Name: _________________________ Date: _______

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MATHEMATICS I

DIRECTION: Each of the statement is followed by four choices. Select the one that best
answer the question. Write the letter of this correct answer on the space provided before
the number.

_____1. The length of a blue Whale is given as 30.4. Between what two measures is its
actual length?
a. 35m and 30.45m b. 30m and 30.5m
c. 30.3m and 30.35m d. 30.4m and 30.5m
_____ 2. Study the table below
Below are the scores of the contestants in the Math – Talino Competition during
the Academic Camp 2007.
Student Elimination Easy Difficult
Anita 20 10 18
Belinda 14 8 12
Cheryll 18 6 12
Dennis 12 9 16
What is the ratio of the total points of Belinda to the total points of cheryll if
Cheryll answered 14 difficult questions correctly?
a. 34:38 b. 33:37
c. 19:17 d. 18:16
_____3. A film is 35mm wide, what is its width in cm?
a. 350 b. 3.5
c. 35 d. 0.35
_____4. Mang Carlo made a backyard fishpond which measures 7.5 meters long, 5
meters wide and 1.7 meters deep. How much soil was dug out to make the fishpond?
a. 63.75 b. 14.2 m3
c. 27.05m3 d. 9.7m3
_____5. An airplane flying over an ocean is 2650 meters above sea level. Directly below
it is a submarine at a depth of 420 meters below sea level. How far is the airplane from
the submarine.
a. 3070m b. -2070m
c. 2030m d. -3070m
_____6. Which of the following expression has the least value?
a. │-5│- │3│ b. │-5│+│3│
b. │-5│+│-3│ d. │-3│-│5│

_____7. Based on the above figure, how far is the school from the house?
a. -12 b. 12
c. 1 d. -1
_____8. Below are the water meter readings of four families from December 3, 2007 to
January 3, 2008.
Family Previous Present
Dela Cruz 2 963 3 105
Salazar 3 254 3 301
Macapagal 3 317 3 480
Flavier 3 416 3 475
How many cubic meters was the water consumption of Mr Flavier?
a. 91m3 b. 81m3
3
b. 69m d. 59m3
_____9. What is the multiplicative inverse of -3/4?
a. -4/3 b. 4/3
c. ¾ d. none of the choices
_____10. What is the additive inverse of -3?
a. 3 b. -3
c. 1/3 d. -1/3
_____11. Teams A and B got 23 points and 20 points respectively during the first half of a
basketball game. During the second half, team A got 35 points whiole team B got 7 points
more than team A. Which team won and by how many points?
a. Team A, 1 b. Team A, 4
c. Team B, 1 d. Team B, 4
_____12. From Manila to Lehaspi, a bus travels 12 hours. From Manila to Baguio it takes
5 hours. How long will it take traveling from Legaspi to Baguio?
a. 16 hours b. 17 hours
c. 18 hours d. 19 hours
_____13. Perform the indicated operations: 12 2/2 + 6 5/7
a. 19 5/7 b. 21 11/12
c. 22 ¼ d. 22 5/12
_____14. How many dozen of mangoes would be left in the basket of 3 ½ dozen if Linda
and Tita get 2 ¼ dozens of mangoes altogether?
a. 1 ¼ b. 1 ½
c. 1 2/3 d. 1 ¾
_____15. Find 64 / 81
a. 8 / 27 b. 32 / 27
c. 8 / 9 d. 4 / 9
_____16. What do you call the collection of symbols, letters, or numerals and operations
which must represent a value?
a. algebra b. algebraic expressions
c. constants d. variables
_____17. Simplify: (5x – 2y) – (5x – 2y)
a. 10x b. 4y
c. 0 d. 2x
_____18. What is the algebraic expression to the verbal phrase 3 more than x?
a. x+3 b. x < 3
c. 3 ≥ x d. 3x
_____19. What is the value of the expression 3x – y + 2 when x = 1 and y = -1?
a. 0 b. 4
c. 5 d. 6
2 2
_____20. Simplify the monomial (-3x y)
a. -3x4y4 b. -3x2y
c. 9x4y2 d. -9x4y2
9
_____21. The sun is approximately 9.3 x 10 miles away from Mars. This is equal to
which whole number?
a. 930 000 b. 93 000 000
c. 9 300 000 000 d. 93 000 000 000
_____22. Which of the following algebraic expression is a polynomial?
a. √2x + x + 1 b. xy-1 – 2y + 1
c. 2x2 + x +1 d. x/y + 1
_____23. The sum of 7a + 3b – 4c and -4a + 3b + c is equal to
a. 11a + 6b – 3c b. 3a + 6b – 3c
c. 11a – 5c d. -3a + 6b + 3c
_____24. If the width of the rectangular lot is (3x – 5) and the length is (8x + 5) what is
its area?
a. 24x2 – 25x + 25 b. 15x2 – 25x + 25
c. 24x2 – 25x – 25 d. -15x2 – 25x + 25
_____25. The statement 11 – 6a < 34 + 3a is an examples of what kind of mathematical
sentence?
 a. equation in one variable b. inequality in one variable
c. equation in two variables d. inequality in two variables
_____26. The solution set of the equation 8x + 12 = 5x – 21 is;
a. 20 b. 16
c. 10 d. -11
_____27.Divide 15.45 by 0.003
a. 5150 b. 515
c. 5.15 d. 0.515
_____28. Which of the linear equation below represents the verbal statement “The sum
of x and y is 380”.
a. y = 380 – x b. both a and b
c. x + y = 380 d. none of the two
_____29. To solve the equations x/7 = 2
a. multiply both sides by 1/7 b. multiply both sides by 7
c. divide both sides by 7 d. divide both sides by 1/7
_____30. Who am I? If you multiply me by 5 and subtract 8, the result is 52.
a. 11 b. 10
c. 12 d. 13
_____31. At an exclusive concert of Big Brother members last December 25, 2005, there
were 25 more women than men. If the total number of people was 139, how many were
women?
a. 50 b. 57
c. 82 d. 97
_____32. How many quadrants a Coordinate Plane has?
a. 2 b. 3
c. 4 d. 5
_____33. What are the coordinates of the point on the graph below?
a. (2/3) b. (-2/3)
c. (2,-3) d. (-2,-3)

_____34. Which of the given points is in Quadrant 1?

a. (3,4) b. (-2,3)
c. (6,-1) d. (-8,-4)
_____35. If two points of a line are (5,0) and (-5,0), then the line is
a. horizontal b. vertical
c. slanting to the right d. slanting to the left
_____36. Which of the table below represents the equation 2x – y = 10?
a.
x -1 0 1 2 3
y -12 -10 -8 -6 -1
b.
x -1 0 1 2 3
y 12 10 8 6 1
c.
x -1 0 1 2 3
y 10 -10 -8 -6 1
d.
x -1 0 1 2 3
y -12 -10 -8 -6 -4
_____37. What is the equation of the line?
a. y = x – 3 b. y = 2x + 3
 c. y = 3x + 1 d. y = -3x – 3

_____38.If the slope of a line is positive, what happens to the graph?

a. rises to the right b. remains steady
c. rises to the left d. falls to the right
_____39. The slope – intercept form of 2x + 3y = 1
a. y = (1 – 2x)/3 b. y = 2/3 x + 1/3
c. y = 2x + 3y d. (-2x + 1)/3
_____40.Which of the given points is on a graph of the equation x – 3y = 6?
a. (-9,1) b. (0,6)
c. (-6,0) d. (9,1)
_____41. The x-intercept of the line 6x – 5y = 30 is
a. -6 b. -5
c. 5 d. 6
_____42. What is the equation of a line which passes through (1,-1) and (5,9)?
a. 2y + 7 = 5x b. 5y + 7 = 2x
c. 2y – 5x = 7 d. 5y – 7 = 2x
_____43. A number is twice another and their sum is 48. What are the numbers?
a. 16 b. -16
c. 15 d. -15
_____44. Simplify (3m + 5n)(3m – 5n).
a. 15mn b. 9m2 – 25n2
2 2
c. 9m + 25n d. 8mn – 8mn
_____45.Which of the following statements is true for the perfect square trinomial?
I. The first term is a perfect square
II. The middle term is twice the product of the square roots of the first and
the last terms
III. The middle term is the product of the first and the second term
IV. The last term is a perfect square
V. All terms are perfect squares.
a. I, II, and III only b. II, III, and IV only
c. I, II, and IV only d. V only
_____46. Simplify (7a + 3b)(7a – 3b)
a. 21 a2b2 b. 49a2 + 9b2
c. 49a2 – 9b2 d. 14a2 – 6b2
_____47. What is the greatest common monomial factor of the expression 16x2 – 8xy –
24xy2?
a. 4 b. 8x
c. 8y d. 4xy
_____48. Which of the expressions below gives the cube of 2x – 3?
a. 8x3 – 36x2 + 54x – 27 b. 8x3 – 24x2 + 36x – 27
c. 8x3 – 18x2 + 54x + 27 d. 8x3 – 54x2 + 36x – 27
2
_____49. What are the factors of a – 7a + 12?
a. (a-4)(a-3) b. (a-4)(a+3)
c. (a+4)(a-3) d. (a+4)(a+3)
2
_____50. Factor x (y-3)+4(-y+3) completely.
a. (x2 – 4)(a-3) b. (x+2)(x-2)(y-3)
2
c. (x +4)(y+3) d. (x2+4)(y-3)