General Math LET Reviewer Guide
General Math LET Reviewer Guide
GENERAL
MATHEMATICS
LET REVIEWER
Prepared by:
AIRESHANE S. PARCON, CSE, LPT
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Basic Mathematics
I. Order of Operations
v
P E MD AS
Exponent Addition and Subtraction
P - Parenthesis
E - Exponent
MD - Multiply and Divide from (LEFT TO RIGHT)
AS - Add and Subtract from (LEFT TO RIGHT)
Example:
5 + ( 3 * 1 )2 + 4 – 5
5 + (3)2 + 4 – 5 NOTE
5+ 9 +4–5
18 – 5 0
13 = can’t divide
0
TRY THIS:
11 – ( 10 / 2 )2 + 3 +7 0
11- ( 5 )2 + 10
= 0 or ZERO
1
11 – 24 + 10
13 + 10
23 1
= undefined
0
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RULES OF INTEGERS
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Example:
60
15 4
3 5 2 2
Example:
What are the prime factors of 52?
a. 11 x 2 x 3
b. 13 x 2 x 2
c. 23 x 2
d. 2 x 2 x 2 x 3
Example:
1. What is the least common multiple of 5 and 9?
A. 22
B. 40
C. 45
D. 50
Example:
Camry practices the trumpet every 11th day and the flute every 3rd
day. Camryn practiced both the trumpet and the flute today. How
many DAYS until Camryn practices the trumpet and flute again in
the same day?
A. 22
B. 45
C. 23
D. 33
Example:
1. What is the GCF of 36 and 18?
A. 18
B. 3
C. 9
D. 6
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Example:
Josefa is making bead necklaces. She has 90 green beads and 108
blue beads. What is the greatest number of identical necklaces she
can make if she wants to use all of the beads?
A. 12
B. 15
C. 16
D. 18
Example:
Mang Dino has farm located at south of North Carolina. In his farm,
there are 50 cows, 40 chickens, and 100 horses. What is the ratio of
cows and chickens?
In fraction form
Cows 50 5
= =
Chicken 40 4
In colon form
50: 40
In words
50 is to 40
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Example:
6 8
=
9 12
KINDS OF PROPORTION
1. Direct Proportion
2. Inverse Proportion
3. Partitive Proportion
FORMULA
FORMULA
x1 x2 x1 y1 = x2y2
=
y1 y2
1. DIRECT PROPORTION
--both quantity increase or both decrease.
Example:
If two pencils cost 20 pesos, how many pencils can you buy with 60 pesos?
x1 x2
=
y1 y2
2 x
=
20 60
20x = 120
20x 120
=
20 20
x =6
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2. INVERSE PROPORTION
- one quantity increases, the other decreases and vice versa.
Example:
It takes 4 men 6 hours to repair a road. How long will it take 8 men to
do the job if they work at the same rate?
x 1 y1 = x2y2
4 (6) = 8y
24 = 8y
24
=
3 = y
3. PARTITIVE PROPORTION
-one quantity is being partitioned into different proportions.
Example:
In a class of 40, the ratio of boys to girls is 3:5. How many are girls?
How many are boys?
3x + 5x = 40
8x = 40
x=5
BOYS GIRLS
3x + 5x = 40 TOTAL # OF STUDENTS
CHECK: 15 + 25 = 40
V. PERCENT
-meaning “per hundred”
CONVERSION TECHNIQUES
Percent to Decimal
Decimal to Percent
Percent to Fraction
Fraction to Percent
A. Percent to Decimal
STEPS IN SOLVING:
1. Remove the percent symbol
2. Move the decimal point two places to the left.
Example: 55 % 55 0.55
B. Decimal to Percent
STEPS IN SOLVING:
1. Move the decimal point two places to the right.
2. Affix the percent symbol.
Example: 0.55 55 55 %
FORMULA
A. 120 B=P/ R
B. 150 = 80 / .40
C. 200 = 200
D. 250
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BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
I. SIMPLE INTEREST
- interest paid only on the principal amount.
Formula
I = PRT
where,
Example:
1. You are starting your own small business in Koronadal City. You
borrowed 10,000 from the bank at a 2% rate for 5 years. Find the
interest you will way on this loan.
A. 500
Given: I = PRT
B. 1,000
P = 10,000
C. 1,500 = (10,000) (.02) (5)
R = 2% = .02
D. 2,000 T = 12 = 1, 000
A. Markup
-to make profit, stores charge more for merchandise than they pay
for it.
-the amount of increase.
Formula
Example
A music store’s % of markup is 50%. A CD costs the store 10
pesos. Find the markup.
Solution:
B. Selling Price
-is the price of an item that is the amount which a seller pays to.
Formula
Solution:
Selling price = cost + markup
= 30 + (0.20 x 30)
= 30 + 6
= 36
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C. Discount
-when an item is on sale, the amount of the price decrease.
Formula
Example:
Athletic shoes that regularly sell for 1000 pesos are on sale for 20% off.
Find the discount.
Solution:
Discount = % of discount x regular price
= .20 x 1000
= 200
D. Sale Price
- is the price of a good or service that is being offered at a
discount.
Formula
Example:
Regala Company manufactures beds; in its catalogue, a
double bed is priced at 5,000 pesos less a discount of 20%. What will
Rizza have to pay for the bed she ordered?
Solution:
Sale price = regular price – discount
= 5,000 – (5,000 x .20)
= 5,000 – 11000
= 4,000
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E. Commission
-is a fee paid for services, usually a percentage of the total
cost.
Formula
Example
Maria makes money by commission rates. She gets 15% of
everything she sells. If Maria sold 23,000 pesos worth of items this
month, what is her salary for the month?
Solution
Commission = Amount sold x Percentage rate
= 23,000 x .15
= 3,450 pesos
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Algebra
I. ABSOLUTE VALUE
-the number of units a number is away from 0 in a number line.
Example:
I -7 I = 7
I -7 + 3 I = I -4 I = 4
I 9 + 4 -3 I = I 9 I = 9
B. Commutative Property
-states that changing the position of the addends or the factors does
not affect the sum of the product.
Example:
12+2 = 2+12 (Addition)
12 x 2 = 2 x 12 (Multiplication)
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C. Associative Property
-states that changing the grouping of the addends in a sum or the
grouping of the factors in a product does not change the resulting
sum or product.
Example:
(2 + 3 ) + 4 = 2 + (3 + 4) Addition
(2 x 3) x 4 = 2 x (3 x 4) Multiplication
F. Distributive Property
-says that when a number is multiplied by the SUM of the two other
numbers, the first number can be handed out or distributed to both
of those two numbers and multiplied by each of them separately.
Example:
3 ( 2 + 4 ) = 3 (2) + 3 (4)
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Examples:
Addition
Verbal Expression: a number increased by 10
Numerical Expression: x + 10
Subtraction
Verbal Expression: a number decreased by 5
Numerical Expression: x–5
Multiplication
Verbal Expression: twice a number
Numerical Expression: 2x
Division
Verbal Expression: a number divided by 3
Numerical Expression: x / 3 or 3 or
3
Combinational of Operations
Verbal Expression: seven times a number increased by 5
Numerical Expression: 7x + 5
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Examples
V. POLYNOMIALS
-is an expression consisting of variables and coefficients that involve
only the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and no-
negative integer exponents of variables.
A. Types of Polynomials
B. Operations on Polynomials
Addition
-when adding polynomials, only like terms can be combined.
Example:
1. 5x + 2y + 3x
5x + 3x + 2y
8x + 2y
Subtraction
-when adding polynomials, only like terms can be combined.
C. FOIL Method
FIRST INNER
F O I L
OUTER LAST
Multiplying Polynomials
OUTER
FIRST
LAST
(x+3) (x+4)
INNER
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Dividing Polynomials
SYNTHETIC DIVISION:
-4 1 7 12
-4 -12
1 3 0
ANSWER: x + 3
x+3
x+4 x2 + 7x +12
x2 + 4x
3x + 12
3x + 12
0
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Leg a FORMULA
c 2= a 2 + b 2
Leg b
Example:
Find the value c
c2 = a2 + b2
c c2 = 42 + 32
4m c2 = 16 + 9
c2 = 25 (extract Square root)
3m c =5
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PROBABILITY
I. Probability
-simply means “chances”
Formula
𝑂𝐹 𝐹𝐴𝑉𝑂𝑅𝐴𝐵𝐿𝐸 𝑂𝑈𝑇𝐶𝑂𝑀𝐸𝑆
P(E ) =
𝑇𝑂𝑇𝐴𝐿 𝑂𝐹 𝑃𝑂𝑆𝑆𝐼𝐵𝐿𝐸 𝑂𝑈𝑇𝐶𝑂𝑀𝐸𝑆
Examples:
A sachet has 18 pieces nips remaining (6 blue, 5 yellow, 7 red). The
probability of getting a blue nips is
P(E ) =
6 1
P(E ) = or
18 3
I. ANGLES
-formed by two rays sharing a common endpoint
A. CLASSIFICATION OF ANGLES
1. Acute Angle – measure is not more than 90 degrees
2. Right Angle – measure exactly 90 degrees
3. Obtuse Angle - measure is more than 90 degrees but less
than 180 degrees.
4. Straight Angle – measure is exactly 180 degrees
II. POLYGONS
-closed figure
- straight sides
- no curves
- no overlapping
Quadrilateral 4 360 o
Pentagon 5 540 o
Hexagon 6 720 o
Heptagon 7 900 o
Octagon 8 1080 o
Nonagon 9 1260 o
Decagon 10 1440 o
Undecagon 11 1620 o
Dodecagon 12 1800 o
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Formula
o
(n-2) x 180
Example
What is the sum of the interior angles of hexagon?
Solution
= (n-2) x 180o
= (6-2) x 180o
= 4 x 180 o
= 720 o
Formula
𝑛−2 𝑥1 0
𝑛
Example
What is the measure of each interior angle of hexagon?
Solution
2 180
=
6 2 180
=
6
=120o
720
=
6
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D. DIAGONALS OF A POLYGON
Formula
𝑛 𝑛−3
2
Example
How many diagonals are there in hexagon?
Solution
−3
=
2
6 6−3
=
2
6 3
=
2
1
=
2
=
III. TRIANGLES
-can be classified by sides and by angles.
A. CLASSIFICATION OF TRIANGLES
Triangles By Sides
1. Scalene Triangle
-has no equal sides. All sides are different lengths.
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2. Isosceles Triangle
-has 2 equal sides. The angles opposite the equal sides are also
equal.
3. Equilateral Triangle
-all 3 sides are equal. Each angle of it is equal. Each angle must
be 60 degrees.
Triangles By Angles
1. Right Triangle – has one 90 degrees or right angle.
IV. QUADRILATERAL
-has four sides and four interior angles.
Quadrilateral Tree
Quadrilateral
Rectangle Rhombus
Isosceles
Square Trapezoid
Technique:
Top to Bottom – FALSE
Bottom to Top – TRUE
Example:
A square is a rhombus- TRUE
A rhombus is a square – FALSE
V. CLASSIFICATION OF QUADRILATERALS
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Rectangle P = 2L + 2W A=LxW
P = 2 (L+W)
Square P = 4S A = S2
Triangle P = S1 + S2 + S3 A = ½ bh
Circle C = 2πr A = πr2
Examples:
Perimeter of Rectangle
Madi is hanging a string of flowers on the perimeter of a
rectangular pool deck. The deck is 30 ft. long and 24 feet wide. How
long does the string of flowers need to be?
B. 54 ft. P = 2L + 2 W
D. 60 ft. = 60 + 48
= 108 ft.
Area of Rectangle
What is the area of a rectangular pool that has a length of 30 meters
and a width of 20 meters?
A. 50 sq. m. Solution:
B. 400 sq. m. A=LxW
C. 600 sq. m. = 30 x 20
D. 900 sq. m. = 600 sq. m.
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Circumference of Circle
The shape of a snare drum head is a circle. The
diameter of the drum head is 14 inches. What is the
circumference?
A. 154 Solution:
B. 44 C = 2πr
= 2π (7)
C. 110 = 14π
D. 36 = 14 (3.1416)
= 43.9 or 44 inches
Solution:
A. 36 in2
A = ½ bh
B. 18 in2 = ½ (12) (3)
= ½ (36)
C. 144 in2
= 36/2
D. 9 in2 = 18 in2
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Examples
TSA of Rectangular Prism
A rectangular wooden box has a length of 40 m, height
of 20 m, and width of 10 m. What is the surface area, in
square meters, if it is completely painted on all sides?
Solution:
A. 2,000 sq. m.
TSA = 2LW + 2WH + 2HL
B. 2,800 sq. m. = 2(40)(10) + 2(10)(20) + 2 (20)(40)
= 2 (400) + 2 (200) + 2 (800)
C. 3,000 sq. m.
= 800 + 400 + 1600
D. 3,500 sq. m. = 2,800 sq.m.
Volume of Sphere