LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR TEACHERS PRACTICE TEST

MATHEMATICS

(RANDOM)

1. What is the missing term in the series? 2, 5, 11, 23, 47, ____
a.

115

b. 95

c. 105

d. 125

2. A store owner makes a 25% profit by selling an item for P800.00. How much is his
profit?
a. P 1,400.00

b. P 200.00

c. P 250.00

d. P 160.00

3. The simplest expressions for 25/100 is ______

b. 4

c.

d.

4. If the ratio of women to men in a meeting is 4 to 1, what percent of the persons

b. 20%

c. 33 1/3 %

d. 25%

5. Joel repacks a 60 kg sack of sugar into small packs of 750 g. How many small
packs can be made?
a. 90

b. 45

c. 55

d. 80

6. How much bigger is 550 than 375?

b. 73

c. 45

d. 431

7. The product of 2 numbers is 36, and their ratio is 1: 4. Which of these is the
smaller number?
a. 9

b. 12

c. 3

d. 2

8. An Arithmetic book is 2 cm thick. How many copies can be placed in a meter

b. 40

c. 36

d. 45

9. What is the smallest positive number that is a multiple of both 12 and 14?
a. 36

b. 42

c. 84

d. 168

10. 40% of 35 is what percent of 140?

b. 29%

c. 10%

d. 14%

11. An employee earning P 9,200.00 a month will receive 15% increase next month.
How much will his/her new salary be?
a. P10,500

b. P10,530

c. P10,580

d. 10,560

12. In a certain school, the ratio of boys to girls is 3 to 7. If there are 150 boys and
girls in the school, how many boys are there?
a. 45

b. 90

c. 105

d. 75

13. A park has a triangular shape. It has a base of 12m and a height of 9m. What is
the area?
a.122 sq. m

b. 42 sq. m.

c. 108 sq. m.d. 54 sq. m.

14. The length of a new piece of chalk is about _________.

b. 10mm

c. 10cm

d. 1 cm

15. If 50% of x is 20, what is 30% of x?

b. 12

c. 20

d. 16

16. Which of these fractions has the greatest value?

4/5

b. 9/16

c. 7/10

d. 5/8

17. Which of the following is exactly divisible by 3 and 11?

357404 b. 114345

c. 991111

d. 135792

18. If the variance of distribution is 25, then the standard deviation is _________.
a.

30

b. 5

c. 625

d. 12.5

19. Which of these numbers is greater than ?

0.04

b.0.09

c. 1/8

d. 1/0.04

20. A senior class of 50 girls and 70 boys sponsored a dance. If 40% of the girls and
50% of the boys attended the dance, approximately what percent attended?
a.

44

b. 46

c. 42

d. 40

21. What is the smallest positive integer that has 6, 8, and 10 as factors?
a.

300

b. 240

c. 80

d. 120

22. Joseph has more money than Mila but less than Billy. If the amounts held by
Joseph, Mila and Billy are x, y, and z respectively, which of the following is TRUE?
a.

Z<X<Y

b. X<Z<Y

c. Y<X<Z

d. Y<Z<X

23. How many ounces of pure acid must be added to 20 ounces of a solution that is
5% acid in strength?
a.

b. 1

c. 3

d. 5

24. Michael is 15 years older than this 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

25. What percent is of ?

65%

b. 90%

c. 80%

d. 75%

26. What is the median of the following numbers? 8,5,7,5,9,9,1,8,10,5 and 10.
a.

b. 8

c. 5

d. 7

27. A certain pole casts a shadow 24 feet long. At the same time another pole 3 feet
high casts a shadow 4 feet long. How high is the first pole, given that the heights
and shadows are in proportion?
a.

20 ft. b. 24 ft.

c. 18 ft.

d. 21 ft.

28. The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 42 in. The 2 equal sides are each 3
times as long as the third side. What are the lengths of the three sides?

a.

18, 21, 3

b.

6, 6, 8

c. 21, 21, 21
d. 18, 18, 6

29. If a certain job can be finished by 18 workers in 26 days, how many workers are
needed to finish the job in 12 days?
a.

45

b. 39

c. 24

d. 30

30. A box is 12 inches wide, 16 inches long, and 6 inches high. How many square
inches of paper would be needed to cover it on all sides?
a.

192

b. 720

c. 360

d. 900

31. P 8,000.00 is invested at 12% simple interest. What is the amount at the end of
2 years?
a.

P 9,600

b. P 8,960

c. P 8,240

32. Which number is wrong in the series?

b. 8

c. 14

d. P9,920

2, 4, 8, 14, 32

d. 2

33. In a class of 10 boys and girls, the boys average score on the final exam was 80
and the girls average score was 90. What was the average score for the whole
class?
a. 85

b. 86

c. 87

d. 84

34. What is the average of 1/2, 1/4, and 1/3 ?

35. If the price of round-trip fare to Malolos, Bulacan is P 285, how much will it cost
a family of four if the husband pays full fare, the wife pays 2/3 of full fare, and the
two children each pay 1/2 of the regular price?

a. P 475.00 b. P 570.00 c. P 760.00 d. P 1,140.00

36. What is the missing term in the series? 2, 5, 11, 23, 47, __.
a. 115

b. 95

c. 105

d. 125

37. A store owner makes a 25% profit by selling an item for P 800? How much is his
profit?
a. P 1,400.00

b. P 200.00

c. P 250.00

d. P 160.00

38. Find the GCF of 18 and 36.

b. 6

c. 18

d. 9

39. Neneth became heavier by 23 pounds due to increased appetite. She weighs
175 now.
What was her original weight?
a. 199 pounds

b. 198 pounds

c. 152 pounds

d. 153 pounds

40. Write the expression 3x2 + x in factored form

b. 3x2 ( 1 + x )

c. x( 3x + 1)

d. 3(x2 + 1 )

41. Which of the following is the smallest prime number greater than 200?
a. 214

b. 205

c. 201

d. 211

42. If a car travels 96 miles on 8 liters of gas, how far can the car travel on a full
tank of gas that holds 20 liters?
a. 235

b. 245

c. 230

d. 240

43. 4 - 2 = ________
a. 2 4/8 b. 1 4/8 c. 1 7/8 d. 2 7/8

44. A pillow measures 54 centimeters by 621 centimeters. How much braid is

b. 2320

c. 1350

d. 2330

45. Which of these is NOT divisible by 11?

b. 333,333

c. 913

d. 3,333,333

46. In a group of 250 students, 40 are seniors, what percentage of the group is
seniors?
a. 30

b. 16

c. 10

d. 40

47. If x- 6 > 24, then:

c. x > 4

d. x > 24

48. Factor 65y3 - 35y2 + 15y

c. 5y3 (13 - 7y + 3)

b. 5 (13y3 7y + 3)

d. 5( 13 - 7y2 + 3y )

49. Which of the following is/are TRUE?

c. II only

d. I and II

50. Danilo has 5 blue T-shirts and 7 orange T-shirts. If he picks one T-shirt at
random, what is the probability that it will NOT be blue?
a. 1/2

b. 1/6

c. 7/12

d. 5/12

51. The Family Foods Corporation is redesigning its bran flakes box as shown below:
What is the capacity of the box in cubic inches?
a. 230 cubic in. b. 460 cubic in. c. 115 cubic in.

d. 92 cubic in.

52. A 25- hectare field yields 350 cavans of palay. At this rate, how many cavans will
a 60-hectare field yield?
a. 830

b. 840

c. 850

d. 860

53. If y = 2x 5, what is the value of y when x= 3?

a. 1

b. 3

c. 1

d. 0

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