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NUMERICAL REASONING
1. Evaluate: 125 + 231 - 542 +280.
A. 1 258

B. 1 176

C. 94

D. - 102

2. Find the quotient: 1 815 15.

A. 121

B. 101

C.171

D. 27, 225

C. 310,592

D. 2,875

3. What is the product of 1 472 and 211?

A. 28,434

B. 325, 012

4. If 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 = 55, then
31 + 32 + 33 + 34 + 35 + 36 + 37 + 38 + 39 + 40 =?
A. 155

B. 85

C.255

D.355

5. If 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 = 55, then
201 + 202 + 203 + 204 + 205 + 206 + 207 + 208 + 209 + 210 =?
A. 2,055

B. 255

C.1,355

D.2,355

C. 4

D. 44

C. 18

D. 28

6. Evaluate: { [2 (22 - 8) ] -10} 6.

A. 5

B. 3

7. Evaluate: { [ (121 - 22) 9 ] 3 } + 5.

A. 38

B. 33

8. What is the remainder when 2 135 is divided by 8?

A. 10

B. 8

C. 7

D. 5

9. What is the remainder when 32, 445 is divided by 9?

A. 0

B.8

C. 9

D. 5

10. Rounding 1, 265, 499 to the nearest thousands will result to

A. 1, 300, 000

B. 1, 270, 000

C.1, 265,000

D. 1, 000,000

11. Rounding 2, 498, 023 to the nearest ten thousands will result to
A. 2, 400, 000

B. 2, 500, 000

C.2, 499,000

D. 2, 498,000

C. 3. 3873

D. 3.1271

C. 0.16354

D. 163.54

12. Find the sum: 2.3051 + 0.822.

A. 2.3873

B. 2.1271

13. Find the product: 4.81 + 0.034.

A. 16.354

B. 1.6354

14. Which of the following is divisible by 3?

A. 30,264

B. 32,003

C. 24, 100

D. 300, 421

15. Which of the following is divisible by 9?

A. 3,642

B. 27,003

C. 8, 192

D. 72, 234

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16. Which of the following is divisible by 8?

A. 5,401

B. 27,003

17. What is the decimal form of

A. 0.25

A. 1.125

D. 72, 230

C. 0.04

D. 5.2

C. 0.89

D. 0.98

2
?
5

B. 0.4

18. What is the decimal form of

C. 7, 400

9
?
8

B. 1.4

19. What is the fraction form of 2. 25?

A.

5
2

B.

9
4

C.

8
4

D.

3
4

C.

83
100

D.

10
83

C.

27
6

D.

9
2

C.

35
10

D.

10
35

20. What is the fraction form of 0. 83?

A.

83
10

21. Reduce

A.

54
12

4
3

22. Reduce
A.

B.

7
2

1
83

to lowest term.

B.

1
3

70
to lowest term.
245
2
B.
7

23. 14 is to 35 as 10 is to _________.
A. 20

B. 5

C. 25

D. 30

C. 35

D.30

24. 4 is to 50 as 3.5 is to _________.

A. 43.75

B. 40

2 6 3
.
3 9 5
4
B.
5

25. Evaluate
A.

4
3

11 7 5
.
6 9 9
162
95
A.
B.
95
162

C.

12
27

D.

9
2

C.

10
19

D.

19
10

26. Evaluate

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27. 16 is to 24 as 27 is to _________.
A. 23

B. 34

C. 43

D. 33

C. 103

D. 52

C.100

D. 105

C. 92

D. 27 1/3

C. 3/4

D. 7/10

C. 4

D. -1

28. 100 is to 102 as 125 is to _________.

A. 53

B. 104

29. 9 is to 75 as 12 is to ________.
A. 90

B. 60

30. 8 is to 641/2 as 3 is to _______.

A. 91/3

B. 271/2

31. 60% is to 3/5 as 75% is to _____.

A. 1/4

B. 1/2

32. 63 is to 216 as 40 is to ______.

A. 0

B. 1

From nos. 33-45, study the given series and determine which number is missing.
33.

12 17 23 ____.

A. 27
34.

B. 30
6

D. 33

C. 89

D.200

C. 60

D. 72

C. 402

D. 265

C. 69

D. 70

C. 61

D. 60

C.308

D. 424

C.130

D. 100

18 72 _____.

A. 360
35.

C. 32

B. 144
10 19 35 _____.

A. 52

B. 57

36. 10 23 49 101 205 _____.

A. 352
37.

B.413
16 18 36 38 ______.

A. 66
38.

B. 76
15 19 57 _______.

A. 114
39.

B. 75
6

16 44 120 _______.

A. 278
40.

B. 328

10 10 20 30 50 80 _______.
A. 110

41.

100
A. 106

42.

B. 150
91

102

93
B. 116

104

95

_______.

C. 97

D. 105

C. 56

D. 58

88 78 70 64 60 _______.
A. 59

B. 51

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43.

A. 2304
44.

100

81

C.1944

D.

904

C. 49

D. 64

C.18

D. 16

16 25 _______.
B. 36

A. 36
46.

_______.

B. 1203

A. 30
45.

18 108

64 49 _______.
B. 25

A basket contains 10 red apples, 7 green apples and 8 oranges. If a fruit is

selected at random, what is the probability of getting an orange?
A. 0.32

B. 0.40

C.0.28

D. 8

47. A class consists of 30 male students and 12 female students. If a student is

selected at random, what is the probability of getting a female student?
A. 50%

B. 71%

C. 29%

D. 12%

48. Tickets numbered 100 to 200 were put in a fish bowl then a ticket is drawn from
the bowl. What is the probability of getting a ticket with zero as the last digit?
A. 10/100

B. 11/100

C.10/101

D. 11/101

49. Ryan is going to randomly call one person from his contacts. He has a total of 98
contact numbers. 34 of those are people he met in college. What is the
probability of calling a person from college?
A. 64/100

B. 64/98

C.34/100

D. 34/98

50. How many possible arrangements can be made from the letters of MATH?
A. 4

B. 12

C.24

D. 60

51. A dress is sold at 10% discount. The original price of the dress is 780. How much
is the discounted price?
A. 730

B. 702

C. 700

D. 680

52. Pearl bought her phone at Php 8 200. It was on sale when she bought it. The
original price of the phone was Php 10, 250. How many percent was the discount?
A. 15%

B. 18%

C.20%

D. 25%

53. Regine bought a pair of black shoes.She paid Php822. The shoes was on sale at
25%. What was the original price of the shoes?
A. 924

B. 1002

C. 1100

D.1096

54. What is the perimeter of a rectangle with length equal to 10cm and width equal to
8.5cm?
A. 18.5cm

B. 80.5cm

C.37cm

D. 1.5cm

55. What is the perimeter of an equilateral triangle with sides equal to 25cm?
A. 25cm

B. 75cm

C.50cm

D. 100cm

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56. What is the perimeter of the figure illustrated to the right?

A. 112cm

B. 68cm

C.77cm

D. 102cm

57. A regular hexagon has a side equal to 11 ft. What is the perimeter of
the hexagon?
A. 77ft

B. 55ft

C.66ft

D. 99ft

58. One number is 5 less than the other and their sum is 47. What is the smaller
number?
A. 26

B. 21

C.17

D. 24

59. Twice a number increased by 10 is 24. What is the number?

A. 14

B. 7

C.10

D. 12

60. The sum of three consecutive numbers is 135.What is the largest number?
A. 44

B. 45

C.46

D. 47

61. If 7 is added to thrice a number, the result is 46. What is the number?
A. 13

B. 39

C.7

D. 46

62. Thrice the sum of two numbers is 99. The larger number is 5 more than three
times the smaller number. What are the numbers?
A. 30 and 3

B. 26 and 7

C.15 and 8

D. 10 and 23

63. A number is 7 more than another number. The smaller number is half the larger
number. What are the numbers
A. 12 and 6

B. 14 and 28

C.15 and 30

D. 14 and 7

64. A number C is 10 less than twice a number B. C is 10 more than B. What are the
numbers?
A. 28 and 18

B. 34 and 14

C.30 and 20

D. 50 and 40

65. Kurt is 4 years older than Troy. Next year, Kurt will be two times as old as Troy.
How old is Troy?
A. 7

B. 4

C.8

D. 3

66. Carl is three years older than Jerome. Two years ago, Carl was twice as old as
Jerome. What are their present ages?
A. 5 and 8

B. 6 and 9

C.10 and 13

D. 15 and 18

67. Three years ago, Maes age is half of the age she will be in 10 years. How old is
she now?
A. 22

B. 16

C.20

D. 12

68. Tanya is baking and her recipe includes sugar, milk and flour in the ratio of 2:3:5.
If the mixing bowl contains 1 cup of sugar, how much flour does it contain?
A.5 cups

B. 10 cups

C.2.5cups

D. 3.5 cups

69. A boutique sells blouses in only three colors: orange, yellow and pink. The colors
are in the ratio of 3:4:5. If the store has 72 blouses, how many of each color does
the store have?
A.14, 26, 32

B. 12,27,33

C.15, 27, 30

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D. 18, 24, 30
5

70. A 105 inches long pipe is to be cut into three parts such that the lengths of the
parts are in the ratio of 5 to 6 to 10. Find the lengths of the three parts.
A.25,30,50

B. 30,36,60

C. 20,35,50

D. 20,40,45

71. There are 4 students in a class. In how many ways can the teacher select a pair
students?
A. 2

B. 6

C.12

D. 24

72. A basketball team consists of 10 members. In how many ways can the coach
select the first five players?
A. 2

B. 32

C.5

D. 252

73. James is packing for a trip. He has 9 books but has enough room in his bag for
only 4 books. How many different groups of 4 books can he take?
A.126

B. 58

C.4

D. 95

74. In how many ways can four different books be arranged in a shelf?
A. 4

B. 12

C.24

D. 32

75. How many possible three-digit PIN can be made?

A. 100

B. 999

C.1000

D. 9999

76. There are 7 committee members.In how many ways can a president, vice
president and secretary be selected?
A. 2

B. 210

C.100

D. 7

For numbers 77-81, refer to the table below.

Car Sales
Country
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May Total
Japan
70
65
54
80
43
312
China
32
45
50
50
36
213
Malaysia
65
60
75
40
45
285
S. Korea
77
72
70
80
80
379
Indonesia 35
39
32
51
23
180
Total
279
281
281
301
227
1369
The table above presents the unit sales in five Asian countries of a certain car
model over a 5 month period.
77. What percentage of the overall total was sold to the South Korean importer?
A. 27.7

B. 25

C. 33.2

D. 20.9

78. What percentage of the overall total was sold in May?

A. 12.3

B. 16.6

C. 22

D. 73.4

79. Which month showed the highest increase compared to the previous month?
A. February

B. March

C. April

D. May

80. What percentage of the monthly total was sold to the biggest importer in January?
A. 33.8

B. 5.6

C. 25

D. 27.6

81. What is the average monthly number of units sold in China over the 5 month
period?
A. 43

B. 48

C. 38

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D. 50
6

For numbers 82-85, refer to the chart below.

The chart above shows the distribution of the 350 students favorite colors.
82. How many students like Green?
A. 84

B. 70

C. 63

D. 54

83. How many students does not like Blue?

A. 84

B. 266

C. 300

D. 89

84. How many more students like red than green?

A. 7

B. 2

C. 14

D. 23

85. How many students like the primary colors?

A. 84

B. 207

C. 59

D. 300

For numbers 86-89, refer to the table below.

The top four students in Mr. Zantuas class are listed below. Their final grades in five
subjects are shown.
Name
Ana
Jeselle
Mark
Aaron

Math
92
89
92
84

Science
90
88
92
87

English
82
94
89
87

Filipino
85
87
82
90

Social Studies
84
90
83
90

86. What is the average grade of Ana?

A. 88.2

B. 86.6

C. 90.3

D. 90

87. Which student has the lowest average grade?

A. Ana

B. Jeselle

C. Mark

D. Aaron

88. Who will be ranked first among the three students?

A. Ana

B. Jeselle

C. Mark

D. Aaron

89. What is the average grade of the four students in Filipino?

A. 89

B. 88

C. 87

D. 86

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90. Donna left home and drove for an hour at 55kph. She stopped for breakfast then
drove for another 2 hours at 70kph to reach her cousins house. How many
kilometers did Donna drive?
A. 125

B. 140

C. 195

D. 200

91. Find the value of x in the equation: 3x-12 = -9

A. 1

B. -1

C. 5

D. -5

92. If x=5, find the value of y in the equation: 7x - 4y=99

A. 16

B. -16

93. Find the value of x in the equation

C. 33.5

2x
4
3

A. 12

B. 6

C. 9

A. 48

B. 52

C. - 4

D. -33.5

D. 3

1
x y 6.
94. If y = -7, find the value of x in the equation:
4

D. -2

95. What is the greatest common factor of 27 and 81?

A. 9

B. 81

C. 18

D. 27

96. What is the greatest common factor of 400 and 260?

A. 10

B. 20

C. 260

D. 400

97. What is the least common multiple of 7 and 20?

A. 7

B. 20

C. 140

D. 280

98. What is the least common multiple of 36 and 72?

A. 36

B. 72

C. 144

D. 12

99. What is the least common denominator of 1/2, 3/8 and 7/32?
A. 2

B. 8

C. 16

D. 32

100. What is the least common denominator of 11/20, 12/5, and 10/13?
A. 5

B. 20

C. 130

D. 260

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