1. Two buses leave the same station at 8:00 pm. 8.

What is the missing terms in the series 5, 20,

One bus travels north at the rate of 30 kph and 80, ___,1280, ___, 20480?
the other travels east at 40 kph. How many A. 50;210 B. 40;160
kilometers apart are the buses at 10 pm? C. 35;135 D. 320;5120
A. 140 km B. 100 km
C. 70 km D. 50 km

9. At what rate per annum should P2400 be

2. Calculate the mean absolute deviation of the invested so that it will earn an interest of P800 in
following numbers: 60, 80, 100, 75 and 95 8 years?
A. 12.4 B. 14.2 A. 6 ½ % B. 5 ½ %
C. 16.1 D. 18.9 C. 4.17 % D. 6 %

3. Which of the following is the factorization of 10. The area of a rectangle is (x2 + 2x - 8). If its
the binomial x2 - 42? length is x + 4, what is its width?
A. (x + 4)(x + 2) A. x - 2
B. (x – 4)2 C. x + 1
C. x(x + 2x + 2) D. x + 6
D. (x – 4)(x + 4)

4. What value of x will satisfy the equation: 11. What is the value of 12⅙ - 3 ⅜ - 5 ⅔ + 20 ¾?
0.4(5x - 1470) = x? A. 21 1/8 B. 22
A. 490 B. 2,130 C. 23 7/8 D. 21
C. 1470 D. 588
12. The vertex angle of an isosceles triangle is
5. Which of the following has the greatest value: 20°. What is the measure of one of the base
A. 3 + 32 + (3 + 3)2 angles?
B. 33 A. 150° B. 60°
C. [(3 + 3)2]2 C. 75° D. 80°
D. (3 + 3 + 3)2

13. Ana and Beth do a job together in three

6. The average of 5 different counting numbers is hours. Working alone, Ana does the job in 5
20. What is the highest possible value that one of hours. How long will it take Beth to do the job
the numbers can have? alone?
A. 20 B. 40 A. 3 and 1/3 hours
C. 30 D. 90 B. 2 and 1/3 hours
C. 3 hours
D. 7 and 1/2 hours
7. Three 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 14. How much greater is the sum of the first 50
share than the smallest share? counting numbers greater than the sum of the
A. P75,000 B. P30,000 first 100 counting numbers?
C. P24,800 D. P37,200 A. 110 B. 3,775
C. 3,155 D. 1200

15. Which of the following has the largest value?

A. 85 B. 39
C. 65 D. 94 ordered. Which of the following equations shows
the total cost (y) of an order as a function of the
16. A water tank contains 18 liters when it is number of calculators ordered (x)?
20% full. How many liters does it contain when A. y = (950 + 150)x
50% full? B. y = 150x +950
A. 60 B. 30 C. x = 950y + 150
C. 58 D. 45 D. y = 950x + 150

23. One side of a 45° - 45° - 90° triangle

17. The edges of a rectangular solid have these measures x cm. What is the length of its
measures: 1.5 feet by 1½ feet by 3 inches. What hypotenuse?
is its volume in cubic inches? A. x √3 cm B. x cm
A. 324 B. 225 C. (x √3)/2 cm D. x √2 cm
C. 972 D. 27

24. The legs of one right triangle are 9 and 12,

18. In a certain school, the ratio of boys to girls is while those of another right triangle are 12 and
5 is to 7. If there are 180 boys and girls in the 16. How much longer is the perimeter of the
school, how many boys are there? larger triangle than the perimeter of the smaller
A. 105 B. 90 triangle?
C. 45 D. 75 A. 84 B. 7
C. 12 D. 14

19. Ruben’s grades in 6 subjects are 88, 90, 97,

90, 91 and 86. What is the grade that he should 25. Determine the midpoint of the line segment
aim for in the 7th subject if he has to have an joining the points (7, -3) and (-1, 6).
average of 91? A. (2, 3/2) B. (2, -3/2)
A. 97 B. 95 C. 92 D. 89 C. (3, 3/2) D. (1, 5/2)

20. On a certain day, three computer technicians

took turns in manning a 24-hour internet shop. 27. How many square inches are in 2 square
The number of hours Cesar, Bert, and Danny yards?
were on duty was in the ratio 3:4:5, respectively. A. 900 B. 144
The shop owner pays them P50 per hour. How C. 1296 D. 2,592
much would Danny receive for that day?
A. P 230 B. P500
C. P160 D. P480 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
21. A retailer buys candies for P90.25. The pack there?
has 35 pieces of candies. If she sells each candy A. 8 B. 9
for P3.25, how much profit does she make? C. 7 D. 11
A. P11.50 B. P23.50
C. P37.50 D. P18.75

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

22. An online shop sells a certain calculator for school. It takes 4/5 hour to reach the school. If
P950 and charges P150 for shipping within her class starts promptly at 8:00 am; what is the
Manila, regardless of the number of calculators
latest time she can jump out of bed in order not
to be late for school? 39. By which property can we state the
A. 6:42 am B. 6:27 am following:
C. 6:57 am D. 7:02 am “If ax + b = c, then ax + b - b = c – b.”
A. transposition B. transitive
30. Which common fraction is equivalent to C. additive inverse D. addition property
0.215?
A. 43/200 B. 27/125 40. Factorize (x4 – 81) completely.
C. 21/50 D. 108/375 A. (x-3)4
B. (x – 3)2 (x + 3)2
C. (x+3) (x-3) (x2+9)
31. What are the next three terms in the D. (x+3)3 (x-3)
progression 1, 4, 16 …?
A. 64, 256, 1024 B. 67, 259, 1027 41. √8 + √18 − √2 = ____
C. 48, 198, 1026 D. 65, 257, 1025 A. 4√2 B. 5√2
C. √24 D. 2√6
32. A man is 3 times as old as his son now. Four
years ago, the sum of their ages was 36. Find the 42. If x – y = 3, then (y-x)-3 = ___.
man’s age now. A. 9 B. -9
A. 33 B. 11 C. 1/27 D. -1/27
C. 29 D. 36
43. The midpoint of P and (-7, 4) is (-3, 1). What
are the coordinates of P?
33. What is the least common multiple of 12, 24 A. (-5, 5/2) B. (-11, 7)
and 72? C. (1, -2) D. (-2, 3/2)
A. 12 B. 72
C. 144 D. 36 44. What is the slope of the line 3x – y = 11?
A. -1/3 B. 1/3
C. -3 D. 3
35. If two variables X and Y are directly related, 45. What is the minimum value of
which of these is NOT true? f(x) = 3x2 + 6x + 7?
A. When X is low, Y is also low. A. 1 B. -1
B. As X increases, Y also increases. C. 4 D. -4
C. When X increases, Y decreases. 46. If xy = 23 and x + y2 = 75, find x + y.
2
D. A high Y is associated with a high X. A. 10.7845 B. 11
C. 11.2155 D. 11.7845
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36. Find the domain of f(x) = 𝑥+1 .
A. x ∈ 𝑅 B. x = 1 47. How much water must be evaporated from
C. x = -1 D. x ∈ 𝑅, x ≠ -1 90 ml of a 50% salt solution to increase its
concentration to 75%?
A. 40 ml B. 38 ml
37. A car travels D km in H hours. Which of the C. 35 ml D. 30 ml
following expressions shows the distance
travelled by the car after M minutes?
A. MD/H B. 60MD/H 48. ∠A and ∠B form a vertical pair. If m∠A = 3x
C. MD/60H D. 60HD/M and m∠B = 5x – 44, what is the value of x?
A. 50.5 B. 28
38. Find the surface area of a rectangular box C. 22 D. 16.75
whose dimensions are 30 cm x 40 cm x 50 cm.
A. 4700 cm2 B. 7050 cm2
C. 9400 cm 2 D. 11750 cm2 49. The angle of elevation from an observer to
the top of a building is 30o. If the building is 50
meters high, how far is the observer from the
building?
A. 25 B. 25√3
C. 50√3 D. 100

50. ∠1 and ∠3 are opposite angles in a

parallelogram. If m∠1 = 40o, what is m∠3?
A. 40o B. 50o
C. 70o D. 140o