CONTENT COURSE (MATHEMATICS)

FOCUS: (I) Show mastery of the basic terms, concepts, and operations in advanced algebra,
trigonometry, plane and solid geometry, and analytic geometry.
(II) Solve, evaluate, and manipulate symbolic and numerical problems in the above
areas by applying fundamental principles and processes.

TEST ITEMS IN ADVANCED ALGEBRA:

EXPONENTS/ RADICALS/ RATIONAL EXPONENTS
1.
Which of the following is equivalent to 777-776?
a. 7 (77-76) b. 776(6) c. 777-76 d. 777+76
2. 1/2 1/3 1/6
What is the value of (16 )(16 )(16 )
a. 161/36 b. 2 c. 4 d. 16
3.
Evaluate: 30 + 3-2 (34)
a. 82 b. 10 c. 9 d. 81
4.
If 310041005100 = 220a1550b, then a + b =
a. 7 b. 12 c. 50 d. 100
5.
Simplify -
a. b. c. d.
6. 3/2
Find the numerical value of 36
a. 6 b. 432 c.108 d. 216
7. 3x 1
If 2 = 16, then x =
a. 1/3 b. 1/2 c. 1 d. 5/3
8. x2 1 x+2 x+3
If x > 0 and (2 )(4 ) = 8 , then x =
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 5
9.
For what value(s) of n is (n+1) = n + 1?
a. 3 b. 0 and 3 c. 1 and -1 d. no values
10.
If a = b2, b = c2, and a = 18, which of the following could be the value of c?
a. 3 b. 32 c. 9 d. 81

1. B
2. D
3. B
4. B
5. D
6. D
7. D
8. C
9. B

FUNCTIONS

1. An online shop sells a certain calculator for P650 and charges P250 for shipping within
Manila, regardless of the number of calculators ordered. Which of the following equations
shows the total cost(y) of an order as a function of the number of calculators ordered (x)?
a. y= 850x + 250 c. y= (850 + 250)x
b. x= 850y + 250 d. y= 250x + 850
2. What is the domain of the function f(x) =(x-2)3/(x+2)2?
a. All real numbers. c. {x I x 2}
b. {x I -2 < x < 2} d. {x I x - 2}
3. What is the range of the function f(x) = (x2-4)?
a. All real numbers
b. All real numbers greater than or equal to 0.
c. All real numbers greater than or equal to 2.
d. All real numbers greater than or equal to 2 or less than or equal to -2.
4. f(x) = -2x2 3x, f(-5) =
a. -65 b. -35 c. 35 d. 85
5. If f(x) = x2 5 and g(x) = x2 + 5, what is the value of f(g(5))?
 a. 50 b. 405 c. 600 d. 895
6. If f(x) = (4-3x)/2, then f-1(x)=
a. (4-2x)/3 b. (3x-4)/2 c. (2x-4)/3 d. (2-3x)/4
7. If f(x) = x4 x2 and g(x) = x3 3x2 + 2x, then for all values of x for which g(x) 0, f(x)
g(x)
a. 2(x+1) b. x(x+1) c. x(x-1) d. x(x-1)
x-2 x-2 x-2 x+2
8. If y = 3x and 2x + 3y = 22, then y =
a. 2 b. 3 c. 6 d. 22/9

9. For which of the following equations is the sum of the roots equal to twice the product of the
roots?
a. x2 + 5x 10 = 0 c. x2 10 x 5 = 0
b. x2 + 10x + 5 = 0 d. x2 10x + 5 = 0
10. For which of the following quadratic equations is the sum of its roots equal to the product of
its roots?
a. x2 + 5x + 5 = 0 c. 2x2 - 3x + 6 = 0
2
b. x - 5x + 5 = 0 d. 2x2 + 3x - 6 = 0

1. A
2. D
3. D
4. B
5. D
6. A
7. B
8. C
9. D
10. B
WORD PROBLEMS

1. Mario sold five pigs and four goats for 21,000 pesos. Selling the animals at the same price,
Ben sold three pigs and two goats for 12,000 pesos. What is the selling price of each
animal?
a. pig = P4,000, goat = P1,000 c. pig= P3,500, goat = 2,500
b. pig = P3,000, goat = P1,500 d. pig = P2,500, goat = 2,000
2. In one senior class 1/3 of the students are honor students. Of these honor students 2/7 are
varsity athletes. If they are four athletes in the class, how many students are there in the
class?
a. 84 b. 42 c. 52 d. 60
3. The product of two numbers is 60. If the sum of their reciprocals is 4/5, what are the
numbers?
a. 12 and 5 b. 10 and 6 c. 15 and 4 d. 20 and 3
4. If the sum of two numbers is 5 and the difference of the two numbers is 5, what is the
product of the two numbers?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 5 d. 25
5. A certain supermarket repacks line in smaller bags from big sacks of about 50 kg. Whether
they use 2 kgs, they still have 1 kg of rice left in the sack. How many kg of rice does a sack
contain?
a. 50 kg b. 48 kg c. 49 kg d. 55 kg
6. Charlie was 40 years when his son Adam was born. How old was Charlie when he was 5
times as old as Adam?
a. 40 b. 45 c. 50 d. 60
7. If Mary can address a box of envelopes in 5 hours and Jane can address the same box of
envelopes in 10 hours, how many minutes will it take Mary and Jane working together to
address all the envelopes in the box?
a. 80 b. 160 c. 200 d. 450
8. A father and son working together can finish painting a room in 6 hours. Working alone, a
father takes 9 hours to do the painting. How many painting hours will it take the son,
working alone, to finish painting the room?
a. 18 c. 75
 b. 15 d. 12
9. At an amusement park, Lance bought 3 hamburgers and 4 sodas for a total of PhP 150.
While paying the same prices, Karen bought 2 hamburgers and 3 sodas for PhP 105. What
is the total cost of 1 hamburger and 1 soda?
a. PhP 15 b. PhP 30 c. PhP 40 d. PhP 45
10. How much alcohol must be added to 100 cc of 80% sulfuric acid solution to reduce it to
50%?
a. 18 cc b. 36 cc c. 1540 cc d. 60 cc
11. Three (3) cavans of rice will last a family of 6 members 5 weeks. At this rate, how many
weeks will 2 cavans of rice last a family of 4 members?
a. 4 b. 6 c. 5 d. 3
12. In a class of 10 boys and 15 girls, the boys average score on the final exam was 80 and the
girls average score was 90. What was the average score for the whole class?
a. 85 b. 86 c. 87 d. 84
13. In the playground for kindergarten kids, 18 children are riding tricycles or bicycles. If there
are 43 wheels in all, how many tricycles are there?
a. 7 b. 8 c. 9 d. 11
14. The average of 5 different numbers is 10. What is the highest possible value that one of the
numbers can have?
a. 30 b. 40 c. 20 d. 38
15. Nelia takes hour to dress and get ready for school. It takes 4/5 hour to reach school. If
her class start promptly at 8:15 a.m; what is the latest time she can jump out of bed in order
not to be late for school?
a. 6:42 a.m c. 6:45 a.m
b. 6:50 a.m d. 7:22 a.m
1. B
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. C
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. D
11. C
12. B
13. A
14. B
15. A

COUNTING/ PERMUTATION/ COMBINATION/ PROBABILITY

1. How many four-digit numbers are there in which the tens digit is 8 and none of the digits is
9?
a. 210 b. 392 c. 504 d. 648
2. If Ari, Ben, and Carol each choose a number at random between 1 and 5, inclusive, what is
the probability that all of them choose different numbers?
a. 1/25 b. 1/5 c. 3/5 d. 12/25
3. If five fair coins are flipped, what is the probability that all five land on heads?
a. 1/32 b. 1/25 c. 1/5 d.
4. In how many ways can 5 basketball players be chosen from a group of 9 players?
a. 126 b. 212 c. 15 120 d. 363 880
5. What is the probability of getting a multiple of 3 when a die is tossed?
a. 1/6 b. c. 1/3 d.
6. In a candy jar, there are 15 lemons, 12 chocolates, and 3 mints. If a candy is picked at
random, what is the probability of getting a mint?
a. b. 1/3 c. 1/6 d. 1/10
7. In how many ways can 5 people be seated around a circular table?
a. 600 b. 120 c. 60 d. 24
 8. A coffee shop offers 4 flavors of coffee: mocha, cappuccino, vanilla, and latte. Coffee may
be served hot or cold and it comes in tall, regular, and short sizes. In how many ways can
the costumer order his/her coffee?
a. 3 ways b. 8 ways c. 24 ways d. 36 ways
9. A committee of 3 is to be selected from a group of 5 girls and 3 boys. What is the probability
that two boys are selected?
a. 15/56 c. 3/56
b. 8/56 d. 5/56
10. A certain bank issues 3 letter identification codes to its customers. If each letter can be used
only once per code, how many different codes are possible?
a. 17, 576 b. 78 c. 326 d. 15,600

1.
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. C
6. D
7.
8. C
9. A
10. D

TEST ITEMS IN TRIGONOMETRY:

1. Which of the following must be TRUE?

I. sin(-e) = -sine
II. cos(-e) = -cos e
III. tan(-e) = -tan e
a.
II only b. I and III only c. III only d. I only
2. In a circle with center O, arc RS= 132 degrees. How many degrees are thee in angle RSO?
a.
20 b. 40 c. 22 d.24
3. If the ratio of sec x to csc x is 1:4 then the ratio of tan x to cot x is
a.
1:4 b. 1:1 c. 4:1 d. 1:16
4. In triangle ABC, with right angle at B, the sine of angle A is 4/5. What is the cosine of angle
A?
a.
2/5 b. 4/3 c. 3/6 d.

5. If in right ABC, sin A = 3/5, then what is the value of sin B?

a.
3/5 b. 3/4 c. 4/5 d. 5/4

6. In ABC, C is a right triangle and tan A = 1. What is the value of sin A + cos A?
a.
(2)/2 b. 1 c. 2 d. 22
7. Let sin A = 3/5 and sin 11 = -4/5 where A and B have terminal sides in QII and QIII
respectively. What is sin (A-B) equal to?
a.
7/25 b. 10 c. -1 d. -7/25
0 0 4 4
8. If 0 < x < 90 , then sin x cos x
sin x cos x
a.
sin x + cos x c. sin2x cos2x
b.
sin x cos x d. sin3x cos3x
9. If 0 < < 90 , then sin + 3cos2tan2 + 4cos2 =
0 0 2
a.
2 b. 4 c. 3tan2 + 5 d. 5cos2 + sin2
10. Which of the following is equivalent to (sin + cos ) 2 + (sin cos )2?
a.
0 b. 2 c. 2sin2 d. 4sincos
11. Which of the following is equal to (3sin2)(4sin2) + (2cos2)(6cos2)?
a.
1 b. 2 c. 6 d. 12
12. If 00 < < 900 and tan = 5, what is sin + cos ?
a.
0.19 b. 0.85 c. 1 d. 1.18
13. In the figure, what is the value of x y?
a. 0.14 b. 1.43 c. 2.46 d. 6.09
 x 10

550
y
14. In the figure, what is the value of b/a?
B
28 0
a. 0.47 b. 0.53 c. 0.67 d. 0.88
11
a

C b A
15. In ABC in the figure, which of the following is equal to a?

I. (c2 b2) a. I only c. I and III only

II. c sin A b. I and II only d. I, II, and III
III. b tan A

16. If the length of the rectangle is three times its width, what is the sine of the angle that the
diagonal makes with the longer side?
a.
0.316 b. 0.333 c. 0.500 d. 0.866
17. The shadow of an electric pole is 5 meters long when the angle of elevation of the sun is
60. What is the length of the shadow when the angle of elevation of the sun is 45 0?
a.
meters c. meters
b.
meters d. meters
18. A kite string is tied to a peg in the ground. If the angle formed by the string and the ground is
700 and if there is 100 feet of string out, how high above the ground is the kite?
a.
34 b. 64 c. 74 d. 94
19. A car is parked 120 feet from a building that is 350 feet tall. What is the measure of the
angle of depression from the top of the building to the car?
a.
18.90 b. 37.80 c. 64.20 d. 71.10
20. In the triangle, what is the sum of a and b?
B
5 a. 1.28 b. 5 c. 6.41 d. 7.17
a
200
C b A

1. I
2. D
3. C
4.
5. C
6. C
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. B
11. D
12. D
13. C
14. B
15. D
16. A
17. D
18. D
19. A
20. C

TEST ITEMS IN PLANE AND SOLID GEOMETRY:

1. Which of the following statements is NOT true about a linear pair?
a. The angles are adjacent.
b. The angles are complementary.
c.The angles are supplementary.
d. A linear pair is composed of two angles
2. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a. Every square is a rectangle. c. Every rhombus is a square.
b. Every square is a rhombus. d. Every rhombus is a parallelogram.
3. Which of the following quadrilaterals best describes a square?
a. Its diagonals are perpendicular to each other.
b. It is a n equiangular rhombus.
c. Its diagonals are congruent.
d. It has four right angles.
4. Which two properties of a rhombus do not hold true for other parallelograms?
a. Diagonals are perpendicular and congruent.
b. Diagonals are congruent and bisect each other.
c. Diagonals are perpendicular and bisect each other.
d. Diagonals are perpendicular and each bisects the angles of the parallelogram.
5. A rectangular lot is 5 meters wide and 12 meters long. How long is a path that cuts
diagonally across the lot?
a. 13 meters b. 15 meters c. 17 meters d. 7 meters
6. What is the area of the triangle whose sides are 5, 5, and 6?
a. 6 b. 12 c. 16 d. 18
7. The perimeter of a square is a inches, and the square is b inches square. If a + b = 45, what
is the length in inches of one of the sides?
a. 4.5 b. 5 c. 9 d. 35
8. What is the volume of a cube whose surface area is 54?
a. 27 b. 36 c. 54 d. 64
9. The circumference of circle O is a inches, and the area of circle O is b square inches. If a =
b, what is the radius of circle O?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 2 d. 4
10. If ABC is am isosceles triangle with a right angle at B, then
a. BC is the hypotenuse c. AC = BC
0
b. m<BCA=45 d. AB = AC
11. If the length and width of a rectangular solid are increased by 20% and the height is
increased by 25%, by what percent is the volume of the solid increased?
a. 21.67% b. 65% c. 80% d. 180%
12. The length of a rectangle is three times its width, and the perimeter of the rectangle is three
times the perimeter of a square whose area is 100. What is the area of the rectangle?
a. 150 b. 360 c. 450 d. 675
13. What is the area of an equilateral triangle whose perimeter is 10?
a. 4.81 b. 5.56 c. 7.86 d. 43.30
14. If a cube whose edges are x has the same volume as a rectangular solid whose edges are
x, x-3, and x+4, then x=
a. 9 b. 12 c. 16 d. 144
15. If a sphere and a right circular cone have the same radius and equal volumes, what is the
ratio of the height of the cylinder to its radius?
a. b. 4 c. (1/3) d. (3/4)
16. If the volume of a sphere is equal to the volume of a cube, what is the ratio of the edge of
the cube to the radius of the sphere?
a. 1.16 b. 1.33 c. 1.53 d. 1.61
17. A square of area 2 is inscribed in a circle. What is the area of the circle?
a. /4 b. /2 c. d. 2
18. What is the area of a circle that is inscribed in a square of area 2?
a. /4 b. /2 c. d. 2

19. In the figure, the length of each edge of the cube is 2. If P, Q, R, and S are the centers of
faces ABFE, BCGF, DCGH, and ADHE, respectively, what is the perimeter of quadrilateral
PQRS?

a. 4 b. 42 c. 6 d. 43
20. In cube ABCDEFGH, the length of the diagonal AG is 9. What is the total surface area of
the cube?

a. 27 b. 81 c. 162 d. 93

21. In cube ABCDEFGH, the length of diagonal AG is 9. What is the volume of the cube?

a. 33 b. 93 c. 273 d. 813

22. In the figure, PQRS is a square and PST is an equilateral triangle. If QR = 2, what is the
length of QT (not shown)?

a. 3.48 b. 3.62 c. 3.86 d. 3.91

23. In the diagram above, square ABCD is inscribed in a circle and a circle is inscribed in
square ABCD. What is the ratio of the area of the outer circle to the area of the inner circle?

a. 22 b. 2 c. 2 d. 1/2

24. In the diagram, a circle is inscribed in square ABCD and square WXYZ is inscribed in the
circle. What is the ratio of the perimeter of square ABCD to the perimeter of square WXYZ?

a. 22 b. 2 c. 2 d. 1/2

25. What is the area of a circle that is inscribed in an equilateral triangle whose sides are 2?
a. /3 b. /2 c. d. (4/3)
26. The figure shows an arc of a circle whose center is at O. If OA = 2 and AC = 1, what is the
area of ACB?

a. 1 ((3)/2) c. 1
b. 2 - 3 d. /3

27. In the figure, if P and R lie on line l, what is the value of a?

a. 30 b. 45 c. 50 d. 60
 28. The figure is a circle whose center is O. The sum of the lengths of the two darkened arcs is
what fraction of the circumference of the circle?

a. 1/9 b. 1/8 c. 2/9 d. 1/4

29. What is the area of the parallelogram PQRS above if angle S measures 50 0 and segment
QR has a length of 7?
P Q a. 45.0 b. 53.6 c. 61.8 d. 70.0

S
R
30. Find the measure of angle R in parallelogram RENT. Angle T measures 85 deg.
R E a. 85 b. 105 c. 100 d. 95

T N

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

TEST ITEMS IN ANALYTIC GEOMETRY:

1. In the diagram, C(3,-2) and D(3,5) are two adjacent vertices of square ABCD. Which of the
following could be the coordinates of A or B?
a. (-3,-2) b. (-2,3) c. (-4,5) d. (3,10)
2. What is the distance between the points whose coordinates are (-2,5) and (4, -3)?
a. 8 b. 68 c. 6 d. 10
3. If A is the point (5,4) and B is the point (-3, -2), what is the area of the circle that has AB as
the diameter?
a. 8 b. 10 c. 20 d. 25
4. Determine the midpoint of the line segment joining the points (5,-3) and (-1,6)
a. (2,3/2) c. (3,3/2)
b. (2,-3/2) d. (1,5/2)
5. What is the equation of the line that passes through (3, -3) and (3,3)?
a. x=3 c. y = 3x+3
b. y=3x d. y = 3x 3
6. What is the equation of the line whose x- and y- intercepts are each 3?
a. y = 3 c. y = x - 3
b. y = x + 3 d. y = -x + 3
7. Which of the following lines has the greatest y intercept?
a. y = 3x + 10 c. x + y = 12
b. 2y = x + 15 d. (1/2)y (1/2)x = 10
8. For what value of k will the graphs of 3x + 4y + 5 = 0 and kx + 6y + 7 = 0 NOT intersect?
a. 8 b. 0 c. 4.5 d. 5
9. If f(x) = 3x + 2 and g(x) = 2x + 3, then what is the y intercept of the line whose equation is
y = g(f(x))?
a. 1 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7
10. Which of the following is an equation of a line that has the same x intercept as the line
whose equation is y = 3x 6?
a. y = 2x 6 c. y = x + 2
b. y = 6x 3 d. y = 2x 4
11. Find the equation of the line whose slope is 4 and passing through the point (2, -3)
a. 4x - y - 11 = 0 c. 4x + y 11 = 0
b. 4x - y + 11 = 0 d. 4x + y + 11 = 0
12. What is the equation of the line passing through the points (3,1) and (-5,4)?
a. 3x + 8y + 17 = 0 c. 3x + 8y 17 = 0
b. 3x 8y + 17 = 0 d. 3x 8y + 17 = 0
13. What is the slope of the perpendicular bisector of line segment AB if A is the point (0, -3)
and B is the point (4,0)?
a. (4/3) b. (3/4) c. 3/4 d. 4/3
14. If the lines whose equation are y = ax + b and x = cy + d are parallel, which statement must
be true?
a. a = -(1/c) b. a = (1/c) c. c = a d. c = - a
15. What is the sum of the x- and y- coordinates of the point where the lines y = 3x + 2 and y =
2x + 3 meet?
a. 5 b. 6 c. 11 d. 12

1. C
2. D
3. D
4. A
5. A
6. D
7. D
8. C
9. D
10. D
11. A
12. C
13. A
14. B
15. B