General Math Problems

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Find the result when 52 is subtracted from the sum of 45 and 63.
a. -56
b. -160
c.56
d. 160
The product of 8 and 48 is ______.
a. Greater than
c. less than 400
b. An odd number d. a prime number
The average of 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 is equal to
a. the middle number
b. their sum
c. their common difference
d. their product
To find what part of one number is another we
a. Add
c. multiply
b. Subtract
d. divide
Find the ratio of one hour to one second.
a. 1 : 1
c. 1 : 3 600
b. 24 : 1
d. 3 600 : 1
Find the result when quotient of 111 and 3 is added to 11.
a. 26
b. 37
c. 125
d. 48
Of the 328 workers of Sellas Embroidery Shop, 64 regularly walk to work and 168 take public transportation. How many employees of
Sellas Embroidery Shop do not regularly walk to work?
a. 96
b. 104
c. 125 d. 264
Kristofer, a furniture maker, charges P 2,250 for a small bookcase and P 3,900 for a large one. Last month he sold 5 small bookcases
and 3 large ones.Which expression represents the gross amount Kristofer got for the sale of the bookcases?
a. (2 250 + 3 900) (5 +3)
b. 5 (2 250) + 3 (3 900)
c. (2 250 + 3 900) (5 x 3)
d. (2 250 x 3 900) (5 + 3)
Ria takes home P 12,000 a month. She spends P 3,000 a month for rent, P 4,500 for food, and P 1,500 for transportation. What fraction
of her income does she spend?
a. 3/4
b. 1/4
c. 3/8
d. 1/8
One-half the difference between 98 and 46 is _____.
a. 52
c. greater than 25
b. Less than 25
d. greater than 46
Gail worked from 7:20 am to 5:05 pm with one hour lunch break. How much did she earn that day if she is paid P 96 for every hour that
she worked?
a. 840 b. 960 c. 936 d. 216
A student assistant is requested to file 960 registration cards alphabetically. If she can file at the rate of 80 cards an hour, how many
cards are left unfiled after 7 hours of work?
a. 80
b. 160
c. 320 d. 400
If it takes 4 days for 3 machines to finish a certain lot of production, how long will it take 2 machines, running at the same rate, to finish
the same lot?
a. 2 days
c. 9 days
b. 6 days
d. 12 days
An express train leaves one station at 6:18 am and arrives at the next station at 6:24 am. Find the average speed of the train, in kph, if
the distance travelled is 8.4 km.
a. 1.4 kph
c. 84 kph
b. 14 kph
d. 140 kph
A motorist averages 75 kph in going a distance of 300 km. He made the return trip over the same distance in 6 hours. Find his average
speed for the entire trip.
a. 50 kph
c. 62.5 kph
b. 60 kph
d. 70 kph
Find the cost of 1 case of 12-oz softdrinks at the rate of three 12-oz bottles for P 26.25. ( 1 case has 24 bottles).
a. 105 b. 78.75 c. 210 d. 630
If 358 clerks typed 7, 518 in 7 minutes, find the number of pages that can be typed by an average clerk in one minute.
a. 3
b. 4
c. 7
d. 21
Of the 560 children in a certain municipality 140 have an above-average aptitude in mathematics. How many percent of these children
have an above-average aptitude in math?

a. 20%
b. 25%
c. 75%
d. 140%
19. Jimmy bought a new DVD for 18,000.00. He paid 15% down and 500 a month for 36 months. Find the total amount he paid for the
DVD.
a. 2 700
c. 115%
b. 18 000
d. 20 700
20. The Gilberts family saved 690,000, which is 75% of what they need for the down payment of a house and lot. How much more do they
need?
a. 23 000
c. 25%
b. 230 000
d. 750 000
21. Find the interest on 40, 000 for one year at 12.5% per annum.
a. 5 000
c. 7 500
b. 8 000
d. 10 000
22. Ernesto purchased three Reviewer books at 225 each and five Math textbook at 350 each. Find the average cost of one book?
a. 287.50
c. 300.25
b. 295
d. 303.125
23. If Annie can finish a job in six days and Ben can finish the same job in three days, how long will it take the two of them to finish the job if
they work together?
a. day b. 2 days c. 3 days d. 6 days
24. A student receives an average of 78 on her three exams that are scored on a scale of 0 to 100. If one of her test scores was 63, what is
the lowest possible score she could have received on any of the three tests?
a. 54
b. 64
c. 71 d. 78
25. In a certain game, three blue chips is equal to two red chips, and six yellow chips is equal to one red chip. Four yellow chips is equal to
how many blue chips?
a. 1
b. 3
c. 5
d. 7
26. In a group of men, women and children, the ratio of men to children is 2 : 3 and the ratio of women to children is 5 : 8. Give the ratio of
men to women.
a. 2 : 5
b. 3 : 8
c. 3 : 5
d. 16 : 15
27. When the quotient of a number and eight is increased by nine, the result is twelve. Find the number.
a. 24
b. 16
c. 64
d. 168
28. 8 x 2(2) +7 x ( 4+1) is equal to ___________.
a. 23
c. 45
b. 67
d. 78
29. 2(2) x 20/4 - 7x3 + 55 is equal to _________.
a. 21
c. 54
b. 54
d. 43
30. Translate 10 less than a number is 5 into an equation.
a. y-5 = 10
c. 10+y=5 1
b. -5 + 10 = Y
d. 10-y = 5
31. What is the sum of eight and a number is 12 into an equation?
a. 8 + a = 12
c. a + 12 = 12
b. a + 12 = 8
d. 12 + 12 = 8
32. How many centimeters are there altogether in 1.35m, 4.08m and0.75m?
a. 321 cm.
c. 123cm.
b. 316 cm
d. 618 cm
33. Mr. and Mrs.Gilmore have four children. They have a seven-year old daughter and triplet boys. If the sum of the ages of the four children
is 22, how old are the triplets?
a. 6 years old
c. 8 years old
b. 9 years
d. 5 years old
34. How much change will I receive from 50.00 after I buy 4 toys2.50 each?
a. 40.00
c. 50.00
b. 30.00
d. 10.00
35. Julius was 48 months old exactly. How many years old was he?

a. 3 years old
c. 2 years old
b. 4 years old
d. 7 years old
36. Rugby team t-shirts cost P5.00 each. A school buys 34 of them. How much did the school spend?
a. P907.00 b. P170.00 c. P45.00 d. P345.00
37. Allan could write 26 words every minute. How many words could he write in 10 minutes?
a. 260 words
c. 43words
b. 250words
d. 145 words
38. Georgino was running around an athletics track. One lap was 400 meters. If Georgino had run 8 laps, how many kilometers had he run?
a. 3.2 kilometers
c. 8 kilometers
b. 2.3 kilometers
d. 4 kilometers
39. Macky can shear 50 sheep each hour. If he works non-stop for 5 hours, how many sheep will Macky have shorn?
a. 350 sheep
c. 250 sheep
b. 200 sheep
d. 130sheep
40. Girlie had P100. She spent P22.50 on a book and P3.25 on ice cream and the TV Guide. How much money did she have left?
a. P74.25
c. P76.00
b. P8.00
d. P90.00
41. Rubie works five days every week at a local solicitor's office. How many days does she work in 7 months?
a. 130 days
b. 100 days
42. Write 15.5% in decimal.

c. 120 days
d. 140 days

a. .155
c. 0.151
b. 5.10
d. 5.001
43. What is the sum of (15a - 6bcd) and (12a + 16bcd)?
a. 27a + 10bcd
c. 12a + 12bcd
b. 34a + 3bcd
d. 10a + 10bcd
44. 8x - 4 =12. What is the value of x?
a. 2
b. 12
c. 7
d. 34
45. What is the product of 5019 and 6518?
a. 32 713 842
c. 54 982 373
b. 23 456 34
d. 45 987 123
46. How much is 14% of P 11 000 000.00?
a. 1 414 000.00 c. 1 123 000.00
b. 1 540 000.00 d. 1 767000.00
47. Round 299 943 to the nearest thousand.
a. 299 999
c. 209 909
b. 300 000
d. 299 090
48. Find the value of x in the equation, 5x = 45.
a. 6
b. 9
c. 8
d. 12
49. Find three consecutive integers whose sum is 75.
a.
b.

24,25,26
23,24,25

50. What is 25%of 456?

a. 114
b. 217

c. 12, 13, 14
d. 32,33,34
c. 187

d. 176

NUMBER SERIES
51. 2, 1, (1/2), (1/4)
a. (1/3) b. (1/8) c. (2/8) d. (1/16)
52. 7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12
a. 7
b. 10
c. 12
d. 13

53. 36, 34, 30, 28, 24, ...

a. 20
b. 22
c. 23
d. 26
54. 22, 21, 23, 22, 24, 23, ...
a. 22
b. 24
c. 25
d. 26
55. Look at this series: 53, 53, 40, 40, 27, 27, ...
a. 12
b. 14
c. 27
d. 53
56. Look at this series: 21, 9, 21, 11, 21, 13, 21, ...
a. 14
b. 15
c. 21
d. 23
57. Look at this series: 58, 52, 46, 40, 34, ...
a. 26
b. 28
c. 30
d. 32
58. Look at this series: 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, ...
a. 7
b. 10
c. 14
d. 15
59. Look at this series: 8, 22, 8, 28, 8, ...
a. 9
b. 29
c. 32
d. 34
60. Look at this series: 31, 29, 24, 22, 17,
a. 15
b. 14
c. 13
d. 12
Age problem
61. Cary is 9 years older than Dan. In 7 years, the sum of their ages will equal 93. Find both of their ages now.
a. Dan is 35 and Cary is 44
b. Dan is 40 and Cary is 44
c. Dan is 25 and Cary is 35
d. Dan is 35 and Cary is 50
62. Fred is 4 times as old as his niece, Selma. Ten years from now, he will be twice as old as she will be. How old is each now?
a. Selma is 15 now Fred is 20 now
b. Selma is 5 now Fred is 20 now
c. Selma is 35 now and so Fred is 35 now
d. Selma is 25 now Fred is 24 now
63. An Elephant is 4 times as old as a giraffe. Three years ago, the elephant was 7 times as old as the giraffe. Find the present age of each
mammal.
a. elephant is 26 now and the giraffe is 24 now
b. elephant is 6 now and so the girrafe
c. elephant is 6 now and the giraffe is 24 now
d. insufficient data
64. Brenda is 4 years older than Walter, and Carol is twice as old as Brenda. Three years ago, the sum of their ages was 35. How old is each
now?
a. insufficient data
b. Walter is 18 now, Brenda is 25 now and Carol is 24 now
c. Walter is 8 now, Brenda is 12 now and Carol is 24 now
d. Walter is 18 now, Brenda is 12 now and Carol is 24 now
65. Daniel is 28 years younger than Kevin. Kevin and Daniel first met 3 years ago. Eight years ago, Kevin was 5 times as old as Daniel.
How old is Daniel now?
a. Daniel is 24 now.
b. Daniel is 18 now.
c. Daniel is 15 now.
d. Daniel is 19 now.
66. James is four years younger than Austin. If three times James' age is increased by the square of Austin's age, the result is 28. Find the a
ages of James and Austin.
a. Austin is 5 and James is 1
b. Austin is 15 and James is 11
c. Austin is 25 and James is 22
d. Austin is 35 and James is 15
67. Kristine is 4 years younger than Mario. Three years from now she will be two-thirds as old as Mario. Find their present ages.
a. Mario is 9 and Kristine is 15
b. Mario is 29 and Kristine is 5
c. Mario is 29 and Kristine is 5

d.

Mario is 9 and Kristine is 5

68. A man is 20 years older than his son. The sum of their ages is 50. How old are they?
a. son is 15 and man is 25
b. son is 15 and man is 35
c. son is 15 and man is 45
d. son is 15 and man is 55
69. One year ago, the father was 8 times as old as his son. Now, his age is the square of his son's age. Find their present age.
a. son is 7 and father is 49
b. son is 7 and father is 49

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b.
c.
d.

son is 7 and father is 49

son is 7 and father is 49
son is 7 and father is 49
son is 7 and father is 49

In 15 years, a child's age will be 9 years less than four times her current age. Find her current age.
her current age is 8
CAR AND TRAIN DISTANCE, RATE, AND TIME PROBLEMS
70. Two trains leave a station, 304 miles apart, at the same time and travel toward each other. One train travels at 105 miles per hour,
while the other travels at 85 miles per hour. How long will it take for the two trains to meet?
the two trains will meet in 1.6 hours which is 1 hour and 36 minutes
71. Charlie and Chang start at the same point and drive in opposite directions. Charlie drives 44 mph and Chang drives 46 mph. How
far apart will they be in 2 hours?
180 miles
72. Art leaves his house at 10 o'clock traveling at 50 mph. Jennifer leaves her house at 10:30 traveling at 60 mph. At what time will
Jennifer catch up to Art?
In 3 hours, Jennifer will catch up with Art
73. I need help with this word problem: 2 trains leave San Francisco at the same time in the same direction. The first train travels 55
mph and the second 68 mph. When will the two trains be 390 miles apart?
In 30 hours, they will be 390 miles apart.
74. Two high speed trains are 240 miles apart and traveling toward each other. They meet in 2 hours. If one trains speed is 10 miles per
hour faster than the other, find the speed of each train.
The rate of one train is 55 mph.
The rate of the other train is 65 mph.
75. A high school marching band of 205 students went to a competition. They took 9 vehicles, some cars and some buses. Find the
number of cars and the number of buses they took if each car holds 5 students and each bus hold 45 students.
They took 5 cars and 4 buses.
76. Sheila leaves on a long trip driving at a steady rate of 25 miles per hour. Her sister Allison leaves from the same location traveling to
the same destination 2 hours later. She drives at a steady rate of 50 miles per hour. How long after Sheila leaves home will Allison
catch up?
In 4 hours after Sheila leaves Allison will catch up with Sheila
77. Two trains leave a station at the same time, heading in opposite directions. One train is traveling at 80 km-h, the other at 90 km-h.
How long will it be for the trains to be 425 km Apart?
In 2.5 hours, they will be 425 km apart
PERIMETER PROBLEM
78. A researcher has a testing pot used for testing seeds. The perimeter of the plot is 322m. The length of the plot is 25m more than the
width. Find the dimensions of the plot.
width = 68 m
length = 93 m

79. The width of a rectangular plot is 4 feet longer than two-fifths the length. If the perimeter of the plot is 36 feet, find the length.
length is 10 feet
80. Brad knows the perimeter of his rectangular shaped patio is 24 feet. The width is 5 feet. How long is it?
Perimeter of a rectangle is 2(width) + 2(length)
length is 7 ft
ANGLE MEASUREMENT
81. Two angles of a triangle have the same measure and the third one is 3 degrees greater than the measure of each of the other two.
Find the measure of the largest angle in the triangle.
62 is the measure of the larger angle
82. The length of a new rectangle is 3 yards longer then quadruple the width. If the perimeter is 606 yards what are the dimensions.
width = 60 yds
length = 243 yds
83. The sum of three times an angle and twice its complement is 215. What are the measures of the angles?
62 is the measure of the larger angle
84. The length of a rectangle is three more than twice the width. The perimeter is 78 centimeters. What is the width in centimeters of the
rectangle?
62 is the measure of the larger angle
85. The length of a rectangle is 3 times the width. The area is 48 square feet. Find the length and width of the rectangle.
length is 10 feet
86. The length of a rectangular piece of carpet is 2 meters less than 5 times its width. Find the dimensions of the carpet if its area is 16
square meters. Solve algebraically.
width = 2m
length = 8m
87. Find the measure of an angle if its measure is 26 more than three times its complement.
The angle is 74
ALGEBRAIC WORD PROBLEM
88. When 23 is added to a number, 99 is the result. What is the number?
the number is 76
89. When the smaller of two consecutive integers is added to four times the larger, the result is 49.
9 and 10 are the two consecutive integers
90. Find three consecutive integers such that the sum of the first and three times the second is 44 less than five times the third.
37, 38, and 39 are the three consecutive integers
91. The sum of 30% of a number and 50% of the same number is 96. What is the number?
the number is 120
92. Find three consecutive integers such three times the third integer added to one half of the first integer is 14 less than twice the
second integer.

-12, -11, and -10 are the three consecutive integers

93. What are three consecutive odd integers whose sum is equal to five more than two times the second largest number among the
three numbers?
3,5, and 7 are the three consecutive odd integers
94. Find three consecutive integers, such that twice the first added to the last is 23.
7,8, and 9 are the three consecutive integers
95. Find three consecutive integers whose sum is -114.
-7 and - 5 also 5 and 7 are the two consecutive odd integers
96. The sum of four consectutive integers is 62. What are the four integers?
x = 14
x + 1 = 15
x + 2 = 16
x + 3 = 17
A MIXTURE PROBLEM
97. A store mixes red fescue worth 10 per pound and ryegrass worth 13 per pound. The mixture is to sell for 12 per pound. Find
how much of each should be used to make a 264 pound mixture.
88 pounds of 10 per pound red fescue
176 pounds of 13 per pound ryegrass
PROPORTION PROBLEM
98. It takes Paul 2 hours to hike 5 miles, how long will it take him to hike 8 miles?
3 hours and 12 minutes {0.2 hours is 12 minutes}
99. A truck contained 35 boxes, some weighing 6 pounds and the rest weighing 10 pounds. If the total weight of the boxes was 262
pounds, find the number of each type of box in the truck.
22 six pound boxes
13 ten pound boxes
DISTANCE PROBLEM
On a certain trip, Edgar drives 231 km in exactly the same time as Erwin drives 308 km. If Erwin's rate exceeded that of Edgar by 13 kph.
Determine the rate of Erwin.
Erwin's rate was 52 kph
100. The cost for a taxi is 2.50 plus 2.00 per mile. If the total for a taxi ride was 32.50, how many miles did the customer travel?
the customer travelled 15 miles
MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEM
101. An ice cream sundae costs 1.75 plus an additional 0.35 for each topping. If the total cost is 2.80, how many toppings did the
sundae have?
the sundae has 3 toppings
102. Five times the price of a pen is 17 more than three times its price. Find the price of the pen.
The pen is 8.50

103. Geri ran in a marathon race. It took her 3 hours and 28 minute to run 26 miles. How many minutes did it take her to run 1 mile if
she ran at the same rate for the whole race?
1 mile would take her 8 minutes if the rate was the same.
104. There are 5 times as many oranges as apples, 8 more bananas than apples, and 3 times as many pears as bananas. If the sum of
the apples and oranges is equal to the sum of the bananas and pears, then how many of each fruit is there?
16 apples, 80 oranges, 24 bananas, and 72 pears
105. If there were 32 people at a performance and the theater collected 474 from ticket sales, how many children attended the play?
14 children attended
106. A baseball diamond is a square 30 yd on a side. If you were on second base and you wanted to throw the ball to the catcher, who
stands at home plate, How far would you have to throw the ball?
c 42.43 yds {evaluated square root of 1800 and rounded}
107. A jacket costs 4 times as much as a pair of pants. Together they are 75. How much does each item cost?
pants cost 15
jacket costs 60
108. A man has 185 in five and ten peso coins. How many of each did he has if he had 7 more fives than tens?
10 ten peso coins
17 five peso coins
109. Three adults and four children must pay 95. Two adults and three children must pay 67. Find the price of the tickets for adult and
child.
adult ticket is 17
child ticket is 11
110. Smith industries has 50 workers. Yellow workers are paid 600 per week and red workers are paid 1000 per week. Smith
industries weekly payroll is 42,000. How many red workers does Smith industries have?
there are 30 red workers {50 - y represented red workers}
111. Separate 90 into two parts so that the second part is 30 less than twice the first part.
40 and 50 are the two parts
112. A fashion designer makes and sells hats. The material for each hat costs 5.50. The hats sell for 12.50 each. The designer
spends 1400 on advertising. How many hats must the designer sell to break even?
the designer must sell 200 hats to break even
113. Maria has a piggy bank at home full of nickels and dimes. She has 14.75 in the bank. there are 20 more dimes than nickels. How
many of each type of coin are in the piggy bank?
85 nickels and 35 dimes
114. Hilary has three times as much money as Paul. Jeff has 4 pesos less than Hilary and 5 more than Paul. How much does each
have?
Paul has 4.50

Hilary has 13.50

Jeff has 9.50
115. Shirley has two containers of water for a camping trip. One container holds 2 times as much as the other. The total amount of water
is 30 gallons. How much water is in each container?
one container holds 10 gallons
the other container holds 20 gallons
116. The sum of the squares of two consective positive integers is 61. Find these two numbers.
5 and 6 are the two consecutive positive integers
117. A certain number, when added to 50% of itself, is 27. What is the number?
the number is 18
118. Six less than three times a number is four more than twice the number. Find the number.
the number is 10
119. Find the product of three consecutive even integers whose sum is 42.
the three integers are 12, 14, and 16 Their product 2688
120. Find three consecutive odd integers, such that twice the sum of the first and third is more than the second by fifteen.
3,5, and 7 are the three consecutive odd integers
121. The sum of the three numbers is 82. The second number is double the first. The third number is three less than the second. Find
the three numbers.
first number is 17
second number is 34
third number is 31
122. The sum of three numbers is 81. The first number is half the second, and the third number is three times the second one. What is
the value of the first number?
the first number is 9
123. The difference between two numbers is 3. If the square of the smaller number is equal to 4 times the larger number, find the
numbers.
9 and 6 or 1 and -2 are the sets of numbers
124. 140 children were watching a magic show. The number of boys was 20 more than twice the number of girls watching the show. How
many girls were there?
40 girls