MATH MAJOR

REVIEWER
PART 2
(solutions)
Solution:
1. At what rate per annum should P2400 be
invested so that it will earn an
interest of P800 in 8 years?
I = Pin
800 = 2400(i)(8)
i = 800/(2400*8)
i = 0.0417 or 4.17%
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Solution:
◈ Three
2.   brothers inherited a cash amount of
P62,000 and they divided it among themselves in
the ratio of 5:4:1. How much more is the largest
share than the smallest share?
Largest share =
Difference = 31,000 – 6,200
= 31,000 = 24,800
Smallest share =
= 6,200
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 Solution:
3. Two buses leave the same station at 8:00 pm.
One bus travels north at the rate of 30 kph and
the other travels east at 40 kph. How many
kilometers apart are the buses at 10 pm?
10:00 pm
L2 = 302 + 402
L L = 50 kph
30 kph
Distance at 10 pm (after 2 hours) = 50(2)
= 100 km

40 kph 10:00 pm 4
8:00 pm
Solution:
4. Calculate the mean absolute deviation if
the following numbers: 60, 80, 100, 75 and
95
 
x
60 22
80 2
 
100 18
75 7
95 13 5
Solution:
5. Which of the following is the
factorization of the binomial x2 – 42?
= x 2 – 42
= x2 – 16
= (x+4)(x-4)

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Solution:
6. What value of x will satisfy the
equation: 0.4(5x-1470) = x

2x – 588 = x
X = 588

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Solution:
7. Which of the following has the greatest
value?
a. 3 + 32 + (3+3)2 = 3 + 9 + 36
= 48
b. 3 = 27
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c. [(3+3)2]2 = (36)2
= 1296
d. (3+3+3) = 81
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Question:
◈  The average of 5 different counting
8.
numbers is 20. What is the highest possible
value that one of the numbers can have?
This can be done by TRIAL and ERROR.
Let’s start with the option with the greatest value, 90
= 50
Therefore, the answer is 90
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Question:
9. What is the missing terms in the series
5, 20, 80,___, 1280,___, 20480?
By inspection, we can see that the sequence is a geometric
progression. The next term is the product of multiplying 4 in the
previous term. Thus,
80*4 = 320
1280*4 = 5120

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Question:
10. One side of a 45-45-90 triangle
measures x cm. What is the length of its
hypotenuse?

  2 = x2 + x2
h
x h=? h2 = 2x2
h = x cm

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“Nothing is
impossible.
The word
itself says
‘I’m
Possible’”
– Audrey Hepburn 12