1. By what percentage will the area of a circle be increased if its radius id doubled?

a. 57%
b. 300%
c. 100%
d. 29%
2. Raindrops are apparently falling at 40 with the perpendicular as it appears on a driver
on a car traveling at 72 kph. Find the velocity of rain in m/sec it strikes the ground.
(Assume velocity of rain to be constant).
a. 10.76
b. 5.55
c. 23.8
d. 28.3
3. Find the central angle subtended by circular arc of radius 720 cm if the chords is 1107
cm long.
a. 50.50
b. 85.4
c. 90.2
d. 100.48
4. Two intersecting circles with radius 2 and 3 with center to center distance 4, and length
of common chord.
a. 5.9
b. 6.7
c. 2.9
d. 57
5. For a 4, 5, 6 triangle, find the radius or circumscribed circle.
a. 2.52
b. 3.02
c. 3.87

d. 1.05

6. In the above problem, find radius of inscribed circle.

a. 1.32
b. 4.34
c. 3.21

d. 5.75

7. A cylinder is inscribed in a right triangular prism with base dimensions 4, 5 & 6cm and
altitude 7. Find the lateral surface area of the cylinder
a. 58.18
b. 34.56
c. 46.90
d. 34.23
8. A plane passes thru the diameter of the upper base of a cylinder and is tangent to the
lower base. If r = h = 2, find the area of this section.
a. 4.44
b. 7.77
c. 8.88
d. 6.24
9. The sum of two numbers is 68. If the larger is divided by the smaller, the quotient is 4
and the remainder is 8. Find the smaller number.
a. 13
b. 12
c. 15
d. 4
10. Pedrozo has 50 coins, all in 5 cents and 10 cents amounting to P3.50. How many 10
centavo coins does he have?
a. 12
b. 20
c. 10
d. 40
11. In a purse are nickels, dimes and quarters amounting to $9.85. There are twice as many
dimes as quarters, and the number of nickels is two more than twice and the number of
dimes. Determine the number of nickels.
a. 16
b. 34
c. 54
d. 62
12. The tens digit of a certain two digit number exceeds the units digit by 4 and 4 less than
thrice the units digit. Find the two digit number.

a. 37

b. 84

c. 58

d. 99

13. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 7. If the digits are reversed, the new
number is 1 less than half the original number. Determine the original number.
a. 52
b. 34
c. 54
d. 25
14. A man has 100 invested part at 5% and the remainder at 3% simple interest. The total
income per year from these investments is P44. How much does he have invested at
higher rate?
a. 200
b. 500
c. 700
d. 120
15. What amount should an employee receive as salary so that he would net P 5000 after
reducing 10% from taxes?
a. 5555.56
b. 5134.38
c. 6544.6
d. 6345.39
16. At what price should a merchant mark a sofa that costs him P200 in order that he may
offer a discount of 15% on the marked price and still make a profit of 25% on the selling
price.
a. 313.75
b. 231.56
c. 188.23
d. 912.56
17. When each side of a given square is increased by 3 inches the area is increased by 27
square inches. Determine the dimensions of the original square.
a. 2
b. 4
c. 3
d. 9
18. One leg of a right triangle is 6 inches and the hypotenuse is 2 inches longer than the
other leg. Find the length of the hypotenuse.
a. 3
b. 8
c. 10
d. 9
19. A mixture of 40 kg of candy worth P6/kg is to be made up by taking some worth
P4.50/kg and some worth P8.50/kg. How many kg. of each should be taken?
a. 23 and 20
b. 25 and 12
c. 34 and 15
d. 25 and 15
20. A container contains 40 liters of a wine which is 80% alcohol by volume. How much of
the mixture should be removed and replaced by an equal volume of water so that the
resulting solution will be 70% alcohol by volume?
a. 5 liters
b. 10 liters
c. 15 liters
d. 12 liters
21. How many liters of a 50% alcohol solution must be added to 60 liters of a10% alcohol
solution to obtain a mixture which is 30% alcohol? All percents are by volume.
a. 60 liters
b. 50 liters
c. 15 liters
d. 40 liters
22. A can do a job in 30 days, and B can do the same job in 40 days. How long will it take
them if they work together?
a. 17.14 days
b. 20.45 days
c. 21.34 days
d. 95.65 days

23. A tank can be filled by three pipes separately in 20, 30 and 40 minutes respectively. In
how many minutes can it be filled by the three pipes acting together?
a. 10.678 mins.
b. 1.23 mins.
c. 9.23 mins.
d. 8.19 mins.
24. In problem #91, if only the first two pipes will be opened, how long will it take to fill up
the tank?
a. 20 mins.
b. 115 mins.
c. 12 mins.
d. 31 mins.
25. A and B working together can complete a job in 30 hrs. A works twice as fast as B.
How many days would it take A working alone to complete the job?
a. 45 hrs
b. 20 hrs
c. 15 hrs
d. 8 hrs
26. Workman As rate of doing work is twice that of workman Bs. One day, A and B
together for 8 hrs; then B due to injury stops and A finishes the rest of the job in 2 hours.
How long would it take B to do the complete job alone?
a. 28 hrs
b. 124 hrs
c. 32 hrs
d. 6 hrs
27. A man is paid P150 for each day he works and forfeits P 50 for each day he is idle. If at
the end of 100 days he nets P 10, 000how many days was he idle?
a. 45
b. 50
c. 25
d. 35
28. One third of a certain number is 5 more than one fourth of the number. Find the number.
a. 40
b. 10
c. 60
d. 70
29. The difference between two numbers is 10 and their sum is 40. Find the smaller number.
a. 10
b. 8
c. 15
d. 12
30. Find the smaller of two consecutive even integers such that twice the smaller exceeds
the larger by 10.
a. 5
b.12
c. 32
d. 14
31. The sum of the two numbers is 40. If the larger is divided by the smaller, the quotient is
2 and the remainder is 4. Find the smaller number.
a. 5
b. 12
c. 21
d. 14
32. Find the bigger of two consecutive positive odd integers such that the difference of their
squares is 40.
a. 11
b. 10
c. 12
d. 16
33. If tan x = , what is the value of tan (x + y)?
a. 1
b. 2/3
c. 2
d. 1/2
34. If loga 10 = 0.25, what is the value of log10 a?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6

d. 5

35. The area of the triangle inscribe in a circle is 39.19 sq. cm. and the radius of the
circumscribed circle is 7.14 cm. If the two side of the inscribed triangle are 8cm and
10cm respectively, find the third side.
a. 10cm
b. 12cm
c. 14cm
d. 16cm
36. The distance from the point (2,1) to the line 4x-3y + 5 = 0 is
a. 2
b. 1
c. 4

d. 3

37. The moment of inertia of a circle 5m in diameter about an axis thru its centroid is
a. 36.144m4
b. 24.832m4
c. 30.68m4
d. 15m4
38. Find the slope of the line whose equation is 3x + 4y = 8?
a. -2/3
b. 3/4
c. -4/3

d. -3/2

39. One joule of work is done by force of one Newton acting through a distance of
a. one foot
b. one meter
c. one centimeter
d. one inch
40. In an ideal gas law where P = Pressure, V = volume, T = temperature (degree Kelvin),
which of the following expression is constant?
a. P/VT
b. PT/V
c. PV/T
d. PVT
41. Given a triangle, C = 100 degrees, a = 15, b = 20, find c.
a. 35
b. 27
c. 34

d. 43

42. Find the distance between A(4, -3) and B (-2, 3)

a. 6
b. 11
c. 10

d. 9

43. Calorie is the amount of heat required to increase the temperature of _____ of water by
one degree Celsius.
a. kilo - lbs
b. 1 g
c. 1 kg
d. 1 lb
44. Kinetic energy equals
a. mass*velocity2 b. mass*velocity c. mass*acceleration d. mass*velocity
45. The acceleration due to gravity in the English system of ft/sec2 is
a. 32.2
b. 42.2
c. 15.2
46.
2/3
Find the value of (1/8)
a.
b. 1/6
c. 1/4

d. 20.2
d. 1/3

47. An elliptical plot of garden has semi-major axis of 6 meter and semi-minor axis of 4.8
meters. If these are increased by 0.15 meter each, find the increase in area of the garden
in square meters.
a. 4.62
b. 5.16
c. 6.24
d. 3.62
48. Velocity tells us how the position of something is changing while acceleration tells us
how the ______ is changing?
a. direction
b. distance
c. velocity
d. time

49. A horizontal line has a slope of

a. negative
b. zero

c. positive

50. The area of a triangle is given by the formula

a. bh/2
b. 0.5absin

c. all of these

d. infinity
d. s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)

51. A person runs 500m at an average speed of 6m/s and then the next 800m at speed of
6m/s and then the next 800m at an average speed of 8m/s. What is the total time
required?
a. 193.3
b. 183.3
c. 103
d. 173.3
52. The loss or decline on the value of an asset is called
a. scrap
b. depreciation
c. salvage value

d. appreciation

53. The payment for the use of borrowed money is called

a. loan
b. maturity value
c. interest

d. principal

54. A pile of creosoted poles contains 1275 poles in layers so that the top layer contains one
pole and each lower layer has one more pole than the layer above. How many layers are
in the pile?
a. 20 layers
b. 30 layers
c. 40 layers
d. 50 layers
55. When a ray of light is incident from a medium, such as air, to a denser medium, like
water, the refracted ray lays ______ to the perpendicular than does the incident ray.
a. nearer
b. farther
c. perpendicular
d. parallel
56. In how many ways can you put 3 pipes, colored red, green and blue, in 20 empty trucks?
a. 5000 ways
b. 6000 ways
c. 7000 ways
d. 8000 ways
57. Find the length of the side of a regular pentagon inscribed in a circle radius 10cm.
a. 117.6cm
b. 12.76cm
c. 10.76cm
d. 11.76cm
58. Two non coplanar lines that do not intersect are called ________ lines.
a. Perpendicular
b. parallel
c. skew
d. concurrent

59. In how many years will your money be doubled if it earns 12% interest compounded
annually?
a. 5.5% compounded semi-annually
c. 5% compounded monthly
b. 6% compounded annually
d. 5.3% compounded quarterly
60. Five years ago you paid P34, 000 for a house. If you sold it today for P50, 000, what
would be your annual rate of appreciation?
a. i = 8.07%
b. i = 8.02%
c. i = 8.09%
d. i = 9.00%

61. If four apprentice electricians earn P465.80 in seven days, how much fourteen skilled
carpenters, paid at the same rate, earn in twelve days?
a. P2795.52
b. P2800.52
c. P2790.50
d. P2794.80
62. The difference of the squares of the digits of a two digit positive number is 27. If the
digits are reversed in order and the resulting number subtracted from the original
number, the difference is also 27. What is the original number?
a. 61
b. 62
c. 63
d.64
63. What time between 2 and 3 oclock the angles between the hands of the clock will be
bisected by the line connecting the center of the clock and the 3 oclock mark?
a. 2:185/10
b. 2:185/13
c. 2:186/13
d. none of these
64. In a triangle ABC, AB and BC equal to 14m having an included angle x. Compute the
maximum possible area of the triangle.
a. 98m2
b. 96m2
c. 106m2
d. 108m2
65. Juan dela Cruz Has P13, 760 in cash and he would like to invest it in business. His
estimates of the year receipt and disbursements for all purposes are shown in the
tabulation below.
Year
0
4
5
6
7

Receipts
P0
P 5, 000
P 6, 200
P 7, 500
P 8, 800

+
+
+
+

Disbursement
P 13, 760
P 1, 000
P 1, 200
P 1, 500
P 1, 800

He estimates that his equipment will have a salvage value of P 2, 000 at the end of
useful life. Find the rate of return of the prospective investment.
a. 12.1%
b. 10.11%
c. 10.63%
d. 9.87%
66. An employee obtained a loan of P 10, 000 at the rate of 6% compounded annually in
order to build a house. How much must he pay monthly to amortize the loan within a
period of 10 years?
a. P 102.20
b. P 114.24
c. P 105.20
d. P 110.24
67. At a uniform rate of 4 drops per second, water is dripping from a faucet. Assuming
acceleration of each drop to be 9.81 m/sec2 and no air resistance, find the distance
between two consecutive drops in mm, if the upper drop has been in motion 3/8 sec.
a. 2, 254.45mm
b. 1, 453.44mm
c. 1, 234.87mm
d. 1, 226.25mm
68. The diameter of a sphere and the base of a cone are equal. What percentage of that
diameter must the cones height be so that both volumes are equal?
a. H/D = 200%
b. H/D = 300%
c. H/D = 400%
d. none of the choices

69. A cylindrical water tank which is 35 ft in diameter and 105 ft in length is placed
temporarily on an 18.5 degree slope. The filler is located flush with the top of the tank at
mid-point. What is the maximum volume of water which can be placed in the tank?
a. 90, 303.09 ft3
b. 100, 455.45 ft3
c. 89, 232.56 ft3
d. 90, 343.92 ft 3
70. Two towns A and B are situated respectively 13 and 20 miles back from a straight river
on the bank of which a pumping station is to be erected to supply both towns. At what
point of the bank of the river should the pumping station be placed so that the least
amount of piping may be required if the measured points of the river to A and B
respectively are 25 miles apart?
a. 10.56 miles
b. 8.7 miles
c. 4.66 miles
d. 9.85 miles
71. A hemispherical open tank used for concentration of sulfuric acid (specific gravity =
1.25) is filled up to the rim. If the tank has a radius of 3m, determine the work done in
kilojoules (kJ) after pumping the tank of all acid to another tank situated on platform 3m
above the rim of the lower tank.
a. 2, 860.39 kJ
b. 5, 674.99 kJ
c. 1, 345.74 kJ
d. 4, 214. 55 kJ
72. What kW of pump is to be used to fill a cylindrical tank with hemispherical bottom?
Water will be forced thru the bottom of the tank whose cylindrical height is 6m and
diameter of 3m. The bottom of the tank must be filled in 1.5 hrs. Assume pump
efficiency to be 75%.
a. 0.06833 kW
b. 0.5644 kW
c. 0.5422 kW
d. 0.0876 kW
73. A man was offered a Land Bank certificate with a face value of P 100, 000 which is
bearing interest of 8% per year payable semi-annually and due in 6 years. If he wants to
earn 8% effective semi-annual interest, how much must he pay the certificate?
a. P 86, 856.70
b. P 69, 855.69
c. P 23, 456.89
d. P 45, 456.90
74. The square of a number increased by 16 is the same as 10 times the number. Find the
number.
a. 1 and 5
b. 4 and 6
c. 2 and 8
d. 3 and 9
75. The sum of P 26, 000 was deposited in a fund earning interest at 8 percent per annum
compounded quarterly. What was the principal in the fund at the end of 3 years?
a. P 35, 765.29
b. P 23, 456.89
c. P 56, 734.90
d. P 32, 974.29
76. A Pelton wheel is driven by a jet of water 2 inches in diameter under a head of 300ft.
What HP is generated if the efficiency of the wheel is 80 percent?
How many kilowatts is delivered if the wheel is directly connected to a generator with
and 85% efficiency.
a. 52.36 kW
b. 35.65 kW
c. 56.33 kW
d. 45.11 kW
77. A pipe lining material of silicon carbide used in the conveyance of pulverized coal to
fuel a boiler, has a thickness of 2cm and inside diameter of 10cm. Find the volume of
the material of a pipe length of 6 meters.

a. 42, 239m3

b. 23, 324m3

78. The value of (33 )2 is

a. 54
b. 81

c. 34, 123 m3

d. 45, 234m3

c. 243

d. 729

79. The following cost item which is common to both the fixed and operating cost of an
enterprise is
a. Interest
b. Depreciation
c. Taxes
d. Supplies
80. The center of gravity of an isosceles triangle whose height H is on the median line:
a. 2/3 H from the vertex
c. 1/3 H from the vertex
b. 2/3 H from the base
c. 3/4 H from the vertex
81. The nearest whole number to the value of 2(700)2/3
3
a. 312
b. 1, 243
c. 12, 433

d. 54

82. 90 is equal to:

a. 1, 500 rad

d. 1, 000 rad

b. 3.42 rad

c. 1.57 rad

83. Circular pitch times diametrical pitch equals

a.
b. 1/
c. 1.0

d. 2

84. The loss of weight of a body submerged in a fluid is

a. proportional to the depth of submergence
b. equal to the weight of the fluid displaced
c. independent of the weight of the body
d. independent of the volume of the body
85. A rat fell on a bucket of water with diameter of 600 cm which traveled an angle of 190
before it dropped from the bucket. Calculate for the linear centimeter that the rat was
carried by the bucket before it fell.
a. 223.99 cm
b. 34.66 cm
c. 994.84 cm
d. none of the choices
86. A horizontal cylindrical tank with hemispherical ends is to be filled with water to a
height of 762 mm. If the inside diameter of the cylinder is 1016 mm and the total inside
length of the cylinder is 3600 mm, find the volume of water, in cubic meters, that will be
filled into the tank up to the required height.
a. 2.81 m3
b. 1.55 m3
c. 67.23 m3
d. 123.6 m3
87. A contractor divided the total length of a pipeline he had contracted to construct into 3
equal spans and assigned to each span a group of workers. Each group has equal number
of workers. The first group finished the assigned span in 25 days, the second group in 20
days, and the third group in 18 days. How many days would be needed to finish one
span if the three groups were to work together?
a. 10.57 days
b. 11 days
c. 6.87 days
d. 7.59 days

88. A man who won P 300, 000.00 in a lottery decided to place 50% of his winning in trust
fund for the college education of his son. If the money will earn 14% per year
compounded quarterly, how much will be his earning at the end of 12 years when his
son will be starting his college education?
a. P 632, 038.34 b. P 856, 078.12
c. P 124, 879.10
d. P 567, 127.90
(57-58) A company has approved a car plan for its six senior officers in which the company
will shoulder 25% of the cost and the difference payable by each officer to a financing
company in 48 equal end-of-the-month installments at an interest rate of 1.5% per month.
If the cost of each car is P 350, 000.00, compute for the following:
89. Amount the company will have to shoulder
a. P 123, 000.00 b. 768, 000.00
c. P 525, 000.00

d. P 123, 003.90

90. How much will each officer monthly payments?

a. P 9, 343.56
b. P 1, 344.45
c. P 2, 145.56

d. P 7, 710.94

91. If the LPG sphere of Shell Company has an inside diameter of 15 meters and it could
safely be filled to 75% of its volume, compute for the volume of LPG that could safely
be contained in the sphere.
a. 1, 235.56 m3
b. 2, 324.5 m3
c. 1, 325.36 m3
d. none of the choices
92. Compute the true length of the road which is represented on a map drawn to the scale 1:
10, 000 by a line segment 10 cm long.
a. 100, 000 cm
b. 10, 000 cm
c. 1000m
d. 100m
93. Find the smallest side of a right triangle with hypotenuse 40 and inscribed circle having
a radius of 8m.
a. 24m
b. 28m
c. 32m
d. 18m
94. In problem #61, find the distance between centers of inscribed and circumscribed
circles.
a. 8.1
b. 8.94
c. 9.4
d. 7.4
95. Find the distance from the vertex opposite the base to the center of an isosceles triangle
for lateral sides 10 cm and base 12 cm.
a. 6.57
b. 5.33
c. 4.5
d. 7.8
96. From a point 2 cm distance from a circle, a tangent line is drawn 3m long. Find the
radius of the circle.
a. 2.5
b. 1.25
c. 2
d. 1.5
97. Determine the length of chord whose length is 1.6 times the radius and drawn 5cm
distance from the center.
a. 40/3
b. 20/3
c. 10
d. 50/3

98. Two parallel concrete pipes of a drainage each 150 cm in radius are replace by one pipe.
What diameter must this pipe have to ensure the same capacity of the drainage pipe?
a. 424
b. 300
c. 802
d. 582
99. Find the radius of a concentric circle drawn to circle of radius 2 which divides it into
two equal parts.
a. 2.1
b. 3.2
c. 2.5
d. 1.4
100.
The plan of a plot drawn to scale 1:10000 has the form of a square with the side
5.0 cm long. Find the area of the plot.
a. 89.20 sq.km.
b. 5.26 sq.km.
c. 24 sq.km.
d. 0.25 sq.km.