HOMEWORK

1. Two times the father’s age is 8 more than six times his sons age. Ten years ago, the sum of their ages
was 44 the age of the son is:
a. 49 b. 15
c. 20 d. 18
2. Peter’s age 13 years ago was 1/3 of his age 7 years hence. How old is Peter?
a. 15 b. 21
c. 23 d. 27
3. A man is 41 years old and in seven year he will be four times as old as his son is at that time. How
old is his son now?
a. 9 b. 4
c. 5 d. 8
4. A father is three times as old as his son. Four year ago, he was four times as old as his son was at
that time. How old is his son?
a. 36 years b. 24 years
c. 32 years d. 12 years
5. The ages of the mother and her daughter are 45 and 4 years respectively. How many years will the
mother be three times as old as her daughter?
a. 5 b. 10
c. 15 d. 20
6. Two thousand kg of steel containing 8% nickel is to be made by mixing a steel containing 14% nickel
with another steel containing 6% nickel. How much of the steel containing 14% nickel is needed?
a. 1500 kg b. 800 kg
c. 750 kg d. 500 kg
7. A 40 gram alloy containing 35% gold is to be melted with a 20 gram alloy containing 50% gold. How
much percentage of gold is the resulting alloy?
a. 40% b. 30%
c. 45% d. 35%
8. In what ratio must a peanut costing P240.00 per kg be mixed with a peanut costing P340.00 per kg
so that a profit of 20% is made by selling the mixture at P360.00 per kg?
a. 1 : 2 b. 3 : 2
c. 2 : 3 d. 3 : 5
9. A 100 kg salt solution originally 4% by weight salt in water is boiled to reduce water content until the
concentration is 5% by weight salt. How much water is evaporated?
a. 10 b. 15
c. 20 d. 25
10. A pump can pump out a tank in 11 hours. Another pump can pump out the same tank in 20 hours.
How long will it take pumps together to pump out the tank?
a. ½ hours b. ½ hours
c. 6 hours d. 7 hours
11. Mr. Brow can wash his car in 15 minutes, while his son John takes twice as long to do the same hob.
If they work together, how many minutes can they do the washing?
a. 6 b. 8
c. 10 d. 12
12. One pipe can fill a tank in 5 hours and another pipe can fill the same tank in 4 hours. A drainpipe can
empty the full content of the tank in 20 hours. With all the three pipes open, how long will it take to
fill the tank?
a. 2 hours b. 2.5 hours
c. 1.92 hours d. 1.8 hours
13. Three persons can do a piece of work along in 3 hours 4 hours and 6 hours respectively. What
fraction of the job can they finish in one hour working together?
a. ¼ b. 4/3
c. ½ d. 2/3
14. Peter and Paul can do a certain job in 3 hours. On a given day, they worked together for 1 hour then
Paul left and Peter finishes the rest of the work in 8 more hours. How long will it take for Peter to do
the job alone?
a. 10 hours b. 11 hours
c. 12 hours d. 13 hours
15. How many minutes after 10:00 o’clock will the hands of the clock be opposite each other for the first
time?
a. 21.41 b. 22.31
c. 21.81 d. 22.61
16. What time between the hours of 12:00 noon and 1:00 pm would the hour hand and the minute
hand of a continuously driven clock be in straight line?
a. 12:33 pm b. 12:30 pm
c. 12:37 pm d. 12:27 pm
17. At what time after 12:00 noon will the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock first form an angle
of 120⁰?
a. 21.818 b. 12:21.181
c. 21.181 d. 12:21.818
18. The sum of the reciprocals of two numbers is 11. Three times the reciprocal of one of the numbers is
three more than twice the reciprocal of the other number. Find the numbers.
a. 5 and 6 b. 7 and 4
c. 1/5 and 1/6 d. 1/7 and ¼

19. If a two digit number is x for its unit’s digit and y for its ten’s digit, represent the number.
a. yx b. 10y + x
c. 10x + y d. x + y
20. One number if five less than the other number. If their sum is 135, what are the numbers?
a. 70 & 75 b. 60 &65
c. 65 & 70 d. 75 & 80
21. In a two digit number, the unit’s digit is 3 greater than the ten’s digit. Find the number if it is 4 times
as large as the sum of its digits.
a. 47 b. 58
c. 63 d. 25
22. The sum of the digits of a three digit number is 14. The hundreds digit being 4 times the units digit. If
594 is subtracted from the number, the order of ht digits will be reversed. Find the number.
a. 743 b. 563
c. 653 d. 842
23. The sum of two numbers is 21, and one number is twice the other. Find the number.
a. 7 and 14 b. 6 and 15
c. 8 and 13 d. 9 and 12
24. Nonoy left Pikit to drive to Davao at 6:15 PM and arrived at 11:45 PM. If he averaged 30 mph and
stopped 1 hour for dinner, how far is Davao from Pikit.
a. 128 b. 135
c. 160 d. 256
25. Juan can walk from his home to his office at the rate of 5 mph and back at the rate of 2 mph. What is
his average speed in mph?
a. 2.86 b. 3.56
c. 4.12 d. 5.89
26. A man rows downstream at the rate of 5 mph and upstream at the rate of 2 mph. How far
downstream should he go if he is return in 7/4 hours after leaving?
a. 2 mi b. 3.5 mi
c. 3 mi d. 2.5 mi
27. A jogger starts a course at a steady rate of 8 kph. Five minutes later, a second jogger the same
course at 10 kph. How long will it take for the second jogger to catch the first?
a. 20min b. 25 min
c. 30 min d. 15 min
28. A man travels in a motorized banca at the rate of 12 kph from his barrio to the poblacion and come
back to his barrio at the rate of 10 kph. If his total time of travel back and forth is 3 hours and 10
minutes, the distance from the barrio to the poblacion is:
a. 17.27 km b. 17.72 km
c. 12.77 km d. 17.32 km
29. It takes Michael 60 seconds to run around a 440 yard track. How long does it take Jordan to run
around the track if they meet in 32 seconds after they start together in a race around the track in
opposite directions?
a. 58.76 seconds b. 68.57 seconds
c. 65.87 seconds d. 86.57 seconds
30. At 2:00 pm an airplane takes off at 340 mph on an aircraft carrier the aircraft carrier moves due
south at 25 kph in the same direction as the plane. At 4:05 pm, the communication between the
plane and the aircraft carrier was lost. Determine the communication range in miles between the
plane and the carrier.
a. 656 miles b. 785 miles
c. 557 miles d. 412 miles