Number/ Digit Problems

1. Three times the first of three consecutive odd integers is three more than twice the third. Find the third
integer.
a. 9 b. 11 c. 13 d. 15
2. A number is less than 100 and its tens digit is 2 more than its units digits. If number with the digits reversed
is subtracted from the original number remainder is 3 times the sum of the digits. Find the number.
a. 42 b. 53 c. 75 d. 64
3. the sum of the digits a 2 digit number is 10. IF the number is divided by the digit, the quotient is 3 and the
remainder is 4. Find the number.
a. 37 b. 28 c. 46 d. 19
4. The sum of the digits of a three digit number is 17. If the digits are reversed the resulting number is added to
the original number, the result is 1,474. If the resulting number is subtracted from the original number, the
result is 396. Find the original number.
a. 935 b. 845 c. 854 d. 953
5. When 3 is added to both numerator and the denominator of a certain fraction, its value is decreased by 9/40.
However, when 3 is subtracted from both, its value is increased by 9/10. Find the denominator of the original
fraction.
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6

Proportion/Variation
6. If y varies directly as x and equal to 3 when x is equal to 10, find the value of y when x is equal to 25.
a. 80 b. 75 c. 60 d. 90
6. Find the fourth proportional to 33,22 and 27.
a. 21 b. 18 c. 15 d. 20
7. Find the mean proportional between 8 and 392.
a. 80 b. 72 c. 60 d. 56
8. The scale of a certain map is 1:100,000. The distance between two points on the map is 3 units. How many
units will these two points measure on another map with scale of 1:60,000?
a. 9 units b. 5 units c. 18 units d. 6 units
9. At constant temperature, the resistance of a wire varies directly as its length and inversely as the square of
its diameter. If a piece of wire 0.10 inch in diameter and 50 feet long has a resistance of 0.10 ohms, what is the
resistance of another piece of wire of the same material, 2,000 feet long, 0.20 inch diameter?
a. 0.50 ohms b. 4 ohms c. 1 ohms d. 2 ohms
a. 18.72 m3/s b. 7.82 m3/s c. 17.28 m3/s d. 18.27 m3/s
10. Coulomb’s Law states that the electrical force between two point charges varies directly as the product of
the charges and inversely as the square of the distance between them. If the electrical force between two
points charges 25x10-9 coulombs and 75x10-9 coulombs and 0.03 meters apart is 0.019 N, find the electrical
force between two point charges 30x10-9 coulombs and 120x10-9 coulombs and 0.10 meters apart.
a. 0.0033 N b. 0.0044 N c. 0.0055 N d. 0.0066 N
11. If three cats can kill three mice in three minutes, in how many minutes can twelve cats kill twelve mice?
a. 12 min . 6 min c. 4 min d. 3 min
12. Ten students from Pampanga decided to stay in Manila for a regular review preparation for the CE Board
Exam. To minimize their expenses, they agreed bring 18 sacks of rice that will last for 4 months. After their
regular review, students went back to Pampanga. Only the remaining students enrolled in the refresher for 1
month. How much more rice will the remaining students need to their extended stay in Manila? (1 sack = 50
kg)
a. 120 kg b. 135 kg c. 150 kg d. 175 kg

Age Problems
13. Two years ago, a father was four times as old as his son. In 3 years, the father will only be three times as
old as his son. How old was the father when his son was born?
a. 26 years old b. 30 years old c. 42 years oldd. 36 years old
14. Allan is 28 years old when his son is born. In how many years will Allan be thrice as old as his son?
a. 14 years b. 16 years c. 18 years d. 12 years
15. At present, Gilbert’s age is 30% of his father’s age. Thirty years from now, Gilbert’s age will be 60% of his
father age. How old is Gilbert now?
a. 18 years old b. 16 years old c. 12 years old d. 14 years old
16. Richard is 5 years older than Paul. The product of their ages is 21 years less than 15 times the sum of their
ages. How old is Paul now?
a. 30 years old b. 32 years old c. 25 years oldd. 27 years old
17. Noel is 5 years older than Dennis and 10 years younger than Hilda. In 8 years their combined ages will be
65. How old is Noel?
a. 18 years old b. 12 years old c. 7 years old d. 15 years old
18. Twenty two years ago, Sherly was twice as old as Pinky and eight times as old as Roy. That same year,
the sum of their ages was 26. How old is Pinky now?
a. 30 years old b. 28 years old c. 38 years oldd. 24 years old
19. The sums of the parent’s ages is twice the sum of the children’s ages. Four years ago, the sum of the
parent’s ages was thrice the sum of the children’s ages. In 16 years, the sum of the ages of the parents and
children will be equal. How many children are there?
a. 4 b. 7 c. 5 d. 6
20. A man lived his life for “x” years. When he was at his midlife, his first child was born. When he was at his
two thirds of his life, his second child was born. When the man died, the sum of the ages of his children is 60.
How long did the man live?
a. 66 years b. 72 years c. 78 years d. 84 years
21. Peter is 36 years old. Peter is twice as old as Jun was when Peter was as old as Jun is now How old is
Jun?
a. 30 years old b. 27 years old c. 24 years old d. 32 years old
22. In an organization, there are engineers, accountants, and doctors. The sum of their ages is 2,160; the
average age is 36. The average age of the engineers and doctors, 36 and 2/3. If each engineer were 1 year
older, each accountant 6 years older, and each doctor 7 years older, their average age would be 41.
Determine the number of engineers, accountants, and doctors.
a. 24 engineers, 20 accountants,16 doctors
b. 16 engineers, 24 accountants, 20 doctors
c. 20 engineers, 16 accountants, 24 doctors
d. 20 engineers, 24 accountants, 16 doctors

Geometric Problems
23. The width of a rectangle is 9 cm. The length is 1 cm shorter than the diagonal. Find the length of the
diagonal.
a. 41 cm b. 42 cm c. 40 cm d. 39 cm
24. A vertical pole was broken by the wind. The upper part, still attached, reached a point on the level ground
15 feet from the base. If the upper part is 9 feet longer than the lower part, how tall was the pole?
a. 20 feet b. 17 feet c. 15 feet d. 25 feet
25. Three circles are tangent externally. The distances between their centers are 58 m, 63 m, and 81 m. Find
the radius of the largest circle.
a. 51 m b. 20m c. 43 m d. 38 m
26. A cardboard box manufacturer wishes to make boxes from rectangular pieces of cardboard 30 cm by 40
cm by cutting squares with 5 cm sides from four corners. Find the volume contained by each box.
a. 4,375 cm3 b. 3,600cm3 c. 3,000 cm3 d. 2,800 cm3
27. A lizard traveled from corner A to corner B of the rectangular room shown. Determine its shortest distance
covered.

a. 5.39 m b. 7.28 m c. 6.40 m d. 6.71 m

Clock Problems

28. In how many minutes after 2 o’clock will the hands of the clock extend in opposite directions for the first
time?
a. 40.64 min b. 41.64 min c. 42.64 min d. 43.64 min
29. In how many minutes after 10 o’clock will the hands of the clock be perpendicular for the second time?
a. 39.18 min b. 38.18 min c. 37.18 min d. 36.18 min
30. How many times will the hands of the clock be at right angles with each other in one day?
a. 24 b. 48 c. 22 d. 44
31. Find the angle between the hands of the clock at 3:43 P.M.
a. 148.50o b. 147.50o c. 145.50o d. 146.50o
32. What time between 2 and 3 o’clock will the angle between the hands of the clock be bisected by the line
connecting the center of the clock and the 3 o’clock mark?
a. 2:21.27 b. 2:18.46 c. 2:23.54 d. 2:19.54
33. It is between 5 and 6 o’clock. In 20 minutes, the minute hand will be ahead of the hour hand as it was
behind it. What time is it now?
a. 5:18.36 b. 5:19.45 c. 5:17.27 d. 5:16.55
34. At what time after 7 o’clock will the second hand bisect the hour and the minute hands for the first time?
a. 7:00:16.66 b. 7:00:17.66 c. 7:00:18.66 d. 7:00:19.66

Mixture Problems

35. A 50 mL 40% acid solution is added to a 150 mL 30% acid solution. What will the concentration of the
resulting mixture?
a. 25% b. 27.50% c. 30% d. 32.50%
36. A 500 mL of 0.40 g/mL salt solution is added to a 900 mL of 0.65 g/mL salt solution. What will be the
concentration of the resulting mixture?
a. 0.74 g/mL b. 0.47 g/mL c. 0.65 g/mL d. 0.56 g/mL
37. A 700 pound alloy containing 50% tin and 25% lead is to be added with amounts of pure tin and pure lead
to make an alloy which is 60% tin and 20% lead. Determine how much pure tin must be added.
a. 150 lb b. 175 lb c. 200 lb d. 225 lb
38. How much water must be evaporated from 12 Liters of 3kg/L salt solution until the concentration becomes
3.60 kg/L?
a. 1L b. 2L c. 3L d. 4L
39. A contractor is required to secure his 200 m3 if materials for a subbase from three pit with the following soil
analyses. From the first pit, the analysis is comprised of 55% coarse aggregate, 35% fine aggregate, and 10%
mineral filter. The second pit comprised of 65% coarse aggregate, 20% fine aggregate, and 15% mineral filter.
The third pit comprised of 10% coarse aggregate, 50% fine aggregate, and 40% mineral filter. The volumetric
composition of the combined materials as desired is set at 50% coarse aggregate, 35% fine aggregate, and
15% mineral filter. How much soil must be taken from the first pit to produce the desired design mix?
a. 102.19 m3 b. 48.72 m3 c. 142.86 m d. 28.57 m3
Motion Problems
40. If the speed of a racing car is increased by 20 kph, it will cover in 7 hours the same distance it can
ordinarily cover in 8 hours. What is its ordinary speed?
a. 140 kph b. 150 kph c. 160 kph d. 170 kph
41. When the speed of a car is increased by 36 kph, it passes thrice as many light posts as it was at ordinary
speed. Find the ordinary speed of the car.
a. 21 kph b. 15 kph c. 18 kph d. 12 kph
42. Two cars run toward each other. Their speeds are 30 kph and 40 kph. At the moment when they are 105
km apart, a bee files at 50 kph from the bumper of the slower car to the bumper of the other and shuttles back
and forth until the vehicles collide. Find the total distance traveled by the bee.
a. 75 km b. 85 km c. 90 km d. 100 km
43. It took a certain vehicle 3 hours to travel a distance of 120 km. On its way back, it took him only 2 hours in
traveling the same path. What was his average speed?
a. 44 kph b. 48 kph c. 50 kph d. 56 kph
44. A boat propelled to move at 25 kph in still water, travels 4.20 km against the river current in the same time
that it can travel 5.80 km with the current. Find the speed of the current.
a. 5 kph b. 6 kph c. 4 kph d. 3 kph
45. A man walks from his house to the office. If he leaves at 8:00 A.M. and walks at the rate of 2 kph, he will
have arrived 3 minutes earlier, but if he leaves at 8:30 A.M. and walks at 3 kph, he will have arrived 6 minutes
late. What time should he arrive at the office?
a. 9:06 am b. 9:12 am c. 8:54 am d. 8:43 am
46. A man started on his mountain bike for Manila, a distance of 30 km intending to arrive at a certain time.
After biking for 10 km, he was detained due to bad weather for half an hour. As a result, he had to speed up 2
kph faster. What was his original speed?
a. 8.50 kph b. 8 kph c. 7.50 kph d. 9 kph
47. A thief is being pursued by a policeman. He is ahead by 30 of his own pace. How many paces must the
policeman take if he takes 4 paces while the thief takes 5, but 3 of the policeman’s paces is as long as 4 of the
thief’s paces.
a. 420 paces b. 360 paces c. 480 paces d. 450 paces
48. Cid and Jojo travels from point A to point B and back. Cid starts 3 hours after Jojo started. Cid overtakes
Jojo at a point 4.20 km from B. IF Cid reaches A 5 hours and 20 minutes ahead of Jojo, find the distance AB.
a. 12 km b. 18 km c. 15 km d. 16km

Work Problems
49. A can do a piece of work along in 30 days, B in 20 days, and C in 60 days. If they work together, how many
days would it take them to finish the work.
a. 15 days b. 8 days c. 10 days d. 12 days
a. 60 min b. 90 min c. 75min d. 120 min
50. Working together, A and B can finish a painting job in 20/3 days. B, working alone, can finish the job in 3
days less than A. How long will it take A to finish the job alone?
a. 15 days b. 12 days c. 21 days d. 18 days
52. Two pipes running simultaneously can fill a tank in 2 hours and 40 minutes. After the larger pipe had run for
3 hours the smaller pipe was also turned on and the tank was full 40 minutes later. How long would it take the
smaller pipe to fill the tank alone?
a. 10 hours b. 6 hours c. 4 hours d. 8 hours
53. A and B working together can finish the job in 10 days. If A works 4 days and B works 3 days, one-third of
the job shall be finished. How many days will it take A to finish the job alone?
a. 30 days b. 15 days c. 20 days d. 45 days
54. A swimming pool is filled through its inlet pipe and them emptied through its outlet pipe in a total of 8 hours.
If water enters through its inlet and simultaneously allowed to leave through its outlet, the pool is filled in 7 ½
hours. How long will it take to fill the pool with the outlet closed?
a. 2.50 hours b. 3 hours c. 3.50 hours d. 3.75 hours
55. Twenty eight men can finish the job in 60 days. At the start of the 16 th day, 5 men were laid off and after
45th day, 10 more men were hired. How many days where they delayed in finishing the job?
a. 2.27 days b. 2.45 days c. 2.97 days d. 3.67 days
56. A three man maintenance crew could clean the campus in 4 hours; whereas a four man maintenance crew
do it in 3 hours. If one member of the four man crew was an hour late, how long did it take the entire cleaning
of the campus?
a. 1.92 hrs b. 2 hrs c. 1.86 hrs d. 1.68 hrs
Money Related Problems
57. A couple does not wish to spend more than P700 for dinner at a restaurant. If sales tax of 6% is added to
the bill they plan to tip 15% after the tax has been added, what is the most they can spend for the meal?
a. P660.38 b. P559.30 c. P608.70 d. P574.24
58. A retired government employee invested P25, 000 of his retirement pay at 16% per annum. He found
another investment opportunity at 20% per annum where he invested the rest of his retirement pay. If he
realized a total yearly income of 19% on his two investments, what was his retirement pay?
a. P100, 000 b. P75, 000 c. P96, 000 d. P125, 000
59. A sum of money of simple interest amounted to P7, 800 after five years and P8, 840 after nine years. Find
the amount of the money after 15 years.
a. P10, 140 b. P9,820 c. P9,600 d. P10,400
60. The cost for building a rectangular vat with a square base was P12,800. The base cost P30/m 2 and the
sides cost P20/m2. Find the height of the vat if the combined area of the base and sides was 512m 2.
a. 2m b. 3 m c. 4 m d. 5 m
61. Mrs. Reyes planned to spend P39,000 for fabric for her store. She found her fabric on sale at 20% less per
yard than she had expected and was able to buy 40 extra yards for a total cos to P41,600. What was the
original cost per yard?
a. P250/yd b. P275/yd c. P300/yd d. P325/yd
Arithmetic Progression

62. Find the 19th term of the arithmetic 4, 15, 26, ….

a. 180 b. 191 c. 202 d. 213
63. Find the sum of the first 11 terms of the arithmetic progression -22, -14, -6…
a. 140 b. 198 c. 264 d. 338
64. Find the sum of the first 30 terms of the arithmetic progression 5 3/4 , 367/12, 675/12…
a. 13,885 b. 13,855 c. 13,585 d. 13,558
65. The first term of an arithmetic progression is 7 and the 17th term is 89. Find the 50th term.
a. 2581/8 b. 2851/8 c. 2583/8 d. 2853/8
66. There are 8 arithmetic means between 5 and 64. Find the 6th term.
a. 374/9 b. 375/9 c. 377/9 d. 378/9
167. How many numbers between 20 and 1, 056 are exactly divisible by 14?
a. 73 b. 74 c. 75 d. 76
68. Find the sum of the numbers between 361 and 589 that are divisible by 19.
a. 6,175 b. 5225 c. 5,510 d. 5,890
69. The sum of the first n terms of a sequence is given by the expression 17n2-11n. Determine the 20th term.
a. 625 b. 652 c. 526 d. 562
70. The first term of a sequence is -61 and the common difference is 16. Find the expression for the sum of the
first n terms.
a. 8n2 – 68n b. 8n2 + 68n c. 8n2 – 69n d. 8n2 + 69n
71. Determine x so that 2x + 1, 10x – 15, 2x2 + 9 will be an arithmetic progression.
a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 8
72. The sum of three number in an arithmetic progression is 66. The sum of the square is 1, 790. Find the third
number.
a. 64 b. 46 c. 35 d. 53
73. The arithmetic mean of six numbers is 17. If numbers are added to the progression the new arithmetic
mean is 21. What are the two numbers if the difference is 4?
a. 32 and 36 b. 31 and 35 c. 34 and 38 d. 33 and 37
74. In a pile of logs, each layer contains one more log than the layer above and the top contains just one log. If
there are 105 logs in the pile, how many layers are there?
a.11 b. 12 c. 13 d. 14
75. A particle moves along a straight path. For the first second, it travels 16 m. In every second after the first, it
travels 2 m farther than it did in the preceding second. How far will it travel after 10 seconds?
a. 250 m b. 34 m c. 180 m d. 92 m
76. In the recent “Gulf War” in the Middle East, the allied forces captured 6, 390 of Saddam’s soldiers with
provisions on hand that will last for 216 meals taking 3 meals a day. The provisions lasted 9 more days
because of daily deaths. At an average how many died per day?
a/ 15 b. 16 c. 17 d. 18

Geometric Progression
77. Find the 16th term of the geometric progression 2, 6, 18, …
a. 28, 697,814 b. 258,280,326 c. 86, 093,442 d. 9,565,938
78. Find the sum of the first 8 terms of the geometric progression 7, 28, 112, …
a. 38,272 b. 152, 951 c. 152,915 d. 38,227
79. The first term of a geometric progression is -8 and the 12th term is 1/256. Find the 7th term.
a. -1/16 b. 1/16 c. 1/8 d. -1/8
80. The first term of a geometric progression is 375 and the fourth term is 192. Find the common ratio.
a. 0.60 b. 0.70 c. 0.80 d. 0.90
81. The first term of a geometric progression is 256 and the last term is 6,561. If the sum of all the terms is 19,
171, find the number of terms.
a. 7 b. 8 c. 9 d. 10
82. Find the geometric means of 18 and 1,458.
a. 126 b. 162 c. 216 d. 261
83. The sum of three numbers in arithmetic progression is 45. If the first number decreased by 4, the second
number decreased by 3, and the third number increased by 14, the new numbers will be in geometric
progression. Find the fifth term of the geometric progression.
a. 360 b. 310 c. 324 d. 256
84. In a family, the three children’s ages are in geometric progression. When the youngest child was born, the
oldest was thrice as old as the second child. In 3 years, the sum of the ages of the second and the youngest
child will be equal to the age of the oldest. How old was the oldest child when the youngest child was born?
a. 3yearsold b. 27yearsold c. 12yearsold d. 9yearsold
85. An equipment costing P5, 000, 000 depreciates in value 16% a year. Find its worth after 5 years.
a. P2, 091,059.71 b. P1, 475,451.7 c. P1, 756,490.16 d. P2,489,356.80
85. The side of a square is 36 cm. A second square is formed by joining, in the proper order, the third points of
the sides of the first square. A third square is formed by joining the third points of the second square, and so
on. Find the side of the 25th square.
a. 0.0129 cm b. 0.0232 cm c. 0.0173 cm d. 0.0311 cm
87. Find the limiting value of 0.38444…
a. 317/450 b. 371/450 c. 173/450 d. 137/450
88. A ball is dropped from a height of 48 ft and rebounds two thirds of the distance it falls. If it continues to fall
and rebound in this way, how far will it travel before coming to rest?
 a. 120 ft b. 192 ft c. 240 ft d. 200 ft
89. The side of a square is 36 cm. A second square is formed by joining, in the proper order, the third points of
the sides of the first square. A third square is formed by joining the third points of the second square, and so
on. Find the area of the squares.
a. 3,402.77 cm2 b. 2,916.00 cm2 c. 5,089.46 cm2 d. 4,223.83 cm2

Harmonic Progression

90. Find the 52nd term of the harmonic progression 9/8, 45/13, -45/14, …
91. The arithmetic mean and geometric mean of two numbers are 4 and 18, respectively. Find their harmonic
mean.
a. 96 b. 81 c. 84 d. 72
92. Three numbers are in harmonic progression. If the third number were decreased by 4 they would be in
arithmetic progression. If the third number were decreased by 3 they would be in geometric progression. Find
the third term of the harmonic progression.
a. 0 b. 18 c. 16 d. 12
93. A car travels from P to Q at 36 kph and returns from Q to P at 24 kph. Find its average velocity.
a. 30.22 kph b. 30.00 c. 28.80 kph d. 29.39 kph
94. If a carpenter spends P1,000 in one month for nails costing P200 per carton and spends another P1,000 a
month later for the same kind of nails that now cost P300 per carton, how much did he pay per carton on the
average for the nails he purchased?
a. P240 b. P260 c. P280 d. P250
Sequence and Series

95. Find the nth term for the sequence 1/3, 2/5, 3/7, 4/9…
a. n/(2n + 1) b. n/(n + 1) c. n/(2n – 1) d. n/(n – 1)

95. A man bought 20 chickens for P20.00. The cock’s cost P3.00 each, the hens P1.50 each, an the chicks at
P0.50 each. How many hens did he buy?
a. 10 b. 13 c. 16 d. 5
97. Three items A, B and C were sold in a store. Item A cost P10.00 each, item B cost P1.00 each, and three
pieces of item C cost P1.00. The total sales at the end of the day were P100.00 and a total of 100 items were
sold. How many of items B were sold?
a. 42 b. 40 c. 54 d. 49
98. A basketball match is to be held in a coliseum with a seating capacity of 2, 500. Three types of tickets are
produced, and it is expected that they will all be sold. Class A tickets cost P1,000 each, class B P750 and class
C P400. It happened that the sold tickets were only half, ¾ and 4/5 of classes A, B and C respectively, thereby
reducing the expected total receipts by P559,000. How many class C tickets were sold?
 a. 1,200 b. 960 c. 1,050 d. 840
99. Find the sym of the digit of the smallest positive integer that when divided by 5 the remainder is 3, and
when divided by 7 the remainder is 5.
a. 8 b. 9 c. 5 d. 6
100. The sum of a certain number of consecutive integers is 63. The largest integer is twice the smallest. Find
the smallest integer.
a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7

Venn Diagram
101. Prior to the last IBP elections survey was conducted in a certain barangay in Metro Manila to find out
which of the three political parties they like best. The results indicated that 320 liked KBL, 250 liked LABAN
and 180 liked INDEPENDENT. But of these 160 liked both KBL and LABAN, 100 liked both LABAN and
INDEPENDENTS, and 70 liked both KBL and INDEPENDENTS. Only 30 said they liked all three parties and
none admitted that they did not like any party. How many voters are there in the barangay?
a. 450 b. 420 c. 485 d. 510
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
102. The probability of the students passing Chemistry and Physics are 70% and 50% respectively. None of
the students failed in both subjects. If 8 of them passed both subjects, how many students took the exam?
a. 30 b. 50 c. 40 d. 60
103. A survey concerning a group of TV viewers shows the following:
56% watch sports
39% watch movie
51% watch news
16% watch sports and movies
19% watch movies and news
30% watch sports and news
11% watch sports, movies, and news
The rest are children who like watching cartoons only. How many of the TV viewers are children?
a. 15% b. 12% c. 8% d. 10%
104. I discovered that my cat Sweenie had a taste for lizards. He chases them, plays with them, and then eats
them afterwards. One day, he deposited lizard on my carpet 6 gray lizards, 12 lizards that had dropped their
tails in an effort to escape capture, and 15 lizards that he’d chewed on a little. Only one of the lizards was gray
chewed on, and tailless; two were gray and tailless but not chewed on; two were gray and chewed on but not
tailless. If there were a total of 24 lizards, how many were tailless ad chewed on but not gray?
a. 4 b. 6 c. 5 d. 3
105. Experts Review Center gave an examination of Geometry, Calculus, Probability and Engineering
Economy to its students. The results are as follows:
178 passed Engineering Economy
 172 passed Probability
177 passed Calculus
161 passed Geometry
65 passed Probability and Engineering Economy
63 passed Calculus and Engineering Economy
56 passed Calculus and Probability
49 passed Geometry and Engineering Economy
60 passed Geometry and probability
51 passed Geometry and Calculus
19 passed Calculus, Probability, and Engineering Economy
20 passed Geometry, probability, and Engineering Economy
15 passed Geometry, calculus, and Engineering Economy
16 passed Geometry, Calculus and Probability
6 passed all subjects
IF there are 93 students who did not pass in any subject, how many students does Experts Review Center
have?
a. 498 b. 499 c. 500 d. 501
Miscellaneous Problems
106. Twelve cubic yards of crushed stone for surfacing three private roads of different lengths is to be
distributed in three piles so that the second pile has 20 cubic feet less than the first and the third pile has 8
cubic feet more than twice as much as the first. How much material should go into the first pile?
a. 176 b. 104 c. 84 d. 64
107. During dinner, the guests were told to share dishes with one another. Every two of them share a dish for
rice, every three a dish for broth, and every four a dish for meat. If there are 65 dishes in all, how many guests
were there?
a. 84 b. 48 c. 60 d. 72
108. A traffic check counted 390 cars passing a certain spot on one day and 430 cars at the same spot on the
following day. During the first day there were 3 times as many cars going East and half as many going West as
on the second days was the total number of eastbound cars and the total number of westbound cars for the
two days?
a. Eastbound = 280 cars, Westbound = 540 cars
b. Eastbound = 240 cars, Westbound = 580 cars
c. Eastbound = 580 cars, Westbound = 240 cars
d. Eastbound = 540 cars, Westbound = 280 cars
109. An Argentine air Armanda was engaged in an air battle by British RAF planes superior in number with a
ratio of 11 to 9. After the battle, the total count of planes destroyed on both sides was 35% of which 15 belong
to the British and the surviving strength is in proportion of 8 British to 5 Argentines. Find the original strength of
the British.
a. 55 b. 60 c. 50 d. 45
110. The total number of voters in a certain barangay is 640. Two candidates A and B run for barangay
chairman with A emerging as a winner. Had 42 candidate’s A’s supporters changed their minds and voted
instead for candidate B, candidate A would have been lost by half of his previous majority over candidate B’s
supporters. How many votes did candidate A had?
a. 322 b. 368 c. 348 d. 270