LETs REVIEW 8.

What is the probability of getting a sum of 9

Math Major Drill #1 when rolling two dice?
a. 1/9 c. 5/36
b. 1/6 d. 7/36
1. The vertex angle of an isosceles triangle is 20°.
9. It is a line segment formed by connecting two
What is the measure of one of the base angles?
non-consecutive vertices of a polygon.
a. 150deg c. 60deg
a. Side c. apothem
b. 75deg d. 80deg
b. altitude d. diagonal
2. At what rate per annum should P2,400.00 be
10. For which value of k does 𝑓(𝑥) = 4𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 +
invested so that it will earn an interest of P800.00
49 has only one root?
in 8 years?
a. -28 c. 7/2
a. 6.5% c. 5.5%
b. -14 d. -7/4
b. 4.17% d. 6%
11. One trip around a running track is 440 yards.
3. Ana and Beth can do the job together in 3 hours.
One jogger can complete one lap in 8 minutes, the
Working alone, Ana does the job in 5 hours. How
other can complete it in 6 minutes. How long will it
long will it take Beth to do the job alone?
take for both joggers to arrive at their starting
a. 3 and 1/3 hours
point together if they start at the same time and
b. 2 and 1/3 hours
maintain their jogging pace?
c. 3 hours
a. 12 min c. 36 min
d. 7 and ½ hours
b. 24 min d. 48 min
4. On a certain day, three computer technicians
12. To get from point A to point B you must avoid
took turns in manning a 24-hour internet shop. The
walking through a pond. To avoid the pond, you
number of hours Cesar, Bert and Danny were on
must walk 34 meters south and 41 meters east. To
duty was in the ratio 3:4:5, respectively. The shop
the nearest meter, how many meters would be
owner pays them P50.00 per hour. How much
saved if it were possible to walk through the pond?
would Danny receive for that day?
a. 21.74 c. 34.51
a. P230.00 c.P500.00
b. 53.26 d. 67.85
b. P160.00 d. P480.00
13. An elevator can carry a maximum load of 605
5. What is the minimum value of the equation
kg. How many passengers of weight 50.5 kg each
𝑓(𝑥) = 3𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 + 7?
can the elevator hold?
a. 1 c. -1
a. 12 b. 11.9
b. 4 d. 4
b. 11 c. 10
6. Given sin Ɵ = 0.28. Which of the following could
14. How many gallons of 3% acid solution must be
be the value of cos Ɵ?
mixed with 60 gallons of 10% acid solution to
a. 0.72 c. -0.86
obtain an acid solution that is 8%?
b. 0.96 d. 1.14
a. 24 c. 15
b. 12 d. 17
7. Which of the following could be the value of x in
x ≡ 3 𝑚𝑜𝑑11 ?
15. How many subsets are there in = {1,2,3} ?
a. 33 c. 52
a. 128 c. 8
b. 47 d. 2
b. 3 d. 5
16. Subtract −10𝑎2 + 7𝑏 2 from 22𝑏 2 − 4𝑎2 . 24. Daisy is 2/3 as old as her sister, 20 years hence
a. 6𝑎2 + 15𝑏 2 c. −32𝑎2 + 11𝑏 2 she will 7/8 as old. How old isDaisy now?
b. 8𝑎2 + 15𝑏 2 d. 14𝑎2 + 29𝑏 2 a. 16 years old
b. 8 years old
17. Find the general equation of the line that c. 24 years old
passes through (2,4) and has a slope of -3/5. d. 10 years old
a. 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 + 14 = 0
b. 4𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 15 = 0 25. How many ways can four people be seated in a
c. 5𝑥 + 5𝑦 + 14 = 0 round table?
d. 3𝑥 + 5𝑦 + 14 = 0 a. 24 ways
b. 12 ways
18. Find the circumference of the circle defined by c. 8 ways
the equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 8𝑥 + 6𝑦 − 24 = 0. d. 6 ways
a. 13pi c. 45pi
b. 20pi d. 14pi 26. A club of 40 executives, 33 likes to smoke
Marlboro, and 20 likes to smoke Philip Morris. How
19. Find the length of the latus rectum of the many like both?
parabola 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 8𝑦 − 20 = 0. a. 13 c. 11
a. 8 c. 16 b. 10 d. 12
b. 2 d. -8
27. Find the ratio of the infinite geometric series if
20. If a particle travels as a function of time the sum is 2 and the first term is 1/2.
according to the formula 𝑠 = 2𝑡 3 − 3𝑡 2 , where s is a. 1/3 c. 3/4
in seconds. Find the acceleration of the particle b. ½ d. ¼
when t = 2.
a. 15 𝑓𝑡/𝑠 2 c. 17 𝑓𝑡/𝑠 2 28. What is the sum of the coefficients of the
b. 16 𝑓𝑡/𝑠 2 d. 18 𝑓𝑡/𝑠 2 expansion (2𝑥 − 1)20
a. 0 c. 2
21. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 4 is an equation of a circle whose b. 1 d. 3
point is
a. inside the circle 29. The areas of two square differ by 7 sq. ft and
b. outside the circle their perimeters differ by 4 ft. determine the sum
c. on the circle of their areas?
d. none of the above a. 25 sq. ft c. 28 sq. ft
b. 27 sq. ft d. 22 sq. ft
22. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 < 4 is an equation of a circle whose
point is 30. In a quadratic equation, if the quantity under
a. inside the circle the radicand is equal to 0, the roots are:
b. outside the circle a. imaginary
c. on the circle b. real and unequal
d. none of the above c. complex and unequal
d. real and equal
23. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 > 4 is an equation of a circle whose
point is 31. Who is the author of the book Plane Loci?
a. inside the circle a. Ptolemy
b. outside the circle b. Pericles
c. on the circle c. Apollonius
d. none of the above d. Hippasus
32. Who proposed the idea that planets move in 40. Who is the mathematician known for his
elliptical orbits around the sun? classification of curves and rectification of curves?
a. Galileo Galilei a. Phillip Lahire
b. Albert Einstein b. Roberval
c. Claudius Ptolemy c. Rene Descartes
d. Johannes Kepler d. Cavaliere

33. The author of the book Arithmetica is

a. Al-Khwarizmi
b. Diophantus -------------------------END-------------------------------------
c. Pappus
d. Phytagoras

34. Who among the following is famous for his

invention of pendulum clock?
A. Jan de Witt
b. John Wallis
c. Christian Huygens
d. Stephen Baldwin

36. He is known as the greatest might have been in

the field of math?
a. Blaise Pascal
b. Alexander the Great
c. Columbus
d. Galilei

37. The Italian mathematician who wrote the book

Ars Magna was
a. Cardano
b. Ferrari
c. Tartaglia
d. Agnesi

38. Who discovered the fundamental principles of

analytic geometry independent of Rene Descartes?
a. Francois Viete
b. Pierre de fermat
c. Jordanus Nemorarius
d. Phillip de Lahire

39. He invented a method of determining the

optical values of linear function subject to a certain
constraints. This method is known as linear
programming. Who is he?
a. George Cantor c. Bertrand Russel
b. George Dantzig d. Richard Dedekind