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Subject: ALGEBRA III

1. A pump can pump out a tank in 11 hours. Another pump can pump the same tank in 20 hrs. How long will it take both pumps together to pump out the
tank?
a. 7 hrs b. 6 hours c. 7.5 hours d. 6. 5 hrs
2. Find the 7th term of the arithmetic progression if the 10th is 32.
a. 24 b. 25 c. 23 d. 19
3. Determine the sum of odd numbers from 1 to 61 of the following integers.
a. 981 b. 961 c. 867 d. 819
4. What is the sum of the following finite sequence of terms? 18, 25, 32, 39, 67
a. 234 b. 213 c. 181 d. 340
5. What is the solution of the equation 50x2+5(x-2)2= -1, if x is a real valued variable?
a. 6.12or 3.88 b. 0.52 or 0.70 c. 7.55 d. no solution
6. The salary of a worker job has five levels, each one 5% greater than the one below it. Due to circumstances, the salary of the worker must be reduced
from the top fifth level to the second level, which means a reduction of P122.0 per month. What is the worker present salary per month?
a. 440 b. 896 c. 680 d. 570
7. Twice the sum of two numbers is 28. The sum of the squares of the two numbers is 100. The product of the two numbers is
a. 48 b. 12 c. 24 d. 36
8. Eight men can dig 150 ft of trench in 7 hr. Three men can backfill 100 ft of the trench in 4hr. The time that it will take 10 men to dig and fill 200 ft of trench
is:
a. 7:16 b. 4:42 c. 9:52 d. 8:30
9. A man owns two square of lots of unequal size, together containing 15,025ft2. If the lots were contiguous, it would require 530 ft of fence to embrace them
in a single enclosure of six sides. Find the area of the smaller lot.
a. 14,625 b. 525 c. 12,345 d. 625
10. A 500ft long surface vessel is modeled at 1:50. What is the speed must the model travel if a 25mph similarity is desired?
a. 3.54ft/s b. 5 ft/s c. 5.2 ft/s d. 7.07 ft/s
11. John invested P 15,000 in two parts, one at 5% and another at 15%. If both investments have the same profit, find the amount did he invest at 5% rate?
a. 11,250 b. 3,750 c. 4,625 d. 10,000
12. On one job, two power shovels excavate 20,000 cubic meters of earth, the larger shovels working for 40 hours and the smaller for 35 hours. On another
job, they removed 40,000 cubic meters with the larger shovel working 70 hours and the smaller working 90 hours. How much earth can each remove in 1
hour working alone?
a. 168.94, 342.63 b. 952.76,386.71 c. 173.91, 347.83 d. 160.41, 384.98
13. One proposal in the Agrarian Reform Program is to have a retention limit of 10 hectares. If a landowner was left with 10 hectares fewer than 40% of his
land, after selling 6 hectares more than 70% of his land, what size of his land did he initially own?
a. 10 b. 20 c. 30 d. 40
14. A rope 70m long is cut into two pieces where one is 10m longer than the other. Find the length of the longest part.
a. 10m b. 30m c. 40m d. 70m
15. The cities are connected by roads forming a triangle, all of different lengths. It is 30 km around the circuit. One of the roads is 10km long and the longest is
10 km longer than the shortest. What is the length of the shortest roads.
a. 5km b. 10km c. 15 km d. 20 km
16. Find the smallest angle of a triangle where the smallest angle is 30 deg smaller than the next larger angle, and the largest angle is 11 deg larger than the
smallest angle.
a. 10 deg b. 13 deg c. 12 deg d. 15 deg
17. A BMW drives from A toward B at 30 mi/hr. Another car starting from B at the same time drives toward A at 20mi/hr. If AB= 20 mi, find when the cars will be
nearest together.
a. 60min b. 50min c. 30 min d. 24min
18. If a car reduces its speed 3 mi/hr, it will takes 2 hours more to reach a city 400 miles away. Find the car speed.
a. 26mph b. 14mph c. 33mph d. 36mph
19. Ronnie was 6 times as old as John 6 years ago. Four years from now Ronnie will be 4 times as old as John. How old is John now?
a. 18 b. 15 c. 21 d. 25
20. How many grams of nickel must be removed from 1500grams of alloy having 5% nickel to make an alloy having 2% nickel?
a. 45 grams b. 46 grams c. 47 grams d. 48 grams
21. A 100kg salt solution originally 4% by weight NACL in water is evaporated until concentration is 5% by weight NACL. What percentage of the water in the
original solution is evaporated?
a. 16.53% b. 18.54% c. 25.76% d. 20.83%
22. A mechanic can troubleshoot the engine in 6 hours. Together him and his partner could make it in 4 hours. How long will it take to do the job if his partner
working alone.
a. 10 hrs b. 12 hrs c. 14 hrs d. 16hrs
23. What time after 3 oclock will the hands of the clock be 60 degrees for the second time?
a. 3:20.28 b. 3:27.27 c. 3:17.62 d. 3:24.42
24. The time required for an elevator to lift a weight varies directly with the weight and the distance through which it is to be lifted and inversely as the power
of the motor. If it takes 30 seconds for a 10hp motor to lift 100lbs through 50 ft, what size of motor is required to lift 800 lbs in 40 seconds through 40 feet?
a. 48 hp b. 50 hp c. 55hp d. 60hp
25. Once a month a man put some money into a cookie jar. Each month he put 50 centavos more into the jar than the month before. After 12 years he
counted his money; he had P5436. How much money did he put in the jar in the last month?
a. 75.5 b. 74.5 c. 72.5 d. 73.5
26. The seventh term is 56 and the 12th term is -1792 of a geometric progression. Find the common ratio and the first term. Assume the ratios are real.
a. -2,5/8 b. -1,5/8 c. -2,7/8 d. -1,7/8
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27. The population of the Philippines double in the last 30 years from 1956 to 1986. Assuming that the rate of population increase will remain the same, in
what year will our population triple?
a. 2002 b. 1990 c. 2003 d. 2000
28. A student average in 3 quizzes is 80%. If she made 5% less in the first than in the second and 8% less in the third, what grades did she get in the third
quiz?
a. 73% b. 83% c. 85% d. 75%
29. The product of two consecutive integers is 90 less than twice the square of the next larger integer. Find the smaller integer.
a. 6 b. 8 c. 10 d. 12
30. Of 4 consecutive odd numbers the product of the second and the fourth exceeds the product of the first and the third by 136. Find the second number.
a. 32 b. 34 c. 33 d. 35
31. A is sailing west at the rate of 16mph and a second ship, 12 miles east of the first, is sailing south at the rate of 15mph. When will the ships be 75 miles
apart?
a. 1hr b. 2 hrs c. 3 hrs d. 4hrs
32. Bert has two sons, one is 4 years younger than the other. Six years ago, his age was 6 times the combined ages of his sons. Two years from now he will
be twice as old their combined ages. Find the age of Bert.
a. 10 b. 20 c. 32 d. 42
33. A boy is 2 years more than twice as old as his brother. The sum of their ages is 9 years more than the age of their sister. If the sister is 3 years younger
than the older boy, find the age of his sister.
a. 10 b. 11 c. 12 d. 13
34. A glass containing 250mL of 80% iodine solution tips over spilling part of its contents. This was subsequently replaced by an equal amount from a mixture
of 40% iodine. If a 72% solution is resulted, how much was spilled?
a. 50mL b. 60mL c. 70mL d. 80mL
35. If the temperature of a gas remains constant, the pressure varies inversely as the volume. A gas at a pressure of 16psi and having a volume of 500 cubic
feet is compressed to a volume of 25ft3. What is the final pressure if the temperature remains constant?
a. 310psi b. 315 psi c. 320 psi d. 325psi
36. A well is to be drilled 80 feet deep. The cost of the first foot is P50. What is the cost for drilling the whole well, if the cost of each foot after the first is P15
more than the preceding foot?
a. 21400 b. 51400 c. 41400 d. 31400
37. A rolling ball travels 5 meters in the 1st second, and in each subsequent second the distance traveled is 20% less than the distance traveled in the
preceding second. Find the total distance traveled.
a. 23m b. 24m c. 25m d. 26m
38. It is between 5 and 6 oclock. In 10 minutes the minute hand of the clock will be ahead of the hour hand by as much as it is now behind. What is the time?
a. 5:23.27 b. 5:25.27 c. 5:20.27 d. 5:22.27
39. An air plane, flying with the wind, took 2 hours to travel 1000km and 2.5 hours in fly back. What was the wind velocity in kph?
a. 30 b. 70 c. 50 d. 60
40. If a train passes as many telegraph poles in a minute and 40 seconds as it goes in km/hr, how far apart are the poles?
a. 36 m b. 25.33 m c. 27.78 m d. 36 km
41. A man started on his bicycle for Manila, a distance of 30 km, intending to arrive at a certain time. After riding 10 km, he was detained for half an hour, and
as a result he was obliged to ride the rest of the way 2km/hr faster. What was his original speed?
a. 6 km/hr b. 8 km/hr c. 12 km /hr d. 15km/hr
42. Two pals P1 and P2 run at constant speeds along a circular track 1,350m in circumference. Running in opposite directions, they meet every 3 minutes,
while running in the same direction, they are together every 27 minutes. Determine their speeds in m/min.
a. 150 and 200 b. 250 and 200 c. 50 and 100 d. 30 and 90

43. A train, an hour after starting, meets with an accident which detains it an hour, after which it proceeds three-fifths of its former rate and arrives 3 hours
after time; but had the accident happened 50 km farther on the line, it would have arrived 1 hours/ sooner. Find the length of the journey.
a. 88.89 b. 68.89 c. 77.87 d . 55.65
44. A and B start at the same time from two places 136 km apart and travel toward each other. A travels 10 km per hour and B 8 km per hour. If B rests 1 hour
on the way, in how many hours will they meet?
a. 5hrs b. 9 hrs c. 8 hrs d. 12 hrs
45. Pedro and Edgar run around a circular track whose circumference is 150 meters. When they run in opposite directions they meet every 5 seconds, but
when they run in the same direction from the same point they are together every 25 seconds. What are their rates
a. 30 and 6 b. 15 and 11 c. 25 and 7 d. 18 and 12
46. A boatman rows to a phase 48 km distant and back in 14 hours; he finds that he can row 4 km with the stream in the same time as 3 km against the
stream; find the rate of the stream.
a. 2 km/hr b. 3km/hr c. 1km/hr d. 4km/hr
47. A mason can do a given job in 4hrs. His helper can do the same job in 9 hrs. The mason begins working and after 1hr is joined by his helper. In how many
hrs will they complete the job?
a. 2.08 hrs b. 4.87 hrs c. 2.65 hrs d. 1.986 hrs
48. A would require 45 hrs to varnish all the picture frames produced during a particular day. B who takes 2 minutes more to varnish each frame will require 60
hrs. How many frames are there?
a. 200 b. 650 c. 450 d. 150
49. A contractor estimated that a project will ne finished by his crew in 60 days. After the crew worked for 40 days, 38 workers stopped working. If the
remaining workers will continue at the same rate, they will be delayed by 5 days. How many workers are there in the original crew?
a. 200 b. 100 c. 190 d. 180
50. A tank can be filled in 48 minutes by two pipes running simultaneously. By the larger pipe it can be filled in 5 minutes less time than by the smaller. Find
the time required for the larger pipe to fill it.
a. 109.8 min b. 45.2 min c. 93.6 min d. 90.65 min
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51. A had wrapped 500 pcs. of candies, when B helped him and together they wrapped 1260 more. A worked for a total 24 minutes. If A worked for 24 min.
and b for 12minutes, they will be able to wrap 1680 candies. On the average, how many candies can A wrap per minute?
a. 10 b. 50 c. 60 d. 70
52. In a purse are nickels, dimes and quarters amounting to $ 9.85. There are twice as many dimes as quarters, and the number of nickels is two more than
twice and the number of dimes. Determine the number of nickels.
a. 16 b. 34 c. 54 d. 62
53. What weight of water must be added to 50lb of a 45% brine solution to yield a 20% solution?
a. 61.3 lbs b. 55.1 lbs c. 62.5lbs d. 37.5 lbs
54. The tens digit of a certain two digit number exceeds the units digit by 4 and 4 less than thrice the units digit. Find the two digit number.
a. 37 b. 84 c. 58 d. 99
55. The tens digit of a certain two digit number is 1/3 of the units digit. When the digits are reversed, the new numbers exceeds twice the original number by 1
more than the sum of the digits. Find the original number.
a. 26 b. 39 c. 13 d. 28
56. 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. 13/5 c. 5/13 d. 3/5
57. A man left their office at past 3 oclock for merienda. After 20 minutes on his return, he noticed that the minute hand is ahead of the hour hand exactly by
as much as it was behind when he left. At what time did he leave?
a. 3:07.36 b. 3:08.36 c. 3:06.16 d. 3:06.36
58. Find the angle between the hour and the minute hands at 7:49?
a. 60 b. 59.5 c. 58.5 d. 59
59. How soon after two oclock will the hands of a clock form a 60 degrees angle?
a. 21.82 mins b. 22.85 mins c. 23.45 mins d. 24.56 mins
60. How many times in one day will the hands of a clock ( i.e. hour and minute hand) be together?
a. 24 b. 23 c. 22 d. 20
61. What is the time between 2 and 3 oclock when the minute and hour hand respectively make angles with the line connecting the center of the clock and
the 3 oclock mark in 2:1 ratio?
a. 2:22.43 b. 2:19.43 c. 2:21.43 d. 2:23.43
62. What time after midnight will the hands of a clock extend in opposite direction?
a. 12:32.73 b. 12:31.72 c. 12:33.72 d. 12:34.74
63. What time after 5oclock will the angle between each pair of minute and hour, and hour and second hands of a clock be 60 degrees?
a. 3:00 b. 3:30 c. 3:15 d. 3:33

64. How many seconds after 3oclock will the minute hand of a clock be exactly between the other two hands?
a. 47 b. 48 c. 46 d. 49

65. How soon after two oclock will the hands of a clock form a 40 degrees angle for the second time?
a. 18.18 mins b. 27.85 mins c. 3.64 mins d. 16.56 mins
66. A clock has a dial face 20 inches in diameter. The minute hand is 9 inches long while the hour hand is 6 inches long. The plane of rotation of the minute
hand is 2 inches above the plane of rotation of the hour hand. Find the distance in inches between the tips of the hands of the clock at 5:40 AM.
a. 12.12 in b. 5.34 in c. 9.16in d. 10.67 in
67. A chemist of a distillery experimented on two alcohol solutions of different strengths, 30% alcohol and 60% alcohol respectively. How many cubic meters
of each strength must be used in order to produce a mixture of 50 cu.m. that contains 40% alcohol?
a. 25. 11 & 25 b. 20. 81 & 30 c. 34.18 & 16.22 d. 16.67&33
68. Ten liters of 25% salt solution and 15 liters of 35% salt solution are poured into a drum originally containing 30 liters of 10% salt solution. What is the
percent concentration of salt in the mixture?
a. 19.55% b. 22.15% c. 27.05% d. 25.72%
69. Mike, Loui and Joy can mow the lawn in 4,6 and 7 hours respectively. What fraction of the yard can they mow in 1 hour if they work together?
a. 47/84 b. 45/84 c. 84/47 d. 39/60
70. An object is dropped from a height 25 ft above the ground. At the same time another object is thrown straight down from a height of 50 ft above the
ground. Both objects hit the ground at the same time. Find the initial velocity of the second object.
a. 20 ft/s b. 15 ft/s c. 13 ft/s d.10ft/s
71. In the equation x2 + x = 0, one root is equal to
a. 1 b. c. 5 d. none of these
72. The roots of x2 +x +1 = 0 are
a. No real roots b. -4 and 10 c. 1and 0 d. none of these
73. In the equation x2 kx + 9 = 0, find k if the roots are equal
a. 8 b. 7 c. 6 d. 9
74. In the quadratic equation ax2 + bx+ c = 0, when b2 is equal to 4ac, then the roots are
a. Equal b. real and unequal c. imaginary d. extraneous
75. In the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, if r1 and r2 represents the roots, then r1 times r2 is equal to
a. b/a b. c/a c. b/a d. c/a
76. The equation whose roots are the reciprocals of the roots of the equation, 2x2 3x -5 = 0 is
a. 2x2 5x 3 = 0 b. 5x2 2x -3 =0 c. 5x2 +3x -2 =0 d. 3x2 5x -2 =0
77. The roots of the quadratic equation are 1/3 and . What is the equation?
a. 12x2 + 7x +1=0 b. 12x2 - 7x +1=0 c. 12x2 + 7x -1=0 d. 12x2 - 7x -1=0
78. Find the sum of the roots 5x2 -10x + 2 =0
a. -2 b. 2 c. d. -1/2
79. In the quadratic equation ax2 +bx +c =0, if r1 and r2 represents the roots, then r1 plus r2 is equal to
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a. b/a b. c/a c. b/a d. c/a

80. In the equation 3x2 + Bx +12 =0 for the roots to be equal the value of B must be
a. 4 b. -12 c. 0 d. none of these
81. Solve for x in log2 log3 logx 2 =1
a. 0.82 b. 1.08 c. 0.52 d. 1.58
82. Solve for x in the equation: log x2 log 5x = log 20
a. 10 b. 20 c. 2 d. 100
83. What is the value of log2 5 + log3 5 ?
a. 7.39 b. 3.79 c. 9.37 d. 3.97
84. In log2 2 + log2 x = 2 , find x
a. 4 b. -2 c. 2 d. -1
85. Solve for the value of x in the following equation: x3logx = 100x
a. 10 b. 100 c. 1000 d. 10 000
86. The logarithm of a number is a/ an
a. Exponent b. co logarithm c. common log d. natural log
87. Solve for x in the equation: 2log4x log4 9 =2
a. 12 b. 10 c. 11 d. 13
88. If ( x+3) : 10 = ( 3x -2):8, find ( 2x-1)
a. 1 b. 4 c. 2 d. 3
89. The exponential form of loga N = b is
a. N = ab b. N =ba c. N = a/b d. N = b/a
90. The logarithm of 1 to any base
a. One b. infinity c. zero d. indeterminate
91. The sum of a geometric series is as follows: S = 1 + 1.1+1.21+ 1.331+ up to 50 th term. Determine the sum S.
a. 2123.51 b. 2654.34 c. 1163.91 d. 1255.82
92. In the series, 1, 1, ,1/6, 1/24, an, determine the 6th term
a. 1/80 b. 1/74 c. 1/100 d. 1/120
93. A rubber ball is made to fall from a height of 50 ft. and is observed to rebound 2/3 of the height from which it falls. How far will the ball travel before coming
to rest if the ball continues to fall in this manner?
a. 260 feet b. 230 feet c. 240 feet d. 250 feet
94. Find the fourth term of the progression 1/2, 0.2, 0.125.
a. 0.099 b. 1/11 c. 1/10 d. 0.102
95. Find the ratio of an infinite geometric series if the sum is 2 and the first term is
a. 1/3 b. c. d.
96. The first term of an arithmetic progression is 3 and the 15th term is 45. Find the sum of the first 15 terms.
a. 260 b. 360 c. 460 d. 560
97. The sum of an infinite geometric progression is 2 +2. If the common ratio is 1/ , find the first term.

a. 2 b. 2 c. d. 2
98. In a certain arithmetic progression, the twentieth term is 32 and the common difference is 3. Find the first term.
a. -10 b. -15 c. -25 d. -20
99. The 3rd and 8th terms of an arithmetic progression are 9 and 24 respectively. Find the 20th term.
a. 36 b. 60 c. 63 d. 66
100. A pile of creosoted poles contains 1275 poles in layers so that the top layer contains one pole and each lower layer has one more pole than the layer
above. How many layers are in the pile?
a. 20 b. 30 c. 40 d. 50
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