LICEO DE CAGAYAN
Pre-Calculus 1 -Algebra
NUMBER PROBLEM 12. A man can row 20 km downstream in the time it takes him to row 8km
upstream. He rows downstream for 1.5 hours, then turns and rows back
1. The sum of the three numbers is 51. If the first number is divided by for 3 hours, but he finds that he is still 3km from his starting place.
the second, the quotient is 2 and the remainder 5; but if the second Determine the speed of boat in still water and the speed of the current.
number is divided by the third, the quotient is 3 and the remainder 2. Find
then numbers.
CLOCK PROBLEM
2. The quotient of a two-digit number divided by the sum of its digits is 4. 13. At what time between 4 and 5 o’clock are the hands of a clock (a)
If the number is subtracted from the sum of the squares of its digits, the opposite each other (b) coincident and (c) at right angles
difference is 9. Find the number.
3. The quotient of a two-digit number divided by the sum of its digits is 4. AGE PROBLEM
If the number is subtracted from the sum of the squares of its digits, the 14. Maria is 12 years older than her sister Josie. Six years ago, Maria
difference is 9. Find the number was four times as old as Josie. Find their ages now.
Work problem [Link] is eleven times as old as Mark. In a certain number of years
4. If 2000 parts of a given type can be turned out by the first machine in Christian will be five times as old as Mark, and five years after that he will
8 hours, by a second in 3 hours, and by a third in 4 hours. If they work be three times as old as Mark. How old are the now?
together, how long would it take them to finish the 2000 parts.
5. A man and a boy can do in 15 day a piece of work which would be Variation Problems
done by 7 men and 9 boys in 2 days. How long would it take one man to Direct Variation 𝑦=𝑘𝑥
do it alone? Inverse Variation 𝑦=𝑘/𝑥
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6. A certain 1000 copies is to accomplished by a certain printing press. Combined Variation 𝑦=𝑘𝑧/𝑥
The first machine can accomplish 500 copies for 2 hours, and the second
machine can accomplish 300 copies for 3 hours. The machine works 16. [NOV2021] The intensity of light (in foot-candle) varies inversely as
together for 1 hour, and after that the first machine encountered a the square of x, the distance in feet from the light source. The intensity
problem, hence the second machine is left alone to finish the work. If the of light 2 ft from the source is 80 ft-candles. How far away is the source
printing start at 1:00 P.M. What time will the printing be completed? if intensity of light is 5 ft-candles?
MIXTURE PROBLEM ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION
7. A goldsmith has two alloys of gold, the first being 70% pure gold, and 17. Find the 7th term of an AP. If the third term is 10 and the 10th term is
the second 60% pure gold. How many grams of each must be used to - 4, Find the sum of the first 5 terms,
make 100 grams of an alloy which will be 66% gold?
18. What is the sum of all odd integers between 10 and 500?
8. [NOV2023] How many milligrams of a steel containing 45% nickel
must be combined with 6 milligrams of pure nickel to form an alloy 19. To build a dam, 60 men must work 72 days. If all 60 men are
containing 78% nickel? employed at the start but the number is decreased by 5 men at the end
of each 12-day period. How long will it take to complete the dam?
9. The radiator of a jeep has a capacity of 4 gallons. It is filled with an GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION
antifreeze solution of water and glycol which analyzes 10 % glycol. What
volume of the mixture must be drawn off and replaced with glycol to 20. Insert three geometric means between 2 and 512.
obtain 25% glycol solution? 21. The first swing of the pendulum is 60 cm. If each swing is 90% of the
preceding swing, how far does the pendulum travel before coming to
rest?
May 2016 CE Board Exam .
10. A nutritionist in a hospital is arranging special diets that consists of a
combination of three basic foods. It is important that patients on this diet HARMONIC PROGRESSION
consume exactly 310 units of calcium, 190 units of iron and 250 units of 22. Insert Four means, between 3/7 and 3/19
vitamin each day. The amounts of these nutrients in one-ounce food are
given in the following table. Determine the amount of each food that
should be prepared.
Units per Ounce Calcium Iron Vitamin A
Food A 30 10 10
Food B 10 10 30
Food C 20 20 20
MOTION PROBLEM
11. Two motorists start toward each other at 4:30 P.M. from towns 255
miles apart. If their respective average speeds are 40 and 45 mi/hr, at
what time will they meet?