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This is the Multiple Choice Questions Part 5 of the Series in Algebra and General
Mathematics topics in Engineering Mathematics. In Preparation for the ECE Board Exam
make sure to expose yourself and familiarize in each and every questions compiled here
taken from various sources including but not limited to past Board Examination Questions
in Engineering Mathematics, Mathematics Books, Journals and other Mathematics
References.

Multiple Choice Questions Topic Outline

MCQs in Algebraic functions | MCQs in theory of Equations | MCQs in Factorization and

Algebraic functions | MCQs in Ratio, Proportion and Variation | MCQs in Matrix theory |
MCQs in Arithmetic and Geometric Progression | MCQs in Equations and Inequalities |
MCQs in Linear and Quadratic Equations | MCQs in Complex Number System | MCQs in
Polynomials | MCQs in Mathematical Induction | MCQs in Logic and Probability | MCQs
in Statistics| MCQs in System of Numbers and Conversion | MCQs in Fundamentals in
Algebra | MCQS in Binomial Theorems and Logarithms | MCQs in Age Problems | MCQs
in Work Problems | MCQS in Mixture Problems | MCQs in Digit Problems | MCQs in
Motion Problems | MCQs in Clock Problems | MCQs in Variation | MCQs in Progression |
MCQs in Miscellaneous Problems

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PART 1: MCQs from Number 1 – 50                        Answer key: PART I

PART 2: MCQs from Number 51 – 100                        Answer key: PART II

PART 3: MCQs from Number 101 – 150                        Answer key: PART III

PART 4: MCQs from Number 151 – 200                        Answer key: PART IV

PART 5: MCQs from Number 201 – 250                        Answer key: PART V

PART 6: MCQs from Number 251 – 300                        Answer key: PART VI

Continue Practice Exam Test Questions Part V of the Series

Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.

201. If x varies directly as y and inversely as z, and x = 14 when y = 7 and z = 2, nd the value
of x when y = 16 and z = 4.

a. 14
b. 4
c. 16
d. 6

202. The electric power which a transmission line can transmit is proportional to the
product of its design voltage and current capacity, and inversely to the transmission
distance. A 115-kilovolt line rate at 100 amperes can transmit 150 megawatts over 150 km.
how much power, in megawatts can a 230 kilovolt line rate at 150 amperes transmit over
100 km?

a. 785
b. 485
c. 675
d. 595

203. The time required for an elevator to lift a weight varies directly with the weight and the
distance through which it is to be lifted and inversely as the power of the motor. If it takes
30 seconds for a 10 hp motor to lift 100 lbs. through 50 feet, what size of motor is required
to lift 800 lbs. in 40 seconds through 40 feet?

a. 42
b. 44
c. 46
d. 48

204. The selling price of TV set is double that of its cost. If the TV set was sold to a
customer at a pro t of 25% of the net cost, how much discount was given to the customer?

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a. 33.7%
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b. 35.7%
c. 37.5%
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d. 34.7%

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205. A group of EE examinees decided to hire a mathematics tutor from Excel Review
Center and planned to contribute equal amount for the tutor’s fee. If there were 10 more
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examinees, each would have paid P 2 less. However, if there were 5 less examinees, each
would have paid P 2 more. How many examinees are there in the group?

a. 14
b. 16
c. 18
d. 20

206. A bookstore purchased a best selling price book at P 200.00 per copy. At what price
should this book be sold so that giving a 20% discount, the pro t is 30%?

a. P 450
b. P 500
c. P 357
d. P 400

207. Jojo bought a second hand Betamax VCR and then sold it to Rudy at a pro t of 40%.
Rudy then sold the VCR to Noel at a pro t of 20%. If Noel paid P 2,856 more than it cost to
Jojo, how much did Jojo paid for the unit?

a. P 4,000
b. P 4,100
c. P 4,200
d. P 4,300

208. In a certain community of 1,200 people, 60% are literate. Of the males, 50% are literate
and of the females 70% are literate. What is the female population?

a. 850
b. 500
c. 550
d. 600

209. A merchant has three items on sale, namely a radio for P 50, a clock for P 30 and a
ashlight for P1. At the end of the day, he sold a total of 100 of the three items and has
taken exactly P 1,000 on the total sales. How many radios did he sale?

a. 16
b. 20
c. 18
d. 24

210. The arithmetic mean of a and b is

a. (a+b)/2
b. sqrt(ab)
c. (ab)/2
d. (a-b)/2

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211. The sum of three arithmetic means between 34 and 42 is

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a. 114
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b. 124
c. 134
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d. 144

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Gravity causes a body to fall 16.1 ft. in the rst second, 48.3 in the 2nd second, 80.5 in
the 3rd second. How far did the body fall during the 10th second?

a. 248.7 ft
b. 308.1 ft
c. 241.5 ft
d. 305.9 ft

213. If the rst term of an arithmetic progression is 25 and the fourth term is 13, what is the
third term?

a. 17
b. 18
c. 19
d. 20

214. Find the 30th term of the arithmetic progression 4, 7, 10…

a. 75
b. 88
c. 90
d. 91

215. How many terms of the progression 3, 5, 7… must be taken in order that their sum will
be 2600?

a. 48
b. 49
c. 50
d. 51

216. In a pile of logs, each layer contains one more log than the layer above and the top
contains just one log. If there are 105 logs in the pile, how many layers are there?

a. 11
b. 12
c. 13
d. 14

217. What is the sum of the progression 4, 9, 14, 19… up to the 20th term?

a. 1030
b. 1035
c. 1040
d. 1045

218. A stack of bricks has 61 bricks in the bottom layer, 58 bricks in the second layer, 55
bricks in the third layer, and so on until there are 10 bricks in the last layer. How many

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bricks are there all together?

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a. 638
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b. 637
c. 639
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d. 640

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219. HERE
Determine the sum of the progression if there are 7 arithmetic mean between 3 and 35

a. 171
b. 182
c. 232
d. 216

220. A besiege fortress is held by 5700 men who have provisions for 66 days. If the garrison
losses 20 men each day, for how many days can the provision hold out?

a. 72
b. 74
c. 76
d. 78

221. In the recent “Gulf War” in the Middle east, the allied forces captured 6400 of
Saddam’s soldiers and with provisions on hand it will last for 216 meals while feeding 3
meals a day. The provision lasted 9 more days because of daily deaths. At an average, how
many died per day?

a. 15
b. 16
c. 17
d. 18

222. A Geodetic Engineering student got a score of 30% on Test 1 of the ve number test in
Surveying. On the last number he got 90% in which a constant di erence more on each
number that he had on the immediately preceding one. What was his average score in
Surveying?

a. 50
b. 55
c. 60
d. 65

223. If the sum is 220 and the rst term is 10, nd the common di erence if the last term is
30.

a. 2
b. 5
c. 3
d. 2/3

224. Once a month, a man puts some money into the cookie jar. Each month he puts 50
centavos more into jar than the month before. After 12 years, he counted his money, he had
P 5,436. How much money did he put in the jar in the last month?

a. P73.50

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b. P75.50
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d. P72.50
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225. A girl on a bicycle coasts downhill covering 4 feet the rst second 12 feet the second
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second, and in general, 8 feet more each second than the previous second. If she reaches
the bottom at the end of 14 seconds, how far did she coasts?
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a. 782 feet
b. 780 feet
c. 784 feet
d. 786 feet

226. When all odd numbers from 1 to 101 are added, the result is

a. 2500
b. 2601
c. 2501
d. 3500

227. How many times will a grandfather’s clock strikes in one day if it strikes only at the
hours and strike once at 1 o’clock, twice at 2 o’clock, thrice at 3 o’clock ad so on?

a. 210
b. 24
c. 156
d. 300

228. To conserve energy due to the present energy crisis, the Meralco tried to readjust their
charges to electrical energy users who consumes more than 2000 kw-hours. For the rst
100 kw-hr, they charged 40 centavos and increasing at a constant rate more than the
preceding one until the fth 100 kw-hr, the charge is 76 centavos. How much is the average
charge for the electrical energy per 100 kw-hr?

a. 58 centavos
b. 60 centavos
c. 62 centavos
d. 64 centavos

229. The 3rd term of a harmonic progression is 15 and the 9th term is 6. Find the 11th term

a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7

230. Find the fourth term of the progression 1/2, 0.2, 0.125…

a. 1/10
b. 1/11
c. 0.102
d. 0.099

231. Find the 9th term of the harmonic progression 3, 2, 3/2…

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a. 3/5
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b. 3/8
c. 4/5
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d. 4/9

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232. Find the sum of 4 geometric means between 160 and 5

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a. 130
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b. 140
c. 150
d. 160

233. The fourth term of a geometric progression is 216 and the 6th term is 1944. Find the
8th term

a. 17649
b. 17496
c. 16749
d. 17964

234. Determine x so that: x, 2x + 7, 10x – 7 will be a geometric progression

a. 7, -7/12
b. 7, -5/6
c. 7, -14/5
d. 7, -7/6

235. If one third of the air in a tank is removed by each stroke of an air pump, what
fractional part of the total air is removed in 6 strokes?

a. 0.7122
b. 0.9122
c. 0.6122
d. 0.8122

236. A product has a current selling of P 325.00. If its selling price is expected to decline at
the rate of 10% per annum because of obsolescence, what will be its selling price four
years hence?

a. P 213.23
b. P 202.75
c. P 302.75
d. P 156.00

237. The number 28, x + 2, 112 form a geometric progression. What is the 10th term?

a. 14336
b. 13463
c. 16433
d. 16344

238. The sum of the rst 10 terms of a geometric progression 2, 4, 8… is

a. 1023
b. 2046

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c. 225
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d. 1596

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239. If the rst term of a geometric progression is 9 and the common ratio is -2/3, nd the
fth term
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a. 8/5
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c. 15/7
d. 13/4

240. The seventh term is 56 and the twelfth term is -1792 of a geometric progression. Find
the common ratio and the rst term. Assume the ratios are equal.

a. -2, 5/8
b. -1, 5/8
c. -1, 7/8
d. -2, 7/8

241. A person has 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great grandparents and so on. How many
ancestors during the 15 generations preceding his own, assuming no duplication?

a. 131070
b. 65534
c. 32768
d. 16383

242. In the PBA three-point shootout contest, the committee decided to give a prize in the
following manner; A prize of P 1 for the rst basket made, P 2 for the second, P 4 for the
third, P 8 for the fourth and so on. If the contestant wants to win a prize no less than a
million pesos, what is the minimum number of baskets to be converted?

a. 20
b. 19
c. 18
d. 21

243. In a bene t show, a number of wealthy men agreed that the rst one to arrive would
pay 10 centavos to enter and each later arrive would pay twice as much as the preceding
man. The total amount collected from all of them was P 104,857.50. How many wealthy
men paid?

a. 18
b. 19
c. 20
d. 21

244. A man mailed 10 chain letters to ten of his friends with a request to continue by
sending a similar letter to each of their ten friends. If this continue for 6 sets of letters and if
all responded, how much will the Phil. Postal o ce earn if minimum postage costs P 4 per
letter?

a. P 6,000,000
b. P 60,000
c. P 2,222,220

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245. Determine the sum of the in nite series s = 1/3 + 1/9 + 1/27 +…+ (1/3)^n
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