Mathematics

RC Examinations
RC 01 The probability for the ECE board Express (-1, 1, sqrt (6)) from
examinees from a certain school to cylindrical into rectangular
Express (5, -9, 7) from rectangular to pass the subjects Mathematics is 3/7 coordinates.
cylindrical coordinates. and for the subject Communications is (sqrt (2), 3π/4, sqrt (6))
(10.30, -1.06, 7) 5/7. If none of the examinees fails both
subject and there are 4 examinees who Which of the following is equal to cot
Express (8, π/3, π/6) from spherical pass both subjects, find the number of (2x)?
into rectangular coordinates. examinees from that school who took [sin (3x) + sin (7x)]/[cos (3x) – cos
(2, 2 sqrt (3), 4 sqrt (3)) the examinations. (7x)]
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Find the values for x, y, and z given the A survey of 100 persons revealed that
equations: Find the LCM of 777 and 37. 72 of them had eaten at restaurant P
x + y + z = 44 777 and that 52 of them had eaten at
3x + 5y + 2z = 143 restaurant Q. If all of them had eaten in
2x + 3y + 4z = 136 Ten samples from a dataset are 92, 78, at least one restaurant, how many had
x = 13, y = 14 and z = 17 82, 93, 95, 99, 93, 91, 90, and 89. eaten in both restaurants?
Determine the standard deviation. 24
Express (5, -9, 7) from rectangular to 6.12
spherical coordinates. Which of the following is identical to
(3.74, -2.55, 1.30) Find the area of a spherical wedge with cosh x + sinh x?
a central angle of 40 degrees and a eˣ
Find the equation of the plane passing radius of 5 meters.
through P = (1, 1, 1), Q = (1, 2, 0), R = 58.18 m³ RC 02
(-1, 2, 1).
x + 2y + 2z = 5 Find the roots of the equation x⁴ - 5x² + Find y’’’ if y = sqrt(x)/(2x+3)
4 = 0. [3(-40x³ + 180x² + 90x +27)]/[8x^(5/2)
The variance of data: 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, x = -2, -1, 1, 2 (2x +3)⁴]
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291.67 How many different 5-letter words can Solve the equation dy/dx = x(x – 2)/eʸ.
be formed from the word y = ln(abs(x³/3 – x² + c))
The upper base area, lower base area DEFINITION?
and median area of a prismatoid are 2 2520 A circle is inscribed in a square with
m², 6m², and 4 m², respectively. If the vertices (-9, -3), (-1, -3), (-9, 5) and (-
height of the prismatoid is 3m, what is Find the area of the polygon with the 1, 5). Find the coordinates of the center
the volume? following points: A(5,5), B(10,14), C(- of the circle.
12 m3 8,7), D(9,-2), E(-3,0). (-4, 1)
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If f(x) = x² - 1, g(x) = x – 2, find a if g • A certain metal has a temperature of
f(a) = 1. Find the volume of a square frustum 75°C and is placed in a room with a
Both 2 and -2 with one side of the lower base given temperature of 18°C. After 20 minutes,
as 20m, the side of the upper base is the temperature of the metal is now
A pilot flies a plane due east with an given as 10m, and height given as 4m. 50°C. How long will it take the metal
airspeed of 155.66 mph. A 42mph 933.33 m3 to reach a temperature of 40°C?
wind blows from the south. What is the 32.98 min
groundspeed and direction of the Let f(x) = x² - 1. Find f • f • f(x).
plane? (x⁴ - 2x²)² - 1 A trough 10m long as it ends isosceles
161.23 mph, N74.9°E trapezoids, altitude 2 m, lower base 2
How far apart (in degrees) are the m., upper base 3 m. If water is let in at
Find the mean and median of the given minute and the hour hand at 3:41? a rate of 3 m³/min, how fast is the
data set. 47, 40, 51, 53, 54, 51 135.5 degrees water level rising when the water is 1
Mean = 49.33; Median = 51 m deep?
Find the value of x in the equation (6x 0.12 m/min
– 7)/4 + (3x – 5)/7 = (5x +78)/28.
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At a certain instant, car A is 60 miles Let P and Q be the points on the line A butterfly sanctuary is built that can
north of car B. A is travelling south at joining A(–2 , 5) and B(3 , 1) such that hold 4000 butterflies. Four hundred
a rate of 20 mi/h while B is travelling AP = PQ = QB, then the mid point of butterflies are initially moved in. After
east at 30 mi/h. How fast is the PQ is 2 months there are now 800 butterflies.
distance between them changing 1 hour (1/2, 3) If the growth is logistic, when does the
later? population get to 1800 butterflies?
2mph A man on a wharf 1.2m above sea level 6.793 months
is pulling a rope ties to a raft at
Differentiate y = sin(3x +4y) 2m/min. How fast is the raft Solve the equation (x² + y²)dx – 2xydy
(3cos(3x+4y))/(1 - 4cos(3x +4y)) approaching the wharf when there is =0
2m of rope remained? x² – y² = cx
Find the ODE of the solution y = –e¯ᵗ 2.5 m/min
+ 1 + 4e^(t/2). What is the first derivative of y²x + yx²
y'’ + y’ = 3e^(t/2) A straight line passes through (4, 5) = 5x if x = 2?
and (-4, 1). Find the y – intercept of the -0.3
A parabolic arch has a span of 100 feet line.
and a maximum height of 25 feet. 3 Determine the second derivative: y =
Calculate the height of the arch 20 feet e^(xⁿ)
from the center. A bridge is built in the shape of a n(ne^(xⁿ) x^(2n-2) + e^(xⁿ) x^(n-2) (n-
21 ft parabolic arch. The bridge has a span 1))
of 120 ft and a maximum height of 25
A small town decides to conduct a ft. Choose a suitable rectangular RC 03
fund-raising drive for a new park coordinate system and find the height
facilities for kids. The cost is $70 000. of the arch at distance 10 ft from the Solve for the Fourier Transform of the
The initial amount given by City Hall center. given function f(t) = e¯²ᵗ u(t – 3)
is $8 000. The contribution to the fund 24.3 e^[-3(2 + jω)] / (2 + jω)
F is increasing at a rate proportional to
the difference between the cost of $70 In a factory, a parabolic mirror to be Find the Laplace transform of f(t) =
000 and the amount F at time t in used in a searchlight was placed on the 6e¯⁵ᵗ + e³ᵗ + 5t³ – 9.
months. After one month, $36 000 is in floor. It measured 50 cm tall and 90 cm 6/(s + 5) + 1/(s – 3) + 30/s⁴ – 9/s
the fund. How much will be in the fund wide. Find the equation of the
after 4 months? parabola. Find the taylor series for xsin(-x).
$64,392.87 x² = 81y/2 Σ((-1)^(n+1)x^(2n+2)/(2n+1)!, 0, ∞)

Given dy/dx = (ylny)/x. if y(2) = e, Find the equation of the line through Find the Laplace transform of f(t) = 2eᵗ
what is the value of y when x = 3? (2, 1) and the point of intersection of cost + 3eᵗ sint.
4.482 3x – 5y – 10 = 0 and x + y + 1 = 0. (2s + 1)/(s² – 2s + 2)
y = -4x/9 + 17/9
A conical paper cup 3 inches across the Find the Laplace transform of f(t) = e³ᵗ
top and 4 inches deep is full of water. A boy starts walking north at speed of + cos(6t) – e³ᵗ cos(6t).
The cup springs a leak at the bottom 1.5 m/s, and a girl starts walking west 1/(s – 3) + s/(s² + 36) – (s – 3)/[(s – 3)²
and loses water at the rate of 2 cubic at the same point P at the same time at + 36]
inches per minute. How fast is the a speed of 2 m/s. At what rate is the
water level dropping at the instant distance between the boy and the girl Find the Z – transform of f(n) = cos(n
when the water is exactly 3 inches increasing 6 seconds later? – 2)u(n – 2)
deep? Express the answer in inches per 2.5 m/s (2z – cos(1))/(z(z² – 2zcos(1) + 1))
minute.
- 0.503 A bridge uses a parabolic arch to The Z transform of a left sided signal
support it. The bridge is 100 m long x(n) = –aⁿ u(–n – 1) is
A population of bacteria undergoes and has a maximum height of 75m. z/(z – a)
exponential growth. If at noon, there Determine the equation in standard
are 1000 bacteria, and there are 2000 form that models the shape of the Given the 4 x 4 matrix B = [0, -5, 2,
by 2 PM, when does the number of bridge. 11; -1, 2, 3, 9; 7/2, 11, 2, 6; 3, 1, 5, 0],
bacteria reach 8000? y = -3x²/100 + 75 determine det(B).
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Find the Laplace transform of the Compute the MacLaurin series of
integral of eᵃᵗ cos (bt) with limits from sin(x).
0 to t. x – (1/3!) x³ + (1/5!) x⁵ – (1/7!) x⁷ +
(s – a)/{s[(s – a)² + b²]} (1/9!) x⁹ + …

Find the Fourier transform of f(x) = Given the 4 x 4 matrix A = [2, -6, 1, 2;
xe^(–x^2) 12, 3, 4, 5; 8, -1, 0, 3; 6, 5, 8, 7],
–(iw/2sqrt(2))e^(–w²/4) determine det(A).
-708 Judd, star player of University of Cebu
has free throw shooting of 83%. The
Solve for the Fourier Transform of the Solve for the Fourier Transform of the game is tied at 87-87. He is fouled and
given function f(t) = e^(-t/2) u(t). given function f(t) =e^(-a|t|). given 2 free throws. What is the
2/(1 + j2ω) 2a/(a² + ω²) probability that the game will go
overtime?
Find the Laplace transform of the Find the inverse Laplace transform of 0.0289
integral of te¯³ᵗdt with limits from 0 to F(s) = 1/[s(s + 1)(s + 2)].
t. 1/2 – e¯ᵗ + (1/2)e¯²ᵗ
1/[s(s + 3)²]
Find the inverse Laplace transform of
Find the inverse Laplace transform of F(s) = (2s + 2)/(s² + 2s + 5)
F(s) = 3/(s² + 4). 2e¯ᵗ cos(2t)
(3/2) sin(2t)
RC 04
Find the Fourier transform of f(x) =
xe^(–a abs(x)), a > 0 A wall 8 feet high is 3.375 feet from a
–(4awi)/(w² + a²) house. Find the shortest ladder that will Find the distance between the point (3,
reach from the ground to the house 2, -1) and the plane 7x – 6y + 6z + 8 =
The interval of convergence of the when leaning over the wall. 0.
power series Σ((-1)ⁿ/(2(n+1)(n+2)) 15.625 ft 1
x^(2n+4), 0, ∞) is
[–1, 1] Find the work done in moving an Determine the probability of throwing
object along a vector a = 31 + 4j if the a total of 8 in a single throw with two
The radius of convergence of the force applied is b = 21 + j. dice, each of whose faces is numbered
power series Σ((-1)ⁿ (xⁿ)/(4ⁿ ln(n)), 2, 10 from 1 to 6.
∞) is 5/36
4
Find the value of x for which y = 4 +
Given the 5 x 5 matrix D = [0, 1, -5, 4, 3x – x³ will have a maximum value.
8; 3, 4, -2, 11, 3; -1, 20, 3, -13, 1; 6, 2, 1
-1, 2, 11; 0, 2, 3, 0, 3], determine
det(D).
A certain chemical decomposes
57,332
exponentially. Assume that 200 grams
becomes 50 grams in 1 hour. How
Given the 5 x 5 matrix C = [2, 4, 5/2, - much will remain after 3 hours?
2, 7; 3, 5, -21, 5, 1; -6, 3, 0, 1, 0; 11, 2,
3.125 grams
-9, 3, 0; 2, 4, 8, -3, 4], determine
det(C).
Roll a pair of dice. What is the
-8266.5
probability that the sum of two
numbers is 11?
The radius of convergence of Σ(xⁿ, 0,
1/18
∞) is
1
Find the average rate of change of the
area of a square with respect to its side
Find the Taylor series of f(x) = lnx x as x changes from 4 to 7.
centered at x = 1.
11
Σ((-1)^(n+1)(1/n)(x – 1)ⁿ, 1, ∞)
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A particle moves on a straight line with
a velocity v = (4 – 2t)³ at time t. Find
the distance traveled from t = 0 to t =
3.
30

Where does the normal line of the

curve y = x - x² at the point (1,0)
intersect the curve a second time?
(-1, -2)

The base radius of a right circular cone How long is the latus rectum of the
is 4 m while its slant height is 10 m. ellipse whose equation is 9x² + 16y² -
What is the lateral surface area? 576 = 0?
125.7 sq. m 9 A weight W is attached to a rope 21 ft
long which passes through a pulley at
P, 12 ft above the ground. The other
end of the rope is attached to a truck at
a point A, 3 ft above the ground. If the
truck moves off at the rate of 10ft/sec,
how fast is the weight rising when it is
7 ft above the ground?
8.27 ft/sec
If f(x) = 10ˣ + 1, then f(x + 1) – f(x) =
9(10ˣ)
Find the volume generated by rotating
a circle x² + y² + 6x + 4y + 12 = 0
Determine all the values of 1^sqrt 2.
about the y-axis.
cos (2sqrt 2 kpi) + isin (2sqrt 2 kpi)
59.22

Find the radius of curvature of y = x³ at

x = 1.
5.27

Sand is pouring to form a conical pile What is the equation of the line, in the
such that its altitude is always twice its xy-plane, passing through the point (6,
radius. If the volume of a conical pile 4) and parallel to the line with
is increasing at the rate of 25π parametric equations x = 5t + 4 and y =
[Link]/min, how fast is the radius Find the volume of the solid formed by t – 7?
increasing when the radius is 5 feet? revolving the area bounded by the 5y – x = 14
0.5 ft/min curve y² = x³(1 – x) in the first
quadrant about x-axis.
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RC 05

In delivery of 14 transformers, 4 of
Find the area of the region bounded by which are defective, how many ways
the curves y = x² - 4x and x + y = 0 those in 5 transformers at least 2 are
4.5 defective? Write the equation of a line with x-
910 intercepts a = - 1 and y intercept b = -8.
Lynn wishes to use 100 feet of fencing 8x + y + 8 = 0
to enclose a rectangular garden.
Determine the maximum possible area
of her garden.
625 sq. ft.
What is the equation of the normal to
the curve x² + y² = 25 at (4,3)?
Find the area enclosed by the loop y² =
3x - 4y = 0
x(x - 1)²
8/15

The area of a circle is six times its

circumference. What is the radius of
the circle?
12

Find the ratio of the surface area of a

cube to its volume if the side is s.
6/s

If the side of a cube is measured with

an error of at most 3 percent, estimate
error in the volume of the cube.
The mean duration of television 9 percent
commercials on a given network is 75
seconds, with a standard deviation of Solve the equation y’ = y/x There are a set of triplets. If there are
20 seconds. Assume that duration time y = cx 11 generations, how many ancestors do
are approximately normally they have if duplication is not allowed?
distributed. What is the approximate What is the unit vector which is 4095
probability that a commercial will last orthogonal both to 9i + 9j and 9i + 9k?
less than 35 seconds? i/sqrt 3 – j/sqrt 3 – k/sqrt 3
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Two engineers facing each other with a Ben is two years away from being
distance of 5km from each other, the twice Ellen’s age. The sum of twice of
angles of elevation of the balloon from Ben’s age and thrice Ellen’s age is 66.
the two engineers are 56 degrees and Find Ben’s age now.
58 degrees, respectively. What is the 18
distance of the balloon from the two
engineers? If f’(x) = sin x and f(π) = 3, then f(x) =
4.64km, 4.54km 4 + cos x

Find the area bounded by x = 2y - y² Which term of the arithmetic sequence

and the y-axis. 2, 5, 8, . . . is equal to 227?
4/3 76
Find the area of a triangle having
How many even numbers of three vertices at – 4 - i, 1 + 2i, 4 - 3i. Evaluate tan²(j 0.78)
digits each can be made with the digits 17 -0.426
0, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 if no digit is repeated?
80

From the top of a building the angle of

depression of the floor of a pole is 48
deg 10 min. and from the foot of a
building the angle of elevation of the
top is 18 deg 50 min, both building and
pole are on a level ground. If the height
of a pole is 4m, how high is the
building?
A periodic waveform possessing half-
13.10m
wave symmetry has no _____.
Evaluate (1 + i) raised to (1 - i). even harmonics
2.82 + i1.32
Find the power series of tan¯¹ (t²).
t² - t⁶/3 + t¹⁰/5 - t¹⁴/7 + …

Evaluate Γ(-3/2).
(4/3)(sqrt π)

Solve for x and y in xy + 8 + j(x²y + y)

= 4x + 4 + j(xy² + x).
2, 2
The cost per hour of the running the
Find the area of a quadrilateral having boat is proportional to the cube of the
vertices at (2,-1), (4,3), (-1,2) and (-3,- speed of the boat. At what speed will
2). the boat run against a current of 4 kph
18 in order to go a given distance most
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RC 06 the window, how much force was the
window exerting?
How much water must be added to 8 16-2/3
gallons of 80% boric solution to reduce
it to a 50% solution?
4-4/5 gal

Five cards are drawn from a pack of 52

well–shuffled cards. Find the
probability that 3 are 10’s and 2 are
queens.
1/108,290 Find the volume of a spherical There are 8 different colors, 3 of which
segment, the radii of whose bases are 4 are red, blue and green. In how many
m and 5 m respectively with an altitude ways can 5 colors be selected out of
Melanie is paid $20 for each day she
of 6 m. the 8 colors if red and blue are always
works and forfeits $5 for each day she
159 pi included but green is excluded?
is idle. At the end of 25 days and nets
$450. How many days did she work? 10
23

Find the distance travelled by the tip of

a pendulum if the distance of the first
swing is 8 cm and the distance of each
succeeding is 0.75 of the distance of
the previous swing.
32 cm Honey Lynn gives a dinner party for
six guests. In how many ways the be
What is the sum of coefficients of the selected from among 10 friends?
expansion of (2x – 1)²? 210
0
A transmitter with a height of 15m is
located on top of a mountain which is
3.0 km high. What is the farthest
distance on the surface of the earth that
can be seen from the top of the
Find the area of the three-leaved rose r mountain? Take the radius if the earth
= 2 sin 3 theta. to be 6400 km.
Evaluate lim (x-6) tan (pix/12) as x
pi 196km
approaches 6.
-3.82

The average of six scores is 83. If the

highest score is removed, the average
of the remaining scores is 81.2. Find
the highest score.
A window in Engr. Llanes’ house is 92
stuck. He takes an 8-inch screwdriver
If this graph of y = (x - 2)² - 3 is to pry open the window. If the Evaluate Laplace transform of tⁿ
translated 5 units up and 2 units down screwdriver rests on the still (fulcrum) n!/s^(n+1)
to the right, then the equation of the 3 inches from the window and Engr.
graph obtained is given by _____. Llanes has to exert a force of 10
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A machine only accepts quarters. A bar
of candy cost 25 cents a pack of
peanuts cost 50 cents and the bottle of
coke cost 75 cents. If Marie bought 2
candy bars a pack of peanut and a
bottle of coke how many quarters did
she pay?
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RC 07
A line segment joining two points on a
circle is called: What kind of graph is r = 2 sec θ?
chord straight line
Find the radius of the circle inscribed
Helium is escaping a spherical balloon in the triangle determined by the lines
at the rate of 2 cm³/min. When the y = x + 4, y = -x - 4 and y = 7x - 2.
surface area is shrinking at the rate of (5/4)(sqrt 2)
1/3 cm²/min, find the radius of the
spherical balloon. Find the radius of curvature of y = eˣ -
12 cm 2x at the point (0,1).
2.83

What is the equation of a circle that

passes through the vertex and the
points of latus rectum of y² = x.
x² + y² - 5x = 0

If f(x) = - x², then f(x + 1) =

- x² - 2x – 1

Find the moment of inertia with respect

to the y-axis of the area bounded by y Which term of the arithmetic sequence
= x² and y = 2x. 2, 5, 8, … is equal to 227?
8/5 76
What is the ratio of the surface area of Find the power series expansion of ln
a sphere to its volume? (1 – x).
3/R –x –(x²)/2 – (x³)/3 – (x⁴)/4 – …
Find the half-life of a radioactive
substance if 20 percent of it disappears
in 40 years.
124.25 yrs.

The area in the second quadrant of the

circle x² + y² = 36 is revolved about the
line y + 10 = 0. What is the volume?
2228.83
If the area of a sector of a circle is 248
sq. m and the central angle is 135
degrees. Find the diameter of the
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In how many ways can 5 red and 4 tank at a rate of 5 gal/min. The well-
white balls be drawn from a bag mixed solution is pumped out at the
containing 10 red and 8 white balls? same rate. What is the concentration of
17640 the solution in the tank at t = 5 min?
0.0975 lb/gal
If y = ln (sec x + tan x). find dy/dx.
sec x What is the general solution of (D⁴ –
1)y(t) = 0?
The number n of ways that an y = C₁eᵗ + C₂e¯ᵗ + C₃ cos t + C₄ sin t
organization consisting of twenty-six
members can elect a president,
treasury, and secretary (assuming no
reason is elected to more than one
position) is ______.
15600 What is the general solution of (D² +
2)y(t) = 0?
An army food supply truck can carry 3 C₁cos (sqrt 2)t + C₂sin (sqrt 2)t
tons. A breakfast ration weighs 12
ounces, and the other two daily meals In how many orders can 7 different
weigh 18 ounces each. Assuming each pictures be hung in a row so that 1
soldier gets 3 meals per day, on a ten- specified picture is at the center?
day trip how many soldiers can be
720 ways
supplied by one truck?
220 soldiers
Which one is not a root of the fourth
root of unity?
i/sqrt 2

What is a so that the points (-2, -1, -3),

(-1, 0, -1) and (a, b, 3) are in straight
line?
1
The area of a rhombus is 264 sq. cm. If
Using power series expansion about 0,
one of the diagonals is 24 cm long, find
find cos x by differentiating from sin x.
the length of the other diagonal.
1 - (x²/2!) + (x⁴/4!) - (x⁶/6!) + …
22 Find the area inside one petal of the
four leaved rose r = sin2theta.
π/8

Find the area of the largest rectangle

that can be inscribed in the ellipse 25x²
+ 16y² = 400
40

A hemispherical tank with a diameter

of 8 ft is full of water find the work
done in ft-lb in pumping all the liquid
out of the top of the tank. The number that is subtracted in
12,546 A large tank filled with 500 gallons of
subtraction.
pure water. Brine containing 2 pounds
subtrahend
of salt per gallon is pumped into the
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An interior designer has to design two RC 08 Find the centroid if the solid formed by
offices, each office containing 1 table, revolving about x = 2 bounded by y =
1 chair, 1 mirror, 2 cabinets. A supplier A conic section whose eccentricity is x³, x = 2 and y = 0.
gives him options between 4 tables, 5 equal to one is known as: (2, 10/7)
chairs, 5 mirrors and 10 cabinets. In a parabola
how many ways can he design the
offices assuming there is no repetition? Water is being pumped into a conical
24,192,000 tank at the rate of 12 [Link]/min. The
height of the tank is 10 ft and its radius
is 5ft. How fast is the water level rising
when the water height is 6 ft?
4/3 pi ft/min

Evaluate the integral of x sinx cosx dx.

–(1/4)x cos 2x + (1/8) sin 2x + C

A cross-section of a trough is a semi-

ellipse with width at the top 18 cm and
depth 12 cm. The trough is filled with
water to a depth of 8 cm. Find the
width at a surface of the water.
12 sqrt 2 cm

A spherical balloon inflated with r =

3(cube root of t) as t is greater than
zero and t is less than equal or equal to
10. Find the rate of change of volume
in cubic cm at t = 8.
113.10

Two angles measuring p deg and q deg

are complementary. If 3p – 2q = 40
deg, then the smaller angle measures
______.
44 deg

The positive value of k which make

Find the volume generated by 4x² – 4kx + 4k + 5 a perfect square
revolving about the x-axis, the area trinomial is _____.
bounded by the curve y = cosh x from 5
x = 0 to x = 1.
4.42 Find the area bounded by one arch of
the companions to the cycloid x = a
theta, y = a (1- cos theta) and the y- Find the radius of the circle inscribed
axis. in the triangle determined by the line y
2πa² = x + 4, y = - x - 4, and y = 2x/7 + 2.
0.35

For a complex number z = 3 + j4, the

modulus is ______.
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The plane rectangular coordinate A point on the curve where the second
system is divided into four parts which the derivative of a function is equal to
are known as: zero is called ________.
quadrants point of inflection

Find A for which y = Aeˣ will satisfy In a conic section, if the eccentricity is
y” - 2y’ = 4eˣ. greater than one, the locus is:
-4 a hyperbola

The locus of a point that moves so that

the sum of its distances between two
fixed points is constant called
_______.
an elipse
A/An_______triangle is a triangle
If the equation is unchanged by the having three unequal sides.
substitution of –x for x, its curve is scalene
symmetric with respect to the ______.
y-axis Determine the moment of inertia of the
The constant “e” is named in honor of
area enclosed by the curved x² + y² =
Euler Naperian logarithm have a base of 36 with respect to the line y = 8.
______. 8256
Find the second derivative of y = x ln 2.71828
x.
1/x Dyra leaves home for Baguio City 400
miles away. After 2 hours, she has to
reduce her speed by 20 mph due to
rain. If she takes 1 hour for lunch and
gas and reaches Baguio City 9 hours
after left home, what was her initial
speed?
65mph

Evaluate limit of [sqrt(x² - 9)]/(2x – 6)

as x approaches 3.
Undefined
RC 09
Evaluate log (2 – 5i).
0.7 – 0.5i Find the equation of the line through
point (3,1) and is perpendicular to the
line x + 5y + 5 = 0.
5x – y = 14

Martha has $20 to spend and would

like to buy as many calculators as
Find the coordinate of the highest point possible with the money. The
of the curve x = 90t, y = 96t – 16t². calculators that she wants to buy are
(270, 144) $4.50 each. How much money will she
have left over after she purchases the
greatest possible number of
calculators?
Two lines are not coplanar are known $2.00
as ______.
skew lines Which of the following terms does
NOT describe the number 9?
Prime
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Which of the following equations is a If the nominal interest rate is 3%, how
variable separable DE? much is P5,000 worth in 10 years in a
2y dx = (x² + 1) dy continuously compounded account?
P6,750
Will has a bag of gumdrops. If he eats
2 of his gumdrops, he will have Where is the vertex of the parabola x²
between 2 and 6 of them left. Which of = 4(y – 2)?
the following represents how many (0,2)
gumdrops, x, were originally in his
bag? Find the area bounded by the parabolas
4<x<8 x² = 4y and y = 4.
21.33
Solve (x + y) dy = (x – y) dx.
x² – 2xy – y² = C A farmer has enough money to build
Differentiate y = sec (x² + 2). only 100 meters of fence. What are the
The cost C of a product is a function of 2x sec (x² + 2 ) tan (x² + 2) dimensions of the field he can enclose
the quantity x of the product: C(x) = x² the maximum area?
– 4000 x + 50. Find the quantity for Evaluate the limit of (x² - 1)/(x² + 3x – 25 m x 25 m
which the cost is minimum. 4) as x → 1.
2000 2/5 3x^2 + 2x – 5y + 7 = 0. Determine the
curve.
Find the distance between the given Parabola
lines 4x – 3y = 12 and 4x – 3y = -8.
4 What is the integral of (3t – 1)³ dt?
(1/12)(3t – 1)⁴ + C

A large coffee pot holds 120 cups. It is

about two-thirds full. About how many
cups are in the pot?
80 cups
Find the second derivative of x³ – 5x² +
x = 0. RC 10
6x – 10 How many square centimeters are in
one square meter? How many degrees does a minute hand
The equation x² + y² – 4x + 2y – 20 = 0 10,000 sq cm move in 20 minutes?
describes: 120°
A circle of radius 5 centered at (2,-1). What is the area enclosed by the curve
9x² + 25y² – 225 = 0? In probability, what term is used if the
Find the distance between P₁(6,-2,-3) 47.1 probability is 0.10 or less?
and P₂(5,1,-4). Unlikely
Sqrt 11
Fred walks 0.75 miles to school;
The distance from a point (1,3) to the Ramona walks 1.3 miles; Xena walks
line 4x + 3y + 12 = 0 is ______. 2.8 miles; and Paul walks 0.54 miles.
5 units What is the total distance the four walk
to school?
5.39 miles

What is the next number in the series

below? 3, 16, 6, 12, 12, 8, __
24

Find the coordinates of a point The statement x + y = y + x is an

Find the angle between the lines 3x +
equidistant from (1, -6), (5, -6) and (6, example of what number property?
2y = 6 and x + y = 6.
-1). Commutative Property of Addition
11°19’
(3, -3)
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Which of the following is an irrational Time (sec) Distance (m) Find the average rate of change for f(x)
number? 30 200 = - 2x + 3 on the intervals x = 0 and x
0.101101110… 68 400 = 2.
114 600 –2
If a school buys three computers at a, 168 800
b, and c dollars each, and the school 230 1000
gets a discount of 90%, which 300 1200
expression would determine the 378 1400
average price paid by the school? Which of the following is true?
0.90(a + b + c)/3 The man is slowing down.

What refers to the proportion of times If an object is dropped from a high cliff
that the event occurs in the simulated or a tall building, then the distance it To solve for an unknown in an
repetitions of the random process? has fallen after t seconds is given by equation, you must always _____.
Empirical estimate of probability the function d(t) = 16t². Find its isolate it on one side.
average speed between 1 s and 5 s.
Which of the following is an example 96 ft/s The sides of a triangle are 8 cm, 10 cm
of the Associative Property of and 14 cm. Determine the radius of the
Multiplication? circumscribing circle.
a(bc) = (ab)c 7.14 cm

Two events are called ________ if they

are disjoint and between them contain Which of the following statements best
all possible outcomes of the probability describes the vertex of an angle?
experiment. The point where the two rays of an
Complementary angle meet.

How many sides have a polygon if the A rhombus has diagonals of 32 and 20
sum of the interior angles is 1080°? inches. Determine its area.
8 320 in^2

A certain angle has a supplement 5 A conical vessel has a height of 24 cm

times its complement. What is the and a base diameter of 12 cm. It holds
angle? water to a depth of 18 cm above its
67.5° vertex. Find the volume (in cm3) of its
content.
If the difference between the squares of Peter can paint a room in an hour and a
381.70
two consecutive integers is 15, find the half and Joe can paint the same room
larger integer. in 2 hours. How many minutes will it
8 take them to paint the room if they do
it together? Round answer to nearest
At the city park, 32% of the trees are minute.
oaks. If there are 400 trees in the park, 51
how many trees are NOT oaks?
272 RC 11

If one inch equals 2.54 centimeters, Suppose that P(A) = 0.6, P(B) = 0.7,
how many inches are there in 20.32 and that events A and B are
centimeters? independent. Find n.
8 0.42
Two events are said to be _______ if
A man is running around a circular they have no outcomes in common. What is defined as the likelihood that a
track 200 m in circumference. An disjoint particular event will occur?
observer uses a stopwatch to time each Probability
lap, obtaining the data as follows:

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Suppose that P(A) = 0.6, P(B) = 0.7, An automobile service center can take 0.0025
and that events A and B are care of 8 cars per day. Assume that the
independent. Find u. cars arrive at the service center
0.88 randomly and independently of each
other at a rate of 6 per hour, on
average. What is the standard deviation
of the number of cars that arrive at the
center?
2.449

The drivers at J & J trucking must

The central angle of a spherical wedge report the mileage on their trucks each
is 1 radian. Find its volume if its radius week. The mileage reading of Ed’s
is 1 unit. vehicle was 20,907 at the beginning of
2/3 one week, and 21,053 at the end of the
same week. What was the total number
of miles driven by Ed that week?
146 miles

An elevator sign reads “Maximum

What refers to the listing of possible weight 600 pounds.” Which of the
values of a numerical random process, following may ride the elevator?
along with the probabilities for those
Three people: one weighing 198
values?
pounds, one weighing 185 pounds,
Probability distribution
one weighing 200 pounds
Suppose that P(A) = 0.6, P(B) = 0.7,
and that events A and B are Manuelita had 75 stuffed animals. Her
A shirt that regularly costs P 340 is
independent. Find P(A/B). grandmother gave fifteen of them to
marked down 15%. What is the sale
0.6 her. What percentage of the stuffed
price of the shirt?
animals did her grandmother give her?
P 289.00
20%
Bart and Sam mow lawns at the same
Hotels, like airlines, often overbook,
rate. If it takes Bart and Sam about
counting on the fact that some people
0.67 hours to mow one half-acre lawn
with reservations will cancel at the last
together, about how many hours would
minute. A certain hotel chain finds
What refers to the listing of all possible it take Bart alone to mow 5 half acre
20% of the reservations will not be
outcomes? lawns?
used. If we randomly selected 15
Sample space 6.7 hours
reservations, what is the probability
more than 8 but less than 12
How many gallons of a solution that is reservations will be used? A circular piece of cardboard with a
75% antifreeze must be mixed with 4 diameter of 1 m will be made into a
0.334
gallons of a 30% solution to obtain a conical hat 40 cm high by cutting a
mixture that is 50% antifreeze? sector off and joining the edges to form
3.2 gallons a cone. Determine the angle subtended
by the sector removed.
What is defined as an artificial 144°
representation of a random process
used to study the process's long-term In probability, what term is used if the
properties? probability is 0.05 or less?
An automobile service center can take
Simulation Rare
care of 8 cars per day. Assume that the
cars arrive at the service center
The sum of the interior angles of a Suppose that P(A) = 0.6, P(B) = 0.7,
randomly and independently of each
polygon is 540°. Find the number of and that events A and B are
other at a rate of 6 per hour, on
sides. independent. Find P(B/A).
average. What is the probability of the
5 service center being empty in any 0.7
given hour?
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An automobile service center can take RC 12 A Statistics Department is contacting
care of 8 cars per day. Assume that the alumni by telephone asking for
cars arrive at the service center The larger the sample size, the closer donations to help fund a new computer
randomly and independently of each the sample proportions are, on average laboratory. Past history shows that
other at a rate of 6 per hour, on to the population proportion. This is 80% of the alumni contacted in this
average. What is the probability that known as: manner will make a contribution of at
less than 2 cars will be in the service Effects of sample size on tests least $50. A random sample of 20
center at any point during a given alumni is selected. What is the
hour? If the average person throws away 3.5 probability that more than 15 alumni
0.0174 pounds of trash every day, how much will make a contribution of at least
trash would the average person throw $50?
away in one week? 0.630
24.5 pounds

P(A and B) = P(A)P(B|A). Where

P(B|A) means the probability of A
happening given that B has already
occurred. This is an example of:
Dependent events

Find the mode of the following set of About 80% of Florida residents believe
numbers: 8, 4, 6, 12, 9, 9, 4, 4, that Florida is a nice or very nice place Belinda is building a garden shed.
4 to live. Suppose that five randomly When she helped her neighbor build an
selected Florida residents are identical shed it took them both 22
The highest temperature in Spring interviewed. What is the probability hours to complete the job. If it would
Valley on September 1 was 93.6°F. On that exactly one resident does not think have taken her neighbor, working
September 2, the highest temperature that Florida is a nice or very nice place alone, 38 hours to build the shed, how
was 0.8 degrees higher than on to live? long will it take Belinda, working
September 1. On September 3, the 0.4096 alone, to build her shed?
temperature was 11.6 degrees lower 52.25 hours
than on September 2. What was the
temperature on September 3? A Statistics Department is contacting
82.8°F alumni by telephone asking for
donations to help fund a new computer
An automobile service center can take laboratory. Past history shows that
The semi-transverse axis of the 80% of the alumni contacted in this
care of 8 cars per day. Assume that the
hyperbola x²/9 + y²/4 = 1 is _______. manner will make a contribution of at
cars arrive at the service center
3 least $50. A random sample of 20
randomly and independently of each
other at a rate of 6 per hour, on alumni is selected. What is the
average. What is the probability that The distance from the point (2,1) to the probability that exactly 15 alumni will
exactly 6 cars will be in the service line 4x – 3y + 5 = 0 is ______. make a contribution of at least $50?
center at any point during a given 2 0.174
hour?
0.161

Two events are called _______ if the

probability of the occurrence of one
event is the same regardless of whether
The points (a,1), (b,2) and (c,3) are or not the other event occurs.
collinear. Which of the following is Independent
true?
c–b=b–a

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A Statistics Department is contacting About 80% of Florida residents believe
alumni by telephone asking for that Florida is a nice or very nice place
donations to help fund a new computer to live. Suppose that five randomly
laboratory. Past history shows that selected Florida residents are
80% of the alumni contacted in this interviewed. What is the probability
manner will make a contribution of at that at least one resident does not think
least $50. A random sample of 20 that Florida is a nice or very nice place
alumni is selected. How many alumni to live?
would you expect to make a 0.6723
contribution of at least $50?
16
The perimeter of a rectangle is 148
feet. Its two longest sides add up to 86
feet. What is the length of each of its
two shortest sides?
31 feet
Two events are said to be _______ if
they have outcomes in common. Find the equation of the line if the x-
What is defined as the long-run
non-disjoint intercept and y-intercept are –2 and 4,
average value achieved by a numerical
random process? respectively.
What is the length of the length of the y – 2x – 4 = 0
Expected value
latus rectum of the curve x² = 20y?
20
Martha bought a lawnmower on sale
for 35% off and paid P 29,835. What
was the price of the lawnmower before Given the equation of a parabola 3x +
it was marked down? 2y² – 4y + 7 = 0. Locate its vertex.
P 45,900 (-5/3, 1)

If production line A can produce 12.5 About 80% of Florida residents believe
units in an hour, and production line B that Florida is a nice or very nice place
can produce 15.25 units in an hour, to live. Suppose that five randomly
how long will production line A have selected Florida residents are
interviewed. Find the probability that RC 13
to work to produce the same amount of
units as line B? all five residents think that Florida is a
nice or very nice place to live. Any simple result of a probability
1.22 hours experiment is called a/an _______.
0.3277
outcome
A Statistics Department is contacting
alumni by telephone asking for The equation y² = cx is the general
donations to help fund a new computer solution of:
laboratory. Past history shows that y` = y/2x
80% of the alumni contacted in this
manner will make a contribution of at Dell computer owners are very faithful.
least $50. A random sample of 20 Evaluate the limit of (3x⁴ - 2x² +
7)/(5x³ + x – 3) as x approaches Despite reporting problems with their
alumni is selected. What is the current systems, 90% of Dell owners
probability that between 14 and 18 infinity.
Infinity said they would buy another computer
alumni, inclusively, will make a from the company, based on the
contribution of at least $50? service they received. Suppose you
0.844 What is the length of the line with a
randomly select three current Dell
slope of 4/3 from a point (6,4) to the y-
computer users and ask them whether
axis?
they would buy another Dell computer
10
system. What is the probability that
exactly one of the three Dell computer
users would buy another Dell
computer?
0.027

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What refers to a number that describes

how likely it is that an event will The numbers 28, x + 2, 112 form a G.
occur? P. What is the 10th term?
Probability 14336

Find the area bounded by the curve y =

x² + 2, and the lines x = 0 and y = 0
and x = 4.
88/3

Michael walks to school. He leaves

each morning at 7:32 A.M. and arrives The two legs of a triangle are 300 and
at school fifteen minutes later. If he 150 m each, respectively. The angle
travels at a steady rate of 4.5 miles per opposite the 150 m side is 26°. What is
hour, what is the distance between his the third side?
home and the school? 341.78 m
1.125 miles
Given the area in the first quadrant
Determine the order and degree of the
bounded by x² = 8y, the line y –2 = 0
differential equation: 2x d⁴y/dy² +
and the y-axis. What is the volume
5x²(dy/dx)³ - xy = 0
generated when the area is revolved
Fourth order, first degree about the line y –2 = 0?
26.81
Joni is 5 feet 11 inches tall and Pierre
is 6 feet 5 inches tall. How much taller
is Pierre than Joni?
6 inches

A neighbor has three dogs. Fluffy is

half the age of Muffy, who is one-third
as old as Spot, who is half the The perimeter of a triangle is 25
neighbor’s age, which is 24. How old inches. If side a is twice side b, which
is Fluffy? is ½ side c, what is the length of side
2 years b?
5
Suppose 40% of the TV sets in use in
the U.S. on a particular night were Find the minimum amount of tin sheet
tuned in to game 7 of the World Series. that can be made into a closed cylinder
If we were to take a sample of 15 in- having a volume of 108 cu. inches in
use TV sets that night, what is the square inches.
probability five or more are tuned to 125.50
the World Series?
0.783 What is the area bounded by the curve
Solve the differential equation: x (y – y² = x and the line x –4 =0?
1) dx + (x + 1) dy = 0. If y = 2 when x 32/3
= 1, determine y when x = 2.
1.55

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Suppose 40% of the TV sets in use in Sample frequency is the number of an event
the U.S. on a particular night were times an event occurs if ______ is Compute the following limit: (x + 4)/(x
tuned in to game 7 of the World Series. repeated many times. – 4) as x → ∞.
If we were to take a sample of six in- an experiment 1
use TV sets that night, what is the
probability exactly three are tuned to Dell computer owners are very faithful. An experiment was conducted where
the World Series? Despite reporting problems with their rats could choose to enter one of two
0.277 current systems, 90% of Dell owners corridors, A or B. A random sample of
said they would buy another computer three rats is selected. Let x = number
from the company, based on the of rats that select corridor B. Assuming
service they received. Suppose you the rats select their favorite corridor
randomly select three current Dell independently of one another and that
computer users and ask them whether the two corridors are equally likely to
they would buy another Dell computer be selected, what is the probability that
system. What is the probability that at at most one rat selects corridor B?
least two of the three Dell computer 0.50
The _______ of an event B is the users would buy another Dell
probability that the event will occur computer?
given the knowledge that an event A 0.972
has already occurred.
conditional probability

A possible result of a probability

experiment is called _______.
an outcome
Tank A, when full, holds 555 gallons
An LRT train 6 m above the ground of water. Tank B, when full, holds 680
crosses a street at 9 m/s at the instant RC 14 gallons of water. If Tank A is only 2/3
that a car approaching at a speed of 4 full and Tank B is only 2/5 full, how
m/s is 12 m up the street. Find the rate If nine candles are blown out on a many more gallons of water are needed
of the LRT train and the car separating birthday cake containing seven times to fill both tanks to capacity?
one second later. as many candles altogether, how many 593 gallons
3.64 m/s candles are there in all?
63 Main Street and Broadway are parallel
to each other; First Avenue and Second
What is 4i cube times 2i square? Avenue are also parallel to one another
8i and, in addition, are both perpendicular
to Main and Broadway. North
Solve for x: 2/(x – 5) + 3/(x + 3) = Boulevard transverses Main Street.
11/(x² - 2x – 15) What other street(s) Should North
4 Boulevard cross if it continues
throughout the entire city?
The supplement of an angle is equal to Broadway
three times the complement. What is
the angle? Solve [y – sqrt (x² + y²)]dx – xdy = 0.
45 degrees sqrt (x² + y²) + y = C

A piggy bank contains $8.20 in coins. The ratio of the number of equally
If there are an equal number of likely outcomes in an event to the total
What percentage of 18,000 is 234?
quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies, number of possible outcomes.
1.3% how many of each denomination are (probability before you conduct the
there? experiment/activity) is called _______.
20% of 96 =
20 theoretical probability
19.2
An outcome or set of outcomes of an
experiment or situation is called

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What is the measure of the arc of a independently of one another and that
circle intercepted by a central angle Solve xy’ (2y – 1) = y (1 – x). the two corridors are equally likely to
that measures 64 degrees? ln (xy) = 2y - x + C be selected, what is the probability that
64 degrees at least one rat selects corridor B?
What is the solution of the first order 0.875
The proportion of times that an event differential equation y(k+1) = y(k) + 5.
occurs is the ______ of the event E. y(k) = 20 + 5k
sample relative frequency

The coordinates (x,y) in feet of a

moving particle P are given by x = cost
– 1 and y = 2 sin t + 1, where t is the
time in seconds. At what extreme rates
in fps is P moving along the curve? Betty Lou, Norma Jean, Margery, and
2 and 1 Dave want to share a brownie evenly
and only cut the brownie twice.
Margery cuts one line down the middle
and hands the knife to Dave. What
kind of line should Dave cut through
the middle of the first line?
Probability that is based on repeated
a perpendicular line
trials of an experiment. (probability
after you conduct the experiment) is
called _______. Determine the diameter of a closed
cylindrical tank having a volume of
experimental probability
11.3 cu. m to obtain minimum surface
area.
Find the principal 5th root of [ 50(cos
2.44
150° + jsin 150°) ].
1.9 + j1.1

Which of the following rope lengths is

longest?
1 meter

Evaluate ln (2 + j3).
1.28 + j 0.98

Find the slope of the curve x^2 + y^2 –

6x + 10y + 5 = 0 at point (1,0).
2/5

An experiment was conducted where

rats could choose to enter one of two
corridors, A or B. A random sample of
three rats is selected. Let x = number
of rats that select corridor B. Assuming
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RC 15 inches, a slant of 6 inches, and a height How many four-letter words beginning
of 4 inches? and ending with a vowel without any
Rachel has a round coffee table that 0 square inches letter repeated can be formed from the
has 6 equal triangle-shaped inlays. The word “personnel”?
smallest angle of each triangle meets in A swimming pool is constructed in the 40
the center of the table; each triangle shape of two partially overlapping
touches the edge of the triangle on identical circles. Each of the circles has There are 13 teams in a tournament.
either side. Three intersecting lines, a radius of 9 m and each circle passes Each team is to play with each other
therefore, create the six identical through the center of the other. Find only once. What is the minimum
triangles. What is the angle of each of the area of the swimming pool. number of days can they all play
the points in the center of the table? 410 m² without any team playing more than
60 degrees one game in any day?
13
If you take recyclables to whichever
recycler will pay the most, what is the
greatest amount of money you could
get for 2,200 pounds of aluminum,
1,400 pounds of cardboard, 3,100
pounds of glass, and 900 pounds of
plastic?

What percent of 3x is 6y if x = 4y?

50%
P 485
Find the angle formed by the lines 2x +
A coin is tossed 3 times. What is the
y –8 = 0 and x + 3y + 4 = 0.
probability of getting 3 tails up?
45°
1/8

A rectangle and a triangle share the

same base. If the area of the triangle is
6 times the area of the rectangle, and
the height of the rectangle is 4, what is
the height of the triangle?
48

The length of a rectangle is equal to 4

inches more than twice the width. How many ounces of water must be
Three times the length plus two times added to a 30-ounce solution that is 40
the width is equal to 28 inches. What is percent alcohol to dilute the solution to
the area of the rectangle? Three times an angle is equal to two 25 percent alcohol?
16 square inches times its complement. What is the 18
angle?
The tens digit is four times the ones 36 degrees Let A and B be events with P(A) = 1/2,
digit in a certain number. If the sum of P(B) =1/3 and P(A ∏ B) = 1/4. Find
the digits is 10, what is the number? Five different Math books, 4 different P(A U B).
82 Physics books and 2 different 7/12
Chemistry books are to be placed in a
What is the difference in area between shelf with the books of the same
a square with a base of 4 inches, a slant subject together. Find the number of
of 6 inches, and a height of 4 inches; ways in which the books can be placed.
and a parallelogram with a base of 4 34560
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Ten is decreased by four times the Daoming’s height is 6 feet. How tall is
quantity of eight minus three. One is the pole?
then added to that result. What is the 20 feet
final answer?
−9
A, B and C work independently on a
Jason is six times as old as Kate. In
problem. If the respective probabilities
two years, Jason will be twice as old as
that they will solve it are 1/2, 1/3, 2/5, If the slope of the line connecting the
Kate is then. How old is Jason now?
find the probability that the problem origin and point P is 3/4, find the
3 years old
will be solved. abscissa of P if its ordinate is 6.
4/5 8

Mike types three times as fast as Nick. The ceiling in a rectangular room is 8
Together they type 24 pages per hour. feet high. The room is 15 feet by 12
If Nick learns to type as fast as Mike, feet. Bernie wants to paint the long
how much will they be able to type per walls Moss and the short walls
hour? Daffodil. The paint can only be
36 pages purchased in gallon cans, and each What is the equation of the line joining
gallon will cover 200 square feet. How the points (3, -2) and (-7, 6)?
many cans of each color will Bernie 4x + 5y = 2
need?
2 cans of Moss and 1 can of Daffodil The ratio of the volume to the lateral
area of a right circular cone is 2:1. If
A horse is tied to a post with a twenty- the altitude is 15 cm, what is the ratio
foot rope. What is the longest path that of the slant height to the radius?
the horse can walk? 5:2
40π feet

Twice a number increased by 11 is RC 16

equal to 32 less than three times the
number. Find the number. What is the sum of the measures of the
43 exterior angles of a regular pentagon?
360 degrees
The resistance of a wire varies directly
with its length and inversely with its A cereal box is filled with Snappie
area. If a certain piece of wire 10 m cereal at the Snappie production
long and 0.10 cm in diameter has a facility. When the box arrives at the
resistance of 100 ohms, what will its supermarket, the cereal has settled and
resistance be if it is uniformly stretched takes up a volume of 144 cubic inches.
so that its length becomes 12 m? There is an empty space in the box of
144 32 cubic inches. If the base of the box Which type of transformation can
is 2 by 8 inches, how tall is the box? change the size of an object?
A committee of 5 persons is to be 11 inches dilation
selected from a group of 5 men and 10
women. Find the probability that the Daoming wants to know the height of a A regular triangular pyramid has an
committee consists of 2 men and 3 telephone pole. He measures his altitude of 9 m and a volume of 187.06
women. shadow, which is 3 feet long, and the cu. m. What is the base edge in meters?
0.40 pole’s shadow, which is 10 feet long. 12
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What is the x-intercept of the line Given a parabola (y – 2)² = - 8(x –1).
passing through (1,4) and (4,1)? What is the equation of its directrix?
5 x=3

Determine the coordinates of the point

which is three-fifths of the way from
the point (2, -5) to the point (-3,5).
(-1, 1)
Anne has two containers for water: A Find the value of k for which the
Oddly, the town of Abra lies half in rectangular plastic box with a base of equation x² + y² + 4x – 2y – k = 0
one state and half in another. To make 16 square inches, and a cylindrical represents a point circle.
it even more confusing, the straight container with a radius of 2 inches and -5
line that divides the states runs along a height of 11 inches. If the rectangular
Sandusky Street. What is the box is filled with water 9 inches from
relationship of the houses at 612 the bottom, and Anne pours the water
Sandusky, 720 Sandusky, and 814 into the cylinder without spilling,
Sandusky? which of the following will be true?
The houses are collinear. The cylinder will overflow.

Find the major axis of the ellipse x² + Find the polar equation of the circle, if
4y² – 2x – 8y + 1 = 0. its center is at (4,0) and the radius 4.
4 r – 8 cos θ = 0

The sides of a triangle are 8 cm, 10 cm

and 14 cm. Determine the radius of the
inscribed circle.
2.45 cm

The table below shows the data Steve

collected while watching birds for one
week. How many raptors did Steve see
on Monday if the raptors seen average
8 per day?
The most ergonomically correct angle
between the keyboard and the screen of
a laptop computer is 100 degrees. This
is called _______
Find the area enclosed by the curve x² an obtuse angle.
+ 8y + 16 = 0, the x-axis, the y-axis
and the line x – 4 = 0.
6 raptors 10.67 sq. units
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Water is coming into a tank three times computers. There are 10 workers. How
as fast as it is going out. After one many different permutations are
hour, the tank contains 11,400 gallons possible?
of water. How fast is the water coming 3,628,800
in?
17,100 gallons/hour Approximately how much money is a
15% tip on a restaurant bill of P 240?
P 36

Given the polar equation r = 5 sin θ.

Determine the rectangular coordinates
(x, y) of a point in the curve when θ is
30°.
(2.17, 1.25)
What is the radius of the sphere center
at the origin that passes the point 8,1,6?
Evaluate the determinant:
Sqrt 101

In triangle ABC, angle A = 45° and C

= 70°. The side opposite angle C is 40
m long. What is the length of the side
-101
opposite angle A?
30.1 m
If a population of yeast cells grows
from 10 to 320 in a period of 5 hours,
what is the rate of growth?
It doubles its numbers every hour.
If it takes two workers, working
Approximately how many liters of separately but at the same speed, 2
water will a 10-gallon container hold? hours and 40 minutes to complete a
38 particular task. About how long will it
take one worker, working at the same
If a bus weighs 2.5 tons, how many speed, to complete the same task
pounds does it weigh? alone?
Each side of a cube is increased by 1%. 5,000 5 hours 20 minutes
By what percent is the volume of the
cube increased? The focus of the parabola y² = 4x is at: Lefty keeps track of the length of each
3.03 % (4,0) fish that he catches. Below are the
lengths in inches of the fish that he
What is the measure of an interior caught one day: 12, 13, 8, 10, 8, 9, 17.
angle of a regular hexagon? What is the median fish length that
120 degrees Lefty caught that day?
10 inches
RC 17
Suppose 3 items are inspected and if at
How many minutes are in 7 1/6 hours? least one defective is found, the lot will
430 minutes be 100% inspected. Otherwise, the lot
will be passed on. How likely is it that
What is the maximum profit when the a lot containing 5 defectives will be
profit-versus-production function is as How many ounces are in 9 1/2 pounds? passed on?
given below? P is profit and x is unit of 152 ounces 0.855999
production. P = 200,000 – x – [1.1/(x +
1)]⁸ Which of these is equivalent to 35°C?
200,000 95°F

Industrial engineers are timing workers

to rank their speed at assembling
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Find the derivative of (x + 1)³/x. The number of red blood corpuscles in A triangle has one 30-degree angle and
3(x + 1)²/x – (x + 1)³/x² one cubic millimeter is about one 60-degree angle. Which of the
5,000,000 and the number of white following types of triangles is it?
If Linda purchases an item that costs blood corpuscles in one cubic Right
P30 or less, she will pay with cash. If millimeter is about 8,000. What, then,
Linda purchases an item that costs is the ratio of white blood corpuscles to Differentiate y = eˣ cos x².
between P30 and P70 she will pay with red blood corpuscles? eˣ (cos x² – 2x sin x²)
a check. If Linda purchases an item 1:625
that costs P70 or greater, she will use a Suppose a poker hand is dealt to an
credit card. If Linda recently paid for a The segment from (-1, 4) to (2, -2) is engineer at a casino and the engineer
certain item using a check, which of extended three times its own length. would like to know how many poker
the following statements could be true? The terminal point is: hands are possible when 5 cards are
The item cost more than P25. (11, -20) dealt from 52. How many different
poker hands that the engineer could be
Find the slope of x²y = 8 at the point Two triangles have equal bases. The dealt?
(2,2). altitude of one triangle is 3 units more 2,986,960
–2 than its base and the altitude of the
other triangle is 3 units less than its If a function is defined as g(x) = x² –
base. Find the altitudes, if the areas of 4x + 1, what is the value of g(1)?
the triangles differ by 21 square units. –2
4 and 10
If pentagon ABCDE is similar to
pentagon FGHIJ, and AB = 10, CD =
5, and FG = 30, what is IH?
15

Zelda’s book fell on the floor and

Carmella and Mariah got summer jobs landed with its spine up in an isosceles
at the ice cream shop and were triangle. The height of the book
supposed to work 15 hours per week triangle is 7-1/2 inches and the base is
each for 8 weeks. During that time, 5-1/2 inches. What is the area of the
Mariah was ill for one week and triangle formed by the tossed book?
Carmella took her shifts. How many 20.6 square inches
hours did Carmella work during the 8
weeks? Which of the following phrases means
135 hours “percent”?
per 100 parts
An engineer selects a sample of 5 What percentage of 600 is 750?
iPods from a shipment of 100 that 125% What are the x and y coordinates of the
contains 5 defectives. Find the focus of the conic section described
probability that the sample contains at RC 18 rsin²θ = cos θ? (Angle q corresponds to
least one defective. a right triangle with adjacent side x,
23 % An equation of the form a/b = d/c is: opposite side y and the hypotenuse r.)
a proportion (1/4, 0)

Which of the following systems

contains two parallel lines?
x – y = 7, 2 – y = –x

Which of these angle measures form a

How many different meals can be right triangle?
ordered from a restaurant if there is 3 40 degrees, 50 degrees, 90 degrees
choices of soup, 5 choices of entrees
and 2 choices of dessert if a meal Evaluate: Lim (x² + 3x – 4) as x → 1.
consists of a soup, entree, and dessert? 24
30
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4 feet long, 18 inches wide, and 2 feet
88 is the result when one-half of the tall. There is a brass ornament on the
sum of 24 and a number is all taken outside of the trunk that takes up an
away from three times a number. What area of 1 square foot that will not get
is the number? painted. How much paint does she
40 need, in square feet, to cover the
outside of the trunk?
The sum of two positive numbers is 50. 33 square feet
What are the numbers if their product
is to be the largest possible?
25 & 25

The base of a rectangle is seven times Given a sphere of diameter, d. What is

the height. If the perimeter is 32 the percentage increase in its diameter
meters, what is the area? when the surface area increases by Evaluate: Lim (x – 4)/(x² - x – 12) as x
28 m² 21%? approaches 4.
10 % 1/7

Find the area (in square units) of the The sides of a triangular lot are 130 m.,
circle whose equation is x² + y² = 6x – 180 m and 190 m. The lot is to be
8y. divided by a line bisecting the longest
25π side and drawn from the opposite
vertex. Find the length of the line.
125 m

Some birds are sitting in an oak tree.

Ten more birds land. More birds arrive
until there are a total of four times as
many birds as the oak tree had after the
ten landed. A nearby maple tree has
sixteen fewer than twelve times as
many birds as the oak tree had to begin Which of the following phrases means
with. If both trees now have the same “percent”?
number of birds, how many birds were per 100 parts
originally in the oak tree before the
first 10 landed? What is the perimeter of a pentagon
7 with three sides of 3 inches, and the
remaining sides 5 inches long? If the average value of a periodic
Karl is four times as old as Pam, who 19 inches function over one period is zero and it
is one-third as old as Jackie. If Jackie is consists of only odd harmonics then it
18, what is the sum of their ages? A given function f(t) can be must be possessing _________
48 represented by a Fourier series if it: symmetry.
All of the choices half-wave
A calibration study needs to be
conducted to see if 20 scales are giving In which of the following are the Evaluate the integral of ln x dx, the
the same weights. How many ways diagonals of the figure always limits are 1 and e.
may be selected to perform a congruent and perpendicular? 1
preliminary study? Square
15,504 Suppose 1% of parts have type 1 defect
RC 19 and 2% have type 2 defect and 0.5%
In the curve 2 + 12x - x³, find the have both types of defects. A part is
critical points. Tamika is restoring an antique storage known to have type 2 defect. What is
(2, 18) & (-2, -14) chest that is in the shape of a the probability that it also has a type 1
rectangular prism. She is painting the defect?
outside only of the trunk. The trunk is 25 %

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Determine the distance from (5, 10) to
If (-2, -4) is the midpoint of (6, -7) and the line x – y = 0.
(x, y), then the values of x and y are: 3.54
x = -10, y = -1

Rationalize (4 + 3i)/(2 – i).

1 + 2i

Evaluate the integral of dx/(x +2) from

–6 to –10.
ln 2

A machine has a probability of

producing a defective equal to 0.05
every time it produces a product. If
three of its products are selected A wall “h” meters high is 2 m away
randomly and independently during a If the radius of a circle is tripled, the from the building. The shortest ladder
shift, what is the probability that a circumference is: that can reach the building with one
quality engineer will find no defectives multiplied by 3. end resting on the ground outside the
in the three? wall is 6 m. How high is the wall in
The angle measure of the base angles meters?
0.857375
of an isosceles triangle are represented 2.24
by x and the vertex angle is 3x + 10.
Find the measure of a base angle. A building that is 45 ft tall casts a
34° shadow that is 30 ft long. Nearby,
Heather is walking her standard
Find the equation of a straight line with poodle, which casts a shadow that is
The integral of cos x with respect to x a slope of 3 and a y-intercept of 1. 2.5 ft long. How tall is Heather’s
is: 3x – y + 1 = 0 poodle?
sin x + C 3.75 ft
A man standing on a 48.5 meter
The difference between six times the building high, has an eyesight height of The perimeter of a square can be
quantity 6x + 1 and three times the 1.5 m from the top of the building, expressed as x + 4. If one side of the
quantity x - 1 is 108. What is the value took a depression reading from the top square is 24, what is the value of x?
of x? of another nearby building and nearest 92
3 wall, which are 50° and 80°
respectively. Find the height of the Find the next number in the following
How many eighths are in 4-3/8? nearby building in meters. The man is pattern. 320, 160, 80, 40, . . .
35 standing at the edge of the building and 20
both buildings lie on the same
The operator of an amusement park horizontal plane. The equation 25x² + 16y² – 150 x +
game kept track of how many tries it 39.49 128 y + 81 = 0 has its center at _____.
took participants to win the game. The (3, -4)
following is the data from the first ten
people: 2, 6, 3, 4, 6, 2, 8, 4, 3, 5. What
is the median number of tries it took
these participants to win the game?
4

Points A and B 1000 m apart are

plotted on a straight highway running
East and West. From A, the bearing of
a tower C is 32° W of N and from B
the bearing of C is 26° N of E.
Approximate the shortest distance of
tower C to the highway.
374 m
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RC 20 Bob is 2 years from being twice as old How many hours will it take before the
as Ellen. The sum of twice Bob’s age cars are 610 miles apart?
A father is now three times as old as and three times Ellen’s age is 66. How 5
his son. Twelve years ago he was six old is Ellen?
times as old as his son. Find the 10 The dimensions of a rectangular prism
present age of the son. can be expressed as x + 1, x − 2, and x
20 + 4. In terms of x, what is the volume
of the prism?
What is the greatest common factor of x³ + 3x² − 6x – 8
24 and 64?
8 The sides of a triangle are 8, 15 and 17
units. If each side is doubled, how
It is known that 60% of a class is many square units will the area of the
female, 50% is majoring in chemical or Wendy has 5 pairs of pants and 8 new triangle be?
electrical engineering, and 25% is shirts. How many different 240
female and majoring in chemical or combinations can she make with these
electrical engineering. What items? A bus picks up a group of tourists at a
percentage of class is female or 40 hotel. The sightseeing bus travels 2
majoring in chemical or electrical blocks north, 2 blocks east, 1 block
engineering? If one is added to the difference when south, 2 blocks east, and 1 block south.
85 % 10x is subtracted from −18x, the result Where is the bus in relation to the
is 57. What is the value of x? hotel?
When ten is subtracted from the -2 4 blocks east
opposite of a number, the difference
between them is five. What is the The distance from the earth to the On the East Coast, it is known from
number? moon is approximately 240,000 miles. health records that the probability of
-15 What is this distance expressed in selecting an adult over 40 years of age
scientific notation? with cancer is 0.05. The probability of
Carla can plant a garden in 3 hours and 2.4 × 10⁵ diagnosing a person with cancer as
Charles can plant the same garden in having the disease is 0.78 and the
4.5 hours. If they work together, how Find the volume of a cone to be probability of incorrectly diagnosing a
many hours will it take them to plant constructed from a sector having a person without cancer as having the
the garden? diameter of 72 cm and a central angle disease is 0.06. What is the probability
1.8 of 150°. that a person is diagnosed as having
13053.44 cm³ cancer?
The cost of renting a bike at the local 0.096
bike shop can be represented by the
equation y = 2x + 2, where y is the
total cost and x is the number of hours
the bike is rented. Which of the
following ordered pairs would be a
possible number of hours rented, x, and
the corresponding total cost, y?
(2, 6)
The sides of a triangle are 195, 157 and
The students at Norton School were 210, respectively. What is the area of
asked to name their favorite type of the triangle?
pet. Of the 430 students surveyed, 258 14,586 sq. units
said that their favorite type of pet was a
dog. Suppose that only 100 students 450 girls were surveyed about their
were surveyed, with similar results, Two commuters leave the same city at favorite sport, 24% said that basketball
about how many students would say the same time but travel in opposite is their favorite sport, 13% said that ice
that a dog is their favorite type of pet? directions. One car is traveling at an hockey is their favorite sport, and 41%
60 average speed of 63 miles per hour, said that softball is their favorite sport.
and the other car is traveling at an The remaining girls said that field
average speed of 59 miles per hour. hockey is their favorite sport. What

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percent of the girls surveyed said that in the yard. What is the approximate 13/36* (23/36)
field hockey is their favorite sport? area that her dog can roam while tied
22% to the stake? Lee can catch 10 fish in an hour and
50 square feet Charles can catch five fish in two
Two pipes together can fill a reservoir hours. How long will Charles have to
in 6 hr 40 min. Find the time each A man fishing on a riverbank sees a fish in order to catch the same number
alone will take to fill the reservoir if boat pass by. The man estimates the of fish that Lee would catch in two
one of the pipes can fill it in 3 hr less boat is traveling 20 mph. If his hours?
time than the other. estimate is correct, how many minutes 8 hours
Smaller pipe = 15 hours, larger pipe = will it be before he sees the boat
12 hours disappear around a bend in the river A power line stretches down a 400-foot
1/2 mile away? country road. A pole is to be put at
A chemist mixed a solution that was 1.5 minutes each end of the road, and 1 in the
34% acid with another solution that midpoint of the wire. How far apart is
was 18% acid to produce a 30-ounce If two sides of a triangle measure 5 and the center pole from the left-most pole?
solution that was 28% acid. How much 7, between what two numbers must the 200 feet
of the 34% acid solution did he use? length of the third side be?
18.75 2 and 12 Justin walks to school in a straight line;
the distance is 7 blocks. The first block
Solve the equation z³ + (2i – 3)z + 5 – i When the product of three and a is 97 feet long; the second and third
= 0. number is taken away from the sum of blocks are 90 feet long; the fourth,
2 – 3i or 1 + i that number and six, the result is zero. fifth, and sixth blocks are 110 feet
What is the number? long. The seventh block is congruent to
A car travels at a rate of (4x² - 2). What 3 the second block. How far does Justin
is the distance this car will travel in (3x walk?
- 8) hours? What is the difference in area between 697 feet
12x³ - 32x² - 6x + 16 a square with a base of 4 feet and a
circle with a diameter of 4 feet? A three-sided corner lot contains one
Bleaching powder is obtained through 16 − 4π square feet side that is 50 feet long, one that is 120
the reaction of chlorine and slaked feet long, and one that is 150 feet long.
lime, 74.10 kg of lime and 70.91 kg of Des Moines recently received a snow What is the perimeter of the lot?
chlorine producing 127.00 kg of storm that left a total of eight inches of 320 feet
bleaching powder and 18.01 kg of snow. If it snowed at a consistent rate
water. How many kg of lime will be of three inches every two hours, how Jared and Linda are both salespeople at
required to produce 1000 kg of much snow had fallen in the first five a certain electronics store. If they made
bleaching powder? hours of the storm? 36 sales one day, and Linda sold three
583.46 kg 7.5 inches less than twice Jared’s sales total, how
many units did Jared sell?
The product of 6x² and 4xy² is divided In order to fell a tree, lumberjacks 13
by 3x³y. What is the simplified drive a spike through the center. If the
expression? circumference of a tree is 43.96 feet, If container A holds 8 gallons of water,
8y what is the minimum length needed to and container B holds 12% more than
go completely through the tree, passing container A, how many gallons of
RC 21 through the center? water does container B hold?
14 feet 8.96
When Ivan swam across a river, the
current carried him 20 feet Meryl ordered a claw hammer, four During the month of May, 1/6 of the
downstream. If the total distance that drill bits, a work light, a large clamp, buses in District A were in the garage
he swam was 40 feet, how wide is the two screwdrivers, seven toggle bolts, for routine maintenance. In addition,
river to the nearest foot? 16 two-penny nails, three paintbrushes, 1/8 of the buses were in for other
35 feet and a 48-inch level from a mail order repairs. If a total of 28 buses were in
house. So far, she has received the for maintenance and repairs, how many
Kristen has a 4-foot leash for her dog. hammer, three drill bits, the level, one buses did District A have altogether?
She tied the leash to a stake in the screwdriver, the clamp, and all the 96 buses
ground so her dog would have some two-penny nails. What fraction of her
room to wander while she was working order has she received?
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Which of the following could describe alien spacecraft landed. A reporter While planning for an event, 40% of
a quadrilateral with two pairs of from the Daily News measures the the members of a committee attended a
parallel sides and two interior angles circle and finds that its radius is 25 meeting. If there are a total of 75
that measure 65 degrees? feet. What is the circumference of the members on the committee, how many
rhombus crop circle? of the members attended this meeting?
157 feet 30
Eric and Margaret make $1,460
together one week. Eric makes $20 per Carol wants to enclose a rectangular Which of the following statements is
hour, and Margaret makes $25 per area in her backyard for her children’s true?
hour. If Eric worked 10 hours more swing set. This section of the yard Parallel lines never intersect.
than Margaret one week, how many measures 16.25 feet by 20.25 feet.
hours did Margaret work? How many feet of fencing will she William has one-third as many toys as
28 need to enclose this section? Tammy who has four times more toys
73 feet than Edgar, who has 6. How many toys
A chicken is standing at the side of a does Jane have if she has 5 more than
straight section of road. On the same RC 22 William?
side, a cow is standing 60 feet down 13 toys
the road; on the other side of the road A steel box has a base length of 12
and directly across from the chicken, a inches and a width of 5 inches. If the The novel that Lynn is reading
bowl of corn sits. The corn is 80 feet box is 10 inches tall, what is the total contains 435 pages. So far, she has
from the cow. About how far will the volume of the box? read 157 pages. Approximately what
chicken have to go to cross the road to 600 cubic inches percent of the novel has she read?
eat the corn? 36%
53 feet A pole which casts a 15-foot-long
shadow stands near an 8-foot-high stop Susan and Janice are sign painters.
Ahmed has a canvas frame that is 25 sign. If the shadow cast by the sign is 3 Susan can paint a sign in 6 hours while
inches long and 18 inches wide. He feet long, how high is the pole? Janice can paint the same sign in 5
buys a canvas that is 3 inches longer on 40 feet hours. If both worked together, how
each side. What is the area of the long would it take them to paint this
canvas? In constructing her financial report, sign?
744 square inches Noel Carpenter estimates that her real 2.73 hours
estate holdings have appreciated by
Ron is half as old as Sam, who is three 18% since purchase. If the original Renee is putting a stairway in her
times as old as Ted. The sum of their value was $585,000, what would her house. If she wants the stairway to
ages is 55. How old is Ron? balance sheet show now? make an angle of 20 degrees to the
15 $690,300 ceiling, what obtuse angle should the
stairway make to the floor?
How many 12-inch square tiles are Which of the following is a translation 160 degrees
needed to tile the floor in a room that is of the statement 4x + 5 = 21?
10 feet by 15 feet? 5 more than 4 times a number is 21 The seller accepts an offer to purchase
150 a house for $395,000. After paying a
Juan takes a compass reading and finds brokerage fee that is 5.5% of the sale
A family eats at Joe’s Grill and orders that he is 32 degrees north of east. If he price, other settlement fees totaling 4%
the following items from the menu: was facing the exact opposite direction, of the sale price, and paying off a loan
Hamburger $2.95 what would his compass reading be? of $300,000, what are the seller’s net
Cheeseburger $3.35 58 degrees west of south proceeds?
Chicken Sandwich $3.95 $57,475
Grilled Cheese $1.95 The city requires all pools to be in
If the family orders 2 hamburgers, 1 fenced in yards. Rick’s yard is 60 feet A water tank is in the shape of a right
cheeseburger, 2 chicken sandwiches, by 125 feet. How much fencing does circular cylinder. The base has a radius
and 1 grilled cheese, what is the total he need to fence in the yard for the of 6 feet. If the height of the tank is 20
cost of their order? pool, excluding a four-foot gate at the feet, what is the approximate volume
$19.10 sidewalk? of the water tank?
366 feet 2,261 cubic feet
Farmer Harris finds a crop circle in the
north forty acres, where he believes an
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A pump installed on a well can pump Bridget wants to hang a garland of silk the lake is 3000 feet across, at what
at a maximum rate of 100 gallons per flowers all around the ceiling of a altitude was the photograph taken?
minute. If the town requires 15,000 square room. Each side of the room is 6000 feet
gallons of water in one day, how long 9 feet long; the garlands are only
would the pump have to continuously available in 15-foot lengths. How A polygon is a plane figure composed
run at 75% of its maximum rate to many garlands will she need to buy? of connected lines. How many
meet the town’s need? 3 garlands connected lines must there be to make
200 minutes a polygon?
A jar of coins totaling $4.58 contains 3 or more
A shopper can spend no more than $2 13 quarters and 5 nickels. There are
per pound on fruit and wants 7 pounds twice as many pennies as there are Yolanda and Gertrude are sisters.
of bananas at a cost of 50 cents per dimes. How many dimes are there? When one fourth of Gertrude’s age is
pound. How many pounds of 9 taken away from Yolanda’s age, the
raspberries can he buy if raspberries result is twice Gertrude’s age. If
cost $4 per pound? Jack went hiking in bad weather Yolanda is 9, how old is Gertrude?
5.25 pounds wearing a backpack filled with 60 4 years old
pounds of supplies. A couple of miles
If a function is defined as f (x) = 5x^2 into his hike, he became tired and Mr. James Rossen is just beginning a
– 3, what is the value of f (–2)? discarded supplies equal to 1/3 of the computer consulting firm and has
17 60 pounds. A few miles later it started purchased the following equipment:
to snow, and he discarded another 2/5 3 telephone sets, each costing $125
D’Andre rides the first half of a bike of the original 60 pounds. How much 2 computers, each costing $1300
race in two hours. If his partner Adam did Jack discard altogether during his 2 computer monitors, each costing
rides the return trip 5 miles per hour hike? $950
less, and it takes him three hours, how 44 pounds 1 printer costing $600
fast was D’Andre traveling? 1 answering machine costing $50
15 mph RC 23 Mr. Rossen is reviewing his finances.
What should he write as the total value
A container filled with water is 10 by Over the last few years, the average of the equipment he has purchased so
10 by 15 inches. Portia fills her glass number of dogs in the neighborhood far?
with 60 cubic inches of water from the has dropped from 17.8 to 14.33. What $5,525
container. How much water is left in is the decrease in the number of dogs
the container? in the neighborhood? A new telephone directory with 596
1,440 cubic inches 3.47 dogs pages has 114 less than twice as many
pages as last year’s edition. How many
Dave can wash and wax a car in 4 One-sixth of a certain number is four pages were in last year’s directory?
hours. Mark can do the same job in 3 more than one-twelfth the number. 355 pages
hours. If both work together how long Find the number.
will it take to wash and wax the car? 48 What is the greatest area possible
1.7 hours enclosed by a quadrilateral with a
How many pounds of chocolates which perimeter of 24 feet?
A television costs $400 to purchase. cost $5.95 per pound must be mixed 36 square feet
Renting the same television requires with 3 pounds of caramels costing
making a $50 nonrefundable deposit $2.95 per pound to obtain a mixture A pump installed on a well can pump
plus monthly payments of $25. After that costs $3.95 per pound? at a maximum rate of 100 gallons per
how many months will the cost to rent 1.5 pounds minute. If the pump runs at 50% of its
the television equal the cost to maximum rate for six hours a day, how
purchase it? When estimating distances from aerial much water is pumped in one day?
14 months photographs, the formula is (A × l) ÷ f 18,000 gallons
= D, where A is the altitude, l is the
A triangle has two congruent sides, and measured length on the photograph, f is A hiker walks from his car to a distant
the measure of one angle is 40 degrees. the focal length of the camera, and D is lake and back again. He walks on
Which of the following types of the actual distance. If the focal length smooth terrain for 2 hours until he
triangles is it? is 6 inches, the measured length across reaches a 5-mile-long, rocky trail. His
isosceles a lake on a photograph is 3 inches, and pace along the 5-mile-long trail is 2
mph. If he walks steadily with no
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stops, how long will it take the hiker to One colony of bats consumes 36 tons Kari is running for student council. The
complete the entire trip from his car to of mosquitoes per year. At that rate, rules restrict the candidates to four 2-
the lake and back again? how many pounds of mosquitoes does foot by 3-foot posters. Kari has dozens
9 hours the same colony consume in a month? of 4 inch by 6-inch pictures that she
6,000 pounds would like to cover the posters with.
Which of the following represents a What is the maximum number of
composite number? A certain number when added to 50% pictures she will be able to use on the 4
91 of itself is 27. What is the number? posters?
18 144 pictures
Twelve times one-half of a number is
thirty six. What is the number? A rectangle’s topmost side is 3 times Garth cuts a piece of rope into three
6 that of the leftmost side. If the leftmost pieces. One piece is 5 inches long, one
side is A inches long, what is the area piece is 4 inches long, and one piece is
Jeff was 10 minutes early for class. of the rectangle? 3 inches long. The longest piece of
Dee came in four minutes after Mae, 3A² rope is approximately what percent of
who was half as early as Jeff. How the original length before the rope was
many minutes early was Dee? On Monday, Freida slept 6.45 hours; cut?
1 minute on Tuesday, 7.32; on Wednesday, 5.1; 42%
on Thursday, 6.7; and on Friday she
What is the difference in perimeter slept 8.9 hours. How much total sleep A rain barrel contained 4 gallons of
between a square with a base of 4 feet did she get over the five days? water just before a thunderstorm. It
and a circle with a diameter of 4 feet? 34.47 hours rained steadily for 8 hours, filling the
16 − 4π square feet barrel at a rate of 6 gallons per day.
Melissa can grade five of her students’ How many gallons of water did the
Roommates Bob and Ted agreed to papers in an hour. Joe can grade four of barrel have after the thunderstorm?
wallpaper and carpet the living room the same papers in an hour. If Melissa 6 gallons
and replace the sofa. The wallpaper works for three hours grading, and Joe
costs $103.84, the carpet costs works for two hours, what percentage Which of the following represents the
$598.15, and the new sofa costs of the 50 students’ papers will be word form of the decimal 0.007?
$768.56. Bob agrees to pay for the graded? seven thousandths
carpet and wallpaper and Ted agrees to 46%
pay for the sofa. How much more Suppose the amount of radiation that
money will Ted spend than Bob? A vacationing family travels 300 miles could be received from a microwave
$66.57 on their first day. The second day they oven varies inversely as the square of
travel only 2/3 as far. But on the third the distance from it. How many feet
Last week, Felicity had $67.98 saved day they are able to travel 3/4 as many away must you stand to reduce your
from babysitting. She made another miles as the first two days combined. potential radiation exposure to 1/16 the
$15.75 baby-sitting this week and How many miles have they traveled amount you could receive standing 1
spent $27.58 on CDs. How much altogether? foot away?
money does she have now? 875 miles 4 feet
$56.15
RC 24 A ramp in a parking garage makes a 5-
Horses are racing on a circular track degree incline with the ground floor. If
with a perimeter of 360 feet. Two The total pressure of a mix of gases in the height that the ramp rises is 10 feet,
cameras are in the center of the track. a container is equal to the sum of the approximately how long is the ramp?
Camera A is following Horse A and partial pressures of each of the gases in 114.7 feet
Camera B is following Horse B. If the the mixture. A mixture contains
angle between the two cameras is 40 nitrogen, oxygen, and argon, and the
degrees, how far apart are the 2 horses? pressure of nitrogen is twice the Jan loaned Ralph $45 expecting him to
40 feet pressure of oxygen, which is three repay $50 in one month. What is the
times the pressure of argon. If the amount of annual simple interest on
Lily is replacing all the plumbing in partial pressure of nitrogen is 4 pounds this loan? (R = the annual rate of
her house. The pipe she is using has a per square inch (psi), what is the total simple interest. Interest = Principal ×
diameter of 2.5 inches. What is the pressure? Rate × Time, or I = PRT.)
circumference of the end of the pipe? 6-2/3psi 133%
7.85 inches
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The sum of a number and its double is Twelve less than 4 times a number is between the picture and the frame.
69. What is the number? 20. What is the number? What is the area of the mat he will
23 8 need?
185 square inches
Of 150 people polled, 105 said they A rectangular box has a square base
rode the city bus at least 3 times per with an area of 9 square feet. If the
week. How many people out of volume of the box is 36 cubic feet,
100,000 could be expected to ride the what is the length of the longest object
city bus at least 3 times each week? that can fit in the box?
70,000 5.8 feet

Two saline solutions are mixed. Martin, a motel housekeeper, has

Twelve liters of 5% solution are mixed finished cleaning about 40% of the 32
with 4 liters of 4% solution. What rooms he’s been assigned. About how
percent saline is the final solution? many more rooms does he have left to
4.75% clean?
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A grain elevator operator wants to mix
two batches of corn with a resultant All of the rooms on the top floor of a
mix of 54 pounds per bushel. If he uses government building are rectangular,
20 bushels of 56 pounds per bushel with 8-foot ceilings. One room is 9 feet
corn, which of the following wide by 11 feet long. What is the
expressions gives the amount of 50 combined area of the four walls,
pounds per bushel corn needed? including doors and windows?
20 × 56 + 50x = (x + 20) × 54 320 square feet

Dennis Sorensen is buying land on Rose must replace a sail on her boat.
which he plans to build a cabin. He The triangular sail is 30 feet high and
wants 200 feet in road frontage and a 20 feet at the base. What is the area of
lot 500 feet deep. If the asking price is the sail?
$9,000 an acre for the land, 300 square feet
approximately how much will Dennis
pay for his lot? Mark needs to work five-sixths of a
$20,700 year to pay off his car loan. If Mark
begins working on March 1st, at the
How long will it take Sheri to walk to a end of what month will he first be able
store five miles away if she walks at a to pay off his loan?
steady pace of 3 miles per hour? December
1.67 hours
A helicopter flies over a river at 6:02
Of 360 students polled, 150 participate A.M. and arrives at a heliport 20 miles
in extracurricular activities. away at 6:17 A.M. How many miles
Approximately what percent of the per hour was the helicopter traveling?
students DO NOT participate in 80 mph
extracurricular activities?
58% Six pounds of a dried fruit mixture
which costs $3 per pound and 1-1/2
To wash the windows on the second pounds of nuts costing $7 per pound
floor of his house, Alan leaned a ladder are mixed together. What is the cost
against the house, creating a 54-degree per pound of this mixture?
acute angle with the ground. What is $3.80
the measure of the angle the ladder
made with the house? Eli has a picture that is 25 inches by 19
36 degrees inches and a frame that is 30 inches by
22 inches. He will make up the
difference with a mat that will fit
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