MATS112: GENERAL MATHEMATICS

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Write the CAPITAL letter of your answer on the space provided before the number.
______1. Solve for x: 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 (2𝑥 − 1) = 2
A. 𝑥=5 B. 𝑥 = 4.5 C. 𝑥 = 10 D. 𝑥=9

______2. The population of the Philippines can be modeled by the function 𝑃(𝑥) = 20,000,000 • 𝑒 0.0251𝑥 , where 𝑥
is the number of years since 1955 (𝑥 = 0 𝑎𝑡 1955). Assuming that this model is accurate, in what year will
the population reach 200 million?
A. 2045 B. 2046 C. 2047 D. 2048
______3. Suppose your father deposited in your bank account Php10,000 at an annual interest rate of 0.5%
compounded yearly when you graduate from kindergarten and did not get the amount until you finish
Grade 12. How much will you have in your bank account after 12 years?
A. Php1,297,463.38 B. Php17,958.56 C. Php10,060.17 D. Php10,616.78

______4. Let 𝑝 → 𝑞 , where 𝑝: If there are no corrupt people and 𝑞 : Then there are no poor people.
State the converse of 𝑝 → 𝑞
A. If there are no poor people, then there are no corrupt people.
B. If there are poor people, then there are poor people.
C. If there are corrupt people, then there are poor people.
D. If there are no corrupt people, then there are poor people.

______5. In order to save for her high school graduation, Marie decided to save Php200 at the end of each
month. If the bank pays 0.250% compounded monthly, how much will her money be after 6 years?
A Php14,507.002 B. Php15,407.002 C. Php7,596,453.002 D. Php7,596,397.002

______6. One hundred meters of fencing is available to enclose a rectangular area next to a river, which of the
function listed below represents the area that can be enclosed, in terms of x?
A. 𝐴(𝑥) = 50𝑥 2 − 0.5𝑥 B. 𝐴(𝑥) = −50𝑥 2 + 0.5𝑥 C. 𝐴(𝑥) = −0.5𝑥 2 + 50𝑥 D. (𝑥) = 0.5𝑥 2 − 50𝑥

______7. If you study hard, you refine your communication skills and build up your confidence.
If you refine your communication skills & build up your confidence, then your job opportunities increases.
Hence, if you study hard, your job opportunities increases.
Is the argument valid? Is it sound?
A. Invalid and sound B. invalid & unsound C. valid & unsound D. valid & sound

2𝑥 2 −5
_____10. Find the Horizontal Asymptote of 𝑓(𝑥) = 3𝑥 2 +𝑦−7
5 2 5 2
A. 𝑦=− B. 𝑦=− C. 𝑦 = D. 𝑦=
7 3 7 3
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_____11. The half-life of Zn-71 is 2.45 minutes. Initially, there were 𝑦0 grams of Zn-71, but only of this amount
256
remains after some time. How much time has passed?
A. 1.69 mins. B. 16.9 mins. C. 19.6 mins. D. 24.5 mins.
For Nos. 12 and 13:

______12. Suppose that a couple invested Php50,000 in an account when their child was born, to prepare for the
child’s college education. If the average interest rate is 4.4% compounded annually. Which of the
following exponential function models the situation.
A. 𝐴 = 50,000(1.44)𝑡 B. 𝐴 = 50,000(1.0044)𝑡 C. 𝐴 = 50,000(1.044)𝑡 D. 𝐴 = 50,000(1.0404)𝑡
______13. How much will the money be by the time the child turns 18 years old?
A. 𝑃ℎ𝑝54,111.638 B. 𝑃ℎ𝑝101,994.367 C. 𝑃ℎ𝑝108,537.2916 D. 𝑃ℎ𝑝35,440,093.75
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______14. The fee for hiring a guide to explore a cave is Php700. A guide can only take a maximum of 4 persons,
and additional guides can be hired as needed. Which of the following functions represents the cost of
hiring guides as a function of the number of tourists who wish to explore the cave?
𝑥 4 700
A. 𝐶(𝑥) = 700 ( ) B. 𝐶(𝑥) = 700 ( ) C. 𝐶(𝑥) = 700(4𝑥) D. 𝐶(𝑥) = 4 ( )
4 𝑥 𝑥
1 2
______15. Find the sum of 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ?
𝑥−3 𝑥−5
3𝑥−11 3𝑥−11 3𝑥−11 3𝑥−11
A.
𝑥2 +15𝑥−8
B. C. D.
𝑥 2 +8𝑥−15 𝑥 2 −15𝑥+8 𝑥 2 −8𝑥+15
𝑥 1 8
______16. Solve for x: − =
𝑥+2 𝑥−2 𝑥 2 −4
A. 𝑥 = −5 B. 𝑥 = −2 C. 𝑥 = 2 D. 𝑥 = 5
______17. Elisha wins Php20 whenever the outcome of tossing two coins are both heads, but loses Php10
whenever the outcome is not both heads. What is Elisha’s expected gain per toss?
A. 𝑃ℎ𝑝 − 12.50 B. 𝑃ℎ𝑝 − 2.50 C. 𝑃ℎ𝑝2.50 D. 𝑃ℎ𝑝12.50
______18. It is the graphical presentation of the frequency distribution table in the form of vertical bar graph ?
A. Box and Whisker B. Histogram C. Pareto D. none of the choices
______19. It is the level of measurement that deals with categorical variables wherein the values of the variables
could be ranked.
A. interval B. nominal C. ordinal D. ratio
______20. In the presence of extreme values or what is termed as _______, the mean is not a good measure of
central tendency.
A. maximum value B. minimum value C. outliers D. none of the choices
______21. The mean age of 10 fulltime teachers is 35 years. Two new teachers, aged 28 and 30, are hired. Five
years from now, what would be the average age of these 12 teachers?
A. 38 B. 39 C. 40 D. 41
______22. It is the level of measurement in which one unit differs by a certain amount of degree from another
unit.
A. interval B. nominal C. ordinal D. ratio
For Nos. 23 and 24:

______23. Five persons were asked on the usual number of hours they spent watching TV in a week. Their
responses are: 5, 7, 3, 38 and 7 hours. What is the median?
A. 𝑀𝑑 = 3 B. 𝑀𝑑 = 5 C. 𝑀𝑑 = 7 D. 𝑀𝑑 = 38

______24. What is the mean?

A. 𝜇 = 3 B. 𝜇 = 5 C. 𝜇=7 D. 𝜇 = 12

______25. It is the measure of dispersion that accounts for the average squared deviation of each observation
from the mean.
A. deviance B. frequency C. standard deviation D. variance

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