CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION- MATHEMATICS

PRACTICE QUESTIONS (1st SESSION)

Reduce the following fractions to lowest term.

1. 2/16 2. 13/ 65 3. 50 / 125 4. 63/ 72 5. 21 / 84

Change the following Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers

6. 78/ 8 7. 45/6 8. 120 / 5 9. 196/28 10. 84/17

Change the following Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions

1. 5 1/2 2. 3 4/7 3. 10 5/ 9 4. 4 3/4 5. 7 1/3

6. 11 5/6 7. 8 2/5 8. 6 5/3 9. 12 3/2 10. 5 6/7

Addition and Subtraction of Fractions

1. 2/ 5 + 1/5 2. 4/7 + 2/7 3. 4/15 - 1/5 4. 6/7 + 1/2 5. 6 1/2 - 4 2/3

Multiplication and Division of Fractions

6. 3/ 5 x 5/7 7. 7 /2 - 1/14 8. 6/5 x11/12 9. 3 2/3 - 4 1/4 10. 6 1/2 x 2 1/5

II. APPLICATION

1. What is 1/2 of 3/4 ?

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

2. How many 7/ 11 are there in 10 1/2?

b. 6
a. 14 15/22 c. 16 1/2 d. 18 2/7

3. How many 5 1/3 are there in 10 2/5?

b. 1 d. 2
a. 1 19/20 6/15 c. 2 2/3 2/15

4. What is the arithmetic mean of 1/ 2, 1/6, 1/4 and 1/4 ?

a. 1/4 b. 7 / 24 c. 4 2/3 d. 6 1 /4

5. 1 1/5 of P 500.00 is equal to

a. P 550.00 b. P 600.00 c. P 750. 00 d. P 1500.00

6. Multiply: 3/7 and 4/5

a. 12 / 35 b. 15/ 28 c. 28 / 15 d. 43 /35

7. Frederick went to the market and bought 2 1/2 kilos of mangoes, 1 1/4 kilos of babanas and
two watermelons each weighing 1 1/3 kilos. How many kilos of fruits did he bought in all?
 a. 7 5 /12 b. 6 5/6 c. 6 5/ 12 d. 5 1 / 6

8. Mitch will pay P 150.00 for every 1 1/2 kilos of chicken wings that she bought. She bought a total
of 7 1/2 kilos, how much will she pay for it?

a. P 600.00 b. P 650.00 c. P 750.00 d. P 800.00

9. A 10 5/6 -meter cloth is cut into 5 with equal length, how long is each cut?

a. 1 6/7 meters b. 2 1/2 meters c. 2 1/6 meters d. 1 1/12 meters

10. Subtract: 12 2/3 - ( 8 - 3 4/5)

d. 10
a. 4 2/15 b. 6 6/15 c. 8 7/15 4/15

Changing Fraction to Decimal

1. 5/6 2. 18 2/3 3. 12/25 4. 50/ 11 5. 15 2/5

6. 9 4/5 7. 1/2 8. 5/ 16 9. 35/6 10. 12 9/11

Changing Percents to Decimals

1. 25 % 2. 73 % 3. 67. 6 % 4. 45.65 % 5. 100 %

6. 250 % 7. .891 % 8. 2.34 % 9. 10 3/4 % 10. 15 6/7 %

Changing Percents to Fractions

1. 2 % 3. 25 % 3. 450 % 4. 11 4/5 % 5. 3/4 %

6. 324 % 7. 75. 50 % 8. 76 % 9. 99. 80 % 10. 2.45 %

II. APPLICATION

1. What is 23. 56 % in decimal?

a. .2356 b. 2.356 c. 23.56 d. 235.6

2. What is the fraction form of 525 % ?

a. 5 3/4 b. 5 1/2 c. 5 1/4 d. 5 5/6

3. What percent of 60 is 25?

a. 34. 55 % b. 41. 67 % c. 45. 25 % d. 55. 33 %

4. One third is what percent of one- half?

a. 33.33 % b. 56. 66 % c. 66.66 % d. 75. 25 %

5. What number is 50 % of the 75 % of 840?

a. 240 b. 315 c. 375 d. 425

6. What is 0.75 % of 210?

 a. 1.575 b. 15. 75 c. 2. 525 d. 25.25

7. A book is priced at P 375. 00 . How much will Jana pay for it after a 25% discount?

a. P 93. 75 b. P 175. 60 c. P 281. 25 d. P 310. 50

8. After deducting an employee’s monthly wage by 10 % he received P 27, 000.00 . How much did he

get before deduction?

a. P 2 700. 00 b. P 27 270.00 c. P 30 000. 00 d. P 30 270 . 00

9. What is 40 % of 7 /8 ?

a. 5/ 12 b. 7/20 c. 3/ 8 d. 7/ 2

10. A dress cost P 1 500.00. How much will Shiela pay for it after a consecutive 20 % and 25 % discount?

a. P 1 350.00 b. P 1 200.00 c. P 900.00 d. P 675. 00

11. 4/5 % of what number gives 64?

a. 8 000 b. 4 000 c. 3 600 d. 640

12. Yesterday, in Ms. Alido's math class, there were 15 students who were absent. If the 70% of the

class were present, what is the total number of students in the class?

a. 50 b. 45 c. 60 d. 48

13. Mr. Manalo has a furniture business. In 2012 he had a total annual earning of P 2 500 000.00 and

in 2013 his earnings decreased to P 1 750 00.00 . What was the percent decreased?

ALGEBRA - NUMBER PROBLEMS

1 . Solve for x: 5 (2x + 6) = 100.

a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8
 2. Solve for n : 2n + 76 = - 20 + 6n.

a. 16 b. 18 c. - 20 d. 24

3. If thrice the value of a certain number is increased 15 the result will be 60. What is the number?

a. 12 b. 15 c. 18 d. 20
5. A number less twelve is 64. Find the number.

a. 48 b. 52 c. 76 d. 88

6. Eight is added to three times a number giving 50 as a result. Find twice the number.

a. 18 b. 26 c. 14 d. 12

7. Twenty is subtracted from five times a number giving the result of 115. Find
thrice the number.

a. 48 b. 50 c. 54 d. 62 d. 65

8. The sum of three consecutive integers is 39. Find the sum of the first and third integers.

a. 26 b. 22 c. 20 d. 16

9. Find the largest of the three consecutive odd integers when twice the smallest is equal to 19 added

to the second odd integer.

a. 23 b. 25 c. 31 d. 33

10. One- third of a certain number is equal to 6 subtracted from one-half of the same number.

Find thrice the number.

a. 120 b. 108 c. 96 d. 72

13. Three consecutive even integers has a sum of 96. Find the smallest largest integer.

a. 24 b. 26 c. 28 d. 30

14. Four less than four times a number is twenty. Find thrice the number.

a. 12 b. 21 c. 15 d. 18
15. Half of a certain number is equal to 6 added to its one- fourth. Find the result when 12 is added

to the number.

a. 24 b. 30 c. 36 d. 40

RATIO AND PROPORTION PROBLEMS

1. An amount of P 100, 000.00 was divided into parts in the ratio 2:3. How much is the larger share?
a. P 20,000.00 b. P 40, 000.00 c. P 50, 000.00 d. P 60 , 000.00

2. A 24- meter long rope was divided into three parts with ratio 2:4:6. How long is each cut?

a. 4, 8, 12 b. 4 , 6, 14 c. 6, 8, 10 d. 5, 10, 12

3. An inheritance of P 2 000 000.00 was divided among 4 sons in the ratio 6: 8 : 12 : 14. What is the sum
of the smallest and largest share?

a. P 500 000.00 b. P 1 000 000.00 c. P 750 000 .00 d. P 800 000.00

4. 120 construction workers are divided into three groups to do three different jobs. The group
is divided into the ratio 4: 5: 6. How many workers are there in the largest group?

a. 32 b. 40 c. 44 d. 48

5. A sewer can sew 10 dresses in 5 hours. How many dress can she sew in two days?

a. 100 dresses b. 96 dresses c. 56 dresses d. 4 dresses

6. A worker earns P 2, 500.00 working for 3 hours. How long should he work to earn P 6, 250.00?

a. 4. 5 hours b. 5 hours c. 7 hours d. 7.5 hours

7. Twelve men can do a jod in 40 days. How long will take 8 men to do the same job?

a. 26 2/3 days b. 40 days c. 52 2/3 days d. 60 days

8. The total number of students in Happy High School is 1500. If the ratio of boys to girls is 6 : 9.
How many boys and girls are there?

a. 500, 1000 b. 600, 900 c. 700, 800 d. 650 , 850

9. If it takes 40 workers to build a house in 90 days, how many workers are needed to cut down the
working days to 60 days?

a. 50 workers b. 60 workers c. 70 workers d. 75 workers

10. If it takes 80 workers to build a building in 15 days, how many workers are needed to cut down the

working days to 10 days?

a. 90 workers b. 100 workers c. 110 workers d. 120 workers

 CHECKING YOUR UNDERSTANDING - WORD PROBLEMS

1. What is 25% of 7/8?

2. A tank can hold x liters of water. After half of it was drawn out, there are still 83.5 liters of waters.
How many liters can the tank hold?
3. There are how many girls in a class of 255 students if the ratio of boys to girls is 6: 9 ?
4. 20 percent of 300 is equal to 15 of what number?
5. How many pieces of wire 2 1/3 inches long can be cut from a piece of wire which measures 35 ¼?
6. The sum of three consecutive numbers is 243. What is the largest number?
7. The sum of four consecutive even numbers is 84. What is the smallest and largest number?
8. If you can buy 5 spoons for P 127. 50, how many spoons can you buy with P 306. 00?
9. Ning-ning bought a rope 15 5/7 meters long which she divided and cut into 20 pieces equally. How long is each piece?
10. A number which 10 times 23 is 50 % of what number?