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ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by
shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. Show your solution. DO NOT
WRITE ANYTHING ON THE QUESTIONAIRE. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED.

MULTIPLE CHOICE:
1. Hubert is 25 years younger than his father. However his father will be twice his age in 10 years. How old is Hubert?
A. 13 B. 15 C. 14 D. 12
2. The sum of the digits of two-digit number is 11. If the digits are reversed, the resulting number is seven more than
twice the original number. What is the original number?
A. 18 B 28 C. 38 D. 48
3. A laborer can finish a job in 4 days. Another laborer can finish the same job in 6 days. If both laborers plus a third
laborer can finish the job in 2 days, how long will it take for the third laborer to finish the job alone?
A. 8 B. 10 C. 12 D. 6
4. The time required for two examinees to solve the same problem differs by two minutes. Together they can solve 32
problems in one hour. How long will it take for the slower problem solver to solve the problem?
A. 5 min. B. 4 min. C. 3 min. D. 2 min.
5. A certain job can be done by 72 men in 100 days. There were 80 men at the start of the project but after 40 days, 30
of them had to be transferred to another project. How long will it take the remaining workforce to complete the job?
A. 70 B. 80 C 90 D. 60
6. Twenty (20) men can finish the job in 30 days, Twenty five (25) men were, hired at the start and 10 quit after 20 days.
How many days will it take to finish the job?
A. 20 B. 25 C. 27 D. 32
7. It is now between 9 and 10 o’clock. In 4 min. the hour hand of a clock will be directly opposite the position occupied by
the minute hand 3 minutes ago. What time is it?
A. 9:20 B. 9:30 C. 9:10 D. 9:15
8. A stack of bricks has 61 bricks at the bottom layer, 58 bricks in the 2 nd layer, 55 bricks in the 3rd layer and so on, until
the last layer which has 10 bricks. Determine the total number of bricks used up.
A. 204 B. 192 C. 178 D. 639
9. The geometric mean and the arithmetic mean of the two numbers are 8 and 17 respectively. Find one of the
numbers?
A. 32 B. 24 C. 18 D. 48
10. The selling price of a TV set is double that of its net cost. If the TV set is sold to a customer at a profit of 25% of the
net cost, how much discount was given to the customer?
A. 28.5% B 15.5% C. 37.5% D. 20.5%
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11. Solve for the value of x and y in the given equations: 27 = 9 , 81 = 243.
A. (1,3) B. (3,1) C. (1,3/2) D. (3/2,1)
12. Two pipes can fill up a tank alone separately in 3 and 2 hrs respectively. When third pipe is used to help with the first
two pipes, the tank can be filled in 1hr. How long can the third pipe fill the tank?
a. 8 hrs b. 2 hrs c. 5 hrs d. 6 hrs
13. The equation 2 sinh x cosh x is equal to:
a. ex b. sinh 2x c. e-x d. cosh 2x
14. Find the angle in mils subtended by a line 10 yards long at a distance of 5000 yards.
a. 2.5 mils b. 4 mils c. 2 mils d. 1 mil
15. If AB = 15 m, BC = 18 m, And CA = 24 m, find the point intersection of the angular bisector from the vertex C.
a. 11.3 b. 13.4 c. 12.1 d. 14.3
16. Given a triangle ABC whose angles are A = 40 0, B = 950, and side b = 30 cm. Find the length of the bisector of angle
C.
a. 21.74 cm b. 20.45 cm c. 22.35 cm d. 20.98 cm
17. From a point outside the equilateral triangle, the distances to the vertices are 10, 10, and 18. Find the dimension of
the triangle.
a. 25.63 b. 19.94 c. 45.68 d. 12.25
22. A pole cast a shadow of 15 m when the angle of elevation of the sun is 61 0. If the pole has leaned 150 from the vertical
directly toward the sun, what is the length of the pole?
a. 52.43 m b. 53.25 m c. 54.23 m d. 53.24 m
23. Point A and B are 100 m apart on the same elevation as the foot of a building. The angles of elevation of the building
from A and B are 210 and 320 respectively. How far is A from the building?
a. 271.6 m b. 259.2 m c. 265.4 m d. 277.9 m
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18. An airplane flew from Davao whose latitude is 140 N & longitude of 121030’ E on a course S 300 W and maintaining a
uniform altitude. At what longitude will the plane cross the equator?
a. 123033’ b. 113033’ c. 213033’ d. 313033’
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19. Find the length of latus rectum of the curve 4x +9y +8x -32 = 0
a. 1.23 b. 2.67 c. 1.33 d. 0.6
20. The area of a triangle with vertices (6, 2), (x, 4), and (0, -4) is 26 square units. Find the value of 'x'.
a. 2/3 b. 50/3 c. -50/3 d. 40/3
21. In the non-generated conic xy – x + y -13 = 0, classify as
a. Circle b. ellipse c. hyperbola d. parabola
22. Find the tangent line to the parabola x2 = 6y + 10 through (7,5)
a. X –y = 2 b. 3x-2y = 11 c. 2x-y = 9 d. 4x – 3y = 13
23. Find the equation of the line that bisects the acute angle between the lines x - y - 1= 0 and 7x + y - 7 = 0.
a. 3x – y = 3 b. 3x + y = 3 c. -3x – y = 3 d. 3x – y = -3
24. The vertices of a triangle are at A(1,2), B(8,3) and C(12,7). Locate the point of intersection of its medians.
a. (3,4) b.(4,3) c. (-4,-3) d. (7,4)
25. A point moves so that its distance from point (2,-1) is equal to its distance from the x-axis. Find the equation of the
locus
a. x2 – 4x – 4y + 4 = 0 c. y2 – 4x – 2y + 5 = 0
b. x2 – 4x – 2y + 5 = 0 d. x2 + 4x – 2y + 5 = 0
26. A parabola having an axis parallel to the y-axis passes through points A(1,1) B(2,2) & C(-1,5). Find the equation of the
parabola.
a. x2 – 2x – y + 2 = 0 c. y2 – 2x – y + 2 = 0
2
b. y – x – 2y + 2 = 0 d. x2 – x – 2y + 2 = 0
27. A conic has an equation of an asymptote equal to 4x=3y. What is the equation of the conic having its center at origin
and its transverse axis equal to y=0.
a. 9x2 -16y2 = 144 b. 16x2 – 9y2 = 144 c. 9y2 – 16x2 = 144 d. 16y2 – 9x2 = 144
28. The equation r = a is the polar equation of a
A. line B. circle C. hyperbola D. ellipse
29. There are 6 geometric means between 4 and 8,748. Find the 3 rd term of GP.
A. 12 B. 108 C. 36 D. 927
30. An inductance of L henry and a resistance of 10 ohms are connected in series across a 100 volts source. If the
current is initially zero and is equal to 9 amperes after 1 second, find L.
A. 4.34 H B. 3.43 H C. 4.43 H D. 3.34 H
31. An airplane went 360 miles in 2 hours with the wind and flying back the same route, took 3 hours and 36 minutes
against the wind. What was its speed in still air?
A. 120 mph B. 60 mph C. 140 mph D. 160 mph
32. Find the term free of x in the expansion of (x2 – x-1)9.
A. 48 B. 64 C. 84 D. 96
33. The product of two conjugate complex numbers is
A. an irrational number B. a real number C. an imaginary number D. zero
34. The probability that an event is certain to occur is
A. equal to zero B. greater than one C. equal to one D. less than one
35. The function y = f(x) has a maximum value of x = 2 if f’(2) = 0 and f’’(2) is
A. less than zero B. equal to zero C. unity D. greater than zero
36. Which of the following functions is positive if angle A terminates in the second quadrant?
A. tan A B. csc A C. sec A D. cos A
37. Which of the following is true in quadrants III and IV?
A. positive sine B. negative cotangent C. positive tangent D. negative cosecant
38. In second quadrant, which of the following is true?
A. the sine and cosecant are positive C. the tangent and secant are positive
B. the sine and tangent are positive D. the cotangent and cosecant are positive
39. If a man was left with 10 hectares fewer than 40% of his land after selling 6 hectares more than 70% of his land, how
many hectares of land did him initially own?
A. 40 B. 30 C. 50 D. 60
40. How many three digit odd number can be formed from the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 if each digit is used only once in a
given number?
A. 120 B. 100 C. 48 D. 52
41. Three cards are drawn from a deck of 52 cards without replacement. Find the probability that all are of the same color.
A. 0.3323 B. 0.3523 C. 0.2335 D. 0.2353
42. A number between 1 and 10,000 is randomly selected. What is the probability that it will be divisible by 4 and 5?
A. 0.05 B. 0.03 C. 0.04 D. 0.06
43. The positive square root of the variance is equal to
A. mean deviation B. quartile deviation C. average deviation D. standard deviation
44. In how many ways can 3 boys be seated in a room where there are 7 seats?
A. 200 B. 205 C. 210 D. 215
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45. The range is a measure of

A. variability B. central tendency C. distribution D. deviation
46. From three red, four green, and five yellow bubblegum, how many selection consisting of five bubblegum are possible
if two of each color are to be selected?
A. 792 B. 390 C. 95040 D. 2376
47. One raised to infinity is:
A. 1 B. indeterminate C. infinity D. zero
48. The position of the particle in inches along the x-axis is given by the expression x (t) = 24t 2 – t3 + 10. Determine the
average velocity of the particle in inches per sec at t = 3 sec.
A. 0.64 m/min B. 0.56 m/min C. 0.75 m/min D. 0.45 m/min
4 3 2
49. Find a point of inflection for the curve y = 3x – 8x + 6x )
A. (1/4, 1/2) B. (1/2, 11/24) C. (1/5, 1/8) D. (1/3, 11/27)
50. Find the value of x + y in the complex equation 3+ jx = y + j2.
A. 2 B. 3 C. 5 D. 6
51. In any square matrix, when the elements of any two rows are exactly the same, the determinant is:
A. unity B. positive integer C. negative integer D. zero
52. A tree growing in hillside casts 10.2 meters shadow straight downhill. Find the vertical height of the tree if relative to
the horizontal, the hill slopes 150 and the angle of elevation of the sun is 620.
A. 5.62 m B. 15.89 m C. 19.18 m D. 5.42 m
53. The diameters of two spheres are in the ratio 2:3. If the sum of their volumes is1260 cu. m, the volume of the larger
sphere is:
A. 972 m3 B. 927 m3 C. 856 m3 D. 865 m3
54. If I just sold my two books at P990 each. On one I gained 10% and on the other one I lost 10%. Then,
A. I lost P20 B. I gained P198 C. I gained P19.8 D. none of these
55. The area bounded by the parabola ay = x2, the x-axis and the line x = b is revolved about the y-axis. Find the volume
generated.
A. пb4/2a B. пb4/4a C. пb4/3a D. пb4/5a
56. A tetrahedron is a regular solid with equilateral triangles for each of the 3 surfaces. If each side is 10 cm, What is the
volume of the tetrahedron?
A. 107.21 cu cm B. 117.85 cu cm C. 119.67 cu cm D. 183.33 cu cm
57. Three numbers are in the ratio 2:5:8. If their sum is 60, find the smallest of the numbers
A. 8 B. 4 C. 6 D. 12
58. Find the inverse laplace of I(s) = (3s – 4) / (s 2 + 4s – 12)
A. 3e-2tcos4t – 2.5e-2tsin 4t C. 3e-2tcosh 4t – 2.5e-2tsinh 4t
-2t -2t
B. 3e cos4t + 2.5e sin 4t D. 3e2tcosh4t – 2.5e2tsinh 4t
2
59. Find the area of the region bounded by the curve r = 16 cos
A. 16 sq. units B. 24 sq. units C. 30 sq. units D. 32 sq. units
60. An ice cream cone is filled with ice cream and more ice cream in the form of hemisphere is place on top. The diameter
of the hemisphere is equal to the diameter of the cone. If the hemispherical surface is equal to the lateral surface of
the cone, find the total volume of ice cream if the radius of the hemisphere is 25 mm.
A. 3.73 in3 B. 37.3 in3 C. 33.7 in3 D. 7.33 in3
61. A job can be done in as many days as there are men in the group. If the number of men is reduced by 3, the job will
be delayed by 4 days. How many men are there originally in the group?
A. 6 B. 20 C. 12 D. 30
62. Find the sum of all odd numbers between 100 and 1,000
A. 247,500 B. 248,600 C. 249,700 D. 246,400
63. The general second degree equation has the form Ax2 + Bxy + Cy2 + Dx + Ey + F = 0. If B2– 4AC = 0, the equation
describes
A. circle B. an ellipse C. parabola D. a hyperbola
64. Find the radius of the sphere whose equation is x2+ y2 + z2 = 6 x + 8 z.
A. 5 B. 9 C. 6 D. 8
65. The upper base of the frustum of a regular triangular pyramid is an equilateral triangle with an edge of 3m. The
volume of the frustum is 84.44cu. m and its altitude is 5m. What is the lower base edge in meters?
A. 8m B. 9m C. 6m D. 5m
66. How long will it take the money to double if it is compounded continuously at an annual rate of 5 percent?
A. 9.27 years B. 11.9 years C. 13.86 years D. 14.72 years
67. State the order and degree of (y’’’’)2 + 2(y”)4 + y’ = sin x
A. 4, 2 B. 2, 4 C. 3, 1 D. 2, 2
68. A heavy brass plumb-bob suspended from a 38 inch cord was to have a neutral period of oscillation of two second if
pulled 24 inch to one side and the allowed to swing freely. If an astronaut was to repeat the experiment on the moon
where the gravitational attraction is approximately 1/6 that of the earth, the observed period would be:
A. 0.33 sec B. 0.36 sec C. 4.9 sec D. 12 sec
69. A baseball diamond is a square whose sides are 90 ft long. If the batter runs at the first base at the rate of 20 fps, how
fast is his distance from second base changing when he has run 50 ft?
A. -80/971/2 B. -20/971/2 C. -10/901/2 D. -90/971/2
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70. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of the tower to be 30 . He walks 85 m nearer the tower and finds its
angle of elevation to be 600. What is the height of the tower?
A. 76.31 m B. 73.31 m C. 73.61 m D. 73.16 m
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71. A ladder 10 ft. long is resting against the side of a building. If the foot of the ladder slips away from the wall at the rate
of 2 ft/min, how fast is the angle between the ladder and the building changing when the foot of the ladder is 6 ft. away
from the building?
A. ½ rad/min. B. ¼ rad/min. C. 1/8 rad/min. D. 1 rad/min.
72. Find the area bounded by the curve y2 = 9x and its latus rectum.
A. 10.5 B. 13.5 C. 11.5 D. 12.5
73. Find the volume formed by revolving the hyperbola xy = 6 from x = 2 to x = 4 about the x-axis.
A. 25.53 B. 30.43 C. 23.23 D. 28.27
74. The distance of a body travels is a function of time, t and is defined by x(t) = 18t + 9t 2. What is the velocity at t = 3
sec?
A. 18 B. 36 C. 72 D. 54
75. Find the coordinates of the centroid of the area enclosed by y = x – x2 and the y = 0 about the x-axis.
A. (1/2, 3/7) B. (1/2,1/10) C. (1/3, 2/5) D. (1/3, 2/3)
76. Find the area enclosed by the curve y2 = x2 – x4
A. 3/8 sq. units B. 4/5 sq. units C. 2/3 sq. units D. 4/3 sq. units
77. How far from the center of a sphere of a radius 10 cm should a plane be passed so that the ration of the areas of two
zones is 3:7
A. 3cm B. 4cm C. 5cm D. 6cm
78. A capacitor of 0.005 F is in series with a r = 2Ώ and an emf of 50V. If there is no initial charge, find the charge after 2
seconds.
A. 0.25 Coul B. 1 Coul C. 0.5 Coul D. 0.125 Coul
79. Consider a tank that initially contains 100 gallons of a solution in which 50 pounds of salt is dissolved. Suppose that 3
gal. of brine, each gallon containing 2 pounds of salt, runs into the tank each minute, and that the mixture is kept
uniform by stirring, runs out at a rate of 2 gal/min. find the amount of salt in one hour.
A. 261.4 B.216.4 C. 246.1 D.264.1
80. A non-square rectangle is inscribed in a square so that each vertex of the rectangle is at the trisection point of the
different sides of the square. Find the ratio of the area of the rectangle to the area of the square.
A. 4:9 B.2:7 C. 5:9 D.7:72
81. A set out to walk at the rate of four km per hour. After he had been walking for 2 ¾ hrs, B set out to overtake and went
4.5 km for the 1st hr, 4.75 for the second hr, 5 km for the 3 rd hr and so on gaining ¼ km every hr. In how many hours
would B overtake A?
A. 2 B. 6 C. 8 D. 4
82. The perimeter of the triangle ABC is equal to 8m. SinA:SinB:SinC = 3:4:5. Find the smallest side.
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
83. A person draws 3 balls in succession from a box containing 5 red balls, 6 yellow balls, and 7 green balls. Find the
probability of drawing the balls in the order of red, yellow and green?
A. 0.04289 B. 0.4289 C. 0.024289 D. 0.042289
84. Radium decomposes at a rate proportional to the amount present. If a half-life is 1600yrs, find the percentage
remaining at the end of 4000 yrs?
A. 16% B. 86.2% C. 17.7% D. 84.09%
85. Calculate the area of spherical triangle whose radius is 5 m and whose angles are 40, 65, and 110.
A. 12.34 B. 16.45 C. 14.89 D. 15.27
86. Eight men can excavate 15 m3 of drainage open canal in 7 hrs. Three men can backfill 10 m 3 in 4 hrs. How long will it
take 10 men to excavate and backfill 20 m3 in the project?
A. 8.97 B. 9.87 C. 7.98 D. 9.78
87. From the point inside the square the distance to three corners are 4, 5, and 6 cm respectively. Find the length of the
side of a square?
A. 7.53 B. 8.91 C. 6.45 D. 9.31
88. Let D be the set of vertices of a regular dodecagon. How many triangles may be constructed having D as vertices?
A. 120 B. 240 C. 220 D. 180
89. The second hand of a clock is 4 inches long. Find the speed of the tip of the second hand.
A. 0.42 in/sec. B. 0.34 in/sec. C. 0.55 in/sec. D. 0.48 in/sec.
90. What is jth root of j?
A. 4.8 B. 0.21 C. -1.24 D. –j0.45
91. Regular polyhedrons are also known as _____________ solids.
A. Platonic B. Euclidians C. Archimedian D. Neutonians
92. A square sheet of metal, 100 cm by 100 cm will be used in making an open top box by cutting equal small squares
from each corner and bending up the sides. Determine how large the square should be cut from each corner in order
to obtain the largest possible volume.
A. 16.60 cm B. 15.60 cm C. 16.65 cm D. 277.89 cm2
93. Find the area of the curve enclosed by IxI + IyI = 1
A. 2 B. 6 C. 4 D. 8
94. Find the value of the 7th term of the following series of numbers 2, 3, 11, 38…
A. 443 B. 344 C. 434 D. 444
95. A polygon with 1000 sides is known as
A. Myriagon B. hectogon C. chilliagon D. googlegon
96. If a man was left with 10 hectares fewer than 40% of his land after selling 6 hectares more than 70% of his land, how
many hectares of land did him initially own?
A. 40 B. 30 C. 50 D. 60
97. If the derivative of a function is constant, the function is ________.
A. exponential B. first degree C. logarithmic D. sinusoidal
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98. How many three digit even number can be formed from the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 if each digit is used only once in
a given number?
A. 120 B. 100 C. 48 D. 52
99. It represents the distance of a point from the y-axis.
A. coordinate B. ordinate C. absciss a D. polar distance
100. A weight is attached to one end of a 29 ft rope which passes over a pulley 17 ft above the ground. A man keeping
his hand at 5 ft above the ground grasp the other end and walks away at the rate of 3 ft/s. Find the speed of the
weight rising when the man is 9 ft from the point directly below the pulley?
A. 1.7 fps B. 1.4 fps C. 1.8 fps D. 1.5 fps