MMC 2019 Grade 10 National Individual Orals 1

Easy
E1 If f (x) = 3 − 2x − x 3 , what is f (−2)? [15]
E2 Question not posted online.
E3 What is the area of the circle with equation x 2 + y 2 − 2x = 4? [5 units2 ]
E4 When a polynomial is divided by x + 2, the quotient is x − 3 and the remainder is −2. What is the
polynomial? [x 2 − x − 8]
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E5 What is the slope of the line tangent to the circle x 2 + y 2 = 10 at the point (−1, −3)? [− ]
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√ √ √
E6 If 2x − 2 = 10, what is x + 1? [2 13]
E7 What is the radius of the circle inscribed in a 3-4-5 triangle? [1 unit]
E8 If 1 + 2 + 3 + ⋯ + n = 78, what is n? [12]
E9 From 12 noon to 3:40 pm, how many degrees does the tip of the hour hand travel? [110○ ]
E10 What is the probability that three randomly chosen people were born on three different days of the
30
week? [ ]
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Average
A1 Find an equation of the perpendicular bisector of the segment joining the points (4, 3) and (1, −2).
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[y = − x + 2]
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A2 If x 2 + y 2 + 25 = 2(4y − 3x), what is x − y? [−7]
A3 The highest point of a parabola has coordinates (−1, 4). If it passes through the point (−3, −4), find√the
x-intercepts of the parabola. [−1 ± 2]
A4 Of ten fifty-peso bills, three are counterfeit. Six bills are chosen at random. What is the probability that
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all counterfeit bills are chosen? [ ]
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√ √ √
A5 Solve for x in the inequality ∣ x + 5∣ < 4. [[0, 21 − 8 5)]
Difficult
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D1 Two positive numbers differ by 6, and their reciprocals differ by . What are the numbers?
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[12, 18]
D2 The zeros of the polynomial P(x) = x 3 + bx 2 + cx + d are three times those of Q(x) = x 3 − 4x 2 + 2x − 5.
Find b, c, and d. [(b, c, d) = (−12, 18, −135)]
D3 In △ABC, AB = 4 cm, BC = 6 cm, and AC = 8 cm. Let D be a point on AC so that BD = AB. Find
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AD. [ cm]
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D4 In how many ways can the letters of the word DIV ISIBLE be arranged without having 2 I’s next to
each other? [25 200]