TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

QUEZON CITY

CIVIL ENGINEERING
ALGEBRA
1. The terms of a sum may be grouped in any manner
without affecting the result. This law is known as:
A. Associative Law
C. Reflexive Law
B. Commutative Law
D. Distributive Law
2. The expression (x 3)3 is identical to:
A. x3 27
C. (x + 3) (x2 6x + 9)
2
B. (x 3) (x 3x + 9)
D. x3 9x2 + 27x 27
3. Solve for x if 8x = 2(y+2) and 16(3x-y) = 4y.
A. 1
C. 3
B. 2
D. 4
4. The simplest form of [(n+1)!]2 / [(n!)(n-1)!] is
A. n(n+1)
C. n2
B. n+1
D. n(n+1)2
5. Terms that differ only in numeric coefficients are known
as:
A. unlike terms
C. equal terms
B. unequal terms
D. like terms
6. When the given function f(x) = cx3 - 3x2 + dx 4 is
divided by (x+2), the remainder is -34. When divided by
(x-2), the remainder is 2. What is the value of d?
A. 1
C. 3
B. 2
D. 4
7. Find the value of constant h in the 2x2 hx2 + 4x + 5h
= 0 so that the sum of the roots is 2.
A. 4
C. 6
B. 12
D. 18
8. The average of 2013 numbers is 2014. If a number is
neglected, the new average becomes 2013. What was
the number neglected?
A. 2013
C. 2012
B. 4026
D. 4024
9. There are two numbers whose sum is 53. Three times
the smaller number is equal to 19 more than the larger
number. What are the numbers?
A. 16, 37
C. 18, 35
B. 20, 33
D. 24, 29
10. Find the term independent of y in the expansion of (2y2
3y-1)9.
A. 217,728
C. -734,832
B. -326,592
D. 489,888
11. Find the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (2x3y+1)35.
A. -1
C. 1
B. -2
D. 2
12. If (5x 3), (x + 2), and (3x 11) form an arithmetic
progression, find the fifteenth term.
A. 86
C. 81
B. 79
D. 84
13. Find the common ratio of a geometric progression
whose first term is 1 and for which the sum of the first
6 terms is 28 times the sum of the first 3 terms.
A. 4
C. 5
B. 3
D. 2
14. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 15 meters. On
each rebound, it rises 2/3 of the height from which it
last fell. Find the distance traversed by the fall before it
comes to rest. The geometric progression occurs after
the first rebound.

A. 96 m
B. 85 m

C. 100 m
D. 75 m

15. Find the tenth term in the sequence 1, 1, , 1/6, 1/24

A. 1/322560
C. 1/362880
B. 1/317520
D. 1/352800
16. A club of 40 executive, 33 likes to smoke Marlboro, and
20 likes to smoke Philip Morris. How many like both?
A. 13
C. 11
B. 10
D. 12
17. When William was as old as Mae is now, the sum of
their ages was 51. When Mae will be as old as William
is now, the sum of their ages will be 103. How many
years older is William than Mae?
A. 25
C. 19
B. 13
D. 32
18. At what time between 2:00 and 3:00 will the angle
between the hands of the clock be bisected by the line
connecting the center of the clock and the 3 oclock
mark?
A. 2:21 3/11
C. 2:23 7/13
B. 2:18 6/13
D. 2:19 7/13
19. A boat can go 12 kph in still water. Going full speed, it
goes 25 km upstream in the same time it takes to go
35 km downstream. What is the rate of the current?
A. 3 kph
C. 4 kph
B. 1 kph
D. 2 kph
20. Ana can finish her differential equations homework in
30 minutes while Annie can do the same homework for
26 minutes. If Ana did the homework for 12 minutes
until Annie helped her, after how many minutes will
they finish the homework?
A. 12.36
C. 7.64
B. 8.36
D. 10.72
21. If 20 bakers can bake 40 cakes in 8 hrs, how many
bakers can bake 10 cakes in 2 hours?
A. 20
C. 10
B. 30
D. 40
22. The ratio or product of two expressions in direct or
inverse relation with each other is called:
A. ratio and proportion
C. means
B. extremes
D. constant of variation
23. How much of a 7% solution should be mixed with
appropriate amount of 12% solution to get 5 liters of a
10% solution?
A. 2 L
C. 3 L
B. 2.5 L
D. 4 L
24. An investor has 1, 100 income from bonds bearing
4% and 5% if the amount at 4% and 5% were
interchanged he would earn 50 more per year. Find
the total sum invested.
A. 20, 000
C. 25, 000
B. 30, 000
D. 35, 000
25. Equal volumes of different liquids evaporate at different
but constant rates. If the first is totally evaporated in 6
week and the second is 5 weeks, when will the second
be the volume of the first?
A. 27/7
C. 33/7
B. 30/7
D. 29/7

TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

QUEZON CITY

CIVIL ENGINEERING
SUPPLEMENTARY PROBLEMS
26. Which of the following is the value of xy if x-y=2, x2 +
2xy + y2 = 3?
A. -1/4
C. 1/4
B. -4
D. Not in the choices
27. Consider the sequence:
1, -2, 3, -4, 5, -6, , whose nth term is (-1)n+1(n).
What is the average of the first 200 terms of the
sequence?
A. -1
C. 0
B. -0.5
D. 1
28. A figure is 30 cm high is reduced by 19% in a copier.
The height of the figure in the resulting copy will be
A. 5.7 cm
C. 24.3 cm
B. 27 cm
D. 13.08 cm
29. Yoyet reads the clock differently such that he
recognizes the hour hand as the minute hand and the
minute hand as hour hand. How many minutes after 5
oclock will he read the time correctly?
A. 26.55
C. 28.92
B. 27.27
D. 28.66
30. A cask containing 20 gallons of wine was emptied on
one-fifth of its content and then is filled with water. If
this is done 6 times, how many gallons of wine remain
in the cask?
A. 5.121
C. 5.010
B. 5.243
D. 5.343
31. A man wishes to buy a piece of land worth 15 million
pesos. If it were possible for him to save one peso for
the first day, two pesos on the second day, 4 pesos on
the third day and so on. In how many days would he
save enough money to buy the land?
A. 20
C. 24
B. 23
D. 27
32. What part of 90% alcohol solution must be replaced by
an equal amount of pure alcohol to make a 95% alcohol
solution?
A. 50%
C. 25%
B. 45%
D. 5%
33. Pure tin and pure iron was added to a 50 kg of an alloy
containing 10% tin and 20 % iron. The process
produced a new alloy containing 20% tin and 50% iron.
What is the weight of the new alloy?
A. 66.67 kg
C. 116.67 kg
B. 86.25 kg
D. 153.33 kg
34. 9 liters of wine are taken from a container full of wine.
It is then filled with water. Then 9 liters of the mixture
are taken and the container is again filled with water. If
the ratio of the quantity of the wine now in the container
to the quantity of the water in it is 16/9, what is the
capacity of the container?
A. 60 L
C. 45 L
B. 54 L
D. 36 L
35. A can do a job in 4 days, B can do the job in 6 days and
C can do the job in 8 days. How long will it take to do
the job if A and B work for 1 day then B and C finish the
job?
A. 1
C. 4
B. 2
D. 3

36. A project activity can be done by 25 men in 60 days. At

the end of the 5th day, 6 men were laid off. At the start
of the 33rd day, 12 more men were hired to finish the
job. How many days is the project advanced/ delayed?
A. 0.81 advanced
C. 0.19 advanced
B. 0.81 delayed
D. 0.19 delayed
37. A survey was conducted by SWS to find out which of
the three presidentiables they liked best. The results
indicated that 500 liked Noynoy, 470 liked Villar, and
430 liked Estrada. But of these, 180 liked both Noynoy
and Estrada, 140 liked both Noynoy and Villar, and 210
liked both Estrada and Villar. Only 60 liked all the
presidentiables. How many persons responded to the
survey?
A. 910
C. 960
B. 980
D. 930
38. La Immaculada High School has 85 seniors, each of
whom plays on at least one of the schools three varsity
sports teams: football, baseball, and basketball. It so
happen that 74 are on the football team; 26 are on the
baseball team; 17 are on both the football and
basketball teams; 18 are on both the baseball and
football teams; and 13 are on both the baseball and
basketball teams. Determine the number of seniors
playing all three sports given that twice this number is
members of the basketball team.
A. 10
C. 22
B. 11
D. 20
39. The sum of the digits of a 2-digit number is 10. If the
number is divided by the units digit, the quotient is 3
remainder is 4. Find the number.
A. 37
C. 46
B. 28
D. 19
40. A number is less than 100 and its tens digit is 2 more
than its units digit. If the number with the digits
reversed is subtracted from the original number, the
remainder is 3 times the sum of the digits. Find the
number.
A. 42
C. 75
B. 53
D. 64