2004 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge

Division Orals Second Year Category A

Easy
1. If y < 3x + 5 and x = - 3, what is the range of values of y? Ans: y < - 4
2. Find the value of 57(63). Ans: 3591
3. What are the roots of 2x
2
+ 7x 15 = 0? Ans: -5, 5/2
4. Divide 2.7 x 10
2
by 3 x 10. Ans: 9
5. What is the cube root of 343/512? Ans: 7/8
6. Simplify:
12
x
50
. Ans:
6 10
7. If an = 3(-2)
n
5, what is a5? Ans: - 101
8. Divide 45x
3
y
7/2
by 15x
-2
y
3/2
. Ans: 3x
5
y
2
9. If x 2y = 7 and x + 2y = 11, what is x? Ans: x = 9
10. What quadratic equation has 2 and 5 as roots? Ans: x
2
+ 3x 10 = 0
11. If 3x
2
12x 15 = 0, what is the product of the roots? Ans: x = - 5
Average
1. If (1, 1), (3, 7) and (-1, y) lie on the same line, find y. Ans: - 5
2. What is the largest integer such that 7 less than 3 times the integer is at most 78? Ans: 28
3. Find the sum of the multiples of 3 from 3 to 84. Ans: 1218
4. Rose is 6 years older than Ann today and twice as old as Ann was 9 years ago. How old is Rose
today? Ans: 21 years
5. The number 1k6 is exactly divisible by 13. What is the remainder when it is divided by 7? Ans: 2
6. Solve for x:
12
5
3
5 1

x x
. Ans: x = - 8/5
Difficult
1. For what values of x is
15 7 2
2
+ x x
a real number? Ans: x < - 5 or x > 3/2
2. The 250 soldiers in a camp had enough food for 40 days. After 10 days, 50 soldiers joined them. For
how long will the remaining food last them? Ans: 25 days
3. Simplify:
6
2 3
3 2
1
2 2

+
+
x x
) x (
x x
Ans:
) x )( x (
x
1 3
4 3
+
+
4. A motorist averages 30 kph on ordinary roads and 12 kph on roads under repair. His average speed
for a distance of 50 km is 24 kph. What length of the road is under repair? Ans: 25/3 km
5. If a, 5a and 6a + 9 are in arithmetic progression, find the three terms. Ans: 3, 15, 27
6. If a + b = 9 and x = 3a + 7b, express x in terms of a only. Ans: 63 4a
C.1. What is 355
2
345
2
? Ans: 7000
C.2. Divide
( )
3
2 3 3 7
6
/ /
y x

by
2 5 2
3
/
y x

. Ans:
7
9
72
y
x
C.3. The squares of two consecutive even integers differ by 140. Find the bigger number of the two numbers.
Ans: 36
DOD1: Find the sum of the multiples of 6 from 120 to 240. Ans: 3780
DOD2: If x = 4 is one root of x
2
+ bx 28 = 0, what is the other root? Ans: - 7
2004 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge
Sectoral Finals Second Year Category A
Easy
1. What is the slope of the line 4y + 7x 7 = 0? Ans: - 7/4
2. If y = 4x 5 and 5 < x < 9, what is the range of y? Ans: - 25 < y < 31
3. If 5x 3 < 4x 9, what is x? Ans: x < - 6
4. What is the smallest whole number that must be multiplied to 45 to make it a perfect square? Ans: 5
5. What are the coordinates of the midpoint of the segment joining A(-4, 7) and B(8, 11)? Ans: (2, 9)
6. Two cars 240 km apart, along a straight line, met in 2 hours. If one traveled at 55 kph, what was the
speed of the other? Ans: 65 kph
7. A line through the origin passes B(2, 5). Find its equation. Ans: 5x 2y = 0
8. What is the square root of 6 x 75 x 8? Ans: 60
9. If y + z = 0, what is the value of (y
2
+ 2z)/yz? Ans: - 3
10. For what values of x is 9 x
2
greater than zero? Ans: - 3 <x < 3
11. Factor: 8a
6
b
3
. Ans: (2a
2
b)(4a
4
+ 2a
2
b + b
2
)
Average
1. Find the smallest integer such that 7 more than twice the number is greater than 100? Ans: 47
2. What is the equation of the line with 3 and 2 as the x and y intercepts respectively? Ans: 2x + 3y 6
= 0
3. What must be subtracted from 2(r s) + t to leave 2(r t)? Ans: 3t 2s
4. To an even number, I add thrice the next larger even number. If the result is 110, find the larger even
number? Ans: 28
5. If A(2, 3), B(6, 3) and C(6, 9) are the vertices of a triangle, what is its area? Ans: 12 sq. units
6. For what value of p is x = -1 a root of x
2
= 5x 2x
2
+ p? Ans: 8
Difficult
1. A man has P410 in a bag consisting of 5-peso and 10-peso coins. If there are 56 coins in all, how
many 10-peso coins are there? Ans: 26
2. If y = 125% of x, what percent of 8y is 5x? Ans: 50%
3. A quadrilateral has its vertices A(-4, 0), B(2, 0), C(4, 4) and D(0, 4). Find its area. Ans: 20 sq. units
4. If one root of x
2
5x + a is 3, find a and the other root. Ans: a = 6 and x = 2
5. Find the equation of the line through (-2, 3) perpendicular to 2y 3x = 7. Ans: 2x + 3y 5 = 0
6. Find the sum of the first 15 multiples of 7.
C.1.If 2x + 3y and 3x + 2y are consecutive terms of an AP, what is the common difference? Ans: x y
C.2. Find the negative root of 2x
2
4x 3 = 0. Ans:
2
10 2
C.3 Simplify:
25
24
3
2
12 + . Ans: 6
5
22
DOD1: Find the product of all even integers from 6 to 7 inclusive. Ans: zero
DOD2: Find x: x
4
29x
2
+ 100 = 0. Ans: 5 2 t t ,
2006 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge
Division Orals Second Year Category A
Easy
1. If 3
x 2
= 27, what is x? Ans: 5
2. If x
2
+ 5x 6 = 0, wha is x? Ans: x = 1, - 6
3. If r, s are two roots of 2x
2
+ 8x 9 = 0, what is rs(r + s)? Ans: 18
4. If 2/x = 1/20 + 1/10, what is the value of x? Ans: 40/3
5. Divide 56a
4
b
3
72a
3
b
5
by 8a
3
b
3
. Ans: 7a 9b
2
6. If 3 arithmetic means are inserted between 2 and 14, what is second mean to be inserted? Ans: 8
7. What is the geometric mean between and 1? Ans: 1
8. If y varies directly as x and y = 8 and x = 4, what is y when x = - 5? Ans: - 10
9. The sum of two integers is 5 and their difference is 11. What is the product of the two integers?
Ans: - 24
10. If x men can do a job in y days, how long will x 5 men do the same job at the same rate?
Ans: xy/(x 5)
11. The area of a rectangle is x
2
2x 15 cm
2
. If the length is x 3 cm, what is the width?
Ans: (x 5) cm
Average
1. Simplify 3p/(p q) + 3q/(q p). Ans: 3
2. If y varies jointly as x and the square of z and inversely as the cube of w, by what factor is y increased
if z is doubled, w is divided by 3 and k remains the same? Ans: 108
3. What is the value of the infinite series 3 + 1 + 1/3 + 1/9 + ? Ans: 9/2
4. A certain sum of money is enough for Carlos wages for 20 days or Beths wages for 30 days. How
long will it be enough for both of them? Ans: 12 days
5. For what values of x is
2
4 3
3
7 2
<
+ x x
? Ans: x > 26/5
6. Find the positive root of 2x
2
3x 4 = 0. Ans:
4
41 3 +
Difficult
1. 209 liters of water are poured into containers A, B and C. If B contains 50% more than A while C
contains 50% more than B, how many liters of water are in B? Ans: 66 L
2. Solve for x:
3 2
2
4
1
2 3
9
2

x x
x
. Ans: x = 2
3. A line parallel to 2x + 5y 8 = 0 contains the points (3, 7) and (a, 3). What is the value of a? Ans: 13
4. For what values of a can 2x
2
+ ax 4 be factored into two binomials with the integer coefficients?
Ans: a = t 7
5. How many terms are there in arithmetic sequence if the first term is 100, the last term is 14 and the
common difference is 2? Ans: n = 58
6. Simplify:
3
1
3
4
3
1
6 + . Ans:
3
3 7
2005 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge
Division Orals Second Year Category A
Easy
1. What is the value of x if (x, - 5) lies on 2x 3y + 3 = 0? Ans: x = - 9
2. Write the 2
nd
power of 3x
5
y
-6
with the positive exponents. Ans: 9x
10
/y
12
3. What is the 4
th
root of 81/256? Ans: 3/4
4. If x = -2 and y = 1/3, evaluate 3x
3
y
3
. Ans: - 8/9
5. A rectangle is 2x 3 cm long and x + 4 cm wide. What is its area? Ans: 2x
2
+ 5x 12 cm
2
6. What are the roots of x
2
3x 10? Ans: x = -2, 5
7. Simplify:
50 8 18 +
. Ans: 6
2
8. What is the product of the roots of 3x
2
8x + 22 = 0? Ans: 22/3
9. Find the value of 304
2
296
2
. Ans: 4800
10. What is eight term of the sequence, 1, 5, 9, 13, ? Ans: 29
11. For what positive integral values of x is 3x 7 < 5? Ans: 1, 2, 3
Average
1. In which quadrants is the solution set y < 2x and y > 4 x? Ans: Q I ans Q IV
2. If 7n/ 9 = 10, what is the value of 14n/3? Ans: 60
3. The length of a garden is double the width. It takes 72 m of fencing to enclose the garden. What is the
are of the garden? Ans: 288 m
2
4. For what values of x is (x + 1)/3 = (7x 1)/5? Ans: x = 1/2
5. Insert two arithmetic means between 4 and 13. Ans: 7 and 10
6. Find an equation of the line which passes Q(1, 3) and parallel to 2x 3y = 5. Ans: 2x 3y + 7 = 0
Difficult
1. If z varies directly as x and inversely y and z = 4 when x = 4 and y = 8, find z when x = 5 and y = 10.
Ans: z = 4
2. In the expansion of (2 + px)
3
, the numerical coefficients of the term containing x is 36. What is the
coefficient of the term containing x
2
? Ans: 54
3. If an = an 1 + (an 2)
2
, a1 = 2, a2 = 3, what is a5? Ans: 65
4. Factor completely: (2x 3)
2
2x + 3. Ans: 4(2x 3)(x 1)(x 2)
5. Find the value of (8
-1
+ 8
-2
)/(8
-2
+ 8
-3
). Ans: 8
6. Find a quadratic equation whose roots are 3 greater than those of the equation x
2
+ 4x 3 = 0.
Ans: x
2
2x 6 = 0
C.1. What is the y-intercept of the line 2y 3x 6 = 0? Ans: y = 3
C.2. If y = 3x 8 and {-4 < x < 4}, what is the range of y? Ans: - 20 < y < 4
C.3. For what values of x is |3(x 1) - 6 = 9? Ans: x = 6, - 4
DOD.

Solve for x:
4 1 10 3 + + x x x
. Ans: x = 5
2003 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge
Second Year Category B
Easy
1. If y = 7 3x and 6 < x < 7, what is the range of y? Ans: - 14 < y < 25
2. What is the square root of 6 x 75 x 8? Ans: 60
3. A cube has an edge of x + 3 cm. What is its total surface area? Ans: 6x
2
+ 36x + 54 cm
2
4. What is the slope of the line perpendicular to 5y + 6x 3 = 0? Ans: 5/6
5. Two cars 330 km apart met in 3 hours. If one travels at an average speed of 50 km/hr, find the average
speed of the other? Ans: 60 km/hr
6. A line through the origin passes through (-3, 5). What is its equation? Ans: 5x + 3y = 0
7. For what values of x will y =
x 3 5
have no real root? Ans: x > 5/3
8. If the operation * is defined by a*b = a
2
b, what is 3*5? Ans: 4
9. What is the value of (81/256)
3/4
? Ans: 27/64
10. For what values of x is the graph of y = 9 x
2
above the x-axis? Ans: - 3 < x < 3
11. What is the third term of the expansion (x + 2)
12
? Ans: 264x
10
Average
1. A line intersects at x-axis at (3, 0) and the y-axis at (0, 2). What is the equation of the line?
Ans: 2x + 3y 6 = 0
2. A man bicycles at 12 km/hr. How many minutes will he take to cover 4n/5 km? Ans: 4n
3. Solve for x: d
b
c x
a
b x

+
+
3 2
. Ans:
b a
ac b abd
2 3
2
+
+
4. Find the negative root of 2x
2
2x 7 = 0? Ans:
2
15 1
5. If the 1
st
term of an arithmetic sequence is 32 and the 6
th
term is 57, find the common difference. Ans: 5
6. z varies directly as x and inversely as the square of y. z = 7/2 when x = 14 and y =6, find the equation of
variation. Ans: z = 9x/y
2
Difficult
1. For what values of x is
0
2
2
3
>
x x ? Ans: - 4 < x < 0 or x > 2
2. Solve for x: 0 2
1
3
1
2
+
1
]
1

+
1
]
1

x
x
x
x
. Ans: x = 2
3. The perimeter of a rectangle is 42 cm and its area is 108 cm
2
. Find its dimension.
Ans: w = 9 cm, l = 12 cm
4. If x =
1 2 3 +
, find the value of
1
2
2

x
x x
. Ans:
6
2 17
5. What is the middle of the 5 geometric means that can be placed between 2 and 54? Ans:
3 6
6. Simplify and write the answer with positive exponents.
( )

,
_

,
_

1 1
2 2 2 2
3 2
9 4
y x
b a
b a
y x
Ans:
xy b a
) b a )( y x (
2 2
2 3 +
2004 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge
Regional Finals Second Year Category B
Easy
1. Write in symbols: Divide 5 times the product of the cube of x and the square of y by the difference of x and
y. Ans:
y x
y x

2 3
5
2. If x = - 3 and y = what is (xy)
-2xy
? Ans: - 27/8
3. What is the slope of a line perpendicular to 5y + 3x 5 = 0? Ans: 5/3
4. What is the equation of the line through (2, 0) and with a slope of 3? Ans: 3x y 6 = 0?
5. Translate into symbols: Thrice the abscissa of a point increased by twice the ordinate is not less than 10.
Ans: 3x + 2y > 10
6. If y = 9 2x, for what positive integral values of x is y positive? Ans: 1, 2, 3, 4
7. Y is a point on the segment joining A(5, 4) and B(15, 9). If AY:YB = 2:3, find the coordinates of Y.
Ans: (9, 6)
8. When a positive integer x is divided by y, the quotient is u and the remainder is y. What is the remainder
when x + 2uy is divied by y? Ans: y
9. For what values of x is |9 4x|= 5? Ans: 1, 7/2
10. What is the y-intercept of 5x + 3y 9 = 0? Ans: 9/5
Average
1. The three numbers are in the ratio 2:5:7. If the smallest is 2x + 5, what is the sum of the three numbers?
Ans: 14x + 35
2. Kate is twice as old as Rose. Eight years ago, she was ten times as old as Rose was. How old is Kate
today? Ans: 18 years
3. If 18 x 18 x 18 = 3 x 3 x p, what is p? Ans: 648
4. The average of x numbers is (a 2) and the average of y numbers is b. What is the average of all the
numbers? Ans:
y x
by x ax
+
+ 2
5. Multiply:
3
2
4 8 x x
Ans: 4x
6
2x
6. Remove negative exponents and simplify : (x + y)
-2
(x
-2
y
-2
) . Ans:
) y x ( y x
x y
+

2 2
Difficult
1. A car went up a hill at a speed of 30 kph and down the same distance at a speed of 60 kph. What was the
average speed for the round trip? Ans: 40 kph
2. If x men working x hours a day for each of x days produce x articles how many articles, not necessarily an
integer, will y men working at the same rate for y hours fro each of y days produce? Ans: y
3
/x
2
3. Find 6 consecutive odd integers whose sum is 12. Ans: -3, -1, 0, 1, 3, 5, 7
4. A rectangular pool is 50% longer than it is wide. It is surrounded by a path 1 m wide. If the area of the path is
44 m
2
, find the area of the pool. Ans: 96 m
2
5. R varies directly as s and inversely as T. When R = 4/3, T = 9/14 and s = 3/7. Find s when R =
48
and T
=
75
. Ans: 30
6. Find a quadratic equation with integral coefficients whose roots are
3
3 2 t
. Ans: 9x
2
12x + 1 = 0