PROBLEM SET-

ALGEBRA

PROBLEM 1

In Algebra, what refers to the operation of root extraction?

A. Evolution

B. Resolution

C. Revolution

D. Involution

PROBLEM 2

What refers to the difference between an approximate value of a quantity and an exact value or true
value?

A. Relative Error

B. Mistake

C. Absolute Error

D. Difference

PROBLEM 3

If the roots of the equation are zero, then these roots are classified as what type of solution?

A. Conditional Solution

B. Extraneous Solution

C. Hypergolic Solution

D. Trivial Solution

PROBLEM 4

What refers to a sequence of numbers where the succeeding term is greater than the preceding term?

A. Divergent Sequence

B. Isometric Sequence

C. Convergent Sequence

D. Dissonant Sequence

PROBLEM 5
Convergent series is a sequence of decreasing numbers or when the succeeding term is
______________ the preceding term.

A. equal to

B. lesser than

C. greater than

D. twice

PROBLEM 6

In complex Algebra, we use a diagram to represent a complex plane commonly called ____________.

A. Maxwell diagram

B. Venn Diagram

C. Argand Diagram

D. Block Diagram

PROBLEM 7

What is a sequence of numbers such that the successive terms differ by a constant?

A. Arithmetic progression

B. Infinite geometric progression

C. Geometric progression

D. Harmonic progression

PROBLEM 7

What is a sequence of numbers such that the successive terms differ by a constant?

A. Arithmetic progression

B. Infinite geometric progression

C. Geometric progression

D. Harmonic progression

PROBLEM 8

What is a frequency curve which is composed of a series of rectangles connected wit the steps as the
base and the frequency as the height?

A. Histogram

B. Bar Graph
 C. Ogive

D. Frequency Distribution

PROBLEM 8

What is a frequency curve which is composed of a series of rectangles connected wit the steps as the
base and the frequency as the height?

A. Histogram

B. Bar Graph

C. Ogive

D. Frequency Distribution

PROBLEM 9

The graphical representation of a cumulative frequency distribution in a set of statistical data is called
_______________.

A. Histogram

B. Kurtosis

C. Leptokurtic

D. ogive

PROBLEM 10

If a =b, then b=a. This illustrates which axiom in Algebra?

A. Transitive Axiom

B. Replacement Axiom

C. Reflexive Axiom

D. Symmetric Axiom

PROBLEM 10

If a =b, then b=a. This illustrates which axiom in Algebra?

A. Transitive Axiom

B. Replacement Axiom

C. Reflexive Axiom

D. Symmetric Axiom

PROBLEM 11
What refers to the smallest natural numbers for which 2 natural numbers are factors?

A. Least common divisor

B. Least common denominator

C. Least common factor

D. Least common multiple

PROBLEM 11

What refers to the smallest natural numbers for which 2 natural numbers are factors?

A. Least common divisor

B. Least common denominator

C. Least common factor

D. Least common multiple

PROBLEM 12

To compute the value of n factorial, in the symbolic form (n!), where n is large number, we use a
formula called ________________.

A. Richardson-Duchman formula

B. Diophantine formula

C. Stirlings approximation

D. Matheson formula

PROBLEM 13

It is measured of relationship between two variables.

A. Function

B. Relation

C. Correlation

D. Equation

PROBLEM 13

It is measured of relationship between two variables.

A. Function

B. Relation

C. Correlation
 D. Equation

PROBLEM 14

It is the character of a population which is measurable.

A. Sample

B. Distribution

C. Frequency

D. Parameter

PROBLEM 15

The quartile deviation is a measure of __________________.

A. Division

B. Dispersion

C. Certainty

D. Central tendency

PROBLEM 16

What is the equivalent of the Roman numeral MCMXCIV in Arabic numeral?

MCMXCIV=

A. 1992
B. 1993
C. 1994
D. 1995

PROBLEM 17

The number 0.123123123 is what type of number?

A. Rational
B. Irrational
C. Imaginary
D. Complex

PROBLEM 18

What is the lowest common factor of 10 and 32?

A. 2
B. 320
C. 32
 D. 10

PROBLEM 19

Find the 1987th digit in the decimal equivalent to 1785/9999 starting from the decimal point?

A. 1
B. 7
C. 8
D. 5

PROBLEM 20

Ten less than four times a certain number is 14. Determine the number

A. 3
B. 4
C. 6
D. 10

PROBLEM 21

The sum of two numbers is 21 and one number is twice the other. Find the numbers

A. 8 & 13
B. 7 & 14
C. 6 & 15
D. 4 & 17

PROBLEM 22

If 16 is 4 more than 4x, find 5x-1

A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 14

PROBLEM 23

If 3 =9 and 27 =81 , find

A. 5/3
B. 1/8
C. 8/3
D. 6/5

PROBLEM 24
If (x+3): 10 = (3x-2):8, find (2x-1)

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 8

PROBLEM 25

Find the equation whose roots are the reciprocals of the roots or the equation 2 2 3 5 = 0.

A. 5 2 + 3 2 = 0
B. 3 2 + 2 2 = 0
C. 2 2 + 3 2 = 0
D. 8 2 + 3 2 = 0

PROBLEM 26

The roots of a quadratic equation are 1/3 and 1/4 . What is the equation?

A. 2 2 7 + 1 = 0
B. 2 7 + 1 = 0
C. 7 2 2 + 1 = 0
D. 7 2 1 + 1 = 0

PROBLEM 27

Find the sum of the roots of 5 2 10 + 2 = 0

A. 1
B. 2
C. 5
D. 7

PROBLEM 28

Given: f(x) = (x+3)(x-4)+4. When f(x) is divided by (x-k), the remainder is k, Find k.

A. 3&5
B. 10 & 15
C. -1 & 4
D. 4 & -2

PROBLEM 29

Find the value of m that will make 4 2 4 + 4 + 5 a perfect square trinomial.

A. -1 & 5
 B. 2 & 3
C. 5 & 6
D. 4 & -1

PROBLEM 30

The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 11. If the digits are reversed, the resulting number is
seven more that twice the original number. What is the original number?

A. 47
B. 20
C. 38
D. 92

PROBLEM 31

The tens digit of a certain two-digit number exceeds the units digit by four and is one less than twice
the units digit. Find the number.

A. 85
B. 95
C. 47
D. 85

PROBLEM 32

The sum of two numbers is 35 and their product is 15. Find the sum of their reciprocals.

A.
B. 7/3
C. 2/3
D. 1/6

PROBLEM 33

The sum of four positive integers is 32. Find the greatest possible product of these four numbers.

A. 32
B. 1024
C. 4096
D. 2188

PROBLEM 34

What is the value of (log 5 to the base 2)+ (log 5 to the base 3)?

A. 2.10
B. 3.09
C. 3.79
D. 2.79
PROBLEM 35

If log of 2 to the base 2 plus log of x to the base 2 is equal to 2, then what is the value of x?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 5
D. 10

PROBLEM 36

If 2(logx to the base 4) (log 9 to the base 4)= 2, find x.

A. 2
B. 6
C. 12
D. 24

PROBLEM 37

Find the value of (1 + )5 , where I is an imaginary number.

A. -4(1+i)
B. -4(1-i)
C. -5(1+i)
D. -5(1-i)

PROBLEM 38

Simplify the expression 1997+ 1999 where i is an imaginary number.

A. 0
B. 1
C. -1
D. 2

PROBLEM 40

If (x+yi) (2-4i)= 14-8i, then what is the value of x?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 5
D. 8

PROBLEM 41

Evaluate the expression (1 + 2 )10, where i is an imaginary number

A. 0
B. -2
C. 2
 D. 1

PROBLEM 42

Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as Ann was when Mary was as old as Ann is now. How old is
Ann?

PROBLEM 43

A man is 41 years old and his son is 9. in how many years will the father be three times as old as his son?

A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 10

PROBLEM 44

Ana is 5 years older than Beth. In 5 years, the product of their ages is 1.5 times the product of their
present ages. How old is Beth now?

A. 20
B. 25
C. 15
D. 10

PROBLEM 45

For a particular experiment you need 5 liters of a 10% solution. You find 7% and 12% solution on the
shelves. How much of the 7% solution should you mix with the appropriate amount of the 12% solution
to get the 5 liters of a 10% solution?

A. 5L
B. 6L
C. 3L
D. 2L

PROBLEM 46

How many liters of water must be added to 35 liters of 89% hydrochloric acid solution to reduce its
strength to 75%?

A. 6.53
B. 7
C. 9.15
D. 7.75

PROBLEM 47

A man rows downstream at the rate of 5 mph and upstream at the rate of 2 mph. How far downstream
should he go if he is to return in 7/4 hours after leaving?
 A. 2.5 miles downstream
B. 5 miles downstream
C. 9 miles downstream
D. 10 miles downstream

PROBLEM 48

It takes an airplane one hour and forty five minutes to travel 500 miles against the wind and covers the
same distance in one hour and fifteen minutes with the wind. What is the speed of the airplane?

A. 150.725 miles per hr

B. 342.857 miles per hr
C. 432.836 miles per hr
D. 127.765 miles per hr

PROBLEM 49

An Airplane travels from point A to point B with a distance of 1500 km and a wind along its flight line. If
it takes the airplane 2 hours from A to B with the tailwind, and 2. 5 hrs from A to B with the headwind,
what is the velocity of the plane?

A. 633
B. 675
C. 753
D. 785

PROBLEM 50

Pedro started running at a speed of 10kph. Five minutes later, Mario started running in the same
direction and catches up with Pedro in 20 minutes. What is the speed of Mario?

A. 12.5 km/hr
B. 4.5 km/hr
C. 6.5 km/hr
D. 10 km/hr

PROBLEM 51

A man travels in a motorized banca at the rate of 15kph from his barrio to the poblacion and come back
to his barrio at the rate of 12kph. If the total time of travel back and forth is 3 hrs , then what is the
distance from the barrio to the poblacion?

A. 10 km
B. 20 km
C. 30 km
D. 40 km

PROBLEM 52
One pipe can fill a tank in 6 hrs and another pipe can fill the same tank in 3 hours. A drain pipe can
empty the tank in 24 hours. With all the pipes open, how long will it take to fill the tanks?

A. 2.182 hrs
B. 3 hrs
C. 4. 385 hrs
D. 5.632 hrs

PROBLEM 53

A Tank is filled with an intake pipe that fills in it 2 hours and an outlet pipe that empty it in 6 hours. If
both pipes are left open, how long will it take to fill in the empty tank?

A. 3
B. 6
C. 12
D. 24

PROBLEM 54

Mike, Louie, and Joy can mow the lown in 4, 6, 7 hours, respectively. What fraction of the yard can they
mow in 1 hour if they work together?

A. 47/84
B. 85/34
C. 33/87
D. 31/25

PROBLEM 55

The time required for the examinees to solve the same PROBLEM differs by two minutes. Together, they
can solve 32 PROBLEMs in one hour. How long will it take for the slower PROBLEM solver to solve a
PROBLEM?

A. 2 mins
B. 3 mins
C. 4 mins
D. 5 mins

PROBLEM 56

A merchant has three items on sale namely: a radio for $50.00, a clock for $30.00 and a flashlight for
$1.00. At the end of the day, the merchant has sold a total of 100 of the three sale items and has taken
exactly $1,000.00 on the total sales. How many radios did the merchant sell?

A. 10 radios
B. 5 radios
C. 8 radios
D. 20 radios

PROBLEM 57
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. 5/13
B. 4/11
C. 11/25
D. 16/35

PROBLEM 58

In a box there are 25 coins consisting of quarters, nickels and dimes with a total amount of $2.75. If the
nickels were dimes, the dimes were quarters and the quarters were nickels, the total amount would be
$3.75. How many quarters are there?

A. 6 quarters
B. 5 quarters
C. 4 quarters
D. 3 quarters

PROBLEM 59

A purse contains $11.65 in a quarters and dimes. Of the total number of coins is 70, find how many
dimes are there.

A. 39 dimes
B. 40 dimes
C. 65 dimes
D. 80 dimes

PROBLEM 60

A man sold a book by mistake at 120% of the marked price instead of discounting the marked price by
20%. If he sold the book for P14.40, what was the price for which he has sold the book?

A. 8.50
B. 9.60
C. 7.30
D. 8.25

PROBLEM 61

Maria sold a drafting pen for P 612 at a loss of 25% on her buying price. Find the corresponding loss or
gain in percent if she had sold it for P 635?

A. 11.5 %
B. 22. 18%
C. 3.25%
D. 1.25%

PROBLEM 62
A man invested part of P 20, 000 at 18% and the rest at 16%. The annual income from 16% investment
was P 620 less than three times the annual income from 18% investment. How much did he invest at
18%?

A. P 5457.14
B. P 4575.14
C. P 5757.14
D. P 3457.14

PROBLEM 63

The arithmetic mean of 6 numbers is 17. If two numbers are added to the progression, the new set of
numbers will have an arithmetic mean of 19. What are the two numbers if their difference is 4?

A. 25 and 27
B. 24 and 27
C. 23 and 27
D. 23 and 28

PROBLEM 64

The arithmetic mean of 80 numbers is 55. If two numbers namely 250 and 850 are removed, what is the
arithmetic mean of the remaining numbers?

A. 45.307
B. 42.307
C. 49.307
D. 72.307

PROBLEM 65

Find the 30th term of the arithmetic progression 4, 7, 10

A. 90
B. 91
C. 92
D. 93

PROBLEM 66

Find the 100th term of the sequence 1.01, 1.00, 0.99

A. 0.02
B. 0.01
C. 2.02
D. 3.02

PROBLEM 67

Find the 30th term of the arithmetic progression 4, 7, 10

 A. 96
B. 97
C. 91
D. 73

PROBLEM 68

A seating section in a certain athletic stadium has 30 seats in the first row, 32 seats in the second row,
34 seats in the third row and so on, until the tenth rows each containing 50 seats. Find the total number
of seats in the section.

A. 880
B. 890
C. 870
D. 865

PROBLEM 69

Find the sum of the infinite geometric progression 6, -2, 2/3

A. 8/2
B. 8/2
C. 3/2
D. 2/3

PROBLEM 70

Find the sum of the first 10 terms of a geometric progression 2, 4,8, 16

A. 1023
B. 2046
C. 4092
D. 8184

PROBLEM 71

If one-third of the air in a tank is removed by each stroke of an air pump, what is the fraction part of the
total air is removed in 6 strokes?

A. 665/729
B. 743/882
C. 696/923
D. 773/887

PROBLEM 72

Determine x so that x, 2x+7, 10x-7 will be a geometric progression.

 A. 7 and -7/6
B. 6 and -1/6
C. -7 and -5/6
D. 9 and -7/6

PROBLEM 73

Find the ratio of an infinite geometric progression if the sum is 2 and the first term is .

A.
B. 1/3
C.
D. 2/3

PROBLEM 74

Find the mean proportion of 4 and 36

A. 4
B. 12
C. 36
D. 72

PROBLEM 75

A piece of paper is 0.05 thick. Each time the paper is folded into half, the thickness is doubled. If the
paper was folded 12 times, how thick in feet the folded paper be?

A. 16 ft
B. 17.9 ft
C. 17.07 ft
D. 16.3 ft

PROBLEM 76

A semiconductor company will hire 7 men an 4 women. In how many ways can a company choose from
9 men and 6 women who qualified for the position?

A. 28 ways
B. 54 ways
C. 540 ways
D. 63 ways

PROBLEM 77

If 15 people won prices in the state lottery (assuming that there are no ties), how many way can these
15 people win first, second, third, fourth and fifth prizes?

A. 225 ways
B. 360,360 ways
 C. 2730 ways
D. 75 ways

PROBLEM 78

In how many ways can 9 books be arranged on a shelf so that 5 of the books are always together?

A. 14, 400
B. 45 ways
C. 15,120
D. 126

PROBLEM 79

How many triangles are formed by 10 distinct points no three of which are collinear?

A. 120
B. 240
C. 60
D. 480

PROBLEM 80

The probability of getting a credit in an examination is 1/3. If three students are selected at random,
what is the probability that at least one of the students get a credit?

A. 19/27
B. 18/27
C. 16/27
D. 14/27

PROBLEM 81

A person draws 3 balls in succession from a box containing 5 red balls, 6 yellow balls and 7 green balls.
Find the probability of drawing the balls in the order red, yellow, and green.

A. 5.4 %
B. 4.3 %
C. 3.5 %
D. 2.1 %

PROBLEM 82

Find the probability of getting exactly 12 out of 30 questions on a true or false question?

A. 7%
B. 8%
C. 9%
D. 10%

PROBLEM 83
Find the probability of getting a prime number thrice by tossing a die 5 times.

A. 31.25%
B. 20.25%
C. 23.25%
D. 35.25%

PROBLEM 84

In the expansion of ( + 4)12 , what is the numerical coefficient of the 5th term?

A. 126720
B. 125720
C. 124720
D. 122720

PROBLEM 85

Find the coefficient of the term involving 4 in the expansion of (2 2)10

A. 3260
B. 3460
C. 3360
D. 3960

PROBLEM 86

In the club of 40 executives, 33 like to smoke Marlboro and 20 like to smoke Philip Morris. How many
Like to smoke both cigarettes?

A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 13