FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION – 120 ITEMS

(MATHEMATICS)

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. What number subtracted from each of 71 and 58 will result in two perfect squares?
A. 42 C. 35
B. 3 D. 22

2. A clerk is requested to file 800 cards. If he can file cards at the rate of 80 cards an hour,
how many remaining cards still need to be filled after he has worked 7 hours?
A. 560 C. 260
B. 240 D. 140

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. All parallelograms are trapezoids
B. All rhombuses are rectangles.
C. All squares are rectangles
D. All rectangles are squares.

4. Jocelyn gets up at 6:45 a.m. everyday. At what time must she go to sleep if she wants to
get 8½ hours of sleep?
A. 11:10 pm C. 9:45 pm
B. 10:15 pm D. 10:45 pm

5. What is the remainder when 233 is divided by 5?

A. 1 C. 0
B. 2 D. 3

6. The average of 5 different numbers is 10. What is the highest possible value that one of
the numbers can have?
A. 20 C. 38
B. 30 D. 40

7. The sum of two integers is 4. The difference of the tow integers is 10. Which is the
smaller integer?
A. –4 C. –8
B. –3 D. 7

8. The length of each side of a square is 3x / 4 + 1. What is the perimeter of the square?
A. 9x2 / 16 + 3x / 2 + 1 C. 3x + 1
B. 3x + 4 D. x + 1
9. A number is decreased by 30% and then the result is increased by 50%. If the result is
5 > 5, what was the original number?
A. 300 C. 500
B. 600 D. 800

10. If the greatest prime factor of 32 is A, and the least prime factor of 77 is B, the AB is
divisible by which of the following numbers?
A. 11 C. 14
B. 8 D. 4

11. John works at two jobs. In job A, he arms ₱35 per hour. In job B he gets P10/hr. He
works for a total of Y hours for one week. How much was his income from job A if he
spent Z hours for job B?
A. ₱ (y – x) C. ₱35 (z – Y)
B. ₱35 (y – z) D. ₱ (x – y)

12. A man has two pairs of shoes, three suits and two pants. How many different
combinations of apparel can be worn?
A. 24 C. 12
B. 3 D. 6

13. What percent of 12.5 is 50?

A. 40% C. 5.4%
B. 400% D. 48%

14. Evaluate: 2 1
3 2
______________ = ______________ = ______________

1 + 1 + 2
6 4 3

A. 31/4 C. 13/20
B. 2/9 D. 2/13

15. Marlo correctly answered 60 or 75% of the total number of items in a multiple-choice
test. How many items are in the multiple-choice test all in all?
A. 120 C. 80
B. 100 D. 140

16. One side of a rectangle is 18cm. If the perimeter is 50cm., what is the width of the
rectangle?
A. 28cm. C. 12cm.
B. 7cm. D. 16cm.
17. If x and y are integers and the sum of xy and y is odd, which of the following could TRU
I. x is even and y is odd
II. x and y are both odd
III. x is odd and y is even

A. II only C. III only

B. I and II D. I only

18. What decimal to the 4th decimal place is equivalent to 13/16?

A. 0.0625 C. 0.3725
B. 0.8125 D. 0.1324

19. The average of seven consecutive odd integers is 27. What is the largest among the
integers?
A. 31 C. 29
B. 35 D. 33

20. A whole number is divisible by 2 if and only if its:

I. ones digit divisible by 2
II. tens digit is divisible by 2
III. ones digit is even
IV. tens digit is even
A. I only C. II and IV
B. I and III D. I and II

21. There are 40 women in a committee consisting of 50 members. What is the ratio of the
men to the women?
A. 4:1 C. 1:4
B. 4:5 D. 5:4

22. What is the least positive integer that must be multiplied to 140 to make it perfect
square?
A. 70 C. 140
B. 7 D. 35

23. A merchant repacks a 60-kg sack of sugar into small packs of 750 g. How many small
packs can be made?
A. 75 C. 90
B. 45 D. 80

24. Given the numerals 9,2,7,5, what is the difference between in the largest 3-digit number
and the smallest 3-digit number that can be formed from those numerals if no digits are
repeated in a number?
A. 500 C. 446
B. 718 D. 778
25. Find the solution set of x – 3 <2

A.{x−1< x<−5} C. {x i< 5}

B. {x x< 3 } D. x x < 2

26. How many small balls 2 inches in diameter can be packed in a box of 15 inches long,
9 inches wide and 6 inches high?
A. 105 C. 96
B. 84 D. 120

27. The range of function f is the set of all values of y for which f (x) is defined. One of the
following sets is the range for the function graphed below. Which set is that range?

A.{ y 0 ≤ , y ≤ 4 } C. {0 ,2 , 1 ,2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 5 ,8 }

B. {x 1≤ , y ≤5 } D. {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

28. A fraction is equivalent to 2/7. If the difference between the denominator and the
numerator is 80, what is the numerator?
A. 24 C. 26
B. 20 D. 32

29. The differences of two polynomials is 6m + 5n – 5p. If the second polynomial is

2m + 3n – 2p. What is the first polynomial?
A. 4m + 8n – 7p C. 8m + 2n – 3p
B. –8m – 8n – 3p D. 8m – 8n – 7p

30. Rationalize and simplify: √ 3 ax

❑

√ 4 a2
A. 2x C. 4a
B. a √ 12 x D. √ 3 ax
2a
31. Simplify: 3 √ 2 + 2 √ 18 + √2
A. 3 √ 2 C. 6 √ 2
B. 10 √ 2 D. 5 √ 2

32. Which of the following is/are equal to 1?

I. x0
II. x3 / x3
III. x2..x-2
A. II only C. II and III
B. I and III D. I, II and III

33. If x = y = 2z and xyz = 1,000, what is the value of z?

A. 10 C. 5
B. 2.5 D. 3 √ 250

34. If a and b are integers, which of the following conditions is sufficient for
a2 – b2 / a – b = a + b to be TRUE?
A. a < 0 C. a > 0
B. b > 0 D. a > b

35. What is the area of a square lot whose diagonal is 6 √ 2meters?

A. 72 sq.m. C. 12 sq.m.
B. 28 sq.m. D. 36 sq.m

36. Mr. Tan can wash his car in 15 minutes, while his son Eric takes twice as long to do the
same job. If they work together how many minutes will it take them to finish the job?
A. 22 C. 7
½ 1/2
B. 10 D. 30

37. A line has an equation if y = 4x – 5. Which of the following points lie on the line?
A. ( –5 , 7 ) C. ( 5 , 25 )
B. ( –3 , 7 ) D. ( 6, 19 )

38. If it takes 18 minutes to fill 2/3 of a container, how many minutes will it take to fill the rest
of the container at the same rate?
A. 12 C. 9
B. 6 D. 27

39. Narda is three times as old as Ela, and Ela is four years older than Myrna, if Myrna is
x years old, what is Narda’s age in terms of x?
A. x + 4 C. 3x – 12
3
B. 3x + 12 D. 3x + 4
40. What number subtracted from each of 71 and 58 with result in two perfect squares?
A. 33 C. 35
B. 42 D. 22

41. If x – y = 15 and 3x + y = 13, then y = ___________.

A. 8 C. –8
B. –7 D. 7

42. For which values of b is x + 1 a factor of x2 + bx + 1

A. 3 C. 1
B. 2 D. 4

43. If x is between 0 and 1, which of the following statements is TRUE?

I. x2 > 1
II. x2 > 0
III. x2 > x
A. II and III C. III only
B. I and III D. II only

44. If a3 is odd, which of these statements is/are TRUE?

I. a is odd
II. a2 is odd
III. a2 + 1 is odd
A. I only C. II only
B. I and III D. I and II

45. Lito can mow the lawn in 5 hours, while Ramon can mow the same lawn in 4 hours
working together. How long will it take them to mow the lawn?
A. 4 hours C. 4 ½ hours
B. 2 2/9 D. 5 hours

46. What is the value of x in the equation ( 7 – 5i) + x = 4i – 6?

A. 1/8 C. 1 + 9i
B. –13 + 9i D. 3 – i

47. Which rule gives the value of y in the table?

x y
2 2
1 1 1/2
5 3 1/2
4 3

A. ½ x + 1 C. x + ½
B. ½ x – 1 D. x + 1 + ½
48. If x, y and z are consecutive positive integers greater than 1, not necessary in that order,
then which of the following is/are TRUE?
I. x > z
II. ax + y > z
III. ay > y + z
A. II C. II and IV
B. II and III D. I, II and III

49. How many liters of pure acetic acid must be mixed with 10 liters of 30% acid solution to
get a 60% solution
A. 7.25 C. 8 liters
B. 7.5 liters D. 9 liters

50. Simplify:

( ) ( )
8 3
4x y
¿y
2 ·
3/2
¿ 27 x
6 ❑
2/ 3

A. 4x6 C. 8x8
3y 9y

B. 8x6 D. 4x8
9y y2

51. Which function has a graph which intersects neither the y– axis nor the x– axis?
A. cot x C. tan x
B. csc x D. sec x

52. If one side of a triangle will be AD, what should be the third vertex so that 50% of its
area is equal to the area of triangle ABC?

A. E C. H
B. C D. F

53. Solve for x in log (x – 4 ) + log ( x – 3 ) = log30

 A. 9 C. 7
B. -9 D. 12
54. The angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio of 2:3:4:6. Find the degree measure of its
largest angle.
A. 150 C. 144
B. 72 D. 120

55. Which equation gives the perimeter, P, of a rectangle that has a length of 18 feet and a
width of 15 feet?
A. P = 2 (15) (18) C. P = 2 (15 + 18)
B. P = (18) (15) D. P = (2) 15 + 18

56. If 11 m, m angle x = 130, m angle y = 110 then m angle z = ________.

A. 40 degrees C. 60 degrees
B. 80 degrees D. 110 degrees

57. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 2160 deg. How many does the polygon
have?
A. 16 C. 12
B. 15 D. 14

58. If the points (-2, 3), (4, 3) and (-2, 0) are connected to each other, what kind of triangle
is formed
A. Equilateral C. Obtuse
B. Right D. Isosceles

59. If the vertex angle of an isosceles triangle is x degrees, what is the measure of each
base angle of the triangle?
A. 90 – x C. 90 – x
2

B. 180 – 2x D. 180 – x
2 2
60. In the adjoining figure, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A

B C

I. AB + BC > AC
II. BD + DC > BC
III. AD + DC > BD
IV. BC + DC > AD
A. I and II C. II, III and IV
B. I only D. I, II and III

61. In the figure below, if m angle ABC = (45 – 3x) deg and m angle CBD = (8x – 10) deg,
find m angle ABC.

D
C

A O

A. 15 degrees C. 12 degrees
B. 24 degrees D. 35 degrees

62. If the area of a square is 81x2, what will represent the perimeter of the square?
A. 81x C. 36x
2
B. 18x D. 9x2

63. If P = {Parallelograms}
Q = {Quadrilaterals}
S = {Squares}
R = {Rectangle}
If the symbol C means a “subset of”, which of the following is TRUE?
A. P C R C. S C Q
B. P C S D. R S Q
64. In the figure below, JM . , KN . , LQ all intersect at point P, with angle measures as
marked. What is the measure of angle LPN?

A. 80 degrees C. 100 degrees

B. 108 degrees D. 117 degrees

65. What percent of the area of circle S if the diameter if circle R is 30% of the diameter of
circle S, the area of circle R?
A. 30% C. 15%
B. 60% D. 19%

66. In the standard (x, y) coordinate plane, what is the slope of the line joining the points
(3, -5) and (6, 10)?
A. –4 C. 5
B. 3 D. –2

67. Find the second derivative of (x2 + 2x) ( x3 )

A. 3x4 + 6x3 C. 8x3 + 6x2
B. 5x3 + 8x3 D. 20x3 + 24x2

68. Determine the length of the major axis of the ellipse 4x2 + 9y2 – 48x + 72y + 144 = 0
A. 8 C. 12
B. 36 D. 6
69. Find the dimensions of the largest rectangular building that can be placed on a right
triangular lot (see figure), facing one of the perpendicular sides.

A. x = 1/4a C. y = 2a
B. x = 1/3a D. x = ½ a

70. Determine the value of K so that the line whose equation is 2x + 3ky – 13 = 0 shall pass
through the point (–2, 4 ).
A. –2/17 C. --17/12
B. 17/12 D. 12/17

71. What number exceeds its square by the maximum amount?

A. –2 C. 1/3
B. ½ D. 2

72. A quadrilateral angle is an angle in standard position whose terminal side coincides with
either x-axis or the y = axis. Which of those is a quadrantal angle?
A. 8Π C. 225°
3

B. 2Π C. 630°
5

73. What are the coordinates of the midpoint of PR, given the following points:
P(–3, –5), Q (11, 4) and R(5, 7)?
A. (–1, –1) C. (–4, –6)
B. (1, 1) D. (4, 6)

74. Given this points P(–3, –5), Q(11, –4) and R (5, 7), what is the slope of PQ?
A. –8/9 C. 1/14
B. –9/8 D. 14
75. What is the midpoint of the segment whose endpoints are (–2, –1) and (2, 1)?
A. (1, 1/2) C. (–1, –1/2)
B. (0, 0) D. (2, 1)

76. Determine the equation of the parabola with vertex at (2, 1) and the latus rectum has
endpoints at (–1, –5) and (–1, 7).
A. (x + 2)2 = 12(y + 1) C. (y + 1)2 = –12(x + 1)
B. (y – 1)2 = 12(x – 2) D. (x – 2)2 = –12 (y – 1)

77. What is the center of the circle x2 + y2 – 10x + 14y = 10?

A. (–7, 5) C. (–5, 7)
B. (5, –7) D. (7, –5)

78. If ƒ(x) = 2x3 (1-2x)5, then ƒ (1) = ______________.

A. 14 C. 4
B. –2 D. –16

79. Find Lim (x2 + 3x – 5)

X 4
A. 9 C. 15
B. 28 D. 23

80. In a 3 – 4 – 5 triangle, what is the ration of tan tanθ to sin θ ?

A. 3/5 C. 16/15
B. 15/16 D. 5/3

81. What is the equation of the line parallel to 3x – 8y + 11 = 0 and passing through (8, 10)?
A. 3x – 8y – 104 = 0 C. 3x – 8y + 56 = 0
B. 8x – 3y + 80 = 0 D. 3x + 8y + 56 = 0

82. What is the equation of the line tangent to the circle x2 + y2 = 100 at the point (6 – 8)?
A. 3x + 4y – 50 = 0 C. 3x – 4y – 50 = 0
B. 4x + 3y = 0 D. 4x – 3y = 0

83. What is the length of the conjugate axis of 144 y2 – 25x2 = 3600?
A. 12 C. 5
B. 24 D. 10

84. Which of these is concerned with the collection, organization, and presentation of data
in a usable and understandable form?
A. Population C. Descriptive statistics
B. Sample D. Inferential statistics
85. If the variance of s distribution is 25, what is the standard deviation?
A. 50 C. 625
B. 12.5 D. 5

86. The probability that a man will live 10 more years is ¼ and that the probability that his
wife will live 10 more years is 1/3. What is the probability that both still live 10 years
hence?
A. 2/3 C. 1/6
B. ½ D. 7/12

87. How many five digit numbers, each less than 70,00 can be made with the digits, 1, 2, 5,
7,9 if digits may be repeated?
A. 1250 C. 1875
B. 1975 D. 1450

88. If a letter is chosen at random from the English alphabet. Find the probability that the
letter is listed somewhere after the letter g?
A. 5/26 C. 9/26
B. 19/26 D. 11/26

89. A letter is picked at random from the alphabet. Find the probability that the letter
contained it the word “house” or the word “phone”.
A. 6/26 C. 7/26
B. 5/26 D. 10/26

90. Marja is twice as old as Ela and Joy is three times as old as Marja. Their mean age
is 36.
A. 72 C. 12
B. 24 D. 36

91. Which of the following is NOT true for a standard normal distribution?
A. The variance is equal to 1 C. The standard deviation is 1
B. The mean is equal to 1 D. The total area under the curve is 1

92. A student copied a + b2 instead of (a + b)2. Compute the amount of his error
if a = 8 and b = 3
A. 0 C. 96
B. 104 D. 8

93. Assume that the probability of a child being a boy is ½. In a 2-child family, what is the
probability that both children are boys?
A. 1/8 C. 1
B. 1/2 D. ¼
94. In how many ways can a photographer arrange 6 people in a row to pose for a
photograph?
A. 30 C. 120
B. 600 D. 720

95. The graphical representation of a cumulative frequency distribution is called

a/an ________
A. frequency polygon C. ogive
B. bar graph D. histogram

96. What angle is equivalent to 5 Π¿ 4 radians?

A. 6.5 deg C. 45 deg.
B. 174.5 deg. D. 225 deg.

97. If 00 ≤ 0 ≤ 900 and sin2θ + cos2 θ = 1, what is sin θ if cos θ = ½?

A. 2 C. √ 3
√3 √2
B. √ 3 D. √ 2
2 2

98. A man placed P7,200.00 in a time deposit with a bank from which he receives 12%
interest each year. How much interest will he receive in five years?
A. P4,800.00 C. P7,200.00
B. P5,200.00 D. P4,320.00

99. What is the exact interest on P15,400 at 5 1/2% for 108 days?
A. P255.62 C. P260.62
B. P265.62 D. P250.62

100. A book had a marked price of P130, how much will it cost after a 30% discount?
A. P97 C. P100
B. P91 D. P93

101. The bottom of a window is 150 ft, from the ground. A fireman plans on leaning the
ladder up against the window at an angle of 70 deg. Which expression will give how
long the ladder should be?
A. x tan 30 deg C. x cos 150 deg
B. x sin 70 deg D. x cot 150 deg

102. What is TRUE about all triangles inscribed in a semicircle?

A. They are congruent to one another.
B. They have equal altitudes.
C. They are all right triangles
 D. They all he the same areas.

103. For what value ofθ is sin θ equal to cos θ ?

A. 129 degrees C. 39 degrees
B. 45 degrees D. 60 degrees

104. What is the inverse of ƒ(x) = x2 + 2

A. x – 2 C. √ x – 2
A. (x – 2) 2 D. √ x−2

105. What is due on a loan of P15,250 at 10% for 180 days?

A. P16,210.50 C. P18,012.50
B. P18,212.50 D. P16,012.50

106. An arc is 6.5 cm. long and it subtends a central angle of 45 degrees. Find the radius of
the circle, rounded to the nearest tenth.
A. 13.7 C. 8.3
B. 10.2 D. 12.8

107. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. sin x sin (x + Π) C. sin 2x = 2 sin x
B. sin (–x) = sin x D. sin x = sin (x + 2Π)

108. Which function has a graph which intersects neither the x – axis nor the y – axis?
A. y = sec x C. y = cot x
B. y = tan x D. y = csc x

109. Which is equivalent to tan 5Π ?

6
A. tan Π/6 C. –tan Π/3
B. –tan Π/6 D. tan Π/3

110. In right triangle ABC, if sin B = D. √ 3 and AB = 20 then the length of AC is:
2
A. 20 √ 3 C. 10 √ 3
B. 10 D. 15

111. Which of those is an identity?

A. 2sin 300 = sin 600
B. cos (x + 300) = cos x + cos 300.
C tan2 x – 1 = sec x
D. (sin x + cos x)2 = 2 sin x cos x –1
112. Mr. Perez earns a monthly salary of P45,000.00. He pays P5,000 for rent, P2,500 for
electricity, P600 for water and P350 for gas. If one half of his income is spent for food,
how much remains of his monthly income to cover other expenses?
A. P15,500.00 C. P18,012.50
B. P14,050.00 D. P16,012.50

113. A home appliance center dealer has offered a washing machine listed at P12,500 less
two successive discounts of 15% and 8%. What is the net price?
A. P11,050.00 C. P10,875.00
B. P10,625.00 D. P9,775.00

114. A boat sails 40 deg. South of east of 30 miles. How far south and east does it travel?
A. 25.2 miles south and east
B. 19.3 miles south and 23.0 miles east
C. 19.3 miles east and south
D. 23.0 miles south and 19.3 miles east