Weekly Exam Math 1 Question 6:

Find the zeros of f(x) =

x2 −4 Question 10:
x+2
Question 1: Together Alan, Betty, and Cris have $31. Find the amount each has if
A. Allrealnumbers except -1
Solve for x: {9 -2x] = 7. Betty has $3 less than Alan, and Chris has $1 more than Alan and
B. Allrealnumbers except -2
A. {1,5} B. {1, 6} C. {1,7} D. {1,8} Betty combined.
C. Allrealnumbers except -3
D. Allrealnumbers except -4 A. 16 B. 18 C. 20 D. 22

Question 2:
Determine the value of B so that the graph of the equation will contain
Question 7:
the given points.
Solve the value of k so that
3x2 + 6x + k = 0 has double root.
Ax + By = 13; (1, 3), (4, 1). Question 11:
A.1 B.3 C.2 D.4 An equipment installation job in the completion stage can be
A. 1 B.2 C.3 D.4
completed in 50 days of an 8 hour day work with 50 men working. With
the contract expiring in 40 days, the mechanical engineer contractor
decided to add 15 men on the job, overtime not being permitted. If the
Question 3:
If the domain of g: x > 4x - x2 is
Question 8: liquidated damage is P5,000 per day of delay, and the men are paid
Find the remainder if x - 2x2+ 9 is divided by x + 2.
3 P150 per day, will he save money with the addition of workers?
D = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, find the range of g.
A. 2 B. 6 C. 4 D. 7
A. { -5,0, 3, 5} B. { -5,0, 3, 4}
A. P41,750 B. P42,750 C. P43,750 D. P44,750
C. { -5,0, 3, 2} D. { -5,0, 3, 1}

Question 9:
When they run one after the other for a total of 6 hours, two check
printing machines can each process one complete payroll. When they
Question 4:
both run at the same time, they can process one payroll in 1 hr and 20
Assume fis a linear function. If f(4) = 10 and Question 12:
minutes. How long does each take to do one payroll working alone?
f(7) = 24, find f(6). A mechanical engineer bought 24 boxes of screws for P2,200. There
A. 3 and 3hrs
A. 14.33 B. 19.33 C. 16.33 D. 23.33 were three types of screws bought. Screw A cost P300 per box, screw B
B. 5and1 hrs
C. 6and Ohrs cost P150 per box and screw C cost P50 per box. How many boxes of

D. 2and4hrs screw A did he buy?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
Question 5:
Find the zeros of f(x) = (x − 2)3 - 3x + 8.
A. O and 3 B. O and 2
C. O and 4 D. O and 5
Question 13:
A calculator was sold at a loss for P200. Had selling price been P250, Question 17: Question 21:
the gain would have been 3/4 of the loss. Find the buying price of A takes 3 hours longer than B to walk 40 km. If A doubles his rate, he A can do a piece of work in 9 days, B in 12 days and C in 18 days. A and
calculator. can cover the same distance in one hour less time than B. Find the rate B work for 3 days after which C replaces B. How long must A and C work
A. P228.57 B. P286.45 C. P254.45 D. P214.61 of A. together to finish the job?
A. 5kph B. 6kph C. 7kph D. 8kph A. 1 days B. 3days C. 5days D. 8 days

Question 14:
A group of students rented a convention hall for P240. If there were 4 Question 18:
students less, the share of each would have been P2.00 more. How If a car reduces its speed 3 mi/hr, it will take 2 hours more to reach a Question 22:

many students were in the group? city 400 miles away. Find the car speed. Lynn invested $800 at a certain interest rate and $2000 at a rate of 4%
A. 20 B. 22 C. 24 D. 26 A. 26.04 mph B. 14.26 mph C. 32.84mph D. 36.04mph higher. She earned $146 more in annual interest on the larger
investment than on the smaller one. If the return on both investments
totaled $234, find the interest rate of the $800 investment.
A. 4.5% B. 6.5% C. 5.5% D. 7.5%

Question 19:
Question 15: A rectangular plot of land having area 1350 m? is to be enclosed and
Members of a boating club were assessed equally to raise $600 to pay divided into two parts. Find the width of the plot if the total length of
for a new set of sails. When six more persons joined the club, the per fencing used is 180 m.
member assessment was reduced by $5.00. What was the new size of A. 30m B. 35m Cc. 40m D. 45m Question 23:
the club? In an election, 1427 votes were cast. If 60 voters had switched their
A. 24 B. 28 C. 26 D. 30 votes from the winner to the loser, the loser would have won by 3 votes.
How many votes did the winner receive?
A. 655 B. 772 C. 688 D. 695

Question 20:
Question 16: A glass containing 250 mL of 80% iodine solution tips over spilling part
The numerator of a fraction is 2 less than the denominator. By adding of its contents. This was subsequently replaced by an equal amount
16/15 to the fraction the terms of the fraction are reversed. Find the from a mixture of 40% iodine. If a 72% solution has resulted, how much
original fraction. was spilled?
A. 1/2 B. 3/4 C. 2/3 D. 3/5 A. 50 mL B. 60 mL C. 70mL D. 80 mL
Question 24: Question 28: Question 31:
Sarah can trace her ancestors back through 10 generations. She From the point outside the equilateral triangle, the distances from its Solve (x − 3)2 + 8 = 0.
counts her parents as the first generation back and her four vertices are 10 in, 10 in and 15 in. Find the length of equilateral, in. A. {3 + 4 2 , 3 -4 2 }
grandparents as the second generation back, and so on. Assuming no A. 12.60 B. 21.34 C. 17.23 D. 19.60 B. {3 + 2 2 , 3 -2 2 }
duplications, how many ancestors has she in these 10 generations? C. {3 + 4i 2 , 3 -4i 2 }
A. 2,046 B. 2,146 C. 2,246 D. 2,346 D. {3 + 2i 2 , 3 -2i 2 }

Question 29:
Avendor purchased a box of apples for P1200. Upon inspection, she
found that 10 apples were overripe and unfit for consumption. After
selling the rest of the apples at a price P5.00 per apple higher than her Question 32:
Question 25: cost per apple, she earned a profit of P330. How many apples were How much of an 85% solution of antifreeze should be added to 5 liters
The top of a 20 foot ladder is 4 feet farther up a wall than its foot is originally in the box? of a 45% solution to produce a 60% solution?
from the bottom of the wall. How far is the foot of the ladder from the A. 100 B. 110 C. 120 D. 130 A. 2.5L B. 3.0L C. 4.5L D. 5.0L
wall?
A. 10 ft B. 11 ft C. 12 ft D. 13 ft

Question 33:
Question 26: Question 30: An amount of P30,000 is invested at 12% and another amount of
The height of an isosceles trapezoid is 12 units, and its bases have A mother purchased a basket of eggs for P800. Unfortunately, ten of P50,000 is invested at a certain interest rate. If the total profit for the
length 25 and 15 units. Find its perimeter. the eggs were broken. To recover her initial investment, she sold the two investments is P7600, find the interest rate of the second amount
A. 51 B. 54 C. 69 D. 66 remaining eggs at a price that was P1.428 higher per egg than her invested.
original cost per egg. Determine the total number of eggs that were A. 8% B. 10% C. 12% D. 14%
originally in the basket.
A. 70 B.80 C.90 D. 100

Question 27:
In triangle ABC, a= 2, b= 4, c =3. Find the length of the median from A Question 34:
to BC A rectangle has a perimeter of 45 cm and an area of 112.5 sq. cm.
A. 3.391 B. 4.491 C. 5.591 D. 6.391 What is the length of the shortest side?
A. 4.5cm B. 5.5cm C. 6.5cm D. 7.5cm
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Question 35: On a vacation map trip, Jose averaged 50 mph traveling from Amarillo John drives a car and travels from City A to City B for 7 hrs. If along the
A radiator contains 8 quarts of fluid, 40% of which is antifreeze. How to Flagstaff. Returning by a different route which covered the same way the car stays for two hours for shopping, how far is from City A to
much fluid should be drained and replaced with new antifreeze so that number of miles, he averaged 55 mph. What is the distance between City B if the car is moving at constant speed of 70 kph?
the new mixture is 60% antifreeze? the two cities if his total traveling time was 32 hours? A. 350 km B. 400 km C. 450 km D. 500 km
A. 2.67 quarts B. 4.67 quarts C. 6.67 quarts D. 8.67 quarts A. 838 mi. B. 858 mi. C. 878 mi. D. 898 mi.

Question 40: Question 44:

Question 36:
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What is the cofactor matrix of the coefficient matrix?
2x + 3y + 10z = 5 8x - 2y + 9z = 5 8x + y - 10z = 5
Solve the equivalent partial fraction of

(� + 1)(� − 2)
Two cars leave a gas station at the same time, one traveling north and
the other south. The northbound car travels at 50 mph. After 3 hours

11 −152 24 143 152 234

the cars are 345 miles apart. How fast is the southbound car traveling? 5 2

32 −100 22 B. 40 −120 20
A. 3(�+1)+3(�−2)
−
7 2
A. 55 mph B. 60 mph C. 65 mph D. 75 mph
47 62 −28 47 49 −32
A.
3(�+1) 3(�−2)
B.
C. 3(�+1) − 3(�−2)
5 2

D. 3(�+1) − 3(�+2) 11 112 24 11 152 24

5 2

�. 42 120 120 D. 40 −100 22

47 44 −32 47 62 −28
Question 41:
In the expression of (x + 2y)10 the numerical coefficient of the term
involving �7 is:
Question 37:
Solve the system:
3x + 2y = l and 2x + y = 5
Question 45:
A. 53,360 B. 11,470 C. 13,540 D. 15,360
A. (-13,9) B. (-9,13) C. (9, -13) D. (-9, -13) What is the probability that either two heads or five heads will be
thrown if six fair coins are tossed at once?
A. 0.328 B. 0.347 C. 0.547 D. 0.747

Question 42:
Question 46:
Question 38: Of the 540 seniors at Manila Science High School, 335 are taking
,if x = 3, the expression becomes
�2 +9
�−3
A cash drawer contains 15 twenty dollar bills. How many five dollar bills mathematics, 287 are taking science and 220 are taking mathematics In the given expression

must be added to bring the value of the money up to $390? and science. How many are not taking mathematics nor science? A. 0

A. 14 B. 16 C. 18 D. 20 A. 402 B. 320 C. 138 D. 376 B. 1

C. Infinity
D. Indeterminate
Question 47: Question 52: Question 56:
= � + (�−1)
−�+1 � �
�(�−1)
Solve for A in the partial fraction of
The lengths of the sides of a triangle are consecutive even integers. A rectangular theater seats 1620 people. If each row had six more A. 1
The longest side is y units long. What is its perimeter? seats in it, the number of rows would be reduced by nine. How many B. 3
A. 3y+6 B. 3y+3 C. 3y-6 D. 3y-3 seats would then be in each row? C. 2
A. 15 B. 20 C. 25 D. 30 D. -1

Question 53: Question 57:

Question 48: A cat has a litter of nine kittens. If the probability is 0.54 that a kitten Simplify (2 + 3i)5.
At the Student's Store, six pencils and two pads cost $2.30, whereas will be female, what is the probability that exactly three of the nine will A. 122+ 597i B. 119420i Cc. 9-60i D. 122- 597i
four pencils and three pads cost $2.70. How much does one pad cost? be male?
A. 50 cents B. 60 cents C. 70 cents D. 75 cents
A. 0.143 B. 0.243 C. 0.343 D. 0.203

Question 49: Question 58:

+ = 4 then �4
1 1 Question 54: Susan received $52,000 from the sale of some land. She invest part of
1−� 1+�
if

−1 1 0
it at 7.5% interest and the rest at 9.5% interest. She earned a total of
2 1 1 2
Evaluate 1 4 2
A. 2 B.2 B.4 $4520 interest per year. How much did she invest at the 7.5% rate?
2
D.+
1 −2 −1 A. P31,000 B. P21,000 C. P27,000 D. P35,000

A. 3 B. -5 C. 1 D. -1

Question 50:
At what time after 8 o’clock will the hands of the clock be together? Question 59:

A. 8:43.64 B. 8:44.64 C. 8:42.64 D. 8:41.64 A father’s age is now five times that of this first born son. Six years
from now, the old man’s age will be only three times that of his son.
Question 55:
Find the son’s present age.
Find the product of (4 -3i) and (1 + 2i).
Question 51: A. 6 B. 12 C. 18 D. 36
A triangle has an area 96 sq. in and its height is two thirds of its base.
A. 7+ 2i B. 8+3i C. 9+4i D. 10+5i
What is the base of the triangle? Question 60:
A. 14.97 B. 16.97 C. 18.97 D. 12.97 A, B and C can do a piece of work in 10 days, A and B can do it in 12
days, A and Cin 20 days. How many days would it take C to do the work
alone?
A. 20 days B. 30 days C. 40 days D. 60 days
Question 61: Question 65: Question 69:
From a bag containing 3 white, 4 black and 5 red balls, a ball is drawn. A market vendor bought a crate of mangoes for P55. When the crate What are the mean and sample standard deviation of the following
What is the probability that it is not a red ball? was Opened he found that 4 pieces were not fit to be sold. If he sells numbers?
A. 1/4 B. 1/3 Cc. 5/12 D. 7/12 the rest at P0.80 more than the buying price, he gets a profit of P8 for 70.3, 73.0, 74.25, 77.54, 79.4

these remaining mangoes. How many mangoes were in the crate? A. 74.89, 3.62 B. 75.5, 3.23

A. 18 B. 25 C. 20 D. 22 C. 79.5, 5.39 D. 73.5, 6.39

Question 62: Question 66:

How many different signals each consisting of 10 flags hung in a Simplify the expression (AXB) - C, given
vertical can be formed from 5 identical red flags, 3 identical yellow A=3i+2j-6k B=2i+3j+k C=5i+2k+3k
flags, and 2 blue flags? A. 83 B. 85 C.17 D.19
A. 1,540 B. 2,910 C. 2,520 D. 3,560 S
Question 70:
What is the sample variance of the following numbers?
1, 4, 7, 8, 20, 12, 14, 16
Question 63:
A. 40.78 B.43.23 C.36.34 D.26.34
In a deck of 52 cards, what is the probability of getting a King and a Question 67:
Jack in two consecutive draws? At approximately what time between the hours of 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm
A. 0.0121 B. 0.0221 C. 0.0321 D. 0.0421 would the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a
continuously driven clock be exactly 180°?
A. 3:49.18 pm B. 3:48.18 pm
Question 64: C. 3:49.23 pm D. 3:49.09 pm
A group of fishermen chartered a boat for 3,000 pesos. Two members
of the group were unable to go the trip and as a consequence, each of
the other had to pay 75 pesos more. How many were there in the
original group?
A. 6 B. 8 C. 10 D. 12
Question 68:
An urn contains five black balls and ten white balls. What is the
probability of getting one black ball and one white ball in two
consecutive draws from the urn without replacement?
A. 0.385 B. 0.476 C. 0.685 D. 0.873