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 2x2 + 7x 15 = 0? Ans: -5, 5/2
4. Divide 2.7 x 102 by 3 x 10. Ans: 9
5. What is the cube root of 343/512? Ans: 7/8
6. Simplify:

12 x

50 . Ans: 10

7. If an = 3(-2)n 5, what is a5? Ans: - 101

8. Divide 45x3y7/2 by 15x-2y3/2. Ans: 3x5y2
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: x2 + 3x 10 = 0
11. If 3x2 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:

1
5
5

. Ans: x = - 8/5
x 3x 12

Difficult
1. For what values of x is

2 x 2 7 x 15 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:

1
2

x 2x 3

3( x 2)
2

x x6

Ans:

3x 4
( x 3)( x 1)

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 3552 3452? Ans: 7000

C.2. Divide 6 x7 / 3 y 3 / 2

by 3x2 y5 / 2 . Ans:

72 x9

y7
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 x2 + 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 (y2 + 2z)/yz? Ans: - 3
10. For what values of x is 9 x2 greater than zero? Ans: - 3 <x < 3
11. Factor: 8a6 b3. Ans: (2a2 b)(4a4 + 2a2b + b2)
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 x2 = 5x 2x2 + 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 x2 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 2x2 4x 3 = 0. Ans:
C.3 Simplify: 12

22
24
. Ans:
5
25

2 10
2

DOD1: Find the product of all even integers from 6 to 7 inclusive. Ans: zero
DOD2: Find x: x4 29x2 + 100 = 0. Ans: 2,5

2006 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge

Division Orals Second Year Category A

Easy
1. If 3x 2 = 27, what is x?

Ans: 5

2. If x2 + 5x 6 = 0, wha is x?

Ans: x = 1, - 6

3. If r, s are two roots of 2x2 + 8x 9 = 0, what is rs(r + s)?

4. If 2/x = 1/20 + 1/10, what is the value of x?
5. Divide 56a4b3 72a3b5 by 8a3b3.

Ans: 18

Ans: 40/3

Ans: 7a 9b2

6. If 3 arithmetic means are inserted between 2 and 14, what is second mean to be inserted?
7. What is the geometric mean between and 1?

Ans: 8

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 x2 2x 15 cm2. 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 x 7 3x 4

?
3
2

6. Find the positive root of 2x2 3x 4 = 0.

Ans: x > 26/5

Ans:

41
4

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:

9
2

3x 2

1
2

.
x 4 2x 3

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 2x2 + ax 4 be factored into two binomials with the integer coefficients?
Ans: a = 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: 6

4
1

.
3
3

Ans:

7 3
3

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 2nd power of 3x5y-6 with the positive exponents. Ans: 9x10/y12
3. What is the 4th root of 81/256?

Ans: 3/4

4. If x = -2 and y = 1/3, evaluate 3x3y3. 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 cm2
6. What are the roots of x2 3x 10?
7. Simplify:

18

Ans: x = -2, 5

50 . Ans: 6

8. What is the product of the roots of 3x2 8x + 22 = 0? Ans: 22/3

9. Find the value of 3042 2962. 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 m2
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 x2? 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: x2 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:

3x 10

x1

x 4 . 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 cm2
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 =

5 3x have no real root? Ans: x > 5/3

8. If the operation * is defined by a*b = a2 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 x2 above the x-axis? Ans: - 3 < x < 3
11. What is the third term of the expansion (x + 2)12? Ans: 264x10
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:

2
2 x b 3x c

d . Ans: abd b ac
a
b
3a 2b

4. Find the negative root of 2x2 2x 7 = 0?

Ans:

15
2

5. If the 1st 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/y2
Difficult

3
2
0
1. For what values of x is x 2 x
? Ans: - 4 < x < 0 or x > 2
x
2. Solve for x:

x 1

x
3
2 0.
x 1

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 = 3 2 1 , find the value of

x2 2 x
.
x1

Ans:

17 2
6

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

4 x 2 9 y 2

a b

a 2 b 2
2x1 3y1

Ans:

(3x 2 y)(a b)
a2b2 xy

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
5x3 y2
and y. Ans:
x y
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
ax 2 x by
numbers? Ans:
x y
5. Multiply:

8x

4 x2

Ans: 4x 6 2x

6. Remove negative exponents and simplify : (x + y) -2(x-2 y-2) .

Ans:

y x
2 2

x y ( x y)

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/x2
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 m2, find the area of the pool. Ans: 96 m2
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 =
T = 75 . Ans: 30
6. Find a quadratic equation with integral coefficients whose roots are

48 and

2 3
. Ans: 9x2 12x + 1 = 0
3