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Set 3: Test 1
Topic: Word Problem Solving

1. Ray is two years older than Al and four years younger than Nelia. If Al is d years old, how old
is Nelia in terms of d?
a) 2d + 2
b) 2d + 4
c) d + 2
d) d + 4

e) d + 6
2. The sum of 2 consecutive even integers is n. What is the sum of the next two consecutive
integers greater than n?
a) n + 3
b) n + 5
c) 2n + 2

d) 2n + 3

e) 2n + 4
3. If 6 more than x is two less than y, what is the value of y in terms of x?
!!!
!!!
!!!
a) x + 2
b) !
c) !
d) !
e) x + 8
4. There are two numbers that when added the sum is 72. One number is twice the other.
What is the larger number?
a) 14

b) 24
c) 36
d) 48
e) none of these
5. There are three consecutive even integers. Four times the second is the same as five times
the first. What is the smallest of the three integers?
a) 6

b) 8
c) 10
d) 12
e) none of these
6. Mr. Falar weighs twice as much as his wife. His wife weighs twice as much as their son.
Their total weight is 350 pounds. Find the weight of Mr. Falar.
a) 40lbs
b) 120 lbs

c) 180 lbs
d) 200 lbs e) none of these
7. Vic works 6 days a week and binds 80 sets of books each week. If there are 12 books in the
set, how many books does he bind each day?
a) 120

b) 140
c) 160
d) 180
e) none of these
8. An open tank is filled to 7/8 of its capacity. One seventh of the water in the tank evaporates.
If the tank can hold 120 liters of water when it is full, how many liters of water will have to
be added in order to fill the pool?
a) 15

b) 17.5
c) 22.5 d) 30
e) none of these
9. Jeff is 3 years older than Tina. If, in 8 years, the sum of their ages will be 89, how old is Jeff
now?
a) 35

b) 38
c) 43
d) 46
e) none of these
10. Which of the following is the smaller of two positive integers whose product is 108 and
whose sum is twice their difference?
a) 12

b) 8
c) 6
d) 4
e) 3
11. If a, b, c, d, and e are consecutive integers, and a = 9, what is the average of the five
numbers?
a) 9

b) 10
c) 11
d) 12
e) 13
12. If the operation x * y is defined by the equation x * y = xy x, what is the value of 7 * 4?
!
a) 0

b) !
c) 7.3
d) 14
e) 21



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Set 3: Test 2
Topic: Word Problem Solving

BeST Center of Butuan, Inc.

Sanchez Apartment, Butuan City
225-5798 or 0942-1129863

1. Jack is twice as old as Jill and six years younger than Cathy. If Jill is h years old, how old is
Cathy in terms of h?
a) h 4
b) h + 4
c) 2h 4

d) 2 h
e) 2 h + 6
2. If Lanie can do m math problems in three minutes, how many can she do in n hours?
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a) !"
b) !
c) !
d) !
e) 20mn
3. If 4 more than x is 2 times y, what is the value of y in terms of x?
!
!
!!!
a) 2 +
b) 4 +
c)
d) 2(x 2)

e) 2x + 4
!
!
!
4. There are four consecutive odd integers such that six times the smallest is 10 less than four
times the largest. Find the third of the four odd integers.
a) 5

b) 7
c) 9
d) 11
e) none of these
5. The sum of two numbers is 20. Six times the smaller exceeds three times the larger by 12.
Find the smaller number.
a) 6

b) 8
c) 9
d) 12
e) none of these
6. Ceasars age now is five-eighths of what he will be 18 years from now. How old is Ceasar
now?
a) 28

b) 30
c) 32
d) 40
e) none of these
7. The sum of a wifes and a husbands ages is 79. He is 5 years older than she. How old is the
husband?
a) 37

b) 39
c) 41
d) 42
e) none of these
8. Fifteen liters of water were poured from container A into container B, and ten liters of water
were then poured from A into container C. If C had 20 liters of water less than A, how many
more liters of water does C now have than A?
a) 10

b) 15
c) 20
d) 25
e) none of these
9. Five printing machines can print ten thousand flyers in 6 hours. How many hours would it
take to finish printing the whole lot if only three of these machines are operating?
a) 6

b) 10
c) 12
d) 15
e) none of these
10. If the operation is defined by the equation n J m = (n m)2, what is the value of 27 J 34?
a) 16

b) 25
c) 36
d) 49
e) 64
11. What is the sum of the least integer greater than -5 and the greatest integer less than 5?
a) -2

b) -1
c) 0
d) 1
e) 2
12. If x is an odd integer, which of the following must also be an odd integer?
!
a) x + 1
b) 2x
c) x + 4
d) x 1
e) !



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Set 3: Test 3
Topic: Word Problem Solving

BeST Center of Butuan, Inc.

Sanchez Apartment, Butuan City
225-5798 or 0942-1129863

1. Ces is 15 years older than Mar. In 10 years, Ces will be twice as old as Mar. How old is Ces
now?
a) 5

b) 12
c) 20

d) 25

e) 30
2. Ricky is 26 years old and Jenny is 5 years old. In how many years will Ricky be twice as old as
Jenny?
a) 16

b) 19
c) 21

d) 24

e) 26
3. The smaller of two integers, r and r + 3, is multiplied by 3 and then subtracted from the other
integer. Which of the following represents this operation?
!!!
!(!!!)
a) (r + 3)-3r
b) !!!
c) (3r + 9) + r
d) r (3r + 9)
e) !
4. The product of two different numbers is 117, and their sum is 22. What is the smaller of the
two numbers?
a) 9

b) 13
c) 17

d) 19
5. There are 20 animals in the farm consisting of cows and turkeys. Jek counted 56 legs, how
many cows are there?
a) 4

b) 8
c) 21

d) 24
6. Merle is 10 years older than her brother Elmer. Ten years ago, the sum of their ages was 30.
How old is Elmer now?
a) 15

b) 20
c) 25

d) 30
7. Alvin is 27 years older than Gerard. The sum of their birth years is 3929. How old was
Gerard in 1988?
a) 10

b) 12
c) 23

d) 25
8. A leaking faucet can fill a 9-liter pail in 2.5 hours. The water from the leak drops every 5
seconds. Find the average volume of water in terms of ml, of a single drop.
a) 5 ml
b) 0.2 ml

c) 50 ml

d) 20 ml
9. How much water must be added to 40 ml of a 10% acid solution to reduce its concentration
to 4%?
a) 60 ml
b) 50 ml

c) 40 ml

d) 20 ml
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2
10. If the operation is defined by the equation w z = w + z , and if w z = 25, and w = 4,
which of the following could be the value of z?
a) 0

b) 1
c) 3
d) 5
e) 9
11. For which of the following numbers is the hundreds digit half the tens digit, and then tens
digit twice the unit digit?
a) 124

b) 428
c) 284
d) 421

e) 242
12. A set of three positive integers has a sum of 9 and a product of 24. If the smallest of the
integers is 2, what is the largest?
a) 12

b) 8
c) 6
d) 4

e) 2

Philippine Science High School Entrance Exam | Compiled by: Elvira V. Chua, Ph.D.

Philippine Science High School Entrance Exam | Compiled by: Elvira V. Chua, Ph.D.