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1. A square hole of side 2” is cut through a 4” diameter log. The

axis of the hole intersects the axis of the log at right angles.
Find the volume of wood cut out.
a. 21.90 in3 c. 19.72 in3
b. 23.54 in3 d. 15.31 in3

2. If the edge of a cube is increased by 30% by how much is

the surface area increased?
a. 63% c. 65%
b. 69% d. 67%

3. What is the area of the zone of a spherical segment having

a volume of 1470.265 m3 if the diameter of the sphere is 30m.
a. 659.73 m2 c. 848.23 m2
b. 565.49 m2 d. 753.98 m

4. How far from a vertex is the opposite face of regular

tetrahedron having an edge of 50cm.
a. 35.69 cm c. 38.70 cm
b. 32.19 cm d. 40.82 cm

5. If P is a point chosen inside a rectangle ABCD then, AP=5,

BP=7, and CP=8, determine the value of DP.
a. 6.32 c. 7.36
b. 5.48 d. 4.78
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6. Simplify;
(2019)(2018)
a. 3 c. 5
b. 4 d. 6

7. Express the the expansion of (2+3i)7 in algebraic form.

a. 6554-4449i c. 6951-4394i
b. 6951+4394i d. 6554+4449i

8. The sum of the squares of the diagonals of a parallelogram is …...

the sum of the squares of all side.
a. equal to c. half
b. twice d. thrice

9. The area of the segment of a circle is 25% that of the

circle find the central angle of the segments.
a. 105.29° c. 126.06°
b 119.67° d. 132.35°

10. A spherical balloon is filled with air at a rate of 1m3/sec

compute the time rate of change of the surface area of the
balloon at the instant the balloon’s volume is 113.1m3.
a. 0.67 m2/sec c. 3.0m2/sec
b. 2
1.70m /sec d. 3.1m2/sec

11. The arithmetic mean of two numbers is 4, while the

Geometric mean is 6. Find the cube of the harmonic mean.
a. 216 c. 512
b. 343 d. 729
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12. There are two types of questions in an examination, type A

worth 10 points each and type B worth 15 points each. It takes
3 minutes to answer each item of type A and 6 minutes each
item of type B. there are 16 question in exam good for 1hour.
Find the maximum score in the exam.
a. 180 c. 190
b. 185 d. 200

13. A curve has the equation y=sin(x). in comparison to this

curve, which of the following has twice the amplitude and half
 the period.
a. y=0.5sin(2x) c. y=2sin(2x)
b. y=2sin(x) d. y=0.5sin(x)

14. Angle C=90° in right spherical triangle ABC. If c=80°`, and

a=50°, find b.
a. 75.44° c. 73.22°
b. 74.33° d. 76.55°

15. The area of parallelogram is 130 m2, perimeter=56, and angle of

intersection of the diagonals is 49°. Find the shorter side.
a. 8.46 m c. 9.96 m
b. 7.91 m d. 9.07 m

16. The difference between the areas of square and equilateral

triangle is 18.65m2. If their perimeters are equal find the sum of
their areas.
a. 165.04 m2 c. 143.38 m2
b. 156.70 m2 d. 129.21 m2

17. Find the 2nd eccentricity of the ellipse 16x2+25y2=400.

a. 0.60 c. 1.33
b. 0.75 d. 1.67

18. The moist unit weight of the soil is 19.20Kn/m3.given that Gs=2.69
and water content is 9.8%. Determine the degree of saturation.
a. 51.89% c. 56.45%
b. 53.64% d. 54.66%

19. Two sides of a triangle measure 16 m and 51 m. it’s A=234.32 m2.

Find its perimeter.
a. 106 m c. 119 m
b. 112 m d. 125 m

20 A piece of wire is 72 m long is cut into two unequal parts. Each

part is square having a total area of 164 m2. Find the difference in
length of the two parts.
a. 10.0 m c. 9.0 m
b. 12.0 m d. 8.0 m
21. Two sides of a parallelogram are 68 cm and 83 cm and one of
the diagonals is 42 cm. determine the largest interior angle.
a. 156.58° c. 149.73°
b. 162.38° d. 138.57°
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22. The area of ellipse is 104 m2 and its perimeter is 67.82 m. Find
the length of the minor axis.
a. 13.0 m c. 18.0 m
b. 26.0 m d. 16.0 m

23. A conical buoy has top base diameter of 1.20 m and a height of
2.0 m. it is submerged in water with a draft of 1.50 m. Find the
volume submerged.
a. 0.3181 m3 c. 0.2318 m3
3
b. 0.0118 m d. 0.1381 m3

24. Find the volume of the spherical wedges having a radius of 2.0 m
and a central angle of 1.25 radians.
a. 6.67 m3 c. 7.67 m3
b. 5.67 m3 d. 4.67 m3

25. The base diameter of a certain solid is 40 m. Find the volume of

solid if every cutting plane perpendicular to a given diameter is a
square.
a. 43,333.36 m3 c. 42,666.67 m3
3
b. 42,333.33 m d. 43,666.67 m3

26. The area of a parabola having a base width of 10 cm and a height

of 27 cm is
 a. 210 cm2 c. 270 cm2
b. 150 cm2 d. 180 cm2

27. A swimming pool is constructed in the shape of two intersecting

Identical circles having a radius of 9.0 m. Find the perimeter of the
swimming pool.
a. 75.40 m c. 74.30 m
b. 76.80 m d. 73.90 m

28. A regular hexagon has a sides measuring h. Find the area of

regular hexagon that can be inscribe in a regular hexagon.
a. 1.59 h2 c. 1.84 h2
2
b. 1.95 h d. 1.48 h2

29. A solid material in the form of rectangular parallelepiped, 4’ x 6’ x 8’

is painted violet. If you cut completely through the whole block to
form cubes one foot on an edge, how many cubes will have three
violet faces.
a. 16 c. 8
b. 4 d. 12

30. A regular tetrahedron has a total surface area of 278.15 cm2. Find
its volume.
a. 237.25 cm3 c. 290.18 cm3
3
b. 255.70 cm d. 223.59 cm3

31. How many diagonals are there in a septagon.

a. 14 c. 20
b. 27 d. 21

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32. A cone was formed by rolling in a thin sheet of metal in the form
of a sector of a circle 72 cm in diameter with a central angle of 210°.
What is the volume of the cone.
a. 13,318.39 cm3 c. 13,602.48 cm3
b. 13,716.96 cm3 d. 13,503.63 cm3

33. The base diameter of a cone is 20cm and its axis is inclined at 60°
with the base. Determine the volume of a cone if the length of its axis
is 25 cm.
a. 3,272.49 cm3 c. 2,267.25 cm3
3
b. 2,617.99 cm d. 4,634.08 cm3

34. A solid spherical ball has a volume of 1500 cm3. Find the thickness
of a hallow spherical ball of the same volume such that the inside
diameter is the same as the diameter of the solid ball.
a. 2.17 cm c. 1.58 cm
b. 1.85 cm d. 2.71 cm

35. A frustum of a sphere has base diameters of 60 cm and 110 cm. If

the distance between the bases is 25 cm, Find its surface area.
a. 12,154.97 cm2 c. 8,682.12 cm2
2
b. 9,841.01 cm d. 10,418.55 cm2

36. Two cylinders each with radius of 3m intersects at right angles. Find
the volume of the first octant common to the two cylinder.
a. 21 m3 c. 16 m3
b. 24 m3 d. 18 m3

37. Find the distance between the intercepts of the line x+2y-6=0.
a. 9.49 units c. 9.84 units
b. 9.67 units d. 9.95 units

38. Determine the length of a line segments from (5,3) to the y-axis. If
the line segment has a slope of 3/2.
a. 8.86 units c. 8.89 units
b. 9.34 units d. 9.01 units
39. A dam 4 m wide at the top, 16 m at the bottom, and 24 m high
has water 15 m deep in its vertical side. What is the factor of safety
against sliding. Assume coefficient of friction of 0.80 and neglect uplift.
a. 2.39 c. 3.36
b. 4.76 d. 2.02

40. The distance from the point (2, 1) to the line 4x-3y+5=0 is.
a. 1.0 c. 3.0
b. 2.0 d. 4.0

41. A parabola passes through (3, 4). It has a vertex at the origin and
focus on the y-axis. Find the length of its the latus rectum.
a. 1.13 units c. 2.25 units
b. 2.67 units d. 3.43 units

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42. A line measured three times and yield the following results: 856.42,
856.69, 856.12 m. Determine the probable error of the mean.
a. ± 0.111 c. ± 0.333
b. ± 0.222 d. ± 0.444

43. Jamjam can walk four miles in the time it takes Rayray to walk five
miles. Jamjam requires 3 minutes. Longer than rayray to walk a mile.
Find the rate of jamjam in mph.
a. 2 mph c. 4 mph
b. 3 mph d. 5 mph

44. A certain type of missile hits its target with a probability of 50 %

how many missiles should be fired so that there is 43 % not hitting
the target.
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4

45. A manufacturer estimates that 5% 0f his output of a component is

defective. The components are marketed in packets of 200. Determine
the probability of a packet containing only 2 defective components.
a. 0.00758 c. 0.00372
b. 0.00352 d. 0.00227

46. Factor the expression completely as possible. x4-y2+y-x2.

a. (x2+y)(x2-y+1) c (x2-y)(x2+y+1)
b. (x2+y)(x2-y-1) d. (x2-y)(x2+y-1)

47. If B was four times as old as old as V eight years ago, and if B will
be twice as old as V eight years hence, how old is V eight years ago.
a. 8 c. 24
b. 16 d. 32

48. A triangle ABC, c=30, a=36, b=18. Find the radius of the circle
tangent to one of the side of the triangle.
a. 36.45 c. 22.45
b. 25.60 d. 30.18

49. A truncated prism has a horizontal base ABC AB=30 cm, BC=40 cm,
and CA=50cm. the vertical edge through A and C are 18 cm and 27cm
long. If the volume of the prism is 13800 cm3. Determine the height of
the vertical edge at B.
a. 22 cm c. 24 cm
b. 23 cm d. 25 cm

50. The angle of elevation of pole 10 m. horizontally from it is three

times the angle of elevation at a point 50 m. from it. Find the angle
of elevation 10 m. from the pole.
a. 62.11° c. 64.25°
b. 63.63° d. 65.13°
51. Find the angle between the line 2y-9x-18=0 and the x-axis.
a. 74.77° c. 44.47°
b. 77.47° d. 47.77°

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52. Line A has a slope of -4 and passes through the point (-20, -15)
Line B has an x-intercept of 10 and y-intercept of 25. Determine the
equation of the line perpendicular to line A and passing through the
intersection of two lines.
a. x – 4y + 890 = 0 c. x - 4y + 980 = 0
b. x -4y – 890 = 0 d. x - 4y – 980 = 0

53. A composite areas consist of a rectangle with vertices at (4, 0),

(10, 0), (10, 3) and (4, 3) and a triangle with vertices at (4, 3), (10, 3),
and (6, 8). Find the distance of the centroid of the composite area
from the y-axis.
a. 3.24 units c. 4.68 units
b. 5.22 units d. 6.85 units

54. An ellipse has the equation 16x2 + 25y2 + 128x - 150y + 381 = 0.
Determine the distance between the directrices.
a. 4.17 units c. 8.33 units
b. 5.56 units d. 16.67 units

55. The eccentricity of an ellipse is 0.50 and the distance between the
foci is 8 units. Find the distance between its directrices.
a. 12 units c. 24 units
b. 16 units d. 32 units

56. How far from the x-axis is one focus of the hyperbola
x2-2y2+4x+4y+4=0.
a. 3.27 units c. 2.37 units
b. 2.73 units d. 3.72 units

57. A fixed circle with center at (8, 6) has radius of 5 units. Find the
equation of the locus of points connecting the center of circles tangent
to the given fixed circle and the x-axis.
a. x2-16x-22y+75=0 c. x2-16x+22y+75=0
b. x2-16x-22y-75=0 d. x2-16x+22y+75=0

58. The equilateral hyperbola xy=8 has the x-axis and y-axis as
asymptotes. Determine the length of the conjugate axis.
a. 4 units c. 12 units
b. 8 units d. 16 units

59. Find y’ if y= sinh x.

a. csch x c. sech x
b. cosh x d. tanh x

60. At what point along the curve x3-9x-y=0 will the slope be 18.
a. (1, 8) c. (3, 0)
b. (2,10) d. (0, 0)

61. Find the equation of the line tangent to the curve x2+y2=41 at (5,4).
a. 5x-4y-41=0 c. 5x+4y-41=0
b. 5x+4y+41=0 d. 5x-4y+41=0

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62. Find the area of the given cross section if the width of road is.
Left Center Right
9.8 0.0 11.2
3.2 2.8 4.21
a. 51.63 m2 c. 58.94 m2
 b. 49.85 m2 d. 53.61 m2

63. P is a point on BC of the triangle ABC such that AB=BP. If PA=PC,

find the value of the angle APC.
a. 108° c. 120°
b. 115° d. 135°

64. Water is draining at a rate of 48pi ft3/sec from a conical tank

whose diameter at its base is 40ft and whose height is 60ft. At what
rate in ft/sec is the radius of the water in the tank Shrinking when
the radius is 16ft.
a. 1/15 c. 1/30
b. 1/16 d. 1/18

65. Obtain the volume of flow, in liters/sec, that will pass through a
300 mm diameter pipe with a head loss of 5 m/km. Use f=0.025.
a. 56.5 liters/sec c. 67.6 liters/sec
b. 65.6 liters/sec d. 76.7 liters/sec

66. For the following curves, find the slope of the curve indicated.
R2=cos2θ at θ = 𝜋/6.
a. Zero c. Two
b. One d. Three

67. Find the equation of the diameter of the curve 4x2 + 9y2 = 144 that
bisects its chord of slope 3/4.
a. 16x-27y=0 c. 16x+27y=0
b. 27x+16y=0 d. 27x-16y=0

68. Find the radius of curvature of the curve 4x-y2=0.at point (1, 2).
a. 7.33 units c. 6.33 units
b. 5.66 units d. 6.67 units

69. Water is flowing into a tank in the form of a frustum of a right

circular cone. The tank is 2 m tall with upper and lower radii of
1.50 m and 1.0 m, respectively. The water tank is rising at a rate of
12 mm/s when the water in the tank is 80 cm deep. Find the rate of
flow of water into the tank.
a. 0.0319 m3/s c. 0.0543 m3/s
b. 3
0.0487 m /s d. 0.0599 m3/s

70. The number of copies produced from 2012-2019 is given by.

C = 50t2 - 200t + 10,000. Where t is the number of years after 2012.
Find the minimum copies if newspaper produced.
a. 9,850 c. 10,250
b. 10,000 d. 9,800

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71. The sum of two numbers is S. Find the minimum sum of the cubes
of two numbers.
a. S3/2 c. S3
3
b. S /3 d. S3/4

72. At 3:00 PM, boat A left the port in the direction N 45° E at 26knots
At 3:30 PM, boat B left the same port in the direction S 30° E at
32knots. How fast are the two boats separating at 4:00 PM.
a. 41.64 knots c. 44.61 knots
b. 46.41 knots d. 6441 knots

73. The region on the second and third quadrants of the curve x2+y2=9
is revolved about the line x-3=0. What is the volume generated.
a. 324.36 units c. 461.08 units
b. 461.08 units d. 532.96 units

74. The following data were taken on five cars transversing a 3.0-km,
highway. Determine the space mean speed.
 Car Time(minutes)
A 1.30
B 1.10
C 1.40
D 1.00
E 1.20

a. 100 kph c. 150 kph

b. 120 kph d. 180 kph

75. To make a peg adjustment, the following notes were taken.

Rod reading Wye level at 1 Wye level at 2

Point P 0.632 1.867

Point Q 2.543 3.432

Point 1 is on the line PQ and midway between P and Q.

Point 2 is on the same line as P and Q but not between
them. Point 2 is 30 m from P and 230 m. from Q. with
the wye level of point 1, what is the rod reading at Q for
a level sight.

a. 2.716 m c. 2.473
b. 2.341 m d. 2.861

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