Math Problems for Students
Math Problems for Students
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of the population of 48,000 in Bulacan. 9) How many whole numbers can divide 30
However, his advertising campaign reaches exactly?
only ¾ of the number he intended. How many a. Eight
people does he actually reach? b. Six
a. 16,000 c. Five
b. 10,000 d. Four
c. 24,000 10) Which is the sum of the infinite progression
d. 36,000 3/2, 1, 2/3, 4/9 . . . ?
2) A meter was cut at the 35-cm mark. What is a. 6½
the ratio of the smaller piece to the larger b. 5½
piece? c. 4½
a. 7:13 d. 7½
b. 65:35 11) In the progression 18, -12, 8 . . . which term
c. 35:100 is 512/729?
d. 65:100 a. the 8th
3) The carat is a unit of measure used to weigh b. the 6th
precious stones. It equals 3.086 grains. How c. the 9th
many grains does a 2.8 carat diamond weigh? d. the 7th
a. 864.08 12) Which are the next three terms in the
b. 86.408 progression 1, 4, 16 . . . 8 terms?
c. 8.6408 a. 64, 256, 1024
d. 8640.8 b. 67, 259, 1027
4) A carpenter wanted three pieces of wood c. 66, 258, 1026
each 1⅝ feet long. If he planned to cut them d. 65, 257, 1025
from a 6-foot piece of wood, how much of the 13) Which are the next three terms in the
piece would be left? progression 1/125, -1/25, 1/5 . . . 7 terms?
a. 4 ⅜ ft a. -2, 6, -26
b. 1 ⅛ ft b. -3, 7, -27
c. 4 ⅞ ft c. -4, 8, -28
d. 3 ft d. -1, 5, -25
5) Four mangoes cost P29.00. At that price 14) Which is the equivalent common fraction of
what will 2½ dozen mangoes cost? the repeating decimal 3.242424…?
a. ₱217.50 a. 107/33
b. ₱188.50 b. 110/33
c. ₱348.50 c. 109/33
d. ₱870.00 d. 108/33
6) If ₱75.00 is shared among three children in 15) Benjamin received his report card with the
the ratio of 3:7:15. The size of the smaller following grades: 93, 88, 80, 86 and 89? What is
share is the average grade?
a. ₱9.00 a. 86
b. ₱15.00 b. 87
c. ₱25.00 c. 86 1/5
d. ₱35.00 d. 88
7) 4 1/5 + 3 2/7 = __________ 16) The Miranda Family purchased a 250-pound
a. 7 17/35 side of beef and had it packaged. They paid
b. 7 3/35 ₱365.00 for the side of beef. During the
c. 7 1/35 packaging, 75 pounds of beef were discarded
d. 7 3/12 as waste. What was the cost per pound for the
8) 10 - 3 2/17 = __________ packaged beef?
a. 7 2/17 a. ₱2.08 per pound
b. 6 2/17 b. ₱2.50 per pound
c. ₱2.06 per pound a. 6
d. ₱2.30 per pound b. 8
home runs can he expect to hit during the 162- 24) One package is 100 pounds, and the other
game season? is 150 pounds. The weight of the second
a. 38 package is how many times that of the first?
b. 42 a. 1½ times heavier
c. 36 b. ½ as heavy
d. 40 c. 10 pounds heavier
Nena bought some new accessories for their 25) How many gallons of water will fill a fish
apartment. Nena chose a crocheted throw tank that is 18 inches by 12 inches by 48
pillow at ₱24.95, and Tomas purchased a rural inches? (There are 231 cubic inches per
landscape painting for ₱135.00. How much did gallon). Round your answer to the nearest
they actually spend if they paid 7% sales tax gallon.
on their purchases? a. 45 gallons
a. ₱171.15 b. 40 gallons
b. ₱139.25 c. 47 gallons
c. ₱159.95 d. 38 gallons
d. ₱148.75 26) What are the next four numbers in this
19) You buy a new refrigerator for ₱12,800.00 sequence 8, 5, 4, 9,17, ___, ___, ___, ___?
and make a down payment of ₱2,500.00. If you a. 4, 3, 2, 1
finance the remainder at 8% annually for three b. 5, 4, 3, 2
years, how much will you actually pay for the c. 6, 3, 2, 0
refrigerator? d. 3, 2, 1, 0
a. ₱12,190.00 27) What day follows the day before yesterday
b. ₱10,300.00 if 2 days from now will be Sunday?
c. ₱12,772.00 a. Tuesday
d. ₱15,272.00 b. Saturday
20) To pass her English Test, Lucille must get c. Wednesday
75% of the items correct. Out of 80 questions, d. Thursday
how many must she correctly answer? 28) How much larger is the supplement of a 57
a. 55 degree angle than the complement of a 75
b. 60 degree angle?
c. 65 a. 108 degrees
d. 70 b. 18 degrees
21) Employees at Shaira's Musicmart get a 20% c. 105 degrees
discount on all purchases. If Theresa buys d. 123 degrees
three tapes at ₱7.49 each, how much will she 29) The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 25
have to pay after her employee discount? feet. If one leg is 24 feet, what is the length of
a. ₱16.98 the other leg?
b. ₱19.98 a. 5 ft
c. ₱18.98 b. 5 ft
d. ₱17.98 c. 20 ft
22) How many ways can a committee of 4 d. 7 ft
people be selected from a group of 7 people? 30) Which is the length of the hypotenuse of a
a. 35 right triangle with legs 5 inches and 12
b. 70 inches?
c. 140 a. 17in.
d. 210 b. 13 in.
23) In how many ways can you arrange three c. 11in.
mathematics books (Algebra, Geometry, d. 20 in.
Trigonometry) in order on a shelf?
31) A tenant as awarded a house and lot 39) Which expresses the polynomial in the
package worth ₱180, 000.00. She has to pay following?
package for 20 years at 9% per annum. How a. x – x + 9 – 3x + 10x
much will the house and lot cost after 20 b. 2x + 4x – 3
years? c. xy – x – 6
a. ₱604, 000 d. x – 4x + 2x – x + 2
b. ₱504, 000 40) The meat sent by air cargo is 1,340 pounds.
c. ₱704, 000 The weight was computed into kilogram
d. ₱500, 00 determine the kilogram of the cargo.
32) What is the exponential function of Y = f a. 0090 kg
(x)? b. 609.09 kg
a. y = 2x – 1 c. 61 kg
b. y = 5x2 d. 00.908 kg
c. y = x-1 41) How do you determine the total length of
d. y = x-5 the clothing materials if there are 7 2/10 meter
33) Julio son is graduating. He sent his son and 15 4/5 meter available?
three packages of 8 ½ kg, 10 ¼ and 2 ½ kg. a. 18 ½ m
What is the total of the packages sent? b. 23 m
a. 20 ¼ kg c. 18 m
b. 21 ¼ kg d. 18 ¼ m
c. 18 ½ kg 42) Eight men can paint a 3 unit army school
d. 23 2/2 kg building in 3 days. How many more units will 12
34) The weather report recorded a temperature men pain of this building?
of 29°C in the morning and 33.5°C at two a. ½
o’clock in the afternoon. How many degrees b. 1 ½
higher was the afternoon temperature? c. 2
a. 4.5°C d. 1
b. 5.8°C 43) Only 682 examinees passed in a
c. 6.3°C Pharmacists Licensure Examination out of
d. 5.5°C 2550 examinees. What is the passing
35) Write the ratio in the lowest term two hours percentage?
to 30 minutes a. 26.5%
a. 2:15 b. 26%
b. 2:4 c. 26.7%
c. 2:30 d. 26.8%
d. 4:1 44) Convert this confiscated 8,000 grams of
36) Give the value of a if the statement is 4ab = dangerous drugs into kilograms.
20 and b = 5: a. 8 kg
a. 3 c. 800 kg
b. 1 b. 800 kg
c. 2 d. 80 kg
d. 4 45) A rice field is divided into four sections.
37) What is the sum of √9 and √4. Each section is 25 meters by 38 meters. Get
a. 3 the perimeter of each section.
b. 5 a. 152 m
c. 2 b. 126 m
d. 4 c. 156 m
a. 5 ¼ gallons 33. B
b. 4 ½ gallons 34. A
c. 4 ¾ gallons 35. D
78 is ________. b. 6
a. 24 c. 9
b. 13 d. 12
a. Commutative c. 3,500
b. Associative d. 35,000
8) Which is proportion? a. 6
a. 5:4 = 15:12 b. 24
b. 8:3 = 16:9 c. 36
c. 4:5 = 12:10 d. 72
9) After receiving a 30% discount, Jay paid be cut from a 31 ¼ ft roll of wire?
of the item? b. 10
a. ₱300 c. 25
b. ₱350 d. 50
a. ₱16,000 d. right
a. 10.5% c. 10
b. 12.5% d. 100
12) John invested ₱5,000 in a certain business. balls. What is the probability that it is not blue?
a. ₱6,000 c. 7/12
b. ₱6,100 d. 1
13) What do you call an equality of 2 ratios? ₱20,000 of his total sales. How much does he
b. fraction a. 5,060
c. percentage b. 6,060
d. proportion c. 7,060
d. 8,060
14) The number of hours spent for review in
Algebra, Chemistry and English is in the ratio 22) A TV set that originally cost ₱20,000 is now
of 4:3:1. How many hours does each student sold at ₱18,000. What is the percentage
decrease in the price of the TV set? earnings were in the ration of 7:8 respectively,
a. 10% how much did Jack earned when Jill had
b. 20% earned ₱6,400?
c. 30% a. ₱6,200
d. 40% b. ₱5,600
car so that he can reach home 15 minutes 31) Which of the following is a multiple of 8?
earlier? a. 5,148
a. 60 kph b. 53,250
b. 80 kph c. 1,460
c. 90 kph d. 32,400
d. 100 kph 32) The value of the car has depreciated by
24) A typist can finish 4 pages in 6 minutes. ₱20,000. It is now worth ₱380,000. By how
How long will it take for him to finish 10 many percent did the value of the car
pages? decrease?
a. 20 minutes a. 5%
b. 15 minutes b. 10%
c. 10 minutes c. 20%
d. 8 minutes d. 25%
25) Four people can finish painting a room 33) If x is an integer and 90>3x, then x cannot
within 4 hours. If only 2 people are available, be ________.
how many hours do they have to work to finish a. 29
the same job? b. 26
a. 4 c. 27
b. 6 d. 30
c. 8 34) Of the following, which is the greatest?
d. 10 a. 3/4
26) (3√8) (3√18) = __________ b. 5/7
a. 108 c. 6/9
b. 110 d. 7/10
c. 112 35) The area of the rectangle is 6x2, with
d. 114 length of 2x. Find the perimeter.
27) Jean bought 5 kilos of rice worth ₱200 and a. 16x
another 4 kilos of rice worth ₱144. What is the b. 10x
average price of rice per kilo? c. 12x2
a. ₱172.00 d. 18x
b. ₱172.11 36) How many times will the digit 7 appear
c. ₱175.00 between 1 to 100.
d. ₱175.11 a. 9
28) 72 is ¾ of what number? b. 20
a. 76 c. 19
b. 84 d. 11
c. 86 37) What is the value of a in the statement: 3ab
d. 96 =15, if b = 5?
29) 0.0125 expressed in fraction in lowest term a. 3
is ________. b. 1
a. 1/8 c. 2
b. ¼ d. 5
c. 1/800 38) Lito cut 4 ¼ yd of plastic cover from a bolt
d. 1/80 containing 35 1/8 yd. How many yards were left
30) Jack and Jill work as part of the service in the bolt?
crew in one of the fastfood chains. If their a. 31 ¼
b. 30 7/8 c. ₱5,250
c. 31 1/8 d. ₱5,425
d. 30 ¼ 47) How much should a man deposit in a bank
39) Find the final amount due in investing at 6% simple interest rate if he wants to earn
₱50,000 at a simple interest rate of 14.5% for ₱1,200 a year?
18 months. a. ₱10,000
a. ₱60,875 b. ₱30,000
b. ₱50,875 c. ₱15,000
c. ₱60,900 d. ₱20,000
d. ₱50,900 48) What is the quotient when .345 is divided
40) What is the exact interest of ₱15,000, by .5?
invested at 5.5% simple interest rate for 108 a. .69
days? b. .65
a. ₱255.62 c. .64
b. ₱265.62 d. .67
c. ₱260.62 49) Simplify this [ 2 x 9 – 8 x (-3) ] / 6 + 15 =
d. ₱244.11 _________.
41) At what rate of interest should ₱2,400 be a. 4
invested so that it will earn ₱80 in 8 months? b. 3
a. 6.5% c. 2
b. 5.5% d. 1
c. 5% 50) A movie ticket cost ₱500 during a premiere
d. 6% night, and ₱320 during the regular show. What
42) What is the single equivalent discount rate is the percentage decrease in the price of the
of the discount series 5%, 10% and 25%? ticket?
a. 40% a. 30%
b. 35.9% b. 36%
c. 64.1% c. 24%
d. 60% d. 28%
45) Julio’s salary is ₱8,500 per month. If it is 11. B - 1/8 x 100% = 12.5%
month? 13. D
a. ₱9,320 14. C
b. ₱9,420 15. C
c. ₱9,520 16. D
d. ₱9,550 17. D
18. B
46) How much commission does a salesman
19. C
get if he was able to sell ₱35,000 worth of
20. C
jewelry and he is given a 15% of it?
21. B
a. ₱5,300
22. A
b. ₱5,325
23. D
24. B c. 34
25. C d. 30
26. A 5) Which has the most volume?
27. D a. A box 10 meters high, 6 meters wide, and 14
28. D meters long.
29. D b. A box 1 meter high, 60 meters wide, and 14
30. B meters long.
31. D c. A box 9 meters high, 7 meters wide, and 14
32. A meters long.
33. D d. A box 11 meters high, 8 meters wide, and 7
34. A meters long.
35. B
6) If 4s=b, then a is equal to ________.
36. B
a. 4 + b
37. B
b. 4b
38. B
c. b/4
39. A
d. 1/4b
40. D
41. C 7) If p is a positive integer in the equation
42. B 12p=q, then q must be a:
43. A a. negative even integer
44. C b. positive odd integer
45. C c. negative odd integer
46. B d. positive even integer
47. D 8) Which of the following is NOT a prime
48. A number?
49. C a. 43
50. B b. 47
c. 53
d. 57
MATHEMATICS (1)
9) In Roman numerals, what letter in the
1) Only 26% of 50 students passed the exam.
alphabet represents 1,000?
How many students failed the test?
a. M
a. 37
b. L
b. 35
c. D
c. 33
d. C
b. 39
10) The value of the expression 3xy + 3y + 7
2) List the fractions 1/9, 2/15 and 3/15 from
when x=2 and y=3 is:
LEAST to GREATEST.
a. 36
a. 3/21, 1/9, 2/15
b. 42
b. 1/9, 3/21, 2/15
c. 34
c. 1/9, 2/15, 3/21
d. 40
d. 2/15, 3/21, 1/9
11) 100 is to 121 as 10 is to?
3) What is the square root of 400?
a. 14
a. 40
b. 12
b. 20
c. 13
c. 8
d. 11
d. 4
12) 20% of 2 is equal to:
4) Of the 50 students enrolled in the subject –
a. -4
Trigonometry, 90% took the final examination
b. 4
at the end of the term. Two-thirds of those who
c. 1/4
took the final exam passed. How many
d. 10
students passed the exam?
a. 33 13) If 40% of a number is 55, what is 44% of
b. 45 that number?
a. 64
b. 60.5 lowest, the 23rd score is the:
c. 52.5 a. mean
d. 56 b. variance
the remaining 8 pencils at 0.25 per pair. How 23) To find the perimeter (P) of a rectangle that
much money did I collect for the pencils? has length of 16 inches and a width of 12
a. 7.5 inches, which of the following equations can
b. 7 be used?
c. 6 a. P = 2(16)(12)
d. 5 b. P = (16)+(12)
17) If n<m and a<b, then _________. c. 5/2 X 11/3 = 55/6 = 9 1/6
18) Why is 1/5 called a unit fraction? wait in the line if you hold number 321?
19) The amount of simple interest denoted by 26) If you write all the whole numbers from 1
“I” paid by the bank on a savings account, uses through 1,000, how many numbers have the
c. I = principal invested X annual rate of 27) A vehicle consumes one liter of gasoline to
interest X years and X months travel 10 kilometers. After a tune-up, it travels
d. I = principal invested X annual rate of the 15% farther on one liter. To the nearest tenth,
interest how many liters of gasoline will it take for the
20) The average of a set of 12 numbers is 12. If vehicle to travel 230 kilometers?
a. 8 c. 23.15 liters
b. 9 d. 20 liters
21) If the scores in Mathematics test of 45 the program was not commercials?
29) If the score of 10 students are: 76, 80, 75, 36) One scoop of fish food can feed 7 fish for
83, 80, 79, 85, 80, 88, 90, the mode is: two days. How many fish can 6 scoops of fish
a. 85 food feed for a week?
b. 79 a. 12 fishes
c. 88 b. 14 fishes
d. 80 c. 16 fishes
31) A rectangle has sides of 10 and 12 units. d. .023, 5.00, 3.0, 03.5
How can the area of a square be computed if it 38) What is the range of the following: 86, 70,
has the same perimeter of the rectangle? 83, 90, 85, 78, 79, 81, 87?
a. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, a. 12
then multiply by 4. b. 15
b. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, then multiply c. 16
by 4. d. 20
c. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, 39) If Bob is exactly 33 years old on the 333rd
then square the quotient. day of this year, in what month was he born?
d. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, a. October
then multiply by 2. b. December
32) The ration of men to women at Mabuhay c. November
High School is 3:7. If there are 6,153 women in d. September
the said school, how many men are at Mabuhay 40) What value of x will satisfy the equation 5x
High School? + 7 = 3x – 9?
a. 2,051 a. x = -6
b. 2,637 b. x = +8
c. 879 c. x = 10
d. 1,895 d. x = -8
33) Mrs. Smith has 80 birds: geese, hens and ANSWERS:
ducks. The ration of geese to hens is 3:1. 60%
1. A
of the birds are ducks. How many geese does
2. C
Mrs. Smith have?
3. B
a. 24
4. D
b. 20
5. C
c. 25
6. A
d. 28
7. D
34) If each of the five members in a basketball 8. D
team shakes hands with every other member of 9. A
the team before the game starts, how many 10. C
handshakes will there be in all? 11. D
a. 6 12. D
b. 8 13. B
c. 10 14. B
d. 9 15. D
35) How many twenty thousand are there in 16. B
one million? 17. D
a. 100 18. C
b. 500 19. B
20. C
21. C
22. D
23. D
24. C
25. B
26. B
27. D
28. B
29. D
30. C
31. B
32. B
33. B
34. C
35. C
36. A
37. C
38. D
39. C
40. D