Name: _____________________________________________ 15. If f(x) = 2x^2 + 2x + 4, what is f(2)?

A. 4x + 2 B. 16 C. x^2 + x + 2 D. 8
Practice Problems (Algebra)
16. What is the least common multiple of 15 and 18?
1. 1. Which of the following is an ordinal number? A. 3 B. 5 C. 90 D. 270
A. 1 B. 1st C. pi D. ½ 17. The numbers 12 and 16 has the greatest common divisor of
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 192
2. MCMXCIV is equivalent to what number?
A. 1964 B. 1994 C. 1984 D. 1974 18. The polynomial x^3 + 4x^2 – 3x + 8 is divided by x – 5, then the
remainder is,
3. Express decimally: Fourty-Sevenmillionth. A. 175 B. 140 C. 218 D. 200
A. 0.00000047 B. 0.0000047 19. Find the remainder if we divide 4y^3 + 18y^2 + 8y – 4 by (2y +
C. 0.000047 D. 0.000000047 3).
A. 10 B. 11 C. 15 D. 13
4. Which of the following is a rational number?
A. 0.123123123…. B. sqrt(2) 20. Find the mean proportional of 4 and 36.
C. pi D. 7^1/2 A. 72 B. 24 C. 12 D. 20

5. What is the absolute value of 10? 21. The equation of whose roots are the reciprocal of the roots of
A. -10 B. 10 C. 0 D. none of the choices 2x^2 – 3x – 5 = 0 is
A. 5x^2 + 3x – 2 = 0 B. 2x^2 + 3x – 5 = 0
6. All of the following are prime numbers except one. Which one is C. 3x^2 – 3x + 2 D. 2x^2 + 5x – 3 = 0
it?
A. 5 B. 7 C. 29 D. 51 22. Solve for x that satisfies the equation 6x^2 – 7x – 5 = 0
A. 5/3 or -1/2 B. 3/2 or 3/8
7. Truncate 3.14159 to 4 decimal places. C. 7/5 or -7/15 D. 3/5 or ¾
A. 3.1416 B. 3.1415 C. 3.141 D. 3.000
23. If 1/3 and -3/2 are the roots of a quadratic equation, then the
8. if 16 is 4 more than 4x, find 5x-1. equation is
A. 14 B. 3 C. 12 D. 5 A. 6x^2 + 7x – 3 = 0 B. 6x^2 – 7x +3 = 0
C. 6x^2 – 7x – 3 = 0 D. 6x^2 – 7x + 1 = 0
9. Find the value of x in (x+1)/3 + 2x/4 = 47-2x.
A. 16.47 B. 12.87 C. 18.27 D. 20.17 24. What is the discriminant of the equation 4x^2 = 8x – 5?
A. 8 B. -16 C. 16 D. -8
10. Find the values of x and y from the equations:
X – 4y + 2 = 0 2x + y – 4 = 0 25. Find the 5th term of the expansion of (x^2 + 1/x)^10.
A. 11/7, -5/7 B. 14/9, 8/9 A. 260x^8 B. 5040x^8 C. 210x^8D. 420x^8
C. 4/9, 8/9 D. 3/2, 5/3
26. What is the numerical coefficient of the term next to 495
11. Find the value of w in the following equations: 8
x y ?
4
3x – 2y + w = 11 x + 5y - 2w = -9
A. 660 B. 792 C. 990 D.
2x + y – 3w = -6
1100
A. 3 B. 2 C. 4 D. -2
27. What is the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (x +
12. Multiply the following: (2x + 5y)(5x – 2y)
y)^8
A. 10x^2 – 21xy + 10y^2 B. -10x^2 + 21xy + 10y^2
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
C. 10x^2 + 21xy – 10y^2 D. -10x^2 – 21xy – 10y^2
28. What is the sum of the coefficients of the expansion of (2x –
13. Simplify the following equation:
1)^20?
5x x+ 3 2 x+ 1 A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
2
− 2 + 2
2 x +7 x+ 3 2 x −3 x−2 x + x−6
4 2 4 29. Log (MN) is equal to:
A. B. C. D. A. Log M - N B. Log M + N
x+3 x−3 x−3
C. N log M D. Log M + Log N
2
x+3 5
30. Given log b 1024= . Find b.
2
14. Find the value of k so that 4x^2 + 6x + k is a perfect square.
A. 2560 B. 16 C. 4 D. 2
A. 36 B. 2.5 C. 9 D. 2.25
31. Given: log 3 ( x −8 x )=2.Find x. A. 42.4 minutes B. 42.8 minutes
2
C. 43.2 minutes D. 43.6 minutes
A. -1 B. 9 C. -1 and 9 D. 1 and 9
32. Solve for the value of x in the following equation:
43. If x varies directly as y and inversely as z, and x = 14 when y = 7
3 logx
x =100 x . and z = 2, find the value of x when y = 16 and z = 4.
A. 12 B. 8 C. 30 D. 10 A. 14 B. 4 C. 16 D. 8
33. The sum of Kim’s and Kevin’s ages is 18. In 3 years, Kim will be 44. The arithmetic mean of a and b is
twice as old as Kevin. What are their ages now? A. (a+b)/2 B. sqrt(ab)
A. 4, 14 B. 5, 13 C. 7, 11 D. 6, C. ab/2 D. (a-b)/2
12
45. If the first term of an arithmetic progression is 25 and the
34. A girl is one-third as old as her brother and 8 years younger fourth term is 13, what is the third term?
than her sister. The sum of their ages is 38 years. How old is the A. 17 B. 18 C. 19 D. 20
girl?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7 46. Find the 9th term of the harmonic progression 3, 2, 3/2.
A. 3/5 B. 3/8 C. 4/5 D. 4/9
35. A pump can pump out water from a tank in 11 hours. Another
pump can pump out water from the same tank in 20 hours. How 47. If the first term of a geometric progression is 9 and the
long will it take both pumps to pump out the water in the tank? common ratio is -2/3, find the fifth term.
A. 7 hrs B. 6 hrs C. 7.5 hrs D. 6.5 hrs A. 8/5 B. 16/9 C. 15/7 D. 13/4

36. A tank can be filled in 9 hours by one pipe, 12 hours by a 48. Find the 1987th digit in the decimal equivalent to 1785/9999
second pipe and can be drained when full by a third pipe in 15 starting from the decimal point.
hours. How long will it take to fill an empty tank with all pipes in A. 8 B. 1 C. 7 D. 5
operation?
A. 7 hours and 12 minutes B. 7 hours and 32 minutes 49. Find the 6th term of the sequence 55, 40 , 28, 19, 13, ….
C. 7 hours and 42 minutes D. 7 hours and 50 minutes A. 10 B. 9 C. 8 D. 11

37. Pedro can paint a fence 50 % faster than Juan and 20 % faster 50. Find the sum of 1, -1/5, 1/25, ….
than Pilar, and together they can paint a given fence in 4 hours. A. 5/6 B. 2/3 C. 0.84 D. 0.72
How long will it take Pedro to paint the same fence if he had to
work alone? 51. A small group has $100 to spend for lunch. The group decided
A. 6 B. 8 C. 10 D. 12 to give a tip of 20% (before tax). The sales tax is 7 ½ %. How much
should they spend?
38. It takes Butch twice as long as it takes Dan to do a certain 52. An un-experienced worker unloads a truck within 1 hour and
piece of work. Working together they can do the work in 6 days. 40 minutes. Together with a trainee they can work for 1 hour. In
How long would it take Dan to do it alone? how many hours can the trainee spend working alone?
A. 9 days B. 10 days
C. 11 days D. 12 days 53. Find the sixth term of the arithmetic sequence with a1=11 and
d=4.
39. Ten liters of 25 % solution and 15 liters of 35 % salt solution
are poured into a drum originally containing 30 liters of 10 % salt 54. Find the general term an, of the arithmetic sequence -8,-3,2...
solution. What is the percent concentration of salt in the mixture? 5. A mixture containing 16% of a drug is combined to a 28% of a
A. 19.55 % B. 22.15 % drug to obtain a 15mL of 24% of a mixture. How many 16% of a
C. 27.05 % D. 25.72 % drug should be added?

40. A goldsmith has two alloys of gold, the first being 70 % pure 56. Peanut and nut mixture contains 40% peanut. How much
and the second being 60 % pure. How many ounces of the 60 % additional peanut mixture should be added to produce 8 lbs. of
pure gold must be used to make 100 ounces of an alloy which will 50% peanut?
be 66 % gold?
A. 40 B. 35 C. 45 D. 38 57. A small boat travelling 5 miles upstream, later back down
stream for 1 hour and 40 minutes. The stream current is 4 mph.
41. If 3 is subtracted from the numerator of a certain fraction, the What is the velocity when it is in still water?
value of the fraction becomes 3/5. If 1 is subtracted from the
denominator of the same fraction, it becomes 2/3. Find the 58. The third term of a geometric progression is 32 and the fifth is
original fraction. 128. Find the first term and the common ratio.
A. 35/55 B. 36/55 C. 3/7 D.
32/41 59. Together John and Michael can paint a wall for 18 minutes.
John alone can finish the wall 15 minutes more than Michaels
42. In how many minutes after 2 o’clock will the hands of the clock painting. Find the time of each.
extend in opposite directions for the first time?
60. Daniel is twice as old as Jimmy. Terry is one year younger than 27. Truncate 3.14159 to 4 decimal places.
Daniel. If the sum of their age is 44, how old is Daniel? A. 3.1416 B. 3.1415 C. 3.141 D.
3.0000
61. A Bank contains $1.65 Nickel, Dimes and Quarter. There are
twice as many as Nickel as Dimes as and one more Quarter than 28. if 16 is 4 more than 4x, find 5x-1.
Nickel. There are how many Quarter? A. 14 B. 3 C. 12 D. 5

62. The sum of two positive numbers is 35. Their product is 304. 29. Find the value of x in (x+1)/3 + 2x/4 = 47-2x.
What is the smallest number? A. 16.47 B. 12.87 C. 18.27 D.
20.17
63. A woman pays $21.56 in buying a book which is marked 20%
off. The sales tax is 8%. How much is the book. 30. Find the values of x and y from the equations:
X – 4y + 2 = 0 2x + y – 4 = 0
64. A boy got 100 an average in Homework and Test grade which A. 11/7, -5/7 B. 14/9, 8/9
are 97, 99, 100. Homework counts 15%. Each Test grade counts C. 4/9, 8/9 D. 3/2, 5/3
20% and 25% Final grade. What is the score he should get in Final
Exam to have a grade of 90? 31. Find the value of w in the following equations:
3x – 2y + w = 11 x + 5y - 2w = -9 2x + y – 3w = -6
65. What is the sum of the first 50 terms of the series 10 + 85 +160 A. 3 B. 2 C. 4 D. -2
+ 325?
32. Multiply the following: (2x + 5y)(5x – 2y)
66. A calculator manufacturer wants to earn $18000. They A. 10x^2 – 21xy + 10y^2 B. -10x^2 + 21xy + 10y^2
produce the calculator for $6 and sell it for $11. If the overhead C. 10x^2 + 21xy – 10y^2 D. -10x^2 – 21xy – 10y^2
runs $150000, what is the number of calculator to be produced?
33. Simplify the following equation:
67. Linda has $16,000 to invest. Part of her money is invested with 5x/(2x^2+7x+3)- (x+3)/(2x^2-3x-2)+ (2x+1)/(x^2+x-6 )
a bond of 5% and 6.25 %. How much should she invest in 6.25 % if A. 4/(x+3) B. 2/(x-3) C. 4/(x-3) D. 2/(x+3)
she wants an annual profit of $937.50?
34. Find the value of k so that 4x^2 + 6x + k is a perfect square.
68. Two men will meet at an intersection. One travels southward A. 36 B. 2.5 C. 9 D. 2.25
while the other travels north. If one of the driver drives 30 mph
and the other drives 40mph, when will they be 35 miles apart? 35. If f(x) = 2x^2 + 2x + 4, what is f(2)?
A. 4x + 2 B. 16 C. x^2 + x + 2 D. 8
69. There are $8.75 nickels, dimes and quarters. There 5 more
dimes than nickel and 4 more quarters than dimes. How many 36. What is the least common multiple of 15 and 18?
dimes are there? A. 3 B. 5 C. 90 D. 270

70. Find the 16th term of the expansion (x-2)^20. 37. The numbers 12 and 16 has the greatest common divisor of
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 192
71. Which of the following is an ordinal number?
A. 1 B. 1st C. pi D. ½ 38. The polynomial x^3 + 4x^2 – 3x + 8 is divided by x – 5, then the
72. MCMXCIV is equivalent to what number? remainder is,
A. 1964 B. 1994 C. 1984 D. A. 175 B. 140 C. 218 D. 200
1974
39. Find the remainder if we divide 4y^3 + 18y^2 + 8y – 4 by (2y +
73. Express decimally: Fourty-Sevenmillionth. 3).
A. 0.00000047 B. 0.0000047 A. 10 B. 11 C. 15 D. 13
C. 0.000047 D. 0.000000047
40. Find the mean proportional of 4 and 36.
74. Which of the following is a rational number? A. 72 B. 24 C. 12 D. 20
A. 0.123123123…. B. sqrt(2) C. pi D.
7^1/2 41. The equation of whose roots are the reciprocal of the roots of
2x^2 – 3x – 5 = 0 is
75. What is the absolute value of 10? A. 5x^2 + 3x – 2 = 0 B. 2x^2 + 3x – 5 = 0
A. -10 B. 10 C. 0 D. none of the choices C. 3x^2 – 3x + 2 D. 2x^2 + 5x – 3 = 0

26. All of the following are prime numbers except one. Which one 42. Solve for x that satisfies the equation 6x^2 – 7x – 5 = 0
is it? A. 5/3 or -1/2 B. 3/2 or 3/8
A. 5 B. 7 C. 29 D. 51 C. 7/5 or -7/15 D. 3/5 or ¾
 A. 7 hours and 12 minutes B. 7 hours and 32 minutes
43. If 1/3 and -3/2 are the roots of a quadratic equation, then the C. 7 hours and 42 minutes D. 7 hours and 50 minutes
equation is 57. Pedro can paint a fence 50 % faster than Juan and 20 % faster
A. 6x^2 + 7x – 3 = 0 B. 6x^2 – 7x +3 = 0 than Pilar, and together they can paint a given fence in 4 hours.
C. 6x^2 – 7x – 3 = 0 D. 6x^2 – 7x + 1 = 0 How long will it take Pedro to paint the same fence if he had to
work alone?
44. What is the discriminant of the equation 4x^2 = 8x – 5? A. 6 B. 8 C. 10 D. 12
A. 8 B. -16 C. 16 D. -8 58. It takes Butch twice as long as it takes Dan to do a certain
piece of work. Working together they can do the work in 6 days.
45. Find the 5th term of the expansion of (x^2 + 1/x)^10. How long would it take Dan to do it alone?
A. 260x^8 B. 5040x^8 C. 210x^8 D. 420x^8 A. 9 days B. 10 days
C. 11 days D. 12 days
46. What is the numerical coefficient of the term next to 495x^8
y^4? 59. Ten liters of 25 % solution and 15 liters of 35 % salt solution
A. 660 B. 792 C. 990 D. are poured into a drum originally containing 30 liters of 10 % salt
1100 solution. What is the percent concentration of salt in the mixture?
A. 19.55 % B. 22.15 %
47. What is the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (x + C. 27.05 % D. 25.72 %
y)^8
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 60. A goldsmith has two alloys of gold, the first being 70 % pure
and the second being 60 % pure. How many ounces of the 60 %
48. What is the sum of the coefficients of the expansion of (2x – pure gold must be used to make 100 ounces of an alloy which will
1)^20? be 66 % gold?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 A. 40 B. 35 C. 45 D. 38

49. Log (MN) is equal to: 61. If 3 is subtracted from the numerator of a certain fraction, the
A. Log M - N B. Log M + N value of the fraction becomes 3/5. If 1 is subtracted from the
C. N log M D. Log M + Log N denominator of the same fraction, it becomes 2/3. Find the
original fraction.
50. Given log_b 1024=5/2. Find b. A. 35/55 B. 36/55 C. 3/7 D.
A. 2560 B. 16 C. 4 D. 2 32/41

51. Given: log_3 (x^2-8x)=2 . Find x. 62. In how many minutes after 2 o’clock will the hands of the clock
A. -1 B. 9 C. -1 and 9 D. 1 and - extend in opposite directions for the first time?
9 A. 42.4 minutes B. 42.8 minutes
C. 43.2 minutes D. 43.6 minutes
52. Solve for the value of x in the following equation:
x^3logx=100x. 63. If x varies directly as y and inversely as z, and x = 14 when y = 7
A. 12 B. 8 C. 30 D. 10 and z = 2, find the value of x when y = 16 and z = 4.
A. 14 B. 4 C. 16 D. 8
53. The sum of Kim’s and Kevin’s ages is 18. In 3 years, Kim will be
twice as old as Kevin. What are their ages now? 64. The arithmetic mean of a and b is
A. 4, 14 B. 5, 13 C. 7, 11 D. 6, A. (a+b)/2 B. sqrt(ab)
12 C. ab/2 D. (a-b)/2

54. A girl is one-third as old as her brother and 8 years younger 65. If the first term of an arithmetic progression is 25 and the
than her sister. The sum of their ages is 38 years. How old is the fourth term is 13, what is the third term?
girl? A. 17 B. 18 C. 19 D. 20
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
66. Find the 9th term of the harmonic progression 3, 2, 3/2.
55. A pump can pump out water from a tank in 11 hours. Another A. 3/5 B. 3/8 C. 4/5 D. 4/9
pump can pump out water from the same tank in 20 hours. How
long will it take both pumps to pump out the water in the tank? 67. If the first term of a geometric progression is 9 and the
A. 7 hours B. 6 hours C. 7.5 hours D. 6.5 common ratio is -2/3, find the fifth term.
hours A. 8/5 B. 16/9 C. 15/7 D. 13/4

56. A tank can be filled in 9 hours by one pipe, 12 hours by a 68. Find the 1987th digit in the decimal equivalent to 1785/9999
second pipe and can be drained when full by a third pipe in 15 starting from the decimal point.
hours. How long will it take to fill an empty tank with all pipes in A. 8 B. 1 C. 7 D. 5
operation?
69. Find the 6th term of the sequence 55, 40 , 28, 19, 13, …. 83. All of the following are composite numbers except one. Which
A. 10 B. 9 C. 8 D. 11 one is it?
70. Find the sum of 1, -1/5, 1/25, …. A. 51 B. 17 C. 35 D. 63
A. 5/6 B. 2/3 C. 0.84 D. 0.72
84. Daniel is twice as old as Jimmy. Terry is one year younger than
Daniel. If the sum of their age is 34. How old is Daniel?
A. 7 B. 13 C. 14 D. 15
71. A non-terminating and non-periodic decimal is
A. rational B. prime C. irrational D. imaginary 85. A small boat travelling 5 miles upstream, later back down
stream for 1 hour and 30 minutes. The stream current is 3 mph.
72. How many prime numbers are there between 200 and 210? What is the velocity when it is in still water?
A. one B. three C. none D. two A. 5.65 B. 8.65 C. 7.82 D. 4.70

73. If a, b and c are rational numbers and if b2- 4ac is positive but 86. Find the remainder if we divide 4y^3 + 8y^2 + y – 6 by (2y - 3).
not perfect square, then the roots of the quadratic equation ax2+ A. -3 B. 27 C. 177 D. -
bx + c = 0 are 16/27
A. real, irrational and unequal B. real, rational and
unequal 87. Multiply the following: (3x + 5y)(5x – 2y)
C. real, rational and equal D. real, irrational and unequal A. 15x^2 + 19xy – 10y^2 B. 15x^2 - 19xy – 10y^2
74. The set of odd integers is closed under the operation of C. 15x^2 + 31xy – 10y^2 D. 15x^2 + 19xy + 10y^2
A. addition B. subtraction
C. multiplication D. division 88. If 16 is 4 less than 3x, find 3x-1.
A. 19 B. -13 C. 0 D. 5
75. The equations x + y = 2 and 2x + 2y = 8 are examples of
equations which are 89. Which of the following is an irrational number?
A. dependent B. independent A. sqrt(2) B. 4^1/2 C. 0.11111… D. -8
C. conditional D. inconsistent
90. A pump can pump out water from a tank in 8hours. Another
76. In the expression an, the number n is referred to as the pump can pump out water from the same tank in 10 hours. How
A. power B. exponent C. degree D. index long will it take both pumps to pump out the water in the tank?
A. 0.225 hrs B. 18 hrs C. 2 hrs D. 4.44 hrs
77. If x is an irrational number not equal to zero and x2= N, then
which of the following best describes N? 91. What is the least common multiple of 25 and 105?
A. N is a natural number. B. N is any rational number. A. 525 B. 2625 C. 5 D. 1005
C. N is a positive rational number. D. N is a positive integral
number. 92. The third term of a geometric progression is 32 and the fifth is
128. Find the first term.
78. A sequence of numbers such that the same quotient is A. 8 B. 16 C. 31 D. 2
obtained by dividing a term by the preceding term is called
A. arithmetic progression B. harmonic progression 93. Find the 6th term of the expansion of (x^2 + 1/x)^10.
C. infinite progression D. geometric progression A. 210x^5 B. 120x^3 C. 752 x^7 D. 252x^5

79. What is the sum of the coefficients of the expansion of (2x – 94. The geometric mean of a and b is
1)^7? A. (a+b)/2 B. sqrt(ab) C. a+b D. 1/(a+b)
A. 0 B. 1 C. -1 D. 2
95. Find the sum of 1, -1/5, 1/25, ….
80. Log (M/N) is equal to: A. 0 B. 5/6 C. 1/2 D. infinite
A. Log M – Log N B. Log M + N
C. N log M D. Log M + Log N 96. Find the value of k so that 2x^2 + 6x + k is a perfect square.
A. 5/2 B. 7/2 C. 1/2 D. 9/2
81. What is the sum of the first 100 terms of the series 10 + 85
+160 + 235 ? 97. The sum of two positive numbers is 12. Their product is 20.
A. 168050 B. 240823 What is the smallest number?
C. 372250 D. 478200 A. 1 B. 2 C. 10 D. 20

82. Find the 1981th digit in the decimal equivalent to 1785/9999 98. If x varies directly as y and inversely as z, and x = 12 when y = 7
starting from the decimal point. and z = 4, find the value of x when y = 16 and z = 4.
A. 5 B. 1 C. 7 D. 8 A. 210/6 B. 187/7 C. 192/7 D.
165/7
99. Given: log_2 (x^2 )=2 . Find x.
A. 2 & -2 B. 2 C. -2 D. -1

100. Find the 11th term of the harmonic progression 3, 2, 3/2.

A.1/2 B. 2 C. 3/4 D. 1/5