Republic of the Philippines

City of Tagaytay
CITY COLLEGE OF TAGAYTAY
School of Education

QUALIFYING EXAM
Area: Specialization (Mathematics)

MULTIPLE CHOICES. Choose the letter of the best correct answer. Please shade the circle
properly on your answer sheet.

1. A certain bacteria double every 30 minutes. If there are 100g at the start, how many are
there after 2 hours?
A. 200g C. 800g
B. 400g D. 1600g

2. 40% of 150 applicants are female. If 15% are girls and 20% of the boys failed the exam.
How many failed the exam?
A. 18 C. 36
B. 27 D. 60

3. A taxi charges P50 for the first kilometer and charges Php3 for each additional kilometer.
How far could P200 go?
A. 50 kilometers C. 66.67 kilometers
B. 51 kilometers D. 4 kilometers

4. Write 2. 96 as a common fraction

A. 98/33 C. 89/33
B. 198/33 D. 108/33

5. Solve for x: 625 x+2=( 5 )2 x+10

A. 1 C. 3
B. -1 D. – 3

6. Which numeral is equal to 8 x 10−7

A. 0.00000008 C. 0.00008
B. 0.0000008 D. 0.008

7. Nilo picked some mangoes. He gave half to her mother and half of the remaining
mangoes to Allan. Allan received 9 mangoes. How many mangoes did Nilo pick?
A. 9 C. 27
B. 18 D. 36
8. What is one-eight of 280?
A. 210 C. 230
B. 2 120
D. 277

9. If 10 boxes of oranges are worth P2000 and its box is worth P15. How much are all the
oranges worth without the boxes?
A. P 185 C. P 1985
B. P 1850 D. P 2150

10. Which of the following represents 17 less than thrice a certain number?
A. 3x-17 C. 17<3x
B. 17-3x D. 12>3x

11. In a triangle, the ratio of two angles is 5:2 and the third angle is equal to the difference
between the other two. Find the smallest angle.
A. 36 C. 54
B. 18 D. 90

12. How many rectangles are there in the figure below?

A. 5 C. 8
B. 7 D. 9

13. A circle has its center at (3,-2) and one end of a diameter at (7, 2). Find the other end of
the diameter.
A. (-1, -6) C. (1, -6)
B. (-1, 6) D. (1, 6)

14. If a + b = 38, a + c = 44 and b + c = 52. What is the value of a + b + c?

A. 134 C. 23
B. 67 D. 29

15. Art is 7 years younger than Thor. The sum of their age is 53. How old is Art?
A. 30 C. 60
B. 23 D. 46

16. April and May can do a job in 2 days. Working alone, April can do it in 5 days. How long
would it take May to do the job alone?
A. 5/7 days C. 7/5 days
B. 3/5 days D. 10/3 days
17. The area of a rectangle whose width is x-7 is x 2−2 x−35. What is the length?
A. x-5 C. x+7
B. x+5 D. x-28

18. Given that x/3 +4=49; find out the value of x

A. 215 C. 95
B. 105 D. 135

19. Twelve employees can work on a task in eight days. How many employees can be
assigned to work on the task if it must be completed in six day?
A. 32 C. 9
B. 16 D. 18

20. Find the equations of the line passing through the points (-5, 4) and (3, 1).
A. 3x-8y+17=0 C. 3x+8y+17=0
B. 3x-8y-17=0 D. 3x+8y-17=0

21. How many meters longer is a mile than a kilometer? There is 1.609 kilometers in a mile.
A. 609 C. 1000
B. 600 D. 1609

22. Carey earns Php 7, 500 per week in salary plus 5% commission on her weekly sales. If
she needs Php 15,000 in a particular week, how much her weekly sales should be.
A. Php 130,000 C. Php 150,000
B. Php 100,000 D. Php 125,000

23. A graduating class of 160 boys and 180 girls held a senior’s ball. Approximately what
percent attended if 60% of the girls and 70% of the boys were there?
A. 68.97% C. 62.73%
B. 67.06% D. 64.71%

24. Charles can paint a room in ten hours. Sherwin can finish the same task in twelve hours
how long will it take the two of them if they work together?
A. 5.45 hours C. 6.25 hours
B. 5.25 hours D. 4 hours

25. A housewife deposited Php 150,000 at 6% compounded annually for 5 years. What is the
amount in 5 years?
A. Php 200,733.84 C. Php 750,000
B. Php 195,000 D. Php 180,000

26. Find the equation of the line with slope two and passing through the point (3, -1).
A. 2x +y+7=0 C. 2x+y-7+0
B. 2x-y+7=0 D. 2x-y-7=0
27. A twenty five hectare farm land produces 350 cavans of palay. How many cavans can
sixty hectare land produce?
A. 920 cavans C. 880 cavans
B. 840 cavans D. 800 cavans

28. A three-foot high tree casts a shadow four feet long. Another tree, casts a 24 feet shadow.
If the heights and shadows are in proportion, how high is the second tree?
A. 24 ft C. 21 ft
B. 20 ft D. 18 ft

29. For which side length of a square are the perimeter and the area numerically equal?
A. 4 C. 12
B. 8 D. 2

30. In a PBA game last week, James Yap attempted forty shots and made 65% of them. How
many shots did he make?
A. 28 shots C. 30 shots
B. 32 shots D. 26 shots

31. What is the amount (in feet) of framing needed to frame a picture whose dimensions are 8
½ inches by 11?
A. 2 ¼ C. 3 1/4
B. 4 1/4 D. 5 ¼

32. What is the area of a triangular piece of land which has a “base” of 940 m and a “height”
of 128 m?
A. 160,240 sq. m C. 80,120 sq. m
B. 120,320 sq. m D. 60, 160 sq. m

33. In how many years will Php 50,000 grow to Php 60,000 if it is invested at 6%
compounded monthly?
A. 4.05 C. 3.62
B. 3.05 D. 2.34

34. A path cutting diagonally across a rectangular lot is 13 meters long. If one side of the lot
is 12 meters long, how long is the shorter size?
A. 7 meters C. 10 meters
B. 3 meters D. 500 centimeters

35. A student got this report card and saw the following grades: 85,72, 80,88 and 90. What is
his average grade?
A. 87 C. 83
B. 82.5 D. 84
36. A little boy weighs seven kilos. How much is this in pounds?
A. 18.5 lbs. C. 16.4 lbs
B. 15.4 lbs D. 14.5 lbs

37. Find the ratio of fifteen minutes to one hour.

A. 2:15 C. 1:15
B. 15:1 D. 1:4

38. A large track of land was distributed to tenants who each got eight hectares. If there are
32 tenants, what was the original land area?
A. 216 C. 246
B. 236 D. 256

39. Into how many four hundred-gram packs of sugar can a 30-kilogram sack be repacked?
A. 80 packs C. 60 packs
B. 50 packs D. 75 packs
2
40. Evaluate the following limit: lim f ( x )=x −2 x+1
x →1
A. 1 C. 0
B. -1 D. The limit is not defined

41. If forty percent of y is 32, what is twenty five percent of y?

A. 60 C. 35
B. 50 D. 20

42. If x+2=7, then what is the value of 2x+5?

A. 18 C. 20
B. 15 D. 12

43. What is the standard deviation of a set of scored if its variance 15?
A. 225 C. 15
B. 3.87 D. 30

44. Find the volume (in cubic inches) of a rectangular solid whose dimensions are 3 feet, 2 ½
feet and 8 inches.
A. 8,530 C. 8,640
B. 6,570 D. 7,980

45. One right triangle has legs measuring 12 and 9. A second triangle has legs measuring 112
and 16. What is the difference of their perimeters?
A. 12 C. 54
B. 42 D. 7

46. What is the different between 38 ∧83

A. 7210 C. 6049
 B. 5024 D. 4080
47. If x= y/5 and 5x = 7. What is y?
A. 7 C. 28
B. 2 D. 14

48. How many hectares are in a rectangular field which is 800 m long and 750 m wide? One
hectare is 10,000 sq. m
A. 56 ha C. 120 ha
B. 42 ha D. 60 ha

49. If each pillow case uses 1 ¼ m of fabric, how much material is needed for 15 pillow
cases?
A. 16 2/3 m C. 18 m
B. 18 ¾ m D. 16 m

50. How many gallons of fuel will a vehicle use on a 720 mile trip if it averages 22 ½ miles
per gallon?
A. 720÷22 ½ C. 22 ½ + 720
B. 22 ½ ÷ 720 D. 22 ½ - 720

51. Twenty eight students passed while twenty percent failed in a departmental exam. How
many students were tested?
A. 38 students C. 44 students
B. 35 students D. 32 students

52. Out of 3000 examinees in a recent national examination, only 780 passed. What is the
percentage of passing?
A. 26% C. 27%
B. 24% D. 28%

53. An isosceles triagle has a perimeter equal to 42 in. the 2 equal sides are each 3 times as
long as the third side. How long is the third side?
A. 18 C. 6
B. 21 D. 8

54. What are the factors of: 65 x 3−35 x 2+5 x ?

A. 5(13-7 x 2+ x ¿ C. 5 x 3 (13−7 x +1)
B. 5(13 x 3−7 x +1¿ D. 5 x (13 x 2−7 x+ 1¿

55. A meter stick breaks into two pieces at the 36 cm mark. What is the ratio of the smaller
piece to the larger piece?
A. 9:25 C. 13:50
B. 9:16 D. 2:3

56. A swimming pool is 50 meters long. How many times will a swimwear tranverse the
entire length of the pool if he needs to cover 200 meters?
 A. 5 C. 10
B. 4 D. 16

57. If you are currently earning Php 22,000 a month, how much will your new salary be if
you are to receive a 4% increase next month?
A. Php 22, 880 C. Php 26,560
B. Php 25,440 D. Php 24,330
58. At what rate of ineterst should Php 24,000 be invested so that it will earn Php 1, 080 in
9 months?
A. 5% C. 6.5%
B. 6% D. 5.5%

59. Find the least common multiple (LCM) of the numbers 18, 24 and 54.
A. 216 C. 512
B. 192 D. 384
60. Given that 2xy = 50 and x=2, what is the value of y?
A. 12.5 C. 10
B. 25 D. 5

61. Find two numbers whose product is 24 and the sum of whose reciprocals is 5/12.
A. 1 and 24 C. 8 and 3
B. 2 and 12 D. 6 and 4

62. If an isosceles triangle has an interior angle measuring 134 degrees, what is the measure
of each of the other two?
A. 21 C. 42
B. 46 D. 23

63. The probability that a man will be alive in 25 years is 3/5 and that of his wife is 2/3.
What is the probability that both will be alive?
A. 1/5 C. 50 %
B. 2/5 D. 100%

64. The degree of the term -4 x 2 y .

A. 1st C. 3rd
B. 4th D. 2nd

65. If x is an odd integer and y is an even integer, which of the following is an even
integer?
A. 2x-y-1 C. x 2+ y
B. x 2+ 3 y+1 D. 4 x−1

66. The greatest common divisor (GCD) of 91, 39 and 78.

A. 13 C. 91
B. 24 D. 39
67. The difference between gross profit and cost of goods sold.
A. Discount C. Invoice price
B. Markdown D. Net profit

68. The property of real numbers which describes (5+6)-3=-3+(5+6)

A. Reflexive C. Distributive
B. Associative D. Commutative

69. What do you call an equality of 2 ratios?

A. Fraction C. Quotient
B. Proportion D. Percentage

70. The number of hours spent for review in Algebra, Chemistry and English is in the ratio
4:3:1. How many hours does each student spend for chemistry in a 24 hours review
package?
A. Twelve hours C. Six hours
B. Three hours D. Nine hours

71. If m <0 and n > 0, which of the following is true?

A. M/n=0 C. Mn >0
B. 1/m < 1/n D. 1/m >1/n

72. What do you call a triangle with all sides equal?

A. Right C. Equilateral
B. Scalene D. Isosceles

73. What is the volume of a right circular cylinder of height h and radius r?
A. ½ π r 2 h C. 1/3 π r 2 h
B. 2 π r 2 h D. π r 2 h

74. What is the area of a rectangle of height h and base b?

A. Bh C. ½ bh
B. 2 bh D. 1/3 bh

75. What is the circumference of a circle with area 4 π square units?

A. 8 π units C. 4 π units
B. 6 π units D. 2 π units

76. What is the value of cos 2 θ+ sin 2 θ ?

A. -2 C. 1
B. -1 D. 2

77. How much is 30% of 70 % of 400?

A. 72 C. 84
B. 75 D. 96
 78. The unit’s digit of a two-digit number exceeds the ten digits by 2. Find the number if it
is four times the sum of its digits.
A. 24 C. 82
B. 42 D. 84
79. If one side of a square is doubled in length and the adjacent side is decreased by two
centimeters, the area of the resulting rectangle in 96 square centimeters larger that of
the original square. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.
A. 10 x 24 C. 24 x 24
B. 17 x 24 D. 6 x 16

80. Factor completely the expression: 27 a 3−54 a 2+36 ab2−8 b 3

A. (3a-2b¿3 C. (a-3b¿3
B. (3a-3b¿ 3
D. (4a-3b¿3

81. Which of the following technique will best to help you to factor the expression: x2+6x-
7=0?
A. Grouping C. Common monomial factor
B. Difference of two cubes D. Completing the square

82. A chess player won 5 out of 7 games played. If there are 8 games remaining, how many
more games must he win to give him a record of at least 60% won of all games?
A. 4 C. 9
B. 5 D. 15

83. In a zoo, there is enough food to feed 8 dogs to last 5 days. If on the first day, 2 new dogs
arrived, how many days will the food last?
A. 6 C. 4
B. 5 D. 3
m 2+ m−12
84. Which of the following is equivalent to 2 ?
m −5 m+6
m+ 4 m−4
A. C.
m+2 m−2
m+ 4 m−4
B. D.
m−2 m+2

85. If x = 2 and y = -x, the point lies in quadrant

A. I C. III
B. II D. IV

86. You own a small rectangular box measuring 3 cm x 2 cm. If the dimensions of
this box are increased by 10% what is the area of the resulting box?
A. 6.26 cm2 C. 7.12 cm2
B. 6.22 cm 2
D. 7.26 cm2

87. If 7 ponkans and 4 lemons cost 43 pesos and 11 ponkans and 12 lemons cost 79
pesos, how much does each ponkan cost?
A. P2 C. P 4
B. P3 D. P 5

88. What is the remainder when 3x53 + 5x20 + 7x15 + 8 is divided by x+1?
A. 3 C. -7
B. -3 D. 23

89. Tom and Gene have a total of 490 marbles. If Gene has 50 more marbles than
Tom, how many marbles does Tom have?
A. 220 C.230
B. 270 D. 200

90. Let x, y and z be a positive integers such that xy= 6, xz= 10, yz = 15. What is the
value of xyz?
A. 10 C. 30
B. 20 D. 900

91. A bundle of new 200-peso bills are consecutively numbered KS143359 to KS

143448. What is the total amount of the bundle of bills?
A. ₱18,600 C. ₱18,200
B. ₱18,400 D. ₱18,000

92. In a farm, there are chickens, ducks and goats. The number of chickens is equal to
the number of ducks. There are 51 heads and 160 legs altogether. How many chickens are
there?
A. 11 C. 29
B. 22 D. 30

93. What is 0.55 in fraction?

11 12
A. C.
20 19
14 15
B. D.
17 20

94. Evaluate: (323/5 + 6253/4)

A. 33 C. 133
B. 123 D. 28

95. How many times will the digit 5 appear between 1 and 100?
A. 10 C. 19
B. 11 D. 20

96. What is the next term of the series 8, 9, 12, 17, 24, . . .
A. 41 C. 33
B. 35 D. 30

97. Which is the largest?

 A. 248 C. 524
B. 336 D. 412

98. A post stands 15 ft. above the water. If one third of it is in the water and one
fourth is in the mud, how long is the pole?
A. 12 C. 36
B. 9 D. 42

99. Find (x, y) if ( 2x + 1, x + y ) = ( -7, 2 )

A. (-4,-6) C. (-4,6)
B. (-1,6) D. (3,-1)

100. Lily gets Php 40.00 off for every sack of dog food. each sack of dog food cost
Php 950.00, which equation should lily use to determine the amount she would pay for x
sack of dog food?
A. f(x)=910x C. f(x)=950x
B. f(x)=950-40x D. f(x)=950x+40x

101. Ben is three times as old Ming. Four years ago the sum of their ages was 80 how
old is ben?
A. 22 C. 33
B. 44 D. 66

102. The average of four numbers 28. If the three numbers are 18,28 and 36,what is
the fourth number
A. 29 C. 48
B. 30 D. 40

103. The way fare from Manila to Davao city is Php 5,200. How many round trip
tickets can be purchased with the amount of Php 104,000?
A. 25 C. 20
B. 10 D. 15

104. A room 5m x 6m is to be covered by Spanish tiles 40cm x 40 cm. How many tiles
are needed?
A. 185 C. 188
B. 187 D. 200

105. Ed weighs twice as much as Tom. Tom weighs twice as much as Jason. Their
total weight is 350 kg. Find the weight of Ed.
A. 50 C. 150
B. 100 D. 200

106. Mrs. Santos borrowed from a friend Php 50,000.00 at 5% interest per month. How
much will she pay after a year?
A. Php 80,000.00 C. Php 150,000.00
 B. Php 100,000.00 D. Php 130,000.00

107. Ana is 2 years older than Jo the sum of their ages is 26. How old is Anna?
A. 12 C. 16
B. 14 D. 18

108. Triangle ABC is equilateral if AB=x+5 and BC=2x-3, what is the perimeter of the
triangle?
A. 4 C. 27
B. 24 D. 39

y+ 2 y −3 1
109. Solve for y: − =
4 3 2
A. 6 C. 12
B. 9 D. 15

110. Rose and Ivy have 79 color pencils. If Rose has 39 more pencils than three times
Ivy’s, how many colored pencils does Ivy have?
A. 10 C. 30
B. 29 D. 69

111. If 1+2+3+4+…+10=55, what is the value of 1001+1002+1003+1004+…+1010=?

A. 10,550 C. 1055
B. 10,055 D. 1505

112. What is the maximum number of pieces of birthday cake of size 4” by 4” can be
cut from a cake 20 inches by 20 inches
A. 5 C. 20
B. 10 D. 25

113. The ratio of men to women at high school is 3:7. If there are 6,153 women in the
said school, how many men are at Mabuhay High School?
A. 2,051 C. 879
B. 2,637 D. 1,895

114. A new house has to sides of its lot already fenced by neighbor. the unfenced sides
are 29 meters by 52 meters. If one meter requires 11 pieces of hollow blocks, how many
hollow blocks will be needed?
A. 991 C. 791
B. 891 D. 691

115. A market vendor bought 12 boxes of orange each containing 150 oranges and 15
boxes of mangoes each containing 180 mangoes. After a week, only 2356 pieces of fruits
were left, how many oranges and mangoes are sold?
A. 4500 C. 2700
 B. 5400 D. 2144

116. Which of the following lengths is the longest?

A. 555 cm C. 0.005 km
B. 5.5 cm D. 5555 mm

117. Which of these statements is always true?

A. the sum of 3 consecutive numbers is always odd
B. the sum of the square of 2 consecutive numbers cannot be odd
C. the sum of 2 consecutive numbers is even
D. sum of 5 consecutive numbers is always divisible by 5

118. The reading on water meter in April and May are 417.8 kl and 430.4 kl. If the
basic charge of 23pesos and the cost per kl is 20pesos, how much is the billing
consumption between the 2months.
A. P 2520 C. P2543
B. P 272 D. P275

119. A retailer buys candies for P37.50 the pack has 25 pieces of candies. If she sells
each candy for P2.25, How much profit does she makes?
A. P15.50 C. P37.50
B. P26,25 D. P18.75

120. How much greater is the sum of the first 10 prime numbers than the sum of the
first 10 counting numbers.
A. 30 C. 74
B. 55 D. 129

121. Three friends took turns in manning a 24 hour internet shop. The number of hours
Arman,Beb,and Carl were in duty is in the ratio 1:2:3 respectively. The shop owner pays
them P80 per hour. How much would Carl receive for that day?
A. P230 C. P160
B. P960 D. P480

122. If July 25, 2015 falls on a Saturday what day is July 25,2017?
A. Tuesday C. Thursday
B. Wednesday D. Monday

123. In ∆ABC, C IS 20° more than twice A and B is 10° more than A. Find C
A. 95° C. 47.5°
B. 37.5° D. 55°

124. April and May can do a job in 2 days. Working alone, April can do it in 5 days.
How long would it take May to do the job alone?
 A. 5/7 days C. 7/5 days
B. 3/5 days D. 10/3 days

125. Art is 7 years younger than Thor. The sum of their age is 53. How old is Art?
A. 30 C. 60
B. 23 D. 46

126. If a + b = 38, a + c = 44 and b + c = 52. What is the value of a + b + c?

A. 134 C. 23
B. 67 D. 29

127. If 3 times a number is increased by 22, the result is 14 less than 7 times the
number. Find the number.
A. 7 C. 9
B. 8 D. 10

128. A circle has its center at (3,-2) and one end of a diameter at (7, 2). Find the other
end of the diameter.
A. (-1, -6) C. (1, -6)
B. (-1, 6) D. (1, 6)

3x 2y
129. Add: +
x− y x+ y
3 x +5 xy +2 y 2
2
3 x 2 +5 xy−2 y 2
A. C.
x 2+ y 2 x 2+ y 2
2 2
3 x 2 +5 xy +2 y 2 3 x +5 xy−2 y
B. D. 2

x 2− y 2 x 2−¿ y ¿

130. Let ƒ(x) = —2x2 + 1 and g(x) = 4x — 3. Find (ƒ ∘ g)(x).

A. —8x3 + 6x2 + 4x — 3 C. —2x2 + 4x — 2

B. —8x2 + 5 D. —32x2 + 48x — 17

131. Give the domain and range of the following relation.

y = √x— 1

A. Domain is (—∞, ∞) and Range is (—∞, ∞)

B. Domain is [1, ∞) and Range is (0, ∞)
C. Domain is (1, ∞) and Range is [0, ∞)
 D. Domain is [1, ∞) and Range is [0, ∞)

132. A politician wants to get his message to 2/3 of the population of 48,000 in
Bulacan. However, his advertising campaign reaches only ¾ of the number he intended.
How many people does he actually reach? 
A. 6,000  C. 4,000 
B. 10,000  D. 36,000

133. A meter was cut at the 35-cm mark. What is the ratio of the smaller piece to the
larger piece? 
A. 7:13  C. 35:100 
B. 65:35  D. 65:100

134. The carat is a unit of measure used to weigh precious stones. It equals 3.086
grains. How many grains does a 2.8 carat diamond weigh? 
A. 864.08  C. 8.6408
B. 86.408  D. 8640.8

135. A carpenter wanted three pieces of wood each 1⅝ feet long. If he planned to cut
them from a 6-foot piece of wood, how much of the piece would be left? 
A. 4 ⅜ ft  C. 4 ⅞ ft
B. 1 ⅛ ft   D. 3 ft

136. Four mangoes cost P29.00. At that price what will 2½ dozen mangoes cost? 
A. ₱217.50  C. ₱348.50 
B. ₱188.50  D. ₱870.00

137. If ₱75.00 is shared among three children in the ratio of 3:7:15. The size of the
smaller share is 
A. ₱9.00  C. ₱25.00 
B. ₱15.00  D. ₱35.00

138. 10 - 3 2/17 = __________ 

A. 7 2/17 C. 6 1/17
B. 6 2/17 D. 6 15/17

139. How many whole numbers can divide 30 exactly? 

A. Eight  C. Five 
B. Six D. Four

140. Which is the sum of the infinite progression 3/2, 1, 2/3, 4/9 . . . ? 
A. 6½  C. 4½ 
B. 5½ D. 7½

141. In the progression 18, -12, 8 . . . which term is 512/729? 

A. the 8th  C. the 9th
 B. the 6th    D. the 7th

142. Which are the next three terms in the progression 1, 4, 16 . . . 8 terms?
A. 64, 256, 1024  C. 66, 258, 1026
B. 67, 259, 1027   D. 65, 257, 1025

143. Which are the next three terms in the progression 1/125, -1/25, 1/5 . . . 7 terms? 
A. -2, 6, -26  C. -4, 8, -28 
B. -3, 7, -27  D. -1, 5, -25

144. Which is the equivalent common fraction of the repeating decimal 3.242424…? 
A. 107/33  C. 109/33 
B. 110/33  D. 108/33

145. Benjamin received his report card with the following grades: 93, 88, 80, 86 and
89? What is the average grade?
A. 86 C. 86 1/5 
B. 87 D. 88

146. The Miranda Family purchased a 250-pound side of beef and had it packaged.
They paid ₱365.00 for the side of beef. During the packaging, 75 pounds of beef were
discarded as waste. What was the cost per pound for the packaged beef? 
A. ₱2.08 per pound 
B. ₱2.50 per pound 
C. ₱2.06 per pound 
D. ₱2.30 per pound

147. If a baseball player hits 10 home runs in the first 45 games, at the same rate how
many home runs can he expect to hit during the 162-game season? 
A. 38  C. 36
B. 42  D. 40

148. During a recent shopping spree, Tomas and Nena bought some new accessories
for their apartment. Nena chose a crocheted throw pillow at ₱24.95, and Tomas
purchased a rural landscape painting for ₱135.00. How much did they actually spend if
they paid 7% sales tax on their purchases? 
A. ₱171.15 C. ₱159.95  
B. ₱139.25 D. ₱148.75

149. You buy a new refrigerator for ₱12,800.00 and make a down payment of
₱2,500.00. If you finance the remainder at 8% annually for three years, how much will
you actually pay for the refrigerator? 
A. ₱12,190.00  C. ₱12,772.00
B. ₱10,300.00   D. ₱15,272.00
150. To pass her English Test, Lucille must get 75% of the items correct. Out of 80
questions, how many must she correctly answer? 
A. 55  C. 65
B. 60  D. 70