Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Regional Office No. VIII – Eastern Visayas
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF MAASIN CITY
GOVERNMENT CENTER, COMBADO, MAASIN CITY

NAT Grade 12 Mock Test

Mathematics

DIRECTIONS: Read each question carefully. Indicate for each number which answer do you think is
correct by shading the corresponding circle labeled with the letters a, b, c, and d in the ANSWER SHEET
provided.

1. Which of the following does not define 𝑦𝑦 as a function of 𝑥𝑥?

a. 𝑦𝑦 = (𝑥𝑥 − 1)2 c. 2𝑥𝑥 − 4 = 2𝑦𝑦
b. 𝑦𝑦 2 + 𝑥𝑥 2 = 1 d. 𝑦𝑦 = 3𝑥𝑥 − √𝑥𝑥
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2. Which of the following is not in the range of 𝑓𝑓 (𝑥𝑥 ) = ?
𝑥𝑥+3
a. −3 b. 0 c. 2 d. 3

3. What is the domain of the function 𝑓𝑓 (𝑥𝑥 ) = √3 − 4𝑥𝑥?

3 3 3 3
a. 𝑥𝑥 > b. 𝑥𝑥 ≥ c. 𝑥𝑥 ≠ d. 𝑥𝑥 ≤
4 4 4 4

4. If 𝑓𝑓 (𝑎𝑎) = 3𝑎𝑎2 − 𝑎𝑎3 , then what is the value of 𝑓𝑓(−2)?

a. −7 b. −4 c. −2 d. 20

5. In the standard (𝑥𝑥, 𝑦𝑦) coordinate plane, the graph of the function 𝑓𝑓 (𝑥𝑥 ) = 3𝑥𝑥 − 5 crosses through the point
(𝑞𝑞, 4). What is the value of 𝑞𝑞?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 5 d. 7

6. The expression “seven times the difference of four and a number” is equivalent to which of the following?
a. 7𝑥𝑥 − 4 b. 4 − 7𝑥𝑥 c. 28 − 4𝑥𝑥 d. 28 − 7𝑥𝑥

7. A hotel charges ₱5000 for the first night and ₱3000 for each additional night. Which of the following is a
function that allow you to input a number of nights and output the cost in pesos?
a. 𝑓𝑓 (𝑥𝑥 ) = 3000𝑥𝑥 + 5000 c. 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) = 3000𝑥𝑥 + 2000
b. 𝑓𝑓 (𝑥𝑥 ) = 5000𝑥𝑥 + 3000 d. 𝑓𝑓 (𝑥𝑥 ) = 3000(𝑥𝑥 − 1) + 20

8. Tracy’s age in whole years is three times greater than the age of her sister, Maxine. In three years, Maxine’s
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age will be of Tracy’s age. How much older is Tracy that Maxine?
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a. 3 years b. 7 years c. 10 years d. 12 years

9. If 3𝑦𝑦−1 = 27, then what is the value of 𝑦𝑦?

a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5

10. The value of an investment grows based on the function 𝑉𝑉(𝑡𝑡) = 1000(1 + 0.06)𝑡𝑡 , where 𝑉𝑉 is the value in
pesos and 𝑡𝑡 is the time in years. To the nearest hundredths, what is the value of the investment after 8 years?
a. ₱1593.85 b. ₱1068.48 c. ₱1410.09 d. ₱1604.66
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11. Which of the following is not a proposition?
a. 3 + 2 = 5 c. Welcome to the Philippines!
b. 5 is a prime number. d. Mindanao is an island in the Philippines.

12. The following are logically equivalents to the statement: “If it is sunny, then we will go to the beach.”
EXCEPT
a. “We will go to the beach if it is sunny.” c. “We will go to the beach unless it is sunny.”
b. “If it is sunny, we will go to the beach.” d. “We will go to the beach whenever it is sunny.”

For numbers 13 – 15, refer to the conditional statement “The home team wins whenever it is raining.”

13. What is the contrapositive of the statement?

a. “If the home team does not win, then it is not raining.”
b. “If the home team wins, then it is raining.”
c. “If it is raining, then the home team wins.”
d. “If it is not raining, then the home team does not win.”

14. What is the converse of the statement?

a. “If it is raining, then the home team wins.”
b. “If the home team wins, then it is raining.”
c. “If it is not raining, then the home team does not win.”
d. “If the home team does not win, then it is not raining.”

15. What is the inverse of the statement?

a. “If the home team wins, then it is raining.”
b. “If it is raining, then the home team wins.”
c. “If the home team does not win, then it is not raining.”
d. “If it is not raining, then the home team does not win.”

16. A math class has 12 boys and 15 girls. The first three students to arrive today were all boys. What is the
probability that the fourth student to arrive was also a boy?
3 1 1 3
a. b. c. d.
8 2 3 4

17. Carol always puts six things in her hamburger: ketchup, lettuce, mustard, onion, relish, and tomato. She always
puts either the ketchup or the mustard on first. In how many different orders can Carol place these six items
in her hamburger?
a. 30 b. 120 c. 240 d. 720

18. What is the difference between the median and the mode in the following list of values 4, 9, 12, 12, 12, 18,
23, 23, 31, and 40?
a. 0 b. 3 c. 6 d. 8

19. A committee of 7 is to be selected from 8 seniors and 5 juniors. In hiw many ways can this be done if the
committee must be composed of 4 seniors?
a. 350 b. 8 c. 700 d. 280

20. The median of the following data set is 2. Which of the following is a possible value of 𝑥𝑥?
𝑥𝑥, 2, 1, 6, 7
a. 2 b. 3 c. 5 d. 6

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21. Minda’s score on her midterm exam was at the 50th percentile. The grades were normally distributed. The
exam average was 78 and the standard deviation was 6. What was Minda’s score on the exam?
a. 90 b. 50 c. 84 d. 78

22. If you got 79 on a test in a class with a mean score of 85 and a standard deviation of 4.8, what is the 𝑧𝑧-score
of your test score?
a. 1.25 b. −2.50 c. −1.25 d. 2.50

23. How many possible samples of size 𝑛𝑛 = 3 can be drawn from a population of size 12?
a. 36 b. 1728 c. 144 d. 220

24. Which formula gives the probability distribution shown by the table?
𝑥𝑥 2 3 6
𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥) 1 1 1
2 3 6

1 6
a. 𝑓𝑓 (𝑥𝑥 ) = c. 𝑓𝑓(𝑥𝑥 ) =
𝑥𝑥 𝑥𝑥
𝑥𝑥 1
b. 𝑓𝑓 (𝑥𝑥 ) = d. 𝑓𝑓 (𝑥𝑥 ) =
6 6

𝑥𝑥
25. If 𝑓𝑓 (𝑥𝑥 ) = , what are the possible values of 𝑥𝑥 for it to be a probability distribution?
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a. 0, 2, 3 c. 2, 3, 4
b. 1, 2, 3 d. 1, 1, 2
5𝜋𝜋
26. For what angle 𝜃𝜃 in the third quadrant is cos 𝜃𝜃 = sin ?
3
5𝜋𝜋 7𝜋𝜋 7𝜋𝜋 11𝜋𝜋
a. b. c. d.
6 3 6 6

27. Which of the following expressions is equivalent to sin 2𝜃𝜃?

a. 2 sin 𝜃𝜃 cos 𝜃𝜃 c. cos 2 𝜃𝜃 − sin2 𝜃𝜃
b. sin2 𝜃𝜃 + cos 2 𝜃𝜃 d. sin 𝜃𝜃 cos 𝜃𝜃
5𝜋𝜋
28. What is the exact value of cos ?
12
√6−√2 √6+√2 √2−√6 √4−√2
a. b. c. d.
4 4 4 6

29. What are the exact values of the cosine and tangent trigonometric functions of acute angle 𝐴𝐴 , given that
3
sin 𝐴𝐴 = 7?
7 2√10 2√10 7
a. cos 𝐴𝐴 = ; tan 𝐴𝐴 = c. cos 𝐴𝐴 = ; tan 𝐴𝐴 =
2√10 3 3 2√10
2√10 3√10 2√10 7√10
b. cos 𝐴𝐴 = ; tan 𝐴𝐴 = d. cos 𝐴𝐴 = ; tan 𝐴𝐴 =
7 20 3 20

30. A sprinkler on a golf course fairway sprays water over a distance of 70 feet and rotates through an angle
of120°. What is the area of the fairway watered by the sprinkler?
a. 5311 sq. ft. b. 5131 sq. ft. c. 3511 sq. ft. d. 5113 sq. ft.

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