LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR TEACHERS (LET) REVIEWER

GENERAL EDUCATION – MATHEMATICS PART 1

Contents: Fundamentals of Math, Plane Geometry, Elementary Algebra, Statistics and Probability

1) Only 26% of 50 students passed the exam. How many students failed the test?
a. 37 b. 35 c. 33 d. 39

2) List the fractions 1/9, 2/15 and 3/15 from LEAST to GREATEST.
a. 3/21, 1/9, 2/15 b. 1/9, 3/21, 2/15 c. 1/9, 2/15, 3/21 d. 2/15, 3/21, 1/9

3) What is the square root of 400?

a. 40 b. 20 c. 8 d. 4

4) Of the 50 students enrolled in the subject – Trigonometry, 90% took the final examination at the end of the term. Two-
thirds of those who took the final exam passed. How many students passed the exam?
a. 33 b. 45 c. 34 d. 30

5) Which has the most volume?

a. A box 10 meters high, 6 meters wide, and 14 meters long.
b. A box 1 meter high, 60 meters wide, and 14 meters long.
c. A box 9 meters high, 7 meters wide, and 14 meters long.
d. A box 11 meters high, 8 meters wide, and 7 meters long.

6) If 4a=b, then a is equal to ________.

a. 4 + b b. 4b c. b/4 d. 1/4b

7) If p is a positive integer in the equation 12p=q, then q must be a:

a. negative even integer b. positive odd integer
c. negative odd integer d. positive even integer

8) Which of the following is NOT a prime number?

a. 43 b. 47 c. 53 d. 57

9) In Roman numerals, what letter in the alphabet represents 1,000?

a. M b. L c. D d. C

10) The value of the expression 3xy + 3y + 7 when x=2 and y=3 is:
a. 36 b. 42 c. 34 d. 40

11) 100 is to 121 as 10 is to?

a. 14 b. 12 c. 13 d. 11

12) 20% of 2 is equal to:

a. -4 b. 4 c. ¼ d. 10

13) If 40% of a number is 55, what is 44% of that number?

a. 64 b. 60.5 c. 52.5 d. 56

14) A box holds 222 apples. How many apples are there in 20 boxes?
a. 4400 b. 4440 c. 4420 d. 4460

15) I sold 2/3 of my pencils for 0.25 each. I sold the remaining 8 pencils at 0.25 per pair. How much money did I collect for
the pencils?
a. 7.5 b. 7 c. 6 d. 5

16) If a function is defined by the set of ordered pairs (1,2), (2,4), (3,8), (4,16), (5,Y), then the value of Y is?
a. 10 b. 32 c. 20 d. 25

17) If n<m and a<b, then _________.

a. n+a > m+b b. m=b c. n=a d. n+a < m+b

18) Why is 1/5 called a unit fraction?

a. Then number 5 is the denominator. b. The unit is less than one.
c. Unit fraction have 1 as the numerator. d. It is between 0 and 1, the basic unit.

19) The amount of simple interest denoted by “I” paid by the bank on a savings account, uses which of these formula?
a. I = principal invested X annual rate of interest X months
b. I = principal invested X annual rate of interest X years
c. I = principal invested X annual rate of interest X years and X months
d. I = principal invested X annual rate of the interest

20) The average of a set of 12 numbers is 12. If 1, 2 and 3 are added to the set, what is the new average?
a. 8 b. 9 c. 10 d. 11
21) If the scores in Mathematics test of 45 students are arranged from the highest to the lowest, the 23rd score is the:
a. mean b. variance c. median d. mode

22) Express the integer 50 as a percent.

a. 5% b. 50% c. 500% d. 5,000%

23) To find the perimeter (P) of a rectangle that has length of 16 inches and a width of 12 inches, which of the following
equations can be used?
a. P = 2(16)(12) b. P = (16)+(12) c. P = 2(16)+(12) d. P = 2(16+12)

24) Which of the following illustrates the procedure and correct answer of multiplying 2 1/2 X 3 2/3?
a. 3/5 X 6/3 = 9/5 X 30/5 = 270/5 = 54 b. 2/5 X 3/11 = 5/50 X 30/50 = 150/5 = 30
c. 5/2 X 11/3 = 55/6 = 9 1/6 d. 2/3 X 5/2 = 4/6 X 15/6 = 60/6 = 10

25) Six post office employees are working today. It takes one employee one minute to serve one person. How long would
you have to wait in the line if you hold number 321?
a. 33 minutes b. a half an hour c. 20 minutes d. 45 minutes

26) If you write all the whole numbers from 1 through 1,000, how many numbers have the digit 4?
a. 400 b. 271 c. 264 d. 235

27) A vehicle consumes one liter of gasoline to travel 10 kilometers. After a tune-up, it travels 15% farther on one liter. To
the nearest tenth, how many liters of gasoline will it take for the vehicle to travel 230 kilometers?
a. 20.15 liters b. 23 liters c. 23.15 liters d. 20 liters

28) A 2-hours television program included 12 minutes of commercials. What percentage of the program was not
commercials?
a. 94% b. 90% c. 88% d. 86%

29) If the score of 10 students are: 76, 80, 75, 83, 80, 79, 85, 80, 88, 90, the mode is:
a. 85 b. 79 c. 88 d. 80

30) What is 111% of a number, if 132 is 11% of that number?

a. 1,332 b. 1,432 c. 1,234 d. 1,412

31) A rectangle has sides of 10 and 12 units. How can the area of a square be computed if it has the same perimeter of
the rectangle?
a. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then multiply by 4.
b. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, then multiply by 4.
c. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then square the quotient.
d. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then multiply by 2.

32) The ration of men to women at Mabuhay High School is 3:7. If there are 6,153 women in the said school, how many
men are at Mabuhay High School?
a. 2,051 b. 2,637 c. 879 d. 1,895

33) Mrs. Smith has 80 birds: geese, hens and ducks. The ration of geese to hens is 3:1. 60% of the birds are ducks. How
many geese does Mrs. Smith have?
a. 24 b. 20 c. 25 d. 28

34) If each of the five members in a basketball team shakes hands with every other member of the team before the game
starts, how many handshakes will there be in all?
a. 6 b. 8 c. 10 d. 9

35) How many twenty thousand are there in one million?

a. 100 b. 500 c. 50 d. 1000

36) One scoop of fish food can feed 7 fish for two days. How many fish can 6 scoops of fish food feed for a week?
a. 12 fishes b. 14 fishes c. 16 fishes d. 18 fishes

37) Change the following percents to decimals: 23%, 5%, 3%, 3.5%.
a. 2.3, .500, .30, 30.5 b. .23, 50, 03, 3.05 c. .23, .05, .03, .035 d. .023, 5.00, 3.0, 03.5

38) What is the range of the following: 86, 70, 83, 90, 85, 78, 79, 81, 87?
a. 12 b. 15 c. 16 d. 20

39) If Bob is exactly 33 years old on the 333rd day of this year, in what month was he born?
a. October b. December c. November d. September

40) What value of x will satisfy the equation 5x + 7 = 3x – 9?

a. x = -6 b. x = +8 c. x = 10 d. x = -8
 LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR TEACHERS (LET) REVIEWER
GENERAL EDUCATION – MATHEMATICS PART 2

Contents: Use of four fundamental operations in problem solving, Operations with whole numbers, decimals, fraction and
integers, Least common multiples; greater common factor, Divisibility rules, Ratio and proportion, Percentage rate and
Base, Measurement and units of measure, Perimeter, Area, Volume, Capacity, Weight, Number Theory, Prime, composite
and denominate numbers, Prime factorization

1) Which statement is true?

a. √5 is a rational number b. 0 is a positive number c. √3 is a real number d. √4 is an irrational number

2) The thousandths digit of the number 1,234.5678 is ________.

a. 1 b. 7 c. 8 d. 5

3) (4)(-6) + (12x3) = ________

a. 10 b. 12 c. 14 d. 15

4) The difference between gross profit and cost of goods sold is known as ________.
a. markdown b. discount c. net profit d. invoice price

5) Julius has ₱15,000 in the bank. After a year, he expects it to earn ₱750. What is the rate of interest?
a. 2% b. 4% c. 5% d. 6%

6) The greatest common divisor of 91, 39 and 78 is ________.

a. 24 b. 13 c. 39 d. 91

7) The property of real numbers which describes (5+6)-3 = 3+(5+6) is ________.

a. Commutative b. Associative c. Distributive d. Reflexive

8) Which is proportion?
a. 5:4 = 15:12 b. 8:3 = 16:9 c. 4:5 = 12:10 d. ½:7 = 5:2

9) After receiving a 30% discount, Jay paid ₱210.00 for an item. What is the regular price of the item?
a. ₱300 b. ₱350 c. ₱380 d. ₱400

10) Peter borrowed 15,000 from the bank at the rate of 12% per year. How much will he owe the bank after 1.5 years?
a. ₱16,000 b. ₱16,700 c. ₱17,000 d. ₱17,700

11) 1/8 in percent is ________.

a. 10.5% b. 12.5% c. 14.5% d. 16.5%

12) John invested ₱5,000 in a certain business. How much will his money be in 2 years if it earns 12% interest in a year?
a. ₱6,000 b. ₱6,100 c. ₱6,200 d. ₱6,300

13) What do you call an equality of 2 ratios?

a. quotient b. fraction c. percentage d. proportion

14) The number of hours spent for review in Algebra, Chemistry and English is in the ratio of 4:3:1. How many hours does
each student spend for Chemistry in a 24-hour review package?
a. 3 b. 6 c. 9 d. 12

15) What is the value of 3.5 kilograms in grams?

a. 35 b. 350 c. 3,500 d. 35,000

16) The least common multiple of 18 and 24 is ________.

a. 6 b. 24 c. 36 d. 72

17) How many pieces of 7 ½ inches wire can be cut from a 31 ¼ ft roll of wire?
a. 5 b. 10 c. 25 d. 50

18) What do you call a triangle with equal sides?

a. scalene b. equilateral c. isosceles d. right

19) How many centimeters are there in 100 millimeters?

a. 0.1 b. 1 c. 10 d. 100

20) A ball is drawn at random from a box containing 3 red balls, 4 white balls and 5 blue balls. What is the probability that
it is not blue?
a. ¼ b. ½ c. 7/12 d. 1

21) A salesman gets a 15% commission for the first ₱20,000, and 10% for the amount over ₱20,000 of his total sales.
How much does he get for a total sale of ₱50,600?
a. 5,060 b. 6,060 c. 7,060 d. 8,060

22) A TV set that originally cost ₱20,000 is now sold at ₱18,000. What is the percentage decrease in the price of the TV
set?
a. 10% b. 20% c. 30% d. 40%

23) At 70 kph, Robin can reach his home within 50 minutes. At what rate should he drive his car so that he can reach
home 15 minutes earlier?
a. 60 kph b. 80 kph c. 90 kph d. 100 kph

24) A typist can finish 4 pages in 6 minutes. How long will it take for him to finish 10 pages?
a. 20 minutes b. 15 minutes c. 10 minutes d. 8 minutes

25) Four people can finish painting a room within 4 hours. If only 2 people are available, how many hours do they have to
work to finish the same job?
a. 4 b. 6 c. 8 d. 10

26) (3√8) (3√18) = __________

a. 108 b. 110 c. 112 d. 114

27) Jean bought 5 kilos of rice worth ₱200 and another 4 kilos of rice worth ₱144. What is the average price of rice per
kilo?
a. ₱172.00 b. ₱172.11 c. ₱175.00 d. ₱175.11

28) 72 is ¾ of what number?

a. 76 b. 84 c. 86 d. 96
29) 0.0125 expressed in fraction in lowest term is ________.
a. 1/8 b. ¼ c. 1/800 d. 1/80
30) Jack and Jill work as part of the service crew in one of the fastfood chains. If their earnings were in the ration of 7:8
respectively, how much did Jack earned when Jill had earned ₱6,400?
a. ₱6,200 b. ₱5,600 c. ₱5,800 d. ₱6,080

31) Which of the following is a multiple of 8?

a. 5,148 b. 53,250 c. 1,460 d. 32,400

32) The value of the car has depreciated by ₱20,000. It is now worth ₱380,000. By how many percent did the value of the
car decrease?
a. 5% b. 10% c. 20% d. 25%

33) If x is an integer and 90>3x, then x cannot be ________.

a. 29 b. 26 c. 27 d. 30

34) Of the following, which is the greatest?

a. ¾ b. 5/7 c. 6/9 d. 7/10

35) The area of the rectangle is 6x2, with length of 2x. Find the perimeter.
a. 16x b. 10x c. 12x2 d. 18x

36) How many times will the digit 7 appear between 1 to 100.
a. 9 b. 20 c. 19 d. 11

37) What is the value of a in the statement: 3ab =15, if b = 5?

a. 3 b. 1 c. 2 d. 5

38) Lito cut 4 ¼ yd of plastic cover from a bolt containing 35 1/8 yd. How many yards were left in the bolt?
a. 31 ¼ b. 30 7/8 c. 31 1/8 d. 30 ¼

39) Find the final amount due in investing ₱50,000 at a simple interest rate of 14.5% for 18 months.
a. ₱60,875 b. ₱50,875 c. ₱60,900 d. ₱50,900

40) What is the exact interest of ₱15,000, invested at 5.5% simple interest rate for 108 days?
a. ₱255.62 b. ₱265.62 c. ₱260.62 d. ₱244.11

41) At what rate of interest should ₱2,400 be invested so that it will earn ₱80 in 8 months?
a. 6.5% b. 5.5% c. 5% d. 6%

42) What is the single equivalent discount rate of the discount series 5%, 10% and 25%?
a. 40% b. 35.9% c. 64.1% d. 60%

43) The product of 2 whole numbers is 36, and their ratio is 1:4. Which of these is the smaller number?
a. 3 b. 4 c. 8 d. 9

44) If 30% of x is 30, what is 50% of x?

a. 30 b. 40 c. 50 d. 60

45) Julio’s salary is ₱8,500 per month. If it is increased by 12%, what is his new salary per month?
a. ₱9,320 b. ₱9,420 c. ₱9,520 d. ₱9,550
46) How much commission does a salesman get if he was able to sell ₱35,000 worth of jewelry and he is given a 15% of
it?
a. ₱5,300 b. ₱5,325 c. ₱5,250 d. ₱5,425
47) How much should a man deposit in a bank at 6% simple interest rate if he wants to earn ₱1,200 a year?
a. ₱10,000 b. ₱30,000 c. ₱15,000 d. ₱20,000

48) What is the quotient when .345 is divided by .5?

a. .69 b. .65 c. .64 d. .67

49) Simplify this [ 2 x 9 – 8 x (-3) ] / 6 + 15 = _________.

a. 4 b. 3 c. 2 d. 1

50) A movie ticket cost ₱500 during a premiere night, and ₱320 during the regular show. What is the percentage
decrease in the price of the ticket?
a. 30% b. 36% c. 24% d. 28%