Numerical Ability Part 1 Answer: a 12. A one fourth percent of a number is 25.

1. (2×1÷2), (4÷1×2), (6×1÷2), What is the number?

a. 8 7. What is the ratio of ¼ to 3/5? a. 100
b. 16 a. 1 : 3 b. 1,000
c. 4 b. 3 : 20 c. 10,000
d. 32 c. 5 : 12 d. 100,000
Answer: b d. 3 : 4 Answer: c
e. 5 : 4
2. (15-8+3), 8, (4÷2×3), Answer: c 13. A mini grocery store has a sale of Php 6435,
a. 4 Php 6927, Php 6855, Php 7230 and Php 6562
b. 3 8. What is the difference between √150 and for 5 consecutive months. How much sale must
c. 8 √54? he have in the sixth month so that he gets an
d. 2 a. 3 √6 average sale of Php 6500?
Answer: a b. 16 √6 a. Php 4991
c. √96 b. Php 5991
3. Simplify: d. 6 √2 c. Php 6001
33 1/3 % of 48 + 12 ½ % of 96 – 44 4/9 % of 27 e. 2 √6 d. Php 6991
a. 12 Answer: e Answer: a
b. 16
c. 24 9. A race car travelled for 2 ½ hours with an 14. The mean median and mode of 9 numbers
d. 48 average speed of 132 5/8 km per hour. are equal. The numbers are 12, 22, 10, 15, 14,
Answer: b Find the total distance it covered. 11, 19, 17.
a. 264 5/16 km What is the 9th number?
4. 12 is 125% of what number? b. 331 9/16 km a. 14
a. 9.6 c. 330 5/16 km b. 12
b. 8 d. 135 1/8km c. 15
c. 9 Answer: b d. 18
d. 10 e. 11
e. 8.6 10. 990 − (−2)2 + (−32) − (−4)2 = ? Answer: c
Answer: a a. −28
b. −10 15. The mean median and mode of 5 numbers
5. What percent of 16 is 40? c. −9 are equal. The numbers are 29, 18, 24, 25.
a. 2.5% d. 30 What is the 5th number?
b. 2500% e. none of the above a. 24
c. 1/4 Answer: a b. 28
d. 250% c. 29
e. 25% 11. (100)0 + (−42)−22 = ? d. 25
Answer: d a. 19 e. 18
b. −19 Answer: a
6. 1 ¼ subtracted from its reciprocal is? c. 13
a. –9/20 d. 21 16. 90 increased by what percent of itself gives
b. 0.45 e. none of the above 180?
c. 2.25 Answer: b a. 50%
d. 9/20 b. 90%
e. –1/5 c. 150%
d. 100% Numerical Ability Part 2
e. 200% 7. Number Series: 225, 336, 447, _____, 669,
Answer: d 1. Number Series: 100%, 2, 15/5, 4, _____? 7710
a. 2 a. 114
17. If 500 or 25% of graduating class are girls, b. 3 b. 991
how many are graduating? c. 4 c. 558
a. 2,000 d. 5 d. 338
b. 3,000 Answer: d Answer: c
c. 5,000
d. 10,000 2. Number Series: 1/6, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, _____? 8. Number Series: 563,647,479,815, ______
e. 20,000 a. 2/6 a. 672
Answer: a b. 2/7 b. 386
c. 3/5 c. 279
18. In a group of 8, 000 applicants for a civil d. 5/6 d. 143
service examination, 1600 failed to take the first Answer: d Answer: d
part of the test. What percent of the total
applicants took the first part of the test? 3. Number Series: 250%, 50%, 100%, 20%, 9. Number Series: 3, 12, 27, 48,75, 108,
a. 20% 40%, _____? ______
b. 30% a. 8% a. 183
c. 40% b. 10% b. 192
d. 80% c. 5% c. 162
Answer: d d. 15% d. 147
Answer: a Answer: d
19. If twice the value of a certain number is
increased by 8 the result is 40. What is the 4. Number Series: 0.1, 30%, 1/2, 0.7, 10. Number Series: 0.5, 0.55, 0.65, 0.8, ______
number? 90%, _____? a. 0.82
a. 8 a. 1 1/10 b. 0.9
b. 16 b. 100% c. 0.95
c. 24 c. 7/9 d. 1
d. 32 d. 1.4 Answer: d
e. none of the above Answer: a
Answer: b 11. 1/2 ÷ 1/4 =
5. Number Series: 5, 6, 9, 15, _____, 40 a. Less than 1
20. Cassy’s father was 38 years of age when a. 21 b. More than 1
she was born while her mother was 36 years b. 27 c. Equal to 1
old when her brother four years younger to her c. 25 d. Undefined
was born. What is the difference between the d. 33 e. None of the above
ages of her parents? Answer: c Answer: b
a. 2 years
b. 4 years 6. Number Series: 5,16,49,104, _____ 12. If Kardo is feeding his buddy 1/2 cup of dog
c. 6 years a. 170 food but uses 1/10 of a cup, how many scoop
d. 8 years b. 148 will he need to feed his dog?
Answer: c c. 115 a. 1/12 th scoop
d. 181 b. 1/20 th scoop
Answer: d c. 5 scoops
d. 3 scoops Answer: a alcohol solution. How much pure alcohol will
Answer: c this require?
19. Sum of all odd numbers between 60 to 120. a. 30
13. If 1 × 10 = 9, 2 × 10 = 18, 3 × 10 = 27, then a. 3775 b. 40
what is 8 × 10 = ? b. 3050 c. 50
a. 36 c. 4000 d. 60
b. 72 d. 2700 e. 57
c. 78 Answer: d Answer: e
d. 52 4. What is the percentage decrease from 80 to
Answer: b 20. John walks everyday from his house to the 60?
police station. After walking at a rate of 2 a.) 33.33%
14. 83 : 25 :: 92 : _____? meters/second for 3 minutes, he looks at his b.) 25%
a. 44 watch and realizes that he has to run 4 c.) 20%
b. 49 meters/second for 1 minute so he won’t be late. d.) 75%
c. 40 What is the distance from his house to the e.) None of the above
d. 63 police station? Answer: b
Answer: b a. 10 m 5. What is the percentage increase from 60 to
b. 60 m 80?
15. 72 : 18 :: 56 : _____? c. 105 m a.) 33.33%
a. 24 d. 400 m b.) 25%
b. 22 e. 600 m c.) 20%
c. 20 Answer: e d.) 75%
d. 16 e.) None of the above
Answer: b Numerical Ability Part 3 Answer: a
6. A businessman sells 60% English books and
16. 2 : 12 :: 8 : ______? still has 28 English books. Originally, he had:
a. 18 a.) 47
b. 128 1. Radicals: √0.000025 b.) 39
c. 396 a. 0.5 c.) 60
d. 576 b. 0.05 d.) 70
Answer: b c. 0.005 e.) None of the above
d. 0.00005 Answer: d
17. 12 : 72 : : 8 : _____? Answer: c 7. Twelve and one half percent of 200 is what
a. 0 2. Number Series: 1/12, 1/6, 1/4, 1/3, number?
b. 32 _____ a.) 112
c. 36 a. 1 b.) 12
d. 38 b. 1/3 c.) 50
Answer: c. 5/12 d.) 25
d. ½ e.) None of the above
18. PEMDAS: 10÷2×5−(12÷3×4)+1 = _____? e. None of the above Answer: d
a. 10 Answer: c 8. If the price of a book is first decreased by
b. 1 3. A chemist has 400 milliliters of a solution of 25% and then increased by 20%, then the net
c. −1 20% alcohol on hand, and he wants to mix it change in the price will be :
d. 23 with enough pure alcohol to turn it into a 30% a.) 10%
e. None of the above b.) 20%
c.) 30% a. 12677 a. 432
d.) 40% b. 11734 b. 432.01
e.) None of the above c. 12776 c. 432.06
Answer: a d. 12767 d. 432.1
9. In a mixture 60 litres, the ratio of milk and Answer: a Answer: a
water 2 : 1. If this ratio is to be 1 : 2, then the 15. Subtract 92 from the sum of 128, 311 and
quantity of water to be further added is: 722.
a. 20 L a. 1077
b. 30 L b. 1067
c. 40 L c. 1063
d. 60 L d. 1072
e. none of the above Answer: b
Answer: d
180.) Participants in a certain conference from 16. Divide the product of 97 and 18 by 6.
Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao are in the ratio a. 291
of 4:3:2. If there are 120 participants from b. 302
Luzon, how many participants are there in all? c. 289
a. 270 d. 278
b. 150 Answer: a
c. 240
d. 420 17. Add the following numbers, 111.75, .03,
e. None of the above 752.5 and 10.620.
Answer: a a. 862.811
11. The sum of 63, 97, 642 and 22 is ______. b. 873.900
a. 871 c. 874.900
b. 860 d. 875.910
c. 824 Answer: c
d. 842
Answer: a 18. Which of the following numbers is divisible
12. Which of the following is the product of 2, 2, by 15?
3 and 3? a. 301
a. 36 b. 270
b. 24 c. 218
c. 60 d. 4629
d. 48 Answer: b
Answer: a
13. What number do you get when you divide 19. What do you get when you multiply the sum
1170 by 78? of 6411, 7210, 8103 and 6012 by 6?
a. 20 a. 152346
b. 17 b. 167417
c. 18 c. 172408
d. 15 d. 166416
Answer: d Answer: d
14. The difference of 25657 and 12980 is
_____. 20. Multiply 7200 by .06. What do you get?