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Math Majorship 3

The document contains 14 math word problems involving trigonometric ratios, conversions between radians and degrees, solving linear and quadratic equations, and other algebra topics. The problems ask the reader to perform calculations and select the correct answer among 4 multiple choice options.
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1. 5.

Convert the following into degrees:


13π/18

a. 660°
b. 130°
c. 60°
d. 225°

a. 38 degrees 6. Convert the following into radians: 600°


b. 40 degrees
a. 10π/9
c. 39 degrees
b. 10π/3
d. 67 degrees
c. 11π/3
d. 11π/6
2. A man is observing a pole of height 55
foot. According to his measurement, pole
7. The angle of elevation of the sun is 68°
cast a 23 feet long shadow. Can you help
when a tree casts a shadow 14.3 m long.
him to know the angle of elevation of the
How tall is the tree, to the nearest tenth of
sun from the tip of shadow?
a meter?
a. 76°18'23"
a. 35.4 meters
b. 55°23'19"
b. 36.7 meters
c. 22°41'38"
c. 20.8 meters
d. 67°18'22"
d. 65.4 meters

3. At a location 50 meters from the base


8. The angle of elevation to the top of a
of a tree, the angle of elevation is 33°.
building in Seattle is found to be 2
Determine the height of the tree.
degrees from the ground at a distance of
a. 33 degrees 2 miles from the base of the building.
b. 31 degrees Using this information, find the height of
c. 30 degrees the building.
d. 32 degrees
a. 188.3159 ft
b. 498.3471 ft
4. Convert the following into degrees: c. 368.7633 ft
10π/9 d. 27.372 ft
a. 200°
b. 170° 9. Which of the following is a correct
c. 190° trigonometric ratio involving right
d. 130° triangles?

a. cot = opposite/adjacent
b. sin = opposite/hypotenuse
c. cos = hypotenuse/adjacent 12.
d. tan = adjacent/hypotenuse

10.

a. 4/5
a. 14.614.6 b. (5√41)/41
b. 8.58.5 c. 5/4
c. 16.316.3 d. (8√41)/41
d. 12
13.
11.

tan tan A
cos cos A
a. 4/5
a. 5/4 b. (8√41)/41
b. 4/5 c. 5/4
c. (8√41)/41 d. (5√41)/41
d. (5√41)/41

14. Determine the exact values of the


trigonometric functions if the terminal
arm of an angle in standard position
passes through P(−5,12).�(−5,12). Write 20. Solve the system 2x + 4y = 8, 6x – 4y =
your answer in fraction. 24

15. Determine the exact values of the a. 𝑥 = 0, 𝑦 = 4


trigonometric functions if the terminal b. 𝑥 = 0, 𝑦 = −4
arm of an angle in standard position c. 𝑥 = −4, 𝑦 = 0
d. 𝑥 = 4, 𝑦 = 0
passes through P(−5,12)�(−5,12). Write
your answer in fraction.tanθ���⁡θ
21. Which is true for the following system
of equations? 5x + 3y = 4, 3x + 2y = 3 * (1
16. Determine the exact values of the Point)
trigonometric functions if the terminal a. system has a unique solution
arm of an angle in standard position b. system has no solution
passes through P(−5,12)�(−5,12). Write c. system has infinitely many
your answer in fraction.cotcotθ solutions
d. nothing can be concluded

17. Determine the exact values of the 22. What are the factors of the polynomial
trigonometric functions if the terminal P(x) = x^3 + 3x^2 – 10x -24?
arm of an angle in standard position
a. −4, − 2, 3
passes through P(−5,12)�(−5,12). Write
b. (𝑥 + 4)(𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 − 3)
your answer in fraction.secsecθ c. 4, 2, −3
d. (𝑥 − 4)(𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 + 3)

18. Determine the exact values of the


23. Find the smaller root of the quadratic
trigonometric functions if the terminal
equation x» - 7x + 10 = 0.
arm of an angle in standard position
passes through P(−5,12)�(−5,12) Write a. 𝑥=7
your answer in fraction.csccscθ b. 𝑥 = 10
c. 𝑥=2
d. 𝑥=5
19. A meter stick break into two pieces at
the 36 cm mark. What is the ratio of the 24. The simplest form of 5/ (sqrt(a) +
smaller piece to the larger piece? sqrt(b)).
a. 9 : 16 a. 5(sqrt(a)+sqrt(b)) / ab
b. 2:3 b. 5 / sqrt(ab)
c. 9 : 25 c. 5(sqrt(a)-sqrt(b)) / (a-b)
d. 13 : 15 d. 5 / (ab)
25. A water tank is 2/3 full. After drawing b. 2/3
out 15 liters of water from it, it became c. 4/3
one-half full, what is the full capacity of d. -2/4
the tank in liters?

a. 10 30. How much water containing 6% boric


b. 80 acid should be added to a 2 quartz
c. 45 containing 15% boric acid in order to
d. 90 obtain a solution with 12% boric acid?

a. 2 quartz
26. The roots of an equation are 4 and 5. b. 3 quartz
Determine the equation. c. 1 quartz
d. 4 quartz
a. 𝑥2 − 9𝑥 + 20
b. 𝑥2 + 2𝑥 + 15
c. 𝑥2 + 7𝑥 + 6 31. Find the value of x: 1 /2^x = 128
d. 𝑥2 + 9𝑥 + 20
a. 𝑥 = −7
b. 𝑥 = −8
27. Perform the indicated operation and c. 𝑥 = −4
reduce to lowest terms: d. 𝑥 = −5
a» - 1              a»
----------   -   --------- 32. Find the number of zeros of f(x) = x^3
– 3x + 1 between – 2 and 2?
a^3 + 1        a»-a+1
a. 1
a. (A+1)/2 b. 0
b. (a-1)/a» c. 2
c. 2/(a+1) d. 3
d. (X-3)/3

33. If \log _3x=-2 and \log _3y=-3, what is


28. Find the zero of the linear function 5x x+y? log3 𝑥 = −2 log3 𝑦 = −3
+ 10 = 0
a. −5
a. 2 b. 17/72
b. −2 c. 12
c. 5 d. 2/17
d. 0
34. Find the zero of the linear function 8x
29. Find the larger root in the given + 24 = 0
equation: x^2 – (1/6)x – 1/3 = 0 a. 3
a. 1/3 b. −3
c. 0 c. 𝑥 = (2)(19) + 17
d. 2 d. 𝑥 = (2)(19) − 19

35. The cubic equation with the roots 3, 2, 40. Form of linear equation in one variable
-1.
a. 𝑎𝑥2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0
a. 𝑥3 + 4𝑥2 − 𝑥 − 6 b. 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏 = 0
b. 𝑥3 − 4𝑥2 − 𝑥 – 6 c. 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 + 𝑐 = 0
c. 𝑥3 − 4𝑥2 + 𝑥 + 6 d. 𝑎𝑥2 − 𝑏𝑦2 + 𝑑𝑥 + 𝑒𝑦 + 𝑓 = 0
d. 𝑥3 − 4𝑥2 + 𝑥 − 6
41. How will it take Carol and Tessa
36. Express (y-3)/4y+(y+6)/y as a single together, to finish encoding a manuscript
fraction in simplest form. (y-3) / (4y) + which can be done by Carol alone in 6
(y+6) / y days and Tessa alone in 3days?

a. (5y^2-21y) / 4y a. 4 days
b. (-5y^2-21y) / 4y b. 2 days
c. (5y+21) / 4y c. 3/2 days
d. (2y+3) / 4y d. 2/3 days

37. Find the range of the function of y = 42. The tens digit of a certain two-digit
3x -5. number is 4 more than the unit’s digit; the
sum of the squares of two digits is 26.
a. 𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 5
Find the number.
b. 𝑦=3
c. 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 a. 15
d. 𝑦=5 b. 45
c. 54
38. How many roots does the function f(x) d. 51
= x»-3x+4?
43. Express z as a function of x and y if z is
a. 2
directly proportional to the difference of x
b. 1
and y.
c. 3
d. no real roots a. 𝑧 = 1/(𝑥 + 𝑦)
b. 𝑧 = 𝑐/(𝑥 − 𝑦)
39. Which equation can approximately c. 𝑧 = 𝑐(𝑥 − 𝑦)
solve this problem. The average of two d. 𝑥 = 𝑐/(𝑥 − 𝑦)
friends is 19, one of them is 17 years old,
how old is the other? 44. When a logarithm is expressed as an
integer plus a decimal, the integer is
a. 𝑥 = (2)(19) + 19
called the _____.
b. 𝑥 = (2)(19) – 17
a. Mantissa 50. Find the equation of the x-axis.
b. Antilogarithm
a. 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 0
c. base
b. 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 0
d. characteristic
c. 𝑦 = 0
d. = 0
45. If m<0 and n>0, which of the
51. Perform the indicated operation and
following is true?
reduce the result to simplest form:
a. 1/m &gt; 1/n
3x»         5y
b. m/n = 0
c. 1/m &lt; 1/n ----    a   ------  
d. mn &gt; 0 4y»         x» 

a. 15x/4y
46. Three fourths of the participants in a
b. 5x/4y
regional training program are from private
c. 4x/15y
universities. Two thirds of these are from
d. 15y/4x
Teacher Education Institutions. If there are
96 participants, how many of them
represent private Teacher Education 52. Solve for a: log4(3𝑎 − 4) = 2
Institutions
a. 𝑎=4
a. 48 b. 𝑎 = 20/3
b. 18 c. 𝑎 = 20
c. 72 d. 𝑎=3
d. 24
53. Perform the indicated operation and
47. The logarithm of the product of two reduce result to simplest form:
numbers is equal to the ____ of the
x»-2xy+y»         x»+xy+y
logarithms of the factors.
-------------   a    -----------
a. antilogarithm
b. product x^3 - y^3              x – y
c. sum a. 𝑥–𝑦
d. difference b. 𝑥+𝑦
c. 𝑥
48. If f(x) = 2x – 3 and g(x) = x» -1, find (g d. 1
o f) (x)

a. 4x»-12x+8 54. Find the value of x: 4^2x = 1/2


b. 2x»-5
a. 𝑥 = 3/4
c. x^ - 2x»
b. 𝑥 = 1/2
d. 4x-9
c. 𝑥 = 5/4
d. .𝑥 = 1/4 60. What is the value of a?

55. The following shows what law?


sin⁡A/a=sin⁡B/b=sin⁡C/c

a. Law of Sines
b. Law of Tangent
c. Law of Ivy
d. Law of Cosines

56. Which of the following identities is


csc⁡x=1/sin⁡x a. 23.12
b. 28.16
a. Reciprocal identities c. 10.97
b. Fermat’s identities d. 18.45
c. Quotient identities
d. Pythagorean identities

61. Which of the following identities is


57. Simplify tan⁡x/sin⁡x
tan⁡x=sin⁡x/cos⁡x
a. cot⁡x
a. Reciprocal identities
b. sin⁡x
b. Quotient identities
c. tan⁡x
c. Pythagorean identities
d. sec⁡x
d. Fermat’s identities

58. Simplify tan⁡t/(tan⁡t+cot⁡t ) 62. Simplify cot⁡t (tan⁡t+cot⁡〖t)〗


a. cot^2⁡t a. sin^2⁡t
b. sin^2⁡t b. cot^2⁡t
c. tan^2⁡t c. tan^2⁡t
d. csc^2⁡t d. csc^2⁡t

59. Simplify sin⁡y+sin⁡y cot^2⁡y 63. Use trigonometric identities to simplify


a. sin⁡y (sin⁡x+cos⁡x)(tan⁡x+cot⁡x)
b. sec⁡y a. sin⁡x+csc⁡x
c. cos⁡y b. sec⁡x+csc⁡x
d. csc⁡y c. tan⁡x+csc⁡x
d. sec⁡x+cos⁡x

64. Which of the following is correct?


a. 1+tan^2⁡x=sec^2⁡x b. Law of Sines
b. cot^2⁡x+cot^2⁡x=1 c. Law of Cosines
c. 1+sec^2⁡x=csc^2⁡x d. Law of Tangent
d. sin^2⁡x+csc^2⁡x=1
69. What is the value of C?
65. Assume that α is opposite side a, β is
opposite side b, and γ is opposite side c.
Round each answer to the nearest tenth.
α=43.1°, a=184.2, b=242.8. Find β.

a. 26.9
b. Triangle does not exist
c. 58.3
d. 64.2

66. Simplify cot⁡A/sec⁡A +1/csc⁡A a. 55 degrees


b. 18 degrees
a. tan⁡A
c. 20 degrees
b. sin⁡A
d. 47 degrees
c. cos⁡A
d. csc⁡A
70. Simplify cos⁡x+sin⁡x tan⁡x

a. sin⁡x
67. What is the value of B?
b. sec⁡x
c. cos⁡x
d. csc⁡x

71 Simplify cot⁡t csc⁡t (sec^2⁡t-1)

a. tan⁡t
b. sec⁡t
c. cot⁡t
d. sin⁡t

a. 63 degrees 72. Which is a quotient identity?


b. 56 degrees
c. 65 degrees a. sec⁡θ=tan⁡θ/cos⁡θ
d. 71 degrees b. tan⁡θ=sin⁡θ/cos⁡θ
c. csc⁡θ=cos⁡θ/sin⁡θ
d. sec⁡θ=sin⁡θ/cos⁡θ
68. The following shows what law?
a^2=b^2+c^2-2bc cos⁡A
73. Which of the following is equal to
a. Law of Ivy sec⁡x-cos⁡x?
a. csc⁡x tan⁡x a. Reciprocal identities
b. sin⁡x tan⁡x b. Fermat’s identities
c. sec⁡〖x tan⁡x 〗 c. Pythagorean identities
d. sin⁡x cot⁡x d. Quotient identities

74. Simplify (tan^2⁡t+1)/(1+cot^2⁡t ) 79. What is the value of a?

a. sin^2⁡t
b. tan^2⁡t
c. cot^2⁡t
d. sec^2⁡t
e.
75. Simplify sin^2⁡θ/cos⁡θ +cos^2⁡θ/cos⁡θ

a. cot⁡θ
b. tan⁡θ
c. sin⁡θ
d. sec⁡θ a. 16.7
b. 19.4
c. 20.3
76. Simplify csc^4⁡x-cot^4⁡x using
d. 12.8
identities.

a. csc^2⁡x+cot⁡x 80. Simplify (1-cos^2⁡t)/sin^2⁡t


b. csc⁡x+cot^2⁡x
a. 1
c. csc^2⁡x-cot^2⁡x
b. 2
d. csc^2⁡x+cot^2⁡x
c. -1
d. -2
77. What is the value of c?
81. Use the fundamental identities to
simplify (cos⁡θ cot⁡θ)/(1-sin^2⁡θ )

a. cot⁡θ
b. cos⁡θ
c. csc⁡θ
d. sin⁡θ

a. 34.07 82. Simplify (sec⁡t tan⁡t)/(tan^2⁡t+1)


b. 15.26
c. 63.09 a. cot⁡t
d. 36.18 b. sin⁡t
c. tan⁡t
78. Which of the following identities is d. sec⁡t
1+tan^2⁡θ=sec^2⁡θ?
83. What is the value of C? d. John Napier

87. Place value system is one of the early


contributions

a. Chinese Mathematics
b. Prehistoric Mathematics
c. Greek Mathematics
d. Egyptian Mathematica
a. 100°
b. 90° 88. He discovered the Theory of
c. 110° Proportions.
d. 120° a. Niccolo Fontana “Tartaglia”
b. Omar Khayyam
c. Muhammad Al-Khwarizmi
d. John Napier
84. Simplify (cos^2⁡y-1)/(sin^2⁡y-1)

A. sec^2⁡y 89. 1st step in Polya's Problem Solving .


B. tan^2⁡y
a. Look back
c. sin^2⁡y
b. Devise a plan
d. cot^2⁡y
c. Understand the problem
d. Carry out the plan
85. He developed Theory of permutations
and combinations and introduced the Law
90. He invented the natural logarithm, ln x
of large numbers which states that the
larger the sample, the more likely will the a. Niccolo Fontana
sample become representative of the b. John Napier
population. c. Rene Descartes
d. Pierre de Fermat
a. Francis Galton
b. Gottfried Leibniz
91. It refers to the sustained exploration of
c. Blaise Pascal
a mathematical situation.
d. Jacob Bernoulli
a. Mathematical modeling
86. He discovered number patterns and b. Problem- solving
theorems (Little Theorem, Two-Square c. Mathematics solving
Theorem, and Last Theorem) that d. Mathematical investigation
extended the knowledge on number
theory. 92. He coined the term “group” and
established Galois Theory.
a. Eratosthenes
b. Pierre de Fermat a. Rene Descartes
c. Niccolo Fontana “Tartaglia” b. Evariste Galois
c. Archimedes d. Nicomachus
d. Euclid
98. Prince of Mathematics
93. He initiated the idea of number line
a. Pythagoras
and introduced the symbol ∞ for infinity.
b. Carl Gauss
a. Omar Khayyam c. Euclid
b. Eratosthenes d. Euler
c. Pierre de Fermat
d. John Wallis 99. First woman mathematician recorded
by history
94. He was hailed as first true
a. Hypatia of Alexandria
mathematician
b. Emmy Noether
a. Thales c. Sophie Germain
b. Euclid d. Ada Lovelace
c. Aristotle
d. Pythagoras 100. He discovered the formula for solving
all types of cubic equations, involving first
95. The Beethoven of Mathematics real use of complex numbers.

a. Euler a. Archimedes
b. Pierre de Fermat b. John Napier
c. Carl Gauss c. Euclid
d. Blaise Pascal d. Niccolo Fontana “Tartaglia”

96. He worked on analysis and 101. He generated the “Sieve of


determinants. He is best known for his Eratosthenes’', a method for identifying
formula for solving simultaneous prime numbers.
equations.
a. Eratosthenes
a. Gottfried Leibniz b. Omar Khayyam
b. Gabriel Cramer c. Nicomachus
c. Evariste Galois d. Pierre de Fermat
d. Liu Hui
102. Inventor of the first calculator
97. He wrote a book where he discussed
a. Pierre de Fermat
several definitions of number and its
b. Blaise Pascal
division into even and odd and the
c. Charles Babbage
equality and inequality of numbers.
d. Niccolo Fontana “Tartaglia”
a. Omar Khayyam
b. Eratosthenes
c. Pierre de Fermat
103. He showed the elliptic path of Mars a. Euclid
revolving around the sun which motivated b. Isaac Newton
others to study the conic sections. c. Rene Descartes
d. Hipparchus of Nicaea
a. Archimedes
b. Apollonius of Perga
c. Thales 109. It has definite goal – the solution of
d. Johannes Kepler the problem

a. Mathematical investigation
104. The root of the term mathematics b. Problem Investigation
comes from the Greek word _____ c. Mathematical Modeling
a. Mamathema d. Problem- solving
b. Mathenik
c. Mathemateik 110. It is widely considered the most
d. Mathemata successful and influential textbook of all
time.
105. The word “algebra” was derived from
a. The Elements
his book Kitab al-jabr
b. Numbers
a. Muhammad Al-Khwarizmi c. The Mathematica
b. Omar Khayyam d. Arithmetica
c. Niccolo Fontana “Tartaglia
d. Eratosthenes 111. Father of problem-solving

106. He discovered the curves parabola, a. Blaise Pascal


hyperbola, and ellipse but he did not use b. Johann Gauss
these terms. c. Aristotle
d. George Polya
a. Apollonius of Perga
b. Archimedes
c. Menaechmus
d. Johannes Kepler 112. He is known for his work " Ars
Magna", which was the first Latin treatise
devoted solely to Algebra

107. Written using a sexagesimal (base- a. Euclid


60) numeral system b. Charles Babbage
c. Girolamo Cardano
a. Egyptian Mathematics d. Blaise Pascal
b. Greek Mathematics
c. Babylonian Mathematics
d. Chinese Mathematics
113. Father of the computer

108. Father of Trigonometry a. Rene Descartes


b. Ada Lovelace
c. Charles Babbage
d. Euler

114. He developed the concepts of


standard deviation, correlation, regression.

a. Rene Descartes
b. Euler
c. mArchimedes
d. Francis Galton

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