MATHEMATICS PROFICIENCY

(60 items – 1 hour and 15 minutes)

Directions: This is a test of your ability to think out solutions to quantitative problems. Solve each problem
carefully then decide which the best answer among the choices is. Blacken the circle it corresponds to after the
appropriate item number on your answer sheet.

1. What is 30% of the number if 20% of the same number is 12?

(A) 15
(B) 18
(C) 20
(D) 24
2. Calculate: 201820182018 2018 = ?
(A) 111000000
(B) 100100001
(C) 100001001
(D) 100010001
[ { ( )} ]
3. Evaluate:
(A) 64
(B) 16
(C) 12
(D) 4
4. Find the number of terms in the series: 14 + 21 + 28 + 35 + … + 6 286 + 6 293.
(A) 897
(B) 898
(C) 899
(D) 900
5. Evaluate: ( ) ( ) ( )
(A) 50
(B) 75
(C) 125
(D) 150
6. Examine a, b and c, and find the correct relationship between them.
(A) 40% of 60 (B) 30% of 80 (C) 20% of 240
(A) 2A = B
(B) A = C B
(C) A + C = B
(D) A + B = C
7. Germaine drove 8 miles west, 6 miles north, 3 miles east, and 6 more miles north. How many miles
apart was he from his stating point?
(A) 13
(B) 19
(C) 21
(D) 24
8. Which of the following is a function?
(A)
(B) | | | |
(C) | |
(D) | |
9. The coordinate x is twice as far from -9 as it is from 3, which of the following equations would not
determine a possible value of x?
(A) ( )
(B) ( ) ( )
(C) ( )
(D) ( ) ( )
10. In the figure, the center of the circle has coordinates (2, 2). What is the area of the shaded portion of the
figure, in square units?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D) 16 – 4
11. Solve the inequality:

| |
(A) ( ) ( )
(B) 3, 15]
(C) ( ] )
(D) (–3, 15)
12. What is the sum of the interior angles of the polygon with 20 sides?
(A) 3 060
(B) 3 240
(C) 3 420
(D) 3 600
13. Find the area of the irregular hexagon ABCDEF.
(A) 90 sq. units
(B) 98 sq. units
(C) 100 sq. units
(D) 110 sq. units
14. A Math teacher combines Grade 11 and Grade 12 students for a group activity. The Grade 11 class has
15 students while the Grade 12 class has 21 students. The teacher wants to divide groups into group of
same size. Each group must have the same number of Grade 11 and Grade 12 students. At least, how
many groups they must have?
(A) 3
(B) 6
(C) 9
(D) 12
15. A certain liquid was cooled and its temperature was taken every minute.
Time in Minutes (t) 0 1 2 3 4
Temperature in C (T) 54 51 48 45 42
What is the equation of the function?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
16. What is the surface area of the largest sphere that can be placed inside a 5-cm tall cylinder with volume
of 20 cubic cm?
(A) sq. cm
(B) sq. cm
(C) 16 sq. cm
(D) sq. cm
17. In Barangay Stemwan, there are 15 rows of houses in a complex. In the first row, there are 3 houses, the
second row has 5 houses, and the third row has 7 houses. If this pattern continues, how many houses are
there in the subdivision?
(A) 245
(B) 255
(C) 270
(D) 280
18. The centers of two circular pulleys are 20 cm apart and each pulley has a diameter of 10 cm. What is the
length of the belt around them?
(A)
(B)
(C) 20 +
(D)
19. How many liters of water must be added to 500 mL of a 40% alcohol solution to reduce it to a 25%
alcohol solution?
(A) 240
(B) 300
(C) 360
(D) 420
20. Perform the indicated operation:
( ) ( )

(A)
(B)
(C) 2
(D) -2
21. The area of quadrilateral EFGH is 150 cm2. ̅̅̅̅ is the perpendicular bisector of ̅̅̅̅ If ̅̅̅̅ cm, find
the area of the rectangle ABCD.
(A) 150 cm2
(B) 300 cm2
(C) 450 cm2
(D) 700 cm2
22. Three circles are tangent to each other and their centers are collinear as shown. Find the area of the
shaded region if the radius of the larger circle is 2 units.
(A) sq. units
(B) sq. units
(C) 3 sq. units
(D) 4 sq. units
23. In how many ways can 4 math books, 3 science books, and 2 history books be arranged so that books of
the same subject are always together?
(A) 144
(B) 288
(C) 432
(D) 864
24. Zarah requires 5 hours of steady work to paint the ceiling of a small house but her sibling requires 7
hours to finish the job. Zarah started painting at 8:00 am and was joined by her sibling an hour later. The
two worked together for a while until Zarah was called away. If her sibling, working alone, took two
hours to complete the task, how long did the two actually work together?
(A) 9:45 am
(B) 9:30 am
(C) 9:15 am
(D) 9:00 am
25. If ̅̅̅̅ , ̅̅̅̅ = 4 and ̅̅̅̅ = 4x + 2, find ̅̅̅̅ .
(A) 10
(B) 18
(C) 24
(D) 28
26. Kenello, a hardworking student, observes the number of minutes he spends on solving 5 unusual
mathematics problems with the following results:
15 5 14 15 9 18 5 16 7 5

What is the median of the data set?

(A) 5
(B) 7
(C) 9
(D) None of these
27. When y is equal to 1, 2, 3, or 4, the expression results to a prime number. What is the least
positive integer that will not yield a prime number in the formula?
(A) 7
(B) 11
(C) 13
(D) 16
28. A square paper is folded in half horizontally, and then folded again in the same manner. If the resulting
figure has a perimeter of 75 cm, what is the area of the unfolded square?
(A) 30 cm2
(B) 144 cm2
(C) 225 cm2
(D) 900 cm2
29. What is the sum of all the three-digit numbers that can be formed from the digits 1, 2, and 3 if each digit
is only used once?
(A) 1232
(B) 1332
(C) 1322
(D) 1222
30. If p varies inversely as twice the cube root of q, what is the effect on p on changing q to 64 times its
original value?
(A) Pnew is four times the original value of p.
(B) Pnew is twice the original value of p.
(C) Pnew is one-half of the original value of p.
(D) Pnew is one-fourth of the original value of p.
31. ̅̅̅̅ is the altitude of . ̅̅̅̅ √ and ̅̅̅̅ √ . Determine the measure of ̅̅̅̅ .
(A) √
(B) 10
(C) √
(D) 16
32. Which exponential is the highest?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
33. In which of the following can the 5’s be cancelled out without changing the value of the expression?
(A)
(B)

(C)

(D)
 √
34. Which of the following is true about ( )
(A) P is in the unit circle.
(B) P is on the unit circle.
(C) P is outside the unit circle.
(D) P is at the center of the unit circle.
35. The graph of ( ) ( ) ( ) is a parabola that opens upwards for which
value(s) of a?
(A) ( ) ( )
(B) ( ) ( )
(C) ( ) ( )
(D) ( ) ( )
36. A 2 by 2 by 2 cube is painted blue and cut into 8 unit cubes. What fractional part of the surface area of
the resulting unit cube is painted?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
37. The following points are joined: ( )( ) ( ) ( ). All of the following correctly
describe the result except:
(A) The line formed bisects the right angle formed by the coordinates of the axes.
(B) Any point on the line formed is equidistant from the x-axis and the y-axis.
(C) The line formed is parallel to the x-axis.
(D) The line formed passes through the origin.
38. Identify the quadratic function whose graph is shown.
(A) ( )
(B) ( )
(C) ( )
(D) ( )

39. Determine the x-intercept of the line that passes through (-6, 2) and (3, -5).
(A) -66
(B)
(C)
(D)
40. Find the equation of a line that passes through (5, 4) and is parallel to .
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
41. Find the values of k for which the equation has two real roots.
(A)
(B)
(C) or
(D)
42. The diagonals of a square intersect at the origin. If one of the vertices of the square is ( ), how long
is the diagonal of the square?
(A) √
(B) √
(C) √
(D) √
43. Which of the following pairs of equations will be represented by lines perpendicular to each other?
(A) {

(B) {

(C) {

(D) {
44. Two trains, A and B, started simultaneously from opposite ends of a 100-km route and traveled toward
each other on parallel tracks. Train A, traveling at a constant rate, completed the 100-km trip in 5 hours;
train B, traveling also at a constant rate, completed the 100-km trip in 3 hours. How many kilometers
had Train A traveled when it met Train B?
(A) 37.5
(B) 48
(C) 64
(D) 77.5
45. In the figure shown, ̅̅̅̅ is a radius of circle S. Which of the following triangles has the greatest area?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
46. Based on the figure, which of the following statements must be true?
I. w=a
II. y + b = 180
III. x + d = 180

(A) II only
(B) I and II only
(C) II and III only
(D) I, II and III
47. A square piece of land is divided into 9 smaller square lots. The shaded portion is a railroad right-of-
way. If the area of the shaded portion of the figure is 5 square miles, what is the area, in square miles, of
the entire piece of land?
(A) 18
(B) 27
(C) 36
(D) 45
48. Which of the following is true for the equation
(A) There are two unequal real roots.
(B) There is a double root.
(C) There is no real solution.
(D) There are two positive real roots.
49. In how many ways can the letters of the word PEWDIEPIE be arranged?
(A) 23 240
(B) 46 480
(C) 69 720
(D) 92 960
50. In the figure, is a rectangle enclosing 2 circles. Each circle has the same radius with centers A and
B, respectively. What is the length of ̅̅̅̅ if the area of rectangle is 54 square units?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
51. If Albert obtained 99 percentile in the UPCAT, this means that ________.
(A) he answered 99% of the items given in the UPCAT correctly
(B) he answered 99% of the items in the UPCAT that the norm could not answer correctly
(C) 99% of those who took the UPCAT scored higher than he did
(D) 99% of those who took the UPCAT scored lower than he did
52. is a right triangle, and ̅̅̅̅ is altitude to the hypotenuse ̅̅̅̅ . If ̅̅̅̅ = 4 cm and ̅̅̅̅ = 16 cm,
determine the area of the shaded region, in square cm.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
53. Sorted numbers are positive integers, with two or more digits, such that the digits from left to right are
strictly in increasing order. 69, 123, and 479 are examples of sorted numbers but 22, 143 and 334 are
not. If the sorted numbers are listed in increasing order, what is the 64th sorted number?
(A) 149
(B) 169
(C) 189
(D) 239
54. If the letters of the word MONKEY are arranged alphabetically to form words (meaningful or
meaningless), on what rank would the word MONKEY appear?
(A) 305th
(B) 306th
(C) 315th
(D) 316th
55. DM went to a mall to buy school supplies she needed for the entire school year. She bought three types
of school supplies: notebooks, pencils and erasers. All she bought except 18 are notebooks. All she
bought except 21 are pencils, and all she bought except 19 are erasers. How many notebooks did she
buy?
(A) 8
(B) 9
(C) 10
(D) 11
56. A certain substance doubles its volume every minute. At 9:00 AM, a small amount was placed in a
container and at 10:00 AM, the container was filled up. The time at which the container was one-half
full was:
(A) 9:15 AM
(B) 9:30 AM
(C) 9:55 AM
(D) 9:59 AM
57. Olfu wants to make a bracelet, composed of beads, for her friend Fcpu. If she has blue, yellow, red,
orange, and green beads, in how many ways can the beads be arranged in the bracelet?
(A) 3
(B) 6
(C) 9
(D) 12
58. For a quick estimate of Centigrade temperature, Irish gets one half the difference of the temperature in
Fahrenheit and 30. For what Fahrenheit temperature does Irish’s method yield the correct result?
(A) 50
(B) 58
(C) 90
(D) 100
59. Each number in the pyramid is the sum of two numbers immediately below it. Find the value of x + y.
(A) 8
(B) 9
(C) 10
(D) 15
√
60. Determine √
(A) Undefined
(B) 0
(C) 1
(D) -1