ALGEBRA AND ADVANCED ALGEBRA

NAME:
DATE:
1.) What is the number of permutations of
WALANGFOREVER?

a. 13!

b.

13 !
6!

c.

13 !
23

the

letters

d.

in

the

phrase

13 !
6

2.) What angle does the hour hand and the minute hand form when the time
displayed on a digital clock is 3:45 PM ?
a. 124.7o
b. 157.5o
c. 175.4o
d. none of these
3.) Worker A can finish a given task in 8 hours when working alone. After working
alone for 3 hours, he was replaced by worker B who finished the task in 3.5
hours. How many hours does it take for worker B to perform the task when
working alone?
a. 9.3 hours
b. 5.6 hours
c. 6.1 hours
d. 7.3 hours
4.) Pipe A can fill a given tank in 5 hours with a drain pipe open. Pipe B can fill the
same tank in 6 hours with the drain pipe open. If Pipe A, alone, can fill the tank
in 2 hours, how many hours does it take Pipe B, alone, to fill the tank?
a. 2.14 hours
b. 3.14 hours
c. 4.14 hours
d. 5.14 hours
5.) How many ways can 4 married couples be arranged in a row of seats, from M1
to M8, inside a movie house if each of them insists to sit beside their partner?
a. 256 ways
b. 327 ways
c. 384 ways
d. 431 ways
6.) Find x from the following:

x=

2 x 23 x +5
2
x 2

a. 2.43
b. -1.12
c. 3.71
d. -4.5
7.) Squares of side x have been cut out from the corners of a 15 cm x 20 cm sheet
of paper. The parts were folded upward to form a box with an open top. If the
volume of this newly formed box is 317.18 cubic centimeters, what is the
measurement of the smallest possible square that was cut out?
a. 11.6 cm
b. 6.2 cm
c. 4.3 cm
d. 1.6 cm
8.) What is the 20th term of the progression: 1, 16, 31, ?
a. 256
b. 271
c. 286
d. 301
9.) Find the 11th term of the harmonic progression:
a.

17
2

b.

37
4

c.

2
17

4 2 4
1, , , ,
7 5 13
d.

4
37

10.)
At this moment, USTChES has 600 members who, given that there will be
no change in numbers, they can provide ID cards for in the next 20 years. If
the population of USTChES increases by a constant rate of 15 persons per
year, how many years will it take for these ID cards to last?
a. 20.5 years
b. 18.4 years
c. 16.7 years
d. 14.3 years
11.)
Leo is reading a manga collection featuring the Pokemon series based on
Red, Yellow,and Golds adventure. The product of the two pages currently
opened is 11.74 times the sum of these two pages. What are the two pages
Leo is currently reading?

a. 15, 16
b. 23, 24
c. 31, 32
d. 47, 48
12.)
Elsa is 4 years older than Anna. Thirteen years ago, Elsa was twice as old
as Anna. How old is Elsa today?
a. 21
b. 23
c. 25
d. 27
13.)
The sum of an arithmetic progression is 819. If the arithmetic progression
starts with the following numbers: 3, 8, 13,, how many terms of this
sequence were considered in getting the sum?
a. 16
b. 17
c. 18
d. 19
14.)
The resistance of a wire is said to be varying directly with its length and
inversely with its area. If a certain piece of wire 5 m long and 0.10 cm radius
has a resistance of 150 ohms, what will the resistance be if it is uniformly
stretched so that its length becomes 10 m?
a. 300 ohms
b. 600 ohms
c. 900 ohms
d. 1200 ohms
15.)
What is the 8th term of the expansion (x+y)10 ?
a. 45 x8y2
b. 36 x8y2
c. 28 x8y2
d. 15 x8y2
16.)
Logarithm with base e (e = 2.718) is called
a. Natural
b. Napierean
c. Both a and b
d. None of the
logarithm
logarithm
above
17.)
What are the roots of the function y = x 5 + 9x4 5x3 141x2 + 4x + 420
a. -7, -5, -1, 2,
b. -7, -5, -2, 2,
c. -7, -5, -2, 2,
d. -7, -5, -3, 2,
5
5
3
3
18.)
Consider a 2-digit number where the tens digit is twice the ones digit. If
the digits are reversed, the new number formed is 18 less than the original
number. What is the tens digit of the original number?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8
19.)
Find one of the roots in the equation 5x 3-4x2+3x-65 = 0
a. 2.05
20.)

b. 2.21

c. 2.37

Find the fraction such that if 5 is added to its terms it becomes

5 is subtracted from it terms it becomes

a.

d. 2.56

7
11

b.

7
13

2
3

and if

1
4
c.

9
11

d.

9
13

--------------------------------------------------------------END---------------------------------------------------------------------HOMEWORK:
1.) Two planes travel the same straight path that is 1500 km long. If plane A
travels 35 kph faster and arrives 1 hour and 35.4 minutes earlier than plane B,
what is the speed of A?
a. 165 kph
b. 200 kph
c. 235 kph
d. 270 kph
2.) Seven years ago, Ms. Minchin was six times as old as Sara was. Thirteen years
from now, she will be twice as old as Sara. How old is Sara now?

a. 6
b. 9
c. 12
d. 15
3.) Riyo and Maya are mother and daughter. Six years ago, Riyo was twice as old
as Maya was. 9 years hence, Riyo will be 3/2 as old as Maya will be. How old is
Maya now?
a. 21
b. 25
c. 29
d. 33
4.) Log[M3(N-0.5O)-2] is equal to
a. log(M3N)
b. 3log(M)+ 2
c. Both a and b
d. None of these
+logO-2
N
log( O )
5.) What is the product of (X-A)(X-B)(X-C)(X-D)?
a. 1
b. 0
c. infinite

d. insufficient
data

ANSWER KEY
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

D
D
B
A
C
A
D
C

10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

C
B
A
C
B
A
C
C
C

18
19
20
HW1
HW2
HW3
HW4
HW5

B
D
B
B
C
A
A
B