MATHEMATICS IN THE MODERN WORLD

1. Which of the following best describes C. p → ~p

D. ~p ∨ q
mathematics in the modern world?

A. A set of rules to follow

B. A discipline limited to arithmetic and

5. A contradiction in logic is always:
algebra
A. True
C. A tool to understand and solve real-life
problems B. False

D. A theoretical branch of science C. Undetermined

D. Possible

2. In logic, what does the statement "If p

then q" mean?
6. What does a Venn diagram represent?
A. p is true only when q is false
A. Probabilities
B. q is true only when p is true
B. Sets and their relationships
C. If p is true, then q must be true
C. Functions and equations
D. If q is false, then p is also false
D. Graphs of linear models

3. What is the truth value of the

7. The union of two sets A and B contains:
statement: "If 2 is even, then 5 is odd"?
A. Only the elements in A
A. True
B. Only the elements in B
B. False
C. Elements in A or B or both
C. Cannot be determined
D. Only elements common to A and B
D. Invalid statement

8. The intersection of two sets A and B

4. Which of the following is a tautology?
includes:
A. p ∧ ~p
A. All elements in A
B. p ∨ ~p
B. All elements in B
C. Only elements in both A and B A. If the ground is not wet, then it does not
rain
D. All elements not in A or B
B. If it does not rain, then the ground is
not wet
9. What is the cardinality of the set {2, 4,
C. If the ground is wet, then it rains
6, 8, 10}?
D. It rains if and only if the ground is wet
A. 4

B. 5
13. What is the decimal equivalent of the
C. 6
fraction 3/8?
D. 10
A. 0.25

B. 0.375
10. Which of the following is an example
C. 0.5
of a finite set?
D. 0.625
A. Set of all whole numbers

B. Set of all points in a plane

14. Which of the following best describes
C. Set of fingers on a human hand
an injective function?
D. Set of real numbers
A. Every input maps to the same output
11. Which of the following symbols
B. Different inputs may have the same
represents the empty set?
output
A. ∪
C. Every output has exactly one input
B. ∩
D. Each input maps to a unique output
C. ∅

D. ⊂
15. What is the domain of the function f(x)
= √(x - 3)?

12. In logic, what is the contrapositive of A. All real numbers

the statement "If it rains, then the ground
B. x > 3
is wet"?
C. x ≥ 3
D. x < 3 A. Algebra

B. Geometry

16. Which of the following is a C. Statistics

characteristic of exponential growth?
D. Combinatorics
A. It increases at a constant rate

B. It forms a straight line

20. If a fair die is rolled once, what is the
C. It doubles over equal intervals probability of getting an odd number?

D. It decreases linearly A. 1/2

B. 1/3

17. What is the compound interest C. 2/3

formula?
D. 1/6
A. A = P + rt

B. A = P(1 + rt)
21. Which of the following is a continuous
C. A = P(1 + r/n)^nt variable?

D. A = Prt A. Number of students in a class

B. Shoe size

18. A person invests Php 10,000 at 5% C. Height of a person

interest compounded annually for 2 years.
D. Number of books
What is the value after 2 years?

A. Php 10,500
22. Which measure of central tendency is
B. Php 11,000
most affected by outliers?
C. Php 11,025
A. Mean
D. Php 10,250
B. Median

C. Mode
19. Which branch of mathematics is most
D. Range
useful in calculating the probability of an
event?
23. What is the median of the following
set: {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14}?
27. In set theory, what does the notation A
A. 6 ⊂ B mean?

B. 8 A. A and B are equal

C. 10 B. A is a subset of B

D. 12 C. B is a subset of A

D. A and B are disjoint

24. Which graph is used to show the

distribution of a data set?
28. If Set A = {1, 2, 3} and Set B = {3, 4,
A. Bar graph 5}, what is A ∩ B?

B. Line graph A. {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

C. Histogram B. {3}

D. Pie chart C. {1, 2}

D. {4, 5}

25. Which of the following represents a

linear function?
29. In logic, which connective is used for
A. y = x² “and”?

B. y = 2^x A. ∨

C. y = 3x + 1 B. ∧

D. y = √x C. →

D. ↔

26. What is the slope of the line

represented by the equation y = 5x - 2?
30. What type of reasoning is used when a
A. 5 general rule is applied to a specific case?

B. -2 A. Inductive reasoning

C. 1 B. Deductive reasoning

D. 0 C. Abductive reasoning
D. Analogical reasoning B. 16

31. Which branch of mathematics deals C. 8

with collecting, analyzing, and interpreting
D. 12
data?

A. Geometry
35. Which of the following is not a
B. Algebra
characteristic of a good mathematical
C. Statistics model?

D. Logic A. Simplicity

B. Complexity

32. Which of the following best describes C. Accuracy

inductive reasoning?
D. Relevance
A. Applying rules to specific cases

B. Drawing conclusions from a set of

36. Which geometric figure has exactly
observations
one pair of parallel sides?
C. Using mathematical formulas
A. Square
D. Making assumptions based on belief
B. Rectangle

C. Trapezoid
33. Which of the following is an example
D. Rhombus
of a binary operation?

A. Square root
37. A line that cuts a circle in exactly two
B. Addition
points is called a:
C. Absolute value
A. Radius
D. Factorial
B. Chord

C. Tangent
34. What is the value of the expression 4!
D. Secant
(4 factorial)?

A. 24
38. In mathematical modeling, what is the
first step?
42. What is the least common multiple
A. Analyze the solution (LCM) of 6 and 8?

B. Identify the problem A. 12

C. Interpret the result B. 24

D. Test the model C. 48

D. 16

39. The Fibonacci sequence begins with 0

and 1. What is the 6th term?
43. If a proposition is always true
A. 5 regardless of the truth values of its
components, it is called a:
B. 8
A. Contradiction
C. 13
B. Contingency
D. 21
C. Conjunction

D. Tautology
40. What kind of graph is typically used to
show change over time?

A. Pie chart 44. The symbol "∈" means:

B. Line graph A. Subset of

C. Bar graph B. Belongs to

D. Histogram C. Union of

D. Intersection of

41. Which of the following best represents

a one-to-one function?
45. The graph of a linear equation is
A. y = x² always a:

B. y = |x| A. Curve

C. y = 2x + 3 B. Circle

D. y = √x C. Line
D. Parabola B. y = 3x - 5

C. A parabola opening upward

46. What is the solution to the inequality D. y = x³

2x - 3 > 5?

A. x > 1
50. Which type of average is found by
B. x < 1 multiplying all numbers and then taking
the nth root?
C. x > 4
A. Mean
D. x < 4
B. Median

C. Geometric mean
47. A credit card bill has an interest rate of
3% per month. What is the effective D. Mode
annual rate (approximate)?
51. A salesman gets a 15% commission for
A. 36% the first P20,000, and 10% for the amount
over P20,000 of his total sales. How much
B. 34.39%
does he get for a total sale of P50,600?
C. 30%
a. 5,060
D. 38%
b. 6,060

c. 7,060
48. Which data set has the smallest
d. 8,060
standard deviation?
52. A set TV that originally cost P20,000 is
A. {2, 2, 2, 2, 2}
now sold at P18,000. What is the
B. {1, 3, 5, 7, 9} percentage decrease in the price of the TV
set?
C. {0, 5, 10, 15}
a. 10%
D. {1, 100, 200, 300}
b. 20%

c. 30%
49. Which of the following illustrates a
non-function? d. 40%

A. A vertical line on a graph

53. At 70kph, Robin can reach his home d. P175.11
within 50 minutes. At what rate should he
57. 72 is ¾ of what number
drive his car so that he can reach home 15
minutes earlier? a. 76

a. 60kph b. 84

b. 80kph c. 86

c. 90kph d. 96

d. 100kph 58. 0.00125 expressed in fraction in

lowest term is __________.
54. A typist can finish 4 pages in 6
minutes. How long it will take him to finish a. 1/8
10 pages?
b. 1/800
a. 20 minutes
c. ¼
b. 15 minutes
d. 1/80
c. 10 minutes
59. Jack and Jill wprk as part of the service
d. 8 minutes
crew in one of the fastfood chains. If their
55. Four people can finish painting a room earnings were in the ratio of 7:8
within 4 hours. If only 2 people are respectively, how much did Jack earned
available, how many hours do they have when Jill had earned P6,400?
to work to finish the same job?
a. P6,200
a. 4
b. P5,600
b. 6
c. P5,800
c. 8
d. P6,080
d. 10
60. Which of the following is the multiple
56. Jean Brought 5 kilos of rice worth P200 of 8?
and another 4 kilos of rice worth P144.
a. 5,148
What is the average price of rice per kilo?
b. 1,460
a. P172.00
c. 53, 250
b. P175.00
d. 32,400
c. P172.11
61. The value of the car has depreciated a. 9
by P20,000. It is now worth P380,000. By
b. 20
how many percent did the value of the car
decrease? c. 19

a. 5% d. 11

b. 20% 66. What is the value of a in the statement

3ab = 15, if b = 5?
c. 10%
a. 3
d. 25%
b. 1
62. If x is an integer and 90>3x, then x
cannot be ________ c. 2

a. 29 d. 5

b. 27 67. Lito cut 4 ¼ yd of plastic cover from a

bolt containing 35 1/8 yd. How many yards
c. 26
were left in the bolt?
d. 30
a. 31 ¼
63. Of the following, which is the greatest?
b. 30 7/8
a. ¾
c. 31 1/8
b. 5/7
d. 30 ¼
c. 6/9
68. Find the final amount due in investing
d. 7/10 P50,000 at a simple interest rate of 14.5%
for 18 months.
64. The area of the rectangle is 6x2, with
the length of 2x. Find the parameter. a. P60,875

a. 16x b. 50,875

b. 12x2 c. P60,900

c. 10x d. P50,900

d. 18x 69. What is the exact amount of P15,000,

invested at 5.5% simple interest rate for
65. How many times will the digit 7 appear
108 days?
between 1 to 100.
a. P255.62
b. P265.62 c. 50

c. P260.62 d. 60

d. P244.11 74. Julio’s salary is P8,500 per month. If it

is increased by 12%, what is his new
70. At what rate of interest should P2,400
salary per month?
be invested so that it will earn P80 in 8
months? a. P9,320

a. 6.5% b. P9, 420

b. 5.5% c. P9, 520

c. 5% d. P9,9550

d. 6% 75. How much commission does a

salesman get if he was able to sell
71. What is the single equivalent discount
P35,000 worth of jewelry and he is given a
rate of the discount series 5%, 10%, and
15% of it?
25%?
a. P5,300
a. 40%
b. P5,325
b. 35.9%
c. P5,250
c. 64.1%
d. P5,425
d. 60%
76. How much should a man deposit in a
72. The product of 2 whole number is 36,
bank at 6% simple interest rate if he
and their ratio is 1:4 which of these is the
wants to earn P1,200 a year?
smallest number?
a. P10,000
a. 3
b. P30,000
b. 4
c. P15,000
c. 8
d. P20,000
d. 9
77. What is the quotient when .345 is
73. If 30% of x is 30, what is 50% of x?
divided by .5?
a. 30
a. .69
b. 40
b. .65
c. .64 3.086grams. How many grams does a 2.8
carat diamond weight?
d. .67
a. 864. 08
78. A movie ticket cost P500 during the
premiere night, and P320 during the b. 86.408
regular show. What is the percentage
c. 8.6408
decrease in the price of the ticket?
d. 8640.8
a. 30%
82. A carpenter wanted three pieces of
b. 36%
wood each 1. 5/8
c. 24%
a. 4 3/8 ft
d. 28%
b. 1/1/8 ft
79. A politicians wants to get his massage
c. 4 7/8 ft
to 2/3 of the population of 48,000 in
Bulacan. However, his advertising d. 3 ft
campaign reaches ¾ of the number he
83. Four mangoes cost at 29.00. At the
intended. How many people does he
price that will 2/1/2 dozen mangoes cost?
actually reach.
a. P217. 50
a. 16,000
b. P188.50
b. 10,000
c. P348.50
c. 24,000
d. P870. 00
d. 36, 000
84. If P75.00 is shared among three
80. A meter was cut at the 35-cm mark.
children in the ratio of 3:7:15. The size of
What is the smaller piece to the larger
the similar share is
piece?
a. P9.00
a. 7:13
b. P15.00
b. 35:100
c. P25.00
c. 65:35
d. P35.00
d. 65:100
85. 4 1/5 + 3 2/7
81. The carat is a unit of measure used to
weigh precious stones. It equals a. 7, 17/35
b. 7 1/35 90. Which are the next three terms in the
progression 1, 4, 16 . . . 8 terms?
c. c 1/35
a. 64, 256, 1024
d. 7 3/12
b. 67, 259, 1027
86. 10-3 2/2/7 =
c. 66, 258, 1026
a. 7 2/17
d. 65, 257, 1025
b. 6 2/17
91. Which is the equivalent common
c. 6 1/ 17
fraction of the repeating decimal 3.
d. 6 16/17 242424…?

87. How many whole numbers can divide a. 107/33

30 exactly?
b. 110/33
a. Eight
c. 109/33
b. Six
d. 108/33
c. Five
92. Benjamin received his report card with
d. Four the following grades: 93, 88, 86, and 89?
What is the average grade?
88. Which is the sum of the infinite
progression 3/2, 1, 2/3, 4/9….? a. 86

a. 6 ½ b. 87

b. 5 ½ c. 86 1/5

c. 4 ½ d. 88

d. 7 ½ 93. The Miranda Family purchased a 250-

pound scale of beef and had it packaged.
89. In the progression 18, -12, 8 . . . which
They paid P365.00 for the side of the beef.
term is 512/729?
During the packaging, 75 pounds of beef
a. The 8 th
were discarded as waste. What was the
cost per round for the packaged beef?
b. The 6th

a. P2.08 per pound

c. The 9th

b. P2.50 per pound

d. The 7th

c. P2.06 per pound

d. 2.30 per sound b. 8

94. If a baseball player hits 10 home runs c. 12

in the first 45 games, at the same time
d. 24
rate how many home runs can be expect
to hit during the 162-game season? 98. One package is 100 pounds, and the
other is 150 pounds. The weight of the
a. 38
second package is how many times of the
b. 42 first?

c. 36 a. 1 ½ times heavier

d. 40 b. ½ as heavy

95. To pass her English test, Lucille must c. 10 pounds heavier

get 75% of the items correct. Out of 80
d. 20 pounds heavier
questions, how many she correctly
answer. 99. What day follows the day before
yesterday if 2 days from now will be
a. 55
Sunday
b. 60
a. Tuesday
c. 65
b. Wednesday
d. 70
c. Saturday
96. How many ways can a committee of 4
d. Thursday
people be selected from a group of 7
people? 100. Which is the length of the
hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 5
a. 35
inches and 12 inches?
b. 70
a. 17in.
c. 140
b. 13in.
d. 210
c. 11in.
97. In how many ways can you arrange
d. 20in.
three mathematics books (Algebra,
Geometry, Trigonometry) in order on a
shelf?

a. 6
 6. B

7. C

8. C

9. B

ANSWER KEY:

1. C

2. C

10. C

3. A 11. C

4. B 12. A

5. B 13. B
14. D

23. B

15. C

24. C

16. C

25. C

17. C

26. A

18. C

27. B

19. D

28. B

20. A

29. B

21. C

30. B

22. A 31. C
 40. B

32. B

41. C

33. B

42. B

34. A

43. D

35. B

44. B

36. C

45. C

37. D

46. C

38. B

47. B

39. B

48. A
 80. A
81. B
49. A
82. A
83. A
84. A
85. A
50. C 86. D
87. A
51. C
88. C
52. A
89. D
53. B
90. A
54. B
91. A
55. C
92. D
56. C
93. B
57. D
94. D
58. D
95. D
59. B
96. A
60. A
97. A
61. C
98. A
62. D
99. A
63. A
100. B
64. C
65. C
66. A
67. C
68. A
69. B
70. D
71. B
72. A
73. D
74. B
75. C
76. A
77. A
78. B
79. A