Republic of the Philippines

City of Taguig

Taguig City University

Gen. Santos Avenue, Central Bicutan, Taguig City

College of Education
Mathematics (Majorship)
Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which of the following is not true?
A.

{ 1,2, 3 } is a subset of the set of natural numbers.

B. The set of natural numbers is not a subset of

C.

{ 1,2, 3 } { 2, 4,6 ,8 }

D.

{ 2, 6 } {1, 2, 3, 4,5 }

{ 1,2, 3 } .

2. Which of the following is true?

A. Zero is the only number that is a member of both

and

I .

B. The set of real numbers is a subset of the set of irrational numbers.

C. The set of rational numbers is a subset of the set of real numbers.
D. The number
3. Evaluate:
A. 6
B.

1
6

C.

2
3

D.

1
3

is a rational number.

40 8 2 5 3

4. Assuming an annual growth rate of 3% and a present population of 6 billion people, what
will the population be in 25 years?
A. 16.2 Billion
B. 12.6 Billion
C. 6.2 Billion
D. 36 Billion

y y4 23

=
2
5
10

5. Solve:
A.

y=4

B.

y=5

C.

y=6

D.

y=7

6. Suppose
A.

a=

3 a+7=5 ab+b . Solve for

b7
3+5 b

a .

B.
C.
D.

a=

7b
3+5 b

a=

b7
35 b

a=

b+ 7
3+5 b

7. Millie has just completed pouring 14 cubic yards of concrete to construct a rectangular
driveway. If the concrete is 4 inches thick and the driveway is 18 feet wide, then how long
is her driveway?
A. 21 feet
B. 63 feet
C. 104 feet
D. 112 feet
8. How many gallons of milk containing 5% butterfat must be mixed with 90 gallons of 1%
milk to obtain 2% milk?
A. 5 gallons of 5% milk.
B. 10 gallons of 5% milk.
C. 20 gallons of 5% milk.
D. 30 gallons of 5% milk.
9. Sonia is selling her house through a real estate agent whose commission is 6% of the
selling price. What should be the selling price so that Sonia can get $84,600?
A. $5,400
B. $79,200
C. $90,000
D. $89,676
10.Jennifer drove for 3 hours and 30 minutes in a dust storm. When the skies cleared, she
increased her speed by 35 miles per hour and drove for 4 more hours. If she traveled a
total of 365 miles, then how fast did she travel the dust storm?
A. 30 miles per hour
B. 65 miles per hour
C. 22.5 hours per hour
D. 45 hours per hour
11.Write an equation in standard form with integral coefficients for the line

( 2,5 ) that is perpendicular to the line

A.

3 x2 y=4

B.

3 x+2 y=4

C.

3 x2 y=4

D.

3 x+2 y=4

12.Determine the range of

A.

( , )

B.

( 1, )

C.

D.

13.Solve the system:

y= x1 .

x+ yz=5
3 x2 y+ z =8

2 x +3 y=1 .

through

2 x +2 y2 z=7
A.

x=1 ; y=2 ; z=3

B.

x=13 ; y=0 ; z=2

C.

x=1; y =3 ; z=0

D. No solution.
14.Ronalds living room is 2 feet longer than its wide, and its area is 168 square feet. What
are the dimensions of the room?
A. 8 ft by 21 ft
B. 12 ft by 14 ft
C. 7 ft by 24 ft
D. 16 ft by 18 ft
15.A construction worker accidentally fires a nail gun upward from a height of 144 feet. The
nail is propelled upward at 128 ft/sec. the height of the nail in feet at time

in seconds

is given by the function

h ( t ) =16 t 2 +128 t+144 . How long does it take for the nail to fall to the ground?
A.
B.
C.
D.

8 seconds
9 seconds
10 seconds
11 seconds

16.Find the range of values of

for which the equation

2 x 2 +5 x+ 3k =0

has two real

distinct roots.
A.
B.
C.
D.

k>

1
8

k<

1
8

1
8

1
8

17.The quadratic equation

x 24 x 1=2 k (x5) , where

roots. Calculate the possible values of

A.
B.
C.
D.

is a constant, has two equal

k .

-1
-3
5
6

18.Which angle between

2 cos +2 sin =
A.

27.76

B.

122.24

C.

218.76

D.

322.24

and

1
2 cos 2 sin

360

satisfies the equation

19.In binomial expansion of

2 x+3

+2

x+3

=1+2

and of

are equal.

-3
-4
-5
Cannot be determined

25 log 5 x =16 log x 5 , giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

21.Solve the equation

A.
B.
C.
D.

1
2
3
4

20.Solve:
A.
B.
C.
D.

k .

Calculate the value of

A.
B.
C.
D.

( 3+kx )9 , the coefficient of

0.277
3.26
0.267
3.62

22.In a certain school, the pupils have to study Mathematics, Science or Geography. Each
pupil must study at least one of the three subjects. Among a group of 40 pupils, 20 are
studying Mathematics, 22 Science and 28 Geography; 12 are studying Mathematics and
Science, 14 are studying Science and Geography and 15 are studying Mathematics and
Geography. How many pupils are studying all the three subjects?
A. 70 pupils
B. 40 pupils
C. 19 pupils
D. 11 pupils
23.Find the remainder when
A.

151

B.

10

C.

22
34

4 x 32 x 2 +7 x4

is divided by

3 x+2 .

20
27

D. 0

24.Find the value of

A.

140

B.

98

C.

26

D.

25.Solve:
A.

1
2

B.

C.

log x+1 81=2

for which

x2

is factor of

f ( x )=3 x 2 x +5 x +k .

D.

23

26.A segment has midpoint

coordinates of
A.

(4, 10)

B.

(4, 10)

C.

(10, 4)

D.

(10,4 )

M (2,3)

2 12

B.

2 13

C.

3 2

D.

3 12

A (6, 2) . What are the

B , the other endpoint?

27.The vertices of a triangle are

A.

and one endpoint is

B ( 5,1 ) , S ( 1,5 ) ,T (3, 1) . How long is the median

28.Find the coordinates of the center of a circle whose equation is

A.

(4,0)

B.

(0,4)

C.

(4,0)

D.

(0,4)

29. Find the equation of the circle with center at

2

A.

x + y +8 x8 y +7=0

B.

x + y 8 x+ 8 y 7=0

C.

x y 8 x8 y 7=0

D.

x + y 8 x8 y +7=0

(4, 4)

BM
?

x 2+ y 2 8 x=0 .

and radius 5.

30.How many sides does a regular polygon have if the measure of each angle is 150?
A. 9
B. 8
C. 12
D. 16
31.How many sides does a convex polygon have if the sum of measures of its angles is
2,520?
A. 9
B. 8
C. 12
D. 16
32.Which of the following holds an always true statement?
A. All squares are rectangles.
B. Some rectangles are rhombi.
C. If all angles of a quadrilateral are congruent, then the quadrilateral is a square.
D. A parallelogram with at least one right angle is a rectangle.

33.A rectangular gate whose dimensions are 4 meters by 3 meters is to be braced with a
steel by connecting opposite corners. How long must the steel be?
A. 3 meters
B. 4 meters
C. 5 meters
D. 6 meters
34.How long is the altitude of an equilateral triangle whose sides are 16 cm each?

A. 2
B.

83

C.

2 2

D.

3 2

35.Joy is waiting outside a condominium building that is 75 meters high casting a shadow of 3
meters at that time of the day. If Joy is 1.75 meters tall, how far from the condominium can
she stand to that she is still under its shade?
A. 127.57
B. 0.07
C. 43.75
D. 128.57
36.Write

1
y6= ( x +3 )
3

A.

3 y =x21

B.

3 y=x +21

C.

x+ 3 y =21

D.

x3 y=21

in standard form.

37.A triangle has single sides 7cm, 8 cm, and 12 cm. Classify the triangle according to angle.
A. Acute-angled triangle
B. Right-angled triangle
C. Obtuse-angled triangle
D. No triangle formed
38.A wire is cut into three equal parts. The resulting segments are then cut into 4, 6, and 8
equal parts respectively. If each of the resulting segments has an integer length, what is
the minimum length of the wire?
A. 24
B. 48
C. 72
D. 96
39.Which of the following is the value of
A.
B.
C.
D.

if

5 x 2(mod 26) ?

2
16
20
25

40.What is left when 1,024 books is divided equally among eleven students?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 5
D. 10
41.How many integral solutions do
A. 2
B. 3

9 x 21(mod30)

have?

C. 7
D. 10
42.Which of the following is an integral solution of
A.

x=2 ; y=2

B.

x=3 ; y=8

C.

x=2 ; y=28

D.

x=7 ; y=8

5 x+7 y =91 ?

43.In ho9w many ways can 3 people be seated in a room where there are 7 seats?
A. 200
B. 210
C. 315
D. 120
44.The first to discover zero
A. Chinese
B. Indian
C. Egyptian
D. Babylonian
45.They were ancient orient habitants who saw the need for number systems and led their
efforts to the evolution of algebraic expressions.
A. Chinese
B. Egyptians
C. Babylonians
D. Indian
46.Italian mathematician during the renaissance period who was credited for solving one of
the outstanding ancient problems of mathematics, cubic equations.
A. Niccolo Tartaglia
B. Gerolamo Cardano
C. Scipione del Ferro
D. Regiomontanus
47.What is the quadratic equation whose roots are

1
2

and

3
4 ?

A.

x + 8 x15=0

B.

4 x 4 x5=0

C.

3 x 6 x15=0

D.

8 x 10 x +3=0

48.Find the measure of an angle if the measure of its supplement is 39 more than twice the
measure of its complement.
A. 38
B. 39
C. 60
D. 120
49.In a coordinate plane, point A has coordinates
reflection of the point across the
A.

(2,3)

B.

(2,3)

C.

(2,3)

x axis?

(2, 3) . What re the coordinates of the

D.

(2, 3)

50.How many four-letter words consisting of different letters can be formed from the word
CANDLES if no letter is repeated in the same word?
A. 420
B. 35
C. 840
D. 24
51.Determine the constant of integration for the separable differential equation xdx +
6y5dy=0. It is known that when x=0, y=2.
A. 4
B. 8
C. 32
D. 64
52.The differential equation dx/dt + 4x= 0 has the initial condition x(0)=12. What is the value
of x(2)?
A. 61
B. 13
C. 27
D. 73
53.It is a differential equation of the form; y=f(x)+g(x)y+h(x)y 2.
A. Riccati equation
B. Bernoulli equation
C. Linear differential equation
D. Mackay equation
54.It refers to a function which are not algebraic.
A. Taylor Series
B. Macclaurin Series
C. Power Series
D. Alternating Series
55.A family of curves whose equations are the solutions of a given differential equation.
A. Integral curves
B. Differential curves
C. Trigonometric curves
D. Algebraic curves
56.Evaluate

sin

xdx

A.

1
x
2

1
sin 2 x +C
4

B.

1
x
4

1
sin 2 x +C
4

C.

1
x
2

1
sin 2 x +C
2

D.

1
x
2

1
sin 4 x +C
4

57.Evaluate the integral of

A.
B.
C.
D.

0.322
0.203
0.108
0.247

58.Evaluate

cos 2 2 xdx .

A.

1
x+
2

1
sin 4 x +C
4

B.

1
x+
2

1
sin 4 x+C
8

xdx
x 2 +2

with limits from 0 to 1.

C.

1
x+
4

1
sin 4 x +C
4

D.

1
x+
2

1
sin 8 x+C
4

59.Find the area bounded by the parabola x 2+y+5=6x and the x-axis.
A. 32/3
B. 16/3
C. 31/2
D. 21/6
60.Find the area enclosed by the y-axis; the lines y=1 and y=4 and the part of the curve
y=1/x2 for which x is positive.
A. 1.333 sq.units
B. 3 sq.units
C. 2 sq.units
D. 4 sq.units
61.Evaluate the integral of tan2xdx.
A. tan x-x+C
B. 2sec x-x+C
C. Sec2 x + x + C
D. (tan2 x)/2 + x + C
62.Find the area bounded by the parabolas y 2 = 6x + 36 and the y-axis.
A. 40
B. 48
C. 52
D. 50
63.At the minimum point of y=f(x)
A. The curve is concave upward
B. The curve is concave downward
C. Y is negative
D. Y is zero
64.The ________is also known as the composite function rule .
A. Trapezoidal rule
B. Chain rule
C. Leibniz rule
D. Simpsons rule
65.The other term of derivative is
A. Differential coefficient
B. Summation
C. Approximations
D. Differential error