LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR TEACHERS (LET)

Refresher Course for Year 2012

Area: Mathematics
DAY 2

PART II – ANALYZING TEST ITEMS

Directions: Choose the best answer from the choices given. Write the corresponding letter of your choice.
1. Which of the following has a definite length?
A. ray B. line C. point D. line segment
2. Which of these triangles cannot be isosceles?
A. Acute B. scalene C. obtuse D. right
3. A diameter of a circle is also a ________.
A. Radius B. secant C. chord D. tangent
4. In angle TOY, what is the vertex?
A. T B. O C. Y D. cannot be
determined
5. Refer to the figure. Given: m  2 = 55° and m  3 = 80. Find m  4.

4 1 2 5

A. 95° B. 105° C. 115° D. 135°

6. MAZE is a parallelogram. If m  A = 67°, then m  Z = _____.
A. 113° B. 90° C. 67° D. 23°
7. Which two properties of the rhombus do not hold true for other parallelograms?
A. Diagonals are perpendicular and congruent.
B. Diagonals are congruent and bisect each other.
C. Diagonals are perpendicular and bisect each other.
D. Diagonals are perpendicular and each bisects the angles of the parallelogram.
For item 8, refer to this figure:
r s

t 1 4 5 8
2 3 6 7

8. If lines r and s are parallel, which of the following pairs of angles are congruent?
A.  4 and  5 B.  4 and  3 C.  1 and  8 D.  3 and  5
9. Three different triangles are placed side by side as shown. What is the sum of the angles of the polygon formed?
A. 300° B. 360° C. 540° D. 720°

10. The supplement of an angle is three times its measure. What is the supplement?
A. 22.5° B. 45° C. 67.5° D. 135°
11. What is the measure of each interior angle of a regular pentagon?
A. 108° B140° C. 180° D. 540°
12. The angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2: 3: 5. What is the largest angle?
A. 36° B. 54° C. 90° D. 99°
13. The graph shows the number of socks, belts, handkerchiefs, and neckties sold by a store in one week.

150
Number of items

100

50

Items Sold by Store

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The names of the items are missing from the graph. Socks were the item most often sold, and fewer neckties than any other item
were sold. More belts than handkerchiefs were sold. How many belts were sold?
A. 80 B. 90 C. 120 D. 140
14. A pair of dice is thrown. What is the probability of throwing a double number (e.g. 3, 3)?
A. 1/3 B. 1/6 C. 1/12 D. 1/36
15. In how many ways can the first, second, and third place winners be chosen from a group of 10 contestants?
A. 6 B. 72 C. 720 D. 10!
16. In how many ways can 5 people be seated around a circular table ?
A. 600 B. 120 C. 60 D. 24
17. In how many ways can two swimmers be chosen from a group of six swimmers?
A. 15 B. 30 C. 45 D. 90
18. A coffee shop offers 4 flavors of coffee: mocha, cappuccino, vanilla, and latte. Coffee may be served hot or cold and it
comes in tall, regular and short sizes. In how many ways can the costumer order his/her coffee?
A. 3 ways B. 8 ways C. 24 ways D. 36 ways
19. Find the number of distinct permutations of the letters in the word ‘ANNUAL’?
A. 180 B. 270 C. 360 D. 720

20. Mario had three test scores of 78, 76, and 74, while Kristyn had scores of 72, 82, and 74. How did Mario’s average (mean)
score compared with Kristyn’s average score.
A. Mario’s was 1 point higher. C. Both averages were the same.
B. Mario’s was 1 point lower. D. Mario’s was 2 points lower.
For items 21-23
Mr. Macho gave a mathematics test to a group of students. The distribution of the scores is as follows:
SCORES FREQUENCY
21-25 2
16 - 20 5
11 - 15 12
6 - 10 4
1- 5 1
21. How many pupils took the test?
A. 25 B. 24 C. 22 D. 12
22. What is the size of the interval of the frequency distribution?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
23. What is the computed mean value?
A. 13.6 B. 14.1 C. 12 D. 15.4
24. Which of the following classes performed best and with the least variability in the test?
Classes Mean Standard Deviation
I-Hope 35.7 3.16
I - Sincerity 36.4 3.53
I - Love 35.7 3.87
I - Charity 36.4 3.72

A. I-Hope B. I-Sincerity C. I-Love D. I-Charity

25. What is the standard deviation of the scores 6, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 14?
A. 2.94 B.3.15 C. 3.26 D. 3.48

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 PART III – ENHANCING TEST TAKING SKILLS

Directions: Choose the best answer from the choices given. Write the corresponding letter of your choice.
1. Which of these angles is closest to 45°?

A. B. C. D.

2. An angle is 65.5°. What is its complement?

A. 24.5° B. 25. 5° C. 114.5° D. 124.5°
3. Given: RS = 3, RT = 11, and ST = 8. Which of these points is between the other two?
A. R B. S C. T D. any point
4. What is the altitude of this figure?
B C D

E F G
A. B. C. C.
5. Which refers to a pair of lines that meet at a right angle?
A. Parallel B. perpendicular C. intersecting D. concentric
6. Which of the following is a convex polygon?
A. B. C. D.

7. Which of the following quadrilaterals best describes a square?

A. Its diagonals are perpendicular to each other.
B. It is an equiangular rhombus.
C. Its diagonals are congruent.
D. It has four right angles.
For item 8-9, refer to this figure:
r s

t 1 4 5 8
2 3 6 7

8. If lines r and s are parallel, which of the following pairs of angles are supplementary?
A. 1 and  5 B.  5 and  7 C .  3 and  6 D.  3 and  7
9. If lines r and s are parallel and m  2 = 38°, what is the measure of 6?
A. 38° B. 52° C. 68° D. 142°
10. If ABC is an isosceles triangle with a right angle at B, then
A. is the hypotenuse. C. AC = BC
B. BCA = 45°. D. AB = ½ AC
11. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Every square is a rectangle.
B. Every square is a rhombus.
C. Every rhombus is a square.
D. Every rhombus is a parallelogram.
12. What is the sum of the measures of the interior angles of a regular heptagon?
A. 1260° B. 1080° C. 900° D. 112.5°

13. The figure below shows a spinner with 12 sectors. When someone spins the arrow, it is equally likely to stop on any sector.

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 1/2 of the number of sectors are blue, 1/12 are green, ¼ are orange, and 1/6 are red. If a person spins the arrow, on which
color sector does the spinner have the least probability to stop?
A. Blue B. green C. orange D. red
14. What is the probability of getting a multiple of 3 when a die is tossed?
A. 1/6 B. ¼ C. 1/3 D. ½
15. In a candy jar, there are 15 lemons, 12 chocolates and 3 mints. If a candy is picked at random, what is the probability of
getting a mint?
A. ½ B. 1/3 C. 1/6 D. 1/10
16. The mean score of a set of 40 tests is 81. Find the sum of the 40 test scores.
A. 2 250 B. 2 280 C. 2 820 D. 3 240
17. A show manufacturer conducted a survey of the average shoe size among women to help him decide what shoe size to put
on display. What measure of central tendency would be most appropriate for his purpose?
A. Mean B. median C. mode D. any of the three
18. In how many ways can 5 basketball players be chosen from a group of 9 players?
A. 126 B. 212 C. 15 120 D. 362 880
19. How many 4-digit numbers can you write using the digits 1, 2, 3 and 4 if the digits may appear more than once in each
number?
A. 22 B. 24 C. 64 D. 256

20. In how many ways can 5 people be seated in a row of 5 vacant chairs if they can sit anywhere?
A. 120 B. 90 C. 64 D. 25
21. The following polygon shows a shop’s monthly sales of umbrellas for the year.

How many more umbrellas were sold in June than in November?

A. 45 B. 35 C. 30 D. 20
For items 22-24: The scores of 10 students who took the qualifying exam for a major mathematics competition are as follows:
Student A B C D E F G H I J
Score 18 32 10 15 27 18 23 28 29 30
22. What is the median score?
A. 18 B. 20 C. 23 D. 25
23. What is the mode of the scores?
A. 18 B. 20 C. 23 D. 25
24. What is the range of scores?
A. 18 B. 22 C. 23 D. 25
25. Joey aims to get an average of 90 in 5 unit tests. The results of the first four unit tests are
as follows: 89, 92, 86, and 91. What should his grade in the fifth unit be for his average to
be at least 90?
A. 91 B. 92 C. 93 D. 94

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 SUPPLEMENTARY PROBLEMS
(MATHEMATICS)
1. Which of the following number is divisible by 45?
A. 300,000,000,450 C. 600,000,000,045
B. 100,200,600,090 D. 400,450,000,000
2. On its anniversary, the canteen offers a free sandwich for every 4th customer and a free softdrink for every 6th customer. After
75 customers, how many had received both free sandwich and softdrink?
A. 30 B. 18 C. 12 D. 6
3. What is the difference in the elevation between the top of a mountain 51 meters above sea level and a location 28 meters
below sea level.
A. 23 m B. 33 m C. 79 m D. 89 m
4. A pack of P50-bills is numbered from RV628 to RV663. What is the total value of the pack of bills, in pesos?
A. 35 B. 36 C. 1750 D. 1800
5. Simplify: [ 5  81  32 – 5  3 + 2] (42 – 23)
A. 15 ¼ B. 4 C. –6 D. – 15¼
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6. If a student works on his assignment 3 hours a day, what part of the day does he spend doing his assignment?
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A. 1/8 B. 1/7 C. 5/36 D. 15/28
7. Teodoro spent his monthly salary as follows: 3/5 for food and allowances, 1/3 for his child’s education and house rental. If his
monthly salary is P15, 000, how much would he left at the end of the month?
A. P 1,000 B. P2,000 C. P5,000 D. P 14,000
8. Isko and Jose run for President for their organization. Isko got 1/3 of the votes. If Jose got 300 votes, how many students voted
for Isko?
A. 900 B. 200 C. 150 D. 100
9. Gregorio has obtained the following grades: 1.4, 1.7, 1.8 and 2.5. What must be his fifth grade so that his average is 1.7?
A. 2.1 B. 1.9 C. 1.5 D. 1.1
10. Out of the 20 numbers, 6 were 2.5’s, 4 were 3.25’s and the rest were 2.2’s. Find the arithmetic mean of the numbers.
A. 2.5 B. 2.65 C. 10 D. 22
11. Diego bought X number of notebooks at P23.00 each, Y pad papers at 18.45 each, and Z ballpens at P8.25 each. If he gave an
amount of P1000 to the cashier, how much change did he receive?
A. P 434.25 C. 1000 – [(23.00)(X) + (18.45) (Y) + (8.25) (Z)]
B. P 334.25 D. none of these
12. Marcelo sells a real estate. He receives a monthly salary of P10,000 plus a commission of 1/5 % of his net sales for that month.
Find his gross pay for a month during which his net sale is one million pesos.
A. P 2,000 B. P 12,000 C. P 200,000 D. P 210,000
13. There are 20 million Filipinos who are qualified voters. If 25% of the population are qualified voters, how many are not
qualified voters?
A. 80 million B. 60 million C. 15 million D. 5 million
14. A pair of shoes originally priced at P600 is being sold at a discount of 30%. How much would you pay if you buy that shoes?
A. P 30 B. P180 C. P 420 D. P 570
15. A book with a selling price of P120 is sold at 40% discount. What is its original price?
A. P 48 B. P72 C. P 200 D. P 300
16. A store owner advertises a polo-shirt originally sold for P200 for P170 only. What rate of discount is he giving?
A. P 30 B. P15 C. 30% D. 15%
17. Rhoda bought an article for P400 and sold it for P500. What rate of profit did she enjoy in that deal?
A. P100 B. 100% C. 25 % D. 20%
18. The price of an item is increased by 70% and then offered at 40% discount. What happened
to the original price?
A. There is an increase of 30%. C. There is an increase of 2 %.
B. There is an increase of 28%. D. There is a decrease of 32%.
19. An item is offered at 20% discount. Later, it is offered at 30% discount. If the new selling
price is P112, what is the first original price?
A. P162 B. P200 C. P224 D. P1866.67
20. To have a 25% profit, the vendor should sell the item at P80.00. How much is his profit?
A. P20.00 B. P60.00 C. P16.00 D. P64.00
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21. Celia deposited P50,000 in a bank that pays a simple annual interest of 14 %. How much
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money will she have in the bank after five years.
A. P 85,500 B. P35,500 C. P36,250 D. P86,250
22. How much should Antonio invest so that his money earns P2,250 deposited at 6% for 9
months?
A. P 50,000 B. 37,500 C. P 135 D. P 101.25
23. A photographer wishes to enlarge a picture 18 cm long and 12 cm wide so that it will be
36 cm wide. How long will the enlarged picture be?
A. 54 cm B. 72 cm C. 24 cm D. 6 cm
24. If 8 secretaries can type 800 pages in 5 hours, how long would it take for 12 secretaries to
type 800 pages at the same rate?
A. 7 1/2 hours B. 3 1/3 hours C. 10 hours D. 2 1/2 hours
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 25. The ratio of cows and carabaos in the field is 4:9. If there are 468 cows and carabaos in the field, how many are carabaos?
A. 52 B. 117 C. 144 D. 324
26. A defective meter stick actually measures 95 cm. If a cloth is measured to 5 m long using this meter stick, what is the actual
length of the cloth?
A. 500 cm B. 495 cm C. 4 m and 85 cm D. 4 m and 75 cm
27. If in a map, 2 cm represents 7 km, then how far are two towns from each other if they were 18 cm apart in the map?
A. 14 km B. 27 km C. 63 km D. 126 km
28. Which of the following is the longest?
A. 6540 mm B. 934 cm C. 9.25 m D. 0.009 km
29. Which of the following sets of numbers can be sides of a right triangle?
A. 4, 5, 6 B. 6, 6,2 3 C. 3, 6, 3 2 D. 2, 2, 3
30. The length and width of a rectangle are (3x – 2) and (2x + 1). What is its perimeter?
A. 5x-1 B. 10 x - 2 C. 6x2 –x -2 D. 6x2 –x +2
31. The area of a square is 32x. Which of the following could be the value of x?
A. 2 B. 6 C. 3 D. 4
32. If the area of one circle is twice of another circle, what is the ratio of the area in percent of the smaller to larger circle?
A. 70% B. 25% C. 75% D. 50%
33. One hectare is equivalent to 10,000 square meters. How many hectares are in a rectangular field which is 750 m wide and 800 m
long?
A. 120 B. 56 C. 60 D. 40
34. An aquarium is 40 cm high. Its length is twice its height, while its width is half its height. How much water is needed to fill in the
aquarium in cu. cm.?
A. 64,000 B. 32,000 C. 16,000 D. 8,000
35. What is the volume of a cube if one face has a perimeter of 36 cm?
A. 729 cu. cm. B. 216 cu. cm. C. 46,656 cu. cm D. 5,832 cu. cm
36. How much water can be filled with a cone whose diameter is 24 cm and whose height exceeds 2/3 of the radius by 2 cm?
A. 480  cu. cm. B. 540  cu. cm. C. 660  cu. cm. D. 900  cu. cm.
37. Which of the following is a factor of quadratic equation x 2-2x-24=0
A. x-4 B. x + 2 C. x+6 D. x+4
38. Michael is 15 years older than his brother Rafael. However, y years ago Michael was twice as old as Rafael. If Rafael is now x
years old and x > y, find the value of x - y.
A. 13 B. 14 C. 15 D. 16
39. If x + 6 = 9, then 3x + 1 = __________.
A. 3 B. 10 C. 9 D. 34
40. Monet (X) is taller than Rizza (Y) but shorter than Joy (Z). Which is TRUE?
A. Z < X < Y B. X < Z < Y C. Y < X < Z D. Y < Z < X
41. Refer to the figure. Given: m  2 = 50° and m  3 = 80 . Find m  4.
o

4 1 2 5

A. 30° B. 50° C. 80° D. 130°

42. RODA is a parallelogram. If m  O = 68°, then m  D = _____.
A. 68° B. 12° C. 112° D. 22°
43. The supplement of an angle is three times its measure. What is the supplement?
A. 22.5° B. 45° C. 67.5° D. 135°
44. Jose is 5 years older than Tess. Three years ago, he was twice as old as Tess. How old is Tess now?
A. 15 B. 13 C. 8 D. 6
45. If x + y = 2a and x – y = 2b, what is the value of xy?
A. ab B. a2 + b2 C. (a – b)2 D. a2 – b2
46. In a political science survey, voters are classified into six income categories and five education categories. In how many different
ways can a voter be classified?
A. 11 B. 25 C. 30 D. 45
47. The number of permutations of the word “probabilities” is
A. 13 B. 2!3! C. 13! D. 13!/(2!3!)
48. The number of ways seven visitors can be seated on a round table is
A. 6! B. 7! C. 6!7! D. 6!/2
49. In a certain town, 40% of the people have brown hair, 25% have brown eyes, and 15% have both brown hair and brown eyes. A
person is selected at random from the town. If he has brown eyes, what is the probability that he does not have brown hair?
A. 3/8 B. 2/5 C. ½ D. none of these
50. A die is tossed. If the number is odd, what is the probability that it is prime?
2 3 2 1
A. B. C. D.
3 4 5 3

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