CORREL 1 – MATHEMATICS c.

35
d. 24
120
5. s = [2(70) + (120 − 1)3]
2
S = 29, 820 8. An exam has 50 multiple-choice questions,
each having four choices. If a student randomly
4. Without fully expanding (3 + x)7 , determine guesses on each question, how many correct
the fifth term. answers can he or she expect to get?

a. 13.5
a. 954x 4
b. 10.5
b. 594x 5
c. 12.5
c. 594x 4
d. 11.5
d. 954x 5

9. Determine the highest common factor of the

5. Three numbers are in arithmetic progression.
numbers 30, 105, 210 and 1155.
Their sum is 15 and their product is 80.
Determine the three numbers.
a. 18
b. 16
a. 2, 5 and 9
c. 15
b. 2, 5 and 8
d. 20
c. 2, 3 and 8
d. 2, 4 and 9
10. In a quadratic problem, one student made a
mistake in copying the coefficient of x and got a
6. The quantity z varies directly as the cube of x
root of +3 and -2. Another student made a
and inversely as the square of y, z has the value
mistake in copying the coefficient of x and got a
of 14 when x = 4 and y is equal to 6. Find the
root of +3 and +2. Which one of the correct
value of z when x = 2 and y = 3.
roots?
a. 7
a. 3
b. – 12
b. 4
c. 0
c. -3
d. none
d. 6
7. In the card game poker, a hand consists of a
set of five cards from a standard deck of 52. A
full house is a hand consisting of three cards of 11. x = 1 − √1 − √1 − √1 − √1 − ⋯
one denomination and two of another. How
many full houses are there that contain three a. 0.382
10’s and two queens? b. 0.618
c. 0.482
a. 46 d. 0.218
b. 34
12. In how many ways can 5 people line up to 19. At exactly what time after 2o’clock
pay their electric bills if two particular persons
refuse to follow each other
Possible = desirable + undesirable 21. In how many ways can 5 people line up to
5! = desirable + 4! 2! pay their electric bills if two particular persons
Desirable = 72 refuse to follow each other
Possible = desirable + undesirable
13. M = C + 5 5! = desirable + 4! 2!
M–10 = 2(C-10) Desirable = 72
C+5-10 = 2C-20
C = 15; M = 20 22. In how many ways can a company separate
its 12 employees into 4 equally-sized
x+3 3x−2 committees?
14. 10
= 8
x=2
2x-1=3

23. Candle A and Candle B are of equal length

15. middle term -> (𝑥 2 − 2𝑦)10
5th term = are to be lighted at the same time and burning
= until candle A is twice as long as candle B,
candle A is designed to fully burn in 8 hours
16. sum of coefficients

17. 3 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, 3 green

marbles, 2 yellow marbles; sets of four of which
at least two are red 24. A pipe can fill up a tank with the drain open
in three hours. If the pipe runs with the drain
open for one hour and then the drain is closed,
it will take 45 more minutes for the pipe to fill
the tank. If the drain will be closed right at the
start of filling, how long will it take for the pipe
to fill the tank?
18. 1st, 4th and 8th term of an A.P. an themselves
a. 1. 125 hours
G.P. common ratio of G.P.
b. 1. 450 hours
c. 1. 324 hours
d. 1. 512 hours

25. A two-digit number is chosen randomly.

What is the probability that it is divisible by 7?
a. 13/90 c. 1/70
b. 11/90 d. 1/66
c. 12/90
d. 17/90 33. Five different Excel review books, namely
Math, GEAS, EST, Electronics and Law are to be
26. ∑30
𝑥→1 𝑥(𝑥 + 1) = 9920 arranged on a shelf. Books EST and Electronics
are to be arranged first and second starting
27. Given the ungrouped data: 200, 168, 128, from the right of the shelf. What is the number
104, 152, 120, 162, 158, 137, 154, 212, 162, of different orders in which books Math, GEAS
152, 173, and 147. What is the mean? and Laws may be arranged?

a. 160. 12 a. 2!
b. 162. 90 b. 6!
c. 161. 32 c. 3!
d. 163. 40 d. 12!

28. What is the mean deviation of set of data 34. In one committee in the House of
{20, 30, 40}? Representatives, 4 people are to be

a. 10/3
b. 35. At present, Nikki’s age is 30% of her
c. 15.3 mother’s age. In 20 years, her age will be 58%
d. of her mother’s age. How old is Nikki?

29. A gambler throws two fair dice twice. Let A a. 6

be the event that the first toss is a 7 or an 11 b. 8
and let B be the event that the second toss is an c. 7
11. What is P (A or B)? d. 9

a. 41/162 36. Given the parametric equation x = t^2 – 1

b. 45/162 and y = 1 – t^2. What is the equation of the
c. 43/162 parametric curve in rectangular form?
d. 47/162
a. y = -x
30. b. y = -1/x
31. c. y = x
32. Find the probability of getting a sum of 7 on d. y = 1/x
the first of two dice and a sum of 4 on the
second throw? 37. What is the probability that L.A. Lakers will
win just once if it plays twice with another team
a. 1/72 and its probability of winning is 1/3?
b. 1/68
a. 4/9 44. June has $1.75 in nickels and dimes
b. 7/9 combine. There are 5 more nickels than dimes.
c. 5/9 How many dimes are there?
d. 8/9
a. 10
38. In a poker game consisting of 5 cards, what b. 20
is the probability of holding 2 aces and 2 c. 30
queens? d. 40

a. 33/54145 45. What part of a 90% alcohol solution must be

b. 35/54145 removed and replaced by an equal amount of
c. 34/54145 pure alcohol to produce a 95% alcohol solution?
d. 36/54145
a. Lower than 5%
39. If seven coins are tossed simultaneously. b. Between 5 to 10%
What is the probability that they will have three c. 5%
heads? d. 10% above

a. 33/128 46. A 100 kg salt solution originally 4% by

b. 31/128 weight NaCl in water is evaporated until the
c. 37/128 concentration is 5% by weight NaCl. What
d. 35/128 percentage of the water in the original solution
is evaporated?
40. The roots of x^2 + x + 1 = 0 are:
a. 20.83%
a. No real roots b. 12.56%
b. -4 and 10 c. 78%
c. None d. 100%
d. 1 and 0
47. In the expansion of (𝑥 − 3𝑦 2 )9 . Find the 3rd
41. When a certain polynomial p(x) is divided by term.
(x-1), remainder is 12. When the same a. 324𝑥 7 𝑦 4
polynomial is divided by (x-4), the remainder is b. 324𝑥 8 𝑦 3
3. Find the remainder when the polynomial is c. 324𝑥 6 𝑦 5
divided by (x-1) (x-4). d. 324𝑥 9 𝑦 2

a. x + 5 48. Solve the inequality:

b. -2x – 8 |3x + 1 | < 4
c. -3x + 15
d. 4x – 1 a. -5/3 < x < -1
b. -5/3 < x < 1
42. c. -5/3 < x > -1
d. -5 < x < 1 53. Two straight roads intersect to form an
angle of 75 degrees. Find the shortest distance
49. In how many ways can you express 47 as a from one road to a gas station on the other
sum of two primes? road 1 km from the junction.

a. 0 a. 3. 732 km
b. 2 b. 4. 365 km
c. 1 c. 5. 325 km
d. none d. 2. 856 km

50. A survey of 500 television viewers produced 54. A television antenna 20 m high stands on
the following results: 285 watch football games, top of a house which is 12 m high. At what
195 watch hockey games, 115 watch basketball distance from the base of the house will the
games, 45 watch football and basketball games, antenna and the house subtend equal angle?
70 watch football and hockey games, 50 watch
hockey and basketball games, 50 do not watch a. 24 m
any of the three games. How many watch b. 31 m
hockey games only? c. 15 m
d. 28 m
a. 95
b. 85 55. The apothem of a regular pentagon is 10.
c. 110 Determine its area.
d. 70
a. 227. 43
51. A group consists of n engineers and n b. 363. 30
nurses. If two of the engineers are replaced by c. 159. 62
two other nurses, then 51% of the group d. 315. 23
members will be nurses. Find the value of n.
56. Find the area of a trapezoid whose median
a. 80 is 32 cm and whose altitude is 6 cm
b. 55
c. 110 57. A conical vessel has a height of 24 cm, and a
d. 100 base diameter of 12 cm. It holds water to a
depth of 18 cm above its vertex. Find the
52. Find the length of the chord of a circle of volume of its content.
radius 20 cm subtended by a central angle of
150 degrees. a. 381. 7 cm^3
b. 281. 6 cm^3
a. 29. 7 cm c. 451. 2 cm^3
b. 38. 6 cm d. 367. 4 cm^3
c. 25. 4 cm
d. 18. 8 cm
58. How many sides have a polygon if the sum a. 15
of the interior angles equals twice the sum of b. 20
the exterior angles? c. 10
d. 30
a. 7
b. 4 64. When two dice are thrown, what is the
c. 6 probability that the sum of the two faces shown
d. 5 is 6?

59. The abscissa of a point is 3. If its distance a. 1/36

from a point (8, 7) is 13, find its ordinate. b. 1/9
c. 1/6
a. -5 or 19 d. 5/36
b. 5 or 19
c. 3 or 5 65. In the quadratic equation ax^2 + bx + c = 0,
d. -3 or 7 if r1 and r2 represent the roots, then r1 times r2
is equal to:
60. Compute the length of the latus rectum of
the parabola y^2 – 4y – 12x – 32 = 0. a. b/a
b. –b/a
c. c/a
d. –c/a
61. Find the volume bounded by the plane 6x +
15y – 10z – 30 = 0 and the coordinate axes. 66. A mechanical engineer bought 24 boxes of
screws for P2200. There were three types of
a. 5 cu. Units screws bought. Screw A cost P300 per box,
b. 8 cu. units screw B cost P150 per box and screw C cost P50
c. 4 cu. units per box. How many boxes of screw A did he
d. 9 cu. units buy?

62. Find the point on the curve y = x^3 at which a. 2 boxes

the tangent line is perpendicular to the line 3x + b. 4 boxes
9y = 4. c. 3 boxes
d. 5 boxes
a. (1, 1)
b. (-1, 2) 67.
c. (1, -1) 68. B = 10
d. (-2, -1)
69. A tank can be filled in 48 minutes by two
63. If three sides of a trapezoid are each 10 cm pipes running simultaneously. By the larger
long, how long must the fourth side be if the pipe, it can be filled in 5 minutes less time than
area is maximum?
by the smaller. Find the time required for the 74. How many terms of the progression 3, 5, 7…
larger pipe to fill it. must be taken in order that their sum will be
2600.
a. 109. 8 minutes
b. 93. 6 minutes a. 20 terms
c. 45. 2 minutes b. 40 terms
d. 90. 65 minutes c. 30 terms
d. 50 terms
70. A mixture of 40 kg of candy worth P6/kg is
to be made up by taking some worth P4.50/kg 75. Find the angle between the hour and
and some worth P8.50/kg. How many kilograms minute hands at 7:49.
of each should be taken?
a. 60°
a. 23 and 20 b. 58.5°
b. 34 and 15 c. 59.5°
c. 25 and 12 d. 59°
d. 25 and 15
76. How many three digit numbers may be
71. Find the bigger of two consecutive positive formed from the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 if the
odd integers such that the difference of their digits may be repeated in a given number?
squares is 40.
a. 100
a. 11 b. 120
b. 10 c. 180
c. 12 d. 130
d. 16
77. A circle having a diameter of 8 cm is
72. Find the fourth proportion to 3, 5 and 21. inscribed in a sector of a circle whose central
angle is 80°. Find the area of the sector.
a. 27
b. 65 a. 92. 45 cm^2
c. 56 b. 89. 34 cm^2
d. 35 c. 72. 92 cm^2
d. 45. 23 cm^2
73. In the expansion of (𝑥 + 2𝑦)10 , the
numerical coefficient of the 5th term is: 78. The two legs of a triangle are 300 units and
150 units each respectively. The angle opposite
a. 5040 the 150 units side is 26°. What is the third leg?
b. 3340
c. 210 a. 197. 49
d. 3360 b. 341. 78
c. 218. 61
d. 282. 15 c. 4
d. 2
79. A solid has a circular base of radius 20 cm.
Find the volume of the solid if every plane 85. 4x^2 – 256 = 0 is the equation of
section perpendicular to a particular fixed
diameter is an equilateral triangle. a. Parallel lines
b. Circle
a. 12453. 57 cm^3 c. Parabola
b. 18475. 21 cm^3 d. Ellipse
c. 21342. 56 cm^3
d. 15453. 67 cm^3 86. Find the equation of the normal to x^2 + y^2
= 1 at the point (2, 1).
80. The area of an equilateral spherical triangle
is 10π sq.m, find the measure of each angle if its
radius is 10.

a. 44°
b. 66°
c. 88°
d. 77° 87. The parabola y = -x^2 – 6x – 9 opens

81. a. to the left

82. The face of a regular tetrahedron is a b. downward
c. to the right
a. Triangle d. upward
b. Pentagon
c. Square 88. An ellipse with diameters 8 and 6
d. Hexagon respectively has an area equal to __ sq. units.

83. Find the equation of the line passing a. 48π

through the points (-8, 1) and (8, -1). b. 12π
c. 24π
a. 8 + xy = 0 d. 6π
b. y + x = 0
c. y + 8x = 0 89. A hyperbola with major axis 8 and minor
d. x + 8y = 0 axis 6. Find the eccentricity.

84. Find the area of the triangle which the line a. 4/3
2x – 3y + 6 = 0 forms with the coordinate axes. b. 5/3
c. 5/4
a. 3 d. None
b. 5
90. It is a conic section whose eccentricity is less c. 3
than 1. d. 4

a. Ellipse 96. Find the slope of the curve defined by the

b. Circle equation 𝑥 2 𝑦 − 8 = 0 at the point (2, 2).
c. Hyperbola
d. Parabola a. 2
b. -1/2
91. The equation r = a is the polar equation of a c. -1
d. -2
a. Line
b. Hyperbola 97. If the distance y from the origin at time t is
c. Circle given by 𝑦 = 16𝑡 2 + 3000𝑡 + 50000, find the
d. None initial velocity when t=0.

92. The derivative of lncosx is a. 3000

b. 0
a. secx c. 53000
b. –secx d. 50000
c. –tanx
d. tanx 98. The volume of solids of revolution is
governed by what theorem?
93. If y = xlnx, find y’. a. Pappus
b. Newton
a. 1/x^2 c. Varignon’s
b. -1/x d. Archimedes
c. 1/x
d. -1/x^2 99. Find the area bounded by the curve
𝑦 = 𝑥 2 + 2, and the lines x = 0, y = 0 and x = 4.
94. Zero raise to any number is equals to
a. 88/3
a. 0 b. 54/4
b. Indeterminate c. 64/3
c. Infinity d. 64/5
d. 1
100. The integral of 𝑥 7 (𝑥 8 − 4𝑥 6 )5/7 evaluated
95. The rectangular is to be fenced on its entire with limits from -4 to +4 has a value which is
perimeter. Find the ratio of length and width for
minimum amount of fencing. a. Below -4
b. Above -4 but less than 0
a. 1 c. 0
b. 2 d. Above zero