GENERAL EDUCATION

MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

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1. These are regular, repeated, or recurring forms or 11. A vehicle consumes one liter of gasoline to travel 10
designs which are commonly observed in natural kilometers. After a tune- up, it travels 15% farther on
objects such as six- fold symmetry of snowflakes, one liter. To the nearest tenth, how many liters of
hexagonal structure and formation of honeycombs gasoline will it take for the vehicle to travel 230
tiger’s stripes and hyena’s spot. kilometers?
A. Patterns A. 20.15 liters C. 23.15 liters
B. Fibonacci Sequence B. 23 liters D. 20 liters
C. Sequence
D. Exponential growth model 12. A cube is a rectangular solid, the length, with, and
height of which have the same measure called the
2. List the fractions 1/9, 2/5 and 3/15 from LEAST to edge (e) of the cube. The volume of the cube is found
GREATEST. by ‘cubing’ the measure of the edge. What is the
A. 3/21, 1/9, 2/15 C. 1/9, 2/15, 3/21 volume of the cube whose edge is 4cm?
B. 1/9, 3/21, 2/15 D. 2/15, 3/21, 1/9 A. 27 cm3 C. 206 cm3
B. 64 cm3 D. 125 cm
3. If 4a = b, then a is equal to_______.
A. 4 + b C. b/4 13. If n < m and a < b, then ____.
B. 4b D. 1/4b A. n+ a> m + b C. n = a
B. m = b D. n + a < m + b
4. Which of the following values is CLOSEST to the
square root of 4000? 14. If the student has an average of 76% on his first two
A. 22 C. 34 tests and has an average of 85% on the next four
B. 42 D. 19 tests, what is the final average?
A. 82.0 % C. 82.59%
5. The value of the expression 3xy + 5y +7 when x =2 B. 82.5% D. 81.3%
and y = 3 is __
A. 36 C. 34 15. What is total amount after adding interest of 8% on
B. 42 D. 40 P10,000.00 for three years?
A. P11,000.00 C. P15,000,00
6. Which of the following gives the sum of the B. P12,400.00 D. P13,400.00
polynomials (a2 + b2 + ab) and (3a2 + 4ab – 2b2) ?
A. 4a2 + b2 + 5ab C. 3a2 + 5ab – 2b2 16. Ms. Sanchez weighed 62kg. She lost 3kg. on her first
2 2
B. 5a + 5b + 5ab D. 4a2 + 5ab – b2 week of exercise. Then she gained 4 kg. on her
second week and lost 5kg. on the third week. After
7. If the scores in Mathematics test of 45 students are which, she retained her weight during the fourth week.
arranged from the highest to the lowest, the 23rd score What was her weight on the fourth week?
is the A. 62 kg. C. 60 kg
A. Mean C. median B. 58 kg. D. 59 kg
B. Variance D. mode
17. If a dice rolled, what is the probability of getting the
8. What is the cube root of ( 32 x 3) ? number divisible by 2?
A. 9 C. 27 A. 1/6 C. 1/2
B. 3X3 D. 3 B. 1/3 D. ¼

9. Why is 1/5 called a unit fraction? 18. Total amount after adding 8% interest for 3 months on
A. The number 5 is the denominator 6,000.00
B. The unit is less than one A. P 10,500.00 C. P 6,120.00
C. Unit fractions have 1 as the numerator B. P 10,050.00 D. P 11,500.00
D. It is between 0 and 1, the basic unit
19. If a function is defined by the set of ordered pairs (1,
10. Which of the following is the product of 13 and an 2), (2, 4), (3, 8), ( 4, 16) , ( 5, Y), then the value of Y
integer? is ___
A. 1314 C. 1323 A. 10 C. 20
B. 1326 D. 131 B. 32 D. 25

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20. Of 50 students enrolled in the subject, curriculum and 30. Five workers earn an average monthly salary of Php.
Instruction 90% took the final Examination at the end 10,000.00 If the average monthly salary of two of
of the term. Two- thirds of those who took the final these workers total Php. 4,600, what is the average
examination passed. How many students passed the monthly income of the remaining three workers?
exam? A. Php. 1,800.00 C. Php. 5,400.00
A. 33 C. 34 B. Php. 2,600.00 D. Php. 13,600.00
B. 45 D. 30
31. What is the range of the following: 86, 70, 83, 90, 85,
21. If p is a positive integer in the equation 12p =q, then q 78, 79, 81, 87
must be a ___ A. 12 C. 15
A. negative even integer B. 16 D. 20
B. negative odd integer
C. positive odd integer 32. What value of x will satisfy the equation 5x + 7 = 3x –
D. positive even integer 9?
A. X = 16 C. X = + 18
22. A rectangle has sides of 10 and 12 units. How can the B. x = 10 D. x = -8
area of a square be computed if it has the same
perimeter of the rectangle 33. An employee earning P 9, 200.00 a month will receive
A. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divided by 4, a 15% increase next month. How much will his/ her
then multiply by 4. new salary be?
B. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, then multiply by A. P 10,500.00 C. P 10, 560.00
4. B. P 10, 530.00 D. P 10, 580.00
C. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then
square the quotient 34. The sum of 5 consecutive odd numbers is 85. What
D. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then is the sum of the smallest and biggest of these
divide by 4. numbers?
A. 28 C. 34
23. The ratio of men to women at Mabuhay High School B. 36 D. 42
is 3:7. If there are 6153 women in the said school,
how many men are at Mabuhay High School? 35. Ruben’s f= grade in 6 subjects are 88, 89, 84, 90, 91
A. 2,051 C. 879 and 86. What is the least grade that he should aim for
B. 2,637 D. 1,895 in the 7th Subject if he has to have an average of 88?
A. 91 C. 90
24. Which of the following is the numerical form for “twenty B. 93 D. 92
thousand twenty”?
A. 2,020 C. 2,000,020 36. The greatest common factor (GCF) of 22, 15, 7 is
B. 20,020 D. 20,000,020 ______.
A. 1 C. 3
25. If each of the five members in a basketball team B. 2 D. 4
shakes hand with every other member of the team
before the game starts, how many handshakes will 37. Regala Company manufactures beds; in its catalogue,
there be in all? a double bed is at P 5,000.00 less a discount of 20%
A. 6 C. 8 what will Rizza have to pay for the bed she ordered?
B. 10 D. 9 A. P4,150.00 C. 4,100.00
B. P 4,200.00 D. P 4,000.00
26. How many twenty thousand are there in one million?
A. 100 C. 500 38. The altitude of a triangle is 5 meters and the base is
B. 50 D. 1000 20 meters. What is the area of the triangle?
A. 50 square meters C. 20 square meters
27. Change the following percents to decimals: 23%, 5%, B. 60 square meters D. 24 square meters
3%, 3.5%.
A. 2.3, .500, .30, 30.5 C. .23, .05, .03, .035 39. How much greater is the sum of the 20 first counting
B. 23, 50, 03, 3.05 D. .023, 5.00, 3.0, 03.5 numbers than the sum of the first 10 counting
numbers?
28. What are the prime factors of 120? A. 110 C. 55
A. 2X2X2X6X5 C. 2X3X4X5 B. 100 D. 155
B. 2X4X3X5 D. 2X2X2X3X5
40. What is the amount due on P10,000.00 after adding
29. Factorize: 2x2 +7x – 15 the annual interest of 8% for 3 years?
A. (X- 4)/ (X+4) C. 4/ (X- 13) A. P 13,400.00 C. P 12,400.00
B. (2X +5) (X-3) D. (2X – 5) ( X + 3) B. P 11,800.00 D. P 15,800.00

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41. A rectangular block of steel has dimensions of 5 50. If the average or arithmetic mean of x and -5 is 10,
meters x 10 meters x 15 meters and weights 1000N. then what must be the value of x?
How should this block be placed on a surface to exert A. 15 C. 25
the least pressure on the surface? B. 30 D. 20
A. On the 5 meters by 10 meters side.
B. On the 5 meters by 15 meters side. 51. Simplify: {(3x – 12) / (3x)} divided by (x- 4)
C. All sides have equal pressure. A. 3X C. X – 4
D. On 10 meters by 15 meters side. B. X D. 1/x

42. A map is drawn to scale such that 1.5 cm on the map 52. What is the next term of the series 8, 9, 12, 17, 24..
corresponds to 75 km in actual distance. How many A. 41 C. 35
cm. on the Map would represent the `distance B. 33 D. 30
between the two towns which are 270 km apart?
A. 2.7 cm C. 3.6 cm 53. The average of four numbers 28. If the three numbers
B. 1.8 cm D. 5.4 cm are 18, 28 and 36, what is the fourth number?
A. 29 C. 30
43. Which of these statements is always TRUE? B. 48 D. 40
A. The sum of 3 consecutive pages of a book is
always odd. 54. Ana is 2 years older than Jo the sum of their ages is
B. The sum of two square numbers CANNOT be 26. How old is Anna?
odd. A. 12 C. 14
C. The sum of page number of the two consecutive B. 16 D. 18
pages of a book is even
D. The sum of 5 consecutive numbers is always 55. Which of the following length is the longest?
divisible by 5. A. 555 cm C. 5.5m
B. 0.005 km D. 5555 mm
44. The readings on a water meter in April and May are
417.8kl. If there is a basic charge of 23 pesos and the 56. If 3 times a number is increased by 22, the result is 14
cost per kl is 20 pesos, how much is the billing for less than 7 times the number.
water consumption between the two months? A. 7 C. 8
A. P2520 C. P272 B. 9 D. 10
B. P2543 D. P275
57. What number subtracted from each 71 and 58 will
45. The arithmetic mean of a set of 50 numbers is 38. If result in two perfect squares?
two numbers, 45 and 55, are discarded, the mean of A. 33 C. 22
the remaining set of numbers is B. 35 D. 42
A. 36.5 C. 37. 24
B. 37.0 D. 37.5 58. Find the greatest common divisor of 24, 45, 5
A. 1 C. 45
46. Find the GREATEST common divisors of 18, 45, 6. B. 24 D. 2
A. 6 C. 45
B. 18 D. 3 59. The grades in Mathematics of student A are as follows:
80, 75, 60, 95, and 100. What is the range of their
47. Find the least common multiple of 12, 10, 9. group?
A. 280 C. 180 A. 80 – 95 C. 60 – 95
B. 160 D. 360 B. B. 70 – 100 D. 60 - 100

48. A Toyota car travelling at a rate of 70 km per hour 60. In how many ways can 5 girls be seated in a row of 5
leaves the house 2 hours after kia car has left and seats?
overtakes. In 5 hours at what rate was the kia car A. 100 C. 105
travelling? B. 120 D. 95
A. 30 kilometers per hour
B. 50 kilometers per hour 61. How much was borrowed if the interest at 8% after 3
C. 20 kilometers per hour months is P 6,000.00?
D. 40 kilometers per hour A. P 150,00.00 C. P 250,00.00
B. P 300,000.00 D. P 200,000.00
49. Mrs. Santos borrowed from a friend Php 50,000.00 at
5% interest per month. How much will she pay after a 62. A regular solid where length, width and height are
year? equal is
A. Php 80, 000.00 C. Php 150,000.00 A. Cube C. circle
B. Php 100,000.00 D. Php 130, 000.00 B. sphere D. cone

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63. What is the least common multiple of 12 and 60? 76. The edge of a rectangular solid have these measures:
A. 360 C. 120 1.5 ft x ½ ft x 3 inches. What is its volume in cubic
B. 140 D. 340 inches?
A. 225 C. 324
64. The Greatest Common Factor of 12 and 42? B. 272 D. 27
A. 2 C. 4
B. 6 D. 12 77. Mark divides his day into leisure, sleep, and work in
the ratio 1:2:3. How many hours does he spend for
65. Find the least common multiple of 8, 6, 3 work?
A. 96 C. 24 A. 4hr C. 10hr
B. 48 D. 72 B. 8hr D. 12hr

66. Two consecutive numbers have a sum of 102. What 78. What is the value of the function of f (x) = x2 - 3x + 4 if
are the numbers? x=-5
A. 53 and 54 C. 50 and 52 A. – 6 C. 14
B. 60 and 61 D. 48 and 50 B. – 5 D. 44

67. What is the amount due at the end of 3 years if P 15, 79. Determine the midpoint of the line segment joining the
000.00 is invested at 10% annual simple interest? points (7, -3) and (-1, 6).
A. P 19, 500.00 C. P 21, 000.00 A. (2, 3/2) C. (3, 3/2)
B. P 20, 500.00 D. P 18, 000.00 B. (2, -3/2) D. (1, 5/2)

68. The product of 18 an integer is 1836, the integer is 80. An online shop sells a certain calculator for P950 and
_____. charges P 150 for shipping within Manila, regardless
A. 836 C. 102 of the number of calculators ordered. Which of the
B. 324 D. 204 following equations shows the total cost (y) of an order
as a function of the number of calculators ordered (x)?
69. Simplify: x – 3y(x-8y) – (-6xy + 7x) A. y = (950 + 150) x C. y = 950y + 150
A. – 6X + 3xy + 24y2 C. 6x – 3xy – 24y2 B. X = 950y + 150 D. y = 950x +150
B. B. – 6x + 3xy D. -6X – 3xy

70. Marco has two sticks of lengths 9 cm and 12 cm. He

needs a third stick to form a right triangle. What could
be the length of the third stick?
A. 12 cm C. 13 cm
B. 14 cm D. 15 cm

71. How many vertices does a rectangular solid have?

A. 6 C. 4
B. 12 D. 8

72. In an English test, eight students obtained the

following scores: 12, 10, 13, 11, 15, 20, 19, 17. What
is the median score?
A. 15.5 C. 16.5
B. 14 D. 17

73. A card is picked at random from an ordinary deck of

cards. Find the probability of picking a black ace.
A. ½ C. 1/13
B. ¼ D. 1/26

74. If 3 painters can finish the job in 7 hours, how long

does it take for 2 painters to finish the same job?
A. 5.67 hours C. 8.5 hours
B. 4.67 hours D. 10.5 hours

75. Mrs. Salas bought 6 meters of wire for P20. How

much will 9 meters of wire cost?
A. P 15 C. P 25
B. P 20 D. 30

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