Fundamentals of Mathematics

Direction: Read each statement carefully and encircle the correct answers.
“The moment you stop learning, you stop leading!”
Rick Warren
1. Which statement is true?

A. √5 is a rational number C. √3 is a real number

B. 0 is a positive number D. √4 is an irrational number

2. The thousandths digit of the number 1,234.5678 is ________.

A. 1 B. 7 C. 8 D. 5

3. (4) (-6) + (12x3) = ________

A. 10 B. 12 C. 14 D. 15

4. The property of real numbers which describes (5+6)-3 = -3+(5+6) is ________.

A. Commutative B. Associative C. Distributive D. Reflexive

5. (3√8) (3√18) = __________

A. 108 B. 110 C. 112 D. 114

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6. What is 16 % of 42?
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A. 7 B. 6 C. 5 D. 7.5

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7. John jogs every morning. Yesterday, he covered 2km. Today he covers 2 km. What is the
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percent of increase in the distance he traveled?
A. 50% B. 25% C. 10% D. 20%

8. A 180-degree angle is divided into 3 in the ratio 1:2:3. What is the measure of the biggest
angle?
A. 450 B. 900 C. 600 D. 300

9. Last year, 500 students enrolled in a review class. This year, enrolment increased by 15%.
How many students enrolled this year?
A. 530 B. 600 C. 575 D. 550

10. A TV set that originally cost Php 15 000 is now sold at Php 12 000. What is the percentage
decrease in the price of the TV set?
A. 15% B. 25% C. 20% D. 10%

11. How much should Maria deposit in a bank at 8% simple interest if she wants to gain Php 1
300 in 18 months?
A. Php 10 000.33 B. Php 11 000.88 C. Php 11 000.33 D. Php 10 000.33

12. Jay invested Php 4 500 in a buy and sell. How much will his money be in 3 years if it earns
12.5% simple interest rate in a year?
 A. Php 6 187.50 B. Php 11 000.88 C. Php 6 187 D. Php 6 189.50

13. John received 30% discount. He paid Php 180.00 for an item. What is the regular price of the
item?
A. Php 258. 14 B. Php 258 C. Php 257 D. Php 257.14

14. A store allows Php 15 discount on all items. How much does a customer pay for an item
which is marked Php 800.
A. Php 700 B. Php 790 C. Php 680 D. Php 785

15. For every basketball ticket that he sells, Tom gets 20% commission. How many tickets
costing Php 70 each should he be able to sell if he wants to earn at least Php 500 for one
day?
A. 35 B. 36 C. 37 D. 38

16. A salesman gets 12% commission for the first Php 10 000 and 10% for the amount over Php
10 000 of his total sales. How much does he get for a total sale of Php 50 500?
A. Php 5 250 B. Php 5 200 C. Php 5 260 D. Php 5 300

17. What is the percentage commission of a salesman gets Php 800 from a total sale of Php 15
000?
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A. 5% B. 5.5% C. 5 % D. 5.4%
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18. The average of 5 students is 85. The average of the first 3 students is 84. What is the average
of the other 2 students?
A. 87.5 B. 86.5 C. 86 D. 87

19. The number of hours spent for review in Math, Science and English is in the ratio 3:2:1. How
many hours does each student spend for Math in a 60-hour review package?
A. 30 B. 20 C. 10 D. 40

20. Five liters of gasoline can travel a distance of 70 km. How far can 8 liters reach?
A. 80 km B. 50 km C. 100 km D. 112 km

21. Myka buys 3 apples for Php 50. How much does she pay for 2 dozen of these apples?
A. Php 500 B. Php 400 C. Php 450 D. Php 550

22. At 75 kph, Jigs can reach home within 50 minutes. At what rate should he drive his car so
that he can reach home 10 minutes earlier?
A. 80 kph B. 93.75 kph C. 60 kph D. 90 kph

23. A rectangular figure is 6 inches wide and 1foot long. How much should the length be
increased if the width is to decreased by 2 inches, but the area remains the same?
A. 4 inches B. 8 inches C. 6 inches D. 3 inches

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24. Find X: 3 6
=
x 6
A. 4 B. 10 C. 6 D. 12

25. An angle which measures between 00 and 900.

A. Acute B. Obtuse C. Right D. Supplementary

26. Two angles whose sum of degrees is equal to 1800.

 A. Complimentary B. Supplementary C. Obtuse D. Vertical

27. Two complementary angles are in the ratio 1:4. What is the smaller angle?
A. 400 B. 180 C. 720 D. 360

28. An angle which measures greater than 900 but less than 180.
A. Acute B. Supplementary C. Right D. Obtuse

29. In an isosceles right triangle, the hypotenuse is 12 cm long. What is the length of one of its
congruent legs?
A. 5√ 2 cm B. 5 cm C. 6√ 2 cm D. 6 cm

30. A rectangular farm has dimensions 500 meters by 400 meters. Find its area in hectares.
A. 20 B. 3 C. 2.5 D. 3.5

31. What is the area of a triangle of sides 4, 7 and 9 units?

A. 6 sq. units B. 5 sq. units C. 6√ 5 sq. units D. 5√ 6 sq. units

32. The perimeter of a rectangular board is 120 ft. the width is 15 ft. Find the area of the board.
A. 600 ft B. 675 sq. ft C. 675 ft D. 600 sq. ft

33. The diagonal of a square is 18 cm. Find its perimeter.

A. 162 cm B. 162√ 6 cm C. 36 cm D. 36√ 2 cm

34. The area of the square of problem no. 33.

A. 162 cm B. 162 sq. cm C. 36 sq. cm D. 36 cm

35. One of the equal sides of an isosceles triangle is 4 times its third side. If its perimeter is 81
units. Find the length of the 3rd side.
A. 9 units B. 7 units C. 8 units D. 6 units

36. The area of a square is equal to the area of the circle. The square has on its side 4 units. Find
the radius of the circle.
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A. 4 B. 8 C. 4√ π D.
√π
37. Find the circumference of a circle of area 4 π .
A. 4π B. π C. 2π D. 3π

38. Find the area of a circle of diameter 10 units.

A. 25 sq. units B. 25π sq. units C. 5 sq. units D. 5π sq. units

39. The area of a triangular garden of base 20 ft and altitude 10 ft.

A. 50 sq. ft B. 10 sq. ft C. 80 sq. ft D. 100 sq. ft

40. One of the legs of a right triangle is 5 cm long and its hypotenuse is 15 cm. How long is the
other leg?
A. 10 cm B. 10√ 2 cm C. 8 cm D. 8√ 2 cm
41. In the figure, ∆ADE~∆ABC. If AD = 6, DE = 9 and AB = 10, what is BC?
A

E
D

B C
A. 8 B. 10 C. 15 D. 12

42. How long must the side of a square be in order that its area be 3 times the area of a square
whose side is 5?
A. 5√ 3 B. 3√ 5 C. 3 D. 5

43. What type of regular polygon is one whose interior angle measures 108 degrees/
A. Heptagon B. Pentagon C. Octagon D. Hexagon

44. How many sides does a convex polygon have if the sum of the measures of its angles is 900
degrees?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 8 D. 7

45. What is the sum of the measure of the angles of a convex octagon?
A. 900 B. 1200 C. 1800 D. 1080

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46. What is the average of , , and ?
3 4 6
1 1 3 4
A. B. C. D.
4 2 4 3

47. A meter stick was cut into 2 pieces at the 36cm- mark. What is the ratio of the smaller pieces
to the larger piece?
A. 16:25 B. 13:50 C. 9:25 D. 9:16

48. Find the fourth term: 2+3P, 4+2P, 6+P,

A. 4+P B. 8 C. 4-P D. 6

49. Find the fifth term: 36, 45, 56, 69,

A. 72 B. 101 C. 84 D. 70

1 2 5
50. Find the fourth term: , ,
2 3 6
1 5
A. 2 B. C. 1 D.
6 6

51. Find the fourth term: A, F, K,

A. P B. Q C. N D. O

52. Find the distance between 2 points (-4, 5) and (3, 2).
A. 7 B. √ 58 C. √ 60 D. 8
53. Find the value of m such that 324m00 is divisible by 8
A. 1 B. 0 C. 5 D. 6

54. Find the value of n such that 5n342 is divisible by 6.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 5

3 1 5
55. Simplify 5 +2 -3
4 6 4
7 7 7 2
A. 5 B. 5 C. 4 D. 3
60 24 24 3

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56. Find the product of ( 3 ) ( 2 )
3 4
2 3 1
A. 8 B. 8 C. 8 D. 8
3 5 4

7 2
57. Find the quotient: 1 ÷ 6
8 3
3 9 7 5
A. B. C. D.
32 32 32 32

3 2 5 3
58. Find the quotient: ( − )+( − )
4 3 6 5
1 4 3 5
A. B. C. D.
14 14 14 14

59. A, B and C are all working in a certain company, they are all on leave. A will file a leave every
4 days, B every 6 days and C every 8 days. When will they be all on leave?
A. After 24 days B. After 20 days C. After 18 days D. After 16 days

60. Every time Jay sorts his collection of marbles into groups of 5, 9, and 12 there is always one
marble left. What is the smallest no. of marbles Jay can have?
A. 182 B. 171 C. 181 D. 41

61. Php 49 000 is to be divided among three children X, Y, and Z. If X will receive double that of
Y, Y will receive double that of Z, how much Z will receive?
A. Php 14 000 B. Php 7 000 C. Php 21 000 D. Php 28 000

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62. Juan drives 5 km to work and drives home the same day, for five working days a week, how
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many kilometers does he drive each week?
A. 57 km B. 57.5 km C. 58 km D. 57 km

63. Solve the right triangle ABC, if Angle A is 36°, and side c is 10 cm.
 A. a=9 cm b=10 cm C. a= 6.8 cm b= 7.10 cm
B. a= 7.9 cm b= 8.10 cm D. a= 5.88 cm b= 8.09 cm

64. Solve the right triangle ABC, given that side c = 25 cm and side b = 24 cm.

A. LA =9.26°, LB = 60.24°, a = 5 C. LA =16.26°, LB = 73.74°, a = 7

B. LA =19.36°, LB = 55.24°, a = 6 D. LA =20.26°, LB = 83.24°, a = 8

65. Find the angle of elevation of the sun if a 48.6-ft flagpole casts a shadow of 63.1-ft long.
A. 30.24° B. 37.6° C. 45.26° D. 65.24°

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66. If one side of a triangle is of the perimeter the second side is 7 cm and the 3rd side is of
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the perimeter, what is the perimeter of the triangle?
A. 15 B. 12 C. 14 D. 10

67. A waterbed is 180 cm wide, 210 cm long and 20 cm thick. What is its mass in kg when it is
full of water?
A. 756 kg B. 7560 kg C. 75.6 kg D. 7.56 kg

68. A father is 3 times as old as his son. In 15 years, he will just be 2 times as old as his son will
be. Find the present age of the father.
A. 60 B. 45 C. 50 D. 40

69. The polynomial x2 + 4x – 32 is the area of a rectangular floor. What is the length of one of its
sides?
A. x – 2 B. x + 4 C. x + 8 D. x + 2

70. How long will it take typists A and B to complete a job by typing together if A can do the job
alone in 7 hours and B alone in 5 hours?
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A. 12 hours B. 2 hours C. 3 hours D. 3 hours
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71. Simplify a0, where a ≠ 0.

A. Undefined B. Indeterminate C. 0 D. 1

72. Simplify (x2)3 (x3)2

A. x36 B. x12 C. x8 D. x10

2
36 a b
73. Simplify 3
6ab
6a 6a a 6a
2
A. 2 B. C. 2 D.
b b 6b b

74. Simplify: – {2 – (5 – 3) – 4}
A. 4 B. – 4 C. 2 D. – 2

2 2
x −4 y
75. Reduce to lowest term
x +2 y
 A. x – 4y B. x + 4y C. x + 2y D. x – 2y

76. LCM of 4x2y and 30xy3

A. 30x2y3 B. 30x3y2 C. 60x2y3 D. 60x3y2

77. Solve for x: 4(x – 1) – 2(x + 1) = 3x – 2

A. – 4 B. 4 C. 2 D. – 2

−1
2 −2
78. Simplify: −1
2−2
A. 1 B. – 1 C. 2 D. – 2

79. Factored form of x5 – x3 + x2 – 1

A. (x + 1)(x – 1)(x2 – x + 1) C. (x + 1)(x – 1)2(x2 – x + 1)
B. (x + 1)2(x – 1)(x2 + x + 1) D. (x + 1)2(x – 1)(x2 – x + 1)

80. Simplify: 4√ 8−9 √ 18 - 3√ 50

A. 34√ 2 B. - 34√ 2 C. 18√ 2 D. - 18√ 2

81. Simplify: 4√
3
16−3 √ 54 - 2√ 2
3 3

A. 2√
3
2 B. - 2√
3
2 C. 3√
3
2 D. - 3√
3
2

82. The sum of 2 consecutive numbers is 75. If x is the smaller number, what is the value of x?
A. 35 B. 40 C. 38 D. 37

83. Quotient of 12x3y2 – 16x2y3 divided by 4x2y2

3 4 3 4
A. + B. 3x – 4y C. 3x + 4y D. −
x y x y

84. The graph of linear equation is ____________.

A. Curve B. Vertical C. Parabola D. Line

85. Find the GCD of 18, 24 and 30.

A. 6 B. 8 C. 4 D. 2

86. The side of a cube is 5 cm. Find the volume.

A. 125 cu cm B. 150 cu cm C. 120 cu cm D. 25 cu cm

87. The coin is tossed 3 times. What is the probability that not all 3 tosses are the same?
1 3 5 3
A. B. C. D.
4 8 8 4

88. (xn – yn)(x2n + xnyn + y2n)

A. x3 + y3 B. x3 - y3 C. x3n – y3n D. x3n + y3n

89. Simplify: - 40 - 22
A. 5 B. – 5 C. – 3 D. 3

5
x -3
90. Simplify: ( 9 )
x
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A. x10 B. x12 C. 12 D. x-12
x
−2 −2
x −y
91. Simply: −1 −1
x −y
x+ y xy x− y
A. B. C. D.
xy x+ y xy
xy
x− y

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92. Simplify: 2-1 + ( )-2
2
A. 5 B. 5.5 C. 4.5 D. 4

93. Simplify: √ 18 x √ 8
A. 144 B. 6√ 6 C. 12 D. √ 12

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94. Rationalized:
√3
√3
A. √3 B. 3√ 3 C. 3 D.
3

95. The value of (3x – 2)-2 if x = 1.

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A. 1 B. – 1 C. 2 D.
2

4−x
96. Given that f(x) = , find f(-1).
4 x−1
3 −3 5
A. B. – 1 C. D.
5 5 3

97. Four more than twice a certain number x into symbols.

A. 2 – 4x B. 4 – 2x C. 2 + 4x D. 4 + 2x

98. The tens digit of a certain two – digit number is 4 more than the unit’s digit, the sum of the
squares of the two digits is 26. Find the number.
A. 51 B. 15 C. 45 D. 54

99. Find two numbers, such that if 3 is subtracted from each of them they will be in the ratio 2:1,
while if 5 is added to each of them they will be in the ratio 4:3.
A. 15 and 3 B. 16 and 2 C. 14 and 4 D. 11 and 7

100. If the points (-2, 0), (-2, 3) and (4, 3) are connected to each other, what kind of triangle
is formed?
A. Right triangle C. Oblique triangle
B. Equilateral triangle D. Isosceles triangle
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