LET Reviewer for Mathematics - General Education

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MATHEMATICS
POST-TEST APRIL 2010
Multiple Choices:
1. What is the average of A, B, C?
a. ABC/3 c. 3(A+B+C)/.3
b. (A+B+C)/3 d. ABC/A+B+C
2. Which of the following has the LEAST Numerical
value?
a. 11/12 b. 6/8 c. 5/7 d. ¾
3. If 2 apples cost P25.00, how many apples can be
purchased for P100.00?
a. 8 aplles c. 2 dozens
b. ½ dozen d. 1 ½ dozens
4. If 2 tablespoons= 1 liquid oz., and 5 tablespoons =
¼ cup, then, how many liquid ounces are there in
one cup?
a. 4 ounces c. 16 ounces
b. 10 ounces d. 24 ounces
5. 2 is what percent of 5?
a. 25% b. 38% c. 40% d. 35%
6. Five (5) average office workers earn a total
average monthly salary of P10, 000. If the average
monthly salaries of two of these workers total P
4,000, what is the average monthly income of
each of the remaining three workers?
a. P 6,000.00 c. P 2,500.00
b. P 2,000.00 d. P 4,000.00
7. Which of the following equation has the LEAST
value?
a. 6+3x4 c. 6+4x3
b. 6x4+3 d. 6x3+4
8. 3.54 is multiplied by 10 to the fifth power, what
would be the value?
a. 3.054 c. 305.40
b. 30.54 d. 354,000
9. If the short hand of the clock is at 4, what is the
degree of its’ angle?
a. 90 b. 120 c. 130 d. 150
10. There are two numbers whose sum is 48. One of
the numbers is greater by 6. What are the
numbers?
a. 23,24 b. 21,27 c. 22,26 d. 23,26
11. Add: 17 5/8 + 21 ¾ =?
a. 38 3/8 c. 39 4/8
b. 39 3/8 d. 38 4/8
12. My uncle’s weight is two times that my nephew.
My aunt’s weight is half that of my nephew. What
is the total weight of the three? Which of the
following formulae will apply for the correct
answer?
a. x3
+2 1/2 c. (2x) + (x) + (1/2x)
b. ½ + 3x d. 2x + 1/2x2
13. 2 3/4 of P100 is equal to
a. 6/4 x 100 c. 11/4 + 100
b. 11/4 x 100 d. 6/4 +100
14. Which of the following fraction is > than 1/3?
a. 22/63 c. 4/11
b. 15/46 d. 33/98
15. In 1 ½ hours, the minute hand of a clock rotates
through an angle of how many degrees?
a. 60 b. 90 c. 180 d. 540
16. When the fraction 2/3, 5/7, 8/11 and 9/13 are
arranged in an ascending order, the result would
be?
a. 8/11, 5/7, 9/13, 2/3 c. 2/3, 8/11, 5/7, 9/13
b. 5/7, 8/11, 2/3, 9/13 d. 2/3, 9/13, 5/7, 8/11
17. ADD: 48.63+96.28+436.45+.2385 = ?
a. 581.60 c. 581.5990
b. 581.5985 d. 581.5986
18. 15 is 20% of what number?
a. 75 b. 78 c. 80 d. 70
19. 7 is 5 percent of what number?
a. 120 b. 125 c. 145 d. 140
20. The ratio of two numbers 5: 3 and their differences
is 20. What are the numbers?
a. 50, 30 b. 55, 35 c. 40,60 d. 45, 65
21. The ratio of two numbers is 16: 33. The larger
number is 264. What is the smaller number?
a. 131 b. 130 c. 129 d. 128
22. ¾ of 100 is equal to 5 times what number?
a. 10 b. 75 c. 25 d. 15
23. What is the smallest positive number which, when
it is divided by 3, 4 or 5, will leave a remainder of
2?
a. 42 b. 22 c. 62 d. 122
24. Which of the following number has the largest
numerical value?
a. ( 3+3+3) to 3rd
power c. ( 4x3x3) to 2nd
power
b. ( 3x3) to 3rd
power d. 3 cube + 3 square
25. Eight percent of 36 is 72% of what number?
a. 2.06 b. 2.88 c. 3.24 d. 4
26. Which of the following has the greatest value?
a. 6/10 b. 8/12 c. 17/24 d. 7/9
27. If 25% of 50% of 80 is 10, then ¼ of 5/10 of 80 is
a. 40 b. 20 c. 15 d. 10
28. What number is 35 more than 70?
a. 105 b. 135 c. 170 d. 185
29. The number is 15 less 7; when added to ten, what
will the number be?
a. 28 b. 18 c. 17 d. 15
30. What is -2 + (-3.1) + (-.02)?
a. -.512 b. 5.012 c. 0.512 d. -5.12
31. What part of an hour elapses between 11:50 am
and 12:14 pm ?
a. 2/5 b. 7/30 c. 17/30 d. 16
32. A motion was passed by a vote of 6 is to 4. What
parts of votes cast were in favor of the motion?
a. 6/10 b. 6/4 c. 4/6 d. 4/10
33. If three miles is equivalent to 4.83 kilometers, then
11.27 kms is equivalent to how many miles?
a. 2 1/3 b. 7 1/3 c. 5 d. 7
34. Ever good Systems employ 115 people. During
the low season, it laid off 20% of its employees. By
what percent must the company increase its’
manpower to return to full capacity?
a. 20 b. 22 c. 23 d. 25
35. Golen Bell Books offer 2004 World Almanac
marked at P2, 450.00 less discount of 10% and 5
%. Another bookstore offers the same book but
with a single discount of 15%. How much does the
buyer save by buying at the best price?
a. P12.25 c. P 12.00
b. P 12.50 d. P10.50
36. Lulu travels a distance of 20 kilometers at 60 kms.
per hour (kph) and then returns over the same
route at 40 kph. What is his average rate for the
round trip in kms. per hour?
a. 50kms b. 48 kph c. 47 kph d. 46 kph
37. Mr. Milby took his four children to the trade exhibit.
The total cost of their admission tickets was P
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2. 135.00 Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo and their six children
had to pay P 220.00. What was the cost of an adult
ticket and that of a child’s ticket?
a. P 35.0 & P 25.00 c. P 24.00 & P 35.00
b. P 25.00 & P 35.00 d. P35.00 & P 28.00
38. Cass and uma both have part time jobs. Last
week, Cass worked 8 hours and Uma, 5 hours and
both of them earned a total of P800.00. This week,
Uma worked 12 hours and Cass, 4 hours and they
earned a total of P1, 250.00. How much is Cass’s
hourly rate?
a. P 48.00 b.P49.50 c. P 44.08 d. P44.50
39. What is Uma hourly rate?
a. P89.90 b. P89.00 c. P88.75 d. P 89.47
40. If X is located on line segment AB and point Y is
located on line segment CD, If AB = CD and AX
>CY, then :
a. XB > YD c. XB > YD
b. AX > XB d. AX > XB
41. If W > X, Y< Z and X > Z, then which of the
following equation must be true?
a. W >X >Y> Z c. X >Z >Y >W
b. W> X >Z >Y d. Z < Y < X < W
42. The number of degrees through which the hour
hand of a clock moves in two hours and 12 minutes
is?
a. 66 degrees c. 126 degrees
b. 72 degrees d. 732 degrees
43. Emang is 15 years old. Veronica is one-third older.
How many years ago was Veronica twice as old as
Emang.
a. 3 b. 5 c. 7.5 d. 10
44. A train running between Calamba and Magallanes
arrives at its destination 10 minutes late when it
goes at 40 kms. per hour. And 16 minutes late
when it goes at 30 kms. per hour. What is the
difference between the two towns?
a. 25 kms. b. 12 kms. c. 75 kms. d. 80 kms.
45. Jake is 67 years old. His son Jay is 29 years old.
In how many years will Jay be exactly half his
father’s age?
a. 6 b. 7 c. 8 d. 9
PROBLEM SOLVING :
46. Jamie bought 55 copies of phil. History and paid a
total of P 3,850.00. If she buys 3 copies more of the
same book, how much will she pay in all?
a. P4,060 b. P4,260 c. P4,160 d. P4,150
47. A manufacture finds that 150 pieces of pens are
defective and unsuitable for sale. If the defective
pens are equivalent to three percent of the
production, how many pens are being produced?
a. 5100 b. 4990 c. 5000 d. 5150
48. Trisha is paid P 380.00 per hour for the 1st
hrs.
She works in a day. For every hour thereafter, she
is paid P 475.00 per hour. If she works 4 more
hours’ day for 3 days in a week, how much does
she earn per week?
a. P2,1000 b. P2,0900 c. P2,0950 d. P2,9990
49. Maxine owns 40% of the stock in Millennium
Traders, Inc. Justine owns 15,000 shares. Aleah
owns all the shares not owned by Maxine or
Justine. How many shares does Maxine own if
Aleah has 25 % more shares than Maxine?
a. 45,000 shares c. 60,000 shares
b. 50,000 shares d. 75,000 shares
50. What would Aleah’ total number of shares in
Millennium Traders Inc?
a. 75,500 c. 75,050
b. 75,600 d. 75,000
51. Two trains start from the same station at the time
but travel in opposite directions. Their rate is 45
miles per hour and 65 miles per hour respectively.
After how many hours will the train be 640 miles
apart?
a. 4 hrs. 40 mins c. 6 hrs
b. 5 hrs 48 mins d. 4 ½ hrs
52. C is the midpoint of line segment AE, B and D are
in the line AE so that AB = BC and CD = DE. What
percent of AC is AD?
a. 33 % b. 50 % c. 133 % d. 150 %
53. Admission tickets to a college play cost P20 for
students and P 50 for non-students. If 550 tickets
were sold and total receipts amounted to P 15,500.
How many tickets of each type were sold?
a. 160 & 390 c.150 & 400
b. 100 & 450 d.170 & 380
54. Mang Jose, a gardener, can mow a lawn in 3 hrs.
After 2 hrs., it rained and he stopped mowing the
lawn, in the afternoon, Aling Tina, completed the
rest of the work in one hour and 30 minutes. How
long would it take Aling Tina to mow the lawn by
herself?
a. 2 hr. and 30 mins. c. 1 hr. and 45 mins.
b. 1 hr. and 22 mins. d. 2 hr. and 22 mins.
55. A couple wants to have only four children so
spaced that the first is older than the second by 2
years, the second older than the third by three
years, the third older than the fourth by 4 years. If
their plan is realized, how old will the eldest child
be when the youngest is nine years old?
a. 18 yrs. Old c. 17 yrs. old
b. 16 yrs. Old d.15 yrs. old
56. Write 3.4 % as a fraction.
a. 3.4 / 100 c. .34 / 100
b. 3.4 / 1000 d. .34 / 1000
57. Write ¾ % as a decimal.
a. .75 c. .0075
b. .075 d. .00075
58. The number missing in the series 6, 12, 20, 30, ? ,
56, 72 is ?
a. 38 b. 42 c. 44 d. 48
59. If the following numbers are arranged in order from
smallest to the largest, what will be the correct
order?
* 9 /13 * 13/9 * 70% * 1/.70
a. Bacd c. Cdab
b. Cbad d. Acdb
60. 3 is 6 % of a certain number. What is the number?
a. 53 b. 50 c. 48 d. 18
61. What is the average of 0.6, 6.6, 0.4, and 2.4?
a. 1 b. 10 c. 2 ½ d. 2
62. What is the sum of √12 + √27?
a. √29 b. 5√3 c. 3√5 d. 13√ 3
63. Find 65% of 75.
a. 4.87 b. 488 c. 48.75 d. 487.50
64. P25.00 is 20% of what?
a. P 1,250 c. P 128.50
b. P 125.00 d. P 120.00
65. 12 is 125% of what number?
a. 9.6 b. 8 c. 9 d. 10
66. What percent of 16 is 40?
a. 2.5 % c. ¼
b. 2500 % d. 250%
67. 1 ¼ subtracted from its reciprocal is?
a. -9/20 c. 25
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3. b. .45 d. 9/20
68. What is the ratio of ¼ to 3/5?
a. 1:3 b. 3:20 c. 5:12 d. 3:4
69. What is the difference between √150 and √54?
a. 3√6 b.16√6 c. 6√2 d. 2√6
70. One tenth is what part of three-fourths?
a. 3/40 b. 1/8 c. 2/15 d. 15/2
71. How many 1/8’s are there in 2 5/8?
a. 21 b. 22 c. 23 d. 24
72. A blue neon light blinks every 4 seconds. A red
one blinks every 5 seconds, while a green one
blinks every 6 seconds. How many times will they
blink together in one hour?
a. once b. 10 times c. 20 d. 60
73. Which of the following is divisible by 3, but not by
9?
a. 11,070 c. 45,072
b. 20,103 d. 19,386
74. The distance between two towns on a given map
is 2 ¾ cm. If 1/2cm represents 6 km. What is he
distance between the two towns?
a. 18 km c. 36 km
b. 33 km d. 42 km
75. Margo paid P400 for a blouse. If the blouse was
sold at 20% discount, what was its original price?
a. P 80 b. P 480 c. P 500 d. P 540
76. Julius drove 193.5 kilometers did he travels in one
hour? How long it will take him to travel 150.5
kilometers more?
a. 43 km & 3.5 hrs. c. 40 km & 7.3 hrs.
b. 54 km & 4 hrs. d. 42 km & 4 hrs.
77. Mr. Perez earned P27, 895 from mango plantation.
He also earned 352,168 from his poultry farm.
How much did he earn in all?
a. P 379,953 c. P 379,963
b. P 380,063 d. P 479,063
78. Christine bought 8 kilos margarine. She used 2 1/3
kilos for baking cake and 1 ½ kilos for spaghetti.
How many kilos of margarine were left?
a. 5 5/5 kilos c. 5 1/6 kilos
b. 4 1/6 kilos d. 3 5/6 kilos
79. Mrs. Salas bought 6 meters of wire for P20. How
much will 9 meters of wire cost?
a. P 15 b. P 20 c. P 25 d. P 30
80. Belen deposited P4, 000 in a bank with an interest
of 7 ½% per Annum. How much is the interest of
her money after one year?
a. P 100 c. P 1000
b. P 300 d. P 3000
81. There are 40 pupils with only 20 textbooks in the
science class of Mrs. Dela Cruz. What is the pupil
textbooks ratio?
a. 1:2 b. 2:1 c. 2:3 d. 20:40
82. On test 25 questions, Uma made 4 mistakes.
What percent id he answer correctly?
a. 80% b. 84% c. 85% d. 82%
83. Mrs. Ponti borrowed P1, 500 at 10% interest per
annum for 6 months. How much did she pay back?
a. P 1,525 c. P 1,575
b. P 1,500 d. P 1,595
84. Which polygon has four equal sides?
a. Rhombus c. Scalene
b. Equilateral d. Isosceles
85. Which two numbers total the sum of 72 the
difference being 12?
a. 32 and 40 c. 41 and 31
b. 30 and 42 d. 24 and 48
86. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of
girls in a class is 2:3. If here are 40 students in the
class. How many boys are there?
a. 8 b. 16 c. 18 d. 24
87. Mrs. Paredez paid P94.50 for 3 ½ dozen of eggs.
How much would two dozen of such eggs cost?
a. 50.50 b. 54.00 c. 55.00 d. 56.00
88. Mark divides his day into leisure, sleep, and work
in the ratio 1:2:3. How many hours does he spend
working?
a. 4 hr b. 8 hr c. 10 hr d. 12 hr
89. It takes 20 men to build a house or 60 days. How
many men will be needed to build in 15 days?
a. 5 b. 80 c. 100 d. 120
90. Which of these is a correct proportion?
a. 3:5 = 5:10 c. 1 ½ :2 = 5:7
b. 7:10 = 15:18 d. 4:9 = 2:41/2
91. The area of rectangle is 17 cm2.
Find its perimeter
if its length is 13 cm
a. 9 cm b. 30 cm c. 44 cm d. 54 cm
92. What is the sum of the first five prime numbers?
a. 11 b. 18 c. 26 d. 28
93. In a sequence of start and stops an elevator
travels from the first floor to the fifth floor and then
to the second floor. From there, the elevator
travels to the fourth and then to the third floor. If
the floors are 3 meters apart how far has the
elevator traveled?
a. 18 m b. 27 m c. 30 m d. 45 m
94. 14.3 is equal to
a. 0.143 x 100 c. 143 ÷ 100
b. 14.3 x 100 d. 0.143 x 1000
95. Which of the following has the greatest value?
a. 0.351 b. 35/100 c. 3/10 d. 3/9
96. Which of the following numbers is greater than
-3/2?
a. -4/3 b. -3 c. -7/4 d. -2
97. Simplify 1/3+2/5-2/6
a. 1/14 b. 1/5 c. 2/3 d. 2/5
98. Find the product of (2 ½) (5/7) (2/5)
a. 0 b. 5/44 c. 1 d. 5/7
99. Simplify [2(-3)2
–(-4)(-5) -2]
a. -4 b. 14 c. 28 d. 10
100. Dante is working on a hill 78 meters above the
sea level, while directly underneath, Mark is
working in a tunnel 38 meters below the sea
level. What is the distance between Dante and
Mark?
a. 116 m c. -42 m
b. 42 m d. -1163 m
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2 c 52 d
3 a 53 c
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11 b 61 c
12 c 62 b
13 b 63 c
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29 b 79 d
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42 a 92 d
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