Mathematics – Problem Set 2020

Instructions: Provide the answer and complete solutions on the problems provided.

1. It is the practice of almost all bank in the Philippines that the grant a loan, the interest for one year is automatically
deducted the principal amount upon release of money to a borrower. Let us therefore assume that you applied a loan
with a bank and the P80,000 was approved at an interest rate of 14% of which P11,200 was deducted and you were give
a check of P66,800. Since you have to pay the amount of P80, 000 one year after, what then will be the effective interest
rate?
A. 15.90% B. 16.28% C. 16.30% D. 16.20%

2. A manufacturing firm maintains one product assembly line to produce signal generators. Weekly demand for
generators is 35 units. The line operates for 7 hours per day, 5 days per week. What maximum production time in hours
required for the line to meet the demand?
A. 1 hour B. .75 hour C. 3 hours D. 2.25 hours

3. If P5000 shall accumulate for 10 years at 8% compounded quarterly. Find the compound interest at the end of 10
years.
A. P6, 005.30 B. P6, 000.00 C. P6, 040.20 D. P6, 010.20

4. A merchant puts his P2,000 to a small business for a period of six years. With a given interest rate on the investment
of 15% per year, compounded annually, how much will he collect at the end of sixth year?
A. P4,400 B. P4,390.15 C. P4,200.00 D. P4,626.00

5. How much must be invested on January 1, year 1, in order to accumulate P2000 on January 1, year 6 at 6%? Answer: A
A. P1495 B. P1092 C. P1234 D. P1764

6. A parent on the day the child is born wishes to determine what lump sum would have to be paid into an account
bearing interest at 5% compounded annually, in order to withdraw P20,000 each on the child’s 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st
birthdays.
A. P35,941.73 B. P33,941.73 C. P30,941.73 D. P25,941.73

7. An asset is purchased for P9,000. Its estimated life is 10 years after which it will be sold for P1,000. Find the book
value during the first year if sum-of-the-years digit (SOYD) depreciation is used.
A. P8,000 B. P6,500 C. P7,545 D. P6,000

8. A car travels at 80 km/hr in a school zone. A police car starts from rest just as the first car passes it and accelerates at
constant rate of 8 km/hr/sec. How long will the police car travelling when it catches the first car?
A. 10 sec B. 15 sec C. 20 sec D. 25 sec

9. A body falls from rest. Find the distance traveled in 3 seconds.

10. A marble dropped from a bridge strikes the water in 5 seconds. Calculate the speed when it strikes the water.
A. 46 m/sec B. 47 m/sec C. 48 m/sec D. 49 m/sec
11. A bullet is fired vertically upward and returns to the ground in 20 s. Find the height it reaches.
A. 234.2 m B. 345.23 m C. 490.5 m D. 563.3 m

12. A projectile is fired horizontally with a speed of 600 ft/sec from the top of a building 225 ft above the ground. What
is the time of flight?
A. 3.74 sec B. 5.34 sec C. 4.87 sec D. 2.54 sec

13. A baseball leaves the bat at an angle of 37° above the horizontal at a speed of 120 ft/sec. How far does it traveled
horizontally?
A. 430 ft B. 435 ft C. 440 ft D. 445 ft

14. A 100 kg box is dragged 70 m down the sidewalk at constant velocity. What work is done if the coefficient of sliding
friction between the box and the pavement is 0.37.
A. 34.23 KJ B. 24.34 KJ C. 12.34 KJ D. 20.60 KJ

15. A 10 kg object starts from a standstill and slides without friction down a gentle incline of 1:5 (vertical : horizontal) for
a distance of 10 m. What is the decrease in potential energy?
A. 173.30 J B. 156.34 J C. 192.40 J D. 123.45 J

16. A head hammer weighs 10 lb. In one swing of the hammer, the nail is driven 0.6 inches into a wood block. The
velocity of the hammer’s head at impact is 18 ft/s. What is the average resistance of the wood block?
A. 1010 lb B. 2010 lb C. 1800 lb D. 3600 lb

17. A charge of 0.75 coulombs passes through a wire every 15 seconds. What is the current in the wire?
A. 5 mA B. 20mA C. 9.38mA D. 50mA

18. A circuit draws 5000 kVA with a power factor of 0.72. What size of capacitor is required to increase the power factor
to 0.86? the 60 Hz line voltage is 220 V(rms).
A. 0.07 Farad B. 14 Farad C. 0.04 Farad D. 160 Farad

19. What is the average power dissipated by an electric heater with resistance of 50 drawing a current of 20 sin(30t) A?
A. 10 kw B. 20 kw C. 14.14 kw D. 0

20. Five watts are dissipated in a primary (input) circuit that includes a perfectly matched, ideal transformer with a
primary to secondary turns ration of 15:1. If the input resistance is 2000 Ω, what is the load resistance?
A. 8.9 ohms B. 79 ohms C. 133 ohms D. 6249 ohms

21. A rifle is aimed directly at the bull’s-eye of a target 50 m away. If the bullet’s speed is 350 m/s, how far below the
bull’s-eye does the bullet strike the target?
A. 12 cm B. 10 cm C. 14 cm D. 16 cm

22. Three years ago CJ was three times as old as John. Three years hence he will be twice as old. Find the present age of
CJ and John respectively.
A. 22 and 8 B. 9 and 3 C. 21 and 9 D. 24 and 8
23. How much water must be evaporated from 18 kg of 20% salt solution to produce a 50% solution?
A. 10.3 kg B. 10. 4 kg C. 10.7 kg D. 10.8 kg

24. An alloy contains 20% silver and 30% lead. How much silver and how much lead should be added to 45 kg of alloy in
order to obtain an alloy containing 25% silver and 33.5% lead?
A. 4.5 kg silver and 4.5 kg lead C. 3.5 kg silver and 3.5 kg lead
B. 4.5 kg silver and 3.5 kg lead D. 3.5 kg silver and 4.5 kg lead

25. Find the value of m that will make 4x2 – 4mx + 4m + 5 a perfect square trinomial
A. 3 B. -2 C. 4 D. 5

26. A and B working together can finish painting a home in 6 days. A working alone can finish it in five days less than B.
How long will it take each of them to finish the work alone?
A. 10 15 B. 15, 20 C. 20, 25 D. 5,10

27. Determine the sum of the progression if there are 7 arithmetic mean between 3 and 35.
A. 171 B. 182 C. 232 D. 216

28. Box A has 4 white balls, 3 blue balls and 3 orange balls. Box B has 2 white balls, 4 blue balls and 4 orange balls. If one
ball is drawn from each box, what is the probability that one of the two balls will be orange?
A. 27/50 B. 9/50 C. 23/50 D. 7/25

29. Solve for x that satisfy the equation 4x2 = 12x – 7

30. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a tower to be 30 degrees. He walks 85 m nearer the tower and finds
its angle of elevation to be 60 degrees. What is the height of the tower?
A. 76.31 m B. 73.31 m C. 73.16 m D. 73.61 m

31. Given the three sides of a triangle: 2,3,4. What is the angle in radians opposite the side with length 3?
A. 0.11 B. 0.41 C. 0.55 D. 0.81

32. The triangle defined the points A (6,1), B (2,4), C (-2,1) is what?
A. isosceles B. right C. obtuse D. equilateral

33. A central angle of 45 degrees subtends an arc of 12 cm. What is the radius of the circle?
A. 15.28 cm B. 18.28 cm C. 20.28 cm D. 30.28 cm

34. What is the area in square inches of a parabola with a base of 15 cm and a height of 20 cm?
A. 87 B. 55 C. 31 D. 11

35. Triangle ABC is a right triangle with right angle at C. CD is perpendicular to AB. BC = 4, and CD = 1. Find the area of
the triangle ABC.
A. 2.95 B. 2.55 C. 2.07 D. 1.58