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SECTION 3: MATHEMATICS PROFICIENCY NAME: _________________________________

Time -– 75 minutes SCHOOL: _______________________________
60 Questions (146 – 205) SIMULATED EXAM – SET A

For each question, decide which the correct answer is, and darken the corresponding oval on the answer sheet.

146. Joey’s Talyer is having a car wash service with a 150. Mr. Cruz owns half of the company and his best
price of P125 per car. How many cars does it friend owns the other half. If Mr. Cruz would give
need to wash to reach their goal amount of 250,000 pesos from his share of company to his
P12,800? best friend, Mr. Cruz would own only one-third
A. 100 of the company. What is the total worth of the
B. 101 company?
C. 102 A. 750,000 pesos
D. 103 B. 1,250,000 pesos
Commented [a1]:

C. 1,500,000 pesos Commented [a5]: new

147. Find the y-intercept of the line that passes D. 2,000,000 pesos
through the point (–5, 7) and perpendicular to
the line whose equation is x = 3y + 4. 151. If 𝑘 is an odd integer, which of the following is an
A. −8 Commented [a2]: new
even integer?
B. −5
A. 𝑘2
C. 3
B. 𝑘2 + 2
D. 6
C. 𝑘 2 + 2𝑘
D. 𝑘 2 + 2𝑘 + 1 Commented [a6]:
148. Solve for 𝑚.
𝑚+𝑚∙𝑚
=4
𝑚 152. Which of the following is a function?
A. 𝑚 = −2 𝑜𝑟 𝑚 = 2 A. 𝑥2 + 𝑦2 = 1
B. 𝑚 = 0 𝑜𝑟 𝑚 = 2 B. 𝑥2 + 𝑦 = 1 Commented [a7]: new
C. 𝑚 = 0 𝑜𝑟 𝑚 = 3 C. 𝑥 + 𝑦 2 = 1
D. 𝑚 = 3 D. (𝑥 + 𝑦)2 = 1 Commented [a3]: new

149. The ratio of two consecutive angles of a 153. If log 2 3 = 𝑥 and log 2 5 = 𝑦, express log 2 60 in
parallelogram is 2:7. What is the measure of the terms of 𝑥 and 𝑦.
largest angle of the parallelogram? A. 2+𝑥+𝑦 Commented [A8]:
A. 110° B. 2𝑥𝑦
B. 120° C. 4𝑥𝑦
C. 140° D. 4 + 𝑥 + 𝑦 Commented [a4]: new

D. 150°

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154. Triangle WAX is inscribed in rectangle WXYZ such 157. In the figure, ABC is a right triangle. What is the
that A is the midpoint of ZY. If WA = √2 units, value of 𝑥 ? C
what is the perimeter of WZY?
A. 4
𝑥+1
W X B. 5 𝑥

C. 12 Commented [a12]:
B A
√2 D. 13 𝑥−7

45° 45°
Z A Y
158. Three five-peso coins were placed side-by-side
in such a way that their centers formed an
A. 6 + 2√5 units
equilateral triangle. Find the area of the shaded
B. 4√5 units region if the radius of five-peso coin was 1 cm.

C. 3 + √5 units Commented [A9]:

D. 8 units

155. If 𝑥, 𝑦, and 𝑧 are integers, where 𝑥 < 𝑦 < 0 < 𝑧,

which of the following is true?
A. 2𝜋 cm

A. B. 2. 5𝜋 cm Commented [a13]:
𝑥+𝑦 𝑥+𝑧 𝑦+𝑧 Commented [a10]:
C. 3𝜋 cm
B. D. 3.5𝜋 cm
𝑥+𝑧 𝑥+𝑦 𝑦+𝑧

C. 159. If 𝑥 and 𝑦 are both negative integers, which of

𝑦+𝑧 𝑥+𝑦 𝑥+𝑧
the following is not possible?
D. A. 𝑥−𝑦<0
𝑦+𝑧 𝑥+𝑧 𝑥+𝑦
B. 𝑥+𝑦<0
C. −𝑥𝑦 < 0
156. Which of the following is/are true?
D. 𝑥𝑦 < 0 Commented [a14]:
I. 100𝑥 ∙ 10𝑥 = 1000𝑥

II. 10𝑥 ∙ 10𝑥 = 102𝑥 160. Refer to the figure below. Express angle 𝑧 in
III. 100 ÷ 10 = 10
𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 terms of 𝑥 and 𝑦.
A. 𝑦 + 2𝑥
A. II only
B. 𝑦−𝑥 Commented [A15]:
𝑥
B. I and II only 𝑧 𝑥
C. 𝑦 − 3𝑥 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑘
𝑦 𝑥
C. II and III only D. 𝑦 − 2𝑥
D. I, II, and III Commented [a11]: new

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161. If 𝑛 = √2 + √3, which of the following is the 165. If 𝑟, 𝑠, and 𝑡 are integers and 𝑠 is a factor of 𝑡 ,
multiplicative inverse of 𝑛. which of the following is integer?
𝑠𝑡
A. √3 − √2 A. Commented [a16]: new
𝑟
B. √2 − √3 𝑠𝑟
B.
𝑡
C. −√2 − √3
𝑟𝑡
D. −√3 − √2 C.
𝑠
𝑡
D.
𝑠𝑟
162. James went to mall to buy items worth P66.00
that were not subjected to tax. However, he also
bought items worth P540.00 that were still to be 166. A line intersects a circle _________.
subjected to 12% VAT. How much did he pay all A. at exactly one point

in all? B. at least twice

A. P606.00
C. at most once
B. P663.73
D. at most twice Commented [a20]: new
C. P670.80
Commented [a17]:
D. P678.72
167. What values of 𝑥 will make the expression √1 − 𝑥
a real number?
163. Given a pie chart that shows the total population A. 𝑥 >1
of the Philippines. If the total population is 90 B. 𝑥 ≥1
million, how many are from Luzon? C. 𝑥 <1
A. 22.5 million D. 𝑥 ≤1 Commented [a21]: new
Luzon

B. 25 million 120
NCR 168. What value(s) of 𝑥 will satisfy the inequality
C. 30 million Visayas
−|𝑥| ≥ 0? Commented [a18]:
Mindanao
D. 75 million A. all real numbers except 0
B. no values of 𝑥 will satisfy
C. zero only Commented [a22]: new
164. In the figure 𝑎‖𝑏, Find the measure of 𝑥 .
D. all real numbers
𝑎
115° 169. In an hour-long debate, two candidates both

𝑥 answered 8 questions each. Each question took 3 Commented [a23]: Change from 3 to 4

minutes to answer. At the end of the debate,

45° each candidate was also given 2 minutes to give
𝑏
their closing statement. How long did each
A. 105°
candidate speak?
B. 95°
A. 30 minutes
C. 160° B. 32 minutes
D. 110° C. 26 minutes Commented [a24]:

D. 60 minutes Commented [a19]: new

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170. How milliliters of salt should added to 270 173. If the perimeter of a circle is equal to the
milliliters of a 36% salt solution to increase the perimeter of a square. Which of the following is
percentage of salt by 10% concentration? true about their area?

A. 40 milliliters A. Their areas are equal.

B. 45 milliliters B. The area of the square is greater than the

C. 50 milliliters area of the circle. Commented [a25]: new

D. 60 milliliters C. The area of the circle is greater than the area Commented [a28]:

of the square.

171. Given quadratic function 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 where D. Cannot be determined

𝑎 ≠ 0 and 𝑏 − 4𝑎𝑐 < 0. Which of the following is

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the possible graph of the given quadratic 174. Find the values of 𝑘 that could make the roots of
function? the quadratic equation 𝑘𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 𝑘𝑥 = 9 equal.
𝑦 A. 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 49
A. B. −1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 49

𝑥 C. 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 − 49

D. −1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 − 49 Commented [A29]:

𝑦
175. In the figure, line 𝑎 is parallel to line 𝑏 . Which of
B.
the following are congruent?
𝑥
A. 1, 4, 6, 7 1 2
𝑎
3 4
B. 1, 2, 7, 8
C. 3, 4, 5, 6 Commented [a26]: ANSWER: C
𝑦 5 6
C. D. 2, 3, 6, 7 7 8
𝑏 Commented [a30]:

𝑥 2 −3𝑥+2
176. Simplify:
𝑥 2 −5𝑥+6
𝑦 𝑥−1
A. Commented [A31]:
D. 𝑥−3
𝑥−2
𝑥 B.
𝑥−5
𝑥+1
C.
𝑥+3

172. If (3 × 10𝑎 )(0.007 × 10𝑏 ) = (2.1 × 109 ), what is 𝑥+2

D.
𝑥−5
the value of 𝑎 + 𝑏?
A. 9
177. Which of the following is parallel to 𝑥 = 𝑦?
B. 11 Commented [a27]:
A. √5𝑥 − √5𝑦 = 1
C. 13 Commented [a32]: new
B. 𝑦 = −𝑥
D. 15
C. 𝑦 = 1 − 4𝑥
D. 𝑥 = 2𝑦 − 3

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178. The average of 3 numbers is 𝑁 . The first number 183. If X is 40% of Y and Y is 60% of Z, then which of
is 4𝑁 and the second number is 2(𝑁– 1). What is the following is true?
the third number? A. X is 24% of Z. Commented [a38]:
A. 3𝑁 − 2 B. X is 20% of Z.
B. 2 − 3𝑁 C. X is 40% of Z. Commented [a33]:

C. 1 − 3𝑁 D. X is 100% of Z.

D. 3𝑁 + 1
184. Find the ratio between the radii of two spheres, if
the ratio of their volume is 1: 8.
179. One paper costs 10 cents. For every 1000 pieces
A. 3: 8
of paper purchased, you get 3% discount. How
B. 1: 2√2
much did you save, if you purchased 5000 pieces
of paper? C. 1: 2 Commented [a39]:

A. P15. 00 D. 1: 4 Commented [a34]:

B. P150.00
C. P350.00 185. Charlayne wants to invest part of $40,000 at 16%
D. P485.00
simple interest rate and the remainder at 8% Commented [a40]: Change 12% to 8%

simple interest rate. How much should she invest

180. If 𝑧 varies jointly as 𝑥 and square of 𝑦, what
at 16% to earn a total of $4,000?
happens to 𝑧 if 𝑥 is quadrupled and 𝑦 is halved?
A. $10,000 Commented [a41]:
A. half B. $15,000
B. double C. $25,000
D. $30,000
C. triple

D. same 186. The average of five scores is 10. When a new

Commented [WU35]:

score 𝑥 is added, the average becomes 12. What

181. If x is four times as large as z and y is half as is the value of 𝑥 ?
large as z, which of the following is true? A. 10
A. x is twice as large as y. B. 20
B. x is eight times as large as y. C. 22 Commented [a36]: new

C. x is half as large as y. Commented [a42]:

D. 24
D. x is one-eighth of y.

187. What is the range of the quadratic function 𝑦 =

182. If 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 = 495 and 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 11, what is the
𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 5?
value of 𝑎 − 𝑏 ?
A. 𝑦 ≥ −4 Commented [a43]:
A. 41
B. y ≥ −5
B. 39
C. y ≤ 8
C. 21
D. y ≥ 14
D. 45 Commented [a37]: new

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188. ABCD is a square with X as the midpoint of BC. 191. Find the extraneous root of the radical equation:
Find the ratio of the area of the shaded portion √3𝑥 + 6 + √𝑥 + 3 = 1
to the area of the unshaded portion of the A. −1
square. B. 1 Commented [a45]:
A D
C. −2
D. 2

192. Find the length of the chord 3 units away from

B C the center of circle O.
X

A. 1:3 r=6
B. 1:4
O
C. 2:3
D. Cannot be determined
A. 2√3
189. A bag contains different color of marbles, in
B. 3√3 Commented [a46]: new
which 2 are yellow, 4 are red and 4 are green. If
C. 4√3
two marbles are drawn from the bag at random
D. 6√3
and the first was yellow, what is the probability
that it will be green on the second draw?
193. Chaz has 5 times as many chocolates as Zachary.
2
A. After she gave 20 chocolates to Zachary, they
5
3 have now equal number of chocolates. How many
B.
5 chocolates do they have altogether?
1 A. 30
C.
3
B. 40
4
D. C. 50
9
D. 60

190. Find the ratio of the area of circle Q to the area of

194. The length of the rectangle is 3 units more than
the shaded region.
its width. When the width is reduced by 25% and
the length is increased by 3 units, the area will

Q still be the same. Find the original dimensions.

P
A. 2×5
B. 4.5 × 7.5
C. 6 × 9 Commented [a47]:
A. 1:3
D. 12 × 15 Commented [a44]: new
B. 1:4

C. 1:5

D. 1:2

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195. The width of the rectangle is 2 less than twice of 199. Given the data 4, 6, -1, 15, -5, -2, 17, and 6.
one half of the length and the perimeter is 40 Which of the following is false?
cm. What is the length of the rectangle? A. The mean and the median are the same.
A. 7 cm
B. The mode is 1 more than the mean.
B. 9 cm
C. The range is 2 more than twice the median. Commented [A52]:

C. 11cm Commented [a48]:

D. The range is 2 more than twice the sum of

D. 13 cm the mean and median.

−𝑓(𝑥)
196. If 𝑓(𝑥) = √𝑥 − 1 and 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 1, find the 200. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 𝑥, find .
𝑓(−𝑥)
value of (𝑓 ∘ 𝑔)(2).
𝑥+1
A. ±2 A.
𝑥−1
B. 2 𝑥+1 Commented [a49]: new
B.
C. ±√2 𝑥
𝑥
D. √2 C.
𝑥+1
−𝑥−1 Commented [a53]:
D.
197. Refer to the figure below. Find the value of x. 𝑥−1

x
201. There are 20 tables and 92 chairs. Each table

3 3 must only be filled with 4 or 6 chairs. How many

tables are filled with 4 chairs, if all the tables and
4 chairs are used?
A. 4
A. 4 B. 6
B. 3√3 C. 10

C. √29 D. 14

D. √34 Commented [a50]:

202. In a 50-item multiple choice test in a certain
class, a student would get a deduction of 1/4 for
198. Mrs. Santos was 27 years old when her eldest
every mistake or blank he made. If a student got
child was born. Eighteen years from now, Mrs.
a score of 35 points in that test, how many items
Santos would only be twice as old as her eldest
did the student answered correctly?
child. How old is Mrs. Santos now?
A. 36
A. 27 years old
B. 38 Commented [a54]: new
B. 9 years old
C. 39
C. 45 years old
D. 40
D. 36 years old Commented [a51]: new

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203. Square QRST is inscribed in circle O. If the area of 204. Given the pattern:
triangle QOR is 32, find the area of the shaded
3 12 4 1
region.
8 2 6 x
T S
Find the value of 𝑥 .
3
O A.
2

B. 4
C. 10
Q R
D. 24 Commented [a56]:
A. 16 - 64
B. 16 - 128
205. Pointing to a man, Charlene says, "He is the son
C. 64 - 64
of the only son of my grandfather." How is the
D. 64 - 128 Commented [acts55]:
man related to Charlene?
A. brother
B. cousin
C. uncle
D. father

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