MATHEMATICS FOR MATH MAJORS a. 6 b. 20 c. 12 d.

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13. Given the numerals 9,2,7,5, what is the difference
Multiple Choice: between the largest 3-digits number and the
1. How much bigger is 29 than 92? smallest 3-digit number that can be formed from
a. 47 b. 431 c. 175 d. 73 these numerals if no digits are repeated in a
2. John Charles paid P350 for a pair of shoes that was number?
sold at 25% discount. What was the tag price of a. 500 b. 718 c. 448 d. 777
the shoes? 14. A water tank is 2/3 full. After drawing out 15 liters
a. P 500 c. P 467 of water from it, it became one-half, What is the
b. P1,400 d. P 600 full capacity of the tank inn liters?
3. The pitch of the roof is the ratio of its rise (height) a. 10 b. 90 c. 45 d. 80
to its span (width). What is the pitch of a roof that 15. A merchant repacks a 60 kg sack of sugar into small
has a height of 30 ft and a width ft and a width of packs of 750g. How many small packs can be
45 ft? make?
a. 3:5 b. 2:3 c. 3:2 d. 5:3 a. 75 b. 90 c. 45 d. 80
4. A storeowner makes 25% profit by selling an item 16. How many cubic millimeters are there in cubic
for P800. How much is his profit? centimeters?
a. P 266.67 c. P 1400 a. 30 b. 300 c. 30,000 d. 3000
b. P 200 d. P 1066.67 17. What is the average of ½, ¼ and 1/3?
5. What fraction is halfway between 2 and 2? a. 13/27 c. 13/24
4 5 b. 13/26 d. 13/12
a. 8 c. 30 18. A store lost P240,000 last year. What was its
15 100 average net change per month?
b. 23 d. 23 a. P20,000 c. –P2,000
20 40 b. P2,000 d. –P20,000
6. A dog trainer sets 5 bones 2 meters apart in a 19. A family has what they estimate to be a 30-day
straight line starting from where he stands. He supply of food. However, after 10 days, only an
trains the dog to pick up the 1st bone and bring it 148-day supply is left. If they continue to eat at the
back to him, then go for the 2 nd bone and bring it same rate, the food will last a total of how many
back to him, and so on till he gets back all the 5 days?
bones. By the time the dog returns the 5th bone to a. 27 b. 12 c. 25 d. 15
the trainer, how many meters will the dog have 20. The LCM of two counting number is 42 and their
walked? GCF is 7. If one of them is 21, what is the other
a. 60 m b. 40 m c. 30 m d. 80 m number?
7. The length of new piece of chalk is about _____. a. 27 b. 14 c. 13 d. 2
a. 1 cm c. 10 cm 21. A meter stick was cut into two pieces at the 64 cm-
b. 1 mm d. 10 mm mark. What is the ratio of the small piece to the
8. One fourth of the width and one-fifth of the length largest piece?
of a sheet of cartolina are cut off. What percent of a. 16:25 c. 13:50
the original sheet is the remaining area? b. 9:16 D. 9:25
a. 9% b. 60% c. 40% d. 5% 22. The average of 5 different numbers is 10. What is
9. Which of the following statements is true? the highest possible value that one of the numbers
a. If 4 divides A, then 2 divides A can be?
b. If 2 divides A, then every multiple of 2 divides a. 30 b. 38 c. 20 d. 40
A 23. Which of these is the shortest time?
c. If 2 divides A, then 4 divides A a. 2100 seconds c. 150 minutes
d. If 4 divides A, then every multiple of 2 divides b. 2.5 days d. 7.30 days
A 24. What is the smallest positive number which gives a
10. What is the least positive integer that ha 6,8 and remainder of when divided by 4,6, or 8?
10 as factors? a. 51 b. 27 c. 21 d. 19
¾
a. 120 b. 80 c. 300 d. 240 25. Evaluate 16
11. In how many ways can 4 persons stand in line? a. ¼ b. 2 c. 4 d. 1/8
a. 12 b. 24 c. 4 d. 8 26. How much more is the square of a positive integer
12. What is the greatest integral divisor of the than the square of the interger immediately
numbers 42 and 60? precending it?
a. 2x + 1 c. (s + 4)2
 b. X2 + 1 d. 2x – 1 a. 28 b. 48 c. 32 d. 40
27. At 11:00 a.m. the odometer on a car showed 42. Which of the following is/are TRUE?
18,359 km. At 2:00 p.m. on the same day, it I. x3 – y3 = (x – y) (x2 + y2)
showed 18,572km. What was the average speed of II. (5x – 2y) 5x – 2y) = 25x2 – 20xy + 4y2)
the car for this period of time? III. x2 + y2 = (x + y) (x + y)
a. 71 km/hr c. 319.5 km/hr a. II only c. I and II
b. 213 km/hr d. 106.5 km/hr b. I and III d. I only
28. The seventh term the geometric sequence is 192 43. What must be the value of x in the ratio (2x–3):
and its common ratio is r = 2. Find the second (x+1) is equal to 4:7?
term. a. 4 b. 1.5 c. 2.5 d. 7
a. 6 b. 8 c. 15 d. 12 44. Evaluate 6m – [5n + (2m-5)].
2 2
29. If x < o and (3x-2) = 25, then 2x + 1 is _____. a. 3m – 5 c. 4m – 5n +5
a. 7/3 b. 3 c. -1 d. 2 b. 2m-3m + 5 d. 3m – n -1
30. What is the modulus of 5 – 3i? 45. 2 is equivalent to ____________.
a. 4 b. 3 c. 5 d. 34 5–2 6
31. What term will make 36x2 + 25 y4 a perfect square a. 10 + 4 6
trinomial? b. 5 + 2 6
a. 12 xy c. 30 xy c. 6 6 + 5
2 d.
b. 5 + y 60 xy2 d. -10 + 4 6
32. Solve for x:5 x(x = 4) = 1 46. Under the mapping f(x) =
a. X = 0; x = 4 c. X = 1; x = -4
b. X = 4; x = 4 d. X = 0; x = -4 2x, x < 5, what is f (A) if A = {3, 4, 5} ?
33. Find the other zeros of f(x) = x4 – 7x3 +18x2 – 22x + 8, x ≥ 5
12 given that 1 – i is a zero.
a. 2, 3 c. 1, 2, 3 a. {6, 7, 8} c. {6, 8, 9}
b. 1 – i, 2 d. 1 + i, 2, 3 b. {6, 8, 10} d. {6, 8}
34. If log3 x = 2 and log2y = 3, what is xy? 47. Which expression does NOT belong?
a. 72 b. 81 c. 27 d. 9 a. (x +1) (x – 1) c. x2 – 1
35. At the end of 1998, the population of the certain b. (x – 1)2 d. x2 - 1
bacteria grown in a biology laboratory was 10,000. 48. Factor completely the expression 4p2q (x + y) +
Ii it kept on doubling every year since then, what 16pq2(x + y).
would its population be at the end of 2005? a. 4p (qx + y 0 (4q + p) c. 4pq (x+y) (p+4q)
a. 320,000 c. 640,000 b. 4p2q (x + y) (1 + q) d. pq (x+y) (4p + 16q)
b. 160,000 d. 1,280,000 49. For what value of b is the remainder -3 when
36. Simply xy (x1 + y-1) x3bx2 + 5 is divided by x – 2?
a. x + y c. 2xy a. 3 b. 5 c. 2 d. 4
b. x – y d. X2 + y2 50. The difference of two polynomials is 6m + 5n – 5p,
37. The inverse function of Y = (2x = 3) is ________. if second polynomial is 2m – 3n + 3p, what is the
4 first polynomial?
a. Y = (3x + 2) c. Y = (2x +4) a. 4m + 8n -7p c. –m – 8n + 7p
2 3 b. 8m + 2n -3p d. -8m -8n – 3p
b. Y = (3x – 4) d. Y = (4x – 3 ) 51. Find the real roots of 3x3 – 2x2 – 5x + 6 = 0
2 2 a. -2, 1, 3 c. 1, 1, 4
n n n
38. Multiply (x +2) (x2 – 2x + 4) b. 3, 1, 4 d. -2, 2, 4
a. X3n + 8xn + 8 c. X3n – 8x2n – 8 52. In a farm of cows and chickens, the head count is
b. X3n + 8 d. X3n - 8 25, but the leg count is 70.How many chickens are
39. Which is the complete factorization of 5x4 – 20x3 + there in the farm?
20x2? a. 12 b. 15 c. 10 d. 11
a. 5x2 (x-2)2 c. 5x2 (x2 – 4x – 4) 53. What is log2 8 + log4 16 – log5 25?
b. X2 (5x2 – 20x + 20) d. 5x2 (x2 – 4x + 4) a. 3 b. -2 c. -4 d. -6
40. Which is a factor of f(x) = 6x3 + 19x2 + 2x – 3? 54. Mahja is 5 years older than Ela. Three years ago,
a. x + 3 c. 3x + 1 she was twice as old Ela now?
b. x – 1 d. x + 2 a. 13 b. 20 c. 15 d. 8
41. Joel has twice as many marbles as Jason. After 55. Which of the following statements id TRUE?
giving Jason 6 marbles, he still has 8 more marbles a. All squares are rectangles
than Jason, how many marbles had he at first? b. All rhombuses are rectangles
 c. All rectangles are squares 67. Which of the following points s the center of the
d. All parallelograms are trapezoids circle whose equation ids 2x2= y2+20x–8y+65 =0
56. The angles in a linear pair are ________. a. (-5,2) c. (5, -2)
a. Complementary c. Right b. (5,2) d. (-5, -2)
b. Congruent d. Supplementary 68. What is the converse of the statement “If a then
57. One circle has a radius of m, and another circle has b”?
a radius of 2m. the area of the larger circle is how a. If not a then b c. If b then a
many times the area of the smaller circle? b. If a then b d. If not a then not b
a. 4 b. 2 c. 3 d. 1.5 69. Two lines that intersect at right angles are called
58. Which of the given points does NOT lie on the line ______.
3x – 2y + 4? a. Perpendicular lines c. Parallel lines
a. (-1,7/2) c. (-2, 5) b. Intersecting lines d. Vertical lines
b. (0, -2) d. (1/3, -3/2) 70. Which of the following could possibly be triangles?
59. If the length of a rectangle is doubled and the a. Right equilateral c. Scalene Isosceles
width is tripled, the area of the bigger rectangle is b. Obtuse Right d. Right Scalene
how many times the original? 71. Which statement true?
a. 6 b. 5 c. 48 d. 12 a. Any two triangles are similar
60. In the triangle ABC, if a =4 and c = 3 , then d equals b. Any two rectangle are similar
c. Any two squares are similar
B d. Any two rhombuses are similar
72. Which set of three numbers can be the measures
of the sides of a right triangle?
c a a. 5, 6, 7 c. 8, 15, 17
h b. 7, 12, 13 d. 5, 10, 15
73. If the first derivative of f(x) is 3x 2 + 2x, what is f(x)?
a. 3x3 + 2x c. 6x3 + 2x2
A C b. X3 + x2 d.
3x3 + x2
D
74. Find the derivative of (x2 + 2x) (x3).
b
a. 3x4 + 6x3 c. 5x4 + 8x3
a. 8 b. 5 c. 7 d. 6
b. 2x3 + 2x3 d. X4 + 6x3
61. The length of the hypotenuse of an isosceles right
75. What is midpoint of the segment joining (3, 8) and
triangle whose leg measures 2 is
(-5, 4)?
a. 4 c. 2
a. (8, 4) c. (2, 12)
2
b. (2, 4) d. (-1, 6)
b. 2 2 d. 2
76. Which of the following is the slope of a line whose
62. What is the measure of the complement of an
equation is 5x – 4y = 3?
angle if its supplement is 145 degrees?
a. -3/4 b. 3/5 c. -4/5 d. 5/4
a. 35 degrees c. 45 degrees
77. If the points (-2, 3), (4, 3) and (-2, 0) are connected
b. 65 degrees d. 55 degree
to each other, what kind of triangle is formed?
63. The sum of the measure of the interior angles of a
a. Equilateral c. Right
polygon is three the sum of its exterior angle. The
b. Obtuse d. Isosceles
polygon is a/an ____.
78. Find an equation of the line through (2, 3) and the
a. Nonagon c. Heptagon
point common to x + y = 1 and 2x + y = 5
b. Octagon d. Pentagon
a. 3x + y – 9 = 0 c. X + y – 1 = 0
64. The measure of each interior angle of a regular
b. 3x + y + 9 = 0 d. X y + 1 = 0
polygon is 165. How many sides does it have?
79. What is the equation of the line which has a slope
a. 15 b. 24 c. 12 d. 29
½ and a point (0 – 2)?
65. Which of two statements is always true?
a. y = 2x + 1 c. y= ½ (x-4)
I. Similar triangles are congruent
b. y = 2(x-4) d. y= 2x - 1
II. Congruent triangles are similar
80. if the center of the circle is at the origin and its
a. II only c. Neither I nor II
radius is 4, then its equation is _______.
b. I only d. Both I and II
a. X2 + y2 = 4 c. X2 + y2 + 4 = 0
66. What will be the area of the triangle which the line
b. X2 + y2 + 16 = 0 d. X2 + y2 = 16
9x-3y=36 forms with the coordinates axes?
81. What is y if (5, y) is 17 units away from (6, 2)?
a. 24 sq. units c. 18 sq. units
a. -2 b. 8 c. 6 d. 6 or (-2)
b. 30 sq. units d. 36 sq. units
82. What is the smallest number which can be exactly the other. Find the probability that the first two
divided by 18, 27, and 15? are blue and the third is red.
a. 270 b. 27 c. 900 d. 3 a. 1/24 b. 1/360 c. 7/40 d. 3/40
83. Which is the equation of a line that goes through 95. A coin is tossed and a dice is rolled, what is the
(4, -3) and is perpendicular to y=3x / 2 – 10? probability that both head and 6 appear?
a. y=2x + 8 c. y= -3x / 2 -4 a. ½ b. 2/5 c. ¾ d. 6/7
b. y + 3 = -2/3 (x – 4) d. y – 3 =-3x/2-4 96. What are the odds of getting two 5’s in a single
84. (Sin ) (tan ) is equivalent to what expression? throw of a pair of dice?
a. sin  c. sin cos  a. 2/35 b. 1/36 c. 35/36 d. 1/35
b. sin  2
d. sin 2 97. The graphical representation of cumulative
1 + cos  frequency distribution is called ____.
85. What is the equation of the normal line to the a. An ogive c. a frequency polygon
curve y=6x2 – 3x + 1 at point (-1, 1)? b. A bar graph d. a histogram
a. 15y + x + 16 c. 9y = -x – 10 98. The lower boundary of a class interval is 29.5, and
b. 15y = x + 14 d. 9y = -x + 8 the interval width is 5, the upper boundary is __.
86. Find the equation of the line with slope 2 that a. 35.5 b. 35 c. 30 d. 34.5
passes through the midpoint of the line segment 99. What is the range of these scores: 73, 89, 81, 95
connecting (3, -2) and (4, 7). and 87?
a. 4x + 2y + 9 = 0 c. 4x – 2y – 9 = 0 a. 23 b. 4.4 c. 12 d. 22
b. 4x – 2y + 9 = 0 d. 4x + 2y – 9 = 0 100. Suppose that in a 100 pts. in statistics, you obtain a
87. What the 105 in radians? raw score of 60. Which of the following is
a. 6  c. 5  CORRECT?
7 6 a. Your score is surpassed by 40% of all the
b. 3  d. 5  examines.
4 7 b. Your score is higher than 80% of all of the
88. Find the value of b such that lim f(x) exists if scores.
x 3 c. The percentile rank cannot computed without
additional information
2x + 3 if x ≤
f (x) = d. Your score is at the 60th percentile.
3x–b if 3 < x
101. A pair of dice are rolled. How many possible
a. 6 b. -12 c. -6 d. 12
outcomes are there?
89. Which of the following points is 5 units from the
a. 16 b. 12 c. 6 d. 36
point (4,4)?
102. Find the arithmetic mean of 24, 28, 21, 37, 31, 29,
a. (0, 5) c. (0, 7)
25, 23, 35.
b. (1, 4) d. (0, -1)
a. 140 b. 70 c. 35 d. 28
90. What is the midpoint of the segment joining the
103. A man has P7,200 in the time deposit in a bank
points (5, -3) and (-2, -7)?
which he receives 12% interest each year. How
a. (3/2, -5) c. (1/2, -10)
much interest will he receive in five years?
b. (7, 4) d. (3, -10)
a. P4, 800 c. P4, 320
91. A packet of 20 seeds contains 15 seeds that will
b. P7, 200 d. P5, 200
germinate and five that wont, if three seeds are
104. Which of these is equal to 1 + tan2 x?
chosen at random, what is the probability that at
a. cot2 x c. sin2 x
least one will germinate?
b. cos2 x d. sec2 x
a. 120/ 147 c. 113/1414
105. Johnny is paid 15% commission on the first P5,000
b. 127/145 d. 110/151
weekly sales and 20% on all sales over P5,000; last
92. Two marbles are drawn successively from a box
week his sales were P9,000. What was his
containing 3 black and 4 white marbles. Find the
commission?
probability that both are black if the first marble is
a. P4,150 c. P1,550
not replaced to the second drawing?
b. P3,150 d. P3,950
a. 8/49 b. 6/7 c. 1/7 d. 3/7
106. A salesman received P4, 940.65 for selling P65,875
93. If the variance of a distribution is 25, then the
worth of goods. What was his percent of
standard deviation is ___.
commission to the nearest tenth of a percent?
a. 12.5 b. 5 c. 50 d. 625
a. 7.5% b. 8% c. 6.5% d. 8.25%
94. A box contains 7 blue ball pens and 3 red ball pens.
107. Mrs. Perez bought a DVD player at 15% discount
Three ball pens are drawn from the box one after
and paid P12, 500. What is the list price of the DVD
player?
 a. P15, 000 c. P1, 875
b. P14, 705.88 d. P83, 333.33
108. If  is an angle of a right triangle and cos = 3/5
sin is ____.
a. 0 b. 4/5 c. -1 d. 2/5
109. Evaluate tan 3,
4
a. 2 b. 3 c. -1 d. 1
110. If sin α = 4/5 and P (α)  Q I, find sin 2α.
a. 2/5 b. 8/5 c. 3/5 d. 24/25
111. Find the value of x in Log2X = 5
a. 25 b. 32 c, 10 d. 2.5
112. Find A given triangle ABC with B= 32 deg, a = 42 ,
b=30.
I. 48 degrees
II. 132 degrees
III. 58 degrees
a. III only c. II only
b. I only d. I and II
113. What is the reference angle of 120 degrees?
a. 30 degrees c. 60 degrees
b. 180degrees d. 20 degrees
114. Which function DOES NOT intersect the x-axis?
a. y=sec x c. y=tan x
b. y=cot x d. y=sin x
115. what is the value of csc  = 4/5 and sin  > 0
a. 5/3 b. 5/4 c. 3/5 d. 3/4
116. Which of the following is/are TRUE of all acute
angles?
I. cos2 = 1 – sin2
II. cos  tan  =sin
III. (sec2) (cot) = csc
a. I and II c. I, II and III
b. II only d. I only
117. If you buy a P957 calculator at 10% discount, what
is the sale price?
a. P877.50 c. I, II and III
b. P825.50 d. I only
118. The proceeds of a P20, 000 rate discount for 2
years were P 15,000. What was the discount rate?
a. 25% c. 33%
b. 12.5% d. 16.7%
119. What is the area of the right triangle if the
measure of one of its legs 8 cm. and the
hypotenuse is 10 cm.?
a. 28 sq. cm. c. 64 sq.cm.
b. 24 sq. cm d. 48 sq. cm
120. Find sec  in the right triangle.
a. 5/12 c. 13/5
b. 5/13 d. 12/5