Algebra 1 & 2

1. An angular unit equivalent to 1/400 of the circumference of a circle is called:

a mil b. grad c. radian d degree
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2. Carry out the following multiplication and express your answer in cubic meters:
3cm×5mm×2m.
a. 3 x 10-3 b. 3 x 10-4 c. 8 x 10-2 d. 8x102

3. Add the following and express in meters: 3m+2cm+70mm

a. 2.90 m b 3.14 m c. 3.12 m d. 3.09 m
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4. How many cubic meters is 100gallons of liquid?

a 0.1638 cu.m b. 1.638 cu.m c 0.3785cu.m d. 3.7850cu. m
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5. 10 to the 12th power is the value of the prefix:

a giga b. pico c tera d. peta
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6.
a 1/(x2y7z3) b 1/(x2y5z3) c. 1/(x2y5z3) d. 1/(x5y7z3)
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7. (3x)x is equal to
2
a 3x b. 3 x x x c. 3 x x d 32 x
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8. Solve for x : 37x+1 = 6561.

a. 1 b 2 c. 3 d. 4
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9. If 33y = 1, what is the value of y/33?

a 0 b. 1 c Infinity d. 1/33
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10. Find x from the following equations:

27x = 9y
81y3-x = 243
a 2.5 b 2 c 1 d. 1.5
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11.
a 4 + √ 15 b 4 - √ 15 c. 8 + √ 8 d. 8 - √ 8
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12. If p is an odd number and q is an even number, which of the following expressions must
be even?
a p+q b. p - q c pq d. p/q
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13. What is the lowest common factor of 10 and 32?

a 320 b 2 c. 180 d 90
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14. Factor the equation x3 + 8.

a. (x-2)(x2+2x+4) b. (x+4)(x2+2x+2) c. (-x+2)(-x2+2x+2) d. (x+2)(x2-2x+4)
15. When (x+3)(x-4) + 4 is divided by x – k, the remainder is k. Find the value of k.
a. 4 or 2 b 2 or -4 c. 4 or -2 d. -4 or -2
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16. If (4y3+8y+18y2-4) is divided by (2y+3), the remainder is:

a. 10 b 11 c. 12 d. 13
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17. If 1/x + 1/y = 3 and 2/x – 1/y = 1. Then x is equal to:

a. 1/2 b 2/3 c. 3/4 d. 4/3
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18. The arithmetic mean of 80 numbers is 55. If two numbers namely 250 and 850 are
removed what is the arithmetic mean of the remaining numbers?
a 42.31 b. 57.12 c 50 d. 38.62
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19. If 2x – 3y = x + y, then x2 : y2 =
a 1:4 b. 4:1 c 1:16 d. 16:1
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20. Find the mean proportion of 5 and 20.

a 8 b. 10 c. 12 d. 14
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21. Find the fourth proportional of 7, 12, and 21.

a. 36 b 34 c. 32 d. 40
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22. Solve for x: -4<3x-1<11.

a 1<x<-4 b. -1<x<4 c 1<x<4 d -1<x<-4
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23.
a. 1/4 b 25 c. 4 d. 5
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24. If log2 = x and log3 = y, find log1.2.

a 2x + y b 2xy/10 c. 2x + y -1 d. xy-1
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25. If 10ax+b = P, what is the value of x?

a. (1/a)(logP-b) b. (1/a)log(P-b) c. (1/a)P10-b d. (1/4)logP10

26. Find x if logx27 + logx3 = 2

a. 9 b. 12 c 8 d 7
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27. What is the natural logarithm of e to the xy power?

a 1/xy b. 2.718/xy c. xy d. 2.718xy
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28.
a 2 b. x c. -2 d. x-2
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29. Find the 6th term of the expansion (1/2a – 3)16
a −22113 b −66339 c. −22113 d. −66339
. 256 a 11 . 128 a 11
128 a11 256 a11

30. The middle term in the expansion (x2 – 3)8 is:

a −70 x 8 b. 70 x 8 c. −5760 x 8 d. 5760 x 8
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31. The term involving x9 in the expansion of (x2 + 2/x)12 is:

32. The constant term in the expansion of (x + 1/x3/2)15 is:

a. 3003 b 5005 c. 6435 d. 7365
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33. Find the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (x + 2y – z) 8

a 256 b 1024 c 1 d 6
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34. If the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, are u and v, then the roots of cx2 + bx +a = 0 are:
a. u and v b -u and v c. 1/u and 1/v d. -1/u and -1/v
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35. Two engineering students are solving a problem leading a quadratic equation. One
student made a mistake in the coefficient of the first-degree term, got roots od 2 and -3.
The other student made a mistake in the coefficient of the constant term got roots of -1
and 4. What is the correct equation?
a. x2 – 6x - 3 b x2 + 6x +3 c. x2 + 3x + 6 d. x2 – 3x - 6
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36. Two times the father’s age is 8 more than six times his son’s age. Ten years ago, the
sum of their ages was 44. The age of the son is:
a. 49 b 15 c. 20 d. 18
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37. Peter’s age 13 years ago was 1/3 of his age 7 years hence. How old is Peter?
 a. 15 b 21 c. 23 d. 27
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38. A man is 41 years old and in seven years he will be four times as old as his son is at that
time. How old is his son now?
a. 9 b 4 c. 5 d. 8
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39. Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as Ana was when Mary was as old as Ana is
now. How old is Ana?
a. 16 b 18 c. 19 d. 20
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40. Two thousand kilogram of steel containing 8% of nickel is to be made by mixing steel
containing 14% nickel with another steel containing 6% nickel. How much of the steel
containing 14% nickel is needed?
a 1500kg b 800kg c 750kg d 500kg
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41. In what ratio must a peanut costing Php240.00 per kg be mixed with a peanut costing
Php340.00 per kg so that the profit of 20% is made by selling the mixture at Php360.00
per kg?
a. 1:2 b 3:2 c. 2:3 d. 3:5
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42. A pound of alloy of lead and nickel weighs 14.4ounces in water, where lead losses 1/11
of its weight and nickel losses 1/9 of its weight. How much of each metal is in alloy?
a Lead = 7.2oz; Nickel = 8.8oz
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b Lead = 8.8oz; Nickel = 7.2oz
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c. Lead = 6.5oz; Nickel = 5.4oz
d Lead = 7.8oz; Nickel = 4.2oz
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43. A pump can pump out a tank in 11hrs. another pump can pump out the same tank in
20hrs. How long will it take for both pumps to empty the tank?
a 0.5hr b. 1.5hrs c. 6hrs d. 7hrs
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44. A swimming pool is filled through its inlet pipe and then emptied through its outlet pipe in
a total of 8hrs. If the water enters through its inlet and simultaneously allowed to leave
through its outlet, the pool is filled in 7.5hrs. Find how long will it take to fill the pool with
the outlet closed.
a. 6 b 2 c. 3 d. 5
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45. Pedro can paint a fence 50% faster than Juan and 20% faster than Pilar and together
they can paint a given fence in 4 hours. How long will it take Pedro to paint the same
fence if he had worked alone?
a. 10hrs b 11hrs c. 13hrs d. 15hrs
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46. A job could be done by eleven workers in 15days. Five workers started the job. They
were reinforced with four more workers at the beginning of the 6 th day. Find the total
number of days it took them to finish the job.
a. 22.36 b 21.42 c. 23.22 d. 20.56
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47. How many minutes after 3:00 will the minute hand of the clock overtakes the hour hand?
a. 14/12 min b. 16-11/12 min c 16-4/11 min d. 14/11 min
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48. How many minutes after 10:00 o’clock will the hands of the clock be opposite of the other
for the first time?
a. 21.41 b 22.31 c. 21.81 d. 22.61
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49. From the time 6:15PM to the time 7:45PM of the same day, the minute hand of a
standard clock describes an arc of:
a 360o b. 120 o c. 540 o d. 720 o
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50. If a two digit number has x for its unit’s digit and y for it’s ten’s digit, represent the
number.
a yx b. 10y + x c 10x + y d. x + y
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51. One number is five less than the other number. If their sum is 135, what are the
numbers?
a. 70 & 65 b 60 & 65 c. 65 & 70 d. 75 & 80
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52. Find the two consecutive even integers such that the square of the larger is 44 greater
than the square of the smaller integer.
a. 10 & 12 b 12 & 14 c. 8 & 10 d. 14 & 16
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53. Twice the middle digit of a three-digit number is the sum of the other two. If the number is
divided by the sum of its digit, the answer is 56 and the remainder is 12. If the digits are
reversed, the number becomes smaller by 594. Find the number.
a. 258 b 567 c. 852 d. 741
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54. The product of three consecutive integers is 9240. Find the third integer.
a. 20 b 21 c. 22 d. 23
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55. The product of two numbers is 1400. If three (3) is subtracted from each number, their
product becomes 1175. Find the bigger number.
a. 28 b 50 c. 32 d. 40
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56. A jogger starts a course at a steady rate of 8kph. Five minutes later, a second jogger
starts the same course at 10kph. How long will it take for the second jogger to catch the
first?
a. 20min b 25min c. 30min d. 35min
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57. At 2:00PM, an airplane takes off at 340mph on an aircraft carrier. The aircraft carries
moves due south at 25kph in the same direction as the plane. At 4:05PM, the
communication between the plane and aircraft carrier was lost. Determine the
communication range in miles between the plane and the carrier.
a. 656mi b 785mi c. 557mi d. 412mi
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58. A boat going across a lake 8km wide proceed 2km at a certain speed and then completes
the trip at a speed 1/2kph faster. By doing this, the boat arrives 10 minutes earlier than if
the original speed had been maintained. Find the original speed of the boat.
a. 2kph b 4kph c. 9kph d. 5kph
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59. Given that w varies directly as the product of x and y and inversely as the square of z
and that w = 4 when x = 2, y = 6, and z = 3. Find w when x = 1, y = 4 and z = 2.
a. 4 b 2 c. 1 d. 3
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60. The electrical resistance of a cable varies directly as its length and inversely as the
square of its diameter. If a cable 600meters long and 25mm in diameter has a resistance
of 0.1 ohm, find the length of the cable 75mm in diameter with resistance of 1/6 ohm.
a 6000m b 7000m c. 8000m d. 9000m
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