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A ₱3,000 phone is on sale with a 30% discount. How much is the discount?
Topic: Percentages.
Formula: Discount .
Step 1: .
Result: The discount is ₱900.
A bus leaves the terminal traveling at 60 km/h. Two hours later, a car leaves the same terminal on the same route at 90 km/h. How long after the car leaves will it catch up to the bus?
Topic: Word Problems (Distance/Rate).
Formula: The bus has a 120 km head start (). The car gains on the bus at km/h.
Step 1: Time to close the gap .
Result: 4 hours.
How many liters of a 20% salt solution must be added to 8 liters of a 50% salt solution to obtain a 30% salt solution?
Topic: Word Problems.
Step 1: .
Step 2: .
Step 3: .
Result: liters.
Which sentence uses correct subject–verb agreement?
The word 'Each' is a singular indefinite pronoun and requires the singular verb 'has.' The phrase 'of the students' is a prepositional phrase that does not change the number of the subject.
COWARDLY : BRAVE :: CLUMSY : ?
This is an antonym analogy. Cowardly is the opposite of brave; clumsy (uncoordinated) is the opposite of agile.
Passage: The mayor swept the sweat from his forehead and refused to make eye contact with the reporters as he read his prepared statement about the missing city funds.
What can be reasonably inferred about the mayor?
Avoidance of eye contact and visible sweating are non-verbal cues often associated with nervousness, anxiety, or the act of withholding the truth.
Premise 1: All fleeps are gloops. Premise 2: No gloops are blorps. Which of the following conclusions is logically valid?
If the entire group 'fleeps' is contained inside the group 'gloops', and 'gloops' are completely separate from 'blorps', then 'fleeps' must also be completely separate from 'blorps'.
Identify the next integer in the following abstract mathematical sequence: 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, ?
The pattern adds increasing odd numbers to the previous term: 3 (+3) = 6. 6 (+5) = 11. 11 (+7) = 18. 18 (+9) = 27.
Therefore, the next step is 27 (+11) = 38.
Select the correct mirror image for the figure, assuming the mirror is placed on the RIGHT.
Topic: Mirror Images.
Observation: The mirror is on the right, so the figure is flipped left to right while the top and bottom stay in place. The striped corner and the black corner swap sides, and the dotted corner stays at the bottom.
Result: C.
Which of the options A, B, C, or D logically follows the sequence shown in the first four squares?
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No. Calculators are not allowed, but scratch paper is provided. The math is heavily algebra-based, so being quick with manual arithmetic and equations matters.
According to reports from past test takers, the ACET does not use right-minus-wrong scoring, so a wrong answer does not subtract from your score. That means guessing costs you nothing more than leaving an item blank.
It is a wide mix: Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, probability, and sequences. The numerical ability questions are heavily algebra-based, including work, age, distance, and mixture problems, along with percents and number series.
No. The ACET has no Filipino section. The English portion is exhaustive, covering vocabulary, analogies, reading, grammar and mechanics, and an essay.
The ACET is known for strict time pressure. Don't get stuck on one question; skip it and come back. Stop immediately when a section ends, because continuing after the proctor calls time can get your application forfeited.
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