men can finish the job in 60 days. At the start of the b. 61% d. 33%
16th day, 5 men were laid off and after the 45th day, 10 more men 71. From a tank filled with 240 gallons of alcohol, 60 gallons are drawn
were hired. How many days were they delayed in finishing the job? off and the tank is filled up with water. Then 60 gallons of the
a. 1.65 days c. 2.67 days mixture are removed and replaced with water, etc. How many
b. 2.83 days d. 2.27 days gallons of alcohol remain in the tank after 5 drawings of 60 gallons
Consecutive Integers each are made?
49. The sum of three consecutive odd integers is 69. One of the a. 43 gal c. 76 gal
integers is b. 101 gal d. 57 gal
a. 27 c. 19 72. There are five geometric means between 9 and 576. Which of the
b. 29 d. 23 following cannot be a mean?
50. Give one of the two consecutive even integers such that the sum a. 288 c. -36
of twice the smaller integer plus the larger integer is one hundred b. 144 d. -72
forty-six.
a. 50 c. 54
b. 52 d. 56

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