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SURIGAO DEL NORTE STATE UNIVERSITY

Narciso Street, Surigao City 8400, Philippines

“For Nation’s
Greater Heights”

1. What is the value of 7! or 7 factorial? 22. If 3 x 3−4 x2 y +5 x y 2 +6 y 3 is divided by

2. The reciprocal of 20. 2 2
(x −2 xy +3 y ), the remainder is:
3. MCMXCIV is a Roman numeral
23. If ( 4 y 3 +8 y +18 y 2−4 ) is divided by
equivalent to:
4. What is the lowest common factor of (2 y +3), the remainder is:
10 & 32? 24. Given: f ( x )= ( x +3 )( x−4 ) + 4 when
5. 4 xy−4 x 2− y 2 is equal to: divided by (x−k) , the remainder is k .
4 2 2
6. Factor x − y + y−x as completely as Find k .
possible: 25. The polynomial x 3 +4 x 2−3 x +8 is
2
7. Factor the expression x + 6 x+ 8 as divided by x−5 . What is the
completely as possible:. remainder?
8. Factor the expression x 3 +8 as 26.Find the quotient of
5 3 x
completely as possible: 3 x −4 x +2 + 36 x+ 48 divided by
3 2
9. Factor the expression ( x 4 − y 4 ) as x −2 x +6 .
completely as possible: 1 1
27. If =a+b and =a−b then x− y is
10.Factor the expression 3 x 3+ 3 x 2−18 x x y
as completely as possible: equal to:
11. Factor the expression16−10 x + x :
2 1 1 2 1
28. If + =3 and − =1, then x is
12. Factor the expression x −1 as
6 x y x y
completely as possible: equal to:
13. The roots of the equation 29. Simply the following expression:
5x x+ 3 2 x+ 1
( x−4 )2 ( x+ 2 )=( x+ 2 )2 (x−4 ) are: 2
− 2 + 2
14. If f ( x )=x 2 + x +1, then 2 x +7 x+ 3 2 x −3 x−2 x + x−6
2
f ( x )−f ( x−1 )=¿ 3x
30.If 3 x=4 y then 2
is equal to:
15. Solve for x : 4y
2 2
x+ 3 4 x
2
x +9 1
31. Simplify: (a+ ) −(a− ) .
1
4+ − 2 = a a
x−3 x −9 x+3
32.Solve the simultaneous equations:
16. Solve the simultaneously equations:
y−3 x + 4=0 ,
3 x− y=6 ; 9 x − y=12. 2
x 24
17. Solve algebraically: y+ =
2 2 2 2 y y
4 x +7 y =32; 11 y −3 x =41
18.Solve for w from the following 33.Find the value of A in the equation
equations: 2
(x +4 x+10) A B(2 x +2) C
3 x−2 y +w=11 3 2
= + 2 + 2
x +5 y−2 w=−9 ( x +2 x +5 x) x (x +2 x +5) (x +2 x+5)
2 x+ 2 y −3 w=−6 x +2
34. Resolve 2 into partial
19. When ( x +3 ) ( x−4 ) +4 is divided by x −7 x+12
x−k , the remainder is k . Find the fraction.
value of k . 35. The arithmetic mean of 80 numbers
20. Find k in the equation 4 x 2+ kx+1=0 is 55. If two numbers namely 250
so that it will only have one real root. and 850 are removed, what is the
21. Find the remainder when (x ¿¿ 12+2)¿ arithmetic mean of the remaining
numbers?
is divided by (x−√ 3).
36.The arithmetic mean of 6 numbers is
17. If two numbers are added to the
 Republic of the Philippines
SURIGAO DEL NORTE STATE UNIVERSITY
Narciso Street, Surigao City 8400, Philippines

“For Nation’s
Greater Heights”

progression, the new set of number

will have an arithmetic mean of 19.
What are the two numbers if their
difference is 4?
37. If 2 x−3 y=x + y , then x 2 : y 2 =¿
1 1 1
38. If : : =2 :3 :4 , then ( a+ b+c ) :(b +c)
a b c
is equal to:
39. Find the mean proportional to 5 and
20.
40. Find the fourth proportional of 7, 12,
and 21.
41. If ( x +3 ) :10=( 3 x−2 ) :8 , find (2 x−1).
42.When the expression
4 3 2
x + a x +5 x + bx+ 6 is divided by (x−2)
, the remainder is 16. When it is
divided by (x +1) the remainder is 10.
What is the value of the constant a .