GENERAL MATH PRETEST TABLE of SPECIFICAT
GENERAL MATH PRETEST TABLE of SPECIFICAT
Diagnostic Test
School Year 2022-2023
TABLE of SPECIFICATIONS
TIME SPENT % of TEST NUMBER of PLACEMENT of
KEY CONCEPTS
(in hours) ITEMS TEST ITEMS TEST ITEMS
A) Functions 4 10% 5 1 – 2, 41- 43
B) Rational Function 8 8% 4 3–6
C) Inverse Function,
Exponential Function, 7 – 20, 44-45,
28 40% 20
and Logarithmic 47-50
Function
D) Simple and
Compound Interest; 18%
16 9 21 – 28, 46
Simple and General
Annuity
E) Stocks and Bonds 4 4% 2 29 – 30
F) Business and
4 4% 2 31 – 32
Consumer Loans
G) Propositional Logic,
Syllogism and 12 12% 6 33 – 38
Fallacies
H) Proof and Disproof 4 4% 2 39 – 40
TOTAL 80 100% 50
Prepared by:
JAY S. CACHO
Teacher III
Noted:
Directions: Answer the following items. Solutions should be written on a separate sheet of paper. Write your
final answer on the answer sheet. If answers are in decimal, round-off to two decimal places.
1. You plan to sell cupcakes to raise funds. A bakery charges you ₱15.00 for the first 100 cupcakes. If you
purchase more than 100 cupcakes but not exceeding 150 cupcakes, the bakery will lower the price to
₱13.50 per cupcake. If you purchase 150 or more cupcakes, the price will decrease to ₱10.00 per cupcake.
Write a piecewise function that models this situation.
x−1 1
=
3. Solve for x: x+1 2
2 x−5
≤3
4. What value/s will make x−5 ?
2
x −5 x+6
f (x )=
5. What is/are the vertical asymptote/s of the rational function x 2 −2 x−3 ?
2
x −3 x +2
f (x )=
6. What is the domain of the rational function x 2 −5 x+6 ?
()
2x
1
A) f(x) = 1 – 2x B) g(x) = 2x – 2 C) h(x) = 3x2 D) F(x) = 3
()
x
1 1
<
14. Solve for x: 3 9
15. Write the following in a single logarithm: 2 log (3x) – log (x + 1) – 3 log x
16. At the concert of your favorite rock band, you measured the intensity (I) of their sound to be 100 watts
per square meter. What is the intensity in decibels? Use the mathematical model
M =10 log
(10I )−12
for
21. Suppose you won ₱10,000.00 and you plan to invest it for 5 years. A cooperative group offers 2%
simple interest rate per year while a bank offers 2% compounded annually. Which of the two offers is
better?
22. How much interest is charged when ₱50,000.00 is borrowed for one year at an annual interest rate of
10%?
23. Mary Rose is planning to invest ₱20,000.00. At what rate compounded semi-annually will accumulate
her money to ₱25,000.00 in 3 years?
24. Jeff invested ₱150,000.00 at 10% compounded annually. He plans to get this amount after 6 years for
his son’s college education. How much will he get?
25. Argin paid ₱200,000.00 as down payment for a car. The remaining amount is to be settled by paying
₱16,200.00 at the end of each month for 5 years. If interest is 10.5% compounded monthly, what is the
cash price of his car?
26. A teacher saves ₱5,000.00 every 6 months in a bank that pays 0.25% compounded monthly. How much
will be her savings after 10 years?
27. ABC Bank pays interest at the rate of 2% compounded quarterly. How much will Ken have in the bank
at the end of 5 years if he deposits ₱3,000.00 every month?
28. Melvin availed of a loan from a bank that gave him an option to pay ₱20,000.00 monthly for 2 years.
The first payment is due after 4 months. How much is the present value of the loan if the interest rate is
10% converted monthly?
29. A certain financial institution declared a ₱30,000,000.00 for the common stocks. If there are a total of
700,000 shares of common stock, how much is the dividend per share?
30. Determine the amount of the semi-annual coupon for a bond with a face value of ₱300,000.00 that pays
10%, payable semi-annually for its coupons.
31. If a car loan of ₱790,000.00 requires a 20% down payment, how much is the mortgage?
32. Mark renovated his home for ₱80,000.00. This was made possible because of an approved loan worth
₱75,000.00. Is this a business loan or a consumer loan?
33. Is the following a proportion or not? t: What is the domain of the function?
34. State the negation of the proposition: Mary received a text message from her friend.
36. Show that the following statement is a tautology by constructing its truth table: p [(p q)].
37. Given the true conditional, state its contrapositive.
p → q: If Paul is in Grade 11, then he is a senior high school student.
39. Show that the following statement is false by providing a counterexample: All prime numbers are odd.
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Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on your answer
sheet.
44. Charles plays basketball for his school. He scored 14 points on Monday, and he doubled his score
each day thereafter. How many points did he score on Thursday?
45. Suppose a population of 250 crickets doubles in size every 6 months. How many crickets will there be
after 2 years?
a. 4,000 crickets b. 6,000 crickets c. 2,000 crickets d. 1,000
crickets
46. ₱10, 000 is invested at 2% compounded annually. Give an exponential model for the situation.
Prepared by:
JAY S. CACHO
Teacher III
GENERAL MATHEMATICS 11
Diagnostic Test
School Year 2022-2023
ANSWER KEY
1)
2) (f ○ g)(x) = 4x2 + 11 22) ₱5,000
3) x = 3 23) 3.79%
4) (– , 5) [10, +) OR 24) ₱265,734.15
x < 5 x 10
5) x = –1 and x = 3 25) ₱953,702.20
6) {xx , x 3} 26) ₱101,197.06
3
7) f ( x )= √ x−3
−1 27) ₱189,126.38
8) {x x 0} 28) ₱422,759.78
9) {y y 3} 29) ₱42.86
10) C 30) ₱15,000
11) ) {xx } 31) ₱632,000
12) (0, 3) 32) CONSUMER LOAN
13) x = 3 33) NOT
14) (2, +) 34) Mary did not receive a text message from her friend.
(3 x)2 35) If Annie misses the exam then she does not receive a passing grade
log for the subject.
15) ( x+1 )( x3 )
16) 140 dB 36)
p q p q (p q) p [(p q)]
T T T F T
T F F T T
F T F T T
F F F T T
17) x=3 37) If Paul is not a senior high school student then he is not in Grade 11.
18) x=2 38) WEAK ANALOGY
19) [–1, 1) OR –1 x < 1 39) 2
20) x=2 40)
P Q Q P Q Q (P Q) QP
T T F F T T
T F T T T T
F T F F T T
F F T F F F
41.D 44.A
42.D 45.A
43.D 46.A
47.B 49.B
48.B 50.C
Prepared by:
JAY S. CACHO
Teacher III