Continue Practice Exam Test Questions Part 204. The selling price of TV set is double that
5 of the Series of its cost. If the TV set was sold to a
customer at a profit of 25% of the net cost,
Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions. how much discount was given to the
customer?
201. If x varies directly as y and inversely as
z, and x = 14 when y = 7 and z = 2, find the a. 33.7%
value of x when y = 16 and z = 4.
b. 35.7%
a. 14
c. 37.5%
b. 4
d. 34.7%
c. 16
205. A group of EE examinees decided to
d. 6 hire a mathematics tutor from Excel Review
Center and planned to contribute equal
202. The electric power which a transmission amount for the tutor’s fee. If there were 10
line can transmit is proportional to the more examinees, each would have paid P 2
product of its design voltage and current less. However, if there were 5 less
capacity, and inversely to the transmission examinees, each would have paid P 2 more.
distance. A 115-kilovolt line rate at 100 How many examinees are there in the
amperes can transmit 150 megawatts over group?
150 km. how much power, in megawatts can
a 230 kilovolt line rate at 150 amperes a. 14
transmit over 100 km?
b. 16
a. 785
c. 18
b. 485
d. 20
c. 675
206. A bookstore purchased a best selling
d. 595 price book at P 200.00 per copy. At what
price should this book be sold so that giving
203. The time required for an elevator to lift a 20% discount, the profit is 30%?
a weight varies directly with the weight and
the distance through which it is to be lifted a. P 450
and inversely as the power of the motor. If it
takes 30 seconds for a 10 hp motor to lift b. P 500
100 lbs. through 50 feet, what size of motor
is required to lift 800 lbs. in 40 seconds c. P 357
through 40 feet?
d. P 400
a. 42
207. Jojo bought a second hand Betamax
b. 44 VCR and then sold it to Rudy at a profit of
40%. Rudy then sold the VCR to Noel at a
c. 46 profit of 20%. If Noel paid P 2,856 more than
it cost to Jojo, how much did Jojo paid for
d. 48 the unit?
, a. P 4,000 b. 124
b. P 4,100 c. 134
c. P 4,200 d. 144
d. P 4,300 212. Gravity causes a body to fall 16.1 ft. in
the first second, 48.3 in the 2nd second,
208. In a certain community of 1,200 people, 80.5 in the 3rd second. How far did the body
60% are literate. Of the males, 50% are fall during the 10th second?
literate and of the females 70% are literate.
What is the female population? a. 248.7 ft.
a. 850 b. 308.1 ft.
b. 500 c. 241.5 ft.
c. 550 d. 305.9 ft.
d. 600 213. If the first term of an arithmetic
progression is 25 and the fourth term is 13,
209. A merchant has three items on sale, what is the third term?
namely a radio for P 50, a clock for P 30 and
a flashlight for P1. At the end of the day, he a. 17
sold a total of 100 of the three items and has
taken exactly P 1,000 on the total sales. How b. 18
many radios did he sale?
c. 19
a. 16
d. 20
b. 20
214. Find the 30th term of the arithmetic
c. 18 progression 4, 7, 10…
d. 24 a. 75
210. The arithmetic mean of a and b is b. 88
a. (a + b)/2 c. 90
b. sqrt(ab) d. 91
c. (ab)/2 215. How many terms of the progression 3,
5, 7… must be taken in order that their sum
d. (a – b)/2 will be 2600?
211. The sum of three arithmetic means a. 48
between 34 and 42 is
b. 49
a. 114
c. 50
5 of the Series of its cost. If the TV set was sold to a
customer at a profit of 25% of the net cost,
Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions. how much discount was given to the
customer?
201. If x varies directly as y and inversely as
z, and x = 14 when y = 7 and z = 2, find the a. 33.7%
value of x when y = 16 and z = 4.
b. 35.7%
a. 14
c. 37.5%
b. 4
d. 34.7%
c. 16
205. A group of EE examinees decided to
d. 6 hire a mathematics tutor from Excel Review
Center and planned to contribute equal
202. The electric power which a transmission amount for the tutor’s fee. If there were 10
line can transmit is proportional to the more examinees, each would have paid P 2
product of its design voltage and current less. However, if there were 5 less
capacity, and inversely to the transmission examinees, each would have paid P 2 more.
distance. A 115-kilovolt line rate at 100 How many examinees are there in the
amperes can transmit 150 megawatts over group?
150 km. how much power, in megawatts can
a 230 kilovolt line rate at 150 amperes a. 14
transmit over 100 km?
b. 16
a. 785
c. 18
b. 485
d. 20
c. 675
206. A bookstore purchased a best selling
d. 595 price book at P 200.00 per copy. At what
price should this book be sold so that giving
203. The time required for an elevator to lift a 20% discount, the profit is 30%?
a weight varies directly with the weight and
the distance through which it is to be lifted a. P 450
and inversely as the power of the motor. If it
takes 30 seconds for a 10 hp motor to lift b. P 500
100 lbs. through 50 feet, what size of motor
is required to lift 800 lbs. in 40 seconds c. P 357
through 40 feet?
d. P 400
a. 42
207. Jojo bought a second hand Betamax
b. 44 VCR and then sold it to Rudy at a profit of
40%. Rudy then sold the VCR to Noel at a
c. 46 profit of 20%. If Noel paid P 2,856 more than
it cost to Jojo, how much did Jojo paid for
d. 48 the unit?
, a. P 4,000 b. 124
b. P 4,100 c. 134
c. P 4,200 d. 144
d. P 4,300 212. Gravity causes a body to fall 16.1 ft. in
the first second, 48.3 in the 2nd second,
208. In a certain community of 1,200 people, 80.5 in the 3rd second. How far did the body
60% are literate. Of the males, 50% are fall during the 10th second?
literate and of the females 70% are literate.
What is the female population? a. 248.7 ft.
a. 850 b. 308.1 ft.
b. 500 c. 241.5 ft.
c. 550 d. 305.9 ft.
d. 600 213. If the first term of an arithmetic
progression is 25 and the fourth term is 13,
209. A merchant has three items on sale, what is the third term?
namely a radio for P 50, a clock for P 30 and
a flashlight for P1. At the end of the day, he a. 17
sold a total of 100 of the three items and has
taken exactly P 1,000 on the total sales. How b. 18
many radios did he sale?
c. 19
a. 16
d. 20
b. 20
214. Find the 30th term of the arithmetic
c. 18 progression 4, 7, 10…
d. 24 a. 75
210. The arithmetic mean of a and b is b. 88
a. (a + b)/2 c. 90
b. sqrt(ab) d. 91
c. (ab)/2 215. How many terms of the progression 3,
5, 7… must be taken in order that their sum
d. (a – b)/2 will be 2600?
211. The sum of three arithmetic means a. 48
between 34 and 42 is
b. 49
a. 114
c. 50
