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1. Determine the equation of the line passing through the points

(1, 17) and (13, 4).
A. 13x – 12y + 217 = 0 B. 13x + 12y + 217 = 0
13x + 12y – 217 = 0 D. 13x – 12y – 217 = 0

2. Carbon is a radioactive form of carbon that is found in all living

plants and animals. After a plant and animal dies, the carbon 14
disintegrates. Scientists determine the age of the remains by
comparing its carbon 14 with the amount found in living plants and
animals and follows exponential growth pattern. Charcoal from an
ancient fire pit Java had 1/4 the amount of carbon 14 found in a
living sample of wood with the same size. Estimate the age of the
charcoal.
A. 11,800 years B. 11,280 years
C. 11,500 years D. 11,200 years

3. csc 520 degrees is equal to

A. csc 20 degrees B. sin 20 degrees
C. sec 20 degrees D. cos 20 degrees

4. Find the equation of the line passing through the intersection of

x-y=0 and 3x-2y=2 cutting from the first quadrant a triangle whose
area is 9.
A. 3x+y-3=0 C.x+2y-6=0
D. 2x+y-2=0 D. x+y+1=0

5. Sand is pouring to form a conical pile such that its altitude is

always twice its radius. If the volume of a conical pile is
increasing at the rate of 25 pi cu.ft./min, how fast is the radius is
increasing when the radius is 5 feet?
A. 5 ft/min B. 0.5 pi ft/min
C. 0.5 ft/min D. 5 pi ft/min

6. Determine the correct equation for the line with a slope of 7 and
y-intercept of -4.
A. y = 7x + 4 B. y = -1/7x - 4
C. y = -7x + 4 D. y = 7x - 4

7. Find the area of the polygon with vertices at: 2 + 3i, 3 + I, -2 -

4i, -4 -i, -1+ 2i.
A. 47/2 B. 35/2 C. 25 D. 47

8. A line is perpendicular to the y-axis has a slope equal to:

A. zero B. one C. infinity D. indeterminate

9. If 3x^2 is multiplied by the quantity 2x^3y raised to the 4th

power, what would this expression simplify to?
A. 6x^14y to the 4th power B. 6x^9y to the 4th power
C. 1296x^16y to the 4th power D. 48x^14y to the 4th power

10. Susan starts working at 4:00 and Dy starts at 5:00. They finished
at the same time. If Susan worked x hours, how many hours did Dy
worked?
A. x B. x + 2 C. x + 1 D.x – 1
11. In an arithmetic series, the terms of the series are equally
spread out. For example, in 1 + 5 + 9 + 13 + 17, consecutive terms
are 4 apart. If the first term in an arithmetic series is 3, the last
term is 136, and the sum is 1,390, what are the first 3 terms?
A. 3, 69 1/2 , 136 B. 3, 36 1/3 , 70
C. 3, 23, 43 D. 3, 10, 17

12. Fred walks 0.75 miles to school; Raffy walks 1.3 miles; Xena
walks 2.8 miles; and Paul walks 0.54 miles. What is the total
distance the four walk to school?*
A. 4.13 miles B 5.39 miles C. 5.63 miles D. 4.78 miles

13. The mean computer usage of a person is 8 hours with a standard

deviation equal to 1.5 hours. Assume that the computer usage is
approximately normally distributed. What is the probability that a
person will use the computer for at least 8.5 hours?
A. 0.37 B. 0 C. 0.25 D. 0.75

14. If one-inch equals 2.54 centimeters, how many inches are there in
20.32 centimeters?
A. 7.2 B. 9 C. 8 D. 10.2

15. Solve the differential equation 7yy’ = 5x.

A. 5x2 + 7y2 = C B. 7y2 – 5x2 = C
C. 5x2 – 7y2 = C D. 7x2 + 5y2 = C

16. Nanette has a ribbon with a length of 13.4 m and divided it into
four equal pieces. What is the length of each part.
A. 3.45 m B. 3.55 m C. 3.65 m D. 3.35 m

17. Evaluate (sin 5x + cos 3x) dx from x = 0 to x = π/2.

A. 0.0213 B. 0.0417 C. 0.0347 D. 0.0123

18. During an examination, the following scores are collected:

0 8 9 11 12 13 18 18 20 If there was an error in
encoding where one “18” should be “16”, which of the following is
affected?
A. mean B. mean and standard deviation
C. standard deviation D. median

19. Aubrey measured the width of her dining room in inches. It is 150
inches. How many feet wide is her dining room?*
A. 12.5 ft B. 9.5 ft C. 10.5 ft D. 21.5 ft

20. What is the differential equation of the family of parabolas

having their vertices at the origin and their foci on the x-axis?
A. dy/dx – x = 0 B. x dy + y dx = 0
C. 2x dx – y dy = 0 D. 2y dx == x dy = 0

21. At the city park, 32% of the trees are oaks, if there are 400
trees in the park, how many trees are NOT oak?
A. 312 B. 128 C. 272 D. 278

22. Find the radius of curvature of the curve y^2 = 4x at P(4, 4).
A. 20.36 B. 25.36 C. 22.36 D. 27.36

23. 1/2 is what percent of 3/4?

A. 37.50% B. 150.00% C. 62.50% D. 66.67%

24. If 10^x = 4, find the value of 10^2x + 1.

A. 60 B. 380 C. 160 D. 240
25. What is the differential equation of the family of parabolas
having their vertices at the origin and their foci on the x-axis?
A. dy/dx – x = 0 B. x dy + y dx = 0
C. 2y dx – x dy = 0 D. 2x dy – y dx = 0

26. If y = arctan (ln x), find y’ when x = 1/e.

A. e/3 B. e/4 C. e D. e/2

27. Find the minimum distance from the point P (4,2) to the parabola
y^2 = 8x.
A. 3 sqrt. of 3 B. 2 sqrt. of 2
C. 2 sqrt. of 3 D. 3 sqrt. of 2

28. If Rita can run around the block 5 times in 20 minutes, how many
times can she run around the block in hour?
A. 15 B. 50 C. 10 D. 100

29. Three circles of radii 3, 4, and 5 inches, respectively, are

tangent to each other externally. Find the angles of the triangle
formed by joining the centers.
A. 65.6 B. 91.3 C. 73.4 D. 82.1

30. From past experience, it is known 90% of one-year old children

can distinguish their mother’s voice from the voice of a similar
sounding female. A random sample of 20 one-year olds are given this
voice recognition test. Find the probability that all 20 children
recognize their mother’s voice.
A. 0.122 B. 0.222 C. 1.000 D. 0.500

31. Liza thought she had the exact money to buy 10 chocolate bars.
However the price per bar had increased by 50 centavos. Consequently,
she was able to buy only 8 bars and had P2 left. How much money did
Liza have?
A. 30 B. 80 C. 60 D. 40

32. The position vectors of point A and B are 2 + i and 3 – 2i

respectively. Find an equation for line AB.
A. x + 3y = 5 B. 3x + y = 7
C. x – 3y = 9 D. 3x – y = 5

33.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 0 D. 3

34. A point is chosen at random inside a circle having a diameter of

8 inches. What is the probability that the point is at least 1.5 in
away from the center of the circle?
A. 5/64 B. 55/64 C. 5/8 D. 12/45

35. A ball bounces 2/3 of the altitude from which it falls is dropped
from a height of 18 ft., how far will it travel before coming to
rest?
A. 9 ft B. 19 ft C. 90 ft D. 99 ft

36. A car rental company offers two plans for renting a car: Plan A :
$ 30 / day and $ 0.20 /mile ; Plan B : $ 55 / day with free unlimited
mileage. For what range of miles will Plan B save a customer’s money?*
A. Less than 250 miles B. More than 170 miles
C. More than 125 miles D. Less than 170 miles

37. Evaluate (lim@z→1+i) ((z – 1 – i)/(z^2 – 2z + 2))^2.

A. −4 B. −4 – 4i C. −1/4 D. −4i
38. Find the equation of the line with slope = 3 and the y-intercept
= –2.
A. y = –3x + 2 B. y = 3x – 2
C. y = –3x – 2 D. y = 3x + 2

39. What curve is described by the equation y^2 + 4y + x – 1 = 0?

A. hyperbola B. parabola
C. circle D. ellipse

40. Find the area of a triangle having vertices at −4 – i, 1 + 2i, 4

– 3i.
A. 10 B. 107 C. 17 D. 7

41. Describe the locus represented by |z + 2i| + |z – 2i| = 6.

A. circle B. ellipse C. parabola D. hyperbola

42. If the side of a square can be expressed as a^2bcube, what is the

area of the square in simplified form?
A. a^4b to the 5th power B. a^2b to the 5th power
C. a^2b to the 6th power D. a^4b to the 6th power

43. Find the value of sin (arc cos 15/17).

A. 8/15 B. 8/11 C. 8/17 D. 8/19

44. The value of 5! is equal to:

A. 5 B. 1 C. 25 D. 120

45. Ramil bought 400 hotdogs for the school picnic. If they were
contained in packages of 8 hotdogs, how many total packages did he
buy?
A. 20 B. 10 C. 50 D. 5

46. Find ∫ (3x – 4)^3 dx.

A. 1/12 (3x – 4)^3 + C B. 1/4 (3x – 4)^4 + C
C. 1/4 (3x – 4)^3 + C D. 1/12 (3x – 4)^4 + C

47. Solve the equation ( x^2 y – 2 ) + ( x + 2xy – 5 ) i = 0.

A. x = 1, y = 2 B. x = 3, y = 4
C. x = ½, y = 3 D. x = 4, y = -½

48. It is estimated that the annual cost of driving a certain new car
is given by the formula: C = 0.25 m + 1,600 where m represents the
number of miles driven per year and C is the cost in dollars. Jane
purchases such a car and determines between $5,350 and $5,600 for
next year's driving cost. What is the corresponding range of miles
that she can drive her new car?
A. Between 13,000 mi and 16,000 mi
B. More than 16,000 mi
C. Between 15,000 mi and 16,000 mi
D. Between 13,000 mi and 18,000 mi

49. The locus of a point which moves so that the sum of its distances
between two fixed points is constant is called
A. ellipse B. circle C. parabola D. hyperbola

50. Joy is 10 percent taller than Joseph and Joseph is 10 percent

taller than Tom. How many percent is Joy taller than Tom?
A. 21 % B. 20 % C. 100 % D. 22 %

51. Solve for z: 5z^2 + 2z + 10 = 0

A. (-1±7i)/5 B. (-1±14i)/5 C. (-7±i)/5 D. (-2±14i)/5

52. Find the change in volume of a sphere if you increase the radius
from 2 to 2.05 units.
A. 1.52 B. 1.25 C. 2.15 D. 2.51
53. A company manufactures industrial laminates (thin nylon-based
sheets) of thickness 0.02 in with tolerance of 0.004 in. Solve the
inequality involving absolute values that describes the range of
possible thickness for the laminate.
A. 0.017 ≤ x ≤ 0.025 B. 0.014 ≤ x ≤ 0.022
C. 0.016 ≤ x ≤ 0.024 D. 0.017 ≤ x ≤ 0.024

54.Find the area of the region enclosed by the triangle with vertices
(1, 1), (3, 2) and (2, 4).
A. 7/2 B. 3/2 C. 5/2 D. 1/2

55. A coin is tossed n times. If it is expected that 7 heads will

occur, how many times the coin is tossed?
A. 14 B. 7 C. 28 D. 21

56. Hotels, like airlines, often overbook, relying on the fact that
some people with reservations will cancel at the last minute. A
certain hotel chain finds 20% of the reservation will not be used. If
4 reservations are made, what is the probability fewer than two will
cancel?
A. 0.7241 B. 0.3825 C. 0.8192 D. 0.5211

57. If i = (−1)^1/2, find the value of i^39.

A. I B. 1 C. -I D. -1

58. Approximately how many liters of water will a 10-gallon container

hold?
A. 38 B. 32 C. 9 D. 42

59. Judy’s English quiz scores are 56, 93, 72, 89 and 87. What is the
median of her squares?
A. 72 B. 56 C. 85 D. 87

60. A pendulum 1 m long oscillates through an angle of 100. Find the

distance through which the end of the pendulum swings in going from
one extreme position to the other.
A. 2π m B. π / 18 m C. π / 8 m D. π m

61. Find the length of arc of the parabola x^2 = 4y from x = −2 to

x = 2.
A. 2.5 B. 8.1 C. 11.7 D. 4.6

62. Evaluate the double integral dx dy / (x – y), with interior

limits 2y to 3y and outer limits from 0 to 2.
A. ln 2 B. ln 4 C. ln 3 D. ln

63. Find the area of the region inside the triangle with vertices (1,
1), (3, 2) and (2, 4).
A. 2.5 B. 4.5 C. 3.5 D. 5.5

64. 42% of 997 =

A. 418.74 B. 499.44 C. 990.24 D. 450.24

65. Find the height of a right circular cylinder of maximum volume

which can be inscribed in a sphere of radius 10 cm.
A. 18.55 cm B. 12.55 cm C. 14.55 cm D. 11.55 cm

66. What is the next term in the geometric sequence 16, −4, 1, −1/4,
...?
A. −1/8 B. 0 C. 1/8 D. 1/16

67. Matthew had 200 baseball cards. He sold 5% of the cards on

Saturday and 10% of the remaining cards on Sunday. How many cards are
left?
A. 170 B. 171 C. 185 D. 175
68. Evaluate cos(arc sin 2/3 – arc sin (−1/3)).
A. 0.4805 B. 0.0548 C. 0.5804 D. 0.8054

69. What curve is described by the equation 4x^2 – y^2 + 8x + 4y =

15?
A. Ellipse B. Hyperbola C. Circle D. Parabola

70. A bag contains 3 red, 6 blue, 5 purple, and 2 orange marbles. One
marble is selected at random. What is the probability that the marble
is blue?
A. 3/5 B. 3/8 C. 4/13 D.3/16

71. What is the area bounded by the curve y = 0, y = 3x^2, x = 0, and

x = 2?
A. 4 B. 6 C. 8 D. 2

72. A transmitter with a height of 15 m is located on top of a

mountain, which is 3.0 km high. What is the farthest distance on the
surface of the earth that can be seen from the top of the mountain?
Take the radius of the earth to be 6400 km.
A. 152 km B. 205 km C. 225 km D. 196 km

73. During his major league career, Hank Aaron hit 38 more home runs
than Babe Ruth hit during his career. Together they hit 1,524 home
runs. How many home runs did Babe Ruth hit?
A. 800 home runs B. 762 home runs
C. 743 home runs D. 781 home runs

74. Find the sum of a geometric progression if there are 4 geometric

means between 3 and 729.
A. 1092 B. 1222 C. 980 D. 582

75. A car consumes 16 gallons of gasoline to travel 448 miles. How

many miles/gallon is the car’s consumption?
A. 22 B. 26 C. 24 D. 28

76. A tangent to a conic is a line which

A. touches the conic at only one point B. touches the normal
C. is parallel to the normal D. passes inside a conic

77. If the general equation of the conic is Ax^2 + Bxy + Cy^2 + Dx +

Ey + F = 0. If B^2 – 4AC > 0, the equation describes a
A. parabola B. hyperbola C. circle D. ellipse

78. At exactly what time after 5 o’clock will the hour hand and the
minute hand be perpendicular for the first time?
A. 5:20 and 14 sec B. 5:15 and 25 sec
C. 5:10 and 54 sec D. 5:05 and 34 sec

79. Find the general solution of y’ = y sec(x)

A. y = C (sec2 x + tan x) B. y = C (sec x + tan x)
C. y = C (sec x – tan x) D. y = C (sec x tan x)

80. A triangular corner lot has perpendicular sides of lengths 90 m

and 60 m. Find the dimensions of the largest rectangular building
that can be constructed on the lot with sides parallel to the
streets.
A. 24 m x 24 m B. 30 m x 30 m
C. 25 m x 40 m D. 45 m x 30 m

81. What is the area bounded by the curve y = x^3, the x-axis and the
lines x = -2 and x = 1?
A. 1.25 B. 2.45 C. 0.43 D. 4.25
82. Each of the question on a quiz is a five-part multiple choice
question with exactly one correct answer. A student, totally
unprepared for the quiz, guesses on each of 15 questions. If at least
11 questions must be answered correctly to pass the quiz, what is the
chance the student passes?
A. 0.25 B. 0.10 C. 0 D. 0.50

83. If csc^2 θ = x^2 + 1, what is cot^2 θ?

A. 1 – x^2 B. 1 + x C. x^2 D. x

84. In a pile of logs, each layer contains one more log than the
layer above and the top contains just one log if there are 105 logs
in the pile, how many layers are there?
A. 14 B. 10 C. 8 D. 12

85. Find the value of x for which f(x) = x^2 + 5x + 2 is maximum.

A. 5/2 B. 2 C. -5/2 D. -2

86. A woman is paid $20 for each day she works and forfeits $5 for
each day she is idle. At the end of 25 days she nets $450. How many
days did she work?
A. 23 B. 21 C. 20 D. 22

87.

A. Square root of 2 ( 1 + i ) / 2 B. -1/4

C. -4/3 - 4i D. -12 + 6i

88. Find the area of the ellipse 4x^2 + 9y^2= 36.

A. 12.19 B. 18.85 C. 21.23 D. 15.56

89. Express −3 – 4i in polar form.

A. 5 ei^(π + arctan 4/3)
B. (square root of 5) e – i ^(π + arctan 4/3)
C. (square root of 2)^e − i arctan square root of 5
D. (square root of 5)^e – i arctan 2
90. Find the vertex of the parabola x^2 = 8y.
A. (0, 8) B. (0, 0) C. (−2, 0) D. (2, 4)

91. A laboratory keeps two acid solutions on hand. One is 20% acid
and the other is 35% acid. How many liters of distilled water should
be added to a liter of 35% acid solution in order to dilute it to a
20% acid solution?
A. 0.25 B. 0.57 C. 0.45 D. 0.75

92. Find the area bounded by y" = 4x and x" = 4y. of the square in
simplified form?
A. 0.33 B. 8.33 C. 5. 33 D. 2.33

93. A periodic function has zero average value over a cycle and its
Fourier series consists of only odd cosine terms. What is the
symmetry possessed by this function?
A. odd quarter wave B. odd
A. even D. even quarter wave

92. Parcel charges of a courier company are follows: P40 for the
first 2 kilograms, P15 for each of the succeeding kilogram weight of
parcels. With these rates, what amount would be charged on a parcel
weighing 30 kg?
A. P460 B. P650 C. P450 D. P660

95. A chord of a circle of a diameter 10 ft is decreasing in length 1

ft/min. Find the rate of change of the smaller arc subtended by the
chord when the chord is 8 ft. long.
A. 3/5 ft/min B. 5 ft/min C. 5/3 ft/min D. 3 ft/min
96. How many possible positive real roots are there in x^4– 4x^3 +
7x^2– 6x – 18 = 0.
A. 3 or 0 B. 3 or 1 C. 1 or 2 D. 1 or 0

97. Find the volume generated by revolving the area bounded by y^2 =
12x and x = 3 about the line x = 3.
A. 151 B. 181 C. 131 D. 191

98. A point where the concavity of a curve changes or when the slope
of the curve is neither increasing nor decreasing is known as
A. minimal point B. inflection point
C. point of tangency D. maximum point

99. The equation y^2 = cx is the general solution of

A. y’ = 2y/x B. y’ = x/2y C. y’ = y/2x D. y’ = 2x/y

100. A wall “h” meters high is 2 m away from the building. The
shortest ladder that can reach the building with one end resting on
the ground outside the wall is 6 m. How high is the wall in meters?
A. 2.14 B. 2.34 C. 2.44 D. 2.24