This document contains 54 multiple choice questions testing various math and problem solving skills. The questions cover topics like arithmetic, algebra, geometry, ratios, functions and more. They range in difficulty from basic calculations to more complex word problems requiring multiple steps to solve. The full set of questions and possible answer choices are provided for review.
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1. 1. What is the value of 44
+ 4 4 4?
a. 16
b. 28
c. 76
d. 268
e. 1036
2. Which of the following is/are true?
a. Given the sequence 5,10,20,40,80is an arithmetic sequence.
b. In the sequence 3,5,8,13,21,.. the next term is 34.
c. Given the sequence 6,10,14,18,22the common difference is 4.
d. In the sequence 2.0.4,0.08,0.016,0.0032the common ratio is 0.02
a. I only
b. II only
c. II and III only
d. I, III and IV only
3. Two rectangles measuring 6 cm 7 cm and 8 cm 9
cm overlap as shown. The region shaded black has an
area of 62 cm2. What is the area of the grey region?
a. 12 cm2
b. 22 cm2
c. 32 cm2
d. 42 cm2
e. 52 cm2
4. If the height of a triangle is divided by 4 and the base is multiplied by 4, what is the ratio
of the area of the new triangle to the area of the original triangle?
a. 1:1
b. 1:2
c. 1:4
d. 2:1
e. 4:1
2. 5. The base of a pyramid has edges. In terms of n, what is the difference between the
number of edges of the pyramid and the number of its faces?
a. 2 1
b. 1
c. 2
d. 2 + 1
e. 2
6. Paul is 32 years old. In 10 years' time, Paul's age will be the sum of the ages of his three
sons. What do the ages of each of Paul's three sons add up to at present?
a. 20
b. 18
c. 16
d. 12
e. 10
7. The diagram shows a grid of 16 identical equilateral
triangles. How many different rhombuses are there made up
of two adjacent small triangles?
a. 6
b. 12
c. 18
d. 24
e. 30
8. Consider the set of numbers {1, 2, 2, . . . , 5, 5, 5, 5, 5}, where the number n appears n-
times for 1 10. What is the absolute value of the difference between the mode and
the median of the set?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5
9. In triangle ABC, <CAB=84; D is a
point on AB such that<CDB = 3
<ACD and DC = DB. What is the size
of <BCD?
a. 126o
b. 54o
c. 48o
d. 42o
e. 27o
3. 10. If two printers can print five pages in four minutes, how many printers are needed to print
20 pages on 16 minutes?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5
11. A square is cut into two rectangles, as shown, so that the sum of the lengths of the
perimeters of these two rectangles is 30 cm. What is the length of a side of the square?
a. 4cm
b. 5cm
c. 6cm
d. 7cm
e. 8cm
12. An athletics club has junior (i.e. boy or girl) members and adult members. The ratio of
girls to boys to adults is 3 : 4 : 9 and there are 16 more adult members than junior
members. In total, how many members does the club have?
13. What is the integer x so that
9
lies between
71
7
and
113
11
?
14. What is the value of 3102 2013?
15. Simplify
5+3
23
.
16. What percentage of 村 is 1/5?
17. Calculate the value of x in the diagram shown.
4. 18. Divide 53
14 + 3 by 2. What is the remainder?
a. 2
b. 5
c. 7
d. 10
e. 15
19. Not all characters in the Woodentops series tell the truth. When Mr Plod asked them,
How many people are there in the Woodentops family?, four of them replied as
follows:
Jenny: An even number.
Willie: An odd number.
Sam: A prime number.
Mrs Scrubitt: A number which is the product of two integers greater than one.
How many of these four were telling the truth?
20. If =
2
, then a=?
21. Find a quadratic function whose roots are the square of the roots of x2 - 6x + 9 = 0
a. f(x) = x2 18 x 81
b. f(x) = x2 18 x + 81
c. f(x) = x2 +18 x 81
d. f(x) = x2 +18x + 81
e. NOTA
22. Compute for sin 7/12
a. (2 6)/4
b. (6 2)/4
c. (2 + 6)/4
d. (2 6)/4
e. NOTA
5. 23. Factor: (
42
2 ) (9 )2
a. (
2
+ 3 ) (
2
+ 3 + )
b. (
2
+ 9 + ) (
2
+ 9 )
c. (
2
+ 3 ) (
2
+ 3 + )
d. (
2
+ 9 )(
2
9 + )
e. NOTA
24. Find the equation of the tangent line to the circle 2
+ 2
= 289 (8,15).
a.) 15x8y= 0 c.) 15x+8y-240= 0 e.) NOTA
b.) 8x15y+161= 0 d.) 8x+15y-289= 0
25. Which of the following graphs does not represent a function?
a.
b.
c.
6. d.
26. In a certain school, 50 students in a certain class were enrolled as follows:
30 enrolled in Mathematics
25 enrolled in Physics
25 enrolled in Chemistry
14 enrolled in Chemistry and Mathematics
12 enrolled in Chemistry and Physics
11 enrolled in Mathematics and Physics
5 enrolled in three subjects
How many students did not enroll in any of the three subjects?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5
27. A rectangle has area 20 cm2 . Reducing the length by 2 遜 cm and increasing the width
by 3 cm changes the rectangle into a square. What is the side length of the square?
7. 28. The distance between the points 1(4,2) 2(3,1)
a. 10
b. 15
c. 22
d. 30
e. 58
29. Which of the following is divisible by 6?
a. one million minus one
b. one million minus two
c. one million minus three
d. one million minus four
e. one million minus five
30. How many quadrilaterals are there is this diagram, which is constructed using 6 straight
lines?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 7
d. 8
e. 9
9. 31. Which of the following has the least value?
a. 10
01
b. 21
12
c. 32
23
d. 43
34
e. 54
45
32. Jane has 20 identical cards in the shape of an isosceles right-angled triangle. She uses the cards to make
the five shapes below. Which of the shapes has the shortest perimeter?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
33. For which of the following numbers is the sum of all its factors not equal to a square number?
a. 3
b. 22
10. c. 66
d. 70
e. 40
34. The sum one + four = seventy becomes correct if we replace each word by the number of letters in it to
give 3+ 4 =7. Using the same convention, which of these words could be substituted for x to make the
sum
three + five = x true?
a. eight
b. nine
c. twelve
d. seventeen
e. eighteen
35. Which of the expressions below is equivalent to ( 歎 ( 歎 )) 歎 (( 歎 ) 歎 )
a. a2
b. b2
c.
1
d. 1
e. c2
36. The diagrams show squares placed inside two identical semicircles In the lower diagram the two squares
are identical. What is the ratio of the areas of the two shaded regions?
a. 1: 2
b. 2 : 3
c. 3 : 4
d. 4 : 5
e. 5 : 6
11. 37. Which is the smallest positive integer for which all these are true?
(i) It is odd.
(ii) It is not prime.
(iii) The next largest odd integer is not prime.
a. 9
b. 15
c. 21
d. 25
e. 33
38. An equilateral triangle is placed inside a larger equilateral triangle so that the diagram has three lines of
symmetry. What is the value of x?
a. 110
b. 120
c. 130
d. 140
e. 150
39. The numbers x and y satisfy the equations x(y + 2) = 100 and y(x + 2) = 60. What is the value of x y?
a. 60
b. 50
c. 40
d. 30
e. 20
12. 40. Zac halves a certain number and then adds 8 to the result. He finds that he obtains the same answer if he
doubles his original number and then subtracts 8 from the result. What is Zacs original number?
a. 8
2
3
b. 9
1
3
c. 9
2
3
d. 10
1
3
e. 10
2
3
41. The diagram shows a circle with centre O and a triangleOPQ. Side PQ is a tangent to the circle. The area
of the circle is equal to the area of the triangle.
What is the ratio of the length of PQ to the circumference of the circle?
a. 1 : 1
b. 2 : 3
c. 2 :
d. 3 : 2
e. : 2
42. A machine cracks open 180 000 eggs per hour. How many eggs is that per second?
a. 5
b. 50
c. 500
d. 5000
e. 50 000
43. How many weeks are there in 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 minutes?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5
13. 44. Tuwing bakasyon, ginagamit ni Leah ang 50% ng kanyang oras sa pagbabasa ng mga nobela. Sa
kabuuan, kay a niy ang matapos ang isang nobela ng pitong oras. Kung si a ay natutulog ng walong oras
araw-araw, ilang nobela ang kay a niy ang tapusin sa loob ng dalawang linggo?
a. 14
b. 16
c. 18
d. 20
45. Using the table below, fin d the value of 92.7
30.1 = 1.116
30.2 = 1.246
30.3 = 1.390
30.4 = 1.552
30.5 = 1.732
30.6 = 1.933
30.7 = 2.158
30.8 = 2.408
30.9 = 2.688
14. a. 377.098
b. 277.098
c. 377.136
d. 277.136
46. The numbers 2, 3, 12, 14, 15, 20, 21 may be divided into two sets so that the product of
the numbers in each set is the same. What is this product?
a. 420
b. 1260
c. 2520
d. 6720
e. 6 350 400
47. Which of these is the largest number?
a. 2 + 0 + 1 + 3
b. 2 0 + 1 + 3
c. 2 + 0 1 + 3
d. 2 + 0 + 1 3
e. 2 0 1 3
48. What is the value of
1
23
4
56
7
89
?
a. -10
b. 10
c. -11
d. 11
e. NOTA
49. What is the value of 11 + 22 + 33 + 44 - (14 + 23 + 32 + 41)?
266
50. Mike drank 60% of his glass of milk. Afterwards, 80 ml of milk remained in the glass.
What volume of milk was initially in the glass? 200m
51. The numbers x and y satisfy the equations x(y + 2) = 100 and y(x + 2) = 60. What is the
value of x y?
15. a. 60
b. 50
c. 40
d. 30
e. 20
52. If E is the midpoint of AC and BD and 2AB = 2CD = AC = BD, what is the mAED?
a. 60属
b. 120属
c. 150属
d. Cannot be determined
e. NOTA
53. If
(ab)
(cb)
= 28, what is the value of
(ac)
(bc)
?
a. 29 c.) 28 e.) NOTA
b. 30 d.) 27
54. If x + 1 is a factor of f(x) = 2x3 7x2 5x + k , find the value of K.
a.) 3 c.) -2 e.) NOTA
b.) 4 d.) 5
E
D
C
A
B