Group Activity

Warm-up Exercises

1 1− x f ( x + h) − f ( x )
1. If f ( x) = and g ( x) = , find (a) f ( g ( x)) and (b) .
x +1 x h
x 2 − x3 f ( − 2)
2. If f ( x) = and g ( x) = 4 − x , find (a) and (b) g ( g (4 x − x 2 )) .
x+5 2 g (0)

3. If f ( x) = x + 2 and g ( x) = x 2 , for what value(s) of x is f ( g ( x )) = g ( f ( x)) ?

kx + 2
4. If f ( x) = , find k if (−2,1) is an ordered pair of f (x) .
x2 + k
5. (COMC 2006) If f ( 2 x + 1) = ( x − 12)( x + 13) , what is f (31) ?

Mind Stretching Exercises

6. (AMC 1980) If f (1) = 5 and f ( x + 1) = 2 f ( x) , then what is the value of f (7) ?

7. (USC 1990) For all real numbers x, the function f (x ) satisfies

2 f ( x) + f (1 − x) = x 2 . Find f (5) .

8. (PMO 2008) Let f : R → R be a function such that f ( a + b) = f (a ) + f (b) and

that
f ( 2008) = 3012 . What is f ( 2009) ?

9. (PMO 2008) Let f be a function such that f ( 2 − 3 x) = 4 − x . Find the value of

12

∑ f (i) .
i =1

10. (UG 2005) Let f (n) = n 3 and define the function g (n) by the formula
g (n) = f (n + 1) − f (n) .
What is the average of the ten numbers g (0) , g (1) , … , g (9) ?

Honors’ Problem (Optional)

Let f ( x) = (a − 2) x 2 + (b + 3) x + c and f (0) = f (1) = f (2) = 1 . What is the numerical

value of
a +b+c ?
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Philippine Mathematical Olympiad 2008
Australian Mathematics Competition 1980
Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge 2006
University of Georgia High School Math Tournament 2005
University of South Carolina High School Math Contest 1990