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Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. A business man had incurred the following expenses in his trips to the Visayan Islands: P5100.00,
P4600.00, and P3200.00. What was his total expense for the trip?
A. P16000
C. 17000
B. P16700
D. 17500
2. Ms. Tonelada weighed 60 kg. She lost 4 kg on her first week of exercise, gained 2 kg on her
second week, lost 6 kg on the 3rd week and remained her weight during the fourth week. What
was her weight on the 4th week?
A. 52 kg
C. 68 kg
B. 58 kg
D. 72 kg
3. A group of young people from four countries gathered together for an international conference:
40 from Manila, 60 from Japan, 35 from Thailand and 45 from Singapore. The participants will
form discussion group with equal number of members from each country in each group. What is
the greatest number of discussion groups that can be formed?
A. 5
C. 20
B. 15
D. 25
4. During summer, a lady visits Baguio every 6 days, and his best friend every days. If they visited
Baguio last April 11, what was the earliest date did both of them visits Baguio again?
A. April 21
C. May 5
B. April 23
D. May 11
5. In a survey to determine the reaction of people about having a new GSIS card, 80% of the 2,400
people voted in favor of the new card. How many of the votes did not vote for the new card?
A. 1920
C. 800
B. 1600
D. 480
6. Lulu spends 15% of her monthly income for house rental, 10% for electric bill and 25% for food
and other miscellaneous expenses, after paying all these expenses, she still has P6,000 left. How
much does she earn every month?
A. P15,000.00
C. 9,000.00
B. P12,000.00
D. 8,000.00
7. If 500 or 25% of a graduating class are girls, how many are graduating?
A. 2,000
C. 10,000
B. 5,000
D. 20,000
8.

A man sleeps 6 hours a day. What is the ratio of the time he is asleep to the time he is awake?
A. 1:6
C. 1:3
B. 1:4
D.1:2
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9. A recipe calls for cup of sugar. How much sugar should be used if only of the quantities
given in the recipe is to be prepared?
A.
C. 1/2
B. 2/3
D. 3/8
10. If a picture frame is 27 cm long and 18 cm wide, what is the ratio of its length to its width?
A. 3:2
C. 3:5
B. 2:3
D. 5:3
11. Five bananas weigh as much as 3 star apples. In this rate, how many star apples will weigh as
much as 45 bananas?
A. 27
C. 33
B. 30
D. 36
12. It takes 20 men to build a building for 60 days. Assuming that all men work at this rate, how
many men will be needed to build the same building in 15 days?
A. 5
C. 100
B. 80
D. 120
13. The ratio of the number of carabaos, goats and cows in a farm is 5:1:2. If there are 48 animals of
these kinds in his backyard, how many of them are goats?
A. 2
C. 6
B. 4
D. 8
14. A defective ruler was found to be 11.5 in long. Using this ruler, Samuel was found to be 4 ft tall.
What is Samuels actual height?
A. 4 ft 2 in
C. 3 ft 11.5 in
B. 4 ft 4 in
D. 3 ft 10 in
15. Which of the following lengths is the longest?
A. 555 cm
B. 5.5 m

C. .005 km
D. 5555 mm

16. One-fifth of the width and one-fourth of the length of a rectangular cardboard is cut off. What
part of the original cardboard is the area of the remaining piece?
A. 30% of the original area
C. 50% of the original area
B. 40% of the original area
D. 60% of the original area
17. If the area of a triangle is 1 sq unit and its height is unit, what is the length of its base?
A. 1 unit
C. 3 units
B. 2 units
D. 4 units
18. What is the radius of a circle whose area is 25 cm2?
A. 25 cm
C. 5 cm
B. 25 cm
D. 5 cm
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19. Refer to the figure given: m 2 = 55 degree and m 3 = 80 degree. What is m 4?

A. 95 degree
B. 105 degree

C. 115 degree
D. 135 degree

20. The sum of three consecutive integers is 96. What are the integers?
A. 31, 32, 33
C. 30, 32, 34
B. 32, 33, 34
D. 33, 34, 35
21. What is the simplest form of the expression?
A. -2x + 4y - 17
C. 2x + 4y - 17
B. 2x + 4y + 17
D. 2x + 4y

22. If x = 1 and y = 2, what is the value of the expression

A.

9
2

B.

15
2

C.

x2
2 xy

-4x +

3x
y2

7
2

17
4

D.

23. At 25% discount, Ms. Barat paid P150.75 for a bag. What was the original price of the bag?
A. P37.69
C. 201.00
B. P150.75
D. 603.00
24. An elevator can carry a maximum load of 605 kg. How many passengers of weight 50.5 kg each
can the elevator hold?
A. 12
C. 11
B. 11.9
D. 10
25. The ratio of the number of red, green and blue balls in a box is 2:56. How many green marbles
are there if there are 52 marbles in all?
A. 4
C. 20
B. 8
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26. Mrs. Dinah Tah Tanda divided her lot among her 4 children. The first got

1
3

ha, the third

A.

3
12

1
4

ha and the fourth

5
14

2
5

ha

1
2

ha, the second

ha. How big is Mrs. Tandas lot?

C.

B. 13 ha

13

29
60

ha

D. 14 ha

27. A room is 30 ft long, 25 ft wide and 14 ft high. If 42 balloons are inside the room. How many
cubic feet of space does this allow for each balloon?
A. 25
C. 250
B. 69
D. 690
28. What is the volume of air in an atmospheric balloon with a diameter of 24 cm?
A. 144 cm3
C. 570 cm3
B. 240 cm3
D. 2304 cm3

29. A photograph measuring 7

1
2

cm by 5 cm is enlarged so that the longer side is 24 cm. What is

the length (in cm) of the shorter side?

A. 36
B. 16

C. 6
D. 1.6

30. A man accepts a position at P14,250 basic salary with an agreement that he will receive a 2%
increase every year for 3 years. What will his salary be at the end of 3 years?
A. P14,950.00
C. P15,122.21
B. P15,105.00
D. P16,500.00
31. In a university, the ratio of female professors to the male professors is 8:5. If there are 75 male
professors, how many are female professors?
A. 120
C. 225
B. 180
D. 375/8

32. A farmer can plow

the same field?
A.

2
3

of a hectare in 1 hr. At this rate, in how many hours will 5 farmers plow

1
5

C.

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B.

10
3

D. 10

33. A building 25 m tall casts a shadow 10 m long. How long is the shadow of a 5-fot girl standing
beside the building?
A. 2 ft
C. 10 ft
B. 2.5 ft
D. 250 ft

34. What is the maximum number of books, each 1.4 cm thick that can be put vertically in a shelf
which is 64 cm long?
A. 44
C. 46
B. 45
D. 64
35. If the exchange rate of US dollars to pesos is $1 = Php47.90. What is the value of Php1 in
American cents?
A. 02
C. 2
B. 479
D. 4.79
36. In a bundle of new 100 bills, the bills are consecutively numbered RTC3432260 to RTC343228.
How much is the total amount of the bills?
A. 3200
C. 3400
B. 3300
D. 3500
37. In a card game, a player got the following scores: 35, -60, -40, 80. -100, 25. -25. What is his final
score?
A. -115
C. 85
B. -85
D. 115
38. A meter stick was cut into 2 at the 25 cm mark. What is the ratio of the a smaller piece to the
larger piece?
A. 1:3
C. 3:4
B. 2:5
D. 4:5
39. How many cm are there in 2 m and 550 mm?
A. 75
C. 2055
B. 255
D. 2550
40. The first 5 numbers in a sequence are 2,3,5,8 and 12. What is the 7 th number in the sequence?
A. 15
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41. A teacher wants to group her pupils into groups of 3 or 5 or 6. However, she found out that if she
do that there will always be 1 pupil left. What is the least possible number of pupils in the class?
A. 81
C. 21
B. 31
D. 11
42. What measure of central tendency can best describe the size of t-shirts commonly used by teenagers?
A. Mean
C. Mode
B. Median
D. Both A and C

43. The following are the results of the recent achievement test in Mathematics of the four divisions.
Division
I
II
III
IV

Mean
34
34
23
20

Standard deviation
4.5
3.0
1.0
2.0

Which division performed best?

A. I
B. II

C. III
D. IV

44. An empty box weighs 1.3 kilos. A Math book weighs 1.5 kilos. Which expression gives the
weight of the box when filled with y Math books?
A. 1.3y + 1.5
C. 1.3 +1.5 y
B. 1.5y +1.3
D. 1.3y +1.5y
45. A man invested Php100,000. He put part of it in a bank at 5% interest. On the other hand, he
invested the remainder on bonds with a 9% yearly return. How much did he put in the bank if his
yearly income from the two investments was Php7,400?
A. Php40,000.00
C. Php60,000.00
B. Php50,000.00
D.Php70,000.00
46. How much liquid containing 6% boric acid should to be mixed with 2 quarts of a liquid that is
15% boric acid in order to obtain a solution that is 12% boric acid?
A. 1 quart
C. 3 quarts
B. 2 quarts
D. 5 quarts
47. A man, 32 years old, has a son 8 years of age. In how many years will the man be twice as old as
his son?
A. 16 years
C. 32 years
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48. What is the probability of getting a multiple of 3 when a die is tossed?

A. 1/6
C. 1/3
B.
D. 1//2
49. In how many ways can 5 basketball players be chosen from a group of 9 players?
A. 126
C. 15,120
B. 212
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Number of items

50. The graph shows the number of socks, belts, Handkerchiefs and neckties sold by a store in one
week.

150
100
50
0

Items Sold by Store

The names of the items are missing from the graph. Socks were the item most often sold, and
fewer neckties than any other item were sold. More belts than handkerchiefs were sold. How
many belts were sold?
A. 80
B. 90

C. 120
D. 140