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MATHEMATICS, SURVEYING & TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following
questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet
provided. Write and Sign the academic pledge at the end of your exam:
“I hereby attest upon my honor that I did not give nor receive any
help while doing the exam”. NO PLEDGE, NO EXAM GRADE. STRICTLY NO
CHEATING ALLOWED. GOOD LUCK.
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating. –
Sophocles
1. A Chinese writer Sun Tsu Pao put these words into a mount of a
woman washing dishes in the river.
“I don’t know how many guests there were but every two used a dish for
rice between them, every three a dish for broth and every four a dish
for meat and there were 65 dishes in all”.
How many guests were there?
A. 60 C. 48
B. 108 D. 72
2. A man left his home at past 3:00 o’clock PM as indicated in his
wall clock. Between two to three hours after, he returned home and
noticed that the hands of the clock interchanged. At what time did he
leave his home?
A. 3:27.27 C. 3:22.22
B. 3:31.47 D. 3:44.44
3. Stations A and B are 120 miles apart on a single-track railroad.
At the same time that a train leaves A for B at 25 mph, a train leaves
B for A at 15 mph. Just as the train leaves A, a botfly flies from
the front of the engine straight toward the other train at 100 mph.
On meeting the second train it immediately turns back and flies
straight for the first train. It continuous to fly back and forth
with undiminished speed until it is crushed in the eventual collision.
How far had the fly flown?
A. 350 miles C. 400 miles
B. 550 miles D. 300 miles
4. There are goats and chickens at a farm, 41 heads and 132 legs in
all. How many goats are at the farm?
A. 16 C. 26
B. 25 D. 15
5. On a fence are sparrows and pigeons. When 5 sparrows leave, there
remain two pigeons for every sparrow. Then twenty-five pigeons leave,
and there now three sparrows for every pigeon. Find the original
number of sparrows.
A. 40 C. 50
B. 30 D. 20
6. A can do a job 50% faster than B and 20% faster than C. Working
altogether, they can finish the job in 4 days. How many days will it
take A to finish the job if he works alone?
A. 16 C. 10

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B. 18 D. 12
7. In a survey concerning the smoking habits of consumer it was found
that 55%smoke cigarette A, 50% smoke cigarette B, 40% smoke cigarette
C, 30% smoke cigarettes A and B, 20% smoke cigarettes A and C, 12%
smoke cigarettes B and C only 10% all three cigarettes. What
percentage of the population did not smoke?
A. 7% C. 5%
B. 15% D. 18%
8. If the roots of the quadratic equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 are 3 and 2;
and a, b, and c are all whole numbers, find a + b + c.
A. 12 C. 2
B. -2 D. 6
9. A swimming pool is constructed in the shape of two overlapping
identical circles having a radius of 9 m and each circle passes
through the centers of each other. Find the area common to the two
circles.
A. 99.50 m2 C. 120.08 m2
B. 88.34 m2 D. 81.56 m2
10. If the one side of a rectangle is increased by 25%, what is the
effect on the other side to maintain the same area?
A. decreased by 80% C. increased by 80%
B. decreased by 20% D. increased by 20%
11. If the time now in the Philippines (1200 E) is 9:00 A.M., what is
the time in Iraq at longitude of 900 E?
A. 12:00 Noon C. 6:00 A.M.
B. 12:00 Midnight D. 7:00 A.M.
12. Two ships are sailing in the sea on opposite sides of a
lighthouse. The angles of elevation of the top of the lighthouse as
observed from the ships are 34° and 43°. If the lighthouse is 90
meters high, then the distance between the ships is _______.
A. 225 m C. 220 m
B. 215 m D. 230 m
13. Find the equation of the line through (4, 0) and is parallel to
the altitude from A to BC of the triangle A (1, 3), B (2, -6) and C (-
3, 0).
A. 5x + 6y + 20 = 0 C. 5x - 6y - 20 = 0
B. 5x + 6y - 20 = 0 D. 5x - 6y + 20 = 0
14. Find the value of k so that the radius of the circle x 2 + y2 – kx +
6y – 3 = 0 is equal to 4.
A. 3 C. 5
B. 4 D. 6
15. Solve for x: 3x 5x + 1
= 6x + 2
.
A. 2.1455 C. 2.4154
B. 2.1445 D. 2.1544
16. Dr. Deana Mapigilan, arriving late at the lab one morning, pulled
out his watch and said, “I must have it seen to. I have noticed that

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the minute and the hour hand are exactly together every 65 minutes.”
Does Dr. Deana Mapigilan’s watch gain or lose, and how much per hour?
A. gain = 5 sec/hr. C. gain = 25 sec/hr.
B. lose = 5 sec/hr. D. lose = 25 sec/hr.
17. The pressure P of wind on a sail varies jointly as the area A of
the sail and the square of the velocity V of the wind. The pressure on
a square foot is 1 lb. when the velocity is 16 mph. The velocity of
the wind when the pressure on a square yard is 36 lbs. is:
A. 32 mph C. 10.67 mph
B. 96 mph D. 16 mph
18. At 2:15 o'clock, the hour and minute hands of a clock form an
angle of:
A. 7.5° C. 30°
B. 5° D. 22.5°
19. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 11. When the digits
are reversed, the new number exceeds the original number by 9. From
the original number, calculate the product of tens digit to the square
of the units digit.
A. 196 C. 112
B. 180 D. 150
20. A man has a daughter and a son. The son is three years older than
the daughter. In one year the man will be six times as old as the
daughter is now. In ten years the man will be fourteen years older
than the combined ages of his children at that time. What is the
man's present age?
A. 38 C. 40
B. 39 D. 41
21. A contractor has 50 men of the same capacity at work on a job.
They can complete the job in 30 days, but the contract expired in 20
days. He decides to put 20 additional men. If all the men get
P600/day for a full or part day and if the liquidated damages are
P50,000 for every full or part of the day he requires over his
contract time. How much money he saves or loss by putting 20
additional men?
A. save = P376,000 C. loss = P650,000
B. loss = P376,000 D. even
22. Going against the wind, a domestic plane can travel 5/8 of the
distance it can travel in one hour if it is going with the wind. If
the plane can fly 300 kilometers an hour in calm air, what is the
velocity of the wind?
A. 69.23 kph C. 63.92 kph
B. 62.93 kph D. 96.23 kph
23. A spherical triangle has a radius of 6m. Compute the area of a bi-
rectangular spherical triangle having an angle of 800.
A. 46.18 m2 C. 50.27 m2
B. 48.36 m2 D. 52.72 m2
24. A spherical triangle ABC has an angle C = 900 and sides a = 500 and
c = 800.
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A. 73.340 C. 74.330
B. 74.440 D. 73.430
Situation 1. A man owns a triangular lot on the corner of two
intersecting streets which intersects at an angle of 62 0. The frontage
of one street is 200 m and on the other side is 150 m.
25. Determine the perimeter of these lot.
A. 552.93 m C. 592.52 m
B. 555.32 m D. 535.2 m
26. If the land is worth P1000 per sq.m. and the man has P1.2million
with which to increase the size of the lot, by how much can he
lengthen the 150m frontage?
A. 13.53 m C. 13.59 m
B. 19. 35 m D. 15.39 m
Situation 2. The perimeter of a triangle is 584 cm. The interior
angles measure
500, 600, and 700 respectively.
27. What is the length of the shortest side of the triangle?
A. 173.95 C. 181.06
B. 143.44 D. 164.12
28. What is the area of the triangle?
A. 15,998 C. 17,891
B. 16,073 D. 14,432
29. What is the radius of the largest circle that can be cut from
this triangle?
A. 52 C. 58
B. 55 D. 61
30. The 6th term of a harmonic progression is 12 and the tenth term is
[Link] the 18th term.
A. -6 C. -4
B. 5 D. 3
31. Find the sum of the infinite geometric terms of the progression
1/5, 1/8, 5/x, 25/512, …
A. 8/15 C. 15/8
B. 8 D. 15
32. Two sides of a triangle measure 3cm and 5cm, respectively, and the
altitude to the third side measure 2.5cm. Find the circumference of
the circle circumscribing this triangle.
A. 6π C. 6.5π
B. 8π D. 4π
33. An airplane could travel a distance of 1000 miles with the wind in
the same time it could travel a distance of 800 miles against the
wind. If the wind velocity is 40 mph, what is the speed of the plane?
A. 300 mph C 320 mph
B. 340 mph D. 360 mph

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34. A train 250 m long and moving at 25 kph is to cross a railway
bridge 1 km long. How long will it take it to pass the bridge
completely?
A. 3 min C. 2 min
B. 1.5 min D. 2.5 min

35. A tree is situated on a hill and at a point P, 23m down the hill
from the tree, the angle subtended by the tree is 18.50 0. If the height
of the tree is 36.5m, at what angle is the hill inclined with the
horizontal?
A. 300 C. 600
B. 450 D. 700
36. A piece of wire of length 72 cm is cut into two unequal parts.
Each part is bent to form a square. It is found that the total area of
the two squares is 194 cm2. Find the difference between the sides of
the squares.
A. 6 C. 4
B. 12 D. 8
37. Find the value of m in the equation:

A. cos x C. tan x
B. sec x D. cot x
38. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower were observed from
points A and B which lie on a horizontal line passing through the foot
of the tower. B is 5 m. away from the tower. A and B are 8 m. apart.
The angle at B is twice as much as that at A. How high is the tower?
A. 7.12 m C. 8.28 m
B. 6.24 m D. 5.23 m
39. Solve for x in the following equation: x + 4x + 7x + 10x + ... +
64x = 1430
A. 3 C. 5
B. 4 D. 2
40. Find the sum of all the roots of x 4+x3-x2+x-2, given that i is a
root.
A. i C. -i
B. -1 D. 1
41. Simplify the expression (2i510 - i1027 + 1)2 in the form a + bi.
A. -2 C. -2i
B. 2i D. 2
42. The last term of an AP is 38 and the middle term is 13. If the 8th
term is 23, find the first term.
A. 6 C. -18
B. -12 D. 2
43. Find x if 7 is the fourth proportional to 36, 28 and x.
A. 14 C. 6
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44. Two candles of the same height are lighted at the same time. The
first is consumed in 4 hours and the second in 3 hours. Assuming that
each candle burns at a constant rate, in how many hours after being
lighted was the first candle twice the height of the second?
A. 0.75 C. 2
B. 1.5 D. 2.4
45. Two boys A and B start at the same time to ride from Manila to New
Clark City, 60 miles away. A travels 4 miles an hour slower than B.
B reaches New Clark City and at once turns back meeting A 12 miles
from New Clark City. The rate of A was:
A. 4 mph C. 12 mph
B. 8 mph D. 16 mph
46. If 8 men take 12 days to assemble 16 machines, how many days will
it take 15 men to assemble 50 machines?
A. 18 C. 20
B. 22 D. 24
47. Find the product of two numbers such that twice the first added to
the second equals 19 and three times the first is 21 more than the
second.
A. 16 C. 24
B. 18 D. 20
48. If x is 40% less than y and y is 25% greater than z. Express x in
terms of percentage of z?
A. x is 35% of z C. x is 75% of z
B. x is 85% of z D. x is 25% of z
49. If x + y = 900, what is the value of (sin x tan y)/(sin y tan x)?
A. sin x C. csc x
B. tan x D. cot x
50. What is the equivalent of 6300 in the centesimal system?
A. 700 mils C. 11200 mils
B. 700 grads D. 11200 grads
51. Two sides of a triangle are 50m and 60m long. The angle included
between these sides is 300. What is the interior angle opposite the
longest side?
A. 83.710 C. 85.380
B. 92.740 D. 93.740
52. A flagpole 3m high stands at the top of a pedestal 2m high located
at one side of a pathway. At the opposite side of the pathway directly
facing the flagpole, the flagpole subtends the same angle as the
pedestal. What is the width of the pathway?
A. 5.29 m C. 4.47 m
B. 6.12 m D. 5.39 m
53. The perimeter of a triangle is 271cm. The interior angles measure
500, 600, and 700 respectively. What is the length of the longest side
of the triangle?
A. 80.72 cm C. 91.26 cm
B. 99.02 cm D. 95.14 cm

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54. Two runners A and B started from the same point on a circular
track 20m in radius and ran at the same rate of 2 m/s ; A running
towards the center and B along the circumference. How far apart are
they after 8 seconds?
A. 17.45 m C. 15.57 m
B. 14.75 m D. 16.12 m
55. The sides of a spherical triangle ABC are a = 42 0, b = 680, and c =
830. Determine the angle opposite to side b.
A. 104.610 C. 64.680
B. 32.170 D. 40.720
56. A spherical triangle has an area of 327.25 sq. km. What is the
radius of the sphere if its spherical excess is 300?
A. 20 km C. 25 km
B. 22 km D. 28 km
57. If the longitude of Tokyo is 1390E and that of Manila is 1210E,
what is the time difference between Tokyo and Manila?
A. 1 hour and 12 minutes C. 1 hour and 8 minutes
B. 1 hour and 5 minutes D. 1 hour and 10 minutes
58. An airplane flew from Davao City whose latitude is 140N and longitude
of 121.50E on a course of S300W and maintaining uniform altitude. At what
longitude will the plane cross the equator?
A. 110030’E C. 113033’E
B. 122026’E D. 116011’E
59. A triangle has the vertices A (1, 3), B (7, 0), and C (4, 6).
Locate the orthocenter of the triangle.
A. (5, 2) C. (2, 1)
B. (4, 6) D. (3, 4)
60. If log 2 = x and log 3 = y, find log 1.2 in terms of x and y.
A. 2x + y C. 2x + y - 1
B. 2xy/10 D. xy – 1
61. A painting job can be done by 72 men in 100 days. There were 80
men at the start of the project but after 40 days, 30 of them had to
be transferred to another project. If the contract time is only 80
days, how many men should be hired 20 days after the 30 men had been
transferred, to complete the job on time?
A. 70 men C. 90 men
B. 80 men D. 100 men
62. A certain shopping mall has an escalator system. A shoplifter
steps on the escalator at the rate of 2 steps per second, arrives at
the top in 40 steps. Being caught lifting an item, the security
manpower pursues him and he steps down on the same escalator at the
rate of 6 steps per second so that he will arrive at the bottom in 360
steps. How many steps has the escalator?
A. 80 C. 100
B. 120 D. 90
63. Engr. Deana Mapipigilan desires to measure the height of a tower
by observing a vertical angle at point A. He then moves 54 m to point
B towards the tower and observes the vertical angle to be twice of
that A. He again proceeds to point C, moving further towards the tower
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angle of the tower at this point is three times that at point A.
Determine the angle of elevation of the tower at B.
A. 19.110 C. 38.210
B. 22.180 D. 41.230
64. A brine solution contains 40 kg of salt and 60 kg of water. How
much pure water must evaporate to increase the concentration to 80%
salt?
A. 40 kg C. 50 kg
B. 55 kg D. 25 kg
65. A tank is filled with 2 pipes. The first pipe can fill the tank in
10 hours but after it has been opened for 3 1/3 hours, the second pipe
is opened and the tank is filled up in 4 more hours. How long would it
take the second pipe alone to fill the tank? The two pipes have
different diameters.
A. 15 hrs C. 12 hrs
B. 8 hrs D. 5 hrs
66. A certain review instructor is hired by a group of students to
conduct lectures in Mathematics for their licensure exam at a package
cost of P96,000. Four from the group were not able to make it due to
financial matters. If the contribution of each of the remaining
students increases by P2,000, how many students were in the original
group?
A. 12 C. 18
B. 14 D. 16
Situation 3. From a building across, the angle of depression of the
base of the front edifice is 23.5 0 and the angle of elevation of its
top is 52.780. The height of observation is 14 m.
67. What is the height of the edifice?
A. 59.36 m C. 56.39 m
B. 53.69 m D. 59.69 m
68. How far is the said building from the edifice?
A. 35.62 m C. 32.20 m
B. 22.30 m D. 25.18 m
69. What is the angle of elevation of the top of the edifice from the
foot of the building?
A. 58.230 C. 56.150
B. 62.180 D. 60.270
70. Evaluate 2000C2 + 2000C5 + 2000C8 + … + 2000C29.
A. 5.025 X 10^64 C. 2.773 X 10^26
B. 4.952 X 10^64 D. 6.852 X 10^46
71. A large rectangle is portioned into four rectangles by two
segments parallel to its sides. The areas of three of the resulting
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What is the area of the fourth rectangle?
A. 25 C. 21
B. 15 D. 20
72. If AB = 15 m, BC = 18 m, and CA = 24 m, find the point of
intersection of the angular bisector from C.
A. 14.3 C. 12.2
B. 16.1 D. 15.8
73. Find k so that the expression kx2 - 3kx + 9 is a perfect square.
A. 6 C. 12
B. 3 D. 4
74. Cars A and B approached each other on a straight road from points
450 m apart. Car A has an initial velocity of 70 kph and decelerates
at the rate of 0.4 m/s2. Car B has an initial velocity of 20 kph and
accelerates at the rate of 0.3 m/s2. After how many seconds will the
two cars meet?
A. 12.3 s C. 25.8 s
B. 18.7 s D. 8.1 s
75. If Karina was four times as old as Selena eight years ago, and if
Karina will be twice as old as Selena eight years hence, how old is
Selena now?
A. 40 C. 32
B. 16 D. 20

GG na.
-Sir Sherwin

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