MM 15 MIDTERM EXAMINATIONS
INSTRUCTIONS: This is a test of your ability to think of solutions to quantitative
problems. Read each problem carefully and determine the correct
answer from the choices. After you have decided to the best answer,
ENCIRCLE the corresponding letter of your answer in each of the items
and on the space provided, indicate if each PROBLEM is ROUTINE or
NON-ROUTINE. No Solution – No Credit
_________1. The lowest temperature on a winter morning was – 80F. later the same day the
temperature reached a high of 240F. by how many degrees Fahrenheit did the temperature
increase?
A. 30
C. 240
0
B. 16
D. 320
________2. If
A. 2
B. 1
4  3
1
     x  1 , then x = ?
5  10 
2
C. -2
D. None of these
_________3. What part of an hour has passed from 2:48 pm to 3:20 pm?
A. 1/3
`
C. 7/8
B. 8/15
D. 8/12
_________4. Evaluate: 1 – 2 + 3 – 4 + ……………..- 98 + 99
A. 0
C. 49
B. – 50
D. 50
_________5. the simplest expression for 240/420 is _________.
A. 1
C. [1/2]20
B. 4
D. 220
_________6. How many integers are between
11
67
and
?
3
4
A. 12
C. 17
B. 13
D. 18
_________7. If 64 is divided into 3 parts according to the ratio 2:4:6, the smallest part is
A. 10 2/3
B. 15 2/3
C. 17 ½
D. none of these
_________8.If pulley B is 16 in. in diameter and is rotating at 240 rpm, what is the speed of pul
ley A if its diameter is 20 in?
A. 192
C. 315
B. 230
D. 330
_________9. Two carpenters can finish 4 cabinets in 4 hours. If the working rate is the same,
how many cabinets can 7 carpenters finish in 24 hours?
A. 48
C. 84
B. 56
D. none of these answer
_________10. What is the least common multiple of 12, 24 and 72?
A. 12
C. 144
B. 72
D. 36
_________11. A basketball team won 25 games but lost 5 games. What percent of the games
played did it lose?
A. 15%
C. 20%
B. 16 2/3%
D. 18%
_________12. In a playground for kindergarten kids, 18 children are riding tricycles or bicycles.
If there are 43 wheels in all, how many bicycles are there?
A. 7
C. 9
B. 8
D. 11
_________13. How many factors does 1000 have?
A. 35
C. 22
B. 27
D. 16
Prepared and Compiled by: Engr. RODIN M. PASPASAN, Ph.D.
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_________14. The smallest number which can be exactly divided by 18, 20, and 15 is
A. 360
C. 120
B. 180
D. 45
_________15. What is the greatest number that can divide 16, 24, 80 and 96?
A. 8
C. 16
B. 12
D. 24
_________16. Determine the sum of divisors of 144
A. 8
C. 132
B. 121
D. 403
_________17. If the price of a can of beans is raised from P60 to P69, what is the percent
increase in the price?
A. 15%
C. 30%
B. 20%
D. 25%
_________18. After getting a 10% discount, a buyer paid 10,800 pesos for a refrigerator. The
marked price is
A. 12,000
C. 11,600
B. 11,880
D. 13,000
_________19. Insert four arithmetic means between -2 and 6.
A. -1.2, -0.4, 0.4, 1.2
C. 1.375, -0.75, -0.125, 0.5
B. -0.4, 1.2, 2.8, 4.4
D. -2, 0, 2, 4
_________20. A glass is in the form of a right circular cone. When full of water, it contains
318.09 cubic centimeters. If the height of the glass is 15 centimeters, find the
circumference of the glass.
A. 27.27 cm.
C. 26.27 cm.
B. 28.27 cm.
D. 29.27 cm.
_________21. Raven tried to compute the average of his 7 test scores. He mistakenly divided the
correct sum of all of his test scores by 6, which yielded 84. What is Raven’s correct
average test score?
A. 70
D. 96
B. 72
E. 98
C. 84
_________22. If subtracting 13 from a number is the same as taking ¾ of the number, what is
the number?
A. 36
C. 48
B. 39
D. 52
_________23. Three times the first of three consecutive odd integers is 3 more than twice the
third. Find the third integer.
A. 9
C. 13
B. 11
D. 15
_________24. The product of two whole numbers is 36, and their ratio is 1:4. Which of these is
the smaller?
A. 2
C. 9
B. 3
D. 12
_________25. Which of the following sets of numbers can be a side of a right triangle?
A. 4,5,6
C. 3,6,3
B. 6,6,2
D. 2,2,3
Prepared and Compiled by: Engr. RODIN M. PASPASAN, Ph.D.
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