15.

In 1 ½ hours, the minute hand of a clock rotates through

Board of Professional Teacher Education an angle of how many degrees?
Mathematics for General Education a. 60 b. 90 c. 180 d. 540
Module 2 16. When the fraction 2/3, 5/7, 8/11 and 9/13 are arranged in an
Multiple Choices: ascending order, the result would be?
a. 8/11, 5/7, 9/13, 2/3 c. 2/3, 8/11, 5/7, 9/13
1. What is the average of A, B, C? b. 5/7, 8/11, 2/3, 9/13 d. 2/3, 9/13, 5/7, 8/11
a. ABC/3 c. 3(A+B+C)/.3 17. ADD: 48.63+96.28+436.45+.2385 = ?
b. (A+B+C)/3 d. ABC/A+B+C a. 581.60 c. 581.5990
2. Which of the following has the LEAST Numerical value? b. 581.5985 d. 581.5986
a. 11/12 b. 6/8 c. 5/7 d. ¾ 18. 15 is 20% of what number?
3. If 2 apples cost P25.00, how many apples can be purchased a. 75 b. 78 c. 80
for P100.00? d. 70
a. 8 aplles c. 2 dozens 19. 7 is 5 percent of what number?
b. ½ dozen d. 1 ½ dozens a. 120 b. 125 c. 145 d. 140
4. If 2 tablespoons= 1 liquid oz., and 5 tablespoons = ¼ cup, 20. The ratio of two numbers 5: 3 and their differences is 20.
then, how many liquid ounces are there in one cup? What are the numbers?
a. 4 ounces c. 16 ounces a. 50, 30 b. 55, 35 c. 40,60 d. 45, 65
b. 10 ounces d. 24 ounces 21. The ratio of two numbers is 16: 33. The larger number is
5. 2 is what percent of 5? 264. What is the smaller number?
a. 25% b. 38% c. 40% d. 35% a. 131 b. 130 c. 129 d. 128
6. Five (5) average office workers earn a total average monthly 22. ¾ of 100 is equal to 5 times what number?
salary of P10, 000. If the average monthly salaries of two of a. 10 b. 75 c. 25
these workers total P 4,000, what is the average monthly d. 15
income of each of the remaining three workers? 23. What is the smallest positive number which, when it is
a. P 6,000.00 c. P 2,500.00 divided by 3, 4 or 5, will leave a remainder of 2?
b. P 2,000.00 d. P 4,000.00 a. 42 b. 22 c. 62
7. Which of the following equation has the LEAST value? d. 122
a. 6+3x4 c. 6+4x3 24. Which of the following number has the largest numerical
b. 6x4+3 d. 6x3+4 value?
8. 3.54 is multiplied by 10 to the fifth power, what would be a. ( 3+3+3) to 3rd power c. ( 4x3x3) to 2nd
the value? power
a. 3.054 c. 305.40 b. ( 3x3) to 3rd power d. 3 cube + 3 square
b. 30.54 d. 354,000 c.
9. If the short hand of the clock is at 4, what is the degree of 25. Eight percent of 36 is 72% of what number?
its’ angle? a. 2.06 b. 2.88 c. 3.24 d. 4
a. 90 b. 120 c. 130 d. 150 26. Which of the following has the greatest value?
10. There are two numbers whose sum is 48. One of the a. 6/10 b. 8/12 c. 17/24 d. 7/9
numbers is greater by 6. What are the numbers? 27. If 25% of 50% of 80 is 10, then ¼ of 5/10 of 80 is
a. 23,24 b. 21,27 c. 22,26 d. 23,26 a. 40 b. 20 c. 15 d. 10
11. Add: 17 5/8 + 21 ¾ =? 28. What number is 35 more than 70?
a. 38 3/8 c. 39 4/8 a. 105 b. 135 c. 170 d. 185
b. 39 3/8 d. 38 4/8 29. The number is 15 less 7; when added to ten, what will the
number be?
12. My uncle’s weight is two times that my nephew. My aunt’s
a. 28 b. 18 c. 17 d. 15 30. What
weight is half that of my nephew. What is the total weight of
is 30. -2 + (-3.1) + (-.02)?
the three? Which of the following formulae will apply for
a. -.512 b. 5.012 c. 0.512 d. -5.12
the correct answer?
31. What part of an hour elapses between 11:50 am and 12:14
a. x3+2 1/2 c. (2x) + (x) + (1/2x)
pm ?
b. ½ + 3x d. 2x + 1/2x2
a. 2/5 b. 7/30 c. 17/30 d. 16
13. 2 3/4 of P100 is equal to
32. A motion was passed by a vote of 6 is to 4. What parts of
a. 6/4 x 100 c. 11/4 + 100
votes cast were in favor of the motion?
b. 11/4 x 100 d. 6/4 +100
a. 6/10 b. 6/4 c. 4/6 d.
14. Which of the following fraction is > than 1/3?
4/10
a. 22/63 c. 4/11
33. If three miles is equivalent to 4.83 kilometers, then 11.27
b. 15/46 d. 33/98
kms is equivalent to how many miles?
A. 2 1/3 b. 7 1/3 c. 5 d. 7

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34. Ever good Systems employ 115 people. During the low season, 46. Jamie bought 55 copies of phil. History and paid a total
it laid off 20% of its employees. By what percent must the of P 3,850.00. If she buys 3 copies more of the same
company increase its’ manpower to return to full capacity? book, how much will she pay in all?
a. 20 b. 22 c. 23 d. a. P4,060 b. P4,260 c. P4,160 d. P4,150
25 47. A manufacture finds that 150 pieces of pens are
35. Golen Bell Books offer 2004 World Almanac marked at P2, defective and unsuitable for sale. If the defective pens
450.00 less discount of 10% and 5 %. Another bookstore offers are equivalent to three percent of the production, how
the same book but with a single discount of 15%. How much many pens are being produced?
does the buyer save by buying at the best price? a. 5100 b. 4990 c. 5000 d. 5150
a. P12.25 c. P 12.00 48. Trisha is paid P 380.00 per hour for the 1 st hrs. She
b. P 12.50 d. P10.50 works in a day. For every hour thereafter, she is paid P
36. Lulu travels a distance of 20 kilometers at 60 kms. per hour 475.00 per hour. If she works 4 more hours’ day for 3
(kph) and then returns over the same route at 40 kph. What is days in a week, how much does she earn per week?
his average rate for the round trip in kms. per hour? a. P2,1000 b. P2,0900 c. P2,0950 d. P2,9990
a. 50kms b. 48 kph c. 47 kph d. 46 kph 49. Maxine owns 40% of the stock in Millennium Traders,
37. Mr. Milby took his four children to the trade exhibit. The total Inc. Justine owns 15,000 shares. Aleah owns all the
cost of their admission tickets was P 135.00 Mr. and Mrs. shares not owned by Maxine or Justine. How many
Alonzo and their six children had to pay P 220.00. What was shares does Maxine own if Aleah has 25 % more shares
the cost of an adult ticket and that of a child’s ticket? than Maxine?
a. P 35.0 & P 25.00 c. P 24.00 & P 35.00 a. 45,000 shares c. 60,000 shares
b. P 25.00 & P 35.00 d. P35.00 & P 28.00 b. 50,000 shares d. 75,000 shares
38. Cass and uma both have part time jobs. Last week, Cass 50. What would Aleah’ total number of shares in
worked 8 hours and Uma, 5 hours and both of them earned a Millennium Traders Inc?
total of P800.00. This week, Uma worked 12 hours and Cass, 4 a. 75,500 c. 75,050
hours and they earned a total of P1, 250.00. How much is b. 75,600 d. 75,000
Cass’s hourly rate? 51. Two trains start from the same station at the time but
a. P 48.00 b.P49.50 c. P 44.08 d. P44.50 39. travel in opposite directions. Their rate is 45 miles per
What is Uma hourly rate? hour and 65 miles per hour respectively. After how
a. P89.90 b. P89.00 c. P88.75 d. P 89.47 many hours will the train be 640 miles apart?
40. If X is located on line segment AB and point Y is located on a. 4 hrs. 40 mins c. 6 hrs
line segment CD, If AB = CD and AX >CY, then : b. 5 hrs 48 mins d. 4 ½ hrs
a. XB > YD c. XB > YD 52. C is the midpoint of line segment AE, B and D are in
b. AX > XB d. AX > XB the line AE so that AB = BC and CD = DE. What
41. If W > X, Y< Z and X > Z, then which of the following percent of AC is AD?
equation must be true? a. 33 % b. 50 % c. 133 % d. 150 %
a. W >X >Y> Z c. X >Z >Y >W 53. Admission tickets to a college play cost P20 for
b. W> X >Z >Y d. Z < Y < X < W students and P 50 for non-students. If 550 tickets were
42. The number of degrees through which the hour hand of a sold and total receipts amounted to P 15,500. How
clock moves in two hours and 12 minutes is? many tickets of each type were sold?
a. 66 degrees c. 126 degrees a. 160 & 390 c.150 & 400
b. 72 degrees d. 732 degrees b. 100 & 450 d.170 & 380
43. Emang is 15 years old. Veronica is one-third older. How 54. Mang Jose, a gardener, can mow a lawn in 3 hrs. After
many years ago was Veronica twice as old as Emang. 2 hrs., it rained and he stopped mowing the lawn, in the
a. 3 b. 5 c. 7.5 d. 10 afternoon, Aling Tina, completed the rest of the work in
44. A train running between Calamba and Magallanes arrives at one hour and 30 minutes. How long would it take Aling
its destination 10 minutes late when it goes at 40 kms. per Tina to mow the lawn by herself?
hour. And 16 minutes late when it goes at 30 kms. per hour. a. 2 hr. and 30 mins. c. 1 hr. and 45 mins.
What is the difference between the two towns? b. 1 hr. and 22 mins. d. 2 hr. and 22 mins.
a. 25 kms. b. 12 kms. c. 75 kms. d. 80 kms. 55. A couple wants to have only four children so spaced
45. Jake is 67 years old. His son Jay is 29 years old. In how that the first is older than the second by 2 years, the
many years will Jay be exactly half his father’s age? second older than the third by three years, the third
a. 6 b. 7 c. 8 d. 9 older than the fourth by 4 years. If their plan is realized,
how old will the eldest child be when the youngest is
PROBLEM SOLVING : nine years old?
a. 18 yrs. Old c. 17 yrs. old
b. 16 yrs. Old d.15 yrs. old
56. Write 3.4 % as a fraction.

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 a. 3.4 / 100 c. .34 / 100 b. 54 km & 4 hrs. d. 42 km & 4 hrs.
b. 3.4 / 1000 d. .34 / 1000 77. Mr. Perez earned P27, 895 from mango plantation. He
57. Write ¾ % as a decimal. also earned 352,168 from his poultry farm. How much
a. .75 c. .0075 did he earn in all?
b. .075 d. .00075 a. P 379,953 c. P 379,963
58. The number missing in the series 6, 12, 20, 30, ? , 56, 72 is ? b. P 380,063 d. P 479,063
a. 38 b. 42 c. 44 d. 48 78. Christine bought 8 kilos margarine. She used 2 1/3 kilos
59. If the following numbers are arranged in order from smallest to for baking cake and 1 ½ kilos for spaghetti. How many
the largest, what will be the correct order? kilos of margarine were left?
* 9 /13 * 13/9 * 70% * 1/.70 a. 5 5/5 kilos c. 5 1/6 kilos
a. Bacd c. Cdab b. 4 1/6 kilos d. 3 5/6 kilos
b.Cbad d. Acdb 79. Mrs. Salas bought 6 meters of wire for P20. How much
60. 3 is 6 % of a certain number. What is the number? will 9 meters of wire cost?
a. 53 b. 50 c. 48 d. 18 a. P 15 b. P 20 c. P 25 d. P 30
61. What is the average of 0.6, 6.6, 0.4, and 2.4? 80. Belen deposited P4, 000 in a bank with an interest of 7 ½
a. 1 b. 10 c. 2 ½ d. 2 % per Annum. How much is the interest of her money
62. What is the sum of √12 + √27? after one year?
a. √29 b. 5√3 c. 3√5 d. 13√ 3 63. Find 65% of 75. a. P 100 c. P 1000
a. 4.87 b. 488 c. 48.75 d. 487.50 b. P 300 d. P 3000
64. P25.00 is 20% of what? 81. There are 40 pupils with only 20 textbooks in the science
67. 1 ¼ class of Mrs. Dela Cruz. What is the pupil textbooks
a. P 1,250 c. P 128.50 subtracted ratio?
b. P 125.00 d. P 120.00 from its a. 1:2 b. 2:1 c. 2:3 d. 20:40
65. 12 is 125% of what number? reciprocal 82. On test 25 questions, Uma made 4 mistakes. What
a. 9.6 b. 8 c. 9 66. d. 10 is? percent id he answer correctly?
What percent of 16 is 40? a. 80% b. 84% c. 85% d. 82%
a. 2.5 % c. ¼ 83. Mrs. Ponti borrowed P1, 500 at 10% interest per annum
b. 2500 % d. 250% for 6 months. How much did she pay back?
a. P 1,525 c. P 1,575
a. -9/20 c. 25
b. P 1,500 d. P 1,595
b. .45 d. 9/20
84. Which polygon has four equal sides?
68. What is the ratio of ¼ to 3/5?
a. Rhombus c. Scalene
a. 1:3 b. 3:20 c. 5:12 d. 3:4
b. Equilateral d. Isosceles
69. What is the difference between √150 and √54?
85. Which two numbers total the sum of 72 the difference
a. 3√6 b.16√6 c. 6√2 d. 2√6 70. One
being 12?
tenth is what part of three-fourths?
a. 32 and 40 c. 41 and 31
a. 3/40 b. 1/8 c. 2/15 d. 15/2
b. 30 and 42 d. 24 and 48
71. How many 1/8’s are there in 2 5/8?
86. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in
a. 21 b. 22 c. 23 d. 24
a class is 2:3. If here are 40 students in the class. How
72. A blue neon light blinks every 4 seconds. A red one blinks many boys are there?
every 5 seconds, while a green one blinks every 6 seconds.
a. 8 b. 16 c. 18 d. 24
How many times will they blink together in one hour?
87. Mrs. Paredez paid P94.50 for 3 ½ dozen of eggs. How
a. once b. 10 times c. 20 d. 60
much would two dozen of such eggs cost?
73. Which of the following is divisible by 3, but not by 9?
a. 50.50 b. 54.00 c. 55.00 d. 56.00
a. 11,070 c. 45,072
88. Mark divides his day into leisure, sleep, and work in the
b. 20,103 d. 19,386 ratio 1:2:3. How many hours does he spend working?
74. The distance between two towns on a given map is 2 ¾ cm. a. 4 hr b. 8 hr c. 10 hr d. 12 hr
If 1/2cm represents 6 km. What is he distance between the
89. It takes 20 men to build a house or 60 days. How many
two towns?
men will be needed to build in 15 days?
a. 18 km c. 36 km
a. 5 b. 80 c. 100 d. 120
b. 33 km d. 42 km
90. Which of these is a correct proportion?
75. Margo paid P400 for a blouse. If the blouse was sold at 20%
a. 3:5 = 5:10 c. 1 ½ :2 = 5:7
discount, what was its original price?
b. 7:10 = 15:18 d. 4:9 = 2:41/2
a. P 80 b. P 480 c. P 500 d. P 540
91. The area of rectangle is 17 cm 2. Find its perimeter if its
76. Julius drove 193.5 kilometers did he travels in one hour?
length is 13 cm
How long it will take him to travel 150.5 kilometers more?
a. 9 cm b. 30 cm c. 44 cm d. 54 cm
a. 43 km & 3.5 hrs. c. 40 km & 7.3 hrs.
92. What is the sum of the first five prime numbers?

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93. In a sequence of start and stops an elevator travels from the
first floor to the fifth floor and then to the second floor. From
there, the elevator travels to the fourth and then to the third
floor. If the floors are 3 meters apart how far has the elevator
traveled?
a. 18 m b. 27 m c. 30 m d. 45 m
94. 14.3 is equal to
a. 0.143 x 100 c. 143  100
b. 14.3 x 100 d. 0.143 x 1000
95. Which of the following has the greatest value?
a. 0.351 b. 35/100 c. 3/10 d. 3/9
96. Which of the following numbers is greater than -3/2?
a. -4/3 b. -3 c. -7/4 d. -2
97. Simplify 1/3+2/5-2/6
a. 1/14 b. 1/5 c. 2/3 d. 2/5
98. Find the product of (2 ½) (5/7) (2/5)
a. 0 b. 5/44 c. 1 d. 5/7
99. Simplify [2(-3)2 –(-4)(-5) -2]
a. -4 b. 14 c. 28 d. 10
100. Dante is working on a hill 78 meters above the sea level,
while directly underneath, Mark is working in a tunnel 38
meters below the sea level. What is the distance between
Dante and Mark?
a. 116 m c. -42 m
b. 42 m d. -1163 m

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