Math Problem Solving Exercises
Math Problem Solving Exercises
75%
polynomial 2x^2-22x+20?
B. 16.25%
A. (2x-5)(x+4) B. (x-5)(2x-4)
C. 18%
C. 2(x-1)(x-10) D. 2(x^2-11x+5)
D. 14.50%
2. Factor completely: x^3-x^2-20x.
19. What are the factors of 65x^3 - 35x^3 + 5x?
A. x(x-5)(x+4) B. x(x^2-5x)(x+4)
A. -5(13 - 7x + 1)
C. x(x+2)(x+10) D. x(x-4)(x+5)
B. 5(13 - 7 + x)
3.
C. 5x(13x^2 - 7x + 1)
4.
D. 5(13x^2 -7x + 1)
5.
20. A 25 hectare farm land produces 350 cavans of
6. palay. How many cavans can a 60-hectare land
produce?
7.
A. 800
8.
B. 880
9.
C. 920
10.
D. 840
11.
21. How many square feet of paper would be needed
12. to cover a box in all sides? The box is 5 feet long, 3
feet wide and 1.5 feet high.
13.
14. A. 27
B. 96
15.
C. 54
16.
D. 48
17. 5 3/4 - 3 7/8 = _____
22. A company issues a 3-letter security code to each
A. 1 7/8
of its employees. How many distinct codes can be
B. 2 7/8 used only for each code?
C. 2 5/8 A. 15,600
D. 1 5/8 B. 75
A. 260 C. 9.1
B. 250 D. 8.2
26. A water pipe 10 feet long was cut into 2 with the B. 160,240 sq.
shorter part measuring 2.5 feet. Find the ratio of the C. 60,160 sq.
smaller part to the larger part.
D. 120,320 sq.
A. 4:5
31. A bond paper is folded in half, after which it is
B. 2.5:10 folded again in half, and again in half. If this folding is
C. 1:4 done 5times, how many rectangles on the original
sheet of paper will there be?
D. 1:3
A. 32 C. 5
B. 10 D. 4
A. 240m C. 42 L
B. 120m D. 48 L
D. 28
50. Reduce to its lowest teerms.
42. At what rate of interest should 24,000 be invested (1) 7/11 (2) 3/31 (3) 3/13 (4) 7/13
so that it will earn P1,080 in 9 months?
51. What is the 25% of 228?
A. 5% (1) 52 (2) 57 (3) 54
(4) 912
B. 5
52. 228 is 25% of what number?
C. 6% (1) 52 (2) 57 (3) 54 (4) 912
D. 6 1/2%
53. What are the next two terms of this sequence: 1,
1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13....
43. Evaluate: {16-(24-8)+22 x 8 -8}.
(1) 13, 14 (2) 18, 21 (3) 21, 34
(1) 40 (2) 48 (3) 64
(4) 15, 40
(4) 168
54. 2, 6, n, 54... Find n.
44. If 23+28+37+ x+53 = 168 and
(1) 18 (2) 24 (3) 36
23+28+40+y+50=120. Find the value of x-y?
(4) 40
(1) 36 (2) 48 (3) 56
(4) 64
55. 2, 10, 26, 50, 82, n... Find n.
(1) 92 (2) 122 (3) 100 (4) 142
45. Find the value of x in the equation 3x +7=28
(1) {7} (2) {-7} (3) {±7}
56. 2, 7, 22, n, 202... Find n.
(4) {4}
(1) 52 (2) 92 (3) 67
(4) 107
46. What is the remainder when 192 888 is divided
by 8?
57. All numbers below are composite except what
number? 67. Karlo earned P450.00 on monday, P500.50 on
(1) 42 (2) 105 (3) 53 Tuesday, and P385.70 on Wednesday. He spent
(4) 154 half of all that he earned during the 3 days. How
much did he had left?
58. Which among the following sets of fractions is (1) 668.50 (2) 668.30 (3) 664.40
arranged from greatest to least? (4) 668.10
(1) ½, 3/2, 7/2, 5/2, 4/2 (2) ½, 2/4, ¾, 5/4,
6/4 68. A bus travels 15km during the first hour, 25 km
(3) 3/5, 7/5, 1/5, 4/5, 6/5 (4) 5/12, 4/12, 3/12, during the second hour, 35 km during the third hour
2/12, 1/12 and 45 km during the 4th hour and so on. How far
does it travel during the 10th hour?
59. Convert 0.0000001995 to scientific notation. (1) 100 (2) 105 (3) 110
(1) 1.995x10-4 (2) 1.995x10-5 (4)115
(3) 1.995x10 -6
(4) 1.995x10-7
69. The length the rectangle is 2x+3m. The width is
60. Simplify 43 (7-10/2) x-5m. Find the area of the rectangle in terms of the
(1) 116 (2) 120 (3) 124 variable x.
(4)128 (1) 2x2+13x+15m2 (2) 2x2-
13x-15m 2
61. If 4x=10 and 6y=12, what is 24xy? (3) 2x2+7x+15m2 (4) 2x2-7x-15m2
(1) 110 (2) 120 (3) 140
(4) 160 70. If WONDER stands for 257614, then DONE
stands for
Situation: Nine students obtained the followings (1) 6517 (2) 5617
cores in a Mathematics test: 50, 40, 43,47, 45,45, (3) 6571 (4) 5671
40, 41, 45
71. The difference between 8 times a number and
62. What is the mean? 17 is 231. Find the number.
(1) 45 (2) 47 (3) 43 (1) 31 (2) 37 (3) 48
(4) 50 (4) 1948
63. What is the mode? 72. Paula is twice as old as Queeneie. Seven years
(1) 45 (2) 47 (3) 43 ago the sum of their ages was 16. How old is
(4) 50 Queenie now?
(1) 8 (2) 10 (3) 16
64. What is the median? (4) 20
A. 45 B. 47 C. 43
D. 50 73. A patient must take his medication every 7 hours
starting 7:00 A.M., Sunday. On what day will the
65. Paula needs to have an average of 90 to keep patient first receive his medication at 8 A.M.?
her rank in the honor roll. If she scored 86, 92, 89, (1) Sunday (2) Wednesday
and 88 on four tests, what should be her score on (3) Thursday (4) Tuesday
the next test?
(1) 90 (3) 92 (3) 95 74. The sale price of a television set is P7 200. The
(4) 96 discount rate is 40%. Find its regular price.
(1) 4 320 (2) 12 000 (3) 6 800
66. The rate of interest on a principal of P10, 000 (4) 10 000
that will yield P80 in 65 days is
(1) 4.50% (2) 4.49% (3) 4.48%
(4) 4.47%
75. How much must one has to invest in corporate (1) 5:50 PM (2) 5:30 PM (3) 5:50 AM
bonds paying 9.6% in order to earn an income of (4) 5:40 AM
P12 000 per annum?
(1) 11 520 (2) 23, 040 (3) 125 000 84. The sum of 270 is to be divided among X, Y and
(4) 250 000 Z according to the ratio 2:3:4, respectively. How
much will X receive?
76. A 30-cm long plastic pipe costs P249. At this (1) 120 (2) 100 (3) 30
rate, what is the price of the pipe per meter? (4) 60
(1) 830 (2) 840 (3) 747
(4) 749 85. If A does a job in 6 days and B does the same in
3 days, how long will it take the two of them working
77. A computer can be rented for P1 745 a week or together to do the job?
P347.50 a day. You need computer only for 6 days. (1) 1 day (2) 2 days (3) 3 days
At which wate (daily or weekly), would it be cheaper (4) 4 days
to rent and by how much cheaper?
(1) weekly; P340 (2) daily; P240
(3) daily; P340 (4) weekly; P240
86.
78. Eighteen less than seven times the number of
sandwiches is 269. How many sandwiches are a) b) c)
there?
(1) 32 (2) 41 (3) 44
(4) 45 d)
81. A piece of cloth 200 cm long is cut into pieces. 89. Find the product of (x 4)(X + 4).
One piece is three times as long as the other. How
long is each piece? a) b)
(1) 40 cm and 160 cm (2) 60 cm and
140 cm c) d)
(3) 70 cm and 130 cm (4) 50 cm an 150
cm
90. Subtract (1000/50) from (720/6).
82. Six consecutive integers are given. The sum of a) 112 b) 98 c) 120
the first 3 is 27. What is the sum of the last 3? d) 100
(1) 40 (2) 63 (3) 36
(4) 50 91. 3(11 + x) + 4(12 + x) - 5(10 + x)
a) 32 + 7x b) 31 + 2x c) 40 + 2X
83. What time is 30 minutes before 6:20 PM? d) 42 +5X
a) P120 b) P100 c) P150 d) P95
92.148 is 4/9 of what number? e) P130
a) 320 b) 360 c) 333
d) 420 98. A grade six pupil got the following scored for his
six subjects, 87, 88, 83, 85, 89, 88. What grade
93. A man won the P2.500.000 jackpot in a slot should he get from his seventh project to get an
machine. He donated 15% of his winnings to a average of 87?
housing project of the club where he is a member. a) 88 b) 86 c) 90 d) 89
How much was his donation? e) 85
a) P500,000 b) P250,000 c) P300,000
d) P375,000 e) P400,000 99. Rosa went to a fruit stand to buy fruits for her
foster daughter who is a vegetarian. She bought a big
94. A fisherman sold his catch to a woman who is papaya for P185, 1 1/2 kilos of grapes for 150 a kilo,
selling seafood in the market. His catch consists of 5 big apples at 12.50 each and one big watermelon
five big crabs which he sold for P120 each, 12 big for 175. How much change would she receive if she
tilapia which he sold for P18 per piece and two and a pays a one thousand peso bill?
half kilos of small shrimps he sold for 80 a kilo. How a) P352.50 b) P245.50 c) 315.50
much was his total sales? d) P360.50 e) P358.50
a) P1, 016
b) P1, 250 100. A man was granted a housing loan of P1, 250,
c) P1, 115 000. The 3% interest was deducted at once when the
d) P1, 170 check was given to him. How much is the amount in
e) P1, 150 the check?
a) 1,210,500 b) P1, 212, 500 c) P1, 110, 300
95. A basket of green mangoes cost P187.50. If the d) P1, 200, 000 e) P1, 200, 500
total number of mangoes in the basket is 25 and each
mango cost P8, how much discount did a buyer get? 101. A number is increased by 200 and divided by 9.
a) P12 b) P13.50 c) P12.50 d) P14 The result is 80. What is the number?
e) P15 a) 560 b) 515 c) 500 d) 520
e) 511
96. Two adjoining rice fields were bought by a
businessman at a combined cost of P500, 000. If the 102. 60, 58, 116, 114, __
fields cost P1, 200 per square meters, how much a) 112 b) 248 c) 118 d)
discount did the businessman get if the area of the 228
bigger field is twice the area of the smaller field which
has an area of 150 square meters? 103. ½ a, 1 + ½ a, 1 + a, 2 + a, ___
a) P50, 000 b) P20, 000 c) P30, 000 a) 3+ ½ a b)2+1 ½ a c) a + 2a d)
d) P40, 000 e) P45, 000 3+ ¼ a
97. Flora bought 9 yards of lace ribbon for her school 104.
project. Her classmate Nelia who were not able to buy
asked her if she could sell her 144 inches of the a) b) c) d)
ribbon. If the ribbon costs P25 per yards, how much
would Nelia pay her?
a) xyz b) 2xyz c) 100xyz d. -4xyz
105. 27, 27, 135, 135, ___ e) -xyz
a) 625 b) 725 c) 715
d) 675 115. What is the last term in the series 15, 54, 171,
522,__
106. 16, 64, 25, 125, 36, ____ a) 1575 b) 1580 c) 1525 d) 1535 e)
a) 214 b) 218 c) 220 1550
d) 216
116. A long-sleeved polo is priced at P600. If a man is
given 15% discount, how much would be his change
107. ____ for his P600?
a) 70 b) 90 c) 80
a) b) c) 3 +5x d) 75
d) 2 + 5x
117. A basket contains X number of ripe mangoes. If
108. 68, 80, 102, 134, 176,___ 9 mangoes are to be added to times the number of
a) 318 b) 218 c) 228 mangoes in the basket, the result is 69 mangoes.
d) 238 How many mangoes are there in the basket
originally?
109. 20, 140, 260, 380, __ a) 30 b).15 c) 24
a) 450 b) 610 c) 500 d) 12
d) 520
118. A hundred sheets of 24" x 36" glossy paper for
110. 100 + 90X, 110 + 100X, 120 + 110X, 130 + magazine cover is priced at P1,200. How much is the
120X, ____ cost of 750 sheets?
a) 150 + 110X b)140 + 130X a) P7, 500 b) P9, 000 c) P8, 500
c) 140 + 110X d) 150 +100X d) P8, 000
111. 27, 26, 28, 27, 29, ___ 119. If 9 yards is equal to 27 feet, how many yards
a) 28 b) 26 c) 30 are there in 216 feet?
d) 32 a) 84 b) 68 d) 74
c) 72
112. ____ 120. The area of a square rice field is 441 square
meters. If the owner of the field wants to enclose it
a) 2 b) 1 ¾ c) 1 ½
with chicken wire, how many meters of chicken wire
d) 2 1/4
does he need to enclose it completely?
a) 84 m b) 86 m c) 96 m
113. Find the missing term in the series 15, 70, 180,
d) 72 m
400,__
a) 850 b) 835 c) 840 d) 812
121. Three years ago, Harry was 24 years old. Her
e) 870
only niece was 1/8 of his age during that time. How
old is her niece now?
114. Find the missing term in the series 25xyz, 16xyz,
9xyz, 4xyz, ___
a) 9 b) 7 c) 8 128. Calculate the mean absolute deviation
d) 6 of the following numbers: 60, 80, 100, 75
and 95
122. Martin buys a new TV set priced at P60, 000 A. 12.4 B. 14.2 C. 16.1 D. 18.9
which is 1/3 of the money he has in his wallet, and a
DVD player for P15,000 which is 1/12 of his money in 129. Which of the following is the
his wallet. factorization of the binomial x^2 4^2?
How much does he have in his wallet? A. (x + 4)(x + 2) B. (x 4)^2 C. x(x + 2x +
a) P175, 000 b) P180, 000
2) D. (x 4)(x + 4)
c) P150, 000 d) P160, 000
130. What value of x will satisfy the
equation: 0.4(5x 1470) = x?
123. A roll of decorative abaca thread is 600 ft. long. A. 490 B. 2,130 C. 1470 D. 588
Express this length in yards.
a) 150 yards b) 180 yards c) 200 yards d) 131. Three brothers inherited a cash
250 yards amount of P62,000 and they divided it
among themselves in the ratio of 5:4:1. How
124. Find the average speed of a PNR train travelling much more is the largest share than the
120 kilometers in 6 hours. smallest share?
a) 30kph b) 20kph c) 45kph A. P75,000 B. P30,000 C. P24,800 D. P37,200
d) 25kph
132. What are the missing terms in the
125. Ramil needs P27, 000 to pay for his monthly series 5, 20, 80, ___,1280, ___, 20480?
rental of the condo unit he is occupying. If the A. 50; 210 B. 40; 160 C. 35; 135 D. 320; 5120
company where he works gives him 6% commission
on products sold, how much should his sales be to 133. The area of a rectangle is (x^2 + 2x -
8). If its length is x + 4, what is its width?
yield the amount he needs?
A. x + 2 B. x - 2 C. x + 1 D. x + 6
a) P350, 000 b) P420, 000 c) P500, 000 d)
P450, 000
134. What is the value of 12⅙ - 3 ⅜ - 5 ⅔ +
20 ¾?
126. As an editor of a widely-read magazine, Rina is A. 21 1/8 B. 22 C. 23 7/8 D. 21
receiving a monthly salary of P15, 000. How much
would be left of her salary after deducting 3% for her 135. The vertex angle of an isosceles
company loan and 5% for her withholding tax? triangle is 20°. What is the measure of one
a) P14, 200 b) P13, 500 c) P 13,800 of the base angles?
d) P14, 000 A. 150° B. 60° C. 75° D. 80°
127. A brand new TV set with YouTube channel is 136. A water tank contains 18 liters when it
priced at P26, 500. If the store selling the TV set is is 20% full. How many liters does it contain
giving the first ten buyers a P3, 180 discounts, what when 50% full?
percent is that of the total price of the TV set? A. 60 B. 30 C. 58 D. 45
a) 10% b) 12% c) 9%
137. The edges of a rectangular solid have
d. 15%
these measures: 1.5 feet by 1½ feet by 3
inches. What is its volume in cubic inches?
A. 324 B. 225 C. 972 D. 27
145. Find the surface area of a rectangular
138. Determine the midpoint of the line box whose dimensions are 30 cm x 40 cm x
segment joining the points (7, -3) and (-1, 50 cm.
6). A. 4700 cm^2 B. 7050 cm^2 C. 9400 cm^2 D.
A. (2, 3/2) B. (2, -3/2) C. (3, 3/2) D. (1, 5/2) 11750 cm^2
139. An online shop sells a certain 146. Factorize (x^4 81) completely.
calculator for P950 and charges P150 for A. (x-3)^4
shipping within Manila, regardless of the B. (x 3)^2 (x + 3)^2 C. (x+3) (x-3)
number of calculators ordered. Which of (x^2+9)
the following equations shows the total cost D. (x+3)^3 (x-3)
(y) of an order as a function of the number
of calculators ordered (x)? 147. √8+√18 √2 = ____
A. y = (950 + 150)x B. y = 150x +950 C. x A. 4√2 B. 5√2 C. √24 D. 2√6
= 950y + 150 D. y = 950x + 150
148. The midpoint of P and (-7, 4) is (-3, 1).
140. Which of these has the longest What are the coordinates of P?
perimeter? A. (-5, 5/2) B. (-11, 7) C. (1, -2) D. (-2, 3/2)
A. A square 21 cm on a side B. A rectangle 19
cm long and 24 cm wide C. An equilateral 149. What is the slope of the line 3x – y =
triangle whose side is 28 cm D. A right triangle 11?
whose two legs are 24 and 32 cm A. -1/3 B. 1/3 C. -3 D. 3
141. Aira takes ¾ hour to dress and get 150. ∠A and ∠B form a vertical pair. If m ∠A
ready for school. It takes 4/5 hour to reach = 3x and m ∠B = 5x – 44, what is the value
the school. If her class starts promptly at of x?
8:00 am; what is the latest time she can A. 50.5 B. 28 C. 22 D. 16.75
jump out of bed in order not to be late for
school? 1. There are 33 red bags, 25 green bags, and
A. 6:42 am B. 6:27 am C. 6:57 am D. 7:02 am 17 blue bags in a store. What percent of the
bags is red?
142. A man is 3 times as old as his son now. A. 33% B. 44% C. 66% D. 67%
Four years ago, the sum of their ages was
36. Find the mans age now. 2. How many terms are there in the
A. 33 B. 11 C. 29 D. 36 sequence 5, 13, 21, 29,
, 357?
A. 40 B. 44 C. 45 D. 70
143. What is the least common multiple of
12, 24 and 72? 3. How many ways can a group of 5 be
A. 12 B. 72 C. 144 D. 36 selected from 5 boys and 5 girls if the group
must contain 3 boys and 2 girls?
144. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is A. 151,200 B. 1200 C. 252 D. 100
25 feet. If one leg is 24 feet, what is the
length of the other leg? 4. What is the probability of getting a sum
A. 6 ft. B. 5 ft. C. 20 ft. D. 7 ft. of 9 when rolling 2 dice?
A. 1/9 B. 5/36 C. 1/6 D. 7/36
5. C is the midpoint of AB̅ where A is at (- 15. It takes 28 men a total of 24 days to
3,4) and B is at (7,-10). Find the build a house. How long would it take 32
coordinates of C. men to build a similar house?
A. (5,-7) B. (-5,7) C. (2,-3) D. (-2,3) A. 28 days B. 27 3/7 days C. 21 days D. 19
2/7 days
6. It is a line segment formed by connecting
two non-consecutive vertices of a polygon. 16. Evaluate: lim x⇾ 4 x^2 – 16 / x – 4
A. side B. apothem C. altitude D. diagonal A. undefined B. limit does not exist C. 8 D. +
infinity
7. Two parallel lines are cut by a transversal
to form ∠X, ∠Y, and ∠Z. Given that ∠X and 17. A box contains 7 red, 8 blue, and 9 white
∠Y are alternate interior angles while ∠Y balls. When taking two balls in succession,
and ∠Z are interior angles on the same side what is the probability that both balls are
of the transversal, find m ∠Z if m ∠X = white?
40^o. A. 9/64 B. 9/69
A. 40^o B. 50^o C. 130^o D. 140^o C. 7/64 D. 7/69
8. After receiving a 20% markup, a bag was 18. A pipe can fill a pool in 6 hours while
sold for P960. How much was it originally? another pipe can drain empty the pool in 15
A. P1152 B. P4800 C. P800 D. P1200 hours. How long will it take to fill the pool if
both pipes are open?
9. A cone has a radius of 9 cm and a slant A. 9 hours B. 9.125 hours C. 9.45 hours D. 10
height of 15 cm. Find its volume. hours
A. 243 π cm^3 B. 324 π cm^3 C. 405 π cm^3 D.
486 π cm^3 19. The volume of a regular hexahedron is
64 in3. How long is each side?
10. If f(x) = x2 + 4x + 4 and g(x) = x-2, find
A. 2 in B. 4 in C. 6 in D. 8 in
f(g(x)).
A. x2 B. x3 6x2 + 6x 9 C. x2 + 8x + 16 D. x2
20. Which of the following statements is
8x + 16 ALWAYS true?
A. The square of a prime number is odd. B.
11. How many ways can a committee of 5 The sum of two consecutive even numbers is
be selected from 9 people?
divisible by 4. C. Any even number is
A. 126 B. 120 C. 3024 D. 15120
composite. D. The product of two consecutive
even numbers is divisible by 8.
12. What is 60% of 80% of 500?
A. 480 B. 240 C. 120 D. 60
21. Find the tenth term: 3, 10, 17, 24,
13. If 3x = 7 and 2y = 5, what is 6(x-y)? A. 66 B. 67 C. 68 D. 69
A. -1 B. 1-√35 C. √7 - √5 D. 47/5
22. Find the remainder when x4 5x3 + 6x2
+ 2x + 1 is divided by (x 2).
14. Find the median: 7, 9, 11, 10, 9, 13, 17,
A. 17 B. 13 C. 9 D. 5
14
A. 10 and 11 B. 9 and 10 C. 10.5 D. 9.5
23. The 19th term of an arithmetic sequence
is 85 and the 12th term is 43. Find the
common difference.
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8
24. Victor had an average of 94 on his first
four Math tests. After taking the next test,
his average dropped to 93. Find his most
recent grade.
A. 88 B. 89 C. 90 D. 91