ME BOARD EXAMINATION TRAINING SESSIONS 1 A. 277,200 C.

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PROBLEM SET 02 B. 178,000 D. 39,916,800

1. Determine the sum of the progression if there are 7 10. How many 4-digit numbers can be formed without repeating
arithmetic means between 3 and 35. any digit from the following digits: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6?

A. 171 C. 232 A. 120 C. 140

B. 182 D. 216 B. 130 D. 150

2. Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the geometric 11. The cost of labor varies jointly as the number of workers and
progression 2, 4, 8, 16, ... the number of days they work. If 8 men working 9 days each are
paid P 576, in how many days it takes 6 men to earn P 624?
A. 1023 C. 225
B. 2046 D. 1596 A. 13 C. 12
B. 11 D. 10
3. Insert three geometric means between 2 and 162. Find the
largest of the three geometric means. 12. How many four-digit numbers can be formed by the use of
the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 if one digit is used only once in one
A. 6 C. 54 number?
B. 18 D. 262
A. 240 C. 280
4. A meeting is gathered and someone counted the total B. 320 D. 360
number of handshakes to be 66. If each shakes hands with all
the others, how many attended the meeting? 13. A proposed PSME building has 5 outside doors. In how many
ways can a person enter and leave by using different doors?
A. 12 C. 11
B. 10 D. 14 A. 25 C. 10
B. 20 D. 125
5. How many times will a clock strike in 24 hours if it strikes only
at the hours? 14. 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 until there
A. 12 C. 156 are 10 bricks in the last layer. How many bricks are there
B. 78 D. 124 together?
6. A man sold a book by mistake at 120% of the marked price A. 638 C. 640
instead of discounting the marked price by 20%. If he sold the B. 637 D. 639
book for P 14.40, what was the price for which he have sold the
book? 15. 10 differently colored beads. How many different bracelets
can be formed?
A. P 9.10 C. P 8.20
B. P 8.40 D. P 9.60 A. 3,628,800 C. 362,880
B. 181,440 D. 1
7. In a party there are 316 composed of men, women and
children. There are 78 more children than women and 56 more 16. Find the ratio of an infinite geometric series if the sum is 2
women than men. How many men in the party? and the first term is V2.

A. 42 C. 50 A. 1/3 C. ¾
B. 46 D. 44 B. 1/2 D. 1/2

8. The illumination receives from a light source varies inversely 17. Four different colored flags can be hung in a row to make a
as the square of the distance from the source and directly as its coded signal. How many signals can be made if a signal consists
candle power. At what distance from a 50-cp light would the of the display of one or more flags?
illumination be one-half that received at 20 ft from a 40-cp
A. 64 C. 88
light?
B. 66 D. 62
A. 10 sq. rt. of 10 C. 10 sq. rt. of 5 18. There were two Calculus problems that came out in the
B. 5 sq. rt. of 10 D. 3 sq rt. 10
latest licensure examinations. How many were able to solve
9. How many permutations can be made out of the letters of both problems if 50% of them solve the Integral problem and
the word ENGINEERING? 75% solve the differential problem? The total number of
examinees is 2000.
A. 250 C. 750 costs P 300 per box, screw B costs P150 and screw C cost P50
B. 500 D. 700 per box. How many boxes of screw A did he buy?

19. The number of permutations of n different things taken n at A. 2 C. 7

a time is B. 5 D. 5

A. (n -1)! C. (n + 1)! 29. A certain part can be defective because it has one or more
B. nn D. n! out of three possible defects: insufficient tensile strength, a
burr, or a diameter outside tolerance limits. In a lot of 500
20. There are two copies each of 4 different books. In how many
pieces, 19 have a tensile strength defect, 17 have burr defects,
ways can they be arranged on a shelf?
11 have an unacceptable diameter, 12 have tensile strength and
A. 2520 C. 24 burr defects, 7 have tensile strength and diameter defects, 5
B. 40320 D. 56 have burr and diameter defects and 2 have all three defects.
How many of the pieces have no defects?
21. Find the 4th term of the progression 1/2, 0.2, 0.125...
A. 450 C. 520
A. 1/10 C. 1/11 B. 475 D. 480
B. 0.102 D. 0.099
30. What is the sum of three arithmetic means between 5 and
22. In how many different orders can 7 books be arranged on a 17?
shelf if a certain 3-volume book is not to be separated?
A. 22 C. 25
A. 720 C. 240 B. 33 D. 30
B. 540 D. 1512
31. Determine the harmonic mean between a and b.
23. Three times the first of three consecutive odd integers is
three more than twice the third. Find the third integer. A. 2ab/(a+b) C. (a+b)/ab
B. ab/(a-b) D. 2ab/(b-a)
A. 12 C. 10
B. 15 D. 18 32. Find the sum of the infinite geometric series 2 + 2/5 + 2/25 +
2/125 + … + 2/5n + …
24. How many ways can you invite one or more of five friends to
a party? A. 6/3 C. 5/2
B. 7/2 D. 5/4
A. 25 C. 31
B. 15 D. 62 33. The electric power which a transmission line can transmit is
proportional to the product of its design voltage and current
25. How many ways can you invite one or more of five friends to capacity, and inversely to the transmission distance. A 115-
a party kilovolt line rated at 1000 amperes can transmit 150 Megawatts
over 150 km. How much power, in Megawatts, can a 230-
A. 25 C. 15
kilovolt line rated at 1,500 amperes transmit over 100 km?
B. 31 D. 62
A. 785 C. 675
26. In a certain factory, the ratio of the number of male to
B. 485 D. 595
female workers is 2:3. If one hundred new female workers are
hired, the number of female workers will increase to 65 % of the 34. A merchant sold 100 bananas. Eighty of them were sold at a
total number of workers. Find the original number of workers in profit of 30% while the rest were sold at a loss of 40%. What is
the factory. the percentage gain or loss on the business?
A. 600 C. 700 A. 16% gain C. 16% loss
B. 800 D. 900 B. 12% loss D. 12% gain
27. Two problems were given during the examination. How 35. The 2nd and the 4th terms of a HP are 4/5 and the - 4. Find
many were able to solve both problems if only 55% of the class the 5th term?
solved the first problem and 70% solved the second?
A. 1 C. -2
A. 35 % C. 10% B. -1 D. 2
B. 25 % D. 12 %
36. If 15 people won prizes in the state lottery, in how many
28. A Mechanical Engineer bought 24 boxes of screws for P ways can these 15 people win first, second, third, fourth, and
2,200.00. There were three types of screws bought. Screw A fifth prizes?
A. 4, 845 C. 360, 360 A. 64 ways; 56 ways C. 63 ways; 50 ways
B. 116, 280 D. 3,003 B. 65 ways; 59 ways D. 66 ways; 54 ways

37. In how many ways can a committee of three consisting of 46. Boyle's law states that at constant temperature, the volume
two chemical engineers and one mechanical engineer can be of a gas varies inversely as the pressure to which it is subjected.
formed from four chemical engineers and three mechanical If volume = 10,000 when pressure = 10 find the pressure when
engineers? volume = 12,000.

A. 18 C.32 A. 7.53 C. 5.43

B. 64 D. none of these B. 6.73 D. 8.33

38. In a Mathematics examination, a student may select 7 47. There are 5 main roads between the cities A and B, and four
problems from a set of 10 problems. In how many ways can he between B and C. In how many ways can a person drive from A
make his choice? to C and return, going through B on both trips without driving
on the same road twice?
A. 120 C. 720
B. 530 D. 320 A. 260 C. 120
B. 240 D. 160
39. How many triangles are determined by the vertices of a
regular hexagon? 48. How many committees can be formed by choosing 4 men
from an organization with a membership of 15 men?
A. 10 C. 20
B. 15 D. 25 A. 1390 C. 1435
B. 1240 D. 1365
40. 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 49. Find the geometric mean of 64 and 4.
logs in the pile, how many layers are there?
A. 16 C. 32
A. 12 C. 8 B. 34 D. 28
B. 14 D. 10
50. Find the sum of the infinite geometric progression 6, -2, 2/3,
41. A rubber ball is made to fall from a height of 50 ft and is …
observed to rebound 2/3 of the distance it falls. How far will the
ball travel before coming to rest if the ball continues to fall in A. 9/2 C. 11/2
B. 5/2 D. 7/2
this manner?
51. The radius of the circle whose arc of length 15 cm makes an
A. 250 C. 300
angle of 3/4 radian at the center is
B. 200 D. 350
A. 10 cm C. 20 cm
42. In how many ways can 5 engineers & 4 nurses be arranged
B. 11.25 cm D. 22.5 cm
in a round table if the nurses are to sit next to each other?

A. 2880 C. 720 52. Solve for x if tan 3x = 5 tan x

B. 5760 D. 576 A. 20.705° C. 15.705°
B. 30.705° D. 35.705°
43. In how ways can 5 persons be seated in a room where there
are 9 seats? 53. A PLDT tower and a monument stand on a level plane. The
angles of depression of the top and bottom of the monument
A. 126 C. 600
viewed from the top of the PLDT tower are 13° and 35°
B. 45 D. 15,120
respectively. The height of the tower is 50 m. Find the height of
44. In a class of 40 students, 27 like Calculus and 25 like the monument.
Chemistry. How many like both Calculus and Chemistry?
A. 33.51 m C. 47.3 m
A. 15 C. 2 B. 7.58 m D. 30.57 m
B. 12 D. 5
54. Sin A cos B - cos A sin B is equivalent to:
45. A factory building has 8 entrance doors. In how many ways
can a person enter and leave by any door and by different door? A. cos (A - B) C. tan (A - B)
B. sin (A - B) D. cos (A - B)
55. A right triangle whose length of sides may be expressed as C. The cosine is negative
ratio of integral units. D. The sine is negative

A. Pedal triangle C. Scalene triangle 65. It refers to the angle between any two radii.
B. Isosceles triangle D. Primitive triangle
A. central angle C. azimuth
56. If the sides of the triangle are 2x + 3, x2 + 3x + 3 and x2 + 2x, B. polar angle D. normal
find the greatest interior angle of the triangle.
66. It refers to a geometric figure which is drawn around and
A. 100° C. 100° enclosing another geometrical figure.
B. 120° D. 60°
A. circumscribed C. escribed
57. Given the triangle ABC in which A = 30°30’, b = 100 m and c B. inscribed D. secant
= 200 m. Find the length of the side a.
67. It refers to a single line which forms a tangent to two or
A. 124.64 m C. 142.24 m more separate curves.
B. 130.50 m D. 103.00 m
A. common secant C. chord
58. The area of an isosceles triangle is 36 m2 with 30° as the B. common tangent D. axis
included angle of the two adjacent equal sides. Compute the
68. Find the radius of the circumcircle of the triangle for which A
perimeter of the triangle.
= 56°, B =24° and a = 67.
A. 30.21 C. 24.57
B. 33.12 D. 35.67 A. 40.41 C. 34.56
B. 30.45 D. 43.57
59. The angle at which the line of sight to the object makes with
69. What is the value of x if arctan x = 2 arcsin x?
the horizontal is above the eye of an observer.
A. 0.645 C. 0.345
A. Angle of depression C. Acute angle
B. 0 D. 0.392
B. Angle of elevation D. Bearing
70. An oblique triangle is inscribed in a circle. If one side of the
60. The angle at which the line of sight to the object makes with
triangle has a length of 5 cm and the angle subtended by the
the horizontal is below the eye of an observer.
side is 15 deg., determine the area of the circle.
A. Angle of depression C. Acute angle
A. 293.12 m2 C. 213.43 m2
B. Angle of elevation D. Bearing
B. 160.57 m2 D. 123.43 m2
61. What is the intersection of the angle bisectors of a triangle?
71. If the cover sin θ = 0.134, what is the value of θ?
A. incenter C. orthocenter
B. circumcenter D. midpoint A. 60° C. 45°
B. 30° D. 360°
62. If two triangles have congruent bases, then the ratio of their
72. Any line segment joining a vertex of a triangle to a point on
areas equals the ratio of
the opposite side
A. their perimeter
A. median C. cevian
B. their sides
C. the lengths of their altitudes B. secant line D. euclidian line
D. none of the above 73. Evaluate arccot[2cos(arcsin0.5)].
63. In an isosceles right triangle, the hypotenuse is _____ times A. 30 deg C. 60 deg
as long as each of the legs. B. 45 deg D. 90 deg
A. √2 C. 2 74. Given a triangle with an angle C = 28.7°, side a = 132 units
B. √3 D. 3 and side b = 224 units. Solve for the side c.

64. Which is true regarding the signs of the natural functions for A. 95 units C. 110 units
angles between 90° and 180°. B. 125.4 units D. 90 units

A. The tangent is positive 75. Points A and B are 100 m apart and are of the same
B. The cotangent is positive elevation as the foot of the tower. The angles of elevation of the
top of the tower from the points A and B are 21 degrees and 32 85. The angle or inclination of ascend of a road having 8.25%
degrees respectively. How far is A from the tower in meters? grade is degrees?

A. 259.28 C. 271.62 A. 4.72 C. 5.12

B. 265.42 D. 277.92 B. 4.27 D. 1.86

76. A and B are summits of two mountains rise from a 86. Points A and B 1000 m apart are plotted on a straight
horizontal plain. B being 1200m above the pain. Find the height highway running east and west. From A, the bearing of tower C
of A, it being given that its angle of elevation as seen from a is 32 degrees W of N, and from B the bearing of C is 26 degrees
point C in the plain (in the same vertical plane with A and B) is N of E. Approximate the shortest distance of tower C to the
50 deg, while the angle of depression of C viewed from B is highway.
28°58' and the angle subtended at B by AC is 50 deg.
A. 364 m C. 394 m
A. 2847.64 m C. 2989.42 m B. 374 m D. 384 m
B. 3200.20 m D. 3002.33 m
87. Two angles A and B who sum and difference are 90° and 30°
77. Each interior angle of an equilateral triangle is equal to respectively. Find the area of this triangle considering that the
side opposite the smallest angle is 20 cm.
A. 30° C. 90°
B. 60° D. 45° A. 385.60 sq.cm. C. 430.2 sq.cm.
B. 243.97 sq.cm. D. 346.4 sq.cm.
78. The sides of a triangle are 8 cm. 10cm. and 14 cm.
Determine the radius of the inscribed and circumscribing circle. 88. Solve for x in the equation: arctan (x + 1) + arctan (x - 1) =
arctan (12).
A 2.45, 7.14 C. 3.02, 6.82
B. 2.72, 8.21 D. 3.26, 7.82 A. 1.50 C. 1.20
B. 1.34 D. 1.25
79. If the sides of a parallelogram and an included angle are 6,
10 and 100 degrees respectively, find the length of the shortest 3
89. 𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛 [2 cos (𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑠𝑖𝑛 √2 )] is equal to:
diagonal.
A. π/3 C. π/16
A. 10.63 C. 10.73
B. π/4 D. π/2
B. 10.37 D. 10.23
90. The sides of a triangular garden lot is 13 ft, 18 ft and 9 ft.
80. Simplify 4cos(y)sin(y)(1-2sin2y)
This lot is to be divided by a line bisecting the longest side and
A. tan(4y) C. cos(4y) drawn from the opposite vertex. Find the length of the line.
B. sec(4y) D. sin(4y)
A. 12.0 ft C. 13.8 ft
81. Find the value of A between 270 deg and 360 deg if 2sin2A- B. 12.5 ft D. 11.5 ft
sinA=1.
91. How many radians are there in the two successive numbers
A. 330 deg C. 300 deg on the face of a clock.
B. 340 deg D. 320 deg
A. π/2 C. π/6
82. Which of the following is the value of 1 radian in degrees? B. π/3 D. π/4

A. 89.55° C. 57.3° 92. The vertical angle to the top of a flagpole from point A on
B. 60.3° D. 45.58° the ground is observed to be 37°11'. The observer walks 17 m
directly away from point A and the flagpole to point B, and find
83. In the curve y = tan 3x , what is its period ? the new angle to be 25°43'. What is the approximate height of
A. 3π C. 2π/3 the flagpole?
B. π/3 D. π A. 22 m C. 82 m
84. What value of F satisfy the equation tan(8F+1)=cot(17) B. 10 m D. 300 m
where all angles are in degrees? 93. Any lines segment joining a vertex of a triangle to a point on
A. 7 C. 8 the opposites side
B. 10 D. 9 A. median C. cevian
B. secant line D. euclidian line
94. What is the angle whose tangent is 1 and whose sine is
negative?

A. 225° + k360°, where k is any integer

B. 225° + k360°, where k is zero
C. 225° + k360°, where k is negative number
D. None of these

95. An airplane having a speed of 120 miles an hour in calm air

is pointed in a direction 30 deg east of north. A wind having a
velocity of 15 miles an hour is blowing from the northwest. Find
the speed of the airplane relative to the ground.

A. 223 mph C. 117 mph

B. 175 mph D. 124 mph

96. In the following illustration, angles 2 and 5 are 90°, AD = 15,

DC = 20, and AC = 25. What are the lengths BC and BD,
respectively?

A. 12 and 16 C. 16 and 12
B. 13 and 17 D. 18 and 13
1
97. If sec 2𝐴 = sin 13𝐴 , determine the angle A in degrees .

sin 13A

A. 5 degrees C. 3 degrees
B. 6 degrees D. 7 degrees

98. If A + B + C = 180 deg, then cos 2A + cos 2B + cos 2C is equal

to which of the following?

A. — 1+ 4 sin A sin B sin C

B. 1 — 4 cos A cos B cos C
C. 1 + 4 cos A cos B cos C
D. — 1 — 4 cos A cos B cos C

99. In a right-angled triangle, the hypotenuse is four times as

long as the perpendicular to it from the opposite vertex, one of
the acute angles is

A. 15 deg C. 22.5 deg

B. 30 deg D. 45 deg

100. At a point A south of a tower the angle of elevation of the

top of the tower is 50 deg. At another point B, 200 m east of A,
the angle of elevation is 22 deg. Find the height of the tower.

A. 85.9 m C. 85.3 m
B. 98.6 m D. 78.4 m