LET REVIEWER 38

ARITHMETIC AND BUSINESS MATH

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

1. Points P, R, S and T lie on a number line as illustrated below. Which of the following statements could be true?

A. R x S = P B. P x R = T C. R x S = T D. R x T = P
2. If a and b are integers and the sum of ab and b is odd, which of the following could be true?
I. a and b are both odd
II. a is even and b is odd
III. a is odd and b is even
A. I only B. II only C. III only D. I and II
3. How many positive integers less than 60 are equal to the product of a positive multiple of 5 and an even
number?
A. Four B. Five C. Nine D. Ten
4. A wire is cut into three equal parts. The resulting segments are then cut into 4, 6 and 8 equal parts,
respectively. If each of the resulting segments has an integer length, what is the minimum length of the wire?
A. 24 B. 48 C. 72 D. 96
5. A student finishes the first half of an exam in 2/3 of the time it takes him to finish the second half. If the entire
exam takes him an hour, how many minutes does he spend on the first half of the exam?
A. 20 B. 24 C. 27 D. 36
6. If the sum of four consecutive integers is p, then what is the least of these integers in terms of p?
A. (p – 5)  4 B. (p – 3)  4 C. p4 D. (p – 2)  4
7. If a is an odd integer and b is an even integer, which of the following is an odd integer?
A. b3a B. a – 1 C. 2a – b D. a2 + 3b
8. Which of the following must be odd?
A. The product of two even numbers C. The sum of two odd numbers
B. The product of an odd and an even number D. The sum of an odd and an even number
9. Find the final amount if Php200 is invested for 5 years at 6% per annum compounded semi-annually.
A. Php268.80 B. Php299.80 C. Php320.45 D. Php355.25
10. Steve, Karen and John want to buy a Php1350 stereo. If Karen agrees to pay twice as much as John, and
Steve agrees to pay three times as much as Karen, how much must Karen pay?
A. Php300 B. Php400 C. Php500 D. Php600
11. Which of the following could be a factor of n(n+1), if n is a positive integer less than 3?
A. -1 B. 3 C. 5 D. 8
12. If p = 22 x 32 x 7 and y is a positive integer, what is the greatest number of values for y such that p/18y is an
integer?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
13. If a, b, and c are positive integers such that b and c are factors of a, which of the following must be an
integer?
𝑎 𝑎 𝑎 𝑎 𝑏𝑐
A. B. C. + D.
𝑏+𝑐 𝑏𝑐 𝑏 𝑐 𝑎
2 3
14. If 60s is a factor of (2 )(3 )(5) and s is a positive integer, how many possible values are there for s?
A. none B. one C. two D. three
15. Simplify: {7 + [5 x (8 + 4  22)  3] - 5}
A. 6 B. 12 C. 17 D. 21
16. How long will it take for Php 100 to amount to Php215.80 if interest is paid at the rate of 8% per year
compounded annually?
A. 8.5 years B. 9 years C. 9.8 years D. 10.75 years
17. If m is a multiple of 5 and n is a factor of 3, which of the following could equal 13?
𝑚 𝑛
A. mn B. m + n C. 𝑛 D. 𝑚
18. If 12y = x3, and x and y are positive integers, what is the least possible value for y?
A. 3 B. 9 C. 18 D. 27
19. When x is divided by 7, the remainder is 6. When x is divided by 6, the remainder is 0. Which of the following
is the possible value for x?
A. 42 B. 66 C. 79 D. 90
20. If b divided by 4 and b divided by 6 are integers, and 100 < b < 150, which could be a possible value for b?
A. 120 B. 127 C. 135 D. 139
21. The sum of 3 consecutive even numbers is always divisible by
I. 2
II. 3
III. 4
IV. 6
A. II and IV only C. I, II and IV only
B. I, II, and III only D. I, II, III and IV
22. If x, y and z are all numbers which are divisible by 5, which of the following must be divisible by 5?
I. x + y
II. x*y
III. x + y + z
A. I only B. II only C. II and III only D. I, II, and III
23. If x/y = 4/3 and x/k =1/2, then k/y =?
1 3 8 3
A. 6 B. 8 C. 3
D. 2
24. At what interest rate compounded annually will Php100 amount to Php299.20 in 17 years?
A. 5% B. 5.5% C. 6% D. 6.25%
25. A teacher gave her class chocolate and vanilla ice cream bars in the ratio of 5:1. If x represents the number
of students in her class, and 18<x<30, how many students received chocolate ice cream bars, if each student
received exactly one bar?
A. 4 B. 6 C. 16 D. 20
26. In a certain classroom were an equal number of boys and girls. If 2 girls and 1 boy leave to go home, the
ratio of boys to girls in the room would be 4:3. How many girls are there in the classroom now?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
1 1
27. The ratio 6
: 5
is equal to the ratio 35 to
A. 24 B. 30 C. 38 D. 42
28. An artist makes a certain shade of green paint by mixing the blue and yellow in the ratio 3:4. She makes
orange by mixing the red and yellow in the ratio 2:3. If on one day she mixes both green and orange, and
uses equal amounts of blue and red paint, what fractional part of the paint that she uses is yellow?
7 17 7 17
A. 12 B. 29 C. 8 D. 12
29. The ratio of men to women in a room was 11:18. If 5 more men entered the room, how many men are there
in the room?
A. 14 C. 18
B. 15 D. cannot be determined from the data given
30. Joshua and Cris have three different savings plans which accumulated the following amounts of interest for 1
year.
I. A passbook savings account that accumulated $53.90 on a principal of $980.
II. A certificate of deposit that accumulated $55.20 on a principal of $600.
III. A money market certificate that accumulated $158.40 on a principal of $1200.
Which of these accounts paid the best interest rate for the year?
A. I only B. II only C. III only D. I and III only
31. If a and b are odd integers, which of the following is an even integer?
A. a(b-2) B. ab+4 C. (a+2)(b-4 D. 3a+5b
32. If a and b are prime numbers, such that a>b, which of the following cannot be true?
A. a + b is prime B. ab is odd C. ab is even D. a – b is prime
33. If x, y, and z are positive numbers and x – y = z, then which of the following must equal 2?
𝑥−𝑦 𝑥+𝑦 2𝑥 2𝑥+𝑦
A. B. C. D.
2𝑧 𝑧+2𝑦 𝑧+𝑦 𝑧+𝑦

34. Which of the following must be positive?

A. The sum of two negative numbers
B. The sum of a positive and a negative number
C. The product of a positive and a negative number
D. The product of two negative numbers
35. If r and s are both odd integers, which of the following must be true?
A. The sum of r and s is odd. C. r2 is odd.
B. The product of r and s is even. D. r – s is odd.
36. Chris, Randy and Deb own a total of 144 books. If Chris owns 4 more books than Randy and Deb owns 4
fewer books than Randy, how many books does Deb own?
A. 40 B. 44 C. 43 D. 52
37. Find the accumulated amount if Php300 is invested for 7 years at 7% compounded semi-annually.
A. Php358.50 B. Php485.60 C. Php523.12 D. Php579.43
38. If Jeremiah divided 210 chocolate kisses into bags containing the same number of kisses, each of the
following could be the number of kisses per bag EXCEPT:
A. 35 B. 21 C. 20 D. 15
39. If x and y are distinct factors of 20, which of the following can NOT be a factor of 20?
A. x – y B. xy2 C. (x + y)2 D. x - 2y
40. If a, b, and c are different positive prime numbers, how many distinct factors does abc have?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8
41. If a, b, c, and d are all integers greater than 2, which of the following is the greatest
A. b + cd + a B. (b + c)d + a C. b + c(d + a) D. (b + c)(d + a)
42. If both the product and sum of four integers are even, which of the following could be the number of even
integers in the group?
I. 0 II. 2 III. 4
A. I only B. I only C. III only D. II and III
43. How many members of set A are factors of any of the members of set B?
Set A = {0,1,2,3,4,5}
Set B = {1,2,7,9,10}
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
44. If the greatest prime factor of 32 is a, and the least prime factor of 77 is b, then ab is divisible by which of the
following numbers?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 8 D. 14
45. The alarm of Clock A rings every 4 minutes, the alarm of Clock B rings every 6 minutes, and the alarm of
Clock C rings every 7 minutes. If the alarms of all three clocks’ alarms ring at 12:00nn, the next time at which
all the alarms will ring at exactly the same time is
A. 12:28 p.m. B. 12:56 p.m. C. 1:24 p.m. D. 1:36 p.m.
46. If z is a positive integer and the remainder when z is divided by 16 is 5, which of the following is the
remainder when z is divided by 4?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
47. Find how long it will take for Php100 to amount to Php179 at 5% interest compounded yearly.
A. 9 years B. 10 years C. 11 years D. 12 years
48. When the positive integer k is divided by 24, the remainder is 10. What is the remainder when k is divided by
8?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
49. In a sequence of starts and stops, an elevator travels from the first floor to the fifth floor and then to the
second floor. From there, the elevator travels to the fourth floor and then to the third floor. If the floors are
3 meters apart, how far has the elevator travelled?
A. 21 meters B. 27 meters C. 30 meters D. 35 meters
50. If an integer x leaves a remainder of 4 when divided by 9, all of the following must be true except:
A. The number that is 5 more than x is a multiple of 9.
B. The number that is 2 more than x is a multiple of 3.
C. When divided by 2, x will leave a remainder of 1.
D. None of these
51. Which of the following is exactly divisible by 3 and 11?
A. 114 345 B. 135 792 C. 357 404 D. 913 464
52. Joshua visits the computer shop every 6 days while Jacob visits the same place every 8 days. If they both visit
the computer shop on July 1, what is the earliest date when they will both visit the computer shop again?
A. July 20 B. July 21 C. July 25 D. July 28
53. How long will it take any sum of money to double itself at 5% simple interest?
A. 5 years B. 10 years C. 15 years D. 20 years
54. A drawer holds only blue socks and white socks. If the ratio of blue socks to white socks is 4:3, which of the
following could be the total number of socks in the drawer?
A. 4 B. 7 C. 8 D. 12
55. If e:f:g = 1:5:6 and g = 18, then f – e =?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 9 D. 12
56. After 30 games, a team’s ratio of wins to losses is 2:3. If there were no ties, how many games did the team
win?
A. 6 B. 10 C. 12 D. 18
57. It takes 27 women to clean the building in 15 days. At this rate, how many women will be needed to clean
the same building in 9 days?
A. 32 B. 45 C. 56 D. 60
58. If t is even , which of the following expressions must be odd?
A. t - 2 B. t2 C. t + 3 D. t(t + 1)
59. Miguel divides his 5 hours to study Math, English, and Science in the ratio 5:2:3. How many hours does he
spend studying Math?
A. 1 hour B. 1.5 hours C. 2 hours D. 2.5 hours
60. If college tuition is Php2500 this year, what will it be 10 years from now if we assume a constant inflation
rate of 9% a year?
A. Php4597.32 B. Php4925.23 C. Php5569.21 D. Php5918.41

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