PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS

INSTRUCTION: For each of the problems below, choose the correct answer from the choices
given.

1. If 45 feet of uniform wire weigh 5 kilograms, what is the weight of 30 yards of the wire?

a. 5 kg
b. 10 kg
c. 15 kg
d. 20 kg

2. A school has enough oatmeal to feed 15 children in 4 days. If 5 more children are added,
how many days will the oatmeal last?

a. 3
b. 12
c. 1 and 1/3
d. 5 and 1/3

3. If a car can travel 60 km on 12 liters of gasoline, how many liters will be needed in a 210
km trip?

a. 30
b. 42
c. 45
d. 50

4. If 10 parts of alcohol is mixed with 15 parts of water, what part of the mixture is alcohol?

a. 2/3
b. 2/5
c. 1/3
d. 3/5

5. If 2/5 of the workers in a factory go on vacation is September and 1/3 of the remainder
takes their vacation in October, what fraction of the workers take their vacation in some
other time?

a. 2/5
b. 1/3
c. 1/15
d. 4/15
6. A bill was passed by a vote of 7: 5. What part of the vote counts were in favor of the bill?

a. 5/7
b. 7/12
c. 5/12
d. 7/5

7. If a man travels for half of an hour at 60 km/hr, and for quarter of an hour for 120 km/hr,
what is his average speed?

a. 80 kph
b. 90 kph
c. 100 kph
d. 120 kph

8. In a group of 8, 000 applicants for a national police examination, 1600 failed to take the
first part of the test. What percent of the total applicants took the first part of the test?

a. 20%
b. 30%
c. 40%
d. 80%

9. If 4 men can paint a fence in 2 days, what part of the job can be completed by one man in
8 days?

a. 1/4
b. 1/2
c. 3/4
d. 1 whole job

10. Of John's salary, 1/10 is spent for clothing, and 1/4 for board and lodging. What part of
the salary is left for other expenditures and savings?

a. 3/5
b. 13/20
c. 7/10
d. 2/5

11. A student buys an ESC Reviewer Book for P175 after receiving a discount of 12.5%. What
was the marked price?

a. P187.50
b. P200
c. P225
d. P250
12. A town house unit was sold for P2.50 M, yielding a 25% profit. For how much would it be
sold to yield only a 10% profit on the cost?

a. P2M
b. P2.25M
C. P2.2M
d. P2.45M

13. If 4 workers can complete 8 identical jobs in 4 days, how long will it take 6 workers to
complete 12 such jobs?

a. 3 days
b. 4 days
c. 5 days
d. 6 days

14. A bookstore sells two kinds of ESC Reviewer Books (NAPOLCOM and Criminology). If it
sells the NAPOLCOM book which yield a profit of P62.00 per book, and it can sell 300 books
in a month. It sells the Criminology book at a profit of P50.50 per book and it can sell 350
books in one month. Which type of book will yield more profit per month, and by how
much?

a. The Criminology book will yield a greater profit by P925.

b. The NAPOLCOM will yield a greater profit by P925.
c. Both books will yield exactly the same profit
d. The NAPOLCOM will yield a greater profit by P1150.

15. Mr. Jose Suobiron inherited 5/8 of his father's estate. He sold 2/5 of his share. What part
of the entire estate did he sell?

a. 1/2
b. 1/4
c. 2/5
d. 3/8

16. Car A averages 8 km per liter of fuel. Car B averages 12 km per liter of fuel. If the price of
fuel is P10 per liter. How much less would a 600km. trip cost for Car A than for Car B?

a. 250
b. 500
c. 600
d. 750
17. Eighteen busloads of 56 students each went to join the Independence Day Celebration.
One hundred seventy-four did not go. How many students are there in all?

a. 160
b. 1282
c. 180
d. 1182

18. Richard bowled 3 games and got scores of 139, 153, and 128. What was his average
score for the three games?

a. 130
b. 140
c. 150
d. 160

19. There are 36 reams of bond paper in a drawer. If 1 1/4 dozens of reams of paper were to
be used in printing, how many reams should be left in the drawer?

a. 15
b. 20
c. 21
d. 22

20. If a poster, which is 3 inches wide and 5 inches long, is enlarged such that the ratio of
the width to the length is maintained, how many inches long will it be if the new width is 9
inches?

a. 11
b. 13
C. 15
d. 25

21. If a worker can wash all the glass windows building in 9 days, what part of the job can
the workers finish in 6 days?

a. 1/4
b. 1/3
c. 2/3
d. 3/5

22. Ms. Cortez bought 20 blouses for P2,400 and marked them to sell at P145 each. After
selling 16 pieces at this rate, she decided to sell the remaining blouses at a lower what price
may she sell each price. At remaining blouse and still realize a profit of P480 on the 20
blouses?

a. a. P143
b. b. P140
c. c. P135
d. d. P133

23. In a room of ten people, how many handshakes will there be if every person shakes
hands with everyone else exactly once?

a. 10
b. 45
c. 54
d. 60

24. The numerator of a fraction is 4 less than its denominator. If 3 added to both the
numerator and the denominator the resulting number is 3/4. What is the original fraction?

a. 8/14
b. 9/12
c. 9/13
d. 10/13

25. Mang Gustin can climb a coconut tree at the rate of 10 ft. per minute and return at 20 ft.
per minute. If it took him 3 minutes to climb and return, what is the height of the coconut
tree?

a. 20 ft.
b. 18 ft.
c. 13 ft.
d. 15 ft.

26. A fence is to be on posts 8 meters apart around a rectangular lot that measures 40
meters long and 16 meters wide. How many posts are needed, including the ones placed at
each corner, to fence the entire lot?

a. 20
b. 14
c. 12
d. 18

27. How many degrees are there in the angle made by the hands of a clock at 4 o'clock?

a. 150°
b. 120°
c. 95°
d. 80°
28. The co-operative trust fund is P500,000. Part of the fund is invested at an annual interest
rate of 6% and the rest is invested at an annual interest rate of 8%. If the income from both
investments is P39,000, how much is invested at each rate?

a. a. P100,000 at 6%; P400,000 at 8%

b. b. P80,000 at 6%; P420,000 at 8%
c. c. P75,000 at 6%; P425,000 at 8%
d. d. P50,000 at 6%; P450,000 at 8%

29. The entrance fee in a carnival is P50 for an adult and P25 for a child. Ferdie pays P225 for
the entrance fee of his family. If his family has equal number of adults and children, how
many are they in the family?

a. 12
b. 10
c. 6
d. 4

30. The area of a rectangular field is 9,000 square meters. If the ratio of the width to do the
length is 5 is to 8, what is the length of the rectangular field in meters?

a. 112
b. 120
c. 150
d. 225