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I. Ho\\ difr~rent conunitt~c~ c..10 ~ forrueJ by choo:-iog 4 mc.11 from J n orgamzauon lhar
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A 13,90 C. J 140
B 1435 D. 1365
.... ln ho"' £D¥y ways can 5-diffCf~ntly c olored marbles be ar,anged in ,, row?
A. 31 c.20
B. 120 D., 100
3. lf repetitiom are not a1lm••~~ bow many 4 digit numlkrs rnn he formed 'with the 10 digit~ 0 .
L 2. 3. . . 9-"
A. 5.0.W C 4.536
B. 3.02..t D. 9.000
4. Foor different mathematics books. six different physics book.,. and two different chemistry
boots are to be arranged on a shelf. HO\\' many different .-mmgemen1s are po.c;sibJe if only the
mathematics books must stand toge-ther'!
A. 207.360 C. 103,680
B. 8.709. 120 D. 34,560

5. Five red marbles. two white marbl~. and lhree blue marbl~s are arranged in a row. lf all the
marbles of tbe same color are not distinguishable from each other. ho"' mnuy different
arrangements are possible?
A IO! C. (5! 2! 3!)10

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6. Out of 5 mathematicians and 7 physicists. a committee of 2 mathem~tkians and 3 .pb~ic1t1~
i~ to be funned. In bow many ways c;in this be done jf two p.trticutar mathemattcrnn$ -cannot
be oo t1'1C'comcnittee?
A. 250 C.150
B. 300 D. 105
7. A boy bas five- coins cocl'i ()f different denomination. How many different sums of money can
be formed?
A. 32 C. 120
8 . 31 D. 119
8. From 7 consonants and 5 vowels. bow many words can be formed consisting of 4 different
consonants and 3 different vowels? The words need not h..ive meaning.
A 350 C. 120
B. 1,764,000 D. 9, 500,2 10
Q t~-.u thl'l\"rcnt t."l(l\01"\"(tl tlng~ t·itn ·~ hunJ in a tow lo n1ake ooded sigl131. How many signals can
he n\&t,1t, i( n ~l~ns.t l~•tl~i~•~ uf th~ di!-ploy uf o~ or more flags.
A ~4 C. 88
ll. M 0 . 62
10. llow mtm)' way~ ~-•n , pc(>ple be ~eoted o n a round table?
A. t'wO C. 24
8 . Jti 0 . 54
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A. l5 C. j J r'l~
8 . 1$ D. 62 2:;
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12. A number bctweetl l and 1~000 (indusive) ,~ randqa,ty ~leered. What is the pn>batnliry that
it wUI be divisible both by4 o.nd by 5? ·;h · .
A. tl.20 C. 0.25 '\1-'l:. •
B. 0.05 .....:, D 0;10
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13. Find the probubality ·o f.getting n: head or a tail in a single tos;;'or ~ coin'?
A. J/4 C. l/8 ~
B. 1/2 D. l

14. Mr. A bid a career batting average of 0.325. What was the probability mat be would get at
least one hit in five official times,t bat7
A. 0. 140 ·c. 0.46·
B. 0.35 n.o.86
15. What is the probability that .a player will make exactly 3 of his next 4 shots if be sunk 50 '6 of
all bis shots1 ·
A. 0.25 c. 0.0625
B. 0.125 D. 0.75 ·

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same route at an average speed of 60 km/hr. Find the average sl)'eed fnc ~~ntue mp:
A. 45 kph . ,,. . C.:-30 kph . ~-.. (: _ ~ _-. -~- . ~ ·;
B. 40 kph . . If 60 kph ~ ~r-.-ii";~· .
.18. A pair of dice is tossed. If one-di, shown a 5, what i5 the·probabilitytfiat the ottier die- ,ibows
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19. A player wll-, l\\o dice He wim. if and only if the fir!>l die !\ho\\'!> an even numbe r or if the lwo
dace ,ho,\ a sum of 9. find his probab tbty ot wmning.
A 1 .:? C'. 5/9
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:m There are 100 envelo pes in a box. Of these. 40 contain PSO. 30 contain Pl 00. 20 contain P500,
and 10 contain P 1000. 1f one draws an envelo pe at random from the box. what 1s his
cx~tat ion?
A Pl6.50 C. P200
B . P412.5 0 D. P250
21 . Seventeen tickets nwnbered. frum I to 17 are in a box. lf two-tkk.et5 are drawn at random
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determine the probability that the first one -is odd and the second one h even.
A. 1 C. 1/4
B . 9,34 · D. 811289

2'.!. Fmd the -sum of the first'46 -~Vetl numbers.

A 1640 C. 820
B 3280 0 . 410

23. Find the sum of all odd integers between 100 and 1000.
A. 247500 C. 148500
B. 374200 D. 454500 .
24. Find the ~um of the integer s betwee n 2 and 100 which is divided by 3.
A . 1484 C. 1699 .
B 1683 D. 4299
25 The fi~t and the last term of a G.P is equal to 6 and 486 re~pecti\el} Jf the ~um of
all 1em1:-1 i\
726.. find the nwnbe r of term~.
A. 5 C. 8
B, 6 D. 7
26. A body dt,opped from a height falls 16 m during the first second . 48 m in the next second ; 144
m on the third 1eccmd and so on. Find bow far the body falls during the 711a ~ond.
A. 11664 C. 18620
B. 13200 0. J4l64
27. The sides of n square is 6 cm. Jong. A second 5quare is inscribed by joining the midpoint of
tbe sides of the second square And so on. Fmd the sum of the areas of the inimlte numbe
r of
inscribed squares thus formed.
A. 72 0. 144
B. 36 D. 216
28. In a party 23 ~on~ take their scats at n round table. The odds again.~t two particular pcr,om
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!\itting togethe r are:
A . 10: 1 C . 9 · J0
B. 1: 11 D. 1:7
29. In bow many ways -can P-500 be made up both S peso and.20 pe~ biµ~?
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l. Determine- the ..,um of the progre.,~ion if therl.! are 7 arithmetic mean hetv.een 3 and 35 .
A 171 C. 232
B. 182 D. 216
., A stack of bricks has 61 bricks in the bottom layer, 58 bricks in the second layer. 55 bncks
m the third layer and so until there are l O bricks m the last layer. Ho"' m:my bricks are
there together?
A 638 C. 640
B. 637 D. 639
3. Once a month a man put some money into the cookie jar. Each month he put SO centavo..,
more mlo the Jar than the month before. After 12 years he counted his money ~he had P
5436. How much money did he put in the Jar in lhe last month '!
A P 73.50 C. 74.50
B. P 7S.50 D. 72.50
4. Find the geometric mean of 64 and 4 .
A . 16 C. 32
B. 34 D. 28
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5 . Find the sum of 1.
5 · 2s· · ·
A. 5/6 C. 0 .84
B. 2/3 D. 0.72

6. Find the ratio of an infinite geometric scnes 1f the sum is 2 and the first term is½.
A 1/3 C. 3/4
B. l/2 D. 1/4

7. Fmd lhe 1987dt digit in the decimal equivalent to ~ startmg from decimal point .
A. 8 C. 7
B. l D. 5

8. Determine the sum of the infmite series : S=

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A. 4/5 C 213
B. 3/4 0 . J/2

9. Gravity causes a body to fall 16.1 feet in the P 1 o;ccond. 48.3 in the 21d second, 80.5 in the
3nt second, and so on . How far did the body fall during lhe 1()th second ?
 A. 248.7 ft C. 241.5 fl
B~308.1 fi . D. 305.9 ft
1o If the sum is 220 a.nd the first term is l 0. find the ctJmmon difference if the la~• term i~ 30.
A. 2 .. . C, 3
B.5 ., -~ .·' ~ ..· D. 2/3
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14. Two students a.re working independently.o n a pt.oble~.-Their .r~spective probabilities of

solving_ the problem are l/3 fil¥1 ¾. What~-tbe-pi:o~_ability that at teast one (}f them will soJve
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15. What is the sample v.ati:anoe of th~ fo~lo~ingnidrtbers?
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18. What is the approximate probability that no two people in a group of seven have the ~ame
birthday?
A. 0.056 C. 0.92
B . 0.43 D. 0 .94
 19. What 1s the approximate probability of exactly two people in a group of seven having a
bmhday on April 15'!
A~ I 2x t(l•HI C. 7.4 X J0-6
B. 2.4x 10· 17
D. 1.6 X 104

25. What ij che sample variance of'the foHowing data?

0.50~ 0.80, 0.75, 0.52. 0.60
A. 0.0146 C. 0.1128
8. 0.0183 D. 0.1209
 26. The sum of five consecutive odd integers must be
A. odd. but not necessary divisible by 5
B. divisible by 3 "but not necessarily by 5
C . divisible by 5. but not necessarily by 10
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twelve-layer wedding cake. The ttrSt layer will t,e ·J 2 mclie~)jig~-~~~ ~~--"" _::1f:: ' . '.
third 10 and so on. How high will the cake be? ' ·· · · .. ·..,•,.. ;- · ·

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