Numerical Reasoning
136. (25) ^0 - (-2) ^4 + (-3^4) - (-8) ^2 =?
a. 2 b. 1 c. +161 d. +160 e. -160
137. -2^2 - (-9) ^2 - (-3^2) + 15^0 =?
a. -75 b. +75 c. -85 d. +85 e. 0
138. 20% of 30% of X is 225 what is the value of X
a. 13.5 b. 825 c. 375 d. 3750 e. 112.5
139. If the perimeter of a square is doubled, what happens to the area?
a. the area is twice its original.
b. the area is 4 times its original.
c. the area is 6 times its original.
d. the area is 8 times its original.
140. A one forth percent of a number is 25. What is the number?
a. 100 b. 1,000 c. 10,000 d. 100,000
141. √0.000225 = ?
a. 15 b. 1.5 c. 0.15 d. 0.015 e. 0.0015
142. √0.00000081 = ?
a. 9 b. 0.9 c. 0.09 d. 0.009 e. 0.0009
143. Which of the numbers below is 650 when rounded to the nearest ten and 600 when rounded to
the nearest hundred?
a. 645.01 b. 645.00 c. 651.00 d. 688.00 e. none of the above
144. Round off to the nearest hundreds place: 9,750
a. 9,900b. 9,700 c. 9,800d. 9,760 e. none of the above
145. Round off to the nearest hundreds place: 9,650
a. 9,860b. 9,700 c. 9,760d. 9,600 e. none of the above
146. Number Series: 125%, 100%, 80%, 64%,
a. 60% b. 50% c. 42% d. 52.5% e. 51.2%
147. Number series: 2, 10, 60, 420,
a. 1680 b. 840 c. 3414 d. 3360 e. 4500
148. The mean median and mode of 5 numbers are equal.
The numbers are 7, 8, 10, 15. What is the 5th number?
a. 7 b. 5 c. 10 d. 15 e. 8
149.) The mean median and mode of 7 numbers are equal.
The numbers are 24, 22, 18, 10, 38, 32. What is the 7th number?
a. 24 b. 22 c. 18 d. 10 e. 32
150.) Number Series: 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 8, 5,
a. 6 b. 7 c. 16 d. 20 e. none of the above
151.) Number Series: 15, 7.5, 7.5, 15, 60,
a. 480 b. 120 c. 240 d. 420 e. none of the above
152.) Round-off 2,833,333 to the nearest hundred thousands
a. 2,833,300 b. 2,900,000 c. 2,833,000 d. 2,800,000 e. none of the above
153.) The product of the ages of three sisters is 567.
If the two sisters are twins and are 2 years older than their younger sister.
What is the age of their younger sister?
a. 16 b. 10 c. 7 d. 8 e. none of the above
154.) Number Series: [4÷4×2], [8÷4×2], [16÷4×2],
a. 2 b. 16 c. 32 d. 8 e. none of the above
155.) A solution is made of water and pure milk. If 70% of the solution is water,
how many milliliters of pure milk are in 1 liter of this solution?
a. 30 b. 70 c. 250 d. 300 e. none of the above
156.) 4010 x 0.0001 =
a. 0.00401 b. 0.0401 c. 0.401d. 4.01 e. 40.1
157.) (−7)² + (−7²) =
a. 0 b. +98 c. −98 d. 2401 e. None of the above
158.) When the first and the last digits of 2, 836 are interchanged, the new number is .
a. 3996 more than 2,836
b. 3996 less than 2, 836
c. 1404 more than 2, 836
d. 1404 less than 2, 836
e. none of the above
159.) If twice the value of a certain number is increased by 8 the result is 40.
What is the number?
a. 8 b. 16 c. 24 d. 32 e. none of the above
160.) Genzy's dad is 5 times as old as Genzy and Genzy is twice as old as her sister Zymie.
In two years, the sum of their ages will be 58. How old is Genzy now?
a. 4 b. 6 c. 8 d. 12 e. none of the above
161.) In a group of 120 persons, there are 32 more women than men.
How many women are there in the group?
a. 44 b. 88 c. 76 d. 56 e. none of the above
162.) If the dimensions of a square change in such a manner that the area remains constant,
what must happen to the other side if one side will be increased by 1/4 of itself?
a. it decreases by 1/5
b. it decreases by 1/4
c. it decreases by 1/3
d. it decreases by 1/2
e. none of the above
163.) If x - 3 = y, then (y - x )³ = ?
a. 9 b. -27 c. 27 d. 81 e. cannot be determined
164.) 0.75 is to ¾ as 0.8 is to
a. 2/3 b. 4/5 c. 5/6 d. 6/7 e. 3/5
165.) 75% is to 1/2 as 45% is to
a. 3/11 b. 3/10 c. 3/4 d. 2/3 e. 3/5
166.) 0.25 is to 0.125 as to 1.25 is to
a. 0.625b. 1.125 c. 1.625d. 2.125 e. 6.250
167.) 2 is to 50 as 3.2 is to
a. 60 b. 70 c. 80 d. 90 e. 1
168.) 14 is to 28 as 5 is to
a. 7 b. 8 c. 9 d.10 e. 15
169.) 4 × 8 + 12/4 - 8/2 =
a. 32 b. 31 c. 35 d. 39 e. 30
170.) 483.43 + 123.334 + 31.5544 + 444.4 =
a. 182.7184
b. 1082.4468 d. 1082.7184
e. 1082.7814
c. 1988.5678
171.) Which is the greatest?
a. 5/12 b. 17/33 c. 52/80 d. 18/42 e. 50/70
172.) 44 is 80% of what number?
a. 50 b. 60 c. 54 d. 55 e. 70
173.) 18+ 3 × 3 + (54/3+ -68/-4) =
a. 62 b. 64 c. 26 d. 333 e. 330
174.) There are 3 numbers whose sum is 54; one number is double and triple times greater than the
other numbers,
what are those numbers?
a. 10, 20, 34 b. 9, 15, 30 c. 8, 16, 30 d. 9, 18, 27 e. 7, 14, 21
175.) At 6:30 am, Jeany told Margarette that she found Blessy 15 and ¼ hours ago,
at what time Jeany found Blessy?
a. 9:25 pm b. 6:30pm c. 5:25pm d. 3:25pm e. 3:15pm
176.) . If 3 siomai cost P 15 pesos, how much if Kenneth buy 12 siomais.
a. 55 b. 45 c. 65 d. 60 e. 80
177.) What number when increased by 74 percent of itself will equal to 80?
a. 43 b. 42 c. 44 d. 54 e. 46
178.) What is the smallest positive number which, when you divided by 3, 4 or 5,
will leave a remainder of 2?
a. 42 b. 22 c. 62 d. 122 e. 102
179.) Which of the following numbers is represented by the prime factors 2 × 3 × 7?
a. 21 b. 42 c. 84 d. 237 e. none of these
180.) Which of the following numbers is divisible by 6?
a. 232 b. 341 c. 546 d. 903 e. none of these
181.) In a room, there are 9 boys and 12 girls. The ratio of girls to boys is
a. 9 : 24b. 3 : 4 c. 4 : 3 d. 1 : 2
182.) A pet store has 8 cats, 12 dogs, and 3 rabbits. The ratio 8:23 compares
a. dogs to cats
b. cats to dogs
c. rabbits to cats
d. cats to all animals
183.) Ratio of 750m and 3km is
a. 3 : 7 b. 3 : 5 c. 2 : 7 d. 1 : 4
184. The ratio of two sides of a parallelogram is 4 : 3.
If its perimeter is 56 cm, find the lengths of its sides.
a. 14cm, 13cm d. 16cm, 12cm
b. 18cm, 15cm e. none of the above
c. 30cm, 26cm
185. Four consecutive integers have a mean of 9.5.
What is the largest of these integers?
a. 38 b. 10 c. 11 d. 14 e. 19
186. A baseball pitcher won 80% of the games he pitched.
If he pitched 35 ballgames, how many games did he win?
a. 70 b. 28 c. 43 d. 35 e. none of the above
187. Jerry, an electrician, worked 9 months out of the year.
What percent of the year did he work?
a. 9% b. 60% c. 75% d. 90% e. none of the above
188. There are 40 students in a class. Sixteen of those students are boys.
What percent of the class are girls?
a. 60% b. 40% c. 43% d. 50% e. none of the above
189. Analie took a math test and got 48 correct and 12 incorrect answers.
What was the percentage of correct answers?
a. 25% b. 75% c. 20% d. 80% e. none of the above
190. 120 is what percent of 48?
a. 2.5% b. 250%c. 25% d. 40%
191. 120% of what number is 72?
a. 144 b. 600 c. 14,400 d. 60
192. 10% of 300 is what number?
a. 3 b. 0.3 c. 30 d. 300
193. Two and one-half percent of what number is 88?
a. 3520 b. 35,200 c. 2.2 d. 352
194. 95% of people in my street have a car. There are 160 people in my street.
How many do not have a car?
a. 8 b. 92 c. 152 d. 75 e. 80
195. If 300 students filled form for entrance test and 280 appeared in test out of which
only 70% have passed test then number of students who failed test are
a. 84 b. 54 c. 90 d. 104 e. 20
196. 40 % of 5 is equal to
a. 2 b. 20 c. 0.2 d. 0.02 e. none of these
197. In a shipment of computers, 2/25 of the computers are defective.
What is the ratio of defective to non defective computers?
a. 2/25 b. 2/23 c. 25/2 d. 23/2 e. none of these
198. Which of the following is divisible (with no remainder) by 6?
a. 856247 b. 625874 c. 147414 d. 235465 e. 142546
199. A solution is made of water and pure orange. If 80% of the solution is water,
how many liters of pure orange are in 25 liters of this solution?
a. 10 b. 15 c. 25 d. 5 e. 20
200. What is the average of 7/8 and 3/4?
a. 13/8 b. 5/6 c. 5/3 d. 5/12 e. 13/16
201. If -6/(a - 3) = 3/(a + 2), then a = ?
a. -1/3 b. 1/3 c. 1/2 d. -1/2 e. 3
202. A company makes a profit equal to 25% of its sales.
The profit is shared equally among the 4 owners of the company.
If the company generates sales of $2,000,000, how much money does each one of the owners get?
a. 125,000 b. 312,500 c. 500,000 d. 1,250,000 e. 375,000
203. If a = 3, then 2 / (1/7 + 1/a) = ?
a. 21/5 b. 21/10 c. 20 d. 10 e. 5
204. If (a + b)^2 = 25 and (a - b)^2 = 45, then a^2 + b^2 = ?
a. 35 b. 70 c. 625 d. 2025 e. 4900
205. 10-2+4×2-(10÷5×2) = ?
a. 12 b. 15 c. -1 d. 20 e. 23
206. The population of a certain town is 5,000.If it increases 5% each year,
what will be the approximate population at the end of 10 years?
a. 7500 b. 12500 c. 14250 d. 8144 e. 5250
207. Gary decided to cycle to his friend’s house at a speed of 6kph and the journey took 30 minutes.
How far did Gary cycle?
a. 18 km b. 3 km c. 6 km d. 12 km e. none of these
208. A boat takes 4/5 as much time to travel downstream as to its return.
If the rate of the river’s current is 6 kph, what is the rate of the boat in still water?
a. 30 kph b. 54 kph c. 84 kph d. 60 kph e. none of these
209. If a car travels at 60 kph, what is the distance it travels in 30 minutes?
a. 2 km b. 30 km c. 120 km d. 1,800 km e. none of these
210. A car travels 120 miles at a speed of 40 miles per hour and makes a return trip at a speed of 60
miles per hour.
What is its average speed, in miles per hour, of the police car?
a. 42 b. 44 c. 46 d. 48 e. none of these
