## Age Word Problem

Solve the following problems.

1.) Jeff is 8 years older than Mira. The sum of their ages is 60. What are their ages?

2.) Angie is 12 years younger than Jaime. The sum of their ages is 44. How old is Jaime?

3.) Leo is 7 years older than Karen. In 5 years, the sum of their ages will be 45. How old is Karen?

4.) Arvin is twice as old as Cory. The sum of their ages is 42. What are their ages?

5.) Rashid is four times as old as Soraya. Three years ago, the sum of their ages was 39. How old is Soraya now?

## Number Word Problem

Solve the following problems.

1.) One number is 3 greater than the other number. Their sum is 47. What are the two numbers?

2.) One number is 12 less than the other number. Their sum is 64. What are the two numbers?

3.) One number is twice the other number. Their sum is 84. What are the two numbers?

4.) One number is five times the other number. Their sum is 72. What are the two numbers?

5.) One number is four times the other number. Their difference is 45. What are the two numbers?

## Addition of Fractions Exercises – Set 2

Add the following fractions.

1.) $\dfrac{1}{7} + \dfrac{2}{7}$

2.) $\dfrac{1}{12} + \dfrac{5}{12}$

3.) $\dfrac{7}{15} + \dfrac{2}{15} + \dfrac{6}{15}$

4.) $\dfrac{1}{3} + \dfrac{1}{4}$

5.) $\dfrac{2}{9} + \dfrac{1}{3}$

6.) $\dfrac{3}{8} + \dfrac{1}{4}$

7.) $8 \dfrac{2}{3} + \dfrac{3}{2}$

8.) $\dfrac{1}{2} + \dfrac{2}{3} + \dfrac{3}{4}$

9.) $7 \dfrac{2}{7} + 6 \dfrac{3}{14}$

10.) $3 \dfrac{1}{4} + 2 \dfrac{1}{8}$

Answer key and solution:

1.) $\dfrac{3}{7}$

2.) $\dfrac{6}{12} = \dfrac{1}{2}$

3.) $\dfrac{15}{15} = 1$

4.) $\dfrac{7}{12}$

Solution:

## LCM and GCD Exercises Set 2

Here are some Civil Service exam exercises on GCD and LCM.

1.) What is the GCD of 8, 20, and 28?

2.) What is the GCD of 21, 35, and 56?

3.) What is 18/54 in lowest terms?

4.) What is 38/95 in lowest terms?

5.) What is the LCM of 6 and 8?

6.) What is the LCM of 5, 6, and 12?

7.) What is the product of the LCM and the GCD of 4, 8, and 20?

8.) There are 18 red marbles and 27 blue marbles to be distributed among children. What is the maximum number of children that can receive the marbles if each kid receives the same number of marbles for each color and no marble is to be left over?

9.) In a school sportsfest, there are 60 Grade 4 pupils, 48 Grade 5 pupils and 36 Grade 6 pupils. What is the largest number of teams that can be formed if the pupils in each Grade level are equally distributed and no pupil is left without a team?

10.) In a disco, the red lights blink every 3 seconds and the blue lights blink every 5 seconds. If the two colored lights blink at the same time if you turn them on, they will blink at the same time every ___ seconds.

## Civil Service Exam Double-word Analogy Reviewer

Here are some multiple-choice Civil Service exam reviewers on Double-word Analogy.

Instruction : Choose the letter that corresponds to the pair of words that is related in the same way as the given pair of words.

1.) buck : doe :: _______ : _______
A.) bitch : pup
B.) grander : duck
C.) bull : cow
D.) boomer : joey

2.) ethics : morality :: _______ : _______
A.) logic : fallacies
B.) biology : animals
C.) apologetics : heresy
D.) epistemology : knowledge

3.) Dante Alighieri : Divina Commedia :: _____ : ______
A.) Charles Darwin : Evolution
B.) Vergil : The Aeneid
C.) Niccolo Machiavelli : The Little Prince
D.) Bram Stoker : Frankenstein

4.) pachyderm : rhinoceros :: _______ : _______
A.) deer : doe
B.) ungulate : yak
C.) elephant : herd
D.) dog : Siberian husky

5.) green : yellow :: _______ : _______
A.) orange : blue
B.) violet : red
C.) brown : purple
D.) gray : orange

## Civil Service Exam Analogy Reviewer

Here are some multiple-choice Civil Service exam reviewers on Single-word analogy.

Direction: Choose the letter that corresponds to the word matches perfectly with each analogy.

1.) Gaborone : Botswana :: Kiev : _______

A.) Moldova
B.) Estonia
C.) Ukraine
D.) Latvia

2.) Lucban : Quezon :: Naga : _______

A.) Laguna
B.) Sulu
C.) Bohol
D.) Camarines Sur

3.) Ilocos : bagnet :: Cebu : _______

A.) lechon
B.) diningding
C.) Bicol express
D.) pinaupong manok

4.) Shakespeare : Hamlet :: J.K. Rowling : _______

A.) Jonathan Livingstone
B.) Robinson Crusoe
C.) Frodo Baggins
D.) Harry Potter

5.) Odin : Norse :: Thoth : _______

A.) Greek
B.) Aztec
C.) Babylonian
D.) Egyptian

## Civil Service Exam Synonyms Reviewer

Here are some multiple-choice Civil Service exam reviewers on synonyms.

Choose the letter that corresponds to the word closest in meaning to the bold and italicized word in the sentence.

1.) It is paradoxical to say that one can be patriotic and not patriotic at the same time.

A.) supportive
C.) energizing
D.) truthful

2.) Many false stories surfaced the author’s death but only those which are widely popular remained canonical.

A.) valuable
B.) meaningful
C.) engaging
D.) acceptable

3.) The five star general remained composed in his behaviour although a lot of logistical problems continued to fill his ranks.

A.) serene
B.) inspired
C.) thoughtful
D.) focused

4.) The football team remained enervated after the particularly difficult final match with the defending champions from Barotac.

A.) exhausted
B.) motivated
C.) calculating
D.) noisy

5.) The chief operating officer suggested a more pragmatic approach in dealing with the situation, relying more on results and outcomes.

A.) planned
B.) practical
C.) polite
D.) purposeful

## Civil Service Review Spelling Quiz 13 – Set 2

In each item, identify the word with incorrect spelling.

Item 01

a. bureau
c. circumstances
d. extravagant
e. harrass

Item 02

a. privilage
b. prejudice
c. identification
d. believe
e. humor

Item 03

a. animosity
b. humiliation
c. exxaggerate
d. forty
e. restaurant

Item 04

a. persuasion
b. repitition
c. flamboyant
d. length
e. extremely

Item 05

a. palpable
b. estimate
c. publicly
d. gratefull
e. generation

Item 06

a. arguement
b. questionnaires
c. rhyme
d. pronunciation
e. epistemology

Item 07

a. vacuum
b. mellennium
c. chastice
d. schedule
e. heritage

Item 08

a. liabilities
b. hypertension
c. kernel
d. memento
e. sargeant

Item 09

a. occasionally
b. conscience
c. mispell
d. maintenance
e. Nightingale

Item 10

a. expirience
b. harmonious
c. foreign
d. hierarchy
e. cache

1. e – harass
2. a – privilege
3. c – exaggerate
4. b – repetition
5. d – grateful
6. a – argument
7. c – chastise
8. e – sergeant
9. c – misspell
10. a – experience

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