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GEOMETRY 1
1. In Geometry, a line is defined by two __________.
A. edges C. spaces E. corners
B. planes D. points

2. What is the intersection of two distinct planes?

A. a point C. an angle E. a space
B. a line D. another plane

3. Given △TCU where m∠T is twice m∠C. If ∠U measures 33°, what is the measure of
∠T?
A. 39° B. 49° C. 78° D. 88° E. 98°

4. If two angles are complementary and one of the angles measures 35°, what is the
measure of the other angle?
A. 45° B. 50° C. 55° D. 60° E. 65°

For items 5 to 7, 𝑙1 and 𝑙2 are parallel lines that were cut by a transversal. The eight
angles formed were named as ∠1, ∠2, ∠3, … ∠8 as shown on the figure below.

5. How do we call ∠1 and ∠8?

A. corresponding angles
B. vertical angles
C. alternate exterior angles 1 2
D. alternate interior angles 𝑙1
3 4
E. complementary angles

6. What is the relationship between ∠2 and ∠5? 5 6

A. They are complementary. 𝑙2
7 8
B. They are supplementary.
C. They are equal.
D. They are symmetric.
E. They are corresponding.

7. If m∠4 = 35°, what is m∠6?

A. 35° B. 65° C. 95° D. 125° E. 145°

8. In △ABC, AB is 9 units long, BC is 7 units long, and AC is 8 units long. Which angle
has the largest measure?
A. ∠A D. The side lengths cannot form a triangle.
B. ∠B E. Insufficient information to be determined.
C. ∠C

9. The sides of a triangle are x mm, 8 mm and 14 mm. What are the possible lengths for
x?
A. 3 mm < x < 6 mm D. 6 mm < x < 11 mm
B. 3 mm < x < 11 mm E. 6 mm < x < 22 mm
C. 3 mm < x < 22 mm

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10. From the given figure, which theorem can be used to M
conclude that △MNO and △OPQ are congruent?
A. HL D. ASA O
B. AAS E. SSS
C. SAS
Q
P

11. The sides of a triangle are 5 in, 9 in, and 11 in. This triangle can be classified as
A. an acute triangle C. a right triangle E. an obtuse triangle
B. an equilateral triangle D. an isosceles triangle

12. Two sides of a triangle measure 3 cm and 5 cm. If the included angle between these
sides measures 120°, how long is the third side?
A. 3 cm B. 4 cm C. 6 cm D. 7 cm E. 9 cm

13. Solve for the value of y in the given figure. (y + 10)°

A. 65 D. 80
B. 70 E. 85 140°
C. 75 y°

14. It is a line segment that connects a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite
side.
A. altitude D. perpendicular bisector
B. diagonal E. median
C. angle bisector

15. Find the area of an equilateral triangle if each side is 3 cm.

9√3 9√3 3√3
A. 9√3 cm2 B. 6√3 cm2 C. cm2 D. cm2 E. cm2
2 4 2

16. Which of the following is always a true statement?

A. A kite is a square and a rhombus.
B. A rhombus is a parallelogram and a trapezoid.
C. A rectangle is a parallelogram and a square.
D. A trapezoid is a quadrilateral and a kite.
E. A square is a rhombus and a rectangle.

17. The perimeter of a square is 40 cm. What is its area?

A. 80 cm2 B. 100 cm2 C. 160 cm2 D. 180 cm2 E. 200 cm2

18. A regular polygon with 27 diagonals is called a

A. quadrilateral C. hexagon E. nonagon
B. pentagon D. heptagon

19. What is the sum of the interior angles of a concave pentagon?

A. 360° B. 540° C. 720° D. 900° E. 1080°

20. Prisms are named according to their __________.

A. diagonals B. sides C. vertices D. altitudes E. bases

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ANSWER SHEET
1. 8. 15.
2. 9. 16.
3. 10. 17.
4. 11. 18.
5. 12. 19.
6. 13. 20.
7. 14.

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GEOMETRY 2
1. Which of the following is a quadrilateral with no parallel sides?
A. rhombus B. kite C. trapezoid D. rectangle E. parallelogram

2. An angle whose vertex lies on the circle and whose sides are two chords is called
A. inscribed C. central E. exterior
B. circumscribed D. dihedral

3. It is a line that intersects a circle at exactly one point.

A. segment B. chord C. diameter D. secant E. tangent

4. Which of the following is nearest to the area of a circle with radius 7 mm?
A. 44 mm2 B. 49 mm2 C. 88 mm2 D. 154 mm2 E. 308 mm2

5. What is the area of the sector if the length of the arc is 3π cm and its central angle is
π/3?
27𝜋
A. 2 cm2
81𝜋
B. 2 cm2
27𝜋
C. 4 cm2 D. 81𝜋 cm2 E. 9𝜋 cm2

6. Find the area of the shaded region in the figure.

A. (16 - 4π) cm2 D. (8 - 2π) cm2
B. (16 - 2π) cm2 E. (64 - 16π) cm2 4 cm
2
C. (8 - 4π) cm

7. The bases of an isosceles trapezoid are 4 meters and 14 meters long. If the nonparallel
sides are 13 meters long, what is its area?
A. 364 m2 B. 234 m2 C. 117 m2 D. 108 m2 E. 84 m2

8. What is the area of a rhombus with diagonals 8 cm and 6 cm long?

A. 20 cm2 B. 24 cm2 C. 25 cm2 D. 26 cm2 E. 28 cm2

9. What is the total surface area of a cardboard is needed to create a rectangular box if
each box must be 8 in long, 4 in wide, and 3 in high?
A. 132 in2 B. 136 in2 C. 138 in2 D. 140 in2 E. 144 in2

10. Find the volume of the right circular cone if the slant height is 12 cm and makes angle
of 60° with the base.
A. 36𝜋√2 cm3 B. 36𝜋√3 cm3 C. 72𝜋√2 cm3 D. 72𝜋√3 cm3 E. 144𝜋√2 cm3

11. What is the volume of the largest sphere that can be placed inside a cylindrical can
with a diameter and a height of 6 inches?
A. 18 in3 B. 18π in3 C. 36 in3 D. 36π in3 E. 72 in3

12. Determine x so that the three points (x, -3), (9, 1), and (13, 2) will be collinear.
A. -3 B. -5 C. -7 D. -9 E. -11

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13. In a map plotted in the Cartesian Plane, the coordinates of City X is at (4, -7). City Y
and City Z are located at (-4, 8) and (16, -12), respectively. Which of the following is
the shortest path, assuming a straight line for each path?
A. City X to City Y D. All paths above have equal distances.
B. City X to City Z E. Insufficient information to be determined.
C. City Y to City Z

14. A line segment connecting the points A (-9, 5) and E (-1, -7) was equally divided into
4 segments by points B, C, and D. If B is closer to A and D is closer to E, what are
the coordinates of B?
A. (-7, 2) B. (-6, 0) C. (-5, -1) D. (-4, 3) E. (-3, 4)

15. What is the shortest distance from the origin to the line 8x + 6y + 9 = 0?
A. 0.9 unit B. 0.8 unit C. 0.7 unit D. 0.6 unit E. 0.5 unit

16. A triangle has coordinates A(1, 2), B(5, 2), and C(1, 5). What is its area?
A. 6 sq. units B. 8 sq. units C. 10 sq. units D. 12 sq. units E. 14 sq. units

17. The line y = x intersects the circle x2 + y2 = 2 at the point (1, 1). At which other point
of this circle does the line intersect?
A. (0, 0) B. (2, 2) C. (1/2, 1/2) D. (-1, -1) E. (-π, π)

18. Line segment JK has a midpoint at M (-4, 9). If point J is located at (-7, 6), where is
point K located?
A. (1, 12) B. (3, -3) C. (-1, 15) D. (-3, 3) E. (-1, 12)

19. It is a conic section formed when a plane intersects the right circular cone parallel to
its side.
A. parabola B. circle C. hyperbola D. line E. ellipse

20. The conic section x2 - 2y2 + 4x - 2y - 1 = 0 is a/an ______________.

A. parabola B. circle C. hyperbola D. line E. ellipse

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ANSWER SHEET
1. 8. 15.
2. 9. 16.
3. 10. 17.
4. 11. 18.
5. 12. 19.
6. 13. 20.
7. 14.

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STATISTICS
1. What conceptual approach to probability refers to a personal assessment of the
likelihood of occurrence of an event?
A. classical B. empirical C. subjective D. objective E. marginal

2. In a class of 40 students, 25 of them like Science while 16 likes Math. If there are 3
students who neither likes Math nor Science, how many students like both Science
and Math?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7 E. 8

For items 3 to 8, refer to the table below which shows the scores of a class of 20 students
who took a 10-item quiz in Math yesterday:

Scores Number of Students

6 ||||

7 |||

8 |

9 |||| - ||||

10 ||

3. What is the range of the scores?

A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7 E. 8

4. What is the average score of the class?

A. 7.6 B. 8 C. 8.5 D. 9 E. 9.2

5. What is the median?

A. 7.6 B. 8 C. 8.5 D. 9 E. 9.2

6. What is the mode of their scores?

A. 7.6 B. 8 C. 8.5 D. 9 E. 9.2

7. What percent of the class got a perfect score?

A. 10% B. 20% C. 40% D. 80% E. 90%

8. The passing score is 7 out of 10. If the teacher randomly selected a student from the
class, what is the probability that he or she passed the quiz?
A. 0.25 B. 0.4 C. 0.65 D. 0.75 E. 0.8

9. Belle’s scores for her first 5 exams are 65, 65, 70, 75, and 80. What must be her score
during the 6th exam to increase her average to 75?
A. 83 B. 86 C. 89 D. 0.92 E. 95

10. A certain university has 6 gates where a student can pass through. In how many
ways can a student enter the university and leave by another gate?
A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 30 E. 36

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11. When you toss 2 dice at the same time, how many ways can you get a sum less than
6?
A. 12 B. 10 C. 8 D. 6 E. 4

12. A password in a secure account must start with a letter in the English alphabet and end
with a non-zero digit. If the middle character of the password must be a numerical digit,
how many passwords are possible?
A. 234 B. 260 C. 2,106 D. 2,340 E. 2,600

13. How many three-digit numbers greater than 400 can be formed from the digits 0,1,4,6,8
and 9 if no two digits are to be the same?
A. 80 B. 90 C. 96 D. 120 E. 150

14. How many ways can the letters of the word ‘DOODLE’ be rearranged?
A. 8 B. 30 C. 60 D. 180 E. 360

15. In how many ways can seven persons be seated in a round table?
A. 120 B. 240 C. 720 D. 1,296 E. 5,040

16. A trio will be chosen to perform from a pool of 10 singers. How many trios can be
chosen for the performance?
A. 30 B. 60 C. 90 D. 120 E. 150

17. A statistics professor gave his class a problem set containing 12 questions but
required each student to answer only 7 questions. In how many ways can a student
answer the problem set?
A. 120 B. 792 C. 876 D. 1,584 E. 1,752

18. In how many ways can a committee of seven be composed of 4 boys and 3 girls from
10 boys and 8 girls?
A. 546 B. 2,880 C. 11,760 D. 298,116 E. 604,800

19. What is the probability of getting a queen from a standard deck of cards?
A. 1/13 B. 2/13 C. 3/13 D. 4/13 E. 5/13

20. A and B are mutually exclusive events. If P(A) = 0.47 and P(B) = 0.29, then P(A | B)
is
A. 0.48 B. 0.53 C. 0.71 D. 0.76 E. 0

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ANSWER SHEET
1. 8. 15.
2. 9. 16.
3. 10. 17.
4. 11. 18.
5. 12. 19.
6. 13. 20.
7. 14.

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ADVANCED MATH
1. What is the simple interest on ₱1,000 at 5% per year for 2 years?
A. ₱50 B. ₱100 C. ₱150 D. ₱175 E. ₱200

2. Deposits in a fund are being compounded monthly with an annual interest rate of 6%.
If David deposited ₱2,000 this month, how much money will he be having in that fund
after two months to the nearest peso?
A. ₱2,010 B. ₱2,012 C. ₱2,020 D. ₱2,024 E. ₱2,120

3. What is the value of cos(210°)?

1 √3 √2
A. B. − C. √3 D. E. 1
2 2 2

4. What is tan(π/4)?
1 √3 √2
A. 2 B. − C. √3 D. E. 1
2 2

5. Simplify the expression: sin2(x) + cos2(x)

A. 0 B. 1 C. sin(x) D. cos(x) E. sin(2x)

6. A ladder leans against a wall forming a 60° angle with the ground. If the ladder is 10
meters long, what height does it reach on wall?
A. 5 m B. 6 m C. 8 m D. 8.66 m E. 10 m

7. In which quadrant is θ located if cosθ > 0 and sinθ < 0?

A. Quadrant I C. Quadrant IV E. Quadrant II and IV
B. Quadrant III D. Quadrant II and III

8. If sinθ = 1/2, which of the following is a possible value for cosθ?

1 2 √3
A. 2 B. − 3 C. D. -1 E. 2
√ 2

9. Which of the following angles is coterminal with 120°?

A. -60° B. -120° C. 210° D. -240° E. 300°

10. Convert 5π/6 rad to degrees.

A. 90° B. 150° C. 200° D. 240° E. 330°

11. △ABC is a right triangle where m∠C = 90°. If cosA = 8/17, then sinB is equal to
A. 8/17 B. 15/17 C. 17/8 D. 17/15 E. 8/15

12. The terminal side of an angle measuring 3π/2 rad intersects the unit circle at which
point?
A. (0, 0) B. (0, 1) C. (1, 0) D. (0, -1) E. (-1, 0)

13. A child stands at the foot of a 300-m tall mountain whose slope makes a 45° angle
with the ground. How far is the child from the peak?
A. 150√2 m B. 150√3 m C. 300 m D. 300√2 m E. 300√3 m

14. If sinθ = -5/13 and θ is in Quadrant IV, what is the value of tanθ?
A. 5/13 B. 12/13 C. 13/5 D. -13/12 E. -5/12

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15. Find the lim 9𝑥.

𝑥→2
A. 0 B. 2 C. 6 D. 9 E. 18

16. The limit of a function f(x) as x approaches 1 exists. Which of the following is a
possible value of f(x)?
1 1 1
A. 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥−1 C. 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥−1 E. 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 −1
√
1
B. 𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑥−1)2
D. 𝑓(𝑥) = log 2 (𝑥 − 1)

√𝑥+5−2
17. Which of the following is equal to lim 𝑥+1
?
𝑥→−1
A. 1/5 B. 1/4 C. 1/3 D. 1/2 E. DNE

18. The slope of the tangent line of f(x) = x2 at (3, 9) is _________.

A. 15 B. 12 C. 9 D. 6 E. 3

19. Find the derivative of f(x) = 3x2.

A. x2 B. 6x C. 3x D. 2x E. 6

20. The integral ∫(4𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 + 5) 𝑑𝑥 is equal to

A. x4 - x3 + 5x + C C. x4 - x3 + 5x2 + C E. 12x3 + 6x2 + C
B. x4 - x3 + 5/x + C D. 12x3 - 6x2 + C

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ANSWER SHEET
1. 8. 15.
2. 9. 16.
3. 10. 17.
4. 11. 18.
5. 12. 19.
6. 13. 20.
7. 14.

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