ALGEBRA and by x+1 gives -2, and by x+4 gives -179.

Determine the value of a+b+c.

Problems
a. 3 b. -9
I. Sets and other Basic Concepts
c. 1 d. 5
1. Find the resulting set of {1,3,7} ∩ {2,3,8}
a. {3,6,9} b. {3,6,9,12}
8. Find the value of y if
c. {3} d. {3,6}
2
2. If the set of A is a set of all whole numbers −2+
2
and set B is a set of all whole numbers y= −2+
divisible by three less than 12, What is A ∩ 2
−2+
B? −2+ …
a. {3,6,9} b. {3,6,9,12} a. -√ 5−3 b. √ 3−1
c. {3} d. {3,6} c. -√ 3−2 d. -√ 5−1
3. If set A is a set of all whole numbers Partial Fractions
divisible by 3 less than or equal to 9 and set 9. Determine A+B+C in
2
B is a set of all whole numbers divisible by 8 3 x + 10 x + 4 A B C
less than or equal to 24. What is A U B? = + +
( x +2)(x+1)(x +3) x +1 x +2 x +3
a. {3,6,8,9,16,24} b. ø a. -1.50 b. 4.50
c. {3,6,9,24} d. {16,24} c. 3 d.4
4. In my class, 50 failed the subject Algebra, 10. Determine A+B+C+D+E in
30 failed the Trigonometry, 10 failed both 4 3 2
2 x + 2 x −5 x + 10 x +9 Ax+ B Cx+ D E
Algebra and Trigonometry. Determine the = 2 + 2 +
total number of failed students. ( x +9 ) ( x +2 x +5 ) ( x +3 ) x +9 x +2 x+5 x+3
2 2

a.393/104 b.-135/104
a. 70 b. 60
c. 199/104 d. -8/39
c. 30 d. 25
Binomial Theorem
5. My students were enrolled in Algebra,
11. Determine the 4th term of the expansion (
Trigonometry and Geometry. If 35 takes 2 9
algebra, 60 takes Geometry, 19 takes (2 xy +3 z )
trigonometry, 5 takes Algebra and a. 326592 x 5 y 5 z 8 b. 489888 x 4 y 4 z 10
trigonometry, 10 takes geometry and c. 145152 x 6 y 6 z 6 d. 41472 x 7 y7 z 4
trigonometry and none take all of the three, 12. Find the 8th term in the expansion of (x +l
determine the number of students that takes og x ¿¿ 10
algebra and geometry if I have 79 students a. 120 x 3log x 7 b. 45 x 2log x 8
in total. c. 120 x 3 log 7 x d. 45 x 2 log 8x
a. 35 b. 20
13. Find the sum of the coefficients in the
c. 30 d. 25
expansion (3x+y-2z)^5
6. There are four courses in school, Algebra,
a. 16 b. 64
Language, Social Studies and Biology. 111
c. 8 d. 32
takes Algebra, 111 takes language, 109
14. Find the sum of coefficients in the
takes Social Studies and 71 takes Biology. 48
expansion of (3x^2 + y -2)^4
takes Algebra and Language, 21 takes
a. 16 b. 0
Algebra and Social Studies, 43 takes Algebra
c. 8 d. 32
and Biology, 61 takes Language and Social
Complex numbers
Studies, 20 takes Algebra, Language and
15. In the complex numbers 3-4i, the
Biology, 13 takes Algebra, Social Studies and
absolute value is,
Biology, 13 takes Language, Social Studies
a. -i b. 5
and Biology. If there are 229 students all in
c. 1 d. -1
all, find the number of students that takes all
16. In the complex number 3-9i, the
of four.
amplitude is
a. 26 b. 13
a. -18.43ᵒ b. 18.43ᵒ
c. 37 d.46
c. 71.57ᵒ d. -71.57ᵒ
II. Theory of Equations
17. The value of x+y in the complex equation 3-
7. Determine the inverse of the function y=
3
7xi=2y+2i is
x +1 a. 25/14 b. -9
1 c. -5 d. 17/14
a. y=1 b. y= 3
x −1 18. Multiply (7-6i)(4+7i)
1 a. 70+25i b. 70-25i
c. y= 3 d. y=√
3
x−1 c. 11-I d. 11+i
x +1 39
8. When a polynomial 3 x 3 +a x 2+ bx+ c=0 is 19. Find the value of i
divided by x+2 gives the remainder of -21, a. -i b. -1
c. 1 d. i
20. Simplify i 1997 +i 1899, where i is an imaginary number the start, he hired 10 men, then after 6 days,
a. -1-i b. 0 10 more men are added. How many days
c. -1 + i d. 1-i was the project delayed?
21.Find the value of x in the complex a. 18 b. 12
equation: (x+yi)(1-2i)=7-4i c. 3 d. 6
a. 4 b. 2
c. 6 d. 3

Matrix
7 8 Mixture Problems
22. Evaluate the following determinant: 30. One solution contains 30% alcohol and a
9 4
a. -44 b. 44 second contains 70% alcohol. How many
c. 100 d. -100 liters of each solution should be mixed to
23. Find the value of x in make 10 liters containing 40% alcohol?
3 x 2 −1 a. 2.5L30%;7.5L70% b.
= 6.5L30%;3.5L70%
2 2 x −3
a. -2 b. 4 c. 3.5L30%; 6.5L70% d. 7.5L30%;
c. -6 d. 8 2.5L70%
Number Problems 31. A given alloy contains 20% copper and
5% tin. How many pounds of copper and of
24. Find the three numbers whose sum is 20 tin must be melted with 100 lb of the given
and such that the first plus twice the second alloy to produce another alloy analyzing 30%
plus three times the third equals 44, and copper and 10% tin? All percentage are by
twice the sum of the first and second minus weight.
four times the third is -14. a. 7.5lbs Cu and 17.5 lbs Tin
a. 6,5,9 b. 7,4,9 b. 8.5lbs Cu and 11.5 lbs Tin
c. 14,-12,18 d. 12,5,3 c. 11.5 lbs Cu and 8.5 lbs Tin
25. The sum of the three numbers is 51. If d. 17.5 lbs Cu and 7.50lbs Tin
the first number is divided by the second, the Motion Problems
quotient is 2 and the remainder is 5; but if 32. Assume that a plane is flying at a
the second number is divided by the third, constant speed under unvarying wind
the quotient is three and the remainder is 2. conditions. Travelling against a head wind,
Find the highest number. the plane takes 4 hours to travel 1540 miles.
a. 30 c. 33 Travelling with a tail wind, the plane flies
b. 22 d. 28 1365 miles in 3 hours. Find the speed of the
26. The sum of the digits of a number of wind in mph.
three digits is 15. If the digits in the hundreds a. 420 b. 35
and tens places are interchange, the number c. 330 d. 20
is increased by 360. The units digit is ¼ of 33.Two pals A and B run at constant speeds
the sum of the hundreds and tens places. along circumference track 1350m in
Find the number. circumference. Running in opposite
Work Problems directions they meet 3 minutes, while
27. If 2000 parts of a given type can be running on the same direction they are
turned out by the first machine in 8 hours, by together every 27 minutes. Determine the
a second in 3 hours and by a third in 4 hours. speed of the slower runner in m/s.
If they work together, how long would it take a. 3.33 b. 2.67
them to finish the 2000 parts in hours? c. 4.17 d. 5.33
a. 1.12 b. 1.33 Clock Problems
c. 1.41 d. 1.52 Situation: At what time between 6 and 7
28. An elevated concrete tank is filled o’clock are the hands of a clock
through its inlet pipe and then it is emptied 34. opposite to each other
through the outlet pipe, in total time of 9 a. 6:00.22 b. 6:00.35
hours. If water enters through the inlet and is c. 6:00.45 d. 6:00
simultaneously allowed to leave through the 35. coincident with each other
outlet, the tank is filled 20 hours. How long a. 6:32.36 b. 6:32.34
will it take to fill the tank if the outlet is c. 6:32.25 d. 6:32.09
enclosed in hours? 36. Form a 90 degree angle for the second
a. 4 c. 3 time
b. 5 d. 6 a. 6:16.36 b. 6:49.33
29. A contractor estimates that he could c. 6:49.09 d. 6:1625
finish project in 15 days if he has 20 men. At Age Problems
37. The sum of the present ages of Angie and a. 10058 b. 9647
her mother is 64 years. In eight years, Angie c. 32651 d. 10253
will be three-fifths as old as her mother at 44. The arithmetic mean of a set of 50
that time. Find the present age of her numbers is 32. The arithmetic mean of a
mother. second set of 70 numbers is 53. Find the
a. 22 b. 36 arithmetic mean of the numbers in the sets
c. 42 d. 45 combined.
a. 39.65 b. 60.0
c. 44.25 d. n/a

38. In the film, the actor Charles Coburn

plays an elderly “uncle” character criticized Geometric Progression
for marrying a woman when he is 3 times her 45. Insert three geometric means between 5
age. He wittily replies “ Ah, but 20 years time and 20.
I will only be twice her age”. How old is the a. 8.06,11.25,16.2 b. 3.21,
uncle? 9.12,15.77
a. 60 b. 20 c. 7.07,10,14.14 d.
c. 30 d. 72 5.33,12.22,16.44
39. A man was born in the eighteenth 46. Barium-140 has a half-life of 13 days. If
century was x years old in the year x^2. How there are 500 milligrams of barium initially,
old was he in 1776? how many milligrams remain after 100 days?
a. 60 b. 57 47. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of
c. 63 d. 54 60 ft. If it rebounds approximately two-thirds
the distance after each fall, use an infinite
Investment Problems geometric series to approximate the total
40. A certain Loan Association has invested distance the ball travels in ft.
in three different transactions. The first a. 300 c. 180
investment is in real state earning 9% b. 120 d. 240
interest annually; second investment is in Harmonic Progression
loans earning 6% annually; and the third If there are 4 harmonic means between 3/7
investment in bonds earning 4% annually. and 3/9, what is the 3rd of these?
The total annual income is Php3400 but the a. 59/15 b. 15/71
annual interests in loans is three times that c. 15/59 d. 71/15
in bonds. How much is invested on bonds if 49. Determine the harmonic mean of x and y.
the total capital is Php50000? 2 xy x+ y
a. b.
a. 20000 b. 15000 x+ y 2
c. 10000 d. 30000 2 x+ y
41. In what price will you sell a cellphone for c. d.
x+ y 2 xy
sale that cost P6000 in order that you may
offer 20% discount on the selling price and
still make a profit of 25% on the selling?
a. 9500 b. 10000
c. 12000 d. 8000
Arithmetic Progression
41. Find the 7th term of an arithmetic
progression if the third term is 10 and the
10th term is -4.
a. 2 b. 10
c. 14 d. 8
42.There are twelve rows of billiards ball in a
symmetrical arrangement on a billiard table.
If there is one ball in the first row, 3 in the
second and 5 in the third and so on, with two
balls in any row more than the preceding
one, how many balls in all are there?
a. 122 b. 130
c. 132 d. 144
43. What is the sum of all even integers
between 13 and 201?