COURSE AUDIT

GENERAL EDUCATION
Math

Name: ________________________________ Program/Year: ________ Score: ________

Directions: Choose the best answer from the choices given. Write the corresponding letter of your choice
before the number.
1. How many 1/8's are there in 2 ¾ ? d. 10
a. 22 12. What is the least common multiple of 9, 8 and 18?
b. 24 a. 36
b. 54
c. 26
c. 72
d. 28 d. 144
2. A blue neon light blinks every 4 seconds. A red 13. What are the two digits which when inserted in the
one blinks every 5 seconds while a green one blank spaces will make 654__ __divisible by 8?
blinks every 6 seconds. How many times will they a. 0 and 0
blink together in half an hour? b. 3 and 2
a. 60 c. 5 and 6
b. 50 d. All of the above
c. 40 14. Which of the following is NOT true about the sum
d. 30 of three consecutive integers?
3. Which of the following is divisible by 3, but not by a. it is divisible by 1
9? b. it is divisible by 3
a. 12,321 c. it is divisible by 6
b. 20,103 d. none of the above
c. 45,072 15. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of
d. 19, 386 girls in a class is 3:5. If there are 40 students in
4. The distance between two towns on a given map the class, how many boys are there?
is 2 3/4 cm. If 1/2 cm represents 6 km, what is the a. 20
distance between the two towns? b. 15
a. 18 km c. 10
b. 33 km d. 5
c. 36 km 16. Mrs. Jimenez paid ₱231.00 for 3 1/2 dozens of
d. 42 km eggs. How much would 2 dozen of such eggs
5. Margo paid ₱400 for a blouse. If the blouse was cost?
sold at 20% discount, what was its original price? a. ₱123.00
a. ₱80 b. ₱132.00
b. ₱480 c. ₱143.00
c. ₱500 d. ₱154.00
d. ₱540 17. Arthur divides his day into leisure, sleep and work
6. In a sequence of starts and stops, an elevator in the ratio 1:2:3. How many hours is he not
travels from the third floor to the fourth floor and working?
then to the second floor. From there, the elevator a. 6
travels to the fifth floor and then to the first floor. b. 8
How far has the elevator traveled if the floors are c. 10
4 meters apart? d. 12
a. 24 m 18. It takes 20 men to build a house for 60 days. How
b. 36 m many men will be needed to build one in only 15
c. 40 m days?
d. 60 m a. 5
7. Which of the following has the greatest value? b. 80
a. 0.351 c. 100
b. 35/100 d. 120
c. 3/10 19. How much larger than 20% of 950 is 40% of 600?
d. 3/9 a. 50
8. 8. Which of the following numbers is greater b. 54
than -3/2? c. 60
a. -4/3 d. 68
b. -3 20. In a class of 30 students, 30% are boys. How
c. -7/4 many are girls?
d. -2 a. 9
9. Simplify 1/3 + 2/5 - 2/6. b. 13
a. 1/14 c. 17
b. 1/5 d. 21
c. 2/3 21. In an examination, 24% of the students failed in
d. 2/5 math and 33% in Science. If 9% of the students
10. Find the product: (2 1/2) (5/7) (2/5) failed in both subjects, find the percentage of
a. 0 students who passed in both subjects.
b. 5/14 a. 43%
c. 1 b. 48%
d. 5/7 c. 52%
11. Simplify: 2(-3)2 - (-4) (-5) - 2 d. 81%
a. -4 22. On board an inter-island ship, 25% of the
b. 14 passengers travel 1st class, 30% travel 2nd class,
c. 28
 and 729 travel 3rd class. How many passengers many ways can the costumer order his/her
are there? coffee?
a. 1,254 a. 24
b. 1,480 b. 28
c. 1,560 c. 30
d. 1,620 d. 36
23. The introductory price of a certain item was ₱12. 34. Find the number of distinct permutations of the
What is the percent increase in the price of the letters in the word 'MAXIMUM'.
item if two years later its price reaches ₱42? a. 640
a. 150% b. 840
b. 200% c. 1680
c. 250% d. 5040
d. 300% 35. How many 2-digit numbers can be formed from
24. Which of the following gives the prime the digits 1-7, if the digits can be repeated?
factorization of 54? a. 42
a. 22 x 32 b. 49
b. 2 x 33 c. 64
c. 23 x 33 d. 81
d. 23 x 3 36. How many 3-digit numbers can be formed from 5,
25. A boat travels 8 kph in still water. If it can travel a 4, 7, 8, 9 if the 3-digit numbers form odd numbers
given distance upstream in 5 hours and the same and the digits are repeated?
distance downstream in 3 hours, what is the rate a. 75
of the current? b. 100
a. 2 kph c. 112
b. 5 kph d. 125
c. 6 kph 37. How many sets of answers are possible for an 10-
d. 9 kph item true or flase test?
26. Which of the following has definite length? a. 128
a. ray b. 256
b. line c. 512
c. half line d. 1024
d. line segment 38. Jack had three test scores of 84, 82 qnd 86, while
27. Which of these triangles cannot be an isosceles Jill had scores of 82, 85 and 88. How did Jack's
triangle? average (mean) score compare with Jill's average
a. right score.
b. obtuse a. Jack was 1 point higher.
c. scalene b. Jack was 1 point lower.
d. equilateral c. Both averages were the same.
28. In triangle ATC, with right angle at C, what is the d. Jack was 2 points lower.
hypotenuse?
a. AC For items 39-40:
b. TC Mr. Macagne gave a mathematics test to a group of
c. AT students. The distribution of the scores is as follows:
d. Cannot be determined Scores Frequency
29. The length and width of a rectangle are in the ratio 21 - 25 5
3:2. If the actual length is 18 cm, what is the 16 - 20 6
perimeter of the rectangle? 11 - 15 13
a. 54 cm 6 - 10 4
b. 60 cm 1-5 2
c. 90 cm
d. 216 cm 39. How many pupils took the test?
30. In how many ways can 6 books be arranged on a. 30
shelf? b. 28
a. 36 c. 27
b. 72 d. 25
c. 504 40. What is the computed mean value?
d. 720 a. 12.62
31. In how many ways can 8 people be seated around b. 13.23
a circular table? c. 14.33
a. 540 d. 15.45
b. 720 41. A quadrilateral must be a parallelogram if it has
c. 5040 a. one pair of parallel sides
d. 40 320 b. two adjacent angles equal
32. How many combinations can be made from the c. two pairs of parallel sides
letters A, B, C, D and E if the letters are taken 2 at d. one pair of adjacent sides equal
a time? 42. Which of the following quadrilaterals best
a. 20 describes a square?
b. 10 a. Its diagonals are perpendicular to each other.
c. 6 b. It is an equiangular rhombus.
d. 4 c. Its diagonals are congruent.
33. A coffee shop offers 6 flavors of coffee: mocha, d. It has four four right angles
cappuccino, espresso, vanilla, machiatto, and 43. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
latte. Coffee may be served hot or cold and it a. Adjacent angles form a linear pair.
comes in tall, regular and short sizes. In how b. Supplementary angles form a linear pair
 c. Angles that form a linear pair are
supplementary.
d. Two angles that form a linear pair are
adjacent and complementary
44. What is the sum of the measures of the interior
angles of a regular nonagon?
a. 1260°
b. 1080°
c. 145°
d. 135°
45. Manuel has two sticks of lengths 20 cm and 12
cm. He needs a third stick to form a right triangle.
What could be the length of the third stick?
a. 8 cm
b. 11 cm
c. 14 cm
d. 16 cm
46. A cylindrical glass is 14 cm in diameter and 20 cm
high. There are 5 centimeters of sand in the vase.
Which of the following is the closest to the volume
of the sand in the vase?
a. 220 cm3
b. 769 cm3
c. 2056 cm3
d. 3077 cm3
47. The probability of getting a red gum from a gum
machine is 1/8. The probability of getting a red
piece of candy from a candy machine is 1/6. If
both a gum and a piece of candy are purchased,
what is the probability that both are red?
a. 7/24
b. 1/7
c. 1/14
d. 1/48
48. The rectangle is twice as long as it is wide. What
is the ratio of the width of the rectangle to its
perimeter?
a. 1/6
b. ¼
c. 1/3
d. 1/2
49. The volume of a cube is 343 cm3. What is its
surface area?
a. 49 cm2
b. 116 cm2
c. 216 cm2
d. 294 cm2
50. Suppose that a family has 2 children. What is the
probability that the family has at least 1 girl?
a. 3/4
b. ½
c. 1/3
d. 1⁄4