Barotac Nuevo National Comprehensive High School

2019 Math Challenge • Grade 10

............... Name: Section: Score:

................Instruction: Write your answer on the space before each item. Give all fractions and ratios in lowest terms and all
.expressions in expanded form. Figures are not drawn to scale. ....................................................................

450
1. Simplify: −1
832
2. Find x + y + z, if x is 25% of 40, 10 is 25% of y and 10 is z% of 40.
3. If the points (−2, −3), (3, 5) and (13, p) are collinear, find the value of p.
4. Suppose that P (x) is a linear polynomial with P (6) − P (2) = 12. What is P (12) − P (2)?
4
5. Find the domain of f (x) = in interval notation.
|x| − x
s r s r
3 1 3 1
6. Express − − + in simplest form.
4 2 4 2
7. Find the numerical value of log49 7 − log8 64.
1 1
8. Simplify: +
1 + xa−b 1 + xb−a
r r
x y 10
9. If + = and x + y = 10, find the value of xy.
y x 3
10. Find the equation of the line, in slope-intercept form, whose y-intercept is twice its x-intercept and is
three times its slope.

11. The line ` with equation y = mx + n passes through the point (1, 1) and is perpendicular to x + 3y = 1.
Find the value of n.
12. A parabola y = ax2 + bx + c has vertex (4, 3) . If (3, 0) is on the parabola, find a.
13. Write 20193 − 20043 − 153 /(2019 · 2004 · 15) as an integer or reduced fraction.

14. Find the remainder when x100 − 2x99 + 4 is divided by x2 − 3x + 2.

19! − 18!
15. What is the value of ?
17!
16. Find all values of m such that the slope of the line through the points (m, 4) and (1, 3 − 2m) is less than
5.
1
17. What is the value of the continued fraction 2 + 1 assuming convergence?
2+ 1
2+ 2+···

1
18. Given that x2 − x + 1 = 0, find the value of x3 + .
x3
19. ∠D is the supplement of ∠E and ∠F is the complement of ∠E. What is the measure of ∠E if twice the
measure of ∠F is 40◦ less than the measure of ∠D?

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.................Figure 1 ......................................... Figure 2 .......................................... Figure 3
20. In figure 1, ∠AF G = ∠AGF and ∠A = 20◦ . Find ∠B + ∠D.

21. In figure 2, AB k DE, AC k BD and BE⊥DE. Find m∠A.

22. Seven circles of radius 1 are packed together inside a larger circle in figure 3. What is the area, in terms
of π, of the shaded region?

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23. If log8 p = 2.5 and log2 q = 5, express p in terms of q.
√
24. Simplify: 22 + 211 + 218
25. If f (x − 1) = 1 + x2 , what is f (x)?
x
26. What is the range of the function y = ?
|x|
x+1
27. If f (x) = , what is the value of f (f (f (f (3/5 ))))?
x−1
28. Find the center and radius of the circle with equation x2 = 1 − y 2 − 4y.

ax + 2by = 4
29. For what values of a and b does the system of linear equations have the solution x = 1
bx + 2ay = 1
and y = −1?
     
1 1 1 1
30. Express the product 1 − 2 1− 2 1 − 2 · · · 1 − 2 as a fraction a/b, where a and b are
2 3 4 21
relatively prime positive integers.
0.2
31. Simplify in the form a/b, where a and b are positive integers with gcd (a, b) = 1.
0.36
32. Write, in interval notation, the solution to the inequality |x + 1| < |x − 3| .
33. The sides of a right triangle have lengths x − y, x and x + y where x > y > 0. Find the ratio of x to y.
34. Hexagon ABCDEF is regular with side AB = 10. Find AC.
35. Quadrilateral EF GH is inscribed in a circle. If m∠E = 4x + 40, m∠G = 5x + 5 and m∠H = 3x + 10,
what is m∠F ?

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.................Figure 4 ...................................... Figure 5 .................................... Figure 6
36. Find the measure of ∠ADC in figure 4.
37. Find ∠1, in figure 5, given that ∠2 = 60◦ , ∠5 = 80◦ and the sum of the measure of angles 3 and 4 is 80◦ .
38. In figure 6, quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle. Lines AB and CD intersect at P while lines
AD and BC intersect at Q. If ∠AP D = 40◦ and ∠ADC = 85◦ , what is ∠AQB?
39. In 4ABC, ∠C = 3∠B = 2 (∠A + ∠B) .What is the measure, in degrees, of the smallest angle in the
triangle?
40. If θ is acute angle with tan θ = 3/4, what is sin θ?
41. If sin θ is negative and cot θ is positive, which quadrant does θ lie in?
42. In triangle ABC, sin A/sin B = 7/10 and sin B/sin C = 5/2. If angles A, B and C are opposite to sides
a, b and c respectively, what is the ratio of a : b : c?
3 21 AC
43. In 4ABC, tan A = and tan B = . What is ?
4 20 BC
44. In 4ABC, ∠A = 30◦ and B is a right angle. The point D lies on AB so that AD = 2 and ∠CDB = 45◦ .
What is the length of BC?
45. How many zeros are at the end of 19!?
46. Four men line up in a row. What is the probability that a certain two are next to each other?
47. In a basket of fruits, there are 6 grapes, 11 bananas and 13 oranges. If one fruit is chosen at random,
what is the probability that the fruit is either a grape or a banana?
48. If two standard dice are rolled, what is the probability that the sum of the two dice is a prime number?
49. In how many ways can 2 students be selected from a group of 5 students in a debating competition?
50. If all the words (with or without meaning) having five letters, formed using the letters of the word
SMALL and arranged as in a dictionary, what is the position of the word SMALL?

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