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Directions: Read each question carefully and 6. Which of the given statements supports the
choose the letter of the best answer. In your zero of the rational function?
answer sheet, blacken the letter that corresponds
It is the value of 𝑥 that will make the…
your answer.
A. denominator equal.
1. What is 𝑔(−3) when the function is defined as B. function equal to zero.
𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 – 3(𝑥 + 4)? C. numerator and denominator equal to zero.
A. 2 C. 6 D. numerator zero without simultaneously
B. 4 D. 8 making the denominator equal to zero.
7. Pedro can finish painting a certain area in 2
2. Mary wants to invest an amount of ₱ 50,000.00
hours. Mario can finish painting the same area
in a Jersey-Shirt Printing Business. To
in 4 hours. How long will it take them to finish
determine the effectiveness of her business
the same task if they work together?
she identified the following costs:
A. 1/2 hour C. 1/3 hour
Material Qty Price 1 1
B. 1 hour D. 1 hour
heat press machine 1 ₱ 24, 480 2 3
jersey-shirts in bulk 1 ₱ 120 8. Among the real-life scenarios below, which one
transfers to press 1 does NOT represent a one-to-one function?
onto each shirt ₱ 40
A. plate number for every vehicle
B. mobile number for every user
The function of the cost (𝐶) of producing
C. grade for every subject
printed jersey-shirts (𝑥) as cost function is
D. lot number for every real estate property
𝐶(𝑥) = 160𝑥 + 24,480. How much will it cost
her to produce 500 printed t-shirts? 9. What is the domain and range of the inverse of
the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 − 2?
A. ₱ 90,440.00 C. ₱ 100,460.00
B. ₱ 95,450.00 D. ₱ 104,480.00 A. domain: ℝ, range: f(x) > 2
B. domain: ℝ, range: f(x) < 2
3. Which of the given expressions is a rational C. domain: ℝ, range: f(x) = -2
equation?
D. domain: ℝ, range: ℝ
1
x2+3 10. Suppose you are planning to throw a party on
A. =0
x2 +2x+1 your birthday and rent a reception hall, that
B. 𝑥 −3 − 𝑥 2 + 1 = 0 costs ₱ 8,000 and an additional fee of ₱ 40 per
2𝑥 1 3 guest, will your budget be enough if you allot an
C. + 𝑥 =
𝑥+1 2 4 amount of ₱ 15, 000 for the hall expenses and
1
D.
2𝑥
+ 2𝑥 2 =
3 invites 200 people?
3 4
A. Yes, because 200 people can fit in the hall.
4. What is the simplified form of the rational B. Yes, because ₱ 15, 000 is enough for 200
2 3 1
equation, − = ? people.
𝑥 2𝑥 5
2 3 C. No, because inviting 200 people will cost me
A. C. ₱ 17, 000.
5 2
3 5 D. No, because a budget of ₱ 15, 000 will only
B. D. allow 175 guests.
5 2
2
5. What is the domain of 𝑦 = ?
𝑥+3
A. 𝑥|𝑥 ≠ 3 C. 𝑥|𝑥 ≥ 3
B. 𝑥|𝑥 = 3 D. 𝑥|𝑥 ≤ 3
11. The half-life of a radioactive substance is 6 17. Which of the following interval notations is the
hours with an initial amount of 36 grams. correct solution of the logarithmic inequality,
Which of the exponential functions below can 𝑙𝑜𝑔4 (4 − 3𝑥) ≥ 𝑙𝑜𝑔4 (2 − 𝑥)?
model this situation? A. (−∞, 1] C. (1, ∞]
𝑡 𝑡
A. 𝑓(𝑡) =
1
(36) ( )6 C. 𝑓(𝑡) =
1
(72) ( )6 B. [−∞, 1) D. [1, ∞)
2 2
6 6 18. Which of the following table of values
1 1
B. 𝑓(𝑡) = (36) ( ) 𝑡 D. 𝑓(𝑡) = (72) ( ) 𝑡 represent the logarithmic function,
2 2
𝑦 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔(1)𝑥?
12. What possible values of x will satisfy the 3
20. A deposit of ₱5,500 was made at the end of 25. Which of the following is the truth table for the
every three months to an account that earns compound statement ~s ∧ ~p?
5.6% interest compounded quarterly. What
type of annuity is presented? A. C.
A. annuity due C. ordinary annuity
B. general annuity D. simple annuity
21. Mel started to deposit ₱1,000 monthly in a B. D.
fund that pays 6% compounded quarterly. How
much will be in the fund after 15 years?
A. ₱290,070.00 C. ₱300,250.00
B. ₱290,076.28 D. ₱310,034.98
22. Peter availed a loan from a bank that allowed 26. What is the validity of the argument?
him to pay ₱ 20,000.00 monthly for 2 years. “Kidnapping is wrong if the society
The first payment is due after 4 months. How disapproves of it.
much is the present value of the loan if the Kidnapping is wrong.
interest rate is 10% converted monthly? So, the society disapproves of kidnapping.”
A. ₱ 422,795.78 C. ₱ 422,579.78 A. Valid (Syllogism)
B. ₱ 422,759.78 D. ₱ 422,597.78 B. Valid (Modus Ponens)
23. Which of the following illustrates a business C. Invalid (Fallacy of Inverse)
loan? D. Invalid (Fallacy of Converse)
A. Glenn decided to purchase a condominium 27. What is the symbolic form of the given
unit near his workplace. He got a loan argument?
worth ₱ 2,000,000.00. “If Joanna is relaxed, she is productive.
B. Mrs. Alonzo decided to take her family for If she is productive, she is happy.
a vacation. To cover the expenses, she Therefore, if she is not happy, then she is
decided to apply for a loan. not relaxed.”
C. Mr. Yap renovated his house for ₱ 80,000.
This was made possible because of an A. C.
approved loan worth ₱ 75,000.
D. Mr. Lim wants to have another branch for
his cellphone repair shop. He decided to
apply for a loan that he can use to pay for
the rentals of the new branch. B. D.
28. The formula for finding the future value of STATISTICS & PROBABILITY
an investment is given by 𝐴 = 𝑃(1 + 𝑟)𝑛 1. Which situation/s below implies a continuous
where 𝐴 is the future value of the random variable?
investment, 𝑃 is the principal, 𝑟 is the fixed i. a 5-yr dropout rate of a school
annual interest rate, and 𝑛 is the number of ii. an average monthly consumption of
years, how many years will it take an electricity per household
investment to triple if the interest rate per iii. the number of defective computers
annum is 2.5%? [Hint: 𝑙𝑜𝑔 3 = 0.48 and produced by a manufacturer
𝑙𝑜𝑔 1.025 = 0.01] A. i only C. iii only
B. B. ii only D. i and iii only
A. 40 years B. 43 years
C. 46 years D. 48 years 2. Supposed three coins are tossed, what are the
possible values of the random variable (y) if it
29. Danny wants to invest ₱20,000 in a bank for represents the number of tails that occur?
4 years. A cooperative group offers 3%
A. 0, 1, 2 C. 0, 1, 2, 3
simple interest rate per year. A bank offers B. 0, 1, 3 D. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
2% compounded annually. If you are Danny,
3. At Nanay Sari-Sari Store, the probability that a
which will you choose and why?
costumer that 5 consumers will buy certain
If I am Danny, I will invest in… items is shown in the table below, with the
mean of 3.1.
i. either of the two because they Consumer (x) P (x)
offered the same amount of total 1 3⁄
10
interest. 2 1⁄
10
ii. the cooperative group because they 3 1⁄
10
offered higher interest amount than 4 2⁄
10
the bank. 5 3⁄
10
iii. a bank because the interest is Which of the following statements is the
compounded annually that will CORRECT interpretation of the above data?
generate higher returns than the
simple interest of the cooperative The average number of items that a costumer
group. buys is …
A. i only C. both i and ii A. equal to 3.1 C. greater than 3.1
B. iii only D. both ii and iii B. lesser than 3.1 D. not equal to 3.1
4. The number of stuffed toys sold at retail per
day varies as shown in the given probability
***END OF GENERAL MATHEMATICS*** distribution table below. What is the average
number of stuffed toys sold in one day?
5. Below is the sketch of a normal curve for the 10. Based on the Central Limit Theorem, which
distribution. Based from the figure, what is the sample size produces a smaller standard error of
mean and standard deviation? the mean?
A. 5 C. 25
B. 15 D. 45
8. The mean weight of the football varsity players A. The population variance is known.
in Ace high school is 170 pounds with a standard B. The population variance is unknown.
C. The sample size is large and the population
deviation of 5 pounds. Find the variance of the
standard deviation is known.
sampling distribution of a sample mean if the
D. The sample size is less than 30 and
sample size is 20. population variance is unknown.
A
15. What is the length of the confidence interval 20. A History teacher claims that the average
whose upper confidence limit = 0.796 and height of Filipino males is 163 centimeters. To
lower confidence limit = 0.536? test the claim, a student in Statistics randomly
selects 10 Filipino males and measures their
A. 0.260 C. 0.796
heights in centimeters and gathered the
B. 0.536 D. 1.332
following data: 163, 167, 159, 165, 162, 164,
16. Francis computed the length of the confidence 163, 160, 169 and 174. Which of the following
interval for the mean of the maximum loads in test is appropriate?
tons given the number of cables and standard
deviation. As shown in his computation below, A. f – test C. z - test
what is the correct answer? B. t – test D. chi – test
0.73 0.73
11.09 − 1.645 ( ) < 𝜇 < 11.09 + 1.645 ( ) 21. Ruby is performing a hypothesis testing with
√60 √60
the following information:
A. 0.12 C. 0.21
B. 0.13 D. 0.31
17. A sports coach is looking for well-trained
athletes to compete for a basketball Which statistical test is appropriate for the
tournament. The mean pulse rate of senior problem?
high school men found out to be between A. ANOVA test C. t - test
70.42 to 72 beats per minute. How large a B. chi – test D. z - test
sample must be selected to be 95% confident
that the error in the estimated mean pulse rate 22. A group of scientists wants to investigate if a
will not exceed 0.1 beat? new medicine has a positive, negative, or if it
has no effect at all to one’s intelligence. A
A. 42 C. 62 mean of 140 was taken from a random sample
B. 52 D. 72 of 30 patients who were taking the drug. Using
18. The flooding in Misamis Occidental is caused the population's average IQ of 100, and a
by the trough of the Low Pressure Area (LPA). standard deviation of 15, the researcher's
claim was put to test at α = 0.05, and the test
In a certain barangay, a medical officer wants
statistic of 4.86. Which of the following
to estimate the average number of hours the
statements is the CORRECT conclusion?
students sleep per night during the incident.
The standard deviation from a previous The sample mean IQ of patients…
observation is 2.6 hours. How large a sample A. is less than the population mean IQ of
patients.
must be selected if she wants to be 99%
B. is greater than the population mean IQ of
confident of finding whether the true mean
patients.
differs from the sample mean by 1 hour?
C. differs significantly from the population
A. 27 C. 45 mean IQ of patients.
B. 34 D. 52 D. does not differ significantly from the
population mean IQ of patients.
19. A real estate agent claims that the average
price per square meter of a residential land is
1,000. What is the appropriate null hypothesis 23. Which of the following formulas is the form of
for this claim? test statistics, when the Central Limit Theorem
The average price per square meter of is used?
residential lot is… 𝑋−𝜇 𝑋̅ − 𝜇
A. 𝑧 = C. 𝑧 =
A. below 1,000. 𝜎 𝜎
𝑋̅ − 𝜇𝑥̅ 𝑋̅ − 𝜇𝑥̅
B. above 1,000. B. 𝑧 = D. 𝑧 =
𝜎 𝜎𝑥̅
C. equal to 1,000.
D. less than or equal to1,000.
two-
tailed
C=±2.58 C=±2.326 C=±1.96 C=±1.64
25. Which of the following situations are examples test
of bivariate data?
dependent: young adult
i. A doctor’s secretary records the number of B. independent: young adult
minutes a patient spends for a medical dependent: income
check-up
C. independent: income
ii. A school nurse finds out the number of
dependent: educational attainment
hours of sleep of 20 students and their
weight in kilograms. D. independent: educational attainment
dependent: income
𝑋 𝑌 𝑋𝑌 𝑋2 𝑌2
1 6 6 1 36
2 4 8 4 16 28. The data below indicate the percentage of
3 3 9 9 9 advertising costs (x) and the percentage of
4 5 20 16 25 operating profits (y) of the seven chain
5 4 20 25 16 supermarkets for the previous fiscal year. What
∑𝑥 =15 ∑𝑦 =22 ∑𝑥𝑦 =63 ∑𝑥 2 =54 ∑𝑦 2 =102 is the slope and the y-intercept of the regression
line?
iii. The administrative aid records the number
of hours their employees are working and
A. b = -1.14 , a = -1.17
their respective salary.
B. b = -1.14 , a = 1.17
C. b = -1.14 , a = 1.17
D. b = 1.14 , a = 1.17
29. A certain firm conducted a regression analysis
between the percentage of advertising costs
and the percentage of operating profit. They
found out that the regression line, 𝑦 = 1.17 +
1.14𝑥 will predict the percentage operating
profit (y) if the percentage of advertising costs
( x ) is known. What will be the estimated
operating profit if the advertising cost is 2.3 %?
A. 3.76 % C. 3.78 %
B. 3.77 % D. 3.79 %