BASIC CONCEPT / MATH PROBLEM SOLVING

131. 36 is 4/7 of what number?

A. 63 B. 64 C. 81 D. 80

132. Which of the following is smaller than .0031?

A. .004 B. .021 C. .006 D. .00092

133. A boy starts walking to school at 7:30 a.m. at the rate of 3 miles per hour. At 7:40 a.m. his brother
starts for school on his bicycle at 6 miles per hour. When will the boy on the bicycle overtake his
brother?
A. 8:10 a.m. B. 7:55 a.m. C. 7:50 a.m. D. 8:00 a.m.

134. When Mr. Ramos died, ⅓ of his estate was given to charity and ½ of the remainder to each of his
two sons. If each son received ₱150,000, what was the value of his estate?
A. ₱450,000 B. ₱350,000 C. ₱500,000 D. ₱400,000

135. The value of 2 to the fifth power is?

A. 32 B. 36 C. 25 D. 10

136. Which of the following has the greatest value?

A. 20/16 B. 6/10 C. 16/20 D. 9/10

137. If 30% of a number is 12.6, find the number?

A. 43 B. 45 C. 42 D. 38

138. What is ½% equivalent to?

A. .5 B. .005 C. .05 D. .½

139. Which of these fractions is equal to 3/4?

A. 12/20 B. 21/32 C. 15/16 D. 21/28

140. What number must be added to 6, 16 and 8 to get an average of 13?

A. 19 B. 25 C. 20 D. 22

141. Ramon has a horse and a carabao. The horse is 2/3 as old as the carabao. The difference between
their ages is 4 years. How old is the carabao?
A. 16 years B. 6 years C. 10 years D. 12 years

142. When a number is added to its additive inverse, what is the sum equal to?
A. The negative of number B. The number itself C. 1 D. 0

143. What is 111% equal to?

A. .111 B. 1.11 C. 11.1 D. 111

144. A storekeeper bought three grades of pencils at ₱2.00, ₱3.00, and ₱4.00 a dozen respectively. If
he paid a total of ₱76.50 for them, and bought the same number of each grade, how many pencils did
he buy?
A. 102 B. 306 C. 84 D. 90

145. The square root of 25 times the square root of 81 is?

A. 120 B. 60 C. 90 D. 45

146. Which of the following is heavier than 5 kilos of steel rod?

A. 10 pounds of gold bars B. 6 pounds of galvanized iron
C. 6 kilograms of cotton balls D. 3 kilograms of iron bars
147. A tank was ½ full of water. After 420 gallons had been taken out, it was ⅛ full. Find the capacity
of the tank?
A. 1260 gal B. 1680 gal. C. 840 gal. D. 1120 gal.

148. If you purchase two stamps costing 60 centavos each and you give the cashier ₱2.00, how much
change should you receive?
A. 60 cents B. 80 cents C. 40 cents D. 70 cents

149. One half of the students in a school are girls, 3/5 of these girls are studying in lower classes. What
fraction of girls are studying in lower classes?
A. ¾ B. 2/10 C. 3/10 D. 2/4

150. If 3x=6x-15 then x + 8=

A. 10 B. 13 C. 5 D. 11

151. 0.16+0.3+0.08=?
A. 0.48 B. 0.31 C. 0.54 D. 0.36

152. 2/5 + 3/8 =?

A. 34/40 B. 31/40 C. 5/13 D. 6/13

153. What is the square root of 144?

A. 34 B. 12 C. 67 D. 24

154. An instrument store gives a 10% discount to all students off the original cost of an instrument.
During a back to school sale an additional 15% is taken off the discounted price. Julie, a student at the
local high school, purchases a flute for ₱306. How much did it originally cost?
A. ₱325 B. ₱450 C. ₱350 D. ₱400

155. A DVD player with a list price of ₱100 is marked down 30%. If John gets an employee discount of
20% off the sale price, how much does John pay for the DVD player?
A. ₱86.00 B. ₱56.00 C. ₱44.00 D. ₱77.60

156. What is the value of x when 2x + 3 = 3x – 4?

A. -7 B. 1 C. -1/5 D. 7

157. 2345 x 0.00001 =?

A. 2.345 B. 23.45 C. 234.5 D. 0.02345

158. There is a box of pebbles where 1/4 is blue, 2/4 is yellow, and 1/4 is black. What fraction of the
box has yellow and black pebbles?
A. ¼ B. 2/4 C. 3/4 D. 1/2

159. Sharon weeded 5/6 of her yard in the morning and 1/6 of the yard in the afternoon. What part of
the yard did she weed altogether?
A. 1 B. 4/6 C. 2/6 D. 3/6

160. 4/7 of a number is 84. Find the number.

A. 100 B. 147 C. 120 D. 140

161. In a small company average salary of three employees is ₱1000 per week. If one employee earns
₱1100 and other earns ₱500, how much will the third employee earn?
A. 2000 B. 1000 C. 1400 D. 1200

162. Which prime number occurs after 31?

A. 33 B. 34 C. 37 D. 35
163. What is three fifths of 50?
A. Thirty-five (35) B. Forty-five (45) C. Thirty (30) D. Forty (40)

164. 0.00072 x 10000 =?

A. 72,000 B. 0.0072 C. 0.72 D. 7.2.

165. Which fraction is equal to 0.20%?

A. 1/500 B. 1/50 C. 1/400 D. 1/20

166. Two angles of a triangle measure 15° and 85 °. What is the measure for the third angle?
A. 55° B. 80° C. 50° D. 60°

167. What is the greatest common factor of 42, 126, and 210?
A. 42 B. 21 C. 14 D. 2

168. What is the cube root of 216?

A. 6 B. 4 C. 8 D. 5

169. A herd of cows gives 4 liters of milk each day. But each cow gives one-third of total milk each day.
They give 24 liters milk in six days. How many cows are there in the herd?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 3 D. 2

170. You decide to dye your hair various colors for Halloween. If you dye 1/3 of it blue, 1/4 pink, and
1/4 black, how much of your original hair color is left?
A. ¾ B. 4/6 C. 4/5 D. 5/6

171. In his pocket, a boy has 3 red marbles, 4 blue marbles, and 4 green marbles. How many will he
have to take out of his pocket to ensure that he has taken out at least one of each color?
A. 9 B. 3 C. 7 D. 8

172. Combine terms: 12a + 26b -4b – 16a

A. 4a + 22b B. -4a + 22b C. 28a + 30b D. -28a + 30b

173. Find the missing term in the following sequence: 4, 9, 19, __, 79
A. 37 B. 38 C. 36 D. 39

174. A car averages 27 miles per gallon. If gas costs $4.04 per gallon, which of the following is closest
to how much the gas would cost for this car to travel 2,727 typical miles?
A. $444.40 B. $109.08 C. $408.4 D. $44.44

175. What is the square root of 81?

A. 7 B. 6 C. 9 D. 8

176. The number of milliliters in 1 liter is:

A. 0.1 B. 0.01 C. 1,000 D. 10,000

177. What is 70.3 divided by 10?

A. 17.03 ` B. 7.03 C. 27.03 D. 703

178. What does D represent in Roman numeral system?

A. 50 B. 500 C. 1000 D. 100

179. How many irrational numbers are there between 1 and 6?

A. 4 ` B. 10 C. Infinitely many D. 3

180. Sarah is twice as old as her youngest brother. If the difference between their ages is 15 years.
How old is her youngest brother?
A. 15 B. 25 C. 10 D. 20
181. 0.2+0.02+0.002=?
A. 0.222 B. 22 C. 0.2 D. 2

182. Sales for a business were 3 million dollars more the second year than the first, and sales for the
third year were double the sales for the second year. If sales for the third year were 38 million dollars,
what were sales, in millions of dollars, for the first year?
A. 16 B. 20.5 C. 17.5 D. 22

183. A mango is cut into 10 slices. If Eric ate 7 slices and his sister ate 2 slices, what part of the mango
did they eat?
A. 7/10 B. 9/10 C. 8/10 D. 6/10

184. What is 4995 divided by 15?

A. 325 B. 333 C. 350 D. 320
185. Which of the following has the smallest value?
A. 0.001 B. 0.0001 C. 0.01 D. 0.00001

186. If y(x-1) =z then x=

A. z/y + 1 B. y (z-1) C. y-z D. z(y-1)

187. Which of the following fractions is equal to 5/6?

A. 40/54 B. 15/24 C. 25/30 D. 20/30

188. In a writing competition, the first place winner receives ½ of the prize money. The second runner
up receives ¼ of what the winner won. What was the total amount of prize money distributed if the
winner receives ₱6,000?
A. ₱15,000 B. ₱6,000 C. ₱8,500 D. ₱12,000

189. 20 % of 2 is equal to:

A. 4 B. 20 C. 0.4 D. 0.04

190. Five bananas weigh as much as 3 star apples. In this rate, how many star apples will weigh as
much as 45 bananas?
A. 29 B. 31 C. 30 D. 27

191. Five out of every seven households have cable TV. If 42,000 households in a certain city have a TV,
how many do not have cable TV?
A. 14,500 B. 13,000 C. 16,000 D. 12,000

192. A computer software retailer used a markup rate of 40%. Find the selling price of a computer
game that cost the retailer $25.
A. $35 B. $60 C. $80 D. $70

193. The amount of paper recycled is directly proportional to the number of trees that recycling saves.
If recycling 2,000 pounds of paper saves 17 trees, how many trees are saved when 5,000 pounds of
paper are recycled?
A. 35 B. 45.5 C. 42.5 D. 63

194. There are only 350,000 who voted which is just 20% of the registered voters. What is the total
number of registered voters?
A. 70,000 B. 17,000 C. 95,000 D. 1,750,000

195. Tom borrowed $600 at 10% per year, simple interest, for 3 years. How much did he have to repay
(principal + interest) at the end of the 3 year period?
A. $740 B. $680 C. $650 D. $780
196. One trip around a running track is 440 yards. One jogger can complete one lap in 8 minutes; the
other can complete it in 6 minutes. How long will it take for both joggers to arrive at their starting
point together if they start at the same time and maintain their jogging pace?
A. 15 minutes B. 24 minutes C. 36 minutes D. 48 minutes

197. A recipe calls for 2 eggs for every 5 cups of flour. A local chef will use 35 cups of flour, how many
eggs must he have?
A. 16 B. 14 C. 15 D. 18

198. A coat was sold at a 30% discount sale for $140. What was the original price of the coat?
A. $180 B. $350 C. $400 D. $200

199. Teejay bought an ice cream from Japanese convenience store with a tagged price of ¥5,000. The
cashier told them that the ice cream is subject to 5% tax. How much Teejay has to pay?
A. ¥4,750 B. ¥5,250 C. ¥5,500 D. ¥3,250

200. At a toy factory it takes two machines 50 minutes to create 10 teddy bears. How many teddy
bears can one machine create in 30 minutes?
A. 5 B. 7 C. 6 D. 3

201. The original price of a shirt was $20. It was decreased to $15. What is the percent decrease of the
price of the shirt?
A. 30% B. 45% C. 20% D. 25%

202. The ratio of the number of carabaos, goats and cows in a farm is 5: 1: 2. If there are 48 animals of
these kinds in his backyard, how many of them are goats?
A. 4 B. 2 C. 8 D. 6

203. If a picture frame is 27 cm long and 18 cm wide, what is the ratio of its length to its width?
A. 4:2 B. 2:3 C. 3:2 D. 6:3

204. The elevator in an eleven-story office building travels at the rate of one floor per 1/4 minute,
which allows time for picking up and discharging passengers. At the main floor and at the top floor,
the operator stops for 1 minute. How many complete trips will an operator make during a 7-hour
period?
A. 42 trips B. 60 trips C. 64 trips D. 56 trips

205. A desk is being sold at a 36% discount. The sale price is $496. What was its original price?
A. $775 B. $650 C. $575 D. $800

206. A dish company needs to ship an order of 117 glass bowls. The company will put the bowls into
several boxes. Each box must contain the same number of bowls. How many boxes could the company
use for the order?
A. 12 B. 13 C. 16 D. 14

207. Mary has a monthly salary of $1200. She spends $280 per month on food. What percent of her
monthly salary does she spend on food?
A. 25% B. 35% C. 30% D. 23%

208. A rug manufacturer produces rugs at a cost of ₱75 per rug. What is the manufacturer's gross
profit from the sale of 150 rugs if 2/3 of the rugs are sold for ₱150 per rug and the rest are sold for
₱200 per rug?
A. ₱ 17,800 B. ₱ 13,750 C. ₱ 16,250 D. ₱ 10,350

209. Smith invested $5000 for two years. For the first year, the rate of interest was 7% and the second
year it was 8.5%. How much interest did he earn at the end of the two year period?
A. $654.08 B. $670.34 C. $804.75 D. $920.54
210. If a Play Station 4 was bought for $558 after a 10% discount, what was the original price of the
Play Station 4?
A. $700 B. $620 C. $660 D. $680