Numerical Reasoning
Direction: Choose the letter of correct answer.
1. What is 1 ¼ of 800?
a) 200 b) 400 c) 500 d) 1000 e) 8000
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2. What percent of 3 ⁄3 is ⁄3? 1
a) 10% b) 15% c) 20% d) 25% e) 33%
3. A three-fourth percent of a number is 60. What is the number?
a) 80 b) 800 c) 8,000 d) 80,000 e) 800,000
4. If x – 3 = 5 and y + 4 = 7, what is the value of x2 – y3?
a) 519 b) 509 c) 485 d) 55 e) 37
5. If a = 1, b = 4/3, and c = -1, what is the value of 3c (b - a)?
a) -7 b) -1 c) 7 d) 10 e) 21
6. If x = 11 in 2x + 3y = 58, what is the value of 2y – 11?
a) 11 b) 13 c) 27 d) 29 e) 34
7. If A – B = 8 and A + B = 4, then find 2AB.
a) -32 b) -24 c) 12 d) 24 e) 32
8. What should be the value of P so that 1P2,705 is divisible by 9?
a) 3 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8 e) 9
9. What should be the value of B so that 132,6B2 is divisible by 4?
a) 0 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 8
10. What is the possible value of X and Y so that 2X1,04Y is divisible by 6?
a) X=9 Y=8 b) X=7 Y=6 c) X=6 Y=9 d) X=5 Y=4
11. How many numbers between 197 and 303 are divisible by 4 or 10?
a) 11 b) 26 c) 30 d) 31 e) 36
12. If positive integers M and N are not both odd, which of the following is always true?
a) M + N is even c) M – N cannot be odd
b) MN is even d) M + N – 1 is odd
13. To fence a rectangular lot, Farmer Barn needs 330 meters of fencing material. He is uncertain
about the length of the farm, but he is sure that it is 60 meters wide. How long is Farmer Barn’s
rectangular lot?
a) 115 meters b) 105 meters c) 95 meters d) 75 meters e) 65 meters
14. A cube has a volume of 8 cubic inches. If each side is doubled in length, then what will its new
volume be in cubic inches?
a) 16 b) 24 c) 32 d) 48 e) 64
15. A rectangle and an equilateral triangle have the same perimeter. The length of the rectangle is 4
cm more than the width. Each side of an equilateral triangle is 12 cm. What is the area of the
rectangle?
a) 16cm2 b) 7cm2 c) 11cm d) 77cm e) 77cm2
16. There are 20 chocolates in a box. 12 are milk chocolates, 5 are dark chocolates and the rest are
white chocolates. A chocolate is chosen at random. What is the probability that the chocolate is
white?
a) 1/20 b) 1/3 c) 3/5 d) 5/12 e) 3/20
17. A spinner numbered 1 to 8 spins once. What is the probability that the arrow lands on a number
less than 5?
a) ¼ b) 20% c) 50% d) 0.75 e) 1/3
18. Apple has 30 pieces of 2-peso coin and 5-peso coin in her coin bank with a total of 96 pesos. How
many 5 – peso coins do Apple has?
a) 12 b) 18 c) 13 d) 17 e) 16
19. A rabbit’s weight is 6 kilogram and chicken’s weight is 4 kilogram. Now we have 20 rabbits and
chicken with 96 kilograms in total. How many rabbits do we have?
a) 12 b) 8 c) 7 d) 13 e) 10
20. An item was tagged with a 20% discount. If its original price is Php1400, how much will be your
change if you pay Php2000 for the item?
a) Php700 b) Php720 c) Php800 d) Php880 e) Php920
21. The sum of three numbers is fifty-four. The second number is nine more than the first number and
the third number is three less than the second number. What is the second number?
a) 19 b) 22 c) 13 d) 15 e) 10
22. Two automobiles start from the same place and travel in opposite directions. One automobile is
15miles faster than the other. If in 12 hours, they will be 900 miles apart, what is the rate of each
automobile?
a) 30mi/h & 45mi/h b) 20mi/h & 35mi/h c) 33mi/h & 48mi/h d) 35mi/h & 50mi/h
23. Twelve years ago, the sum of the ages of Miguel and Ariel was 23. If Ariel is 17 years younger
than Miguel, how old is Ariel at the present?
a) 32 b) 30 c) 27 d) 22 e) 15
24. It takes Mang Cardo 1 hour to milk all the carabaos, and it takes Aling Nelia 1.5 hours. How long
will it take them to do the job together?
a) 150 mins b) 75 mins c) 48 mins d) 36 mins e) 24 mins
25. How many 2-digit numbers can be formed from the numbers 1, 5, 8, and 9 if repetition of digits is
not allowed?
a) 100 b) 24 c) 12 d) 8 e) 16
Answer key:
1. D
2. A
3. C
4. E
5. B
6. B
7. B
8. A
9. C
10. A
11. D
12. B
13. B
14. E
15. E
16. E
17. C
18. A
19. B
20. D
21. B
22. A
23. E
24. D
25. C