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PROBLEM 1: A triangle with an area ellipse if its major axis is 10 and its
of 785.48 cm2 has two sides minor axis is 8.
measuring 55 cm and 45 cm, a. 8.1 b. 8.3
respectively. Find the sum of all the c. 8.5 d. 8.7
sides.
a. 145 b. 135 PROBLEM 9: A circular cylinder is
c. 150 d. 165 circumscribed about a right prism
with a square base one meter on an
PROBLEM 2: An oblique triangle edge. The volume of the cylinder is
with sides a = 6cm, b = 9cm, and 6.283 cu.m. Find its altitude.
∠C=32°. Solve ∠A. a. 8 m b. 6 m
a. 39.1° b. 56.1° c. 5 m d. 4 m
c. 25.1° d. 41.1°
PROBLEM 10: Determine the
PROBLEM 3: Given an equation of derivative of change of the area of a
an ellipse 9x2 + 16y2 – 144 = 0. circle with respect to its radius
Compute the ratio of the minor axis when the radius is 3 feet.
to the major axis. a. 4π b. 5π
a. 0.75 b. 0.433 c. 6π d. 7π
c. 0.62 d. 0.54
PROBLEM 11: Determine the
SITUATION 1 (4-6): If the 3rd term of derivative of change of the area of a
a geometric progression is 20 and sphere with respect to its radius
the 5th term is 160. when the radius is 6 inches.
a. 44π b. 46π
PROBLEM 4: Find the common c. 47π d. 48π
ratio.
a. 1 b. 2 PROBLEM 12: A regular octagon is
c. 3 d. 4 inscribed in a circle of radius 10.
Find the area of the octagon.
PROBLEM 5: Find the first term. a. 228.2 b. 282.8
a. 8 b. 5 c. 288.2 d. 238.2
c. 6 d. 10
PROBLEM 13: The volume of a
PROBLEM 6: Find the 12 term. th
sphere is 2377 cm3. Find the surface
a. 10240 b. 20480 area.
c. 14020 d. 10024 a. 861.53 cm2 b. 648.71
cm 2

PROBLEM 7: What is the value of c. 546.21 cm2 d. 782.28

log25 + log35? cm 2

a. 7.39 b. 3.79
c. 3.97 d. 9.37 PROBLEM 14: In a spherical
triangle, side a=68°, side b=43°,
PROBLEM 8: Find the distance of and side c=61°. Find ∠B.
the directrix from the center of an a. 68.15° b. 26.81°
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c. 15.81° d. 47.32°

SITUATION 2 (15-17): A conic

section is defined by the equation
16x2 + 9y2 – 96x + 72y + 144 = 0.

PROBLEM 15: Find the eccentricity.

a. 0.80 b. 0.75
c. 0.90 d. 0.66
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PROBLEM 16: Find the length of the long will it take Pedro to paint the
latus rectum. same fence if he had to work alone?
a. 4.50 units b. 3.75 units a. 10 hrs b. 13 hrs
c. 3.50 units d. 2.66 units c. 11 hrs d. 15 hrs

PROBLEM 17: Find the distance

between directrices.
a. 14.40 units b. 13.75
units
c. 12.10 units d. 12.41
units

PROBLEM 18: Find the 6th term in

the binomial expansion (2x – y2)10.
a. -8064x5y10 b. 8064x4y12
c. -15360x7y6 d. 3360x4y12

PROBLEM 19: Find the length of the

latus rectum of the parabola y2 = -
8x.
a. 8 b. 9
c. 7 d. 6

PROBLEM 20: Water flowing into a

cylindrical tank at a rate of 2
cu.m/min. If the radius of the tank is
0.5 m, how fast is the surface of the
liquid rising?
a. 3.76 m/min b. 2.55
m/min
c. 2.05 m/min d. 2.16
m/min

PROBLEM 21: Ana is 5 years older

than Beth. In 5 years, the product of
their age is 1.5 times the product of
their present age. How old is Beth
now?
a. 25 b. 20
c. 15 d. 30

PROBLEM 22: Pedro can paint a

fence 50% faster than Juan and 20%
faster than Pilar, and together they
can paint the fence in 4 hours. How
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PROBLEM 23: Find the sum of the

first 10 terms of the geometric
progression 2, 4, 8, 16, …
a. 1,023 b. 2,046
c. 225 d. 1,596

PROBLEM 24: If sin 3θ = cos 2θ, find θ.

a. 74 b. 18
c. 69 d. 93

PROBLEM 25: In geometric

progression: a4 = 8, a7 = 1, and a1 =
*?
a. 64 b. 44
c. 84 d. 24

PROBLEM 26: Find the distance

from point A (4, 2) to B (-5, 1).
a. 6.06 units b. 8.06 units
c. 7.06 units d. 9.06 units

PROBLEM 27: Find the sum of 1, -2,

4, …, ∞.
a. 3/4 b. 5/6
c. 1/7 d. 1/3

SITUATION 3 (28-30): The

perimeter of a triangle is 112.56 cm.
The interior angles are 40°, 55°, and
85°.

PROBLEM 28: Find the side

opposite to the smallest angle in cm.
a. 29.43 b. 45.61
c. 37.50 d. 63.14

PROBLEM 29: Find the side

opposite to the biggest angle in cm.
a. 29.43 b. 45.61
c. 37.50 d. 63.14

PROBLEM 30: Find the area of the

triangle in square cm.
a. 629.45 b. 549.77
c. 537.12 d. 463.21
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PROBLEM 31: An ellipse, major axis d. 8x – 27y = 72

8 and minor axis 6, is revolved about
its minor axis. Find the volume of
the solid of revolution in terms of π.
a. 96π b. 48π
c. 128π d. 64π

PROBLEM 32: Find the area of a

spherical triangle whose radius is 9
m and whose angles are 60°, 75°, and
110°.
a. 65.23 m2 b. 45.31 m2
c. 78.14 m2 d. 91.89 m2

PROBLEM 33: What is the derivative

of 2(cos2(x2+2)) with respect to x?
a. -8x sin(x2+2) cos(x2+2)
b. -4x sin(x2+2) cos(x2+2)
c. 8x sin(x2+2) cos(x2+2)
d. 4x sin(x2+2) cos(x2+2)

PROBLEM 34: Find the point in the

parabola y2 = 4x at which the rate
of change of the ordinate and
abscissa are equal.
a. (1, 2) b. (-1, 4)
c. (2, 1) d. (4, 4)

PROBLEM 35: A right circular cone

has a fixed height of 6 units. Find the
rate of change of its volume V with
respect to the radius of its base.
a. 4πr b. πr
c. 12πr d. 6πr

SITUATION 4 (36-38): Given the

equation of the curve: 16x2 + 36y2 =
576

PROBLEM 36: Find the equation of

the polar of the point (4, -6) with
respect to the given curve.
a. 18x – 45y = 144
b. 6x + 65y = 169
c. 5x – 3y = 25
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PROBLEM 37: Find the equation of a. 51.8 cm2 b. 81.2 cm2

the diameter of the ellipse with all c. 125 cm2 d. 99.5 cm2
chords having a slope of 3.
a. 5x + 16y = 0
b. 11x + 8y = 0
c. 3x – 5y = 0
d. 4x + 27y = 0

PROBLEM 38: Find the second

eccentricity.
a. 0.765 b. 1.12
c. 1.35 d. 0.895

PROBLEM 39: What is the second

derivative of a function y = 5x3 + 2x
+ 1?
a. 25x b. 18x
c. 30x d. 26x

PROBLEM 40: Solve the differential

equation: x(y-1)dx + (x+1)dy = 0. If
y=2 when x=1, determine y when
x=2.
a. 2.67 b. 1.55
c. 3.25 d. 2.03

PROBLEM 41: Find the total length

of the curve: r = 4sinθ.
a. 2π b. 4π
c. π/2 d. 8π

PROBLEM 42: Ten years ago, Floyd

was three times as old as Jeramie.
Now, she is 10 more than twice as
old as Jeramie. Find the age of Floyd.
a. 70 b. 60
c. 50 d. 80

SITUATION 5 (43-45): The area of a

swimming pool is formed by two
overlapping identical circles with a
common radius of 9 cm.

PROBLEM 43: Find the area

common to the two circles.
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PROBLEM 44: Find the perimeter of PROBLEM 51: The complement

the swimming pool. angle is 2/5 the supplement. Find
a. 75.4 cm b. 65.1 cm the angle.
c. 35.6 cm d. 95.4 cm a. 60° b. 70°
c. 30° d. 45°
PROBLEM 45: Find the area of the
swimming pool. PROBLEM 52: Given: a=48°26’,
a. 409.4 cm2 b. 509.5 cm2 b=32°42’, and ∠C=74°14’. Solve for
c. 615.8 cm2 d. 350.5 cm2 ∠A.
a. 75°25’ b. 48°05’
PROBLEM 46: What is the area c. 60°13’ d. 44°20’
bounded by the curves y2 = 4x and
x2 = 4y? PROBLEM 53: A circle of area 1018
a. 7.92 sq. u b. 4.81 sq. u cm2 is cut into two segments by a
c. 2.62 sq. u d. 5.33 sq. u chord that is 5 cm from the center.
Compute the ratio of smaller area to
PROBLEM 47: Find the integral of bigger area.
12 sin5x cos5x dx if the lower limit is 0 a. 0.632 b. 0.312
and the upper limit is π/2. c. 0.482 d. 0.532
a. 0.4 b. 0.2
c. 0.5 d. 0.8 PROBLEM 54: The area of a
hexagon inscribed in a circle is 158
PROBLEM 48: Find the length of the m2. Find the remaining area of the
latus rectum of the curve: x2 – 6x circle not occupied by the hexagon.
+12y – 51 =0. a. 33.053 cm2 b. 32.036
a. 12 b. 13 cm 2

c. 14 d. 15 c. 31.035 cm2 d. 34.258

cm 2

PROBLEM 49: Divide 120 into two

parts so that the product of one and PROBLEM 55: A cylinder is cast from
the square of the other is maximum. a rectangular piece of alloy 5 cm by
Find the smaller number. 7 cm by 12 cm. If the length of the
a. 60 b. 50 cylinder is to be 60 cm, find its
c. 40 d. 30 diameter.
a. 2.99 cm b. 3.99 cm
PROBLEM 50: A cylinder whose base c. 1.99 cm d. 4.99 cm
is a circle is circumscribed about a
right prism of altitude 12.6 ft. Find PROBLEM 56: Mark can do a job in
the volume of the cylinder if the base 5 days. Von can do it in 4 days, while
of the prism is an isosceles triangle Alvin can do it in 9 days. If Mark and
of sides 3ft, 3ft, and 2ft. Von work one day, and Von and
a. 35.64 ft3 b. 204.72 ft3 Alvin finish the job, how long will it
c. 316.67 ft3 d. 100.20 ft3 take them?
a. 3.2 days b. 2.83 days
c. 2 days d. 1.52 days
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PROBLEM 57: Maria and Mercedes,

working together, can do a job in
20/3 hours. Maria became ill after 3
hours of working with Mercedes, and
Mercedes finished the job, continuing
to work alone for 8 ¼ more hours.
How long would it take each lady to
finish the same job alone?
a. 15hr; 10hr b. 10hr;
12hr
c. 14hr; 11hr d. 12hr;
15hr
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SITUATION 6 (58-60): There are interior angle (in degrees) opposite

two types of exams for a certain the longest side?
examination. The allotted time for a. 86.38° b. 75.26°
type A is 3 minutes per problem and c. 81.21° d. 61.83°
given 10 points each. While the
allotted time for type B is 6 minutes
per problem and given 15 points
each. If there are 16 problems given
in 60 minutes time,

PROBLEM 58: Find the maximum

number of problems solved in type
B.
a. 3 b. 5
c. 4 d. 6

PROBLEM 59: Find the maximum

number of problems solved in type
A.
a. 16 b. 12
c. 10 d. 14

PROBLEM 60: Find the maximum

score.
a. 180 b. 90
c. 195 d. 165

PROBLEM 61: The sides of the

triangle are 12, 16, and 21. Find the
area of the triangle.
a. 94.45 sq. u b. 97.45 sq.
units
c. 95.45 sq. u d. 96.45 sq.
units

PROBLEM 62: Find the center of the

circle defined by the equation: x2 – 8y
+ y2 +2x – 64 = 0.
a. (-4, 1) b. (-1, 4)
c. (4, -4) d. (-1,1)

PROBLEM 63: Two sides of a

triangle are 50 m and 60 m long.
The angle included between these
sides is 30 degrees. What is the
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PROBLEM 64: A pyramid with a the ripples increase when its radius
square base has an altitude of 25 is 3 in?
cm. If the edge of the base is 15 cm. a. 125.2 in2/s b. 88.1 in2/s
Calculate the volume of the pyramid. c. 188.5 in /s
2
d. 208.3
a. 2,014 cm3 b. 1,145 cm3 in /s
2

c. 1,654 cm3 d. 1,875 cm3

PROBLEM 65: Given the equation of

the curve: 9x2 + 25y2 – 144x + 200y
+ 751 =0. Find the distance between
the foci.
a. 6 units b. 10 units
c. 8 units d. 12 units

PROBLEM 66: Determine the

volume generated by rotating the
area enclosed by the curve: x2 + y2 =
36 about the line y+14 = 0.
a. 9,458.21 b. 9,999.23
c. 9,948.56 d. 9,991.26

PROBLEM 67: Find the volume of the

solid formed by revolving the area
bounded by the parabola y2 = 4x, and
the line x = 4 about the x-axis.
a. 52π b. 32π
c. 42π d. 22π

PROBLEM 68: Find the equation of

the line passing through the points
P1(-8, 1) and P2(8, -1).
a. 8 + xy = 0b. y + 8x = 0
c. y + x = 0 d. x + 8y = 0

PROBLEM 69: Compute the distance

between the directrices of the curve
16x2 + 25y2 – 64x – 200y +64 = 0
a. 12.5 units b. 16.7 units
c. 11.8 units d. 14.9 units

PROBLEM 70: A stone is thrown into

still water and causes concentric
circular ripples. The radius of the
ripples increases at the rate of 10
in/s. at what rate does the area of
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PROBLEM 71: Find the 6th term in

the series: -1/3, 5/3, -25/3, …
a. +3125/3 b. +4328/5
c. +2327/4 d. +5168/3

PROBLEM 72: Find the remainder

when 2x3 – 3x2 – 4x – 17 is divided by
(x-3).
a. -4 b. -2
c. -3 d. -5

PROBLEM 73: A candy

manufacturer has two grades of
candy selling at P20/kg and P15/kg.
How many pounds of the higher
grade must be used to make a
mixture of 200 kg to sell at P18/kg?
a. 150 kg b. 130 kg
c. 140 kg d. 120 kg

PROBLEM 74: How many gallons of

a mixture containing 80% alcohol
should be added to 5 gallons of a
20% solution to give a 30% solution?
a. 1.25 gal b. 1.5 gal
c. 1.75 gal d. 1.0 gal

PROBLEM 75: A man on a wharf is

pulling a rope tied to a raft at a rate
of 0.6 m/s. If the hands of the rope
are 3.66 m above the water, how fast
is the raft approaching the wharf
when there are 6.10 m of rope out?
a. 1.75 m/s b. 0.75 m/s
c. 0.25 m/s d. 0.54 m/s