ME Integration 1

Algebra
Algebra (Part 1)
Evaluate −𝟓 −𝟔 .

A. 30 C. 30
B. − 30 D. −30
Solve for x:

𝐱= 𝟏− 𝟏− 𝟏−⋯

A. -1 C. 1
B. 0.734 D. 0.618
Solve for 𝒙:
𝒙𝒙…
𝒙
𝒙 = 𝟏𝟎

A. 2.36 C. 10
B. 1.26 D. 8.62
 𝟏𝟕𝟖𝟓
Find the 1987th digit in the decimal equivalent to
𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗
starting from decimal point.

A.8 C. 7
B.1 D. 5
What is the greatest common factor of 108 and 60?

A.12 C. 6
B.18 D. 24
The orange bulbs of a light flash every 8 seconds, the
red bulbs flash every 9 seconds, and the green bulbs
flash every 10 seconds. If they all start flashing together,
in every how many seconds will they flash
simultaneously together again?

A.300 C. 270
B.360 D. 540
What is the remainder if the polynomial 𝟑𝒙𝟒 + 𝟐𝒙𝟑 −
𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙 + 𝟒 is divided by 𝒙 − 𝟐 ?

A. 60 C. 3
B. 54 D. 16
If 𝒙 + 𝟒 is a factor of 𝒙𝟑 + 𝟐𝒙𝟐– 𝟕𝒙 + 𝒌, what is the
value of 𝒌?

A. 12 C. 4
B. 9 D. 8
Find the value of 𝒙 in the equation 𝟐𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟏 = 𝟎.

A.1/6 & 1 C. 1/2 & 1/5

B.1/6 & 1/5 D. 1/8 & -1/3
If one root of 𝟗𝒙𝟐– 𝟔𝒙 + 𝒌 = 𝟎 exceeds the other by 2,
find the value of 𝒌.

A. 4 C. -8
B. -4 D. 8
Determine the sum of the positive valued solution to
the simultaneous equations: 𝒙𝒚 = 𝟏𝟓 , 𝒚𝒛 = 𝟑𝟓 and
𝒛𝒙 = 𝟐𝟏.

A.15 C. 17
B.13 D. 19
 𝟏𝟐
In the expansion of 𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚 , the numerical
coefficient of the 5th term is?

A.126,720 C. 495
B. 7920 D. 253,440
What is the term with 𝒙𝟔 of the expansion
𝟏 𝟏𝟐
𝒙𝟐 + ?
𝒙

A. 624x6 C. 924x6
B. 824x6 D. 724x6
The sum of Kim’s & Kevin’s ages is 18. In 3 years,
Kim will be twice as old as Kevin. What are their ages
now?

A. 11 & 7 C. 5 & 13
B. 6 & 12 D. 8 & 10
Mary is 24 years old. Mary was twice as old as Ann
was when Mary was as old as Ann is now. How old is
Ann?

A. 20 C. 16
B. 14 D. 18
The age of Diophantus, a Greek mathematician may be
calculated from the epitaph which reads as follows:
“Diophantus passed 1/6 of his life in childhood, 1/12 in
youth, 1/7 as a bachelor. Five years after his marriage was
born a son who died 4 years before his father at half his
father’s final age.” How old was Diophantus when he died?
A. 81 C. 83
B. 82 D. 84
Ten less than four times a certain number is 14.
Determine the number.

A.6 C. 8
B.7 D. 9
Lita has ten bills in her wallet. She has a total of 40
pesos. If she has one more 5-peso bills than 10-peso
bills and two more 1-peso bills than 5-peso bills, how
many 10-peso bills does she have?

A.4 C. 2
B.3 D. 5
A book is bought by a company for 200 pesos per
copy. What will be the selling price if a discount of
20% and a profit of 30% is to be made?

A.340 C. 420
B.325 D. 300
Jojo bought a secondhand Betamax VCR and the sold it to
Rudy at a profit of 40%. Rudy then sold the VCR to Noel at a
profit of 20%. If Noel paid 2,856 pesos more than it cost to
Jojo, how much did Jojo pay for the unit?

A.4000 C. 4200
B.4100 D. 4300
Algebra (Part 2)
If an alloy containing 30% silver is mixed with a 55 %
silver alloy to get 800 pounds of 40% silver alloy, how
much of the 30% silver alloy must be used?

A. 480 C. 300
B. 540 D. 360
A 100 kg salt solution originally 4% by weight salt in
water is boiled to reduce the water content until the
concentration is 5% by weight salt. How much water
is evaporated?

A.20 C. 15
B.25 D. 22.5
A man sold half an egg more than half his eggs. He
then sold half an egg more than half his remaining
eggs. He did the same for the third time. If he had 7
eggs left, how many eggs he originally has?

A.32 C. 50
B.60 D. 63
Twelve men can finish a job in 16 days. Five men
were working together at the start and after 8 days 3
men were added. How many days will it take to finish
the job?

A. 19 C. 32
B. 27 D. 12
Aldrich can paint a fence 50% faster than Jano and
20% faster than Justin, and together they can paint at
a given fence in 4 hours. How long will it take Aldrich
to paint the same fence if he had to work alone?

A. 10 C. 11
B. 12 D. 9
The father can do a certain job in 9 days while his
son can do the same job in 16 days. On a given day,
they started working together, but after four days the
son left, and the father finished the job alone. How
many more days did the father worked alone?
A. 1.5 C. 2.5
B. 2 D. 2.75
How many minutes after 7 o’ clock will the hands of
the clock be together?

A. 39.14 C. 32.72
B. 35.17 D. 38.18
How many minutes after 7 o’ clock will the hands of
the clock be opposite to each other?

A. 5.45 C. 5.56
B. 5.25 D. 5.15
Two turtles A and B start at the same time move towards
each other at a distance of 150 m. The rate of turtle A is 10
m/s while that of B is 20 m/s. A fly flies from one turtle to
another at the same time that the turtles start to move
towards each other. The rate of fly is constant at 100 m/s.
Determine the total distance traveled by the fly when the two
turtles met.
A. 100 C. 100
B. 250 D. 500
A motorboat has an average speed of 20 kph in still
water. It can travel upstream 5 km against the river
current at the same time that it can travel
downstream 7 km with the river current. What is the
speed of the current?
A. 5.33 C. 3.67
B. 3.33 D. 5.67
If 3 is subtracted from the numerator of a certain
fraction, the value of the fraction becomes 3/5. If one
is subtracted from the denominator of the same
fraction, the value of the fraction becomes 2/3. Find
the original fraction.
A.32/55 C. 36/55
B.37/55 D. 30/57
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 is subtracted from
the original number, the difference is also 27. What is
the original number?
A. 36 C. 93
B. 69 D. 63
In a class of 40 students, 27 like calculus and 25 like
chemistry. How many like both calculus and
chemistry?
A. 14 C. 16
B. 12 D. none of the above
In a survey concerning the number of students enrolled in
Mathematics, it was found out that 30 students enrolled in
Algebra, Statistics and Trigonometry; 40 in Algebra and
Trigonometry, 45 in Trigonometry and Statistics, 50 in
Algebra and Statistics, 80 in Algebra and 70 in Statistics. If
there are 130 students in all, how many students enrolled
only in Trigonometry.
A. 30 C. 45
B. 15 D. 20
If x varies as y and inversely as z and 𝒙 = 𝟏𝟒 when
𝒚 = 𝟕 and 𝒛 = 𝟐. Find the value of x when 𝒚 = 𝟏𝟔 and
𝒛 = 𝟒.

A. 8 C. 24
B. 16 D. 12
The 6th term of AP is 3 and the 23rd term is 54. Find
the 35th term.

A. 96 C. 60
B. 112 D. 90
How many terms in the expression 3, 5, 7 must be
taken in order that their sum will be 2600.

A. 30 C. 50
B. 40 D. 25
If the 4th term of GP is 8 and the 7th term is 1, find the
2nd term.
A.30 C. 36
B.32 D. 40
A friend on a strict diet loss 18 pounds in 2 months,
12 pounds in the next 2 months 8 pounds in the next
two months and so on for a long time. If the friend
initially weighs 190 lbs, what will be the resulting
weight?
A. 136 C. 145
B. 140 D. 163
The 3rd and the 9th term of a HP are 15 and 6,
respectively. Find the 11th term.

A.5 C. 3
B.10 D. -3