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2014 DIVISION TRAINING ON THE CONTENTS AND STRATEGIES

FOR ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS

Directions: Read each item carefully then choose the letter of the best answer. Shade the corresponding letter of your

answer in the answer sheet provided.

This is a closed book, closed notes examination. Calculators and cellphones are not permitted for use in any

way. Any discussion or otherwise inappropriate communication between examinees, as well as the

appearance of any unnecessary material or cellphone usage, will be dealt with severely.

1. Which of the following has the least value:

A. 1

3− B.

2

9− C.

3

7− D.

4

9−

2. Arrange 1 1

3, , 2, 0,2 3

− − and 1 in descending order.

A. 1 1

3, , 0, , 1, 23 2

− −

B. 1 1

2, 1, , 0, , 32 3

− −

C. 1 1

0, , 1, 2, 3,2 3

− −

D. 1 1

0, 2, 1, , , 32 3

−

3. What should be the value of x in the expression 2 3x − to make it equal to zero?

A. 0 B. 2

3 C.

3

2 D. 1

4. Adriane can cover the roof of a house in 3 days. Jeff can make this job in 6 days. How long will it take for Adriane

and Jeff to complete the job working together?

A. half day B. 1 day C. 112

days D. 2 days

5. A pipe can fill a reservoir with the water in 3 days, and an elephant can drink all the water from the reservoir in 4

days. How long will it take to fill the reservoir if the pipe fills it and the elephant drinks the water at the same rate?

A. 7 days B. 9 days C. 12 days D. 15 days

6. What decimal number is one twentieth of one percent?

A. 0.0005 B. 0.0002 C. 0.0001 D. 0.02

7. 2

9 of the people in a restaurant are adults. If there are 95 more children than adults, how many children are there

in the restaurant?

A. 100 children B. 133 children C. 150 children D. 168 children

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8. 1

4 of my trail mix recipe is raisins and the rest is nuts.

3

5 of the nuts are peanuts and the rest are almonds. What

fraction of my trail mix are almonds?

A. 11

20 B.

9

20 C.

3

10 D.

3

20

9. Calculate the height of a building that casts a shadow of 6.5meters at the same time that a pole with a height of

4.5m casts a shadow of 0.90m .

A. 32.5m B. 1.3m C. 26.325m D. 0.62m

10. Which event is certain?

A. It will rain today.

B. Stone will sink in water.

C. The tree will talk in the afternoon.

D. A mother will give birth to a baby girl.

11. A die is rolled. What is the probability that a prime number comes up?

A. 5

6 B.

2

3 C.

1

2 D.

1

3

12. Tonton has 10 green, 9 brown, and 6 white marbles in a box. What is the probability that without looking, Tonton

will pick a green marble from the box?

A. 40% B. 24% C. 36% D. 18%

13. Given a circle with the radius of 7cm , find the area of this circle. (Take π as 3.14 )

A. 153.86mm B. 2153.86cm C. 2

21.98mm D. 21.86cm

14. What is the circumference of a circle with a diameter of 4mm ?

A. 4.8mm B. 216mm C. 12.56mm D. 2

24mm

15. Determine the volume of a cube whose side is 5cm.

A. 3125cm B. 2

55cm C. 325mm D. 2

15m

16. Which of the following nets forms a cone?

A. B. C. D.

17. Which of the following figures are similar?

A. B. C. D.

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18. Which is closest to the size of angle AOB?

A. 33° B. 57° C. 147° D. 123°

19. Which operation will come first in the expression ( )24 2 3 5 1 ÷ × + − ?

A. 24

B. 4 2÷

C. 2 3×

D. ( )5 1−

20. In question no. 19, what will be the value of the given expression?

A. 16 B. 6.67 C. 28 D. 15

21. Evaluate ( )22 6 2 4 16 4 2 7 + ÷ × − ÷ × +

A. 145 B. 19 C. 79 D. 35

22. How many seedlings were planted by Boy Scouts?

A. 157

B. 175

C. 125

D. 152

23. What is the average height of a tomato plant in 5 days?

A. 12.5

B. 2.0

C. 3.0

D. 2.5

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24. If there are 2,500 students enrolled in a school, how many students are enrolled in the intermediate level?

A. 38

B. 1,550

C. 950

D. 2,438

25. From the normal body temperature of 37 C° , Jennifer’s body temperature increased by 1 C° every minute due to

fever. What was Jennifer’s body temperature after 3 minutes?

A. 37.1 C° B. 40 C° C. 39 C° D. 38 C°

26. Give the correct electric meter reading.

A. 0661kWh B. 9661kWh C. 0771kWh D. 9771kWh

27. Give the correct water meter reading.

A. 3731m B. 3

8321731m C. 38321m D. 3

31m

28. Which of the following numbers is not expressed in scientific notation?

A. 111.23 10× B. 3

0.1 10× C. 85.6789 10

−× D. 159.999 10×

29. The Sun has a mass of 301.9891 10 kg× . Express this number in standard notation.

A. 19,891kg

B. 1.9891kg

C. 19,891,000,000kg

D. 1,989,100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000kg

30. The distance covered by light in a year is 9,460,528,400,000,000m . Express this number in scientific notation.

A. 159.4605284 10 m×

B. 99,460,528.4 10 m×

C. 160.94605284 10 m×

D. 159.46 10 m×