FIRST SUMMATIVE TEST IN GENERAL MATHEMATICS 11

Coverage: Term 1, Weeks 1-3

Name: ____________________________________ Section: __________________ Score: ________

Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose the best answer. Write only the letter of your answer
on your answer sheet.
A. Receiving additional allowances
B. Working overtime
1. A company advertises an employee's annual C. Paying taxes and other deductions
salary. Which information must be known first to D. Receiving commission
calculate the employee's monthly salary?
7. Which document is commonly used to show an
A. Number of overtime hours employee's gross pay, deductions, and net income?
B. Amount of deductions
C. Annual salary A. Official receipt
D. Commission rate B. Sales invoice
C. Payslip
2. Which statement correctly distinguishes gross D. Purchase order
income from net income?
8. Why are spreadsheet applications such as Excel
A. Gross income is the take-home pay after or Google Sheets useful in payroll preparation?
deductions.
B. Net income includes all allowances before A. They replace employees.
deductions. B. They eliminate deductions.
C. Gross income is the total earnings before C. They help perform accurate and organized
deductions, while net income is the amount payroll computations.
received after deductions. D. They automatically increase salaries.
D. Gross income refers only to overtime pay.

3. An employee worked beyond the regular

working hours. Which type of compensation 9. A product originally costs ₱400 and its price
should be added to the regular wage? increases to ₱500. What concept is applied to
determine how much the price changed relative to
A. Commission the original price?
B. Piecework pay
C. Overtime pay A. Profit percentage
D. VAT B. VAT computation
C. Percentage increase
4. Which employee is MOST likely to receive D. Discount percentage
earnings based on the number of products
completed? 10. Inflation mainly affects households because it
________.
A. Cashier
B. Teacher A. decreases the number of workers in a company
C. Sales manager B. removes taxes from products
D. Factory worker paid through piecework C. increases the prices of goods and services
over time
5. A worker receives transportation and meal D. changes commission rates for employees
support from the company in addition to the
regular salary. These are examples of ________. 11. The price of a notebook increased from ₱80 to
₱100. What is the percentage increase?
A. Taxes A. 20%
B. Deductions B. 25%
C. Allowances C. 30%
D. Overtime D. 35%

6. Which situation will MOST likely reduce an

employee's net income?
12. A pair of shoes originally costs ₱2,500 and is A. Saving ₱100 every week.
sold at a 20% discount. What is the discount B. A person's age increasing by one every year.
amount? C. A population doubling every year.
A. ₱400 D. Counting the number of chairs in a classroom.
B. ₱500
C. ₱600 21. A worker earns ₱180 per hour and works 40
D. ₱700 regular hours plus 5 overtime hours. The
overtime rate is 1.25 times the regular hourly
13. A store bought a bag for ₱1,200 and sold it for rate. How much is the worker's total wage?
₱1,500. What is the profit? A. ₱7,875
A. ₱200 B. ₱8,100
B. ₱300 C. ₱8,325
C. ₱400 D. ₱8,500
D. ₱500
22. An employee receives an annual salary of
14. A television costs ₱18,000 before VAT. If VAT ₱360,000. What is the employee's monthly
is 12%, how much is the VAT? salary?
A. ₱1,800 A. ₱28,000
B. ₱2,000 B. ₱29,000
C. ₱2,160 C. ₱30,000
D. ₱2,400 D. ₱31,000

15. A product has a selling price of ₱4,000 before 23. Which statement correctly compares
VAT. What is the VAT-inclusive price? arithmetic and geometric sequences?
A. ₱4,120 A. Both are formed by adding the same number.
B. ₱4,240 B. Arithmetic sequences use multiplication, while
C. ₱4,360 geometric sequences use subtraction.
D. ₱4,480 C. Arithmetic sequences have a common
difference, while geometric sequences have a
common ratio.
16. An employee receives a monthly salary of D. Both always begin with the number 1.
₱24,000, an allowance of ₱2,000, and has
deductions amounting to ₱3,500. What is the
employee's net income? 24. A business bought an item for ₱5,000 and
sold it for ₱4,500. What is the loss percentage?
A. ₱20,500
B. ₱21,500 A. 5%
C. ₱22,500 B. 10%
D. ₱23,500 C. 15%
D. 20%
17. Which sequence is an arithmetic sequence?
25. Which conclusion best summarizes the
A. 2, 4, 8, 16, ...
lessons covered during Weeks 1–3?
B. 5, 8, 11, 14, ...
C. 3, 6, 12, 24, ... A. Mathematics is only useful inside the
D. 1, 2, 4, 7, ... classroom.
B. Financial concepts and mathematical patterns
are unrelated.
18. What is the next term in the Fibonacci C. Payroll computations do not require
sequence? technology.
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ___ D. Mathematics helps people make informed
A. 10 financial decisions and solve real-life
B. 11 problems using patterns and computations.
C. 13
D. 15
26. A company's annual salary for a newly hired
19. Which rule best describes the pattern 4, 9, 14, employee is ₱420,000. The employee also
19, ...? receives a monthly allowance of ₱2,500 and has
A. Multiply by 2 monthly deductions of ₱3,000. What is the
B. Divide by 2 employee's monthly net income?
C. Add 5 to each preceding term
D. Multiply by 5 A. ₱32,000
B. ₱33,500
20. Which situation is best represented by a C. ₱34,500
geometric sequence? D. ₱35,000
(Monthly Salary = ₱420,000 ÷ 12 = ₱35,000; Item Answer Item Answer
Gross = ₱37,500; Net = ₱34,500) 5 C 18 C
6 C 19 C
27. Which sequence is geometric?
7 C 20 C
A. 12, 16, 20, 24, ... 8 C 21 C
B. 5, 10, 15, 20, ... 9 C 22 C
C. 3, 6, 12, 24, ... 10 C 23 C
D. 8, 10, 13, 17, ...
11 B 24 B
28. A store owner wants to increase profits while 12 B 25 D
remaining fair to customers. Which pricing
strategy is the most reasonable?

A. Increase prices by 100% on all products

regardless of demand.
B. Remove all discounts and charge VAT twice.
C. Apply a reasonable mark-up, provide
legitimate discounts, and compute VAT
correctly.
D. Ignore business costs and sell products below
cost all the time.

29. Which plan best demonstrates the proper use

of mathematics in preparing a simple payroll
system for a small business?

A. Estimate employees' salaries without recording

deductions.
B. Compute only the gross income and ignore the
net income.
C. Record salaries manually without checking
computations.
D. Design a spreadsheet that computes gross
income, overtime pay, deductions, and net
income automatically.

30. A student claims that every pattern with

increasing numbers is an arithmetic sequence.
Which statement best evaluates this claim?

A. The claim is correct because all increasing

patterns have the same difference.
B. The claim is true only for Fibonacci sequences.
C. The claim is incorrect because some
increasing patterns, such as geometric
sequences, have a common ratio instead of a
common difference.
D. The claim is correct because all sequences use
addition.

Item Answer Item Answer

1 C 14 C
2 C 15 D
3 C 16 C
4 D 17 B