Math Major 2

1. Two trains leave the same station at 9:00 a.m. One travels at the rate of 30 kph and the
other travels at 40 kph. If they go on opposite direction, how many km apart are the trains
at 11:00 a.m.?
a. 140 km b. 70 km c. 80 km d. 120 km
2. Two buses leave the same station at 7:00 a.m. One bus travels north at the rate of 30 kph
and the other travels east at 40 kph. How many km apart are the buses at 8:00 a.m.?
a. 70 km b. 10 km c. 140 km d. 50 km
3. What is the distance between points (-5,-1) and (-1,2)?
a. 7 b. 3 c. 2 d. 5
4. What is the slope of x = -4?
a. 4 b. -4 c. 0 d. undefined
5. What is the slope of y = 7?
a. 7 b. -7 c. 0 d. undefined
x y
6. What is the slope of − =1?
2 7
a. 3.5 b. 2.5 c. -3.5 d. - 2.25
7. Write an equation in standard form for the line passing through (1,5) and (-2,4).
a. 5x – y = -13 b. x – 3y = 14 c. 5x – 3y = -14 d. x – 3y = –14
8. Write an equation in slope intercept form for the line with a slope of -5 and a y-intercept
of 12.
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a. y = -5x + 12 b. y = x + 12 c. y = 5x + 12 d. y = 5x – 12
5
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9. Write the equation in standard form for a line with slope of and a y-intercept of -4.
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a. x – y = –4 b. x + y = 4 c. x – 2y = 8 d. x – 2y = -8
10. Which of the following best describes the graphs of x – 3y = 8 and 2x – 6y = 16?
a. Parallel b. Perpendicular c. Coinciding d. Intersecting
11. Write the standard equation of the line perpendicular to the graph of x – 3y = 8 and
passing through (1,3).
a. 3x + 2y = -6 b. 3x – y = 6 c. 3x – 2y = -6 d. 3x + y = 6
12. Write the equation of the line parallel to the graph of m = 5 and passing through (2, –
2).
a. 5x – y = 12 b. 5x + y = 12 c. x + 5y = 12 d. x – 5y = 12
13. For what value of a will the graph of 3x + ay = 4 be parallel to the graph 9x – 3y = 15?
a. 1 b. 2 c. -1 d. 3
14. The points (-11,3), (3,8) and (-8,-2) are vertices of what triangle?
a. Isosceles b. Scalene c. Equilateral d. Right
15. Which of the following sets of points lie on a straight line?
a. (2,3), (-4,7), (5,8) b. (-2,1), (3,2), (6,3) c. (-1,-4), (2,5), (7,-2) d. (4,1), (5,-2), (6,-
5)
16. Which equation represents a line perpendicular to the graph of 6x + 2y = 2?
1 1
a. y = -3x – 2 b. y = 3x + 2 c. y = x – 2 d. y = - x + 2
3 3
17. Write an equation in standard form for a line with a slope of –4 passing through (0,2).
a. 4x + y = –2 b. –4x + y = 2 c. 4x – y = 2 d. 4x + y = 2
18. Write as an exponential expression: √ 2 x .
3 4
 1 4
a. (2x4)3 b. (23x4)3 c. (2 x¿ ¿ 4) 3 ¿ d. (2 x) 3

19. A race car runs 525m meters in 55m minutes. How many meters can it cover in a minute?
a. 525m b. 520m c. 55m d.530m
20. How many different permutations are there in the word TAGAYTAY if all letters are to be
taken?
8!
a. 8P4 b. c. 8C4 d. 70
2!3 ! 2 !
21. A die is rolled. If the number is odd, what is the probability that it is prime?
2 1 1
a. b. 1 c. d.
3 3 2
22. A bag contains 12 red balls, 33 white balls, 10 blue balls, and 11 yellow balls. If one of
the balls was drawn at random, what is the probability that it will be red or blue?
10 2 1
a. b. 1 c. d.
363 11 3
23. A whole number is chosen at random from the whole numbers from 1 to 50. What is the
probability that it is an odd square?
3 4 2
a. b. 1 c. d.
7 7 25
24. In how many different ways can a true-false test be answered if there are five items,
assuming that the student give an answer for each item.
2 5
a. 5! b. 2! c. 5 d. 2
25. In how many different ways can you invite 3 of your friends to attend a party?
a. 6 b. 1 c. 8 d. 7
26. How many different signals, each consisting of 6 flags hung in a vertical line, can be
formed from 4 identical red flags and 2 identical blue flags?
a. 6! b. (6 – 4)! c. 4!2! d. 6!/(4!2!)
27. In a regular deck of cards, the probability of getting a black heart is ____.
1 1
a. 0 b. c. 1 d.
4 52
28. In a regular deck of cards, the probability of getting a face card is ____.
3 1 1 1
a. b. c. d.
13 4 3 52
29. Which of the following pairs are relatively prime to each other?
a. 12 and 36 b. 13 and 91 c. 27 and 189 d. 12 and 55
30. Two lights flash at 3 P.M. For the rest of the day, one light flashes every 30 minutes
whereas the other flashes every 45 minutes. When is the first time, on that same day, that
both lights flash at the same time again?
a. 6:30 P.M. b. 4:30 P.M. c. 4:45 P.M. d. 6:45 P.M.
31. Which of the two-digit numbers below when inserted in the blank will make 13_ _14
divisible by 9?
a. 33 b. 12 c. 00 d. 21
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32. Evaluate: ( √ 2− √ 3) .
a. 11 √ 2−9 √ 3 b.9 √ 3−11 √ 2 c. 11 √ 2+ 9 √3 d. 9 √ 2−11 √ 3
2
33. Evaluate: ( √ 3+ √ 2−6) .
a. 38 + 2√ 6−12 √ 3−12 √ 2 b. 41 + 2√ 6−12 √ 3−12 √ 2
 c. 38 + 2√ 6−√3−12 √ 2 d. 41 + 2√ 6−12 √ 3− √ 2
34. On its anniversary, a certain store offers a free sandwich for every 4 th customer and a
free softdrink for every 6th customer. After 75 customers, how many had received both free
sandwich and softdrink?
a. 30 b. 18 c. 12 d. 6
35. A 100-m wire is cut into two parts so that one part is ¼ of the other. How long is the
shorter piece of wire?
a. 120m b. 80m c. 25m d. 20m
36. Arrange the fractions 5/7, 3/5, 2/9, 7/11 in descending order.
a. 5/7, 3/5, 2/9, 7/11 b. 3/5, 5/7, 7/11, 2/9
c.7/11, 5/7, 3/5, 2/9 d. 5/7, 7/11, 3/5, 2/9
37. Brent spent his monthly allowance as follows: 3/7 for foods, 1/2 for his tuition and the
remaining ₱700 for house rental. How much would be his monthly allowance?
a. ₱7,000 b. ₱8,000 c. ₱9,000 d. ₱9,800
38. Jeepney fares are computed as follows: ₱7.50 for the first four kilometers plus P0.50 for
every additional kilometer thereof. How much should you pay for a ride that covers 15
kilometers?
a. ₱9.00 b. ₱11.00 c. ₱13.00 d. ₱15.00
39. A pair of shoes with an original price of ₱250 is being sold at 35% discount. Find its
selling price.
a. ₱150.00 b. ₱162.50 c. ₱337.50 d. ₱412.50
40. Find the amount to be deposited at 10% per annum if you want an interest amounting
to ₱3,600 after 8 months.
a. ₱40,000 b. ₱45,000 c. ₱50,000 d. ₱54,000
41. The freshmen class of 90 girls and 40 boys were invited for the acquaintance party. If
40% of the girls and 90% of the boys attended the party, what percent attended?
a. 75 b. 72 c. 55 d. 65
42. A picture 18 cm long and 12 cm wide was enlarged. How long will the enlarged picture
be if it became 60 cm wide?
a. 90 cm b. 85 cm c. 80 cm d. 75 cm
43. An orange light blinks every 4 seconds. A blue one blinks every 5 seconds while a red
one blinks every 6 seconds. How many times will they blink together in two hours?
a. once b. 120 times c. 10 times d. 60 times
44. In a sequence of starts and stops, an elevator travels from the first floor to the fourth
floor and then to the second floor. From there, the elevator travels to the third floor and
then to the first floor. If the floors are 3 meters apart, how far has the elevator traveled?
a. 21 m b. 24 m c. 27 m d. 32 m
45. If one prime factor of 84 is 3, what are the other prime factors?
a. 2 and 3 b. 2 and 7 c. 3 and 5 d. 4 and 7
46. How much should Allan invest so that his money earns P2,250 deposited at 6% for 9
months?
a. ₱50,000 b. ₱37,500 c. ₱135 d. ₱101.25
47. If y is the remainder when 47 is divided by 6, what is the remainder when 19 is divided
by y?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 4 d. 5
48. Edwin painting a wall at 9:00 a.m. and was able to finish painting 3/5 of it at 10:30 a.m.
Continuing at this rate, at what time will he finish?
 a. 10:45 a.m. b. 11:30 a.m. c. 11:45 a.m. d. 12:15 a.m.
49. Which of the following gives a remainder of 2 when divided by 5 and a remainder of 12
when divided by 13?
a. 22 b. 38 c. 77 d. 92

50. What is the greatest integer that will divide evenly into both 36 and 54?
a. 9 b. 18 c. 21 d. 12

51. What is the prime factorization of 120?

a. 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 b. 23 x 3 x 5 c. 3 x 5 x 8 d. 2 x 22 x 3 x 5
52. Margie sold 13 cellphone units at Php 3,500.00 each. At the end of the day she remitted
P36,095.50. How much was left with the seller?
a. P6,450.00 b. P7,545.50 c. P9,404.50 d. P5,564.50
53. How many thirds are there in 3½?
a. 7/6 b. 10½ c. 1 1/6 d. 10
54. A palindrome is a number that reads the same forward or backward like 101 or 3113.
The year 2002 is a palindromic year. What year would be the next palindromic year after
2002?
a. 1991 b. 3003 c. 2222 d. 2112
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55. It will be Cathy’s 18 birthday. Her friend May promised to make a twelve-layer birthday
cake for her. The first layer will be 12 cm high, the second layer 11 cm, the third 10 and so
on. How high will the cake be?
a. 75 cm b. 76 cm c. 78 cm d. 80 cm
7 7
56. How many ’s are there in 49 ?
8 8
a. 7 b. 75 c. 11 d. 57
57. A pail is two-thirds full of water. If the one fourth of the water is poured out, what part
of the pail is still filled with water?
a. 5/12 b. ½ c. 1/6 d. 1/3
5 10
58. What number when multiplied by yields as a result?
11 33
5 5 2 2
a. b. c. d.
33 3 3 5
59. If the ratio of boys to girls in a class is 5 : 3, and there are 65 boys, how many girls must
there be in a class?
a. 13 b. 26 c. 39 d. 52
60. During a drought the amount of water in a pond was reduced by one third. If the
amount of water in the pond was 72,000 gallons before the drought, how many gallons of
water were lost during the drought?
a. 24,000 b. 48,000 c. 36,000 d. 60,000
61. If for the first 150 positive integers there are 35 prime numbers, approximately how
many percent of the first 150 integers are prime?
a. 23% b. 23.33% c. 23 1/3% d. 24%
62. Accumulate P30,000 for 9 ¼ years at 6% compounded quarterly. Find the amount due
and compounded interest earned.
a. P52,043.30 and P22043.30 b. P34,429.61 and P4,429.61
c. P31,840.90 and P1,840.90 d. P259,082.61 and P229,082.61
63. What is ten percent of 20 percent of 30?
a. 0.6 b. 6 c. 0.006 d. 60

64. When a number is increased by 75% of itself, the result is 154. Find the number.
a. 11.5 b. 115.5 c. 8.8 d. 88
65. ARMIN, a computer model of the CJ System Corporation is 98% efficient, if you program
750 statements, how many will it misread?
a. 735 b. 15 c. 750 d. 150
66. Fifteen is 6% of what number?
a. 9 b. 25 c. 90 d. 250
67. In a survey conducted, 60% of the 563,400 people said that they are in favor of the new
municipal ordinance. How many of the constituents did not vote for the new ordinance?
a. 225,360 b. 338,040 c. 281,600 d. 56,340
68. What is the circumference of a circle with area 36 π ?
a. 6 π b. 12 π c. 6 π 2 d. 12 π 2
69. Find the perimeter of a trapezoid whose sides are 8 cm, 9 cm and whose bases are 10
cm and 5 cm respectively.
a. 60 cm² b. 32 cm c. 60 cm d. 32 cm2
70. If the legs of a right triangle measure 24 cm and 7 cm, how long is the hypotenuse?
a. 25 cm b. 14 cm c. 13 cm d. 15 cm
71. What is the sum of the interior angles of a hexagon?
a. 720° b. 360° c. 540° d. 180°
72. If your step is about 50 cm, about how many steps will you take to cover a kilometer?
a. 20 b. 2,000 c. 200 d. 2
73. A garden is 30 m long and 15 m wide. How many cubic meters of soil will be needed to
raise the whole surface 15 cm high?
a. 6750 m3 b. 67.5 m3 c. 6.75 m3 d. 675m3
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74. One-half of one-third of one-fourth of n is , what is n?
5
1 24 1 2
a. b. c. d.
24 5 5 5
75. What is (5x + 2y) – (4x – 3y)?
a. x + 5y b. 9x – y c. x – y d. x – 5y
76. The probability that a certain coin will turn up heads on any given toss is 0.5. If the coin
is to be tossed 3 times, what is the probability that on at least one of the tosses the coin will
turn up tails?
a. 0.25 b. 0.125 c. 0.875 d. 0.5
77. Two coins are tossed, how many possible outcomes are there?
a. 16 b. 8 c. 4 d. 2
78. How many possible 4-member committees can be selected from an organization that
has 10 members?
a. 5040 b. 24 c. 210 d. 60
79. The average of 3, 4, 5 and x is 15. What is the value of x?
a. 48 b. 20 c. 30 d. 35
80. If the average of a series of numbers is 64 and their sum is 448, how many numbers are
there in the series?
a. 8 b. 6 c. 5 d. 7
81. Kaye earns Php 8,500.00 every month as a private school teacher, except April and May
when she takes a vacation and earns no income. What is her average (arithmetic mean)
monthly income?
a. Php 7,083.33 b. Php 3,000 c. Php 6,840 d. Php 5,000
82. An empty LPG tank has a tare weight of 1.8 kilos. If filled with a net of 11 kilos of LPG as
required, what will be its gross weight?
a. 12 kilos b. 29 kilos c. 12.8 kilos d. 2.9 kilos
83. If the average of six numbers is 14 and the average of two of these numbers is 12, what
is the average of the other four?
a. 10 b. 12 c. 14 d. 15
84. Find the range of the set of numbers: 3, 7, 5, 2, 6, 11, 5, and 8.
a. 9 b. 5 c. 10 d. 7
85. Alvin and Kevin together weigh 123 kgs, and Grevin weighs 57 kgs. What is the average
of their weights?
a. 58 kgs b. 60 kgs c. 63 kgs d. 65 kgs
86. In a survey conducted, 60% of the 563,481 people said that they are in favor of the new
municipal ordinance. How many of the constituents did not vote for the new ordinance?
a. 225,392 b. 225,392.4 c. 225,395 d. 256,540
87. If the smallest and largest number in set Q are removed, what is the median of set Q?
Q = {10, 9, 2, 6, 3, 4, 1, 7, 5,2}
a. 4 b. 4.5 c. 5 d. 5.5
88. If a triangle and parallelogram have the same base and altitude, then which of the
following is true?
a. The two areas are equal
b. The area of the triangle is half that of the parallelogram
c. The area of the triangle is twice the area of the parallelogram
d. None of the above is true
89. If 16 workers can finish a job in 5 hours, how long should it take 8 workers to finish the
same job?
a. 1.5 hr b. 10 hr c. 8 hr d. 14 hr
90. The age of two brothers can be represented as consecutive even integers. Twelve years
ago, the sum of their ages was 10. How old is each now?
a. 10, 12 b. 12, 14 c. 14, 16 d. 16, 18
91. How many permutations can be made out of the letters in the word ISLAND taking four
letters at a time?
a. 360 b. 720 c. 120 d. 24
92. The earth revolves 360° of longitude in one day. How many minutes does it take to
revolve through 15°?
a. 30 b. 60 c. 90 d. 120
93. A, B, and C are 3 consecutive numbers. If A > B > C, what is the value of (A – B)(A – C)(B –
C)?
a. -1 b. -2 c. 1 d. 2
94. Three equal squares are joined together to form a rectangle whose perimeter is 32 cm.
what is the area of one square?
a. 4 cm2 b. 8 cm2 c. 16 cm2 d. 32 cm2
95. What value of x will satisfy the equation 2x + 3 = 3x – 7?
a. x = -4 b. x = -10 c. x = 10 d. x = 4
96. There were 300 housing units sold by the developer. Each owner bought 80 sq. m. How
big was the whole area?
a. 10 hectares b. 15 hectares c. 24 hectares d. 2.4 hectares
97. On a long trip, at 11:00 a.m. the odometer on a car showed 18,359 km. at 2:00p.m. on
the same day, it showed 18, 572 km. What was the average speed of the car?
a. 213 km/hr b. 319.5 km/hr c. 106.5 km/hr d. 71 km/hr
98. If 2 tablespoons = 12 liquid oz., and 5 tablespoons = ¼ cup then. How many liquid ounces
are there in one cup?
a. 8 ounces b. 16 ounces c. 24 ounces d. None of the
above
99. A 10-meter tape is 5mm short. What is the correct length in meters?
a. 9.995m b. 10.05m c. 9.95m d. 10.005
100. The sum of two numbers is 21, and one number is twice the other. Find the numbers.
a. 7 and 14 b. 6 and 15 c. 8 and 13 d. 9 and 12