2015 Grade 9 MTAP Sectoral Level

Easy

1.) If , find .

2.) In a cube with sides of length 1 cm, one vertex is denoted by A. What
is the sum of the distances from A to each of the other vertices of the
cube?

3.) Find two positive numbers in the ratio 7:12 so that the bigger number
exceeds the smaller by 10.

4.) Benigno buys four new tires and a new spare tire for his car. He rotates
his tires so that after driving 10 000 km, every tire has been used for the
same number of kilometers. For how many kilometers was each tire used?

5.) The longest side of a triangle measures 12 cm, and the altitude to this
side is 4 cm. What is the length of the shortest side if the altitude to this
side measures 8 cm?

6.) A quadratic function satisfies and . Determine all

the zeros of

7.) Find the sum of the reciprocals of two numbers, given that the sum of
the two numbers is 18 and their product is 6.

8.) On square ABCD, one side measures 1 cm, E is the midpoint of AB

and F is the point of intersection of CE and the diagonal BD. How long is
FB?

9.) Determine the quadratic function that satisfies

and .

10.) If and are positive numbers such that , find .

11.) A triangle with sides in the ratio 3:4:5 is inscribed in a circle of radius
5 cm. Find the area of the triangle.

Average

1.) Find a number that makes equal to .

2.) An MRT train 0.2 km long travels at a steady speed of 24 kph. It enters
a tunnel 1 km long at exactly 3:00. PM. At what time will the tail-end of
the train come out of the tunnel?

3.) A rectangle is formed by placing three congruent rectangles as shown

in this diagram. What is the area of the larger rectangle, if the shorter side
of the small rectangle measures 2 cm?

4.) If = , what are the zeros of ?

5.) Three identical equilateral corners of an equilateral triangle with side

of length 1 cm is to be cut off to reduce the area by one-half. how long
should be the side of the cut-off corners?

6.) A rectangle has a diagonal of length cm and area 8 sq. cm. What is
the perimeter of the rectangle?

Difficult

1.) Solve for a number x satisfying

2.) The sides of an isosceles triangle measure 5x + 3, 3x + 7 and 2x + 15,

where x is some number. What is the largest possible perimeter of the
triangle?
3.) For what value (x) of a will the quadratic equations
and have a common real solution?

4.) On his way from a vacation, a man figured that he will be home by
11:00 PM if he drives at 60 kph. If he drives at 40 kph he will be home by
1:00 AM. How fast must he drive if he wants to be home by 12:00
midnight?

5.) The area of rectangle ABCD is 24 sq. cm and E is the midpoint of CD,
F is the point of intersection of the diagonal AC and segment BE. Find the
area of triangle EFC.

6.) The diagonal of a regular pentagon divides an interior angle into 2

angles. Find the measure of the smaller angle.

Clincher

1.) The sum of the zeros, the product of the zeros, and the sum of the
coefficients of the function are all equal. What is their
common value?

2.) Determine all values of x and y which make xy, x/y and x – y equal to
each other.

3.) A point O lies inside equilateral triangle ABC so that .

Find the measure of .

Do or Die

1.) How many non-congruent right triangles have sides of integer lengths
and have areas numerically equal to three times their perimeters?

Answers

Easy
1.) 3/5
2.) cm
3.) 14, 24
4.) 8000
5.) 6 cm
6.) 2 and 15
7.) 3
8.) cm
9.) #
10.) 3
11.) 24 sq. cm

Average

1.) -42
2.) 3:03 PM
3.) 24 sq. cm
4.) x = -2, x = 3
5.)
6.) 12 cm

Difficult
1.) x = 2
2.) 105
3.) a = -3
4.) 48 kph
5.) 2 sq. cm
6.) 36°

Clincher
1.) a
2.) x = -1/2, y = -1
3.) 150°

Do or Die
1.) 6