General Education – Math (Practice Test) a. 640 c.
480
b. 560 d. 400
1. Simplify the expression 5 – 4 (3 – 4)3 + 10
12. A financial advisor gets 45% commission
÷ 2.
on his total sales. How much commission
a. 14 c. 6
will he get if his total sales is 800,000?
b. 9.5 d. 4.5
a. 350,000 c. 360,000
2. What is the biggest prime number below
b. 400,000 d. 320,000
100?
13. The literal coefficient of -7x3m2n is ______.
a. 99 c. 97
a. -7 c. x3
b. 91 d. 93
b. x3m2n d. 6
3. The least common multiple of 6, 7, and 9 is
14. Simplify the expression
____.
4x3 – 3xy + 5y2 – 2 – x3 + 5x2 – 6xy – 7
a. 378 c. 126
a. 3x3 – 5x2 + 5y2 – 9xy – 9
b. 189 d. 63
b. 3x3 + 5x2 + 5y2 – 9xy – 9
4. The GCF of 92 and 115 is ____.
c. 3x3 – 5x2 + 5y2 – 9xy + 5
a. 46 c. 13
d. 3x3 + 5x2 + 5y2 – 9xy + 5
b. 23 d. 6
15. Solve: 7x + 5y + x + y – 5x + 2y
5. The ten thousandths digit of 98, 765.4321
a. 3x + 8y c. 8x + 8y
is ____.
b. –3x + 8y d. 3x – 8y
a. 9 c. 2
16. Which property of real numbers best
b. 8 d. 1
describes the equation –4(x – 2) = –4x +
6. Among the given decimals, which is
8?
equivalent to 9%?
a. Distributive c. Associative
a. 9.0 c. 0.09
b. Commutative d. Closure
b. 0.009 d. 0.9
17. What property of real number illustrates
7. The total amount after adding 8% interest
the equation 2x – 10 = –10 + 2x?
for 3 months of P6,000?
a. Closure
a. P11,500.00 c. P10,500.00
b. Associative
b. P6,120.00 d. P11,050.00
c. Commutative
8. The price of the condominium unit
d. Distributive
increased by 300,000 pesos after it was
18. Lauder is planning to borrow 850,00 pesos
turned over. If the selling price is 2.8
from the bank at a rate of 4% for 3 years.
million pesos, how much percent has the
How much interest does Lauder have to
value of the condominium appreciated?
pay?
a. 12% c. 19%
a. 964, 750 pesos
b. 18% d. 23%
b. 888, 250 pesos
9. Due to high demand, the price of a certain
c. 102, 000 pesos
product increased by 27.5%. If the original
d. 38, 250 pesos
price is $145, how much is the price
19. Assume you invested $5,000 in an account
increase?
that makes 3.2% interest annually and
a. $389.75 c. $184.875
kept it for 9 years. How much interest will
b. $244.75 d. $39.875
you earn?
10. 700 is what percent of 400?
a. $1,440 c. $1,180
a. 32% c. 132%
b. $1,200 d. $1,050
b. 68% d. 175%
11. What number decreased by 60% of itself
gives 224?
20. If a letter will be chosen at random from 29. What is the measure of each interior angle
the English alphabet, what is the of a regular pentagon?
probability that the letter is a vowel? a. 108o c. 150o
a. 21/28 c. 5/28 b. 144o d. 180o
b. 5/26 d. 21/26 30. A wire is bent in a form of a circle. The
21. Two consecutive odd numbers have a sum radius of the circle is 16 cm. What is the
of 108. What are the two numbers? area covered by the wire?
a. 54 & 55 c. 53 & 55 a. 184π c. 218π
b. 54 & 56 d. 55 & 57 b. 256π d. 272π
22. Determine the product of (3x – 4) and
(2x2 – 3x – 5).
a. 6x2 – 17x2 – 3x + 15
b. 6x2 – 17x2 + 3x + 15
c. 6x3 – 17x2 – 3x +20
d. 6x3 – 17x2 + 3x + 20
23. Divide (3x3 – 18x2 – 5x + 30) by (x – 6).
a. 3x2 + 5 c. x2 + 5
b. 3x2 – 5 d. x2 – 5
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24. Simplify the expression
𝒙–𝟑
a. x + 3 c. x – 7
b. x – 3 d. x + 7
25. What is the total surface area of a shoe box
with dimensions 10 inches by 15 inches by
8 inches?
a. 150 in2 c. 700 in2
b. 350 in2 d. 1,500 in2
26. Figure LMNO is a PARALLELOGRAM. Find
the unknown angles if angle L measures
45o.
a. 75o, 105o, 75o
b. 85o, 135o, 85o
c. 135o, 45o, 135o
d. 55o, 125o, 55o
27. Find the volume of a rectangular box with
a length of 18 inches, a width of 6 inches,
and a height of 9 inches.
a. 570 in3
b. 628 in3
c. 812 in3
d. 972 in3
28. A right triangle has side lengths of 21 and
72. What is the length of the hypotenuse?
a. 75 c. 70
b. 67 d. 80
Answer Key
1. A
2. C
3. C
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. A
9. D
10. D
11. B
12. C
13. A
14. B
15. A
16. A
17. C
18. C
19. A
20. B
21. C
22. C
23. B
24. A
25. A
26. C
27. D
28. A
29. A
30. B
