5.

A salesperson earns $600 per month plus a

WORDED PROBLEMS commission of 20% of sales. Find the minimum
number of sales needed to receive a total income of
Addition (+)
at least $1500 per month.
more, plus, sum, total, add, increased by
A. $4500 C. $2500
Subtraction (−) B. $3500 D. $1500
6. According to a tax table, for your filing status, if
less, difference of, diminished by, decreased by
your taxable income is over $38,000 but not over
Multiplication (×) or (∙) $91,850, your tax is $5700 plus 28% of the amount
over $38,100. If your tax bill was $8126, what was
product, times, increased by a factor of
your taxable income? Work to the nearest dollar.
Division (÷)
A. $46,764 C. $51,274
quotient, ratio, divided by, per B. $49,656 D. $57,578

Equality (=)
7. A person owed to A a certain sum, to B four times
is, equals, is equal to, gives, results in as much, to C eight times as much, and to D six
times as much. A total of $570 would pay all of the
Typical Uniform Rate Equations
debts. What was the debt to A?
amount traveled = rate of travel × time traveled
A. $30 C. $40
amount of work done = rate of work × time worked B. $50 D. $60

amount of flow = flow rate × duration of flow

8. Three housewives Mary, Kathy and Anne bought
amount of energy = rate of energy flow × time a basket of fruits for P800. One half of what Mary
paid added to 1/5 of what Kathy paid and 1/10 of
Systems of Linear Equations what Anne paid will be equal to P300. And the sum
that Mary paid increased by 1/8 of what Kathy paid
1. [CE BOARD APRIL 2023] Incandescent, diminished by ¼ of what Anne paid will make it
fluorescent and halogen bulbs are lasting today than equal to P500. How much did Anne pay?
ever before. On average, the number of bulb hours
for a fluorescent is 25 times the number of bulb A. P100 C. P300
hours for a halogen bulb. The number of bulb hours B. P200 D. P500
for an incandescent bulb is 2500 less than the
halogen bulb. If the total number of bulb hours for Clock Problems
the three types of bulbs is 105,500, find the number
of bulb hours for each type. 9. At what time between 7 and 8 o’clock are the
hands of a clock opposite each other. ANS. 7:05:27
A. H = 4500, F = 100,000, I = 2000
B. H = 4000, F = 50,000, I = 2000 Motion Problems
C. H = 2000, F = 50,000, I = 1500
12. The speed of a Ranger boat in still water is 32
D. H = 4000, F = 100,000, I = 1500
mph. If the boat travels 72 miles upstream in the
same time that it takes to travel 120 miles
Age Problems downstream, find the current of the stream.
2. The present ages of Vamfyre and Vela are in the ANS. 8 mph
ratio 3:2. If Vamfyre’s age was 12 years more than
Vela’s 7 years ago, what will be the sum of their 13. A certain submarine can travel at a rate of 31.5
present ages? ANS. 60 km/h submerged and 42.3 km/h on the surface. How
far can it travel submerged, and return to the
3. Bogart’s father is 5 times older than Bogart and starting point on the surface, if the total round trip is
Bogart is twice as old as his sister Kiffy. In two to take 8.25 hours?
years’, time, the sum of their ages will be 58. How
old is Bogart now? ANS. 8 A. 197 km C. 167 km

Money Problem B. 149 km D. 117 km

4. How much must a person earn to have $60,000 14. The velocity of the Cebu Pacific Airlines in still
after paying 25% in taxes? air is 125 kph. The velocity of the wind due east is
25 kph. If the plane travels east and returns back to
A. $80,000 C. $100,000 its base again after 4 hours, what distance does the
B. $90,000 D. $120,000
plane travels due east? ANS. 23. Crew A can assemble 2 cars in 5 days, and crew
240 km B can assemble 3 cars in 7 days. If both crews
together assemble 100 cars, with crew B working 10
16. Two pals A and B run at constant speeds along a
days longer than crew A, how many days (rounded
circumference track 1350 m in circumference.
to the nearest day) must each crew work?
Running in opposite directions they meet every 3
116 days for crew A,
minutes; while running in the same direction they
126 days for crew B
are together every 27 minutes. Determine their
speeds in km/hr. ANS.
Mixture Problems
15, 12 kph
Work Problems 24. A high concentrated solution having a volume of
100 liters is mixed by 75% alcohol and 25%
17. Melissa Scarlatti can clean the house in 4 hours,
gasoline. It was found out that a 50 – 50 percent
whereas her husband, Zack, can do the same job in
mixture is also appropriate in the solution. How
5 hours. They have agreed to clean together so that
much gasoline should be added to the high
they can finish in time to watch a movie on TV that
concentrated solution in order to have a 50 – 50%
starts in 2 hours. How long will it take them to clean
mixture? ANS. 50 liters
the house together?
A. 1 2/9 hours C. 3 2/9 hours 30. A concrete mixture is to be made which contains
B. 2 2/9 hours D. 4 2/9 hours 35% sand by weight, and 642 lb of mixture
containing 29% sand is already on hand. How many
18. One hose can fill a goldfish pond in 45 minutes, pounds of sand must be added to this mixture to
and two hoses can fill the same pond in 20 minutes. arrive at the required 35%?
Find how long it takes the second hose alone to fill A. 12.4 lb C. 36.4 lb
the pond. ANS. 36 minutes B. 24.4 lb D. 59.3 lb

19. A certain screw machine can produce a box of 31. [CE BOARD NOVEMBER 2024] Gregorio is
parts in 3.3 h. A new machine is to be ordered a painter and needs 10 liters of a 40% concrete
having a speed such that both machines working neutralizer solution. He discovers he is out of the
together would produce a box of parts in 1.4 h. How 40% concrete neutralizer solution. He checks his
long would it take the new machine alone to supply shelf and finds he has a large supply of both
produce a box of parts? 25% and 50% concrete neutralizer solutions. He
decides to use both 25% and 50% concrete
A. 4.8 h C. 3.6 h neutralizer to make 10 liters of 40% solution. How
B. 2.4 h D. 1.2 h many liters of 25% and 50% solution should he
mix?
20. [CE BOARD APRIL 2024] A father and his son A. 6 liters of 25% solution and 4 liters of 50% solution
can dig a well if the father works 6 hours and his B. 3 liters of 25% solution and 7 liters of 50% solution
son works 12 hours or they can do it if the father C. 4 liters of 25% solution and 6 liters of 50% solution
works 9 hours and the son works 8 hours. How long D. 7 liters of 25% solution and 3 liters of 50% solution
will it take for the father to do the well alone?
A. 10 hours C. 15 hours
B. 20 hours D. 12 hours

21. A tank is filled with an intake pipe that will fill it

in 4 hours and an outlet pipe that will empty it in 12
hours. If both pipes are left open, how long will it
take to fill the empty tank? ANS. 6 hrs

22. [CE BOARD APRIL 2024] A small

hydroelectric station can produce 61 gigajoules (GJ)
of energy per year. After 4 months of operation,
another generator is added which, by itself can
produce 39 GJ in 5 months. How many additional
months are needed for a total of 95 GJ to be
produced
A. 3.5 months C. 5.8 months
B. 6.4 months D. 4.6 months
 34. Pairs of markings a set distance apart are made
on highways so that police can detect drivers
exceeding speed limit. Over a fixed distance, the
speed R varies inversely with the time T. In one
particular pair of markings, R is 45 mph when T is 6
seconds. Find the speed of a car that travels the
given distance in 5 seconds. ANS.
54 mph

32. [CE BOARD APRIL 2023] Following are the

instructions given on a box of instant rice.
Determine the amount of rice and water, salt, and
butter or margarine needed to make 3 servings of
rice.
Directions
1. Bring water, salt, and butter (or margarine) to a
boil.
2. Stir in rice. Cover; remove from heat. Let stand 5
minutes. Fluff with fork.

A. Rice and water = 1 cup; Salt = 3/8 tsp; Butter or

margarine = 1 ½ tsp
B. Rice and water = 2 cup; Salt = 1/8 tsp; Butter or 39. If (x + 2), (2x + 3), (5x – 6) are consecutive
margarine = 1 tsp terms of an arithmetic progression. Find the value of
C. Rice and water = 1 cup; Salt = 1/2 tsp; Butter or x. ANS. 5
margarine = 2 tsp 40. Find the sum of all odd integers from 1 to 1001.
D. Rice and water = 1 cup; Salt = 3/8 tsp; Butter or ANS. 251001
margarine = 2 tsp
41. [CE BOARD NOVEMBER 2024] The Arroyos
33. Hooke’s law states that the distance a spring are planning to build a brick patio that approximates
stretches is directly proportional to the weight the shape of a trapezoid. The shorter base of the
attached to the spring. If a 40-pound weight trapezoid needs to start with a row of 5 bricks, and
attached to the spring stretches the spring 5 inches, each row must increase by 2 bricks on each side
find the distance that a 65-pound weight attached to until there are 25 rows. How many bricks do the
the spring stretches the spring. Arroyos need to buy?

A. 5.125 inches C. 6.125 inches

B. 7.125 inches D. 8.125 inches
A. 1325 bricks C. 3125 bricks
B. 1850 bricks D. 1575 bricks