CORE GATEWAY COLLEGE, INC.

BASIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Maharlika Highway corner Cardenas St., San Jose City, Nueva Ecija
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
Preliminary Examination

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a. c.
11 99 9
∧7
1. Find the difference of 12 . 1 61
10 b.6 d. 1
12 9 99
1 18 3 2
a . 10 c. 11 9. Find the quotient of 4 ∧1 .
3 12 7 5
4 1 6 8
b . 10 d. 1 a.4 c. 3
12 2 35 49
6 2 155 146
2. Find the sum of and . b. d.
7 5 49 35
44 9 2
a. c. 1 10.Convert to decimal.
35 35 3
20 54 a. 0.67 c. 0.7
b. d.
35 35 b. 0.6 d. 0.6
7 1 1
3. Find the difference of 1 0 , 6 ∧4 . 11.Convert to decimal.
9 3 6
4 4 a. 0.17 c. 0.2
a.2 c. b. 0.16 d. 0.16
9 9
5 1
b.7 d. 3
9 9
2 1 3
4. Find the product of 1 ,2 ∧3 .
5 3 4 12.Teresa went to shop materials for her scrapbook. She
49 1 got the scrapbook for ₱220.25, ball point pen at ₱16.75,
a. c. 6
4 10 and scrapbook decors at ₱90.50. How much did she pay
1 6 for the materials?
b . 12 d. 6
4 60 a. ₱307.50 c. ₱327.50
2 5 b. ₱328 d. ₱327
5. Find the product of 2 ∧4 . 13.Richard runs on some mornings before he goes to
3 7
work. Below is a table of the number of kilometers he
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a. c. ran during the week.
7 21 Monday Wednesda Friday Saturday
10 4 y
b.8 d. 12
21 7 No. of 1.5 2.471 4.95 0.73
3 Kilometers
∧6
6. Find the product of 5 .
2 His goal for the week is to run 10 kilometers. How many
10
kilometers does Richard requires to have to meet his
39 59 running goal?
a. c.
25 25 a. 1.079 c. 9.651
9 14 b. 0.349 d. 8.921
b.2 d. 1
25 25 14.The following household bills were paid by Juliana
5 for the month of March 2015:
∧3 Electric bill - ₱6,798.64
7. Find the quotient of 8 .
4 Water bill - ₱576.25
Telephone bill - ₱1,023.57
5 15
a. c. Cable bill - ₱550
6 32
How much will be left with Juliana if she has ₱10,000
20 3 available?
b. d.
24 6 a. ₱8,948.46 c. ₱1,051.54
5 1 b. ₱8,948.96 d. ₱1,051.04
8. Find the quotient of 3 ∧2 .
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15.On a five-day trip, Lorenzo has 95 liters, he b. 83% d. 16%
consumed the following amounts of gasoline: 14.3 liters,
12.6 liters, 10.8 liters, 16.7 liters, and 11.9 liters. How
many liters of gasoline were consumed?
ANSWER KEY: BUSINESS MATH.
a. 33.7 liters c. 28.7 liters
b. 161.3 liters d. 66.3 liters 1. A 16. D
16.In April 2023, Samantha paid ₱125,578.95 taxes on 2. C 17. A
her income for the year 2022. This year, she paid 3. B 18. C
₱147,803.22 worth of taxes for her 2023 income. How 4. B 19. A
much more did Samantha pay this year compared to last 5. D 20.D
year? 6. D 21. C
a. ₱(273,382.17) c. ₱273,382.17 7. A 22. A
b. ₱ (22,224.27) d. ₱22,224.27 8. D 23. C
17.Catherine bought 3.75 kilos of ground pork at
9. C 24. B
₱198.25 per kilo. How much is her total bill?
a. ₱743.4375 c. ₱52.87 10. B 25. A
b. ₱ 189.15 d. ₱528.67 11. B
18. Michael and his four classmates are architecture 12. C
students. Their team won the architectural design contest 13. B
for the housing units for the Yolanda victims. Each 14. C
person on the team received ₱55,025.75. How much 15. D
money did the team win altogether?
a. ₱13,756.4375 c. ₱275,128.75
b. ₱ 1,375,643.75 d. ₱22,010,300

19.Julia made ribbons for her school’s Foundation Day

presentation. Her roll of ribbon was 35 meters long. For
each individual ribbon, she needed 0.235 meters. How
many ribbons could she make from her roll?
a. 149 c. 67
b. 8 d. 15
20.Joel helps his mother in the market after his classes. If
he works 12.25 hours in the market for 5 days, what is
the average number of hours he works there in a day?
a. 245 c. 40.81
b. 61.25 d. 2.45
21.Mao and Pia are having their house renovated. The
new master’s bedroom has a floor that is rectangular in
shape. The length is 7.5 meters and the width is 4.25
meters. What is the floor area of Mao and Pia’s
bedroom?
a. 1.76 m2 c. 31.875 m2
2
b. 176.47 m d. 56.67 m2
85
22.Convert to percent.
2
a. 4,250% c. 42.5%
b. 425% d. 0.425%
0.002
23. Convert to decimal.
500
24. 250 c. 0.000004
25. 250,000 d. 0.004
a. 0.43 d. 0.043
24. If the 500 runners who attend the Fun Run. 120
finished the 5-kilometer run. What percent finished the
run?
a. 0.24% c. 4.17%
b. 24% d. 417%
25. In 2014, Angelique Flower Shop sold a total of
15,000 dozen roses while 18,000 dozen roses were sold
in the year 2015. What is the percent increase in the sale
of the roses?
a. 20% c. 120%