2
2
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
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
36. A regular dodecagon is inscribed in a circle of radius 24. Find the perimeter of the dodecagon.
A. 125 B. 135 C. 149 D. 169
37. The sides of a triangle are 8 cm 10 cm and 14 cm determine the radius of the inscribed and circumscribed circle.
A. 3.45, 7.14 B. 2.45, 7.14 C. 2.50, 7.14 D. 3.45, 8.14
38. The sides of a cyclic quadrilateral are a = 3m, b = 3 m, c = 4 m and d = 4 m. Find the radius of the inscribed and
circumscribed circle.
A. 1.71 and 2.50 B. 1.91 and 2.52 C. 2.63 and 4.18 D. 2.63 and 3.88
39. A circular cone having an altitude of 9 m is divided into 2 segments having the same vertex. If the smaller altitude is 6
m. Find the ratio of the volume of small cone to the big cone.
A. 0.296 B. 0.386 C. 0.186 D. 0.486
40. A pipe lining material of silicon carbide used in a conveyance of pulverized coal to fuel a boiler has a thickness of 2
cm and inside diameter of 10 cm. Find the volume of the material with a pipe length of 6 meters.
A. 45,239 cubic cm B. 42.539 cubic cm C. 49,532 cubic cm D. 43,932 cubic cm
42. Find the eccentricity of an ellipse when the length of the latus rectum is 2/3 of the length of the major axis.
A. 0.58 B. 0.68 C. 0.78 D. 0.98
44. Find the value of k for which the equation x2 + y2 + 4x – 2y – k = 0, represents a point circle.
A. 5 B. 6 C. -6 D. – 5
45. Compute the focal length and the length of the latus rectum of parabola y2 + 8x – 6y + 25 = 0.
A. 2,8 B. 4,16 C. 16,64 D. 1,4
46. Find the equation of the straight line with a slope of 3 and a y – intercept of 1.
A. 3x – y + 1 = 0 B. 3x + y + 1 = 0 C. 3x – y – 1 = 0 D. 3x + 7 – 1 = 0
47. Find the distance from the line 4x – 3y + 5 = 0 to the point (2,1).
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
49. If the distance x from the point of departure at time t is defined by the equation x = - 16t2 + 5000t + 5000, what is
the initial velocity?
A. 2000 B. 0 C. 5000 D. 3000