Mathematics Post-Assessment

1. A certain number doubled and increased by 10 is 14. What is the number?

a. 5 b. 4 c. 2 d. 3s

2. If 5x > 0, which of the following must be TRUE?
I. x<0
II. 1/x>0
III. -x<0

a.II only b. II and III c. I and II d. I only

3. If p is a positive integer in the equation 12p=q, the q must be a __________.
a. Positive odd integer c. Negative odd integer
b. Negative even integer d. Positive even integer

4. The way fare from Manila to Davao City is P5,200. How many round trip tickets can be purchased with
the amount of P104,000?
a. 25 b. 10 c. 20 d. 15

5. A traveler was helped by other passengers for his extra weight of 112 kg. There were three travelers
who gave their allotment of 25 kg. How many more extra weight will be pay?
a. 37 kg b. 35 kg c. 48 kg d. 38 kg

6. The BIR sold 20,400 documentary stamps at P0.30 per document. She remitted at the end of the day
P5, 800. What is left with the seller?
a. P 3,200 b. P3,150 c. P32 d. P320

7. A meat dealer sold his butchered cow for P21.500. If each kilo of beef cost P120 each, how many kilos
were realized from one cow?
a. 179.16 kg b. 179.18 kg c. 180 kg d. 178 kg

8. A swimming contest is held in a four lane swimming pool of 50 meters long. The contest is for the 200
meter. How many times will each swimmer run in this contest?
a. 10 times b. 16 times c. 5 times d. 4 times

9. How many twenty thousands are there in one million?
a. 500 b. 50 c. 100 d. 1000

10. Which fractions have the least common denominator?
a. , 2/5, 5/45 c. 1/16, 2/4, 5/8
b. 3/5, 1/16, 2/18 d. , 3/9, 2/10

11. A policeman caught a pusher carrying prohibited drugs. Each package weighed 12 kg, 10 1/8 kg, 11
kg and 8 kg. Give the weight of the confiscated drugs.
a. 40 3/8 kg b. 41 kg c. 42 5/8 kg d. 41 kg

12. Why is 1/5 called a unit fraction?
a. The unit is less than one c. It is between 0 and 1, the basic unit
b. The number 5 is the denominator d. Unit fractions have 1 as the numerator

13. A sales representative of Appliance Company is given 20% of the total sales she makes week. What are
her earnings if her sales total P67, 850.00
a. P6780 b. P13570 c. P135.70 d. P1357

14. Only 682 examinees passed in the Nurse Licensure Examination out of 2550 examinees. What is the
passing percentage?
a. 26% b. 26.7% c. 26.8% d. 26.5%

15. A vehicle consumes of liter of gasoline to travel 10 kilometers. After a tune-up, it travels 15% further
on one liter. To the nearest tent, how many liters of gasoline will it take for the vehicle to travel 230
kilometers?
a. 20.15 liters b. 23 liters c.23.15 liters d. 20 liters

16. The ratio of men to women at High School is 3:7. If there are 6,153 women in the said school, how
many men are at Mabuhay High School?
a. 2,051 b. 2,637 c. 879 d. 1,895

17. If there are 3 microscopes for every 4 medical students, how many microscopes are needed for 44
students?
a.45 b. 33 c. 42 d. 44

18. In Room A of the University Center, there are 1 man and 2 women, in Room B there are 2 men and 4
women and in Room C there are 5 men and 10 women. What is the ratio between men and women?
a.3/4 b.5/7 c.1/3 d.1/2

19. The volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its pressure. When the pressure is 30cm of mercury,
the volume is 600 cubic cm. Find the pressure when the volume is 250 cubic cm.
a. 12.5 cm of mercury c. 72 cm of mercury
b. 28 cm of mercury d. 65 cm of mercury

20. Water is rationed in a village every other day. The truck tanks deliver 8 tons of water to 10 hour. How
many tons of water, were delivered in 4 days to each house by the agent?
a. 3.2 tons b. 320 tons c. 40 tons d. 80 tons

21. A swimming pool is an equilateral triangle in shape. One side is 11 meters. How many meters of rope
are needed to enclose the pool?
a.33 meters b.55 meters c.48 meters d.44 meters

22. A new house has two sides of its lot already fenced by the neighbor. The unfenced sides are 29 meters
by 52 meters. If one meter requires 11 pieces of hollow blocks, how many hollow blocks will be
needed?
a. 991 b. 891 c. 791 d. 691

23. Her mother counted 2 scores before she had a child of her own. How old was she?
a.20 years b.40 years c.50 years d.30 years

24. A bomb was dropped in an area where rebels were hiding. The perimeter of the damaged area was
480 meters and the width was 15 meters. What was the length of the damaged area?
a. 200 meters b. 425 meters c. 125 meters d. 225 meters

25. If you were converting the height of your room for better ventilation, what would 1.60 m be
equivalent to?
a. 16 cm b. 1,600 mm c. 160 cm d. 1.6 dm

26. A picture 10cm x 8 cm is mounted on a piece of hard cardboard. If there is a margin of 2 cm
around the picture, what is the perimeter of the cardboard used?
a. 47 cm b. 57 cm c. 37 cm d. 67 cm

27. A swimming pool is an equilateral triangle in shape. One side is 11 meters. How many meters rope are
needed to enclose the pool?
a. 55 meters b. 45 meters c. 44 meters d. 33 meters

28. A rectangle has sides of 10 and 12 units. How can the area of a square be computed if it has the same
perimeter as the rectangle?
a. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then multiply by 4
b. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then multiply by
c. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, divide by 4, then square the quotient
d. Add 10 and 12, double the sum, then multiply by 4

29. To find perimeter (P) of a rectangle that has length of 16 inches and width of 12 inches which of the
following equation can be used?
a. P = 2(16)(12) b. P = (16)+ (12) c. P = 2(16)+ (12) d. P = 2(16 + 12)

30. Which of the following is closest to normal body temperature?
a. 32 degrees F b. 50 degrees C c. 212 degrees F d. 37 degrees C

31. If the scores of 10 students are: 76, 80, 75, 83, 80, 79, 85, 80, 88, 90, the mode is
a. 79 b. 85 c. 80 d. 88

32. The average of four numbers is 28. If there of the four numbers are 18, 28 and 36, what is the fourth
number?
a.29 b.30 c.48 d.40
33. What is the range of the following: 86, 70, 83, 90, 85, 78, 79, 81, 87?
a.12 b.15 c.16 d.20

34. Make the equation 2x+1x+3y+1y=12+51. What are the values of x and y?
a.x=4/y=1 b.x=2/y=3 c.x=1/y=4 d.x=3/y=2

35. A woman has 12 pairs of shoes. Her little boy takes 2 shoes at random out of his mothers closet. How
many ways he select a right and left shoe? How many of his selections will not be the right pair?
a. 24, 6 b. 132, 64 c. 48, 12 d. 144, 132

36. What is the exponential function of y = f(x)?
a. y = 2x 1 b. y = x 5 c. y = x 1 d. y = 5x
2

37. If a= b/5 and 10a= 14, what is b?
a. 14 b. 28 c. 2 d. 7

38. Solve for x : x - 5x + 6 > 0
a. x = 3 or x = 2 c. x > 3 or x < 2
b. x > 3 or x > 2 d. 2 < x < 3

39. Simplify: 2(3r 7t) 5(2r + 3t) + (5r + t)
a. r+ 28i b. 28t r c. r 28t d. r 28t

40. If a function is defined by the set of ordered pairs (1, 2), (2, 4), (3, 8), (4, 16), (5, Y), then the value of Y
is______________.
A. 10
B. 32
C. 20
D. 25