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1. What is 0.125 written as a fraction in lowest terms? A. 1/4 B. 1/6 C. 1/2 D. 1/8 2.If 3x - 7 = 20, what is the value of x? A. 9 B. 7 C. 6 D. 5 3. What is 0.04 times 0.005? A. 0.02 B. 0.002 C. 0.0002 D. 0.00002 4. Solve for y: y/4 + 5 = 13 A. 16 B. 28 C. 32 D. 48 5. If a standard work hours per week is 40 hours, what fraction of the week does a person spend working? A. 5/21 B. 10/21 C. 5/14 D. 2/7 6.Maria deposited ₱50,000 in a bank that offers a 4% annual simple interest rate. How much interest will she earn after 3 years? A. ₱2,000 B. ₱4,000 C. ₱6,000 D. ₱8,000 7. The ratio of boys to girls in a classroom is 3:5. If there are 40 students in total, how many girls are there? A. 15 B. 20 C. 25 D. 30 8. If 8 government encoders can type a set of documents in 6 days, how many days will it take 12 encoders to complete the same task working at the same speed? A. 3 days B. 4 days C. 5 days D. 9 days 9. Five years ago, Kevin was half as old as he will be 10 years from now. How old is Kevin today? A. 15 B. 18 C. 20 D. 25 10. Engineer Santos can complete a project planning draft in 4 hours, while Engineer Cruz can do it in 6 hours. If they work together, how long will it take them? A. 2.4 hours B. 5 hours C. 2.5 hours D. 3 hours 11. Pipe A can fill a water tank in 8 hours, while Pipe B can empty the full tank in 12 hours. If both pipes are opened simultaneously when the tank is empty, how long will it take to fill the tank? A. 10 hours B. 20 hours C. 24 hours D. 4 hours 12. A motorist drives to a destination at an average speed of 40 km/h and returns along the same route at an average speed of 60 km/h. What is the average speed for the entire round trip? A. 48 km/h B. 50 km/h C. 45 km/h D. 52 km/h 13. The average score of 4 students on an exam is 85. When a fifth student's score is included, the new average becomes 87. What did the fifth student score? A. 89 B. 91 C. 93 D. 95 14. A merchant mixes 4 kg of coffee worth ₱150 per kg with 6 kg of coffee worth ₱200 per kg. What is the cost per kilogram of the mixture? A. ₱175 B. ₱180 C. ₱185 D. ₱170 15. A cylindrical water container has a radius of 3 meters and a height of 7 meters. What is its approximate volume? (Use pi = 22/7) A. 66 cubic meters B. 132 cubic meters C. 198 cubic meters D. 462 cubic meters 16. The sum of two numbers is 30, and their difference is 12. What is the value of the larger number? A. 18 B. 21 C. 24 D. 27 17. A farmer has chickens and goats in his yard. If there are 20 heads and 56 legs in total, how many goats does he have? A. 8 B. 12 C. 10 D. 6 18. What is the total allocation for Capital Outlay (CO) across all four departments combined? A. ₱700,000 B. ₱800,000 C. ₱850,000 D. ₱900,000 19. What is the ratio of Dept. C's Personnel Services (PS) budget to Dept. D's Personnel Services (PS) budget? A. 4:7 B. 7:4 C. 1:1 D. 2:3 20. What is the average Maintenance & Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) budget across the four departments? A. ₱250,000 B. ₱262,500 C. ₱275,000 D. ₱300,000