RITM QUIZ BEE No. 3

The three inherent powers of the state are the following except one:

• Police Power

• Power of Eminent Domain

• Power of Taxation

• Power to Impeach

Answer explanation

Answer : Power to Impeach

The product of the ages of three sisters is 567. If the two sisters are twins and are 2 years older than their younger sister. What is the age of their younger sister?

• 16

• 10

• 7

• 8

Answer explanation

Answer : 7

The product of the ages of three sisters is 567. If the two sisters are twins and are 2 years older than their younger sister. What is the age of their younger sister?

***e factor out natin para mas madali 567÷3 = 189

189÷3 = 63

63÷3 = 21

21÷3 = 7

Group those four 3s into two (3×3) and (3×3)

(3×3) = 9

9 is 2 more than 7

Thefore, the age of their younger sister is 7 yrs old✔

Vocabulary

Kasing kahulugan ng salitang "LAGASAW"

• tunog ng pag-iyak

• tunog ng hangin

• tunog ng alon

• tunog ng busina

Answer explanation

Answer : tunog ng alon

Did you know that the Waves Create Whistling Sound Underwater.

READING COMPREHENSION

There are no effective boundaries when it comes to pollutants. Studies have shown that toxic insecticides that have been banned in many countries are riding the wind from countries where they remain legal. Compounds such as DDT and toxaphene have been found in remote places like the Yukon and other Arctic regions.

This paragraph best supports the statement that__

• toxic insecticides such as DDT have not been banned throughout the world.

• more pollutants find their way into polar climates than they do into warmer areas.

• studies have proven that many countries have ignored their own anti-pollution laws.

• DDT and toxaphene are the two most toxic insecticides in the world.

Answer explanation

Answer: toxic insecticides such as DDT have not been banned throughout the world.

Fun Fact!

Did you know that Fruit flies were the first living creatures to be sent into space.

If (a + b)^2 = 25 and (a - b)^2 = 45, then a^2 + b^2 = ?

• 35

• 70

• 625

• 2025

Answer explanation

Answer : 35 ✔

 

(a+b)^2 = a^2+2ab+b^2 (a-b)^2 = a^2-2ab+b^2

 

a^2+2ab+b^2 = 25

a^2-2ab+b^2 = 45 (ADD)

 

(2a^2 + 2b^2 = 70)/2 a^2 + b^2 = 35

READING COMPREHENSION

Ang pagbaba ng halaga ng piso lumikha ng krisis sa maraming industriya ng bansa. Kasunod nito ang pagtitipid at problema sa kawalan ng mapasukang trabaho. Lumikha rin ito ng pagtataas ng presyo ng mga bilihin na labis nakaapekto sa kita ng mga manggagawa.

Ayon sa talata                     .

• ang kasalukuyang krisis ay bunga ng mga mahal na bilihin at kawalan ng mapasukang trabaho.

• ang krisis ay nakaapekto sa hangarin ng maraming industriya na makapagbigay ng karagdagang sahod sa kanilang mga manggagawa

• dumarami ang mga walang hanapbuhay at tumataas ang halaga ng mga bilihin dahil sa krisis

• maraming industriya ang nalulugi dahil sa krisis kaya itinataas din nila ang presyo ng kanilang mga produkto

Answer explanation

Answer : dumarami ang mga walang hanapbuhay at tumataas ang halaga ng mga bilihin dahil sa krisis.

Did you know?

The Philippine peso is derived from the Spanish peso or pieces of eight brought over in large quantities from Spanish America by the Manila galleons of the period from the 16th century to the 19th.

Analogy and Logic

philanthropist : munificence ::

• aristocrat : gratitude

• skeptic : disbelief

• anomaly : plausibility

• symptom : treatment

Answer explanation

Answer:

skeptic : disbelief

Did you know?

Analogy and Logic Test designed to assess a candidate's ability to recognize relationships between ideas, think methodically and fluency in the English language. The questions in the test are designed to assess a candidate's logical and analytical reasoning through the use of partial analogies.

Identifying Errors

Choose the word or phrases which are NOT acceptable in formal written English. Choose e if there is no error.

The Supreme Court upholds the highest principles and standards of morality as

embodied in the Constitution. No error.

• upholds

• principles

• standard

• embodied

• No error

Answer explanation

Answer : No Error

Did you know?

The Supreme Court was established by the Second Philippine Commission on June 11, 1901 through the enactment of its Act No.

Which of the following statements is true?

• If a number is divisible by 5, then it is divisible by 10.

• If a number is divisible by 10, then it is divisible by 5.

• If a number is divisble by 3, then it is divisible by 6

• If a number is divisible by 4, then it is divisible by 8

Answer explanation

Answer : If a number is divisible by 10, then it is divisible by 5.

Fun Fact: What is the Division Symbol Called? The division symbol (÷) is called an obelus. It was widely used as the symbol for subtraction until Johann Rahn, a Swiss mathematician, used it for division in 1659.

Reduce 231/1001 to its lowest terms

• 7/11

• 3/31

• 3/13

• 7/13

Answer explanation

Answer: 3/13

Fun Facts about Fractions:

The line that separates the numerator and the denominator is called a vinculum, which is also the word used to describe ‘a connecting band of tissue, such as that attaching a flexor tendon to the bone of a finger or toe’. A fact literally at your fingertips.