MTAP GRADE 9

PRIORITY
1. Solve for x in 9x2 – 10 = 6.
4 4
Answer: x = or x = −
3 3
2. Suppose that x, y and z are positive integers such that xy = 6, xz = 10 and yz = 15. What is the value
of xyz?
Answer: 30
3. The longer base of a trapezoid measures 10 cm and the line segment joining the midpoint of the diagonals
measures 3 cm. What is the length of the shorter base?
Answer: 4 cm
4. In parallelogram LMNO, LM = (2x + 10) ⁰, LN = (5x – 5) ⁰. Find x.
Answer: x = 25
5. A class has 20 girls and 30 boys. Half of the girls and a third of the boys wear eyeglass. If a student is
picked at random from this class. What is the probability of this student wearing eyeglasses?
2
Answer: or 0.4 or 40%
5

GAINERS:
1. Let r and s be the solutions of x^2 - 3x + 1 = 0. What is the value of (r + 1) (s + 1)?
Answer: 5
2. Solve the inequality x2 + 2x – 15 ≥ 0 for x.
3
Answer:
5
3. In parallelogram ABCD, AB = 8, BC = 5, CD = 7x – 2y, and AD = x + y. Find x.
Answer: x = 2
5
4. In ∆ABC, LC = 90⁰ and sin A = 13. Find sinB.
12
Answer: 13
5. The diagonals of the rhombus PRAY intersect at G. if AG=3n, PG = 6, RG= 3m – 2n, and YG = m + 2n,
find the length (in units) of the shorter diagonal.
Answer: 12

QUIZZERS
1. Solve for in .
Answer: x = 36
2. In a right-angled triangle the length of one of the sides containing the right angle is greater than twice the
length of the other by 4 cm. The area of the triangle is 80 sq. cm. Find the length of the sides containing
the right angle.
Answer: 20 cm, 8 cm
3. Solve for x in the equation .
Answer: 2
4. An angle in a quadrilateral has measure 45⁰, while the others have degree measures in the ratio 5:7:9. Find
the measure of the largest angle.
Answer: 135⁰
5. A ladder is learning against a vertical wall which is 5 m high. The top of the ladder slides all the way down
the wall so that the bottom of the ladder slides 1 meter away from its original position. How long is the
ladder?
Answer: 13 m
 MTAP GRADE 9

PRIORITY
1. Solve for x in 9x2 – 10 = 6.
2. Suppose that x, y and z are positive integers such that xy = 6, xz = 10 and yz = 15. What is the value
of xyz?
3. The longer base of a trapezoid measures 10 cm and the line segment joining the midpoint of the diagonals
measures 3 cm. What is the length of the shorter base?
4. In parallelogram LMNO, LM = (2x + 10) ⁰, LN = (5x – 5) ⁰. Find x.
5. A class has 20 girls and 30 boys. Half of the girls and a third of the boys wear eyeglass. If a student is
picked at random from this class. What is the probability of this student wearing eyeglasses?

GAINERS:
1. Let r and s be the solutions of x^2 - 3x + 1 = 0. What is the value of (r + 1) (s + 1)?
2. Solve the inequality x2 + 2x – 15 ≥ 0 for x.
3. In parallelogram ABCD, AB = 8, BC = 5, CD = 7x – 2y, and AD = x + y. Find x.
5
4. In ∆ABC, LC = 90⁰ and sin A = 13. Find sinB.
5. The diagonals of the rhombus PRAY intersect at G. if AG=3n, PG = 6, RG= 3m – 2n, and YG = m + 2n,
find the length (in units) of the shorter diagonal.

QUIZZERS
1. Solve for in .
2. In a right-angled triangle the length of one of the sides containing the right angle is greater than twice the
length of the other by 4 cm. The area of the triangle is 80 sq. cm. Find the length of the sides containing
the right angle.
3. Solve for x in the equation .
4. An angle in a quadrilateral has measure 45⁰, while the others have degree measures in the ratio 5:7:9. Find
the measure of the largest angle.
5. A ladder is learning against a vertical wall which is 5 m high. The top of the ladder slides all the way down
the wall so that the bottom of the ladder slides 1 meter away from its original position. How long is the
ladder?