General Education – Mathematics
1. If the student has an average of 76%on his first two tests and has an average of 85% on
the next four tests, what is the final average?
a. 82.0%
b. 82.5%
c. 82.59%
d. 81.3%
2. What are the prime factors of 56?
a. 7,8
b. 7,2,2,2
c. 7,4,2
d. 14,2,2
3. If a die is rolled, what is the probability of getting a number Divisible by 2?
a. ¼
b. 1/6
c. 1/3
d. ½
4. The sum of the three consecutive integers is 123. What are the integers?
a. 40,41,42
b. 39, 40, 41
c. 42,44,46
d. 41,43,45
5. Interest at 8 % after 3 months on P6,000.00
a. P120.00
b. P50.00
c. P150.00
d. P 250.00
6. Given the numerals 9, 2, 7, 5, What is the difference between the largest 3- digit number
and the smallest 3-digit number that can be formed from those numerals if no digits are
repeated in a number?
a. 500
b. 446
c. 718
d. 778
7. A fraction is equivalent to 2/7. If the difference between the denominator and the
numerator is 80, What is the numerator?
a. 24
b. 26
c. 28
d. 32
8. If it takes 18 minutes to fill 2/3 of a container, how many minutes will it take to fill the
rest of the container at the same rate?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 9
9. Jack is three times as old as Jill, and Jill is four years older than James. If James is x years
old, what is Jack’s age in terms of x?
a. 3x+4
b. 3x- 4
c. 3x+12
d. 3x- 12
10. One side of a rectangle is 18 cm. If the perimeter is 60 cm, what is the width of the
rectangle?
a. 10 cm.
b. 12 cm.
c. 24 cm.
d. 42 cm.
11. The average of 5 different numbers is 10. What is the highest possible value that one of
the numbers can have?
a. 20
b. 30
c. 35
d. 40
12. An artist is requested to draw 800 photos. If he can draw photos at the rate of 80 photos
a week, how many remaining photos still need to be drawn after he had worked for 7
weeks?
a. 140
b. 260
c. 240
d. 560
13. There are a total of 120 dancers in an event and 200 singers. What is the ratio of singers
to the total no. of perfomers in the event?
a. 3:5
b. 3:8
c. 5:3
d. 5:8
14. There are 80 women in a committee consisting of 120 members. What is the ratio of the
men to the women?
a. 1:2
b. 2:1
c. 2:3
d. 3:2
15. A merchant repacks a 60- kg sack of sugar into small packs of 750 g. How many small
packs can be made?
a. 45
b. 75
c. 80
d. 90
16. How much commission does a salesman get if he was able to sell P35,000 worth of
jewelry and he is given a 15% of it?
a. P5,250
b. P5,425
c. P5,300
d. P5,325
17. Which of the following is the simplified form of 225 hours?
a. 9 days and 8 hours
b. 9 days and 9 hours
c. 8 days and 9 hours
d. 8 days and 8 hours
18. Find the median of the following numbers 8, 5, 7, 5, 9, 9, 1, 8, and 10.
a. 9
b. 8
c. 5
d. 7
19. What is the sum of the first five prime numbers?
a. 18
b. 28
c. 11
d. 26
20. If the score of 10 students are: 76, 80, 75, 83, 80, 79, 85, 80, 88, 90, the mode is:
a. 79
b. 80
c. 85
d. 88