MATHEMATICS SAMPLE REE BOARD EXAM PROBLEMS

1. A transit set up 40 m from the base of the chimney reads 32 deg 30 mins with the crosshairs set on
the top of the chimney. With the telescope level, the vertical rod at the base of the chimney is 2.1 m.
Approximately how tall is the chimney?
A. 15 m B. 26 m C. 28 m D. 38 m

2. What tyoe of curve is generated by a point that moves in uniform circular motion about an axis ,
while traveling at a constant speed, v, parallel to the axis?
A. Cycloid B. Epicycloid C. Helix D. Hyocycloid

3. If the second derivative of the equation of the curve is proportional to the negative of the equation
of the same curve, what is that curve?
A. Hyperbola B. square wave C. cycloid D. Sinusoid

4. Find the equation of the line tangent to the graph y = 2x squared plus 1 at the point (1,3).
A. Y = 2x + 1 B. y = 4x -1 C. y = 2x - 1 D. y = 4x +1

5. Calculate the area under the curve y = 1/x between the limits y = 2 and y = 10.
A. 1.61 sq. units B. 2.39 sq. Units C. 3.71 sq. units D. 4.97 sq. Units

6. From past experience, it is known 90% of one year old children can distinguish their mother voice
from the voice similar sounding female. A random sample of 20 one year olds are given this voice
recognition test. Let the random variable x denote the number of children who do not recognize their
mother’s voice. Find the variance.
A. 2
B. 1.8
C. 4.2
D. 1.5

7. An air balloon flying vertically upward at constant speed is situated 150 m horizontally from an
observer. After one minute, it is found that the angle of elevation from the observer is 28 deg 59 min.
what will be the angle of elevation after 3 minutes from its initial position?
A. 48º
B. 61º
C. 59º
D. 50º

8. A transmitter with a height of 15m is located on top of a mountain which is 3.0 km high. What is the
farthest distance on the surface of the earth that can be seen from the top of the mountain? Take the
radius if the earth to be 6400 km.
A. 225 km
B. 152 km
C. 196 km
D. 205 km

9. Find the area of a triangle having vertices at -4 – i, 1 + 2i, 4 – 3i.

A. 15
B. 16
C. 17
D. 18

10. The inner surface of a tank is in the form of the hemisphere of radius 3 m with a diametral plane
on the top. Determine the total work done in pumping the water to the top of the tank. Note: The
unit of weight of water is 9.802 kN/cu. m,
A. 623.50 kN-m B. 524.30 kN-m C. 543.02 kN-m D. 635.02 kN-m

11. The coefficient of the x squared in the Maclaurin’s series for e raised to sinx is
A. 0 B. 1 D. 1/2 D. -1

12. Find the area of the first octant of the part of the plane x/a + y/b + z/c = 1, where a, b, and c are
positive.
A. a + b + c C. sq. rt of (a + b + c)
B. (1/2) sq. rt of (a sq. b sq. + b sq. c sq. + a sq. c sq.) D. sq. rt. of (a sq. + b sq. + c sq.)

13. The locus of the point that moves so that the sum of its distances between two fixed points is
constant is called _____.
A. Ellipse B. Parabola C. Hyperbola D. Circle

14. The cost of student ticket is ten pesos more than half of the adult ticket. Six adults and students
costs PhP 280. what is the cost of one adult ticket?
A. PhP 35 B. PhP 30 C. PhP 45 D. PhP 60

15. A and B are two points opposite the banks of a river. From A a line AC = 275 m is laid off and the
angle CAB = 125 deg 40 min and ACB = 48 deg 50 min are measured. Find the length of AB.
A. 2450 m B. 2540 m C. 2610 m D. 2160 m

16. Find the area of loop of r squared = 16 sin 2 theta.

A. 16 B. 8 C. 4 D. 32

17. A tank contains 200 L of pure water. Brine containing 2 kg/L of salt enters the tank at the rate of
4L/min and the mixture kept uniform by stirring runs out at 3 L/min. Find the amount of salt in the
tank after 30 minutes.
A. 196.99 kg B. 186.50 kg C. 312.69 kg D. 234.38 kg

18. Find an equation for a circle of radius 2 with the center (-3,4).
A. I z + 3 - 2i I = 2 B. I z - 3 - 2i I = 2 C. I z + 3 - 4i I = 2 D. I z + 4 - 3i I = 2

19. In polar coordinate system, the polar angle is positive when:

A. Measured at the terminal side of theta C. Measured clockwise
B. Measured counterclockwise D. None of these

20. When two lines are perpendicular, the slope of one is:
A. Equal to the negative of the other C. equal to the other
B. Equal to the negative reciprocal of the other D. Equal to the reciprocal of the other

21. The highest level of measurement.

A. Nominal B. ordinal C. interval D. ratio

22. Solve: (D^2 + 2D + 2)y = sinx(e^-x)

A. Y = e^x (C1 cos x + C2 sinx) C. Y = e^x (C1 cos x + C2 sinx + xcosx)
B. Y = e^-x (C1 cos x + C2 sinx - 0.5xcosx) D. Y = e^-x (C1 cos x + C2 sinx - cosx)

23. There are 50 tickets in a lottery in which there is a first and a second prize. What is the probability
of a man drawing a prize if he owns 5 tickets?
A. 0.3672 B. 0.1836 C. 0.0459 D. 0.0918

24. The distance between -8 and 18 on the number line is

A. 26 B. -26 C. 10 D. -10

25. The directrix of the parabola is y - 5 = 0 and its focus is (4, -3). What is the length of its latus
rectum?
A. 14 B. 16 C. 17 D. 15
26. Two cities A and B are 8 km and 12 km, respectively, north of a river which runs due east. City B
being 15 km east of A. A pumping station is to be constructed (along the river) to supply water for the
two cities. Where should the station be located so that the amount of pipe is a minimum?
A. 3 km east of A B. 4 km east of A C. 6 km east of A D. 9 km east of A

27. The chords of the ellipse 64x^2 + 25y^2 = 1600 having equal slopes of 1/5 are bisected by its
diameter. Determine the equation of the diameter of the ellipse.
A. 5x = 64y B. 64x = 5y C. 5x = - 64y D. 64x = -5y

28. A circle has a diameter whose ends are at (-3,2) and (12, -6). Its equation is ______.
A. 4x^2 + 4y^2 - 36x + 16y + 192 = 0 C. 4x^2 + 4y^2 - 36x + 16y - 192 = 0
B. 4x^2 + 4y^2 - 36x - 16y - 192 = 0 D. 4x^2 + 4y^2 + 36x + 16y + 192 = 0

29. The equation r^2 = a^2 cos 2theta is a/an ______.

A. Lemniscate B. cycloid C. Epicycloid D. Cardiod

30. The general second-degree equation has the form Ax^2 + Bxy + Cy^2 + Dx + Ey + F = 0 and
describes an ellipse if:
A. B^2 - 4AC = 0 B. B^2 - 4AC > 0 C. B^2 - 4AC = 1 D. B^2 - 4AC < 0

31. Find the equation of the tangent to the circle x^2 + y^2 - 34 = 0 through point (3,5).
A. 3x + 5y - 34 = 0 B. 3x - 4y - 12 = 0 C. 3x + 5y + 34 = 0 D. 3x - 5y + 34 = 0

32. The volume generated by the circle x^2 + y^2 + 4x - 6y - 12 = 0 revolved about the line 2x - 3y - 12
= 0 is:
A. 3242 cu. units B. 3342 cu. units C. 3452 cu. units D. 3422 cu. units

33. If the edge of a cube is doubled, which of the following is incorrect?

A. The lateral area will be quadrupled
B. The volume is increased 8 times
C. The diagonal is doubled
D. The weight is doubled

34. What is the area bounded by the curves y^2 = 4x and x^2 = 4y?
A. 6.0
B. 7.333
C. 6.666
D. 5.333

35. How many diagonals does a pentadecagon have?

A. 50
B. 60
C. 90
D. 80

36. The parallel sides of a trapezoid lot measures 160 m and 240 m and are 40 m apart. Find the
length of the dividing line to the two sides that will divide the lot into two equal areas.
A. 203.96
B. 214.25
C. 200
D. 186.54

37. A man finds that the angle of elevation of a tower to be 30 degrees. He walks 85 m nearer the
tower and finds its angle of elevation to be 60 degrees. What is the height of the tower?
A. 76.31 meters
B. 73.61 meters
C. 73.31 meters
D. 73.16 meters

38. If coversine of theta is 0.134, then the value of angle theta will be _____.
A. 60 degrees
B. 45 degrees
C. 30 degrees
D. 20 degrees

39. A certain angle has a supplement five times its compliment. Find the angle.
A. 67.5 degrees
B. 168.5 degrees
C. 157.5 degrees
D. 186 degrees

40. The graphical representation of the cummulative frequency distribution in a set of statistical data
is called _____.
A. Ogive
B. Histogram
C. Frequency polyhedron
D. Mass diagram

41. Infinity minus infinity is:

A. Infinity
B. Zero
C. Indeterminate
D. None of these

42. Find the value of x in the complex equation:

(x + jy)(1-2j) = 7 - 4j
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

43. Simplify: j^30 - 2j^25 + 3j^17

A. 1 + j
B. -1 + j
C. -1 - 2j
D. -1 + 5j

44. In a shooting target game, the probabilities that John and James will hit a target is 2/3 and 3/4,
respectively. What is the probability that the target is hit when both shoot at it once?
A. 13/5
B. 5/13
C. 7/12
D. 11/12

45. A semiconductor company will hire 7 mean and 4 women. In how many ways can the company
choose from 9 men and 6 women who qualified for the position?
A. 680
B. 840
C. 480
D. 540

46. In a commercial survey involving 1000 persons on brand preferences, 120 were found to prefer
brand a only, 200 persons prefer b only, 150 persons prefer brand c only, 370 prefer either a or b but
not z, 450 prefer brand b or c but not a, and 370 prefer either brand c or a but not b, and none prefer
all the three brands at a time. How many persons have no brand preference with any of the three
brands mentioned?
A. 120
B. 280
C. 70
D. 320

47. A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 15 inches. On each rebound, it rises 2/3 of the height
from which it last fell. Find the distance travelled by the ball before it comes to rest.
A. 75 inches
B. 100 inches
C. 96 inches
D. 85 inches

48. Compute the determinant of the Matrix A with the following elements below.
a11 = 1, a12 = 4, a13 = 2, a14 = -1
a21 = 2, a22 = -1, a23 = 0, a24 = -3
a31 = -2, a32 = 3, a33 = 1, a34 = 2
a41 = 0, a42 = 2, a43 = 1, a44 = 4
A. 5
B. -4
C. 4
D. -5

49. The sum of all numbers between 0 to 10,000 that is divisible by 77 is _____.
A. 546,546
B. 645,568
C. 645,645
D. 645,722

50. There are six geometric means between 4 and 8748. Find the sum of all terms.
A. 13120
B. 15480
C. 10250
D. 9840

51. The sum of the coefficients in the expansion of (x + 2y + z)^4 times (x + 3y)^5 is:
A. 524,288
B. 65,536
C. 131,072
D. 262,144

52. Two engineering students are solving a problem leading to a quadratic equation. One student
make a mistake in the coefficient on the first-degree term, got roots of 2 and -3. The other student
made a mistake in the coefficient of the constant term got roots of -1 and 4. What is the correct
equation?
A. x^2 -6x - 3 = 0
B. x^2 + 6x + 3 = 0
C. x^2 -3x - 6 = 0
D. x^2 + 3x - 6 = 0

53. What expression is equivalent to log x - log(y + z)?

A. Log x + Log y + Log z
B. Log (x/(y+z))
C. Log x - Log y - log z
D. Log y + Log (x + z)
54. The polynomial x^3 + 4x^2 - 3x + 8 divided by x -5 has a remainder of _____.
A. 281
B. 812
C. 218
D. 182

55. MCMXCIV is a Roman Numeral equal to _____.

A. 2974
B. 3974
C. 2174
D. 1994

56. If p is an odd number and q is an even number, which of the following expressions must be even?
A. P + q
B. Pq
C. P - q
D. P/q

57. Which of the following is true?

A. 0.001 has three significant figures.
B. 100 has three significant figures.
C. 100.00 has five significant figures.
D. 0.000249 has six significant figures.

58. _____ is a prime number.

A. 221
B. 63
C. 523
D. 703

59. The prefix nano is opposite to:

A. Mega
B. Tera
C. Hexa
D. Giga

60. A comfortable room temperature is 72 deg F. What is this temperature in Kelvin?

A. 263
B. 290
C. 275
D. 295

61. The angle of inclination of the road is 32 degrees. What is this inclination in mils?
A. 456.23 mils
B. 284.44 mils
C. 125.36 mils
D. 568.89 mils

62. Solve for x: 3 raised to the quantity of 7x plus 1 equals to 6561.

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

63. Find the value of k in the equation 4x^2 + kx + 1 = 0 so that it will only have one root.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

64. The arithmetic mean of 6 numbers is 17. If two numbers are added to the progression, the new
set of number will have an arithmetic mean of 19. What are the two numbers if their difference is 4?
A. 21,29
B. 24,26
C. 23,27
D. 22,28

65. The term involving x^9 in the expansion of (x^2 + 2/x)^12 is:
A. 25434
B. 25344
C. 23544
D. 52344

66. A father is three times as old as his son. Four years ago, he was four times as old as his son was at
that time. How old is his son?
A. 36 y/o
B. 32 y/o
C. 24 y/o
D. 12 y/o

67. How many minutes after 10 o’clock in the morning will the hands of the clock be opposite to each
other for the first time?
A. 21.41
B. 22.31
C. 21.81
D. 22.61

68. Pedro can paint a fence 50 % faster than Juan and 20 % faster than Pilar and together they paint a
given fence in 4 hours. How long will it take Pedro to paint the same fence if he had to work alone?
A. 10 hrs
B. 11 hrs
C. 14 hrs
D. 15 hrs

69. An insurance pays 80% of the first P20,000 of a certain patient medical expenses, 60% of the next
P40,000 and 40% of the next P40,000 after that. If the patients total bill is P92,000, how much will
policy pay?
A. P36.800
B. P49,600
C. P52,800
D. P73,600

70. Evaluate the triple integral z(r squared ) sin u dz dr du, where the limits of z is from 0 to 2, the
limits of r is from 0 to 1 and the limits of u is from 0 to pi/2.
A. 1/3
B. 2/3
C. 1
D. 4/3

71. Convert the spherical coordinate equation of phi = 60 degrees to its rectangular coordinate
equation.
A. X^2 + y^2 - (z^5/5) = 0
B. X^2 + y^2 - (z^3/3) = 0
C. X^2 + y^2 - 3z^2 = 0
D. X^2 + y^2 - (z^4/4) = 0

72. In a polar coordinate system, the distance from a point to the pole is known as:
A. Polar angle
B. Radius vector
C. Moduli
D. Argument

73. Two cities are 270 miles apart lie on the same meridian, what is the difference in latitude? Assume
the radius of the earth to be 3960 miles?
A. 3/44
B. 5/44
C. 7/44
D. 1/44

74. Sand is pouring from a conical pile such that its altitude is twice its radius. If the volume of a
conical pile is increasing at a rate of 25pi cu ft/min, how fast is the radius is increasing then the radius
is 5 feet?
A. 0.5 ft/min
B. 0.5pi ft/min
C. 5 ft/min
D. 5pi ft/min

75. What is the inverse Laplace transform of I(s) = 100/(s^2(s^2 + 100))?

A. I(t) = t squared minus cosine of 10t
B. I(t) = t minus cosine of 10t
C. I(t) = t squared minus 0.1 times cosine of 10t
D. I(t) = t minus 0.1 times cosine of 10t

76. Determine the nature of the surface whose equation is 2x^2 - 3y^2 + z^2 + 8x + 16y - 2z = 0.
A. Sphere
B. Paraboloid
C. Ellipsoid
D. Hyperboloid

77. A retailer bought a number of ballpens for 90 pesos and sold all but 3 at a profit of P2/ballpen.
With the total amount received she could buy 15 more ballpens than before. What is the cost of each
ballpen?
A. Php 2
B. Php 3
C. Php 5
D. Php 6

78. The moment of inertia of a circle 5 meters in diameter about an axis thru its centroid is equal to:
A. 30680 m raised to the fourth power
B. 28832 m raised to the fourth power
C. 36144 m raised to the fourth power
D. 15000 m raised to the fourth power

79. For z = (x^2)(y^2) + (e^(2x))(y^3), find the partial derivative of z with respect to x.
A. xy^2 + 2e^x
B. y^3 + 2x
C. 2xy + 2(e^x)(y^2)
D. 2xy^2 + (e^(2x))(y^3)

80. The orthogonal trajectories of the family of parabolas of y squared minus 2x + c = 0.

A. C times e raised to x minus y equals to zero
B. C times e raised to negative x minus y equals to zero
C. C times e raised to 2x minus y equals to zero
D. C times e raised to negative 2x minus y equals to zero

81. What is the conic section where the eccenticity is equal to one?
A. Circle
B. Parabola
C. Ellipse
D. Line

82. Which of the following is a disdavantage of using the sample range to measures of spread and
distribution?
A. It produces very small spread.
B. The largest of the smallest observation(or both) may be a mistake or an outlier.
C. The sample range is not measured in the same units as the data.
D. None of these

83. It is estimated that the annual cost of driving a certain new car is given by the formula: C = 0.25n +
1600, where m represents the number of miles driven per year and C is the cost in dollars. Jane
purchases such a car and determines between P5350 and P5600 for the next year’s driving cost. What
is the corresponding range of miles that she can drive her new car?
A. Between 13,000 to 18,000 mi
B. More than 16,000 mi
C. Between 15,000 to 16,000 mi
D. More than 18,000 mi

84. Find the equation representing a number between -3 and 8.

A. -3 < x < 8
B. -3 < x > 8
C. -3 < x 8
D. -3 x > 8

85. Find all the values of z for which e raised to 4z = I.

A. 1/6 pi times I + i(k times pi times i)
B. -1/8 pi times I + i(k times pi times i)
C. -1/6 pi times I + i(k times pi times i)
D. 1/8 pi times I + i(k times pi times i)

86. A wall “h” meters high is 2 away from the foot of the building. The shortest ladder that can reach
the building with one end resting on the ground outside the wall is 6 m, how high is the wall in
meters?
A. 2.14
B. 2.24
C. 2.34
D. 2.44

87. The axis of the hyperbola through its foci is known as _____.
A. Conjugate axis
B. Minor axis
C. Major axis
D. Transverse axis

88. An air balloon is flying vertically upward at constant speed situated 150 ft from an observer. After
60 seconds, it is found that the angle of elevation from the observer is 28o 59’. what will be the angle
of elevation after 180 seconds from its original position?
A. 63 mins 24 mins
B. 58 mins 58 mins
C. 28 mins 54 mins

D. 14 mins 07mins

89. Find the length of the arc of the parabola x^2 = 4y from x = -2 to x = 3.
A. 2.6 u
B. 4.6 u
C. 6.6 u
D. 0.6 u

90. Evaluate tan 4x - sec4x.

A. Tan2x + sec4x
B. -Tan2x - sec4x
C. -cot2x - csc2x
D. cot2x + csc2x

91. A hole of radius 2 is drilled through the axis of the sphere whose radius is 3. Compute the volume
of the remaining solid.
A. 26 pi times square root of 5 over 3
B. 25 pi times square root of 5 over 3
C. 40 pi times square root of 5 over 3
D. 20 pi times square root of 5 over 3

92. Evaluate the quantity of cos 15 deg plus jsin15 deg raised to the third power.
A. 2 times square root of 2 plus i times square root of 2 over 2
B. square root of 2 + i 2
C. 2 times square root of 2 minus i times square root of 2 over 2
D. square root of 2 over 5

93. After the price of gasoline went up by 14 percent, a consumer reduced his consumption by the
same percentage. By what % would his gasoline be changed?
A. 1.14
B. 1.96
C. 2.14
D. 2.96

94. Solve (2xy + x)dx + (x2 + y)dy.

A. 0.5(x2 + y2 + 2x2y) = c
B. 2(6y2 + x2) = c
C. 0.5(3x^2 + y^2) = c
D. 2(0.5x2 + 0.5y2 + x2y) = c

95. Shania scored 89% on her first Calculus quiz, 85% and 90% on her 2 nd and 3rd respectively. Find her
average score.
A. 87
B. 88
C. 89
D. 90

96. What is the next number in the series 3, 16, 6, 12, 12, 8?
A. 4
B. 15
C. 20
D. 24
97. A farmer has 750 eggs, 4% of the eggs are cracked, 5 % of the remainder is found to be defective.
How many eggs could be sold if only eggs without cracks and defects are sold?
A. 483
B. 508
C. 458
D. 684

98. Find the equation of the circle tangent to 4x - 3y + 12 = 0 at (-3,0) and tangent also to 3x -4y + 16 =
0 at (4,1).
A. X2 + y2 + 4x - 3y + 6 = 0
B. X2 + y2 + x - y + 5 = 0
C. X2 + y2 + x - 2y + 3 = 0
D. X2 + y2 + x + 6y - 15 = 0

99. A wire is shaped to form a rectangle 15 cm in lengthand has an area of 150 sq. Meter. It is
reshaped to form a square, the square will have an area of:
A. 152.65
B. 156.25
C. 60.06
D. 68.45

100. Find the limit of (x3 - 2x + 5)/(2x3 - 7) as x approaches to infinity.

A. 1/4
B. 1/3
C. 1/5
D. 1/2