Republic of the Philippines

City of Tagaytay
CITY COLLEGE OF TAGAYTAY
School of Education

MATH 60: Problem Solving, Mathematical Modeling and Investigation

Preliminary Examination

Name:____________________ Date:_____________
Section:___________________ Score: ____________

General Directions:
1. Read the problems carefully.
2. Strictly NO ERASURES on Multiple choice type of test.

I. MULTIPLE CHOICES. Choose the best correct answer in the following items.

1. A certain bacteria double every 30 minutes. If there are 100g at the start, how many are
there after 2 hours?
A. 200g C. 800g
B. 400g D. 1600g

2. 40% of 150 applicants are female. If 15% are girls and 20% of the boys failed the exam.
How many failed the exam?
A. 18 C. 36
B. 27 D. 60

3. A taxi charges P50 for the first kilometer and charges Php3 for each additional kilometer.
How far could P200 go?
A. 50 kilometers C. 66.67 kilometers
B. 51 kilometers D. 4 kilometers

´ as a common fraction
4. Write 2. 96
A. 98/33 C. 89/33
B. 198/33 D. 108/33

5. Solve for x: 625 x+2=( 5 )2 x+10

A. 1 C. 3
B. -1 D. – 3

6. Which numeral is equal to 8 x 10−7

A. 0.00000008 C. 0.00008
B. 0.0000008 D. 0.008

7. Nilo picked some mangoes. He gave half to her mother and half of the remaining
mangoes to Allan. Allan received 9 mangoes. How many mangoes did Nilo pick?
A. 9 C. 27
B. 18 D. 36

8. What is one-eight of 280?

A. 210 C. 230
B. 2120 D. 277

9. If 10 boxes of oranges are worth P2000 and its box is worth P15. How much are all the
oranges worth without the boxes?
A. P 185 C. P 1985
B. P 1850 D. P 2150

10. Which of the following represents 17 less than thrice a certain number?
A. 3x-17 C. 17<3x
B. 17-3x D. 12>3x

11. In a triangle, the ratio of two angles is 5:2 and the third angle is equal to the difference
between the other two. Find the smallest angle.
A. 36 C. 54
B. 18 D. 90

12. How many rectangles are there in the figure below?

A. 5 C. 8
B. 7 D. 9

13. A circle has its center at (3,-2) and one end of a diameter at (7, 2). Find the other end of
the diameter.
A. (-1, -6) C. (1, -6)
B. (-1, 6) D. (1, 6)

14. If a + b = 38, a + c = 44 and b + c = 52. What is the value of a + b + c?

A. 134 C. 23
B. 67 D. 29

15. Art is 7 years younger than Thor. The sum of their age is 53. How old is Art?
A. 30 C. 60
B. 23 D. 46

16. April and May can do a job in 2 days. Working alone, April can do it in 5 days. How long
would it take May to do the job alone?
A. 5/7 days C. 7/5 days
B. 3/5 days D. 10/3 days

17. The area of a rectangle whose width is x-7 is x 2−2 x−35. What is the length?
A. x-5 C. x+7
B. x+5 D. x-28

18. Given that x/3 +4=49; find out the value of x

A. 215 C. 95
B. 105 D. 135

19. Twelve employees can work on a task in eight days. How many employees can be
assigned to work on the task if it must be completed in six day?
A. 32 C. 9
B. 16 D. 18

20. Find the equations of the line passing through the points (-5, 4) and (3, 1).
A. 3x-8y+17=0 C. 3x+8y+17=0
B. 3x-8y-17=0 D. 3x+8y-17=0

21. How many meters longer is a mile than a kilometer? There is 1.609 kilometers in a mile.
A. 609 C. 1000
B. 600 D. 1609

22. Carey earns Php 7, 500 per week in salary plus 5% commission on her weekly sales. If
she needs Php 15,000 in a particular week, how much her weekly sales should be.
A. Php 130,000 C. Php 150,000
 B. Php 100,000 D. Php 125,000

23. A graduating class of 160 boys and 180 girls held a senior’s ball. Approximately what
percent attended if 60% of the girls and 70% of the boys were there?
A. 68.97% C. 62.73%
B. 67.06% D. 64.71%

24. Charles can paint a room in ten hours. Sherwin can finish the same task in twelve hours
how long will it take the two of them if they work together?
A. 5.45 hours C. 6.25 hours
B. 5.25 hours D. 4 hours

25. A housewife deposited Php 150,000 at 6% compounded annually for 5 years. What is the
amount in 5 years?
A. Php 200,733.84 C. Php 750,000
B. Php 195,000 D. Php 180,000

26. Find the equation of the line with slope two and passing through the point (3, -1).
A. 2x +y+7=0 C. 2x+y-7+0
B. 2x-y+7=0 D. 2x-y-7=0

27. A twenty five hectare farm land produces 350 cavans of palay. How many cavans can
sixty hectare land produce?
A. 920 cavans C. 880 cavans
B. 840 cavans D. 800 cavans

28. A three-foot high tree casts a shadow four feet long. Another tree, casts a 24 feet shadow.
If the heights and shadows are in proportion, how high is the second tree?
A. 24 ft C. 21 ft
B. 20 ft D. 18 ft

29. For which side length of a square are the perimeter and the area numerically equal?
A. 4 C. 12
B. 8 D. 2

30. In a PBA game last week, James Yap attempted forty shots and made 65% of them. How
many shots did he make?
A. 28 shots C. 30 shots
B. 32 shots D. 26 shots

31. What is the amount (in feet) of framing needed to frame a picture whose dimensions are 8
½ inches by 11?
A. 2 ¼ C. 3 1/4
B. 4 1/4 D. 5 ¼

32. What is the area of a triangular piece of land which has a “base” of 940 m and a “height”
of 128 m?
A. 160,240 sq. m C. 80,120 sq. m
B. 120,320 sq. m D. 60, 160 sq. m

33. In how many years will Php 50,000 grow to Php 60,000 if it is invested at 6%
compounded monthly?
A. 4.05 C. 3.62
B. 3.05 D. 2.34

34. A path cutting diagonally across a rectangular lot is 13 meters long. If one side of the lot
is 12 meters long, how long is the shorter size?
A. 7 meters C. 10 meters
B. 3 meters D. 500 centimeters
35. A student got this report card and saw the following grades: 85,72, 80,88 and 90. What is
his average grade?
A. 87 C. 83
B. 82.5 D. 84

36. A little boy weighs seven kilos. How much is this in pounds?
A. 18.5 lbs. C. 16.4 lbs
B. 15.4 lbs D. 14.5 lbs

37. Find the ratio of fifteen minutes to one hour.

A. 2:15 C. 1:15
B. 15:1 D. 1:4

38. A large track of land was distributed to tenants who each got eight hectares. If there are
32 tenants, what was the original land area?
A. 216 C. 246
B. 236 D. 256

39. Into how many four hundred-gram packs of sugar can a 30-kilogram sack be repacked?
A. 80 packs C. 60 packs
B. 50 packs D. 75 packs

40. Evaluate the following limit: lim f ( x )=x 2−2 x+1

x →1
A. 1 C. 0
B. -1 D. The limit is not defined

41. If forty percent of y is 32, what is twenty five percent of y?

A. 60 C. 35
B. 50 D. 20

42. If x+2=7, then what is the value of 2x+5?

A. 18 C. 20
B. 15 D. 12

43. What is the standard deviation of a set of scored if its variance 15?
A. 225 C. 15
B. 3.87 D. 30

44. Find the volume (in cubic inches) of a rectangular solid whose dimensions are 3 feet, 2 ½
feet and 8 inches.
A. 8,530 C. 8,640
B. 6,570 D. 7,980

45. One right triangle has legs measuring 12 and 9. A second triangle has legs measuring 112
and 16. What is the difference of their perimeters?
A. 12 C. 54
B. 42 D. 7

46. What is the different between 38 ∧83

A. 7210 C. 6049
B. 5024 D. 4080
47. If x= y/5 and 5x = 7. What is y?
A. 7 C. 28
B. 2 D. 14

48. How many hectares are in a rectangular field which is 800 m long and 750 m wide? One
hectare is 10,000 sq. m
 A. 56 ha C. 120 ha
B. 42 ha D. 60 ha

49. If each pillow case uses 1 ¼ m of fabric, how much material is needed for 15 pillow
cases?
A. 16 2/3 m C. 18 m
B. 18 ¾ m D. 16 m

50. How many gallons of fuel will a vehicle use on a 720 mile trip if it averages 22 ½ miles
per gallon?
A. 720÷22 ½ C. 22 ½ + 720
B. 22 ½ ÷ 720 D. 22 ½ - 720

51. Twenty eight students passed while twenty percent failed in a departmental exam. How
many students were tested?
A. 38 students C. 44 students
B. 35 students D. 32 students

52. Out of 3000 examinees in a recent national examination, only 780 passed. What is the
percentage of passing?
A. 26% C. 27%
B. 24% D. 28%

53. An isosceles triagle has a perimeter equal to 42 in. the 2 equal sides are each 3 times as
long as the third side. How long is the third side?
A. 18 C. 6
B. 21 D. 8

54. What are the factors of: 65 x 3−35 x 2+5 x ?

A. 5(13-7 x 2+ x ¿ C. 5 x 3 (13−7 x +1)
B. 5(13 x 3−7 x +1¿ D. 5 x (13 x 2−7 x+ 1¿

55. A meter stick breaks into two pieces at the 36 cm mark. What is the ratio of the smaller
piece to the larger piece?
A. 9:25 C. 13:50
B. 9:16 D. 2:3

56. A swimming pool is 50 meters long. How many times will a swimwear tranverse the
entire length of the pool if he needs to cover 200 meters?
A. 5 C. 10
B. 4 D. 16

57. If you are currently earning Php 22,000 a month, how much will your new salary be if
you are to receive a 4% increase next month?
A. Php 22, 880 C. Php 26,560
B. Php 25,440 D. Php 24,330
58. At what rate of ineterst should Php 24,000 be invested so that it will earn Php 1, 080 in
9 months?
A. 5% C. 6.5%
B. 6% D. 5.5%

59. Find the least common multiple (LCM) of the numbers 18, 24 and 54.
A. 216 C. 512
B. 192 D. 384
60. Given that 2xy = 50 and x=2, what is the value of y?
A. 12.5 C. 10
B. 25 D. 5