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Problem 54

A father is three times as old as his son. Four years ago, he was
four times as old as his son was at that time. How old is his son?

A. 36 years
B. 24 years
C. 32 years
D. 12 years

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The ages of the mother and her daughter are 45 and 5 years,
respectively. How many years will the mother be three times as
old as her daughter?

A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 20

Problem 56

Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as Ana was when Mary
was as old as Ana is now. How old is Ana? (ECE November 1995)

A. 16
B. 18
C. 19
D. 20

Problem 57

The sum of the parent’s ages is twice the sum of their children’s
ages. Five years ago, the sum of the parent’s ages is four times
the sum of their children’s ages. In fteen years the sum of the
parent’s ages will be equal to the sum of their children’s ages.
How many children were in the family?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

Problem 58

Two thousand kilogram of steel containing 8% of nickel is to be

made by mixing steel containing 14% nickel with another steel
containing 6% nickel. How much of the steel containing 14%
nickel is needed?

A. 1500 kg
B. 800 kg

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C. 750 kg
D. 500kg

Problem 59

A 40-gram alloy containing 35% gold is to be melted with a 20-

gram alloy containing 50% gold. How much percentage of gold is
the resulting alloy?

A. 40%
B. 30%
C. 45%
D. 35%

Problem 60

In what radio must a peanut costing P240.00 per kg. be mixed

with a peanut costing P340.00 per kg so that the pro t of 20% is
made by selling the mixture at 360.00 per kg?

A. 1:2
B. 3:2
C. 2:3
D. 3:5

Problem 61

A 100-kilogram salt solution originally 4% by weight. Salt in water

is boiled to reduce water content until the concentration is 5% by
weight salt. How much water is evaporated?

A. 10
B. 15
C. 20
D. 25

Problem 62

A pound of alloy of lead and nickel weights 14.4 ounces in water,

where lead losses 1/11 of its weight and nickel losses 1/9 of its
weight. How much of each metal is in alloy?

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A. Lead = 7.2 ounces; Nickel = 8.8 ounces

B. Lead = 8.8 ounces; Nickel = 7.2 ounces
C. Lead = 6.5 ounces; Nickel = 5.4 ounces
D. Lead = 7.8 ounces; Nickel = 4.2 ounces

Problem 63

An alloy of silver and gold weighs 15 oz. in air and 14 oz. in water.
Assuming that silver losses 1/10 of its weight in water and gold
losses 1/18 of its weight, how many oz. at each metal are in the
alloy?

A. Silver = 4.5 oz.; Gold = 10.5 oz.

B. Silver = 3.75 oz.; Gold = 11.25 oz.
C. Silver = 5 oz.; Gold = 10 oz.
D. Silver = 7.8 oz.; Gold = 4.2 oz.

Problem 64 (ME April 1998)

A pump can pump out a tank in 11 hours. Another pump can

pump out the same tank in 20 hours. How long it will take both
pumps together to pump out the tank?

A. ½ hour
B. ½ hour
C. 6 hours
D. 7 hours

Problem 65

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Mr. Brown can wash his car in 15 minutes, while his son John takes
twice as long as the same job. If they work together, how many
minutes can they do the washing?

A. 6
B. 8
C. 10
D. 12

Problem 66

One pipe can ll a tank in 5 hours and another pipe can ll the
same tank in 4 hours. A drainpipe can empty the full content of
the tank in 20 hours. With all the three pipes open, how long will
it take to ll the tank?

A. 2 hours
B. 2.5 hours
C. 1.92 hours
D. 1.8 hours

Problem 67

A swimming pool is lled through its inlet pipe and then emptied
through its outlet pipe in a total of 8 hours. If water enters
through its inlet and simultaneously allowed to leave through its
outlet, the pool is lled in 7 ½ hours. Find how long will it take to
ll the pool with the outlet closed.

A. 6
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5

Problem 68

Three persons can do a piece of work alone in 3 hours, 4 hours

and 6 hours respectively. What fraction of the job can they nish
in one hour working together?

A. ¾

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B. 4/3
C. ½
D. 2/3

Problem 69

A father and his son can dig a well if the father works 6 hours and
his son works 12 hours or they can do it if the father works 9 hours
and son works 8 hours. How long will it take for the son to dig the
well alone?

A. 5 hours
B. 10 hours
C. 15 hours
D. 20 hours

Problem 70

Peter and Paul can do a certain job in 3 hours. On a given day,

they work together for 1 hour then Paul left and Peter nishes the
rest work in 8 more hours. How long will it take for Peter to do the
job alone?

A. 10 hours
B. 11 hours
C. 12 hours
D. 13 hours

Problem 71 (ECE November 1995)

Pedro can paint a fence 50% faster than Juan and 20% faster than
Pilar and together they can paint a given fence in 4 hours. How
long will it take Peter to paint the same fence if he had to work
alone?

A. 10 hrs.
B. 11hrs.
C. 13hrs.
D. 15hrs.

Problem 72

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Nonoy can nish a certain job in 10 days if Imelda will help for 6
days. The same work can be done by Imelda in 12 days if Nonoy
helps for 6 days. If they work together, how long will it take for
them to do the job?

A. 8.9
B. 8.4
C. 9.2
D. 8

Problem 73

A pipe can ll up a tank with the drain open in three hours. If the
pipe runs with the drain open for one hour and then the drain is
closed it will take 45 more minutes for the pipe to ll the tank. If
the drain will be closed right at the start of lling, how long will it
take for the pipe to ll the tank?

A. 1.15 hrs.
B. 1.125 hrs
C. 1.325 hrs.
D. 1.525 hrs.

Problem 74

Delia can nish a job in 8 hours. Daisy can do it in 5 hours. If Delia

worked for 3 hours and then Daisy was asked to help her nish it,
how long will Daisy have to work with Delia to nish the job?

A. 2/5 hours
B. 25/14 hours
C. 28 hours
D. 1.923 hours

Problem 75 (CE November 1998)

A job could be done by eleven workers in 15 days. Five workers

started the job. They were reinforced with four more workers at
the beginning of the 6th day. Find the total number of days it took
them to nish the job.

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A. 22.36
B. 21.42
C. 23.22
D. 20.56

Problem 76

On one job, two power shovels excavate 20000 m3 of earth, the

larger the shovel working for 40 hours and the smaller shovel for
35 hours. Another job, they removed 40000 m3 with the larger
shovel working for 70 hours and the smaller working 90 hours.
How much earth can the larger shovel move in one hour?

A. 173.91
B. 347.83
C. 368.12
D. 162.22

Problem 77 (EE April 1996)

A and B can do a piece of work in 42 days, B and C in 31 days, and

A and C in 20 days. Working together, how many days can all of
them nish the work?

A. 18.9
B. 19.4
C. 17.8
D. 20.9

Problem 78

Eight men can dig 150 ft of trench in 7 hrs. Three men can back ll
100ft of the trench in 4 hrs. The time it will take 10 men to dig and

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ll 200 ft of trench is:

A. 9.867hrs.
B. 9.687hrs.
C. 8.967hrs.
D. 8.687hrs.

Problem 79

In two hours, the minute hand of the clock rotates through an

angle of :

A. 45°
B. 90°
C. 360°
D. 720°

Problem 80

In one day (24 hours), how many times will the hour hand and
minute hand of a continuously driven clock be together

A. 21
B. 22
C. 23
D. 24

Problem 81

How many minutes after 3:00 will the minute hand of the clock
overtakes the hour hand?

A. 14/12 minutes
B. 16-11/12 minutes
C. 16-4/11 minutes
D. 14/11 minutes

Problem 82

How many minutes after 10:00 o’clock will the hands of the clock
be opposite of the other for the rst time?

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A. 21.41
B. 22.31
C. 21.81
D. 22.61

Problem 83

What time between the hours of 12:00 noon and 1:00 pm would
the hour hand and the minute hand of a continuously driven
clock be in straight line?

A. 12:33 pm
B. 12:30 pm
C. 12:37 pm
D. 12:287 pm

Problem 84 (GE February 1997)

At what time after 12:00 noon will the hour hand and the minute
hand of a clock rst form a n angle of 120°?

A. 21.818
B. 12:21.818
C. 21.181
D. 12:21.181

Problem 85 (GE February 1994)

From the time 6:15 PM to the time 7:45 PM of the same day, the
minute hand of a standard clock describes an arc of:

A. 360°
B. 120°
C. 540°
D. 720°

Problem 86

It is now between 3 and 4 o’clock and in twenty minutes the

minute hand will be as much as the hour-hand as it is now behind
it. What is the time now?

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A. 3:06.06
B. 3:07.36
C. 3:09.36
D. 3:08.36

Problem 87 (EE October 1990)

A man left his home at past 3:00 o’clock PM as indicated in his

wall clock. Between two to three hours after, he returned home
and noticed that the hands of the clock interchanged. At what
time did he left his home?

A. 3:27.27
B. 3:31.47
C. 3:22.22
D. 3:44.44

Problem 88

The sum of the reciprocals of two numbers is 11. Three times the
reciprocal of one of the numbers is three more than twice the
reciprocal of the other number. Find the numbers.

A. 5 and 6
B. 7 and 4
C. 1/5 and 1/6
D. 1/7 and ¼

Problem 89

If a two digit number has x for its unit’s digit and y for its ten’s
digit, represent the number.

A. yx
B. 10y + x
C. 10x + y
D. x + y

Problem 90

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One number if ve less than the other number. If their sum is 135,
what are the numbers?

A. 70 & 75
B. 60 & 65
C. 65 & 70
D. 75 & 80

Problem 91

In a two-digit number, the unit’s digit is 3 greater than the ten’s

digit. Find the number if it is 4 times as large as the sum of its
digits.

A. 47
B. 58
C. 63
D. 25

Problem 92

Find two consecutive even integers such that the square of the
larger is 44 greater than the square of the smaller integer.

A. 10 & 12
B. 12 & 14
C. 8 & 10
D. 14 & 16

Problem 93

Twice the middle digit of a three-digit number is the sum of the

other two. If the number is divided by the sum of its digit, the
answer is 56 and the remainder is 12. If the digits are reversed, the
number becomes smaller by 594. Find the number.

A. 258
B. 567
C. 852
D. 741

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Problem 94

The product f three consecutive integers is 9240. Find the third

integer.

A. 20
B. 21
C. 22
D. 23

Problem 95

The product if two numbers is 1400. If three (3) is subtracted from

each number, their product becomes 1175. Find the bigger
number.

A. 28
B. 50
C. 32
D. 40

Problem 96

The sum of the digits of the three-digit number is 14. The

hundreds digit being 4 times the units digit. If 594 is subtracted
from the number, the order of the digits will be reversed. Find the
number.

A. 743
B. 563
C. 653
D. 842

Problem 97 (ECE March 1996)

The sum of two numbers is 21, and one number is twice the other.
Find the numbers.

A. 7 and 14
B. 6 and 15
C. 8 and 13

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D. 9 and 12

Problem 98 (ECE March 1996)

Ten less than four times a certain number is 14. Determine the
number.

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7

Problem 99 (ECE November 1997)

The denominator of a certain fraction is three more than twice

the numerator. If 7 is added to both terms of the fraction, the
resulting fraction is 3/5. Find the original fraction.

A. 8/5
B. 5/13
C. 13/5
D. 3/5

Problem 100

Three times the rst of the three consecutive odd integers is

three more than twice the third. Find the third integer.

A. 9
B. 11
C. 13
D. 15

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