Math Practice Problems Module 1

1.Which of the following quadratic equations will have two real and distinct roots? 2. Radicals can be added if they have the same radicand and the same 3. Drawing a card from a deck of cards is called 4. The set of integers does not satisfy the closure property under the operation of 5. A number which can be expressed as the quotient of two integers is 6. All board reviewees are not more than 25 years old. This statement implies that they are: 7. The roots of the equation 6x2 61x + 143 = 0 are 8. A set of elements that is taken without regard to the order in which the elements are arranged is called a: 9. If the value of the discriminant of a quadratic equation is 1.25, then the roots of the equation are: 10. Find the value of k that will make x2 28x +k a perfect square trinomial. 11. In how many ways can a picture be painted by using two or more of 7 different colors? 12. What is the probability of getting a number 4 thrice in five tosses of a die? 13. In how many ways can 8 persons be seated at a round table if a certain 2 are to sit next to each other? 14. If x:y:z =4: - 3:2 and 2x+4y-3z = 20, find the value of x. 15. At a Math Contest, the judges eliminate 1/3 of the contestants after each half hour. If 81 contestants were present at the start, how many would be left after 2 hours? 16. Getting an odd number by throwing a die is called: 17. Two prime numbers, which differ by two, are called prime twins. Which of the following pairs of numbers are prime twins? 18. The probability of As winning a game against B is 1/3. What is the probability that A will win at least two of a total of 3 games? 19. The probability of drawing a black jack and an ace is succession from a deck of 52 cards 20. If P(n+1, 4) = 2P(n, 4) 21. What is probability of getting the number 1 thrice when a die is tossed 5 times? 22. In how many ways can 7 boys be seated in a row so that 3 boys are always seated together? 23. Find the 100th term of the sequence 1.01, 1.00, 0.99, 24. What is the probability of obtaining at least 4 tails when a coin is tossed five times? 25. Mr. Diaz can finish a job in 9hrs. After working for 5 hrs, he decided to take a rest. Mr. Torres helped Mr. Diaz finished the job in 2 hrs and 20 minutes. How long would it take Mr. Torres to do the job alone? 26. Find 2 numbers whose sum is 12 and the sum of their squares is 74. 27. Two jeepney start at the same point but are going in different directions. If jeepney A runs at the rate of 60 km/hr and jeepney B at 50 km/hr and both start at the same time, when will the two jeepney be 550 km apart? 28. A man and a boy can dig a trench in 20 days. It would take the boy 9 days longer to dig it alone than it would take the man. How long would it take the boy to dig it alone? 29. The roots of the equation 2x2 3x + 20 = 0 are 30. If x3+3x2+(5+k)x+2-k is divided by x+1 and the remainder is 3, then the value of k is 31. What is the sum of the prime numbers between 1 and 15? 32. The sum of the integers that are exactly divisible by 15 between 288 and 887 is 33. If 16 is 4 more than 3x, find the value of 2x-5.

34. The 20th term of the progression 1, 4, 7, 10, .is 35. Which of the following quadratic trinomial is NOT factorable? 36. The value of k for which the roots of 8x2+8kx+3k+2 = 0 are real and equal is 37. If the radius of a circle is diminished by 20%, then its area is diminished by 38. Which of the following is an irrational number? 39. Which of the following numbers is not a prime number. 40. If i2=-1, then i7-i6+i5= 41. The degree of the polynomial f(x, y, z) = 7x3y2-4xz5+2x2y is 42. Two sisters are 14 and 21 years old respectively. In how many years will the ratio of their ages be 3:4? 43. If (n+3)! / (n+1)! = 20, find n. 44. If x:6 = y:2 and x y = 12, find y. 45. Car A runs 30 km/hr less than Car B. Car A covers 250 km in the same time car B travels 400 km. Find the rate of each. 46. What is the probability of obtaining at least 4 heads when a coin is tossed 5 times? 47. 2(2n+2)/2n+1-2n = 48. The product of two irrational numbers is 49. The least common multiple of (x-2)2 and x2+x-6 is 50. The length of a rectangle is increased by 50%. By what percent would the width have to be decreased to maintain the same area?