MATHEMATICS

1. Yaffa is twice as old as Cerynise. Seven years ago the sum of their age was 16. How old
is Cerynise now?
A. 10
B. 20
C. 16
D. 8
E. None of these

2. How many cookies are there if the number of cookies is 296 times seven less than
eighteen?
A. 45
B. 41
C. 32
D. 44
E. None of these

3. What is the product of eight hundred times one hundred twenty-five?

A. 925
B. 100,000
C. 10,000
D. 1,000
E. None of these

4. Twenty-five percent of two hundred twenty-eight is?

A. 54
B. 52
C. 912
D. 57
E. None of these
5. The rounding result of 299, 943 to the nearest thousand are?
A. 299,000
B. 300,000
C. 299,940
D. 299,900
E. None of these
6. Which of these numbers is divisible by 8?
A. 8,886
B. 88,254
C. 6,236
D. 9,208
E. None of these

7. 3 x + 7 = 28. Find the value of x.

A. {7}
B. {+7}
C. {4}
D. {-7}
E. None of these

8. A component is sold for P7, 200 because it has a discount rate of 40%. What is the
original price of the component?
A. 6,800
B. 4,320
C. 10,000
D. 12,000
E. None of these

9. Ms. Santos borrows P750, 000 from Philippine National Bank and is charge P90, 000.
What rate of interest did Philippine National Bank charge for the loan?
A. 12%
B. 10%
C. 8%
D. 9%
E. None of these

10. 8,000/125 is?

A. 88
B. 48
C. 64
D. 80
E. None of these
11. 3 ¼ of 16 is?
A. 39
B. 52
C. 7
D. 16
E. None of these

12. Which of these is true?

A. 9/117 = 1/17
B. -16>8
C. 54 – 8> - 54
D. 8/64 = ¼
E. None of these

13. When 192,888 is divided by 8 what will be its remainder?

A. 0
B. 24,111
C. 8
D. 4
E. None of these

14. 20 + 19 + 18 +17 + 16 + 15 + 14 + 13 +12 + 11=?

A. 125
B. 65
C. 155
D. 550
E. None of these

15. How much will Mr. Perez received for P175 million building deal if his commission is
only 5.5% of the property sales?
A. 180.5 million
B. 9.625 million
C. 9.7 million
D. 9.5 million
 E. None of these

16. To enclose an 84 meter by 48 meter rectangular garden how many meters of fence
will be needed?
A. 4,032 meters
B. 264 meters
C. 132 meters
D. 244 meters
E. None of these

17. F is also divisible by ______ if a positive integers F is divisible by both 3 and 8.

A. 24
B. 10
C. 18
D. 60
E. None of these

18. What percent of 672 are 168?

A. 80%
B. 400%
C. 25%
D. 50%
E. None of these

19. 123 x 0.01 + 123 x 0.001 + 123 x 0.1 =

A. 135.53
B. 13,563
C. 13.653
D. 1,356.3
E. None of these

20. On a survey of 300 shoppers, 96 of them don’t have a regular day to shop. What
percentage of the shopper did not have a regular day to shop?
A. 96%
B. 48%
C. 32%
D. 64%
 E. None of these

21. What is the new price of a watch if it is marked up by 25%, then marked down by 20%
and the regular price is P400.00?
A. 325
B. 500
C. 550
D. 440
E. None of these

22. How can you read this: 398.101?

A. Three hundred ninety eight and one hundred one
B. Three hundred ninety eight and one hundred one thousandths
C. Three hundred ninety eight, one hundred one
D. Three hundred ninety eight and one hundred one hundredths
E. None of these

23. What is the value of 24x +36? If 8x + 12 = 24

A. 72
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
E. None of these

24. If 48 + 4 = 52 and 8 (6) + 4 = 52 then 8 (6) + 4 =52

State the property illustrated.
A. Associative property
B. Commutative property of addition
C. Distributive property of multiplication over addition
D. Transitive property of equality
E. None of these

25. In the recent Career Service exam for Sub-Professional level, if 560 out of 700
examinees passed, what percentage of the examinees that passed?
A. 140%
B. 65%
C. 72%
 D. 80%
E. None of these

26. To cover a photo box that is 4 cm long, 3 cm wide and 5 cm high, how many 1-cm-
square stickers are needed?
A. 88
B. 60
C. 49
D. 47
E. None of these

27. To decrease the prices of all items by 10% last month. And this month it increased the
price by 10%. Before the prices were decreased last month what would be the price
for a pants that cost P750.00?
A. P670.00
B. P825.00
C. P750.00
D. P742.50
E. None of these

28. To earn an income of P12, 000 per annum, how much must one has to invest
corporate bonds paying 9.6%?
A. P125,000
B. P11,520
C. P23,040
D. P250,000
E. None of these

29. Which of these is true?

A. If a number is divided by 3, then it is divisible by 6
B. If a number is divisible by 10, then it is divisible by 5
C. If a number is divisible by 5, then it is divisible by 10
D. If a number is divisible by 4, then it is divisible by 8
E. None of these

30. In a 952-square meter warehouse, how many containers each occupies an area of 2
1/8 square meter can be stored?
A. 448
 B. 358
C. 630
D. 530
E. None of these

31. What will be its weight with a full load, if the weight of a 241-kg freight car increases 3
1/8 times when fully loaded?
A. 753 1/8 kg
B. 824 3/8 kg
C. 750 3/8 kg
D. 720 5/8 kg
E. None of these

32. { 16 – ( 24 – 8 ) + 22 x 8 – 8} Evaluate.
A. 168
B. 40
C. 64
D. 48
E. None of these

33. 101 + 934 +299 + 398 =

A. 122,222
B. 1,531
C. 1,741
D. 1,641
E. None of these

34. P1, 745 is the rent of a videoke machine per week or P347.50 per day. If I only needed
the machine for 6 days. At which rate (daily or weekly), would it be cheaper?
A. Weekly; P240
B. Weekly; P340
C. Daily; P340
D. Daily; P240
E. None of these

35. “ to border a rectangular garden, how many flowers are needed?” involves
A. Volume
B. Area
 C. Weight
D. Perimeter
E. None of these

36. ½ (128 – 84) + (128 – 84) – ½ (128 -84) simplify

A. 64
B. 0
C. 44
D. 20
E. None of these

37. 231/1001 reduces to its lowest terms.

A. 7/13
B. 3/31
C. 7/11
D. 3/13
E. None of these

38. What is the perimeter of a lot, if four times the perimeter of a parking lot is 16 less
than 2,000 meter?
A. 992 meter
B. 1,008 meter
C. 496 meter
D. 504 meter
E. None of these

39. Find the area. 112 meters is the perimeter, the length of a rectangular is 8 meter more
than twice its width.
A. 24 meter
B. 16 meter
C. 640 meter2
D. 28 meter2
E. None of these

40. Which of these would be the number, if 8 less than the product of a number and -3 is
greater than 7?
A. 6
B. -6
 C. 5
D. -5
E. None of these

41. An odd integer cannot yield when divided by 10 if_____

A. The product of two odd integers.
B. The sum of three consecutive integers.
C. The sum of two odd integers.
D. The product of a prime number and an odd integer.
E. None of these

42. Which of these is true? If positive integers m and n are not both odd.
A. M + N – 1 is odd
B. M – N cannot be odd
C. M N is even
D. M + N is even
E. None of these