CC-MATH D | MAJOR 17

PRELIMINARY EXAM

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I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Encircle the letter of the best answer. Show your solution for each number.
... [4 points each]
1. The sum of two facing pages is 141. What are the page numbers?
[a] 68 and 69 [b] 69 and 70 [c] 70 and 71 [d] 71 and 72

2. The Leopoldo family and Enorio family are neighbors. The Leopoldo family lives at the corner
of Love Street while the house of Enorio family is located next to the Leopoldo’s. The number
of their houses are consecutive as well. If the sum of the number of their houses is 57, what
is the number of each house?
[a] 28 and 29 [b] 29 and 30 [c] 30 and 31 [d] 31 and 32

3. Karen opened her book and noticed that the sum of the pages is 93. What are the pages?
[a] 45 and 46 [b] 46 and 47 [c] 47 and 48 [d] 48 and 49

4. At the Search for Mr. and Ms. Lopez Jaena, the numbers of the contestants who were declared
as winners incidentally are consecutive numbers. If the sum of their numbers is 35, what are
the numbers?
[a] 15 and 16 [b] 16 and 17 [c] 17 and 18 [d] 18 and 19
5. At a party attended by 10 persons, each one gave a gift to everyone. How many gifts were
given in the party?
[a] 70 [b] 81 [c] 90 [d] 100

6. During a retreat of a group of 31 students, each student was asked to write on a piece of paper
their personal messages and give it to each and everyone in the group. How many pieces of
paper were distributed?
[a] 900 [b] 930 [c] 961 [d] 1000

7. It was decided by a class that each student will give a gift to everyone for their Christmas
Party. If there were 40 students in class, how many gifts were to be given in the party?
[a] 1521 [b] 1560 [c] 1600 [d] 1660

8. At a party attended by 10 persons, each one shook hands with the others. How many hand-
shakes were done at the party?
[a] 43 [b] 44 [c] 45 [d] 46

9. At a general assembly of a certain organization attended by forty members, each one shook
hands with the others. How many handshakes were done in all by the members?
[a] 760 [b] 780 [c] 800 [d] 820
10. Joey bought 6 apples and an orange for PHP 80. Mia bought 3 apples and 3 oranges for PHP
60. How much did each apple cost?
[a] PHP 8 [b] PHP 10 [c] PHP 12 [d] PHP 14

11. With the same problem in number 10, how much did each orange cost?
[a] PHP 8 [b] PHP 10 [c] PHP 12 [d] PHP 14

12. Francis can buy either 12 notebooks and 15 pens, or 15 notebooks and 11 pens for PHP 279.
How much is the cost of a pen?
[a] PHP 8 [b] PHP 9 [c] PHP 10 [d] PHP 11

13. David bought a pen and two erasers for PHP 15. Cyril bought two erasers and three pencils
for PHP 26. Ryan bought three pens and a pencil for PHP 27. How much would Isaac pay if
he will buy a pen, an eraser, and a pencil?
[a] PHP 14 [b] PHP 15 [c] PHP 16 [d] PHP 17

14. A banca sails at a rate of 30 mph upstream and 36 mph downstream of a river. What is the
rate of the boat in still water?
[a] 33 mph [b] 34 mph [c] 35 mph [d] 36 mph
15. In number 14, what is the rate of the water current?
[a] 1 mph [b] 2 mph [c] 3 mph [d] 4 mph

16. A plane travels at a speed of 920 kph against the headwind. It travels back with the tailwind
at a speed of 954 kph. What is the speed of the plane without the wind?
[a] 933 kph [b] 935 kph [c] 937 kph [d] 939 kph

17. In number 16, what is the rate of the wind?

[a] 16 kph [b] 17 kph [c] 18 kph [d] 19 kph

18. It will take half of an hour for a boatman to travel upstream of a river. Sailing down the river,
it will take him 20 minutes. How many minutes will it take the boatman to travel the same
distance in still water?
[a] 12 minutes [b] 16 minutes [c] 20 minutes [d] 24 minutes

19. The school bus can carry 16 adults or 44 children. If there are already 4 adults and 12 children
on the bus, how many more children can the bus carry?
[a] 18 [b] 21 [c] 24 [d] 27
II. PROBLEM SOLVING: Provide clear solutions. [6 points each]
1. Anthony is reading page 117 of her Mathematics book. What is the sum of the page numbers
facing her?

2. Rinna bought 3 apples, 4 oranges and 5 bananas for PHP 134. Roxanne bought 6 oranges
and 10 bananas for PHP 162. How much would Mab pay for 3 apples and an orange?

3. A group of adventure seekers from Iligan took a canoe down a river at a rate of 20 mph. After
lunch, they returned at a rate of 13 mph. Find the rate of the canoe in still water and the
rate of the current.

4. Four men can open 6 coconuts in 3 minutes. How long will it take 2 men to open 4 coconuts?