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EXAM DRILL MATH I

October 2015
DIRECTIONS: This is a test of your ability to
think out solutions to quantitative problems in
Mathematics. Analyze and solve each problem
carefully. Determine the correct answer from the
four choices a,b,c,d.
1. Find the sum: 299 + 943 + 398 + 101
a. 1,531 b. 1,641 c. 1,741 d. 122, 222
2. If 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10 = 55, then
11+12+13+14+15+16+17+18+19+20=
a. 65
b. 155
c. 125
d. 550
3. If 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10 = 55, then
101+102+103+104+105+106+107+108+10
9+110 =
a. 1,055
c. 1,075
b. 1,065
d. 5,500
4. Evaluate: { 16 (24 - 8) + 22 x 8 -8 }
a. 40
b. 48
c. 64
d. 168
5. If 23+28+37+x+53 = 168 and
23+28+40+y+50 = 120. Find the value of x
y?
a. 36
b. 48
c. 56
d. 64
6. Find the product: 800 x 125.
a. 925
c. 10,000
b. 1000
d. 100,000
7. Find the quotient: 8000 125.
a. 48
b. 64
c. 80
d. 88
8. what is the remainder when 192 888 is
divided by 8?
a. 0
b. 4
c. 8
d. 24 111
9. Rounding 299 943 to the nearest thousands
the result is
a. 299 940
c. 299 900
b. 299 000
d. 300 000
10. 398.101 is read as
a. Three hundred ninety eight, one hundred
one
b. Three hundred ninety eight and one
hundred one
c. Three hundred ninety eight and one
hundred one hundredths
d. Three hundred ninety eight and one
hundred one thousandths
11. A number is divisible by 8 if its last three
digits is divisible by 8. Which of the following
numbers is divisible by 8?
a. 9 208
c. 88 254
b. 6 236
d. 8 886
12. Which of the following statements is true?
a. If a number is divisble by 5, the it is
divisble by 10
b. If a number is divisible by 10, then it
is divisible by 5
c. If a number is divisible by 3, then it is
divisible by 6
d. If a number is divisible by 4, then it is
divisible by 8.
13. Simplify:

1
1
( 12884 ) + ( 12884 ) (12884 )
2
2

a. 0
b. 20
14. Simplify:

33

c. 44

d. 64

1
1
4
of 48+ 12 of 9644 of 27
3
2
9

a. 12

b. 16

15. Reduce

a.

7
11

b.

3
31

c.

3
13

d.

7
13

c. 24

231
its lowest terms.
1001

d. 48

16. Which of the following is true?

a. 16 > 8
b.

8 1
=
64 4

c. 54 9 8 54
d.

9
1
=
117 17

17. Find the value of x:

x=

3
5
( 72 ) + ( 35 )
8
7

a. 27
b. 36
c. 45
d. 52
18. What is 25% of 228?
a. 54
b. 57
c. 54
d. 912
19. 228 is 25% of what number?
a. 52
b. 57
c. 54
d. 912
20. 168 is what percent of 672?
a. 25% b. 50%
c. 400%
d. 80%
21. Evaluate: 123 x 0.1 + 123 x 0.01 + 123 x
0.001.
a. 13.653
c. 1 356.3
b. 135.53
d. 13 563

22. Find

1
of 16.
4

a. 7

b. 16

23. Evaluate:

a.

b.

c.

d.

3
16

3
8

5
8

7
8

c. 39

1 1 1
1+ + + = ?
2 4 8

d. 52

24. Find the value of x in the equation 3x+7 = 28

a. {7} b. {-7}
c. {7}
d. {4}
25. Which of the following has the greatest value?

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b.

c.

d.

6
8
( 2)
( 2)
8/
6
8
( 2)
( 2)
16/
6
8
( 2)
( 3)
1/
6
8
( 3)
( 4 )
168 /

26. Which of the following cannot yield an odd

integer when divided by 10?
a. The sum of two odd integers
b. The product of a prime number and an
odd integer
c. The product of two odd integers
d. The sum of three consecutive integers
27. If 8x + 12 + 24, what is the value of 24x +
36?
a. 4
b. 6
c. 8
d. 72
28. If a positive integer m is divided by both 3
and 8, then m must also be divisible by
a. 10
b. 18
c. 24
d. 60
29. If positive integers m and n are not both odd,
which of the following is always true?
a. m + n is even
c. m n cannot be odd
b. mn is even
d. m + n 1 is odd
30. find the avergae temperature change for the
12-day period. Temperature change in degree
celsuis: 2.6, 3.8, 7.0, 4.5, 7.9, 5.0, 8.1, 4.4,
5.3, 6.4, 5.2.
a. 4.8
b. 4.9
c. 5.2
d. 5.4
31. Find the set of all odd numbers x satisfying
the conditions 5 x 4 0 and 3x 7 0.
a.

{ x x 1}

b. {1}
c.

{ x x R}

d. { }
32. State the property illustrated. If 8 (6) + 4 =
48 + 4 and 48 + 4 = 52 then 8(6) + 4 = 52
a. Distributive property of multiplication over
addition
b. Commutative property of addition
c. Associative property
d. Trasitive property of equality
33. If 8 less than the product of a number and -3
is greater than 7, which of the following could
be that number?
a. -6
b. -5
c. 5
d. 6
34. The difference between 8 times a number and
7 is 231. Find the number.
a. 31
b. 37
c. 48
d. 1 984

35. Four times the perimeter of a parking lot is 16

less than 2 000 meters. What is the perimeter
of the lot?
a. 496 m
c. 992 m
b. 504 m
d. 1 008 m
36. The amount of last months telephone bill,
decreased by the product of 3 and P 30.00
equals P 1 319.50. Find the amount of the
bill.
a. P 1 229.50
c. P 1 310.50
b. P 1 289.50
d. P 1 409.50
37. Eighteen less than seven times the number of
sandwiches is 269. How many sandwiches are
there?
a. 32
b. 41
c. 44
d. 45
38. A house and lot are sold for P 14 M. The
house costs 1.5 times as much as the lot.
How much does the lot costs?
a. P 5.6 M
c. P 10.5 M
b. P 8.4 M
d. P 21 M
39. The sale price of a television set is P 7 200.
The discount rate is 40%. Find its regular
price.
a. P 4 320
c. P 6 800
b. P 12 000
d. P 10 000
40. The lengths of the sides of a traingle can be
represented by three consecutive integers.
The perimeter of the traingle is 96 cm. Find
the length of the longest side of the triangle.
a. 28
b. 32
c. 33
d. 36
41. The length of a rectangle is 8 meters more
than twice its width. The perimeter is 112
meters. Find its area.
a. 16m
b. 24m
c.

28 m2

d.

640 m2

42. Paula is twice as old as Queenie. Seven years

ago the sum of their ages was 16. How old is
Queenie now?
a. 8
b. 10
c. 16
d. 20
43. For what value of x will x be the average of
2,4x,6,8,10?
a. 4
b. 12
c. 26
d. 39
44. How many integers between 197 and 303 are
divisible by 4 or 10?
a. 25
b. 26
c. 31
d. 37
45. A patient must take his medication every 7
hours starting at 7:00 A.M., Sunday. On what
day will the patient first receive his
medication at 8 A.M.?
a. Sunday
c. Thursday
b. Wednesday
d. Tuesday
46. 1/3, 2/3, 1 1/3, 2 2/3, 5 1/3, _____
a. 12 1/3
c. 6 2/3
b. 10 2/3
d. 15 1/3
47. 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, _____
a. 39
b. 35
c. 42
d. 37
48. 2, 6,
12, 20, 30, _____
a. 42
b. 40
c. 38
d. 46
49. 729, 243, 81, 27, 9, _____
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
50. 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, _____
a. 28
b. 24
c. 33
d. 30
51. Eighteen bus loads of 56 students each went
to join the Frienship Day Celebration. One
hundred seventy-four did not go. How many
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b. 1282
c. 1182
d. 160
52. Toyota averages 8 km per liter of fuel. Ferrari
averages 12 km per liter of fuel. If the price
of fuel is P10.00 per liter. How much less
would a 600 km. trip cost for car Ferrari that
car Toyota?
a. P600
b. P250 c. P500
d. P750
53. A jeep travels 240 km. at 60 kph and then
returns at 40 kph. What is the average speed
in kilometer per hour for the round trip?
a. 49
b. 50
c. 52
d. 48
54. At Jose Street, there are 8 town houses and
52 private individual homes. What is the ratio
of town houses to private individual homes?
a. 2:13
b. 1:13
c. 2:27
d. 4:13
55. Bebe bakes a batch of cookies. A batch of her
cookies is 20. She eats one quarter of this
first batch. She then cooks another 2 batches.
How many cookies does she now have?
a. 55 cookies
c. 67 cookies
b. 104 cookies
d. 30 cookies
56. Aiana was 108 months old exactly. How many
years old was she?
a. 13 years old
c. 9 years old
b. 8 years old
d. 12 years old
57. If Jerry solves word problems at a rate of 10
problems every 20 minutes, how many
minutes will it take him to finish 60 problems?
a. 240
b. 120
c. 150
d. 60
58. The sum of two numbers is 8. The difference
between 18 and twice the first number is two
less than four times the second. What is the
larger number?
a. 5
b. 11
c. 6
d. 4
59. A signature wallet is sold for P680 while
marked at P800. What was the rate of the
discount?
a. 12%
b. 20%
c. 25%
d. 15%
60. Mang Nitoy decided to keep a record of the
money he collects from his newspaper route.
Using the information given, how much
money does Mang Nitoy collect in the month
of February? (note: Assume that February has
28 days and that February 1 was on a
Sunday.)
Delivery
Weekly Rate
Number of
Customers
Daily Except
P42
75
Sunday
Sunday Only
P10
60
All Week (daily P52
120
and Sunday)
a. P49,950
c. P39,600
b. P39,960
d. P19,980
61. Mr. Perez bought a P5,000.00 refrigerator on
installment basis. He paid 25% as down
payment. How much will he be paying
monthly for 12 months?
a. P300.00
d. P312.50
b. P315.00
e. none
c. P350.50
62. Which of the following is equal to 1 ?
a. 1/0
c. 1x0
e. none of these
b. 0.01
d. 0/0
63. The population of the present time is 20%
less than the previous population. If the
present population is 4, 000. What is the
previous population?

a. 5, 000
c. 5, 800
e. 5, 200
b. 4, 200
d. 8,000
64. Mang Romy can climb a coconut tree at the
rate of 10ft. per minute and return at 20 ft.
per minute. If it took him 3 minutes to climb
and return. What is the height of the coconut?
a. 25ft.
c. 15ft.
e. 18ft.
b. 10ft.
d. 20ft.
65. The formula for covering Fahrenheit
thermometer reading to centigrade reading is
C=5/9 (F-32). What is the equivalent of 95
degrees Fahrenheit?
a. 45
b. 40 c. 35 d. 30
e. 25
66. 900 x .09 = ______
a. 0.81
b. 81
c. 8.1
d. 81
67. 0.25+0.25+0.25+0.25 = ______
0.25
a. 4
b. 0.04
c. 0.75
d. 7.5
68. Change 13 3/7 to an improper fraction.
a. 39/7
b. 94/7
c. 273/7
d. 91/7
69. 8 inches is what part of a foot?
a. 2/3
b. 5/6
c. 4/5
d. 7/12
70. Mr. Salvacion inherited 5/8 of his fathers
estate. He sold 2/5 of his share. What part of
the entire estate did he sell?
a. 2/5
b. 3/8
c. 1/2
d. 1/4
71. Write 7.5% as a fraction.
a. 3/40
b. 3/4000 c. 3/4
d. 3/400
72. If an article priced at P 99.80 is subjected to
a 10% VAT, what would be the total amount
to be paid for the article?
a. P109.78
c. P110.78
b. P109.80
d. P89.82
73. There are 9 male teachers for every 14
females teachers. If there are 69 teachers in
all, how many teachers are female?
a. 39
b. 42
c. 27
d. 18
74. Mrs. Garcia pays P1,530 for a dress at 15%
discount. How much is the marked price?
a. P1,600
c. P1,800
b. P1,750
d. P1,600
75. The rectangle shown in the figure is divided
into 6 equal squares. If the perimeter of the
rectangle is 42 cm, what is the area of each
square in cm2?

a. 12

b. 15

c. 6

d. 9

76. Write 3.4% as a fraction.

a. 3.4/100
c. 0.34/100 e. 34/100
b. 3.4/1000
d. 0.34/100
77. Write % as a decimal.
a. 0.75
c. 0.0075
e. 7.5
b. 0.075
d. 0.00075
78. What is the average of 0.6, 6.6,
0.4,
and 2.4?
a. 1
b. 10
c. 2
d. 2
e. 12
79. P25.00 is 20% of what?
a. P1,250.00
d. P120.00
b. P125.00
e. P500.00
c. P128.50
80. 12 is 125% of what number?

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82.
83.

84.
85.

86.

a. 9.6
c. 9
e. 8.6
b. 8
d. 10
What percent of 16 is 40?
a. 2.5%
c. 1/4
e. 25%
b. 2500%
d. 250%
3 is 6% of a certain number. What is the
number?
a. 50
b. 53
c. 48
d. 18
e. 24
One tenth is what part of three-fourths?
a. 3/40
c. 40/3
e.
2/15
b. 1/8
d. 15/2
What is the ratio of to 3/5?
a. 1:3
c. 5:4
e. 5:12
b. 3:20
d. 3:4
Change the following percents to decimal:
28%, 4.5%, 3%, and 25.5%.
a. .28, .045, 0.03, .255
b. .28, .45, .003, .025
c. .28, .045, .03, .025
d. .28, .0045, .035, .255
The value of the expression 3xy + 5y + 7
when x = 2 and y = 3 is:
a. 34
b. 40
c. 36
d. 42

87. Change the following percents to decimals:

23%, 5%, 3%, 3.5%
a. 023, 5.00, 3.0, 03.5
b. .23, 0.05, 0.03, 0.035
c. 2.3, 500, 0.30, 30.5
d. .23, 50, 30, 3.05
88. Which of the following is the numerical form
for twenty thousand twenty?
a. 20,000,20
c. 2,000,020
b. 2,020
d. 20,020
89. Which of the following gives the sum of the
polynomials (a2 + b2 + ab) and (3a2 +
4ab+2b2)?
a. 5a2 + 5b2 + 5ab
c. 4a2 + b2 + 5ab
2
2
b. 3a + 5ab 2b
d. 4a2 + 5ab + b2
90. How many twenty thousands are there in one
million?
a. 100
b. 500
c. 1000
d. 50
91. What is the range of the following:

86,70,83,90,85,78,79,81,87.
a. 16
b. 20
c. 12
d. 15
92. Which of the following will give the same
value as a (b + c d)?
a. ab-ac+ad
c. ab+ac-ad
b. abc-d
d. abcd
93. If 50% of x is 20, what is 30% of x?
b. 30
b. 12
c. 20
d. 16
94. 40% of 35 is what percent of 140?
a. 28%
b. 29%
c. 10%
d. 14%
95. The edges of a rectangular solid have these
measures; 1.5 feet x feet by 3 inches. What
is its volume in cubic inches?
a. 324 cu. in.
c. 225 cu. in
b. 272 cu. in
d. 27 cu. in.
96. In a math glass of 14 students, 9 students
have an average of 76, while the other 5
students had an average of 90. What is the
average of the whole class?
a. 79
b. 88
c. 81
d. 85
97. A 737-model jet plane has 29 rows with 5
seats per row, except for the last three rows
which had 3 seats each. What is the seating
capacity of the lane?
a. 144
b. 145
c. 139
d. 142
98. Aling Joana spent P91.80 for ingredients and
fuel to cook ginataan, She was able to sell
what she cooked to 32 customers who paid
P4.50 each. How much did she gain from her
enterprise?
a. 14.40 b. 42.20
c. 28.40
d. 52.20
99. A bag marked P 240.00 was put on sale at a
25% discount. Because no one bought it, its
sale price was reduced further by 10%. What
is the combined percent discount given?
a. 27
b. 32.5
c. 16.2
d. 35
100. In a certain school, the ratio of boys to girls
is 3 to 7. If there are 150 boys and girls in
the school, how may boys are there?
a. 45
b. 90
c. 105
d. 75

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