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Arithmetic progression is a sequence in which Formula:

SEQUENCE there is a common difference “d” between
AGE PROBLEMS
any two consecutive terms. an  a1r n 1
A sequence of numbers is a set of numbers in Present Age :
a definite or specific order and formed an  am r n m “ ages now”
according to a definite rule. The numbers of Example: “at present ”
the sequence are called terms.  r n  1
3, 6, 9, 12, … S  a1  ; r  1
 r 1  Past Age :
Example: “ years ago”
Common Difference =3  1 r n 
S  a1  ; r  1 “was at that time”
The sequence for which an = 2n + 2 is: = a2 – a1  1 r  “years back”
= a3 – a2
- 1st term “in the last (number of) years
a1 = 4
nd
Formula:
a2 = 6 - 2 term Infinite Geometric Progression: Future Age :
a3 = 8 - 3rd term
an = 2n + 2 - nth term an  a1   n  1 d “ years from now”
If :  r  1 and n     r n  
an  am   n  m  d “years hence”
S “years after”
Fibonacci sequence is a sequence of numbers n n
S   a1  an   2a1   n  1 d  If :  r  1 and n     r n  0 “in (a number of) years”
in a way that every number is a sum of the 2 2
previous two. a1
S Work Problems
Where: 1 r
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, … an = nth term or last term
am = any term before an Where: ➊ Man-Hour Analysis
S = sum of n terms an = nth term or last term
Lucas sequence is a recursive sequence where d = common difference am = any term before an Total Man  Hour  Sum of Unit Man  Hour
starting with the first two terms 1, 3, each n = number of terms S = sum of n terms
new term is obtained by adding together r = common ratio
the two previous terms. Arithmetic Mean: n = number of terms ➋ Work -Rate Analysis

1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, …
an 1  an  2 Sum of Invidual rate  Combined rate
AM  an  ; n  1,0 Geometric Mean:
2 1 1 1 1 1
   ...  
PROGRESSION t1 t 2 t 3 tn T
GM  an  an 1an 1 ; n  1,0
Progression is a sequence of numbers in GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION (G.P.)
which each term is obtained preceding term in Where:
HARMONIC PROGRESSION (H.P.) t1, t2, t3, tn= the time for each worker to do the
the same way. Geometric progression is a sequence in which A sequence of terms in which each term is the job alone.
there is a common ratio of each term to its reciprocal of the corresponding term of a
Example: preceding term. T = the total time it takes to finish the job if all
series in arithmetic progression. working together.
1 1 1 1 ➌ Work Done Analysis
4, 8, 16, 32, 64, … Example: , , , ,...
5, 10, 15, 20, 25, … 3 6 9 12
5, 10, 20, 40, …
Harmonic Mean Part of work done by A 
Part of Work done byB  1
Common Ratio =2
2a1a3  1  1
ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION (A.P.) = a2/a1 HM 
 A  ta   B  tb  1(complete job done)
= a3/a2 a1  a3    

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➊ Upstream (Against the current)  Inverse Variation: third terms are 1/2 and 1/6 respectively?
Mixture Problems A. 1/20 C. ¼
D  R  C  T Statement: B. 1/12 D. 1/22*
If y varies inversely as x: y(1/x) 6. The ratio of three numbers is 2:5:7. If 7 is
COIN PROBLEMS  1 subtracted from the second, the resulting
In Equation Form: y  k 
x numbers form an arithmetic progression.
Denomination Value Determine the smallest of the three
 Joint Variation:
By Quantity Analysis: Penny, (p) 1 cent numbers.
Nickel, (n) 5 cents A. 28* C. 21
Statement: B. 15 D. 18
A B  C Dime, (d) 10 cents If y varies jointly as x and z: yxz.
Quarter, (q) 25 cents 7. Find the sum of all positive integers
By Composition Analysis: Half, (h) 50 cents between 84 and 719 which are exactly
In Equation Form: y  kxz
divisible by 5.
Ax  By  Cz Clock Problems  Combined Variation: A. 23,780 C. 50,800*
B. 45,680 D. 35,455
Statement: x 8. What is the sum of a geometric
Where: BASIS OF ANALYSIS: If y varies directly as x and inversely to yα
z progression if there are 4 geometric
x, y, and z, = the percentage of the same z: means between 3 and 729?
substance in each container Let: A. 1112 C. 908
A, B, and C = quantity by volume or weight in x  no. of minute spaces In Equation Form: x
each container yk   B. 1092* D. 1290
covered by the z
9. Twice the sum of two numbers is 28. The
Digit Problems minute hand. sum of their squares is 100. What is the
x product of the two numbers?

For 2-digit number:
12 no. of minute spaces Take Home Exam A. 24 C. 36
traveled by the hour B. 48 * D. 64
10t  u  original number 1. If the fourth term of a geometric
hand.
10u  t  reversed number This means that the minute hand travels 12 progression is 4 and the common ratio 10. The ten‟s digit of a certain two digit
times faster than the hour hand. is 2, what is the seventh term? number exceeds the unit‟s digit by four
A. 16 C. 32* and is one less than twice the unit‟s digit.
For 3-digit number: B. 26 D. 28 Find the number.
VARIATION A. 65 C. 95*
100h  10t  u  original number
2. The number x, 2x + 7, 10x – 7 forms
B. 85 D. 59
A variation is an expression in which a variable a Geometric Progression. Find the value
10uu  10t  h  reversed number
may be related to a power, a quotient, a of x.
11. A merchant marked a certain product for
product, or a combination of powers, quotients, A. – 5 & –3/7 C. 7 & 7/ 6
P 180, which is 20% off the normal retail
Motion/Rate Problems and products of other variables. B. 7 & -7/6* D. 8 & -1
price. If the retail price is 50% higher than
3. What is the third proportional of the the wholesale price, what is the wholesale
General Formula: square of 2 and the cube root of 8? price of the product?
Types of Variation A. 1* C. 2 A. P 120 C. P 130
D  RT B. 2 D. 4 B. P 150 * D. P 140
 Direct Variation: 4. Solve for x in the following
equation: x+4x+7x+10x..........+64x = 1430 12. At what time between 4 and 5 o‟clock will
Considering Resistance Statement: the hands of the clock be at right angle for
A. 4 C. 2*
➊ Downstream (with the current) If y is directly proportional to x, then, y  x. B. 3 D. 1 the first time?
A. 4:5.45 * C. 4:5.23
D  R  C  T In Equation Form: y  kx 5. What is the 11th term of the B. 4:6.42 D. 4.7.62
harmonic progression if the first and the

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13. If w varies directly as the product of x and years from now. What is the present age A. 2 km/hr C. 1 km/hr * B. 8 D. 15
y and inversely as the square of z and that of Peter? B. 1.5 km/hr D. 2.4 km/hr
w = 4 when x = 2, y = 6 and z = 3. Find w A. 8 C.18 Determine the 5th term of the sequence whose sum
n+3
of n terms is given by 2 -5.
when x = 1, y = 4 and z = 2. B. 6 D.15* 26. The sum of the digits of a 3-digit number
A. 258 C. 128
A. 3 * C. 4 is 14. The hundred‟s digit being 4 times B. 218 D. 158
B. 2 D. 1 20. The sum of the ages of Maria and Anna is the unit‟s digit. If 594 is subtracted from
35. When Maria was two thirds her the number, the order of the digits will be
14. A boat takes 2/3 as much time to travel present age and Anna was 3/4 of her reversed. Find the number.
downstream than to travel upstream. If the present age, the sum of their ages was A. 563 C. 842 * An arithmetic progression starts with 3, has 9 terms,
rate of the water current is 8 kph, what is 25. How old is Maria now? B. 824 D. 743 and the middle term is 19. Determine the sum of the
the rate of the boat in still water? A. 15* C. 10 first 9 terms.
A. 220 C. 57
A. 38 kph C. 40 kph * B. 12 D. 18 27. How many liters of water must be added
B. 110 D. 171
B. 42 kph D. 45 kph to 35 liters of 89% hydrochloric acid
21. It takes an airplane one hour and forty-five solution to reduce its strength to 75%? Find the sum of the first 100 positive odd integers.
15. Seymour is twice as old as Cassandra. If minutes to travel 500 miles against the A. 4.83 C. 6.53 * A. 10,000 C. 5,000
16 is added to Cassandra's age and 16 is wind and covers the same distance in one B. 7.33 D. 5.34 B. 9,899 D. 8,910
subtracted from Seymour's age, their hour and fifteen minutes with the wind.
ages will then be equal. How old is What is the speed of the airplane? 28. If 3 is subtracted from the numerator of a Find the sum of all integers between 300 and 800
Seymour now? A. 342.85 mph*C. 375.50 mph certain fraction, the value of the fraction that are exactly divisible by 14.
A. 11,908 C. 21,200
A. 15 years oldC. 26 years old B. 450.50 mphD. 285.75 mph becomes 3/5. If one is subtracted from the
B. 19,908 D. 18,205
B. 64 years old*D. 24 years old denominator of the same fraction, the
22. Roger can walk 4 km in the time it takes value of the fraction becomes 2/3. Find Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the geometric
16. In a certain family, the sum of the parents‟ Joefrey to walk 5 km. Roger requires 3 the original fraction. progression 2,4,8,16,….
ages is twice the sum of their children‟s minutes longer that Joefrey to walk for a A. 34/56 C. 38/56 A. 1203 C. 1225
ages. Five years ago, the sum of the km. Find the rate of Roger. B. 36/55 * D. 34/52 B. 2046 D. 1825
parents‟ ages was four times the sum of A. 4 km/hr * C. 7 km/hr
the children‟s ages during that time. In B. 5 km/hr D. 3 km/hr 29. A tank is filled through its inlet pipe and There are 4 geometric means between 3 and 729.
Find the fourth term of the geometric progression.
fifteen years, the sum of the parents‟ ages then emptied through its outlet pipe in a
A. 42 C. 81
will be equal to the sum of their children‟s 23. The difference between two numbers is total of 8 hours. If water enters through its B. 27 D. 108
ages. How many children are there in the 12. If 2 is added to 7 times the smaller, inlet pipe and simultaneously allowed to
family? the result is the same as when 2 is leave through its outlet pipe, the tank is A rubber ball is made to fall from a height of 50 ft.
A. 5* C. 6 subtracted from 3 times the larger. Find filled in 7 ½ hours. How long it will take to and is observed to rebound 2/3 of the distance it
B.7 D. 8 the numbers. fill the tank with the outlet pipe closed? falls. How far will the ball travel before coming to rest
A. 20 and 6 C. 15 and 3 A. 2 hours C. 4 hours if the ball continues to fall in this manner?
17. Harry is one-third as old as Ron and 8 B. 20 and 8 * D. 17 and 2 B. 3 hours* D. 2.5 hours A. 420 C. 343
B. 271 D. 250
years younger than Hermione. If Harry is
30. A man travels in a motorized boat at the
8 years old, what is the sum of their ages? 24. The quotient of a two-digit number divided
rate of 12 kph from his barrio to the town The geometric mean of two numbers is 8 and the
A. 40 C. 48 by the sum of the digits is 4. If the number arithmetic mean is 17. Find one of the numbers.
and come back to his barrio at the rate of
B. 45 D. 50 be subtracted from the sum of the A. 24 C. 5
10 kph. If the total time consumed is 3
squares of its digits the difference is 9. hours and 10 minutes, what is distance of B. 32 D. 15
18. Ana is 5 years older than Beth. In 5 years Find the number.
the barrio to the town? A swing moves on an arc 5 m in length, then back
the product of their ages will be 1.5 times A. 36 * C. 30
A. 15.12 km C. 18.43 km 3/5 of this distance, and so on until the swing stops.
the product of their present ages. How old B. 42 D. 54
B. 17.27 km * D. 15.92 km Find the total distance the swing could travel.
is Beth now?
A. 25.5 m C. 12.5 m
A. 27 C. 25 25. A boatman rows to a place 48 km distant Sample Problems B. 15.7 m D. 35.2 m
B. 20* D.18 and back in 14 hours; he finds that he can
row 4 km with the stream in the same time Find the sum of the first 5 terms in the sequence In a certain A.P. the first, fourth and eight terms are
19. The sum of the ages of Peter and Paul is as 3 km against the stream; find the rate n-1
whose general term is 2 . themselves in geometric progression. What is the
21. Peter will be twice as old as Paul 3 of the stream. A. 16 C. 31 common ratio of the G.P.?

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A. 4/3 C. 2/3 After 4 days, the son leave and the father finished A. 36/55 C. 19/37 and dimes with a total value of $2.85 .If there are
B. 5/4 D. 3/4 the job alone. How many more days did it take for B. 47/56 D. 41/56 twice as many pennies as there are nickels and
What is the 11th term of the harmonic progression if the father to finish the job alone? The tens digit of a number is 3 less than the units dimes combined, how many pennies are there if she
the first and the third terms are 1/2 and 1/6 A. 2.5 days C. 3 days digit. If the number is divided by the sum of the has a collection of 90 coins?
respectively? B. 2.75 days D. 3.25 days digits, the quotient is 4 and the remainder is 3. What A. P = 60 C. P = 30
A. 1/20 C. 1/4 Ten bakers can bake 20 cakes in 4 hours. How is the original number? B. P = 15 D. P = 45
B. 1/12 D. 1/22 many bakers are needed to bake 8 cakes in 2 A. 63 C. 47
A father is four times as old as his son now. Six hours? B. 14 D. 58 A purse contains $ 11.65 in quarters and dimes. If
years ago he was 7 times as old as his son during A. 8 bakers C. 12 bakers The denominator of a certain fraction is three more the total number of coins is 70, find how many dimes
that time. Find their present ages. B. 10 bakers D.14 bakers than twice the numerator. If 7 is added to both terms are there.
A. 8,41 C. 10,40 A mechanic and his helper can repair a car in 8 of the fraction, the resulting fraction is 3/5. Find the A. 39 C. 31
B. 12,48 D. 12,45 hours. The mechanic works 3 times as fast as his original fraction. B. 48 D. 28
The sum of Kim‟s and Kevin‟s ages is 18. In three helper. How long would it take the helper to make A. 5/13 C. 7/15
years Kim will be twice as old as Kevin. What are the repair working alone? B. 1/17 D. 12/37 In a box there are 25 coins consisting of quarters,
their ages now? Two turtles A and B start at the same time move nickels and dimes with a total amount of $ 2.75. If
A. 6,12 C. 5,13 Ten liters of 25% salt solution and 15 liters of 35% towards each other at a distance of 150 m. The rate the nickels were dimes, the dimes were quarters and
B. 4,14 D. 8,10 salt solution are poured into a drum originally of turtle A is 10 m/s while that of 20 m/s. A fly flies the quarters were nickels, the total amount would be
The age of Diophantus, a Greek mathematician may containing 30 liters of 10 % salt solution. What is from one turtle to the another at the same time that $ 3.75. How many quarters are there?
calculated from the epitaph which read as follows: the percent concentration in the mixture? the turtles start to move toward its each other. The A. 10 C. 15
“Diophantus passed 1/6 of his life in childhood, 1/12 A. 19.54% C. 11.4% rate of the fly is constant at 100 m/s. Determine the B. 5 D. 20
in youth, and 1/7 as a bachelor. Five years after his B. 15.3% D. 5% total distance traveled by the fly until the two turtle
marriage was born a son who died 4 years before How many pounds of water must be removed from a met. How many minutes after 3 o‟clock will the hands of
his father at half his father „ s final age.” How old 50 lb of 3 % salt solution so that the remaining A. 200 m C. 300 m the clock be:
was Diophantus when he died? solution will be 5 % salt? B. 500 m D. 350 m A. together
A. 10 lb C. 15 lb An airplane travels from point A to point B with a B. opposite each other
In a certain family, the sum of the parents ages is B. 30 lb D. 20 lb distance of 1500 km and a wind along its flight line. C. at right angles with each other
twice the sum of their children‟s ages. Five years How much tin and how much lead be added to 700 If it takes the airplane 2 hours from A to B with the
ago, the sum of the parents ages was four times the kg of an alloy containing 50% tin and 25% lead to tailwind and 2.5 hours from B to A with the At what time after 12:00 noon will the hour hand and
o
sum of the children‟s ages during that time. In fifteen make an alloy which is 60% and 20% lead? headwind, what is the velocity of the plane? minute hand of the clock forms an angle of 120 ?
years, the sum of the parents‟ ages will be equal to A. 175 kg tin/ 0 lead A. 575 mph C. 625 mph A. 12:21.82 C. 12: 20
the sum of their children‟s ages. How many children B. 170 kg tin/ 5 kg lead B. 750 mph D. 675 mph B. 12:31.53 D. 12: 22.89
are there? C. 0 kg tin/ 175 kg lead What time between 2 and 3 o‟clock will the angle
A. 5 C. 6 D. 5 kg tin/ 170 kg lead Two jet planes traveling towards each other took the between the hands of the clock be bisected by the
B. 7 D. 8 A 100 liter solution is 75% alcohol and 25% same time from two airports located 4800 km apart. line connecting the center of the clock and the 3
Twelve men can finish the job in 16 days. Five men gasoline. How much gasoline must be added to If they meet after 2 hours, determine the speed of o‟clock mark?
were working at the start and after 8 days 3 men produce a 50-50 mixture. the faster plane if it is flying at a speed of 160 kph A. 2: 18 6/13 C. 2: 15 5/12
were added. How many days will it take to finish the A. 30 L C. 50 L faster than the other. B. 2: 17 3/7 D.2: 18 7/11
job? B. 40 L D. 60 L A. 1050 kph C. 1280 kph
A. 16 days C. 27 days A tank contains 20 liters of a mixture of alcohol and B. 1155 kph D. 1550 kph If x varies directly as y and inversely as z, and x = 14
B. 19 days D. 24 days water which is 40% alcohol by volume. How much of A motorboat has an average speed of 20 kph in still when y = 7 and z = 2, find the value of x when y = 16
A tank is fitted with an intake pipe that can fill it in 4 the mixture should be removed and replaced by an water. It can travel upstream 5 km against a river and z = 4.
hours and an outlet pipe that can empty it in 9 hours. equal volume of water so that the resulting solution current in the same time that it can travel A. 8 C. 16
If both pipes are opened, how long will it take to fill will be 25% alcohol by volume? downstream 7 km with the river current. What is the B. 12 D. 20
the empty tank? speed of the current?
A. 6 hrs C. 6.2 hrs Given a 3-digit number. The sum of the digits is 14. A. 5.33 kph C. 3.33 kph The resistance of a wire varies directly with its length
B. 7 hrs D. 7.2 hrs The unit‟s digit is half the ten‟s digit. If the digits are B. 1.55 kph D. 2.50 kph and inversely with its area. If a certain piece of wire
The time required for two examinees to solve the reversed, the resulting number is 198 more than the A boy has a number of coins in his pocket consisting 10m long and 0.10 cm in diameter has a resistance
same problem differs by two minutes. Together they original number. Find the number. of nickels, dimes, and pennies. There are two more of 100 ohms, what will its resistance be if it is
can solve 32 problems in one hour. How long will it A. 563 C. 842 nickels than dimes and three times as many pennies uniformly stretched so that its length becomes 12
take for the slower problem solver to solve the B. 284 D. 275 as dimes. If the boy has a total of 64 cents, how m?
problem? If 3 is subtracted from the numerator of a certain many pennies does he have? A. 120 Ω C. 144 Ω
A. 8 mins C. 6 mins fraction, the value of the fraction becomes 3/5. If one A. P= 9 C. P = 10 B. 130 Ω D. 110 Ω
B. 7 mins D. 5 mins is subtracted from the denominator of the same B. P = 8 D. P = 12
The father can do a job in 9 days and his son can do fraction , the value of the fraction becomes 2/3. Find
the same job in 16 days. They worked together. the original fraction. Eve open her coin purse and found pennies, nickels

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