Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
DIVISION OF LIPA CITY
INOSLOBAN-MARAWOY INTEGRATED NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
MARAWOY, LIPA CITY

THIRD QUARTERLY EXAM

BUSINESS MATH
S.Y. 2024-2025

General Directions: Analyze each test item. Choose the letter of the BEST answer and
write it legibly at the last part of the test questionnaire.

For items 1-2, use the table below.

STUDENT HEIGHT (ft)
Carla 1
5
4
Sheena 1
5
2
Mark 1
6
3
Height of three students

1. What is the combined height of Carla and Sheena?

1 1 3
a. 10 b. 10 c. 10 d. 1 1
4 2 4
5
2. (for 2 points) If Mark stood on a box that is 1 feet high, how far would the top of his
6
head be from the floor?
1 1 7 1
a. 6 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8
3 6 6 6
3. Which of the following defines a ratio?
a. It is a comparison of two numbers or measurements.
b. It is an equation that is equal.
c. It is the relationship between two variables wherein one variable increases the other will
also increase.
d. It is a whole that is divided into parts.
1
4. Which of the following is equivalent to ?
5
a. 0.20 b. 0.21 c. 0.22 d. 0.23

For items 5-6

Shaun has saved ₱5,000.00 in his savings account. He will be spending a portion of it to buy a
book that costs ₱535.00 at a certain bookstore in the nearest mall.
5. Based on the given situation, what is the base?
a. ₱2,000.00 b. ₱3,000.00 c. ₱4,000.00 d. ₱5,000.00
6. What is the rate of the amount that Shaun will be spending?
a. 10.5% b. 10.6% c. 10.7% d. 10.8%

7. Which pair of ratios are proportional?

a. 15 words typed in three minutes; 7 words typed in 1 minute
b. 20 points scored in 2 games; 30 points scored in 5 games
c. 15 computers to 45 students; 3 computers to 9 students
d. three t-shirts for P200; five t-shirts for P800
8. What proportion states that as “one variable increases, the other variable decreases”?
a. direct b. inverse c. partitive d. negative

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9. (for 2 points) Which of the following problems illustrates partitive proportion?
a. A school buys 4 gallons of juice for 50 kids. How many gallons do they need for 75 kids?
b. In a certain dance lesson, Arnie taught of 8 girls and 4 boys. If there are 24 girls, how
many boys should there be?
c. Mr. Tan wants to leave ₱1,000,000 to his four children in the ratio of 3:3:2:2. How much
will each of the four children receive?
d. Assuming they work at the same rate, how long will it take for 2 housekeepers to clean
an entire house if it takes 4 days for 8 housekeepers to clean it?
10. (for 2 points) Miguel Ponce has ₱1,500.00 cash. If he bought a pair of shoes for ₱1,325.00,
what is the percent of the remaining cash he has left?
a. 11.66% b. 11.67% c. 88.33% d. 88.34%
11. (for 2 points) Junjun will spend ₱5,500.00 for his birthday party if he will invite 15 guests. If
the cost is directly proportional to the number of invited guests, how much will it cost is he
invites 30 guests?
a. ₱11,000.00 b. ₱11,100.00 c. ₱11,150.00 d. ₱11,190.00
12. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Mark-down is the decrease of price on a product.
b. Mark-up results to a positive profit in the business.
c. Mark-up is the decrease on the selling price of a product.
d. Mark-on is the increase of price on a product during peak season
13. Len’s cookies cost ₱12 each however, she sold each of her cookies for ₱10. What did she
incur?
a. profit b. cost c. selling price d. loss

For items 14-16

A sari-sari store sells a soft drink case at P360. The store’s overhead expenses are 40% of the
cost and the owner wants a profit that is 25% of the cost.
14. How much is the cost of one case of soft drink?
a. P126.00 b. P218.18 c. P250.25 d. P358.35
15. At what price must the store sell the case to cover all costs and expenses?
a. P176.40 b. P305.46 c. P490.00 d. P501.69
16. (for 3 points) What is the highest rate of mark down so that the store will break even?
a. 15.15% b. 20.15% c. 25.15% d. 30.15%

For numbers 17-21 use the image below.

17. What is the original price of the cellphone? ____________

18. What is the discount rate of the cellphone? ____________
19. What is the equivalent decimal number of the discount
rate? _________
20. (For 2 points) How much is the discount? ____________
21. (For 2 points) How much is the sale price? ____________

22. (For 2 points) An eco-friendly organization wants to sponsor a tree-planting activity. They
bought 75 plain white t-shirts, printed their organization’s logo, and started selling the t-shirts. If
each plain t-shirt cost them ₱80 and they used a markup of 75% of the cost, how much will their
fund be assuming all t-shirts are sold (Lopez 2016)?
a. P9,000 b. P9,500 c. P10,000 d. P10,500
23. (For 2 points) A sungka board is priced ₱999.75 at a certain toy store. If they used a markup
of 35% of the cost, what is the markup as a percent of selling price?
a. 25.93% b. 25.94% c. 25.95% d. 25.96%
24. (For 2 points) Suppose a customer is offered by series discounts 0f 20%, 10%, and 5%. This
means that 20% discount was given during the time of the sale. Then another 10% is offered to
him if he will buy more products. Finally, if he places the payment in advance, he will receive

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another 5% discount. Will it be the same as adding the discounts together, and apply 35% singe
trade discount?
a. No, because applying 35% discount directly to the price list would result in a different
net price.
b. No, because each time we apply additional discount, our base becomes smaller.
c. Yes, because if we add all the discount, we will get a total of 35%.
d. Both a and b are correct.
25. (For 2 points) Chris bought a pair of pants at P2,500 and five shoes at P2500 each. If the
department store offers a successive discount of 10% and 5% to the total purchase, how much
should Chris pay?
a. P4,250 b. P4275 c. P12,750 d. P12,825

For items 26-29. Write PROFIT if the statement shows profit and LOSS if not.
Anna bought a backpack for₱650.00 She spent₱115.00 for transportation in going to the
store to buy it. For the following independent cases, determine whether you earned a profit or
incurred a loss.
26. Anna sold her bag to her friend for₱780.00 = ______________
27. Anna sold her bag to her friend for₱665.00 = ______________
28. Anna sold her bag to her friend for₱750.00 = ______________
29. Anna sold her bag to her friend for₱850.00 = ______________

30. The price of a pair of socks is ₱200.00. How much is the cost of 8 pairs of socks?
a. P1500 b. P1,600 c. P1,700 d. P1,800
31. (For 2 points) Michelle went to Baguio and bought 20 jars of strawberry jam for P3500 with
15% discount. When she returned to Manila, she sold ten (10) jams for a total of P1,800, and the
rest at P185 each. How much profit did Michelle gain?
a. P675.00 b. P700.00 c. P775.00 d. P800.00
32. What is break-even point?
a. It happens when a business has no profit nor loss.
b. It happens when a business has no profit.
c. It happens when a business has no loss.
d. It happens when a businessman has less income from expenses.

For items 33-34

A company produced 500 shoes and sold them at P700 each. Fixed costs were P76,000 and the
variable cost of each shoe was P320.

33. (For 2 points) What is the total production costs to produce the shoes?
a. P220,000 b. P236,000 c. P238,000 d. P240,000
34. (For 3 points) How many shoes should be sold to break even?
a. P100 b. P150 c. P175 d. P200

“If you can dream it, you can achieve it”

- Zig Ziglar

Good luck!

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 Third Quarterly Exam in Business Mathematics
ANSWER SHEET
Name Date
Section Total Score

No Answer Score No Answer Score

1 17
MELC 1
2 18
3 19
MELC 2 MELC 9
4 20
5 21
MELC 3
6 22
7 23
MELC 4
8 MELC 10 24
MELC 5 9 25
10 26
MELC 6
11 27
MELC 11
12 28
13 29
MELC 7
14 30
MELC 12
15 31
32
MELC 8 16 MELC 13 33
34

MELCS 1 MELCS 8
MELCS 2 MELCS 9
MELCS 3 MELCS 10
MELCS 4 MELCS 11
MELCS 5 MELCS 12
MELCS 6 MELCS 13
MELCS 7

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