ALGEBRA

1. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 9. If the digits are

reversed, the new number is 63 greater than the original number. Find
the original number.

2. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 12. If the digits are
reversed, the new number 18 less than the original number. Find the
original number.

3. A jar of dimes and quarters contains $15.25. There are 103 coins in all.
How many of quarters are there?
4. A jar of quarters and nickels contains $1.25. There are 13 coins in all.
How many of nickels are there?

5. There were 429 people at a play. Admission was $1 for adults and 75
cents for children. The receipts were $372.50. How many adults attended
the play?

6. It takes 1.5 hours for Tim to mow the lawn. Linda can mow the same lawn
in 2 hours. How long will it take John and Linda, work together, to mow
the lawn?
7. It takes 6 hours for pump A, used alone, to fill a tank of water. Pump B
used alone takes 8 hours to fill the same tank. We want to use three
pumps: A, B and another pump C to fill the tank in 2 hours. How long
would it take pump C, used alone, to fill the tank?

8. A tank can be filled by pipe A in 5 hours and by pipe B in 8 hours, each

pump working on its own. When the tank is full and a drainage hole is
open, the water is drained in 20 hours. If initially the tank was empty
and someone started the two pumps together but left the drainage hole
open, how long does it take for the tank to be filled?

9. A swimming pool can be filled by pipe A in 3 hours and by pipe B in 6

hours, each pump working on its own. At 9 am pump A is started. At what
time will the swimming pool be filled if pump B is started at 10 am?
10. How many liters of 20% alcohol solution should be added to 40 liters of
a 50% alcohol solution to make a 30% solution?

11. John wants to make a 100 ml of 5% alcohol solution mixing a quantity

of a 2% alcohol solution with a 7% alcohol solution. What are the
quantities of each of the two solutions (2% and 7%) he has to use?

12. Sterling Silver is 92.5% pure silver. How many grams of Sterling Silver
must be mixed to a 90% Silver alloy to obtain a 500g of a 91% Silver
alloy?
13. How many kilograms of pure water is to be added to 100 kilograms of
a 30% saline solution to make it a 10% saline solution.

14. A 50 ml after-shave lotion at 30% alcohol is mixed with 30 ml of pure

water. What is the percentage of alcohol in the new solution?

15. Joy is 10% taller than Joseph and Joseph is 10% taller than Tom. How
many percent is Joy taller than Tom?
16. A manufacturing company hired 30 new employees. This hiring
increased the companys total workforce by 5%. How many employees
now work at this company?

17. A train travelling at 60 kph decelerates uniformly at a rate of 2.5

m/min2 for 12 minutes. Find the distance travelled in km within the given
period.

18. A and B can do a piece of work in 5 days, B and C in 4 days, while A and
C in 2.5 days. In how many days can all of them do the work together?
19. Toby, a Golden retriever, gained 5.1 pounds this month. If Toby now
weighs 65.1 pounds, what is the percent increase in Tobys weight?

20.A snack machine accepts only quarters. Candy bars cost 25, packages
of peanuts cost 75, and cans of cola cost 50. How many quarters are
needed to buy two candy bars, one package of peanuts, and one can of
cola?

21. Carmella and Mariah got summer jobs at the ice cream shop and were
supposed to work 15 hours per week each for 8 weeks. During that time,
Mariah was ill for one week and Carmella took her shifts. How many
hours did Carmella work during the 8 weeks?

22. The sum of the first 7 terms of an arithmetic progression is 98 and the
sum of the first twelve terms is 288. Find the sum of the first 20 terms.
23. A car goes 14 kph faster than a truck and requires 2 hours and 20
minutes less time to travel 300 km. Find the rate of the car.

24. Find the numerical coefficient of the term involving x20 of (3x2y-x4)8
without expanding.

25. For what values of x is | x-3 |=1?

26. If 3x=4y, then 4y2/3x2 is equal to:

27. In a group of 80 children, there are 22 more girls than boys. How many
girls are there in the group?

28. A store advertised dresses on sale at 20 percent off. The sale price was
$76. What was the original price of the dress?

29. A woman is paid $20 for each day she works and forfeits $5 for each
day she is idle. At the end of 25 days she nets $450. How many days did
she work?

30.Which of the following has no middle term?

A. (x-2y)6 B. (x+y)8 C. (x-y)5 D. (x+2y)4

31. A sports car 2m long overtakes a 12m van which is traveling at the rate
of 36 kph. How fast must the car travel to overtake the van in 3 seconds
if their rear ends are aligned initially?
32. (April 2016) Peter is 5 ft 11 in tall while Totoy is 6 ft 5 in tall. What is the
difference in their heights?

33. (April 2016) 5 year-old Tomas can tie his left shoe lace in 1,5 min and his
right shoe lace in 1.6 min. How long will it take him to tie both shoe
laces?

34. (April 2016) In a school, 30 percent of students are involved in athletics.

15 percent of these athletes play football. What percent of the students
in the school play football?

35. (April 2016) Which of the following is divisible by 6?

A. 792 B. 794 C. 790 D. 796
36. (April 2016) The cost of operating a vehicle is given by C(x)=0.25x +1600,
where x is in miles. If Jam just bought a vehicle and plan to spend
between P5350 to P5600. Find the range of distance she can travel.

37. (April 2016) Simplify x/(x-y) +y/(y-x).

38. Marys father is four times as old as Mary. Five years ago he was seven
times as old. How old is Mary now?
39. A weight of 60 pounds rest on the end of an 8 foot lever and is 3 feet
from the fulcrum. What weight must be placed on the other end of the
lever to balance the 60 pound weight?

40. A group of students plan to pay equal amount in hiring a vehicle

for an excursion trip at a cost of P6000. However, by adding 2 more
students to the original group, the cost of each student will be reduced
by P150. Find the number of students in the original group.

41. Solve the inequality 3-2x < 4x-5

42. The polynomial x2+4x+4 is the area of a square floor. What is the length
of its side?

43. If there are 2 computers for every 4 students, how many computers are
needed for 60 students?

44. If x=y+2, what is the value of (x-y)4

45. Identify the property of real numbers as illustrated below:

x+(y+z)=(x+y)+z
A. Commutative B. Commutative C. Associative D. Associative
Property of Property of Property of Property of
Addition Multiplication Addition Multiplication

46. If 8 oranges cost Php 96, how much do 1 dozen cost at the same rate?
47. There are four geometric mean between 3 and 729. Find the sum of the
geometric progression.

48. Ten liters of 25% salt solution and 15 liters of 35% salt solution are
poured into a drum containing 30 liters of 10% salt solution. What is the
percent concentration in the mixture?

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49. Find the term involving x6 in x 2
x

50. A book is bought by a company for Php 200 per copy. What will
be the selling price if a discount of 20% and a profit of 30% is to be
made?
51. The difference of the squares of the digits of a two digit positive
number is 27. If the digits are reversed in order and the resulting
number subtracted from the original number, the difference is also 27.
What is the original number?

52. The denominator of a certain fraction is three more than twice the
numerator. If 7 is added to both terms of the fraction, the resulting
fraction is 3/5. Find the original fraction.

53. 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 are 10 bricks
in the last layer. How many bricks are there together?
54. Determine the sum of the progression if there are 7 arithmetic mean
between 3 and 35.

55.Once a month a man put some money into the cookie jar. Each month he
put 50 centavos more into the jar than the month before. After 12 years
he counted his money; he had Php 5436. How much money did he put in
the jar in the last month?

56. The seventh term is 56 and the 12th term is -1792 of the geometric
progression. Find the ratio and the first term. Assume the ratios are
equal.
57. If the roots of the equation are 1 and 2. What is the quadratic equation?

58. Find the value of k of the equation x2+kx+4=0 so that the roots are equal.

59. The polynomial x3+4x2-3x+8 is divided by x-5, then the remainder is:

60. Find the remainder if we divide 4y3+18y2+8y-4 by (2y+3)

61. The boat travels downstream in 2/3 of the time as it does going
upstream. If the velocity of the river current is 8 kph, determine the
velocity of the boat in still water.

62. Given that w varies directly as the product of x and y and inversely as
the square of z, and that w=4, when x=2, y=6 and z=3. Find the value of
w when x=1, y=4, and z=2

63. The third term of a harmonic progression is 15 and the 9th term is 6. Find
the 11th term.
64. What is the sum of the coefficients of the expansion of (2x-1)20

65. A piece of timber 273 cm long is cut into three pieces in the ratio
of 3 to 7 to 11. Determine the length of the longest piece.

66. Calculate the angle between the hands of the clock when the hands
show 5:25 p.m.
67. At what time between 4 o clock and 5 o clock will the hands of the clock
be at right angles for the first time?

68. Working alone, Ryan can dig a 10ft by 10 ft. hole in five hours. Castel
can dig the same hole in 6 hours. How long would it take them if they
worked together?

69.On the repair of a tv, two electricians are working. The first can finish
the job alone in 13 hours and the second in 21 hours. Both electricians
work together on the repair for 1 hour, and then the first electrician
leaves. How long must the second electrician work to finish the job?

70. If 3 people can complete a task in 4 hours, how long will it take 5 people
to complete the same task, assuming the rate of work remains constant.