A.

Basic Mathematics

Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose the answer from among the choices and shade the
corresponding circle on your answer sheet.

1. A school bell rings every two hours. For the rest of the day, a smaller bell rings every 45 minutes.
If the two bells ring at the same time at 6 AM, at what time will they ring at the same time
again?
A. 9 AM
B. 10 AM
C. 11 AM
D. 12 AM

2. The distance from the moon to the Earth is 238, 857 miles and from the sun to the Earth is
92,897,416 miles. How much farther is the sun from the Earth than from the moon?
A. 92,458,469
B. 92,558,469
C. 92,658,559
D. 93,136,273

3. A mimeographing machine can print 55 sheets of test paper a minute, if there are 3 machines of
the same type, working together, how many sheets of test paper can they print in 25 minutes?
A. 1,375
B. 4,125
C. 12,375
D. 75,625

4. Two oranges are sold for P75.00. Mang Tomas buys 560 of these oranges and sells each for
P45.00. How much will his gain be if he sells all of the oranges?
A. P2,100
B. P4,200
C. P8,400
D. 16,800

5. In which number pair is the first number NOT a factor of the second number?
A. 3, 36
B. 4, 58
C. 6, 72
D. 15, 105
6. What is the sum of the first 5 prime numbers?
A. 15
B. 18
C. 28
D. 35

7. What is the smallest number that can be divided by the numbers 10, 28, and 30?
A. 30
B. 90
C. 300
D. 540

8. Which numeral should be placed in the blank of the number 448_6 so that the resulting number
is divisible by 3 but not by 9?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 5

9. Suppose we right fractions as ordered pairs. Then 2/9 would be written as (2/9) and 7/11 as
(7/11). Following the same rule, what then would be the difference of (5,6) and (1/3)?
A. (1,2)
B. (4,3)
C. (6,9)
D. (2,3)

10. A CD player was bought by making a down payment of P850 and a monthly installment of
P291.65 for 10 months. What was the total cost of the CD player?
A. P1,141.65
B. P2,099.50
C. P3,766.50
D. P11,416.50

11. In a certain municipality, the real estate tax is P6.50 for every P1,000 of value of a property. If a
tax of P1,300 was imposed on a property, what was its assessed value?
A. P13,000
B. P200,000
C. P1,300,000
D. P2,000,000
12. A white board is 3.5m long and 1.7m wide. What is its perimeter?
A. 4.9m
B. 5.2m
C. 5.95m
D. 10.4m

13. Safarrah earned P250 for selling newspapers. He spent 6% of his earning for a snack. How much
did he spend?
A. P15.00
B. P15.60
C. P41.67
D. P235.00

14. Darren bought a stand fan for P850.00. What is the percent discount if its original cost is
P1,000.00?
A. 15%
B. 20%
C. 25%
D. 30%

15. If 60 mango trees out of a total of 150 trees are blooming with the flowers, what percent of the
trees are flowering?
A. 1 2/3%
B. 2.5%
C. 40%
D. 60%

16. Loreto paid P400 for a bag that was sold at 20% discount. What was the original selling price of
the bag?
A. P500
B. P480
C. P320
D. P300

17. Two-thirds of the pupils in the class joined the field trip. If 15 pupils did not join the field trip,
how many pupils were there in the class?
A. 10
B. 25
C. 30
D. 45
18. In a Math class of 60 students, 36 are girls. What percent of the class are girls?
A. 1 2/3%
B. 6%
C. 50%
D. 60%

19. In a class of 50 students, there are 40 girls. What is the ratio of the number of boys to the
number of girls in the class?
A. 1:5
B. 1:4
C. 4:1
D. 5:1

20. If an automobile consumes 5 liters of gasoline for travelling 34 km, how far can it go with 20
liters?
A. 82 km
B. 100 km
C. 136 km
D. 680 km

21. Owen divides his day into leisure, sleep, and work in the ratio 1:2:3. How many hours a day does
he spend for sleeping?
A. 4
B. 7
C. 8
D. 12
 B. Algebra

Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose the answer from among the choices and shade the
corresponding circle on your answer sheet.

1. Given this two equation 7a+25b=18

5a+11b=6

What is the value of (a+3b)

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 7

2. What is the value of y in the equation 2x+3y=6?

2 3
B. 3
x+2 D. 2
x+3

3. At what point will the line 2x+y=4 intersect the x-axis?

A. (-2,0) c. (0,2)
B. (0,-2) D.(2,0)

4. There are 9 rows of seats in theater. Each row has the same number of seats. If there is a total of 162
seats, how many seats in each row?

A. 35
B. 27
C. 18
D. 15

5. The difference between two numbers is 14. Twice the smaller number is less than the larger number.
What are the numbers?

A. 23 and 9
B. 10 and 24
C. 18 and 4
D. 12 and 26
6. Which of the following equations is equivalent to 3𝑥 2 – 10x +4=0?

A. 6𝑥 2 – 20x +4=8=0
B. 3𝑥 2 +10x -4=0
C. 12𝑥 2 – 15x +8=0
D. 40𝑥 2 – 60x +8=0

7. Which of the following quadratic equations is true when x=8?

A. 𝑥 2 – 2x +8=0
B. 4𝑥 2 – 7x +8=0
C. 8𝑥 2 – 7x=0
D. 𝑥 2 – x 56=0

8. Which of the following sets of values will satisfy the equation 𝑥 2 –9=0?

A. (3,-3)
1
B. (3, 3)
1 1
C. (− , )
3 3
1
D. (3−, )
3

9. When the sum of the two consecutive positive integers is subtracted from their product the
difference is 71. What are the integers?

A. 12 and 13
B. 9 and 10
C. 10 and 11
D. 8 and 9

10. Jason’s regular weekly salary is P2, 500. He is paid P250 for every hour in excess of the regular
hours. How much will he receive in a month if he worked 22 extra hours?

A. P7, 500
B. P10, 500
C. P15, 000
D. P15, 500

11. If x=𝑦 2 , how would x change if the y is doubled?

A. doubled
B. tripled
C. quadruple
D. squared
12. The area of a triangle varies jointly as the base and height. Find the base of a triangle if the height is
10 cm and the area is 10 𝑐𝑚2 .

A. 8 cm
B. 10 cm
C. 16 cm
D. 20 cm

13. What values of x will satisfy the inequality 3x≤ 12?

A. x≤4
B. x=4
C. x≥3
D. x≥4

14. If the width of a rectangle is denoted by y and the length is 5 times the width, what is the perimeter
of a rectangle?

A. 5y
B. 6y
C. 12y
D. 15y
 C. Geometry

Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose the answer from among the choices and shade
the corresponding circle on your answer sheet.

1. Which of the following represents the intersection of the three edges of a box?

A. Line C. Point
B. Plane D. Space

2. Which of the following statements are true?

I. A square is a parallelogram.
II. A square is a rhombus
III. A rhombus is a rectangle
IV. A rectangle is a parallelogram

A. I and II only C. I,II & III only

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3. A, B and C are three points of a line. If AB=8 and BC= 𝐴𝐵, what is BC?
2

A. 5 C. 12
B. 5.3 D. 12.3

4. What is the measure of an angle if it is four times the measure of its compliment?

A. 18°
B. 36°
C. 72°
D. 144°

5. Which of the following sets of positive numbers can be a side of a right triangle?

A. (3, 5.7) C. (12, 17,19)

6. The midpoint of segment AC is M. The coordinates of A and M are -3 and 13, respectively. What is the
coordinate of point C?

A. 10 B. 29
B. 16 D. 32
7. One acute angle of a right triangle is 6 more than thrice the other acute angle. What are the measures
of the two acute angles?

A. 21 and 69 C. 20.5 and 69.5

8. The figure below is made up of 4 congruent squares whose side is 5 cm. What is the perimeter of the
figure?

A. 50 cm
B. 60 cm
C. 70 cm
D. 80 cm

9. The sum of the interior angles of a regular nonagon is 1,200°. What is the measure of each interior
angle?

A. 157.5° C. 105°
B. 140° D. 84°

10. The length of the side of an equilateral triangle is the same as the perimeter of a square. If the
length of the side of the triangle is 24° cm, what is the length of the side of the square?

A. 6 cm C. 72 cm
B. 8 cm D. 96 cm

11. Myla needs to jog 3 km a day. About how many times should she go around a circular path whose
diameter is 90 m?

A. 5 C. 12
B. 10 D. 15

12. What is the area enclosed by the line x+y=5 and the x-axis and the y-axis?

A. 1 sq. unit C. 5 sq. unit