1. What is the value of log to the base 10 of 10003.3 ?

2. The logarithms of the quotient and the product of two numbers are 0.352182518 and
1.556302501, respectively. Find the first number.
3. Two engineering students are solving a problem leading to a quadratic equation. One student
made a mistake in the coefficient of the first-degree term, got roots of 2 and -3. The other
student made a mistake in the coefficient of the constant term, got roots of -1 and 4. What is
the correct equation?
4. In the equation 3𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + (2ℎ − 5) = 0, find h if the product of the root is 4.
5. The sum of the parent’s ages is twice the sum of their children’s ages. Five years ago, the sum of
the parents ages is four times the sum of their children’s ages. In fifteen years, the sum of the
parent’s ages will be equal to the sum of their children’s ages. How many children were in the
family?
6. A man is 41 years old and in seven years he will be four times as old as his son was at that time.
How old is his son?
7. In what ratio must a peanut costing P 240.00 per kg be mixed with a peanut costing P 340.00 per
kg so that a profit of 20% is made by selling the mixture at P 360.00 per kg.?
8. A pound of alloy of lead and vnickel weighs 14.4 ounces in water, where lead losses 1/11 of its
weight and nickel losses 1/9 of its weight. How much of each metal is in the alloy?
9. A job could be done by eleven workers in 15 days. Five workers started the job. They were
reinforced with four more workers at the beginning of the 6th day. Find the total number of days
it took them to finish the job?
10. On one job, two power shovels excavate 20,000 cu.m of earth, the larger shovel working 40
hours and the smaller for 35 hours. Another job, they removed 40,000cu.m with the larger
shovel working 70 hours and the smaller working 90 hours. How much earth can the larger
shovel move in one hour?
11. Eight men can dig 150 ft of trech in 7 hrs. Three men can backfill 100ft of the trech in 4hrs. the
time that it will take 10 men to dig and fill 200ft of trench is:
12. A man left his home at past 3:00 o’clock PM as indicated in his wall clock. Between two to three
hours of work, he returned home and noticed that the hands of the clock interchanged. At what
time did he leave his home?
13. How many minutes after 3:00pm will the minute hand of the clock overtakes the hour clock?
14. Twice the middle digit of a three-digit number is the sum of the other two. If the number is
divided by the sum of its digit, the answer is 56 and the remainder is 12. If the digits are
reversed, the number becomes smaller by 594. Find the number.
15. The enrollment at college A and college B both grew up by 8% from 1980 and 1985. If the
enrollment in college A grew up by 800 and the enrollment in college B grew up by 840, the
enrollment in college B was how much greater than the enrollment in college A in 1985?