MATHEMATICS
ARITHMETIC No.3
Select the best answer for each and encircle the appropriate letter in the choices.
1. In a class of 30 students, there are 20 boys. What is the ratio of boys to girls?
a. 1:2 b. 2:1 c. 2:3 d. 3:2
2. If 2 inches of snow falls in 5 hours, how many inches will fall in 9 hours, if the snow continues to fall at the same rate?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
3. If eight men can finish a job in 6 hours, how many hours will it take 12 men to finish the same job?
a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8
4. The three angles of a triangle are 4:5:6 find the measure of each angle.
a. 18, 60, 66 b. 28, 16, 96 c. 48, 60, 72 d. 48, 36, 96
5. A book sold for $18.00 after a 10 percent discount was taken off the list price. What was the list price?
a. 10 b. 20 c. 30 d. 40
6. A company pays a salesman a commission of 16 2/3 percent and has $24,000 left in the proceeds. What was the value
of the sales before the commission was deducted?
a. 28, 800 b. 18, 600 c. 24, 400 d. 26, 200
7. A radio sales for $230. If this price represents a profit of 15 percent of the cost for the seller, how much did he buy for it?
a. 100 b. 200 c. 300 d. 400
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8. If the temperature rises from 72 to 90 , what is the percent of the increase?
a. 10 % b. 20 % c. 15 % d. 25 %
9. The house rent of Php 20, 000 increased by 15% this year. What is the present rent of the house?
a. Php 23, 000 b. Php 32, 000 c. Php 13, 000 d. Php 31, 000
10. After a 25% increase, the population is 48, 000. What was the population before the increase?
a. 38, 400 b. 83, 400 c. 43, 800 d. 34, 800
11. The average of Mohammad’s five exams is 91. What must he get in the sixth exam to pull his average to 92?
a. 96 b. 97 c. 98 d. 99
12. Two numbers are in the ratio of 3 : 8. If 16 is added to each number, the ratio becomes 7 : 12. What is the larger of
the original numbers?
a. 12 b. 13 c. 32 d. 36
13. The number of production employees this week fell to 1330 people from 1400 people last week. Find the percent of
decrease.
a. 4% b. 5% c. 6% d. 7%
14. The average of 10 boys is 88. The average of the first 7 boys is 85. What is the average of the other three boys?
a. 92 b. 93 c. 94 d. 95
15. Abdulmalik purchased an item which was sold at 20% discount. He paid P180 for the item. How much was the
original price of the item?
a. P200 b. P225 c.P360 d. P900
16. The ratio of two numbers is 7:5, and their difference is 18. Find the smaller number.
a. 35 b. 40 c. 45 d. 55
17. A truck travels 180 km at a speed of 65 kph and makes the return trip along the same route at a speed of 85 kph.
What is the average speed in kph of the truck?
a. 62 b. 64 c. 68 d. 75
18. A refrigerator was sold for P2, 730, yielding a 30% profit on the cost. For how much should it be sold to yield only a
15% percent profit on the cost?
a. P2, 515 b. P2, 415 c.P2, 315 d. P2, 615
19. The net price of a P50 – item after successive discounts of 10% and 20% is
a. P20.00 b. P26.00 c. P36.00 d. P40.00
20. If 21 cans of food are needed to feed seven men for three days, the number of cans for five men for seven days is
a. 15 b. 20 c. 25 d. 35