MTAP 2014 A

1. In the proportion x : 12 = 18 : x2, what is x?

2. If x = 2 and y = -3, find the value of xy2 + x2y.
3. Simplify (x+1) (2x-3) – x(4-x).
4. Perform the indicated operations (2x+1) (2x4 –x3- 8x2 +8x -8) ÷ (2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 2).
5. Simplify : (𝑥 + 2)(2𝑥 − 1) + 2𝑥(2 − 𝑥) − 2(4𝑥 + 1).
6. Twelve less than three times a number is 3x, what is a number?
7. The sum of two numbers is 6𝑥 + 9𝑦. If one number is twice the other, what is their
product?
8. Solve for x in the equation (2𝑥 − 1) + 2(2𝑥 − 1) + 3(2𝑥 − 1) + 4(2𝑥 − 1) + 5(2𝑥 − 1) =
75.
9. In Item No 8, what is the largest integral value of x if “=” is replaced by “<”?
10. Factor 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 3 − 𝑦 2 − 𝑥𝑦 2
(𝑥−1)(𝑥+2)(2𝑥+3)+𝑥+6
11. Simplify the expression 𝑥2

12. If 5𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 − 4 < 𝑥 ≤ 4, find the range of values of y.

13. Solve the system : 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2𝑦 = 𝑥 + 7.
14. Solve for x in the equation |1-x| = 2x - 3.
15. Solve for x in the inequality 2 < |3 − 2𝑥| ≤ 3
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16. Simplify 20132
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17. If 2𝑥 2 + 2 = 7𝑥, what is 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 2
𝑥 3 +6𝑥 2 +13𝑥+10
18. If 𝑥 = √5 − 2, find the value of 𝑥 3 +6𝑥 2 +9𝑥+2

19. What is the area of a rectangle whose sides are twice as long as the sides of a smaller
rectangle whose area is 17 cm2?
20. The legs of a right triangle are (3x-2) cm and 2x cm long. If x=3, how long is its
hypotenuse?
21. Chris walked x km at a constant rate of ( y m/hr). How many minutes did he walk?
22. If the length of the rectangle is (2x+4) cm and its area is (2x2 -8) cm2, how much longer is
its length than its width?
23. In 2005, Cora was three times as old as her son Jason. Four years back then, she was four
times as old as Jason. In what year was Jason born?
24. The area of a trapezoid is 52 cm2. If its bases are 8 cm apart, find the sum of their lengths.
25. The base angles of an isosceles triangle are (50-x)° and (30x-12)°. What is the vertex
angle?
26. The sum of two numbers is 88. If one number is divided by the other, the quotient and the
remainder are 5 and 10 respectively. What is the product of the numbers?
27. What is the area of the circle inscribed inside an equilateral triangle whose area is
4√3 cm2?
28. Marlu starts walking along a road at 3 km/hr. Two hours later, from where Marlu started,
Lulu starts in the same direction at 4.5 km/hr. How far from the starting point will Lulu
overtake Marlu?
29. Find the fraction such that if 2 is subtracted from both its numerator and denominator, it is
equivalent to 1/4 but if 4 is added to both of them, it is equivalent to ½.
30. The sum of all the lengths of all edges of a rectangular box is 140 dm, and the distance from
one corner of the box to the farthest corner is 21 dm. What is the total surface area of the
box?
31. The lengths of all the sides of a triangle are 11 cm, 15 cm and k cm, where k is an integer.
For how many values of k is the triangle acute?
32. Simplify 1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + ⋯ + 49 − 50 + 49 − 48 + 47 − 46 + ⋯ + 1
1 1
33. Simplify (2 − 1) − (3 − 1).
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34. Between what two consecutive integers does √−100 lie?
1 1
35. What is the median of the following numbers: -3.1, -3 3 , 3.1, 3 2 , −𝜋 𝑎𝑛𝑑 3.25?

36. Let U = {1,2,3… 12} be the universal set and A = {10, 11, 12}, B= {1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11} and C =
{4, 5, … 11}. What is A ∩ 𝐵 ∩ 𝐶?
37. With the same sets given in Item 34, what is AC ∩ BC?
38. With the same sets given in Item 34, how many elements does (A ∪ 𝐵 𝐶 ) ∩ 𝐶 𝐶 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒?
39. With the same sets given in Item 34, how many elements does (A x B) x C have?
40. Simplify 20142 – 20132.
41. If the sum of two consecutive angles of a regular polygon is 312°, how many sides does it
have?
42. Let f be a linear function such that f(2) = 17 and f(-1/3) = 3. What is f (1)?
43. What is the area of the region of solutions of the system : 𝑥 + 𝑦 ≤ 1, 𝑦 + 2 ≥ 2𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 ≥ 0?
44. Albert Einstein was born on 24 March 1879. Which day of the week was he born?
45. Solve for x in the equation |3-2x| =3
46. Solve for x in the inequality |3-2x|>2.
MTAP 2014 B

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1. Simplify: 51 ∙ 502 −1 ∙ ∙ … ∙ 32 −1 ∙ 22 −1
492 −1

2. Simplify: (1/2 – 1 ) + (1/3 – 1).

3. In the proportion: x : 24 = 9 : 𝑥 2 , 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑥?
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4. Between what two consecutive integers does √−65 lie?
5. What is the area of a rectangle whose sides are thrice as long as the sides of a
smaller rectangle whose area is 20 cm2?
10 1 1
6. What is the median of the following numbers: , -3 3 , 3.2, 3 2 , −𝜋 𝑎𝑛𝑑 3.25?
3

7. Let U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5 … 10}. Let A be the set of all positive even integers less than 10,
B the set of all prime numbers less than 10, and C the set of all one-digit numbers
that are not multiples of 3. What is A ∩ 𝐵 ∩ 𝐶?
8. With the same sets given in Item 7, what is AC ∩ BC?
9. With the same sets given in Item 7, how many elements does (A ∪ 𝐵 𝐶 ) ∩ 𝐶 𝐶 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒?
10. With the same sets given in Item 7, how many elements does (A x B) x C have?
11. If 𝑥 = 2 and 𝑦 = 3, find the value of 𝑥 2 𝑦 3 − 𝑥 3 𝑦.
𝑥 −1 − 𝑦 −1
12. Simplify : 𝑥 −4 − 𝑦−4

13. What is the difference when 3𝑎 + 𝑏 − 𝑐 is subtracted from the sum of 2𝑎 − 𝑏 +

6𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 4𝑎 + 4𝑏 − 𝑐?
14. Simplify: (𝑥 − 2) (2𝑥 + 1) − 𝑥 (3𝑥 − 4).
15. Twenty less than four times a number is 5𝑥, what is the number?
16. Simplify 20192 – 20182.
17. The legs of a right triangle are (2𝑥 − 3) 𝑐𝑚 and 𝑥 − 1 𝑐𝑚 long. If x = 5, how long is
its hypotenuse?
18. The sum of two numbers is 8𝑥 + 12𝑦. If one number is thrice the other, what is
their product?
19. Chris walked x km at a constant rate of ( y m/hr). How many minutes did he walk?
20. If the length of a rectangle is (3𝑥 + 9) cm and its area is (3𝑥 2 − 27) 𝑐𝑚2 , how much
longer is its length than its width?
21. Solve for x in the equation (𝑥 + 1) + 2(𝑥 + 1) + 3(𝑥 + 1) + ⋯ + 12(𝑥 + 1) = 390
22. In Item No 21, what is the largest integral value of x if “=” is replaced by “<”?
23. Solve for x in the equation |9-2x| =3
24. Solve for x in the inequality |x+2|≤4.
25. In 2020, Father is four times as old as his son. Five years ago, he was five times as
old as his son. In what year was his son born?
26. If the sum of two consecutive angles of a regular polygon is 312°, how many sides
does it have?
27. The area of a trapezoid is 63 𝑐𝑚2 . If its bases are 12 cm apart, find the sum of their
lengths.
28. The base angles of an isosceles triangle are (5𝑥 + 2𝑦)° 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (6𝑥)°. If the vertex
angle is 36°, find the measure of the base angles.
29. What is the area of the circle inscribed inside an equilateral triangle whose area is
2√3 cm?
30. Factor 4𝑝2 − 9𝑏 2 + 6𝑏𝑐 − 𝑐 2
1 1 1
31. Simplify (𝑥 + 𝑦)(𝑥+𝑦)(𝑥 2 𝑦 2 ).

32. If 𝑦 = 2𝑥 and −3 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2, what is the range of y?

33. Solve the system: 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 7 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2𝑦 = −6𝑥 + 16.
34. The sum of two numbers is 2016. If the larger number is divided by the smaller, the
quotient is 16 and the remainder is 44. What is the product of the two numbers?
35. The sum of two numbers is 71. If the larger number is divided by the smaller, the
quotient is 2 and the remainder is 17. What is the product of the two numbers?
36. Marlu starts walking along a road at 5 km/hr. Three hours later, from where Marlu
started, Lulu starts in the same direction at 7.5 km/hr. How far from the starting
point will Lulu overtake Marlu?
37. Find the fraction such that if 2 is subtracted from both its numerator and
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denominator, it is equivalent to 2, but if 4 is added to both of them, it is equivalent to
7
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38. If the area of the square is 9𝑥 2 − 12𝑥 + 4 cm2, find its perimeter.
39. What is the area of the region bounded by the solutions to the system 𝑦 ≤ 3𝑥 +
4, 𝑦 ≥ −𝑥 − 4 and 𝑥 ≤ 1 ?
40. Let 𝑓 be the linear function such that 𝑓(0) = 4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓(1) = 2. What is 𝑓(𝑥)?
41. Solve for x in the equation |3x+1|= x – 5.
42. Factor completely : 2𝑥 3 − 16.
43. What is the greatest common factor of 27𝑥 4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 36𝑥 7 ?
44. Solve for x in the inequality 2 ≤ |𝑥 − 3| < 5.
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45. Simplify 20192

46. The sum of all the lengths of all edges of a rectangular box is 80 dm, and the
distance from one corner of the box to the farthest corner is 15 dm. What is the
total surface area of the box?
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47. If 2𝑥 2 + 2 = 7𝑥, what is 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 −3 ? Note: 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 −3 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 3 .

48. The lengths of all the sides of a triangle are 12 cm, 16 cm and k cm, where k is an
integer. For how many values of k is the triangle acute?
2𝑥 2 −4𝑥+8
49. If 𝑥 = 1 + √3, find the value of 3𝑥 2 −6𝑥+10

50. If the sum of the squares of two positive integers is 32 and their product is 9, what
is the sum of the two integers?
51. If 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 5√3 and 𝑥𝑦 = 18, what is 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 ?
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52. What day will be on February 20, 2053?
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53. Calculate: 51 ∙ 502 −1 ∙ ∙ … ∙ 32 −1 ∙ 22 −1
492 −1

54. The numerator and denominator of a certain fraction are in the ratio 3:4. If the
numerator is decreased by 1 and the denominator is increased by 2, the resulting
fraction reduces to 2/3. Find the original fraction.
55. A man started walking at a constant rate of 50 meters per minute. After 30 minutes,
from the same point where the first man started, another man started jogging at a
constant rate of 120 meters per minute. After 20 minutes more, who is ahead? By
how many meters?
56. Find the length of a rectangle with an area of 112 cm2, if the length is 6 cm longer
than the width.
57. Two times the father’s age is 8 more than six times his son’s age. Ten years ago, the
sum of their ages was 44. The age of the son is?
58. The length of a rectangle is twice as long as its width. If the length is 8 cm, what is
the perimeter of the rectangle?
59. In an isosceles right triangle, the length of each leg is 2 cm. What is the length of the
altitude to the hypotenuse of the triangle?
√5−2 √5+2 1 1
60. If A = and B= , find 𝐴 + 𝐵.
3 3

61. A triangle has sides 2 and 8. What is the range of values of the third side?
62. A rectangle has a base 2𝑥 − 3 and height 3𝑥 − 2. Find its area.
63. If r and s are roots of 𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 + 6 = 0, find 𝑟 2 + 3𝑟𝑠 + 𝑠 2 .
64. Find the largest integer n so that 1+2+3+…+n < 190.
2014 PARALLEL
Answer Key 35. [−6 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 4]
1. Answer 3 and 6 36. [xy]
2. −6 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2 37. (2p+3b-c) (2p-3b-c)
3. 𝑇ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦 38. 1
4. 18 square units 39. 0
5. F(x) = -2x +4 40. 5√2
6. 15 41. 3a +2b +6c
7. 4037 42. 2(x-2)(x2+2x+4)
8. 2 43. 9x4
9. Jk 44. 6<x<10
10. Ahka 45. 6x2-13x+4 *
11. Nak 46. 39
12. 3.225 47. 70
13. -4 and -5 48. 12x +8 *
(𝑥𝑦)3 49. 18
14. Answer: (𝑥+𝑦)(𝑥 2 +𝑦 2
50. 27 km
15. 100
51. 42
16. 8
17. 175
18. 21/28
19. Answer: First man by 100
meters
20. Answer: 4𝜋
21. Answer: 1900
22. 72°
23. Answer: [ 14 cm ]
24. [15]
25. [24 cm]
26. 60000 x/y
27. [√2 𝑐𝑚]
28. [4x+4]
29. ¾
30. 259/8
31. 4043
32. −2 < 𝑥 ≤ 1 or 5 ≤ 𝑥 < 8
33. -2 and 4/3
34. [6√5]