Mathematics Part 5 a.

P75,000
1. Two buses leave the same station at 8:00 pm. b. P30,000
One bus travels north at the rate of 30 kph and c. P24,800
the other travels east at 40 kph. How many 8. What is the missing terms in the series 5, 20,
kilometers apart are the buses at 10 pm? 80, ___,1280, ___, 20, 480?
a. 140 km a. 50;210
b. 100 km b. 40;160
c. 70 km c. 35;135
d. 50 km d. 320;5120

2. Calculate the mean absolute deviation of the 9. At what rate per annum should P2400 be
following numbers: 60, 80, 100, 75 and 95 invested so that it will earn an interest of P800 in
a. 12.4 8 years?
b. 14.2 a. 6 ½ %
c. 16.1 b. 5 ½ %
d. 18.9 c. 4.17 %
d. 6 %
3. Which of the following is the factorization of
the binomial x2 - 42 ? 10. The area of a rectangle is (x 2 + 2x - 8). If its
a. (x + 4)(x + 2) length is x + 4, what is its width?
b. (x – 4) 2 a. x + 2
c. x(x + 2x + 2) b. x - 2
d. (x – 4)(x + 4) c. x + 1
d. x + 6
4. What value of x will satisfy the equation:
0.4(5x - 1470) = x? 11. What is the value of 12⅙ - 3 ⅜ - 5 ⅔ + 20 ¾?
a. 490 a. 21 1/8
b. 2,130 b. 22
c. 1470 c. 23 7/8
d. 21
5. Which of the following has the greatest value:
a. 3 + 32 + (3 + 3) 2 12. The vertex angle of an isosceles triangle is
b. 3 3 20°. What is the measure of one of the base
c. [(3 + 3) 2]2 angles?
d. (3 + 3 + 3) 2 a. 150°
b. 60°
6. The average of 5 different counting numbers is c. 75°
20. What is the highest possible value that one of d. 80°
the numbers can have?
a. 20 13. Ana and Beth do a job together in three
b. 40 hours. Working alone, Ana does the job in 5
c. 30 hours. How long will it take Beth to do the job
d. 90 alone?
a. 3 and 1/3 hours
7. Three brothers inherited a cash amount of b. 2 and 1/3 hours
P62,000 and they divided it among themselves in c. 3 hours
the ratio of 5:4:1. How much more is the largest d. 7 and 1/2 hours
share than the smallest share?
14. How much greater is the sum of the first 50 20. On a certain day, three computer technicians
counting numbers greater than the sum of the took turns in manning a 24-hour internet shop.
first 100 counting numbers? The number of hours Cesar, Bert, and Danny
a. 110 were on duty was in the ratio 3:4:5, respectively.
b. 3,775 The shop owner pays them P50 per hour. How
c. 3,155 much would Danny receive for that day?
d. 1200 a. P 230
b. P500
15. Which of the following has the largest value? c. P160
a. 8 5 d. P480
b. 3 9 21. A retailer buys candies for P90.25. The pack
c. 6 5 has 35 pieces of candies. If she sells each candy
d. 9 4 for P2.25, how much profit does she make?
a. P11.50
16. A water tank contains 18 liters when it is b. P56.25
20% full. How many liters does it contain when c. P37.50
50% full? d. P18.75
a. 60
b. 30 22. An online shop sells a certain calculator for
c. 58 P950 and charges P150 for shipping within
d. 45 Manila, regardless of the number of calculators
ordered. Which of the following equations shows
17. The edges of a rectangular solid have these the total cost (y) of an order as a function of the
measures: 1.5 feet by 1½ feet by 3 inches. What number of calculators ordered (x)?
is its volume in cubic inches? a. y = (950 + 150)x
a. 324 b. y = 150x +950
b. 225 c. x = 950y + 150
c. 972 d. y = 950x + 150
d. 27
23. One side of a 45° - 45° - 90° triangle
18. In a certain school, the ratio of boys to girls is measures x cm. What is the length of its
5 is to 7. If there are 180 boys and girls in the hypotenuse?
school, how many boys are there? a. X √3 cm
a. 105 b. X cm
b. 90 c. (X √3)/2 cm
c. 45 d. X √2 cm
d. 75
24. The legs of one right triangle are 9 and 12,
19. Ruben’s grades in 6 subjects are 88, 90, 97, while those of another right triangle are 12 and
90, 91 and 86? What is the least grade that he 16. How much longer is the perimeter of the
should aim for in the 7th subject if he has to have larger triangle than the perimeter of the smaller
an average of 88? triangle?
a. 92 a. 84
b. 74 b. 7
c. 88 c. 12
d. 85 d. 14
25. Determine the midpoint of the line segment
joining the points (7, -3) and (-1, 6).
a. (2, 3/2)
b. (2, -3/2)
c. (3, 3/2)
d. (1, 5/2)

26. Which of these has the longest perimeter?

a. A square 21 cm on a side
b. A rectangle 19 cm long and 24 cm wide
c. An equilateral triangle whose side is 28 cm
d. A right triangle whose two legs are 24 and 32
cm
27. How many square inches are in 2 square
yard?
a. 900
b. 144
c. 1296
d. 2,592

28. In a playground for Kindergarten kids, 18

children are riding tricycles or bicycles. If there
are 43 wheels in all, how many tricycles are
there?
a. 8
b. 9
c. 7
d. 11

29. Nelia takes ¾ hour to dress and get ready for

school. It takes 4/5 hour to reach the school. If
her class starts promptly at 8:00 am; what is the
latest time she can jump out of bed in order not
to be late for school?
a. 6:42 am
b. 6:27 am
c. 6:57 am
d. 7:02 am

30. Which common fraction is equivalent to

0.215?
a. 43/200
b. 27/125
c. 21/50
d. 108/375
Mathematics Answer Keys

1. B
2. A
3. D
4. D
5. C
6. D
7. C
8. D
9. C
10. B
11. C
12. D
13. D
14. B
15. A
16. D
17. C
18. D
19. B
20. B
21. A
22. D
23. D
24. C
25. C
26. D
27. D
28. C
29. B
30. A