Mathematics – Problem Set 2020

Instructions: Provide the answer and complete solutions on the problems provided.

1. It is the practice of almost all bank in the Philippines that the grant a loan, the interest for one year is automatically
deducted the principal amount upon release of money to a borrower. Let us therefore assume that you applied a loan
with a bank and the P80,000 was approved at an interest rate of 14% of which P11,200 was deducted and you were give
a check of P66,800. Since you have to pay the amount of P80, 000 one year after, what then will be the effective interest
rate?
A. 15.90% B. 16.28% C. 16.30% D. 16.20%

2. A manufacturing firm maintains one product assembly line to produce signal generators. Weekly demand for
generators is 35 units. The line operates for 7 hours per day, 5 days per week. What maximum production time in hours
required for the line to meet the demand?
A. 1 hour B. .75 hour C. 3 hours D. 2.25 hours

3. If P5000 shall accumulate for 10 years at 8% compounded quarterly. Find the compound interest at the end of 10
years.
A. P6, 005.30 B. P6, 000.00 C. P6, 040.20 D. P6, 010.20

4. A merchant puts his P2,000 to a small business for a period of six years. With a given interest rate on the investment
of 15% per year, compounded annually, how much will he collect at the end of sixth year?
A. P4,400 B. P4,390.15 C. P4,200.00 D. P4,626.00

5. How much must be invested on January 1, year 1, in order to accumulate P2000 on January 1, year 6 at 6%? Answer: A
A. P1495 B. P1092 C. P1234 D. P1764

6. A parent on the day the child is born wishes to determine what lump sum would have to be paid into an account
bearing interest at 5% compounded annually, in order to withdraw P20,000 each on the child’s 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st
birthdays.
A. P35,941.73 B. P33,941.73 C. P30,941.73 D. P25,941.73

7. An asset is purchased for P9,000. Its estimated life is 10 years after which it will be sold for P1,000. Find the book
value during the first year if sum-of-the-years digit (SOYD) depreciation is used.
A. P8,000 B. P6,500 C. P7,545 D. P6,000

8. A car travels at 80 km/hr in a school zone. A police car starts from rest just as the first car passes it and accelerates at
constant rate of 8 km/hr/sec. How long will the police car travelling when it catches the first car?
A. 10 sec B. 15 sec C. 20 sec D. 25 sec

9. A body falls from rest. Find the distance traveled in 3 seconds.

A. 34.22 m B. 44.14 m C. 40.87 m D. 48.56 m

10. A marble dropped from a bridge strikes the water in 5 seconds. Calculate the speed when it strikes the water.
A. 46 m/sec B. 47 m/sec C. 48 m/sec D. 49 m/sec
11. A bullet is fired vertically upward and returns to the ground in 20 s. Find the height it reaches.
A. 234.2 m B. 345.23 m C. 490.5 m D. 563.3 m

12. A projectile is fired horizontally with a speed of 600 ft/sec from the top of a building 225 ft above the ground. What
is the time of flight?
A. 3.74 sec B. 5.34 sec C. 4.87 sec D. 2.54 sec

13. A baseball leaves the bat at an angle of 37° above the horizontal at a speed of 120 ft/sec. How far does it traveled
horizontally?
A. 430 ft B. 435 ft C. 440 ft D. 445 ft

14. A 100 kg box is dragged 70 m down the sidewalk at constant velocity. What work is done if the coefficient of sliding
friction between the box and the pavement is 0.37.
A. 34.23 KJ B. 24.34 KJ C. 12.34 KJ D. 20.60 KJ

15. A 10 kg object starts from a standstill and slides without friction down a gentle incline of 1:5 (vertical : horizontal) for
a distance of 10 m. What is the decrease in potential energy?
A. 173.30 J B. 156.34 J C. 192.40 J D. 123.45 J

16. A head hammer weighs 10 lb. In one swing of the hammer, the nail is driven 0.6 inches into a wood block. The
velocity of the hammer’s head at impact is 18 ft/s. What is the average resistance of the wood block?
A. 1010 lb B. 2010 lb C. 1800 lb D. 3600 lb

17. A charge of 0.75 coulombs passes through a wire every 15 seconds. What is the current in the wire?
A. 5 mA B. 20mA C. 9.38mA D. 50mA

18. A circuit draws 5000 kVA with a power factor of 0.72. What size of capacitor is required to increase the power factor
to 0.86? the 60 Hz line voltage is 220 V(rms).
A. 0.07 Farad B. 14 Farad C. 0.04 Farad D. 160 Farad

19. What is the average power dissipated by an electric heater with resistance of 50 drawing a current of 20 sin(30t) A?
A. 10 kw B. 20 kw C. 14.14 kw D. 0

20. Five watts are dissipated in a primary (input) circuit that includes a perfectly matched, ideal transformer with a
primary to secondary turns ration of 15:1. If the input resistance is 2000 Ω, what is the load resistance?
A. 8.9 ohms B. 79 ohms C. 133 ohms D. 6249 ohms

21. A rifle is aimed directly at the bull’s-eye of a target 50 m away. If the bullet’s speed is 350 m/s, how far below the
bull’s-eye does the bullet strike the target?
A. 12 cm B. 10 cm C. 14 cm D. 16 cm

22. Three years ago CJ was three times as old as John. Three years hence he will be twice as old. Find the present age of
CJ and John respectively.
A. 22 and 8 B. 9 and 3 C. 21 and 9 D. 24 and 8
23. How much water must be evaporated from 18 kg of 20% salt solution to produce a 50% solution?
A. 10.3 kg B. 10. 4 kg C. 10.7 kg D. 10.8 kg

24. An alloy contains 20% silver and 30% lead. How much silver and how much lead should be added to 45 kg of alloy in
order to obtain an alloy containing 25% silver and 33.5% lead?
A. 4.5 kg silver and 4.5 kg lead C. 3.5 kg silver and 3.5 kg lead
B. 4.5 kg silver and 3.5 kg lead D. 3.5 kg silver and 4.5 kg lead

25. Find the value of m that will make 4x2 – 4mx + 4m + 5 a perfect square trinomial
A. 3 B. -2 C. 4 D. 5

26. A and B working together can finish painting a home in 6 days. A working alone can finish it in five days less than B.
How long will it take each of them to finish the work alone?
A. 10 15 B. 15, 20 C. 20, 25 D. 5,10

27. Determine the sum of the progression if there are 7 arithmetic mean between 3 and 35.
A. 171 B. 182 C. 232 D. 216

28. Box A has 4 white balls, 3 blue balls and 3 orange balls. Box B has 2 white balls, 4 blue balls and 4 orange balls. If one
ball is drawn from each box, what is the probability that one of the two balls will be orange?
A. 27/50 B. 9/50 C. 23/50 D. 7/25

29. Solve for x that satisfy the equation 4x2 = 12x – 7

A. 0.937 and 3.575 B. 2.207 and 0.793 C. 0.7432 D. 3.702

30. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a tower to be 30 degrees. He walks 85 m nearer the tower and finds
its angle of elevation to be 60 degrees. What is the height of the tower?
A. 76.31 m B. 73.31 m C. 73.16 m D. 73.61 m

31. Given the three sides of a triangle: 2,3,4. What is the angle in radians opposite the side with length 3?
A. 0.11 B. 0.41 C. 0.55 D. 0.81

32. The triangle defined the points A (6,1), B (2,4), C (-2,1) is what?
A. isosceles B. right C. obtuse D. equilateral

33. A central angle of 45 degrees subtends an arc of 12 cm. What is the radius of the circle?
A. 15.28 cm B. 18.28 cm C. 20.28 cm D. 30.28 cm

34. What is the area in square inches of a parabola with a base of 15 cm and a height of 20 cm?
A. 87 B. 55 C. 31 D. 11

35. Triangle ABC is a right triangle with right angle at C. CD is perpendicular to AB. BC = 4, and CD = 1. Find the area of
the triangle ABC.
A. 2.95 B. 2.55 C. 2.07 D. 1.58
36. A regular dodecagon is inscribed in a circle of radius 24. Find the perimeter of the dodecagon.
A. 125 B. 135 C. 149 D. 169

37. The sides of a triangle are 8 cm 10 cm and 14 cm determine the radius of the inscribed and circumscribed circle.
A. 3.45, 7.14 B. 2.45, 7.14 C. 2.50, 7.14 D. 3.45, 8.14

38. The sides of a cyclic quadrilateral are a = 3m, b = 3 m, c = 4 m and d = 4 m. Find the radius of the inscribed and
circumscribed circle.
A. 1.71 and 2.50 B. 1.91 and 2.52 C. 2.63 and 4.18 D. 2.63 and 3.88

39. A circular cone having an altitude of 9 m is divided into 2 segments having the same vertex. If the smaller altitude is 6
m. Find the ratio of the volume of small cone to the big cone.
A. 0.296 B. 0.386 C. 0.186 D. 0.486

40. A pipe lining material of silicon carbide used in a conveyance of pulverized coal to fuel a boiler has a thickness of 2
cm and inside diameter of 10 cm. Find the volume of the material with a pipe length of 6 meters.
A. 45,239 cubic cm B. 42.539 cubic cm C. 49,532 cubic cm D. 43,932 cubic cm

41. How many cubic meters is 100 gallons of liquid?

A. 3.7850 cu. m B. 0.1638 cu. m C. 0.3785 cu. m D. 1.6380 cu. m

42. Find the eccentricity of an ellipse when the length of the latus rectum is 2/3 of the length of the major axis.
A. 0.58 B. 0.68 C. 0.78 D. 0.98

43. Find the vertex of the parabola, x2 = 8y.

A. (0,0) B. (0,4) C. (4,0) D. (0,8)

44. Find the value of k for which the equation x2 + y2 + 4x – 2y – k = 0, represents a point circle.
A. 5 B. 6 C. -6 D. – 5

45. Compute the focal length and the length of the latus rectum of parabola y2 + 8x – 6y + 25 = 0.
A. 2,8 B. 4,16 C. 16,64 D. 1,4

46. Find the equation of the straight line with a slope of 3 and a y – intercept of 1.
A. 3x – y + 1 = 0 B. 3x + y + 1 = 0 C. 3x – y – 1 = 0 D. 3x + 7 – 1 = 0

47. Find the distance from the line 4x – 3y + 5 = 0 to the point (2,1).
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

48. What is the center of the curve x2 + y2 – 2x – 4y – 31 = 0.

A. (-1,-2) B. (1, -2) C. (-1, 2) D. (1,2)

49. If the distance x from the point of departure at time t is defined by the equation x = - 16t2 + 5000t + 5000, what is
the initial velocity?
A. 2000 B. 0 C. 5000 D. 3000
50. Using two existing corner sides of an existing wall, what is the maximum rectangular area that can be fenced by a
fencing material 30 ft long?
A. 225 sq. ft B. 240 sq. ft C. 270 sq. ft D. 335 sq. ft

51. A batch of concrete consisted of 200 lbs fine aggregates, 350 lbs coarse aggregate, 94 lbs cement, and 5 gallons of
water. The specific gravity of sand and gravel maybe taken as 2.65 and that of the cement as 3.10. How much weight of
cement is required to produce one cubic yard?
A. 765 lbs B. 657 lbs C. 675 lbs D. 567 lbs

52. Dalisay Corporation’s gross margin is 45% of sales. Operating expenses such as sales and administration are 15% of
sales. Dalisay is in 40% tax bracket. What percent of sales is their profit after taxes?
A. 18% B. 5% C. 24% D. 0%

53. The third term of a harmonic progression is 15 and the 9th term is 6. Find the 11th term?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7

54. Factor the expression X2 + 6x + 8 as completely as possible?

A. (x + 8) ( x – 2) B. (x+ 4) (x – 2) C. (x + 4) (x + 2) D. (x – 4) (x – 2)

55. An observer wishes to determine the height of a tower. He takes sight at the top of the tower from A and B, which
are 50 ft apart at the same elevation on a direct line with the tower. The vertical angle at point A is 30 ⁰ and the point B
is 40 ⁰. What is the height of the tower?
A. 85. 60 ft B. 110.29 ft C. 143.97 ft D. 92.54 ft

56. How many degrees is 4800 mils?

A. 270 deg B. 90 deg C. 180 deg D. 215 deg

57. A PSME unit has 10 ME’s , 8 PME’s and 6 CPM’s. If a committee of 3 members one from each group is to be formed,
how many such committees can be formed?
A. 260 B. 380 C. 480 D. 360

58. If the side of a parallelogram and an included angle are 6, 10, and 100 degrees respectively, find the length of the
shorter diagonal.
A. 10.63 B. 10.37 C. 10.73 D. 10.23

59. Given a triangle with an angle C = 28.7 ⁰, side a = 132 units and side b = 224 units. Solve for the side C.
A. 95 units B. 110.4 units C. 125.4 units D. 90 units

60. 15. What is the x – intercept of the line passing through (1, 4) and (4, 1)
A. 4.5 B. 5 C. 6 D. 4.5

61. Find the equation of a circle whose center is at (3, -5) and whose radius is 4.
A. x2 + y2 – 6x + 10y + 18 = 0 C. x2 + y2 – 6x - 10y - 18 = 0
B. x2 + y2 + 6x + 10y + 18 = 0 D. x2 + y2 + 6x - 10y + 18 = 0

62. Find the area of the circle whose equation is x2 + y2= 6x – 8y

A. 25π B.5 π C. 15 π D. 20 π
63. Find the slope of the line defined by y – x = 5.
A. 1 B. -1/2 C. ¼ D. 5 + x

64. What is the radius of a circle defined by the equation x2 – 6x + y2 – 4y – 12 = 0.

A. 3.46 B. 5 C. 7 D. 6

65. Given the curve y = 12 – 12x + x3, determine its maximum, minimum and inflection points.
A. (-2, 28), (2, -4) & (0, 12) C. (-2, -28), (-2,-4) & (2, 12)
B. (2, - 28), (2, 4) & (0, 2) D. (-2, 28), (-2, 4) & (1, 12)

66. The probability that Cyrill hits the target is 1/3 and the probability that James hits the target is 1/5. They both fire at
the target. Find the probability that one of them hits the target.
A. 1/3 B. 7/15 C. 8/15 D. 2/5

67. A simple supported beam is five meters in length. It carries a uniformly distributed load including its own weight of
300 N/m and a concentrated load of 100 N, 2 meters from the left end. Find the reactions A at the left end and reaction
B at the right end.
A. RA = 810 N, RB = 790 N B. 810 N, RB = 690 N C. RA = 830 N, RB = 680 N D. RA = 840 N, RB = 670 N

68. A 250 N block is initially at rest on a flat surface that is inclined at 30 degrees. If the coefficient of static friction is
0.30, find the force (P) required to start the block moving up the plane.
A. 143.5 N B. 234.5 N C. 124.54 N D. 189.95 N

69. It was discovered that the acceleration due to gravity on the moon is 1.67 m/s2. John can throw a stone 12 m straight
upward on earth, how high should he able to throw a stone on the moon? Assume that the throwing speeds are the
same in the two cases.
A. 15 m B. 17 m C. 70 m D. 25 m

70. The target terrorist Cyrill James is 1000 km away from a rocket. What is the minimum initial velocity a rocket must be
fired so that the target will be hit? Neglect the effect of drag and ϴ = 45 ⁰
A. 3.1 km/s B. 5.4 km/s C. 3.4 km/s D. 2.4 km/s

71. A bank charges 12 % simple interest on a 300 php loan. How much will be repaid if the loan is paid back in one lump
sum after three years?
A. 408 php B. 415 php C. 551 php D. 450 php

72. A company issued 50 bonds of 1,000 php face value each, redeemable at par at the end of 15 years to accumulate
the funds required for redemption. The firm established a sinking fund consisting of annual deposits, the interest rate of
the fund being 4%. What was the principal in the fund at the end of the 12th year?
A. P 35,938.00 B. P 38,378.00 C. P 41,453.00 D. P 37,519.00

73. Find the area bounded by the parabola x2 = 4y and y = 4.

A. 21.33 B. 33.21 C.31.32 D. 13.23

74. What is the area bounded by the curve y2 = x and the line x – 4 = 0.
A. 32/3 B. 34/7 C. 64/3 D. 16/3

75. A man travels in a motorized boat at the rate of 15 kph from his barrio to the poblacion and come back to his barrio
at a speed of 12 kph. If his total time of travel back and forth is 3 hours, the distance from the barrio o the poblacion is:
A. 10 km B. 15 km C. 20 km D. 25 km
76. The man has a total of 33 goats and chickens. If the total of their feet is 900, find the no. of goats and chickens.
A. 12 goats and 21 chickens B. 9 goats and 27 chickens C. 6 cats and 5 dogs D. 13 goats and 20 chickens

78. Express 5y – (3x(5y +4)) into polynomial:

A. 10y – 3x + 4 B. 5y + 5x – 4 C. 5y + 5x + 4 D. 5y – 5x + 4

79. The arithmetic mean of 2a and 3b is:

A. square root of 6ab B. (2a – 3b)/2 C. 6ab/ 2 D. (2a + 3b)/2

80. What is the standard deviation of 1,4, and 7?

A. 32 B. 2.45 C. 5.66 D. 3

81. Solve the simultaneous equations: 3x – y = 6; 9x – y = 12

A. x = 3; y = 1 B. x = 2; y = 2 C. x = 1; y = -3 D. x = 4; y = 2

82. The geometric mean of 4 and 64 is:

A. 48 B. 34 C. 16 D. 24

83. A box is to be constructed from a piece of zinc 20 sq. in by cutting equal squares from each corner and turning up the
zinc to form the side. What is the volume of the largest box that can be so constructed?
A. 599.95 cu. in B. 592.59 cu. in C 579.50 cu. in D. 622.49 cu. in

84. As x increases uniformly at the rate of 0.002 feet per second, at what rate is the expression (1 + x) to the 3rd power
increasing when x becomes 8 feet?
A. 0.430 cfs B. 0.486 cfs C. 0.300 cfs D. 0.346 cfs

85. Cast iron weighs 640 pounds per cubic foot. The weight of a cast iron block 14” x 12” x 18” is:
A. 1120 lbs B. 1000 lbs C. 1200 lbs D. 1088 lbs

86. What is the angle between two vectors A and B? A = 4i + 12j + 6k B = 24i – 8j + 6k
A. 168.45 B. 84.32 C. 86.32 D. – 84.64

87. Going against the wind, a domestic plane can travel 5/8 of the distance in one hour than it is going with the wind. If
the plane can fly 300 miles per hour in calm wind, what is the velocity of the wind?
A. 69.31 miles/hr B. 63.91 miles/hr C. 63.31 miles/ hr D. 69.91 miles/hr

88. A 24 inch long rod floats vertically in water. It has a 1 sq. inch cross section and has a specific gravity of 0.6. What
length, L is submerged?
A. 14.4 in B. 2.4 in C. 9.6 in D. 18.0 in

89. What is the flow rate through a pipe 4 in diameter with water velocity of 11 ft/sec?
A. 32.726 cu. m/s B. 27.182 cu. m/s C. 29.930 cu. m/s D. 0.0272 cu. m/s

90. Convert 20 mm of water into N/m2?

A. 619 B. 196 C. 691 D. 916
91. What is the original price of P 1,743,759.00 discounted price at 22% discount?
A. P2,115.799.64 B. P 2,235,588.45 C. P 2,235.088.46 D. P1,985,890.95

92. A machine has an initial cost of P 50,000 and a salvage value of P 10,000 after 10 years. What is the straight line
method depreciation rate s a percentage of the initial cost?
A. 10% B. 8% C. 12% D. 9%

93. Find the remainder if we divide 4y3 + 18y2 + 8y – 4 by (2y + 3).

A. 10 B. 11 C. 15 D. 13

94. What time after 3 o’clock will the hands of the clock be together for the first time?
A. 3:16.36 B. 3:14.32 C. 3:12.30 D. 3:17.37

95. Given that w varies directly as the product of x and y inversely as the square of z, and that w – 4, when x = 2, y = 6
and z = 3. Find the value of “w” when x = 1, and 4 and z = 2.
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

96. Find the 10 th term of the geometric progression: 3,6,12,24,...

A. 1536 B. 1653 C. 1635 D. 3156

97. Find the value of x: ax – b = cx + d

A. x = (a – b)/(c + d) B. x = (b + d)/(a – c) C. x =(a – d)/(c - b) D. x = (c + d)/(a – c)

98. Divide: 15x4 + 6x2 + 15x + 6 by 3x3 + 3.

A. 5x + 2 B. 5x2 + 2 C. 5x2 D. 5x – 4

99. The third term of a harmonic progression is 15 and 9th term is 6. Find the eleventh term?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7

100. In a commercial survey involving 1,000 persons on brand reference, 120 were found to prefer brand x only, 200
prefer brand y only, 150 prefer brand z only, 370 prefer either brand x or y but not z, 450 prefer brand y or z but not x,
and 420 prefer either brand z or x but not y. How many persons have no brand preference, satisfied with any of the 3
brands?
A. 280 B. 230 C. 180 D. 130