EXERCISES IN MATHEMATICS

1. The largest two digit number which leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by 3 or 5 is.
a. 91 b. 90 c. 89 d. 80

2. Find the value of a if 3ab = 15 and b = 5.

a. 0 b. 3 c. 5 d. 1

3. Find the length of a rectangle if its width is 15 and its perimeter is 480.
a. 225 b. 235 c. 232.5 d. 255

4. Find the value of a in the equation 2a + 3b = c.

c 3b 2c c 2
a. a  b. ac3b2 c. a  d. a 
2 3b 3b
5. In a class of 40 students, 27 like calculus and 25 like chemistry. How many like both
calculus and chemistry?
a. 11 b. 13 c. 10 d 12

6. What is the sum of 3 consecutive integers if the second integer is y?

a. 3y + 2 b. 3y + 3 c. 3y + 1 d. 3y

7. Twice a number increased by ten is 14. The number is __________.

a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 1

8. y varies directly to x and inversely to z. If y = 10, x = 8, z = 5. Find the equation of y in

terms of x and z.
6.25x 40x 8x 3x
a. y  b. y  c. y  d. y 
z z 5z 4z
9. The first 5 numbers in the sequence are 5, 6, 8, 11, 15. What are the 8 term and 10th
th

term number in the sequence?

a. 26 and 41 b. 27 and 42 c. 32 and 49 d. 33 and 50

10. Find the 20th term in the series 7, 11, 15, …..
a. 85 b. 83 c. 65 d. 71

11. The first term of an arithmetic progression is -2 and the sum of the 1st ten terms is 20.
Find the common difference of the sequence?
3 8 1 8
a. b. c. d.
5 11 2 9
3xyz
12. Evaluate: 30 zdivide .
2
20 20
a. b. c. 10xy d. 20xy
xy xyz

13. Which series represents a quadratic function?

a. 4, 6, 8, 10,…. b. 8, 27, 64, 125,… c. -2, -3, -4, -5, … d. 4, 9, 16,
25,…

14. Find the function rule of the series 3, 4, 9, 18, 31, ….

a. y  2 x 2  x  1 b. y  2 x 2  x  3 c. y  2 x 2  2 x  3 d.
y  2 x 2  3x  3
15. A rectangular prism has a length of 40 in, width of 30 in and height of 3 in. Find its total
area?
a. 1400 sq. in b. 2820 sq. in c. 1410 sq. in d. 2800 sq. in
16. In the repeating decimal 0.179538179538….. the 46th digit to the right of the decimal
point is.
a. 9 b. 7 c. 5 d. 8

n 4
17. Find the value of n if  .
27 9
a. 12 b. 8 c. 4 d. 6

18. One side of the square is equal to x – 3, its area is equal to.
a. x 2  9 b. 2( x  3) c. x 2  6 x  9 d. 9

19. The solution of the equation ( x  1)2  0.

a. 1 b. -1 c. (1, -1) d. (∞, -1)

20. One of the following sets is closed under multiplication. Which one?
a. (-1, 0) b. (-1, 0, 1) c. (0, 1, 2) d. (1, 2)

21. How much is the sum of the integers between -20 to 20?
a. 400 b. 160 c. 0 d. 210

22. A number is increase by 20% and the result decreased by 20%. If the result is 672, what
was the original number?
a. 672 b. 680 c. 700 d. 710

23. What fraction in its lowest term is the value of (102  52 ) divided by (102  52 )?
1 1 3 75
a. b. c. d.
3 9 5 125

24. A box weighs 1 kg if empty. The weight of 6 such boxes containing w kg of mangoes
each is.
w 1
a. 6w kg b. kg c. 6( w  1)kg d. 6( w  1)kg
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25. A bundle of P500 bills are consequently numbered B1234843 to B1234896. What is the
total value of the bills?
a. P53, 000 b. P26, 000 c. P54, 000 d. P27, 000

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26. The simplest form of 3x 2 y 3 (  ) is equal to.
3xy
a. x 2 y 4 b. xy 4 c. 3x 2 y 4 d. xy 2

27. How long is the road if it is 37% completed and 40 km of it still to be constructed?
a. 70km b. 65.2 km c. 63.49 km d. 58.5 km

28. A man is 4 times as old as his son. Five years ago, the sum of their ages is 65, how old is
the son now?
a. 10 b. 15 c. 13 d. 17

29. Find the dimension of an equilateral triangle if its perimeter is 48 cm.

a. 4 x 2 x 8 b. 16 x 16 x 16 c. 8 x 4 x 3 d. 12 x 8 x 4
30. What is the value of k if ( x k x k y k y k )3  ( xy)3 .
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a. b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
2

31. The square root of twice a number decreased by 10 is equal to 2. What is the number?
a. 72 b. 16 c. 7 d. 6
32. One fourth of the width and one-fifth of the length of a rectangular piece of illustration
board are cut off. What is the area of the remaining piece of wood?
a. 50% of the original c. 60% of the original
b. 90% of the original d. 4% of the original

33. Which exponent gives always an odd number value?

a. (n-1) (n-5) b. (2n + 1)2 c. (n-1)2 d. 5n – 1

34. How many 3 digit numbers are divisible by 9?

a. 98 b. 90 c. 99 d. 100

35. If it takes 2 days for 8 men to dig 160 feet ditch (canal), how many men will be needed
to dig it in one-half day?
a. 36 b. 32 c. 48 d. 40

36. An operation * between 2 numbers is defined this way a * b = ab (a + b). What is the
value of 1*(2*3)?
a. 700 b. 830 c. 930 d. 540

37. Find the roots of the equation x3 – 2x2 – 5x + 6.

a. (1, 2, 3) b. (1, 2, -3) c. (-1, -2, 3) d. (1, -2, 3)

38. What is the geometric mean between 3 and 27?

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a. 9 b. c. 15 d. 6
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39. What is the value of x in the set of (10, 30, 50, x) so that the mean, median and mode of
the set are equal?
a. 30 b. 40 c. 50 d. 10

40. The average of the umbers is 22. When a number 29 is added, the new average is 23.
How many are the original numbers?
a. 6 b. 7 c. 8 d. 9

41. Anna is 5 years older than Maria. What is the age of Anna 3 years ago when the age of
Maria is x – 3?
a. x – 3 b. x + 8 c. x + 2 d. 2x – 2

42. Find the sum of the 20th term of the series 1, 2, 3, 4, …..
a. 254 b. 210 c. 185 d. 120

43. Find the value of x if: 4x + 5 < 2x + 2.

2 3 3 2
a. x  b. x   c. x   d. x  
3 2 2 3
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44. The supplement of the angle θ is of its complement. What is the value of the angle θ?
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a. 60 b. 90 c. 30 d. 45

45. What angle is formed when the hands of the clock reads 8:30? (angle measures in
degrees)
a. 20 b. 40 c. 45 d. 75

46. Find the fraction equal to infinite repeating decimal 0.4444…

5 3 4 2
a. b. c. d.
9 8 9 5

47. Give the complete solution of x3 – x2 = 0.

a. 0 or 1 b. -1 or 0 c. 0 d. 1 & -1

48. Factorize: 3f2 – 3f – 6.

3(f + 2)(f + 1) b. 3(f - 2)(f + 1) c. 3(f - 2)(f - 1) d. (3f+2)(f-3)

49. Find the inverse of the function y = 2x + 3.

2x  3 x2 x 3 2x  3
a. y  b. y  c. y  d. y 
2 3 2 2

1  23
50. Find the value of ( ) ?
27
1 1
a. 3 b. 9 c. d.
3 9