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PLUMBING ARITHMETIC

PRACTICE : Solve every problem in one (1) minute as possible.

AGE PROBLEM
1. The combined ages of Duterte and Cayetano are 44 years, and Duterte is
twice as old as Cayetano was when Duterte was half as old as Cayetano will
be when Cayetano is three times as old as Duterte was when Duterte was
three times as old as Cayetano. How old is Duterte?
Ans. Duterte = 27.5 y.o ; Cayetano = 16.5 y.o
2. Six years ago, the ratio of the ages of Darsho and Jeson was 6:5. Four
years hence, the ratio of their ages will be 11:10. What is Jeson’s age at
present?
Ans. 16 years old ; x = 2
3. The present ages of three persons in proportions 4:7:9. Eight years ago,
the sum of their ages was 56. Find their present ages in years.
Ans. 16 ; 28 ; 36
4. The age of father 10 years ago was thrice the age of his son. Ten years
hence, father’s age will be twice that of his son. The ratio of their present
ages is?
Ans. 7:3 ; x = 20
5. Jan is twice as old as Darsho. If 16 is added to Darsho’s age and 16 is
subtracted from Jan’s age, their ages will then be equal. What are their
present ages?
Ans. 32 ; 64
6. Mr. Jurim is twice as old as his son Darsho. Ten years ago the sum of
their ages was 46 years. How old is Mr. Jurim?
Ans. 2x = 44; x = 22
7. A Roman statue is three times as old as a Darsho statue. One hundred
years from now the Roman statue will be twice as old. How old is the Roman
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Ans. x = 100; 3x = 300

8. Rodrigo’s age in 20 years will be the same as Grace’s age is now. Ten
years from now, Grace’s age will be twice Rodrigo’s. What are their present
ages?
Ans. 30 ; 10
9. Mar Roxas age is three times Digong’s age. If 20 is added to Digong’s age
and 20 is subtracted from Mar Roxas, their ages will be equal. How old is
each now?
Ans. 20 ; 60
10. Nog-nog is 8 years older than Jun-Jun. Twenty years ago Nog-nog was
three times as old as Jun-Jun. How old is each now?
Ans. 24 ; 32
11. In 4 years Pnoy’s age will be the same as Binay’s age now. In 2 years,
Binay will be twice as old as Pnoy. Find their ages now.
Ans. 6 ; 2
12. Prince Darsho is 15 years old. Duterte is one-third older. How many
years ago was Duterte twice as old as Prince Darsho?
Ans. 10

WORK PROBLEM
1. Three taps A, B, C can fill the tank in 12, 15 and 20 hours respectively. If
A is open all the time and B & C are open for one hour each alternately, the
tank will be full in?
Ans. 7 hours
2. A tap can fill a tank 6 hours. After half the tank is filled, three more
similar taps are opened. What is the total time taken to fill the tank
completely?
Ans. 3 hours and 45 mins.
3. A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes
operating simultaneously fill the tank in the same time during which the tank
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than the first pipe and 4 hours slower than the third pipe, the time required
by the first pipe is?
Ans. x = 15 (neglect x = 3)
4. A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leak it took 2
1/3 hours to fill the tank. The leak can drain all the water of the tank in?
Ans. leak will empty the tank in 14 hrs.
5. A 5 horsepower pump can empty the pool in 5 hours. A smaller, 2
horsepower pump empties the pool in 8 hours. The pumps are used together
to begin emptying the pool. After 2 hours, the 2 horsepower pump breaks
down. How long will it take the larger pump to empty the pool?
Ans. t = 1 hour and 45 min
6. A 400 mm diameter pipe can fill the tank alone in 5 hours and another
600 mm diameter pipe can fill the tank alone in 4 hrs. A drain pipe 300 mm
diameter can empty the tank in 20 hours. With all the three pipes open, how
long will take to fill the tank?
Ans. 2.5 hours

CLOCK PROBLEM
1. An accurate clock shows 8 o’clock in the morning. Through how many
degrees will the hour hand rotate when the clock show’s 2 o’clock in the
afternoon? Ans. 180 degrees
2. The reflex angle between the hands of a clock at 10.25 is: Ans. 197.5
degrees
3. How much does a watch lose per day, if its hands coincide every 64
minutes?
Ans. 16/11 min ; 32 8/11 min
4. At what time between 5.30 and will the hands of a clock be at right
angles?
Ans. required time = 43 7/11 min past 5
5. At 3:40, the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock form an angle of.
Ans. required angle = 130 degrees

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6. The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock when
the time is 4.20.
Ans. required angle = 10 degrees
7. At how many minutes after 2 o’clock, will the minute hand of the clock
coincide with the hour hand?
Ans. 10 10/11 min.
8. How soon after 2 o’clock will the hands of the clock extend in opposite
directions?
Ans. 43 7/11 min.
9. In how many minutes after 2 o’clock will the hands of clock, first be at
right angles to each other?
Ans. 27 3/11 min.
10. A plumber waited 25 minutes for the curing of 4” CPVC joint before he
connects another joint. What is the angle covered by the clock “minute
hand” during the curing period?
Ans. 150

TIME, RATE, DISTANCE

1. A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on
foot at 4 km/hr and partly on bicycle at 9 km/hr. The distance on foot is.
Ans. x = 16 km
2. It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey, if 120 km is done by train and
the rest by car. It takes 20 min more, if 200 km is done by train and the rest
by car. The ratio of the speed of the train to that of the cars is.
Ans. ratio of speed 3:4
3. A car travelling with 5/7 of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hour 40 min
48 sec. Find the actual speed of the car.
Ans. x = 35 kph
4. The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7:8. If the second train runs
400 km in 4 hour, then the speed of the first train is.

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Ans. 87.5 kph

5. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kph and including
stoppages, it is 45 kph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
Ans. 10 minutes
6. The Davao Rail Train starts from Marilog District Station and accelerates
at the rate of 2 m/s^2 for 10 secs. It then runs at constant speed for 30
secs and then decelerates at 4 m/s^2 until it stops at Tagum City Station.
What is the total distance the train ran?
Ans. 3/4 km.
7. A boat can travel with a speed of 13 kph in still water. If the speed of the
stream is 4 kph. Find the time taken by the boat to go 68 km downstream.
Ans. 4 hours

SPEED/VELOCITY PROBLEM
1. A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in
kph?
Ans. 7.2 kph
2. A ball rolls off the edge of a horizontal tabletop 4.23 ft. high. It hits the
floor at a point 5.11 ft. horizontally away from the edge of the table. What is
the speed of the ball at the instance it left the table? (Projectile: y = -1/2
gt^2 ; V = distance / time)
Ans. 3 m/s
3. A 12” pipe carries 1,400 gpm at 4.0 fps velocity and reduces to a 6’ pipe.
What is the in the 6” pipe?
Ans. 16 fps
4. A 12” pipe carries water at a velocity of 5.0 fps. What is the flow in cfs?
Ans. 3.9 cfs
5. A 24’ pipe carries a flow of 11 cfs. What is the velocity in the pipe?
Ans. 3.5 fps

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MIXTURE PROBLEM
1. Mr. Darsho a chemical engineer, wants to dilute a 60% acid solution by
adding some 20% solution. If he starts with 80 ml of the 60% solution, how
many milliliters of the 20% solution does he need to add to get a resulting
45% acid solution?
Ans. x = 48
2. A chemical storeroom has a 90% acid solution and a 40% acid solution.
How many centiliters of solution must be taken from each to obtain 25
centiliters of a 50% acid solution?
Ans. 5 and 20
3. A plumber has 100 gallons of 70% pure disinfectant. He wishes to mix it
with disinfectant which is 90% pure in order to obtain 755 pure disinfectant.
How much of the 90% disinfectant must he use?
Ans. 33 1/3
4. If an alloy containing 30% silver is mixed with a 55% silver alloy to get
800 lbs of 40% alloy, how much of each must be used?
Ans. 480 ; 320
5. A hospital needs to dilute a 505 boric acid solution to a 10% solution. If it
needs 25 liters of the 10% solution, how much of the 50% solution and how
much water should it use?
Ans. 5 ; 20

NUMBER
1. A student multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3. What is the
percentage error in the calculation?
Ans. 64%
2. If 20% of A = B, then b% of 20 is the same as:
Ans. 4% of a

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3. The second digit of a two-digit number exceeds the first by 2. If the

number is divided by the sum of its digits, the result is 34/7. Find the
number.
Ans. 68
4. Three times the first of 3 consecutive odd integer is more than twice the
third. The third integer is.
Ans. 15
5. The difference between a two digit number and the number obtained by
interchanging the positions of its digits is 36. What is the difference between
the two digits of the number?
Ans. 4
6. In a 3-digit number, the hundreds digit is 4 more than the units digit and
the tens digit is twice the hundreds digit. If the sum of the digits is 12, find
the 3 digits. Write the number?
Ans. 480
7. There were 104,830 people who attended a rock festival. If there were
8110 more boys than girls, and 24,810 fewer adults over 50 years of age
than there were girls, how many of each group attended the festival?
Ans. 40,510 ; 48,620 ; 15,700
8. There are three consecutive integers. The sum of the first two is 35 more
than the third. Find the integers.
Ans. 36 ; 37 ; 38
9. The sum of four consecutive even integers is 44. What are the numbers?
Ans. 10 ; 12 ; 14
10. A 25-foot long board is to be cut into two parts. The longer part is 1 foot
more than twice the shorter part. How long is each part?
Ans. 8 ; 17

DOSAGE PROBLEM
1. A system has a well that produces 200 gpm and a 1500 gallon storage
tank. There are 120 homes on the systems and the average daily

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consumption is 350 gallons/home. A chlorine dosage of 1.3 ppm is

maintained using 65% HTH. How many pounds of HTH must be purchased
each year?
Ans. 255.5 lbs/year
2. A chlorine pump is feeding 12% bleach at a dosage of 2.4 mg/l. If the
flow is 1,250,000 gpd, how many milliliters per minute is the pump feeding?
S.G. = 1.14
Ans. 6.8 ml/min
3. An 18% available Alum solution is used to dose 600,000 gpd at 25 mg/l.
How many ml/min is the pump feeding? (No S.G. given: Use 8.34 lb/gal)
Ans. 217 ml/min
4. A 20% Fluoride solution is used to dose 2,000,000 gpd at 450 ppb (parts
per billion). The S.G. is 1.26. How many ml/min is the pump feeding?
Ans. 9.3 ml/min
5. A chlorine pump is feeding 12% bleach at a dosage of 2.4 mg/l. If the
flow is 1,250,000 gpd, how many gallons per hour is the pump feeding? S.G
= 1.14
Ans. 0.108 gph
6. A chlorine pump is feeding 10% bleach at a dosage of 5 mg/l. If
2,200,000 gallons are treated in 16 hours, how many gallons per hour is the
pump feeding?
Ans. 6.9 gph
7. A chlorine pump is feeding 10% bleach at a dosage of 5 mg/l. The specific
gravity of the bleach is 1.14. If 2,200,000 gallons are treated in 16 hours,
how many gallons per hour is the pump feeding?
Ans. 6.0 gph
8. A 12” pipe is 1,880’ long and must be disinfected with 50 ppm of 65%
HTH. How many pounds of HTH are needed?
Ans. 7.1 lbs of HTH
9. A tank is 44’ in diameter and 22’ high and is dosed with 50 ppm of
chlorine. How many pound of 70%HTH is needed?

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Ans. 149 lbs of HTH

10. How many lbs/day of chlorine are needed to provide a dosage of 2.2
mg/l in 800,000 gpd?
Ans. 14.7 lbs/day

ENGINEERING ECONOMY
1. An interest rate of 2% per month, money will double in value in how
many months?
Ans. 35 months
2. If Php 100,000 is loaned for 10 years at simple interest rate of 15% per
annum, determine the total amount due at the end of 10 years.
Ans. 250,000.00
3. A Master plumber invest Php 10,000 today in savings account at an
interest rate of 8% compounded annually, how much principal and interest
would he accumulate in 5 years?
Ans. Php 14,693
4. Find the value of the principal P and the full amount F if the investment
earns Php 200 in 18 months at the rate of 8%.
Ans. P = 1,666.67 ; F = 1,866.67
5. How long will it take to accumulate 5,000 to 7,000 if the interest rate is
6%?
Ans. t = 6.67 years
6. Find the ordinary and the exact interest at 6% on 3,500 and the
corresponding amounts at the end of 75 days.
Ans. Io = 43.75 ; Ie = 43.15 ; F = 3,543.15
7. Find the actual and approximate time between January 2, 2000 and
February 15, 2001.
Ans. actual = 409 days ; approx. = 404 days
8. If money can be invested at 7-1/2% simple interest, determine the
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Ans. Php 68,571.42

9. Mr. Duterte buys a bill of goods requiring payment of Php 10,200 at the
end of 120 days. Mr. Duterte was offered 5% discount for cash in 30 days.
To take advantage of the discount, what interest rate will he pay to borrow
money to avail of the 90 days optional dates?
Ans. 21%
10. At 5% simple discount, determine the present value of 30,000 which is
due at the end of 120 days. (a) What is the discount on the 30,000? (b)
what is the discounted amount?
Ans. 500 : P = Php 29,500
11. The compound amount and the compound interest at the end of 2 years
if 1,000 is invested at 8% compounded quarterly.
Ans. F = Php 1,171.65 ; I = 171.65
12. If Php 20,000 is invested for 5 years at 12% interest compounded semi-
annually, find the value of F and the compound interest.
Ans. Php 35,816.94 ; Php 15,816.94
13. Find the compound amount at the end of 5 years and 9 months if Php
10,000 is invested at 4% compounded semi-annually.
Ans. Php 12,558.07
14. Php 3500 is invested at 5.2%. How much more must be invested at
7.5% so that the total annual interest earned is Php 575?
Ans. Php 5,240.00

PROBABILITY
1. Tickets numbered in 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at
random. What is the probability that the ticket drawn has a number which is
a multiple of 3 or 5?
Ans. P (E) = 9/20
2. A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue balls. Two balls are drawn at
random, what is the probability that none of the balls drawn is blue?

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Ans. P (E) = 10/21

3. Three unbiased coins are tossed, what is the probability of getting at most
two heads?
Ans. P (E) = 7/8
4. In a class, there are 15 boys and 10 girls. Three students are selected at
random, the probability that 1 girl and 2 boys are selected is:
Ans. P (E) = 21/46
5. In a lottery, there are 10 prizes and 25 blanks. A lottery is drawn at
random. What is the probability of getting a prize?
Ans. P (getting a prize) = 2/7
6. From a pack of 52 cards, two cards are drawn together at random. What
is the probability of both the cards being Kings?
Ans. P (E) = 1/221
7. How many 6-number combination are there on a 6/49 Superlotto lottery?
Ans. 13,983,816

BASIC FLUID MECHANICS PROBLEM

1. A reservoir of glycerin has a mass of 1200 kg and a volume of 0.952
m^3. Find the glycerin’s weight, mass density, specific weight, and specific
gravity.
Ans. 11.77 kN ; 1,261 kg/m^3 ; 12.36 kN/m^3 ; 1.26
2. A body requires a force of 100 N to accelerate it at a rate of 0.20 m/s2.
Determine the mass of the body in kg and in slugs.
Ans. 500 kg ; 34.3 slugs
3. A quart of SAE 30 oil at 68 deg F weighs about 1.85 lb. Calculate the oil’s
specific weight, mass density, and specific gravity.
Ans. 55.4 lb/ft^3, 1.72 slugs/ft^3 ; 0.888
4. If the specific weight of a substance is 8.2 kN/m^3, what is its mass
density?
Ans. 836 kg/m^3

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5. if the specific volume of a gas is 360 ft^3/slug, what is its specific weight?
Ans. 0.0895 lb/ft^3
6. The temperature and pressure of nitrogen in a tank are 28 deg C and 600
kPa abs, respectively. Determine the specific weight of the nitrogen.
(Specific weight = Pressure / RT)
Ans. 0.0658 kN/m^3

FLUID MECHANICS PROBLEM

1. A submarine moves through sea water of sp. Gr. = 1.03 at a depth of 50
m with velocity of 5 m/s as shown in the fig. Determine the pressure at
station point 2.
Ans. P 2 = 517.5 kPa

2. A pressure gauge attached to a rigid tank measures a vacuum of 40 kPa

inside the tank, which is situated at a site in Davao in the Mt. Apo range
where the elevation is 6,000 m. Determine the absolute pressure in the
tank.
Ans. 7.2 kPa
3. The wind blows at a speed of 100 kph in a storm. Calculate the force
acting on a 1 m x 2 m window which is facing the storm. The window is in a
high rise building. The wind speed is not affected by ground effects. Assume
density of air as 1.2 kg/m^3.
Ans. 928 N
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Ans. 50 lbm
5. What is the specific weight of water at standard condition?
Ans. 1000 kg f /m 3

6. The mass of a fluid system is 0.311 slug, its density is 30 lbft^3 and g is
31.90 fps^2. Find (a) the specific volume, (b) the specific weight, and (c)
the total volume.
Ans. (a) 0.0333 ft^3/lb ; (b) 29.75 lb/ft^3 ; (c) 0.3335 ft^3
7. If a pump discharges 75 gpm of water whose specific weight is 61.5
lb/ft^3 (g= 31.95 fps^2), find (a) the mass flow rate in lpm, and (b) total
time required to fill a vertical cylinder tank 10 ft in diameter and 12 ft high.
Ans. (a) 621.2 lpm ; (b) 93.97 min
8. The water is flowing through a pipe having diameter 20 cm and 10 cm at
section 1 and 2 respectively. The rate of flow through pipe is 35 lps. The
section 1 is 6 m above datum and section 2 is 4 m above datum. If the
pressure at section 1 is 39.24 N/cm^2, find the intensity of pressure at
section 2.
ans. P 2 = 40.27 N/cm 2

9. Water is flowing through a pipe having diameter 300 mm and 200 mm at

the bottom and upper end respectively. The intensity of pressure at the
bottom end is 24.525 N/cm^2 and the pressure at the upper end is 9.81
N/cm^2. Determine the difference in datum head if the rate of flow through
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Ans. z 2 –z 1 = 13.70 m

10. A pipe of diameter 400 mm carries water at a velocity of 25 m/s. The

pressures at the points A and B are given as 29.43 N/cm^2 and 22.563
N/cm^2 respectively while the datum head at A and B are 28 m and 30 m.
Find the loss of head between A and B.
Ans. E a –E b = 5.0 m

11. A pitot-static tube is used to measure the velocity of water in a pipe. The
stagnation pressure head is 6 m and static pressure head is 5 m. Calculate
the velocity of flow assuming the coefficient of tube equal to 0.98.
Ans. 4.34 m/s
12. A submarine moves horizontally in sea and has its axis 15 m below the
surface of water. A pitot-tube properly placed just in front of the submarine
and along its axis connected to the two limbs of a u-tube containing
mercury. The difference of mercury level is found to be 170 mm. Find the

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speed of the submarine knowing that the [Link]. of mercury is 13.6 and that
of sea water is 1.026 with respect of fresh water.
Ans. V = 23.01 kph
13. A fire brigade man is holding a fire stream nozzle of 50 mm diameter as
shown in the figure. The jet issues out with a velocity of 13 m/s and strikes
the window. Find the angle or angles of inclination with which the jet issues
from the nozzle. What will be the amount of water falling on the window?
Ans. 78.8 deg. or 61.37 deg. ; 0.0255 m^3/s

14. A 30 cm diameter pipe carries water under a head of 15 meters with a

velocity of 4 m/s. If the axis of the pipe turns through 45 deg., find the
magnitude and direction of the resultant force at the bend.
Ans. 8,717.5 N ; 67 deg 30’
15. A pipe of 20 cm diameter conveying 0.20 m^3/s of water has a right
angled bend in a horizontal plane. Find the resultant force exerted on the
bend if the pressure at inlet and outlet of the bend are 22.563 N/cm^2 and
21.582 N/cm^2 respectively.
Ans. 11,604.7 N ; 43 deg. 54.2’
16. The gauge is installed at both suction and delivery side. The water flows
at the rate of 37.5 lps the gauge at the suction indicated a vacuum pressure
of 54 kPa and at the discharge section the gauge shows 160 kPa. Assume
the suction and discharge sections are at the same level with the diameter of
15 cm and 12.5 cm, respectively. Determine the total head of the pump.
Ans. 22.47 m

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17. The reciprocating pump is used to increase the pressure 0.2 m^3/s of
water from 200 kPa to 600 kPa. If the overall efficiency of the pump is 85%
how much electrical power is required to pump the water? The suction tank
is 10 cm below centre line of the pump and delivery tank is 10 cm above the
centre line of the pump. Assume inlet and exit cross-sectional areas are
equal, and velocities suction and delivery neglected.
Ans. Electrical Power = 187.2 kW
18. A person holds his hand out of an open car window while the car drives
through still air at 90 kph. Under standard and atmospheric conditions what
is the maximum pressure experienced by the person on the hand.
Ans. 101.682 kPa

MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS
1. Davao City of 25,000 uses 15 gallons of water per day per capita. If it’s
required to raise this water 150 ft, what is the number horsepower required?
2. A dosage of 2.4 mg/l of chlorine gas is added to 3.8 MGD. How many
pounds per day of chlorine are needed?
Feed (lbs/day) = Dose (mg/L) * Flow (MGD) * 8.34 lbs/gal
3. A water storage tank is shaped like a circular cylinder with half of a
sphere at each end. Find the volume of the tank if the cylindrical section is
100 cm long with a 40 cm diameter.
Ans. 159,093 cm^3
4. Given a 3-storey building with a water closet on the top floor located at a
vertical distance of 38-1/2’ from the water meter at ground level. The fixture
requires 8 psi to operate. If the friction head loss is estimated at 15’, what
pressure is required to raise the water to the top floor and put the minimum
psi for the fixture to be used satisfactorily?
Ans. 31.16 psi
5. A ball is thrown upward at an angle of 30 degrees from the ground at a
velocity of 40 m/s. How long was the flight time?
R=Vo^2 sin 2x/g ; t = R / Vo cos x)
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6. A 2 m copper wire is stretched by a force of 50N. If the diameter of the

wire is 5 mm and E of copper = 10.2 x 10^11 dynes/cm^2, what is the
elongation? e = FL / EA
Ans. 0.0005 m
7. A force of 500 N acts on a mass of 1 metric ton for 4 seconds. What is the
change of momentum? Impulse = f * t
Ans. 2,000 kg-m/s
8. A cubical container that measures 2 inches on a side is tightly packed with
8 marbles and is filled with water. All 8 marbles are in contact with the walls
of the container and the adjacent marbles. All of the marbles are of the
same size. What is the volume of water?
Ans. 3.8 in 3

9. Concrete is made of a mixture of cement, sand and gravel. If the weight

of gravel is twice the weight of sand and the weight of cement used in three-
fifths of that of the sand. How many kilograms of each are required to make
540 kg of concrete?
Ans. Sand = 150 kg , Gravel = 300kg ; Cement = 90 kg
10. A 50,000 gallon tank receives 250,000 gpd flow. What is the detention
time in hours?
Ans. 4.8 hours
11. A tank is 60’ x 80’ x 10’ and the flow is 2.0 mgd? What is the detention
time in hours?
Ans. 4.3 hours
12. A tank is 100’ in diameter and 22 feet deep. If the flow into the tank is
1,500 gpm and the flow out of the tank is 300 gpm, how many hours will it
take to fill the tank?
Ans. 17.9 hours
13. A 6” line is 654 ft long. How many gallons does the pipe hold?
Ans. 960 gals.
14. A 12” line is 1,100 ft long. How many gallons does the pipe hold?
Ans. 6,460 gals.

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15. A circular tank has a diameter of 40 ft and is 10 ft deep. How many

gallons will it hold?
Ans. 94,200 gals.

GEOMETRY
1. Which 3 points are both collinear and coplanar?

a. A,B,C b. A,C,D c. B.C.D d. D,E,A

2. A pole which casts a 15-foot long shadow stands near an 8-foot high stop
sign. If the shadow cast by the sign is 3 feet long, how high is the pole?
Ans. 40 feet
3. Darsho wants to know the height of a telephone pole. He measures his
shadow, which is 3 feet long, and the pole’s shadow, which is 10 feet long.
Darsho’s height is 6 feet. How tall is the pole?
Ans. 20 feet
4. A water tank is in the shape of a right circular cylinder. The base has a
radius of 6 feet. If the height of the tank is 20 feet, what is the approximate
volume of the water tank?
Ans. 2,261 ft^3
5. A container filled with water is 10 x 10 x 15 inches. Digong fills his glass
with 60 cubic inches of water from the container. How much water is left in
the container?
Ans. 1,440 in^3

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6. If two sides of a triangle measure 5 and 7, between what two numbers

must be length of the third side be?
Ans. 2 and 12
7. The city requires all pools to be in fenced in yards. Darsho’s yard is 60
feet x 125 feet. How much fencing does he need in the yard for the pool,
excluding a four-foot gate at the sidewalk?
Ans. 366 feet
8. Duterte is building a brick that will measure 10 feet x 10 feet x 16 feet. If
the bricks he is using are 3 inches wide and 5 inches long, how many bricks
will it take to build the wall?
Ans. 1,536
9. Miriam is leaning a ladder against his house so that the top of the ladder
makes a 75-degree angle with the house wall. What is the measure of the
acute angle where the ladder meets the level ground?
Ans. 15 degrees
10. What is the measure of the arc of a circle intercepted by a central angle
that measures 64 degrees?
Ans. 64 degrees

TRIGONOMETRY
1. The sides of a triangle are 195, 157 and 210 respectively. What is the
area of the triangle?
Ans. 14,586.2 sq. units
2. Find the area of a triangle in cm 2 whose sides are 47 cm and 58 cm and
the angle between them is 63 degrees.
Ans. 1,214.44 cm 2

3. A ladder 15 m long is set with its foot 9 m from a house, how high on the
house will it reach?
Ans. 12 m
4. The angle of elevation of the sun, when the length of the shadow of a tree
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Ans. 30 degrees
5. On observer 1.6 m tall is 20 [Link]. of 3 away from a tower. The angle of
elevation fromhis eye to the top of the tower is 30 degrees. The height of
tower is,
Ans. 21.6 m
6. The angle of elevation of a ladder leaning against a wall is 60 degrees and
the foot of the ladder is 4.6 m away from the wall. The length of the ladder
is,
Ans. 9.2 m

PLANE & SOLID GEOMETRY

1. What is the total surface area of a right circular cone of height 14 cm and
base radius 7 cm?
Ans. 498.35 cm^2
2. The curved surface area of a cylindrical pillar is 264 m^2 and its volume
is 924 m^3. Find the ratio of its diameter to its height.
Ans. 7:3
3. A cistern 6m long and 4 m wide contains water up to a depth of 1 m 25
cm. The total area of the wet surface is.
Ans. 49 m^2
4. 50 men took a dip in a water tank 40 m long and 20 m broad on a
religious day. If the average displacement of water by a man is 4 m^3, then
the rise in the water level in the tank will be:
Ans. 25 cm
5. In a shower, 5 cm of rain falls. The volume of water that falls on 1.5
hectares of ground is:
Ans. 750 m^3
6. Find the height of the free surface if 0.8 ft^3 of water is poured into a
conical tank 20 in high with base radius of 10 in. How much additional water
is required to fill the tank?
Ans. 713 in^3

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7. A vertical, cylindrical tank with a diameter of 12 m and a depth of 4 m is

filled to the top with water at 20 deg C. If the water is heated to 50 deg C,
how much water will spill over?
Ans. 4.7 m^3
8. Find the volume and its lateral area of a frustum of a pyramid if h = 120
cm ; L = 90 cm. ; R = 50 cm ; r = 22 cm.
Ans. 2.036 m^2 ; 0.501 m^3
9. Find the volume of sphere if the As = 300 sq. in.
Ans. 489.8 in^3
10. Find the volume of a right circular cylinder if the circumference of it is 30
ft and h = 100 ft.
Ans. r= 4.77 ft ; AL = 3,000 ft^2 ; V = 7,148.03 ft^3
11. The perpendicular perimeter of a cylinder is 72 cm. with the h = 115 cm
and L = 90 cm. Find the lateral area, surface area and volume of a cylinder.
Ans. AL = 6,480 cm^2 ; As = 8,993.27 cm^2 ; V = 144,513.26 cm^2
12. If the volume of the cone is 30 [Link] and h = 3 cm. Find the L and
lateral area of a cone.
Ans. 4.31 cm ; 41.84 cm^2

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