XTRA MATH CHALLENGE

2008-2009
15- Second Questions:

1. What mathematical sentence describes the situation; “If four times a number x is increased by 15, the
result is three less than six times the number.” ?
[ 4x + 15 = 6x – 3 ]

2. The equation of a line is 3x – 5y = 25. At what point on the y-axis does its graph pass through?
[ ( 0, – 5) ]

3. What is the complete factored form of the polynomial expression 3x 3 – 75 x ?

[ 3x(x + 5)( x – 5 ) ]

4. When two lines are parallel, the sum of the measures of a pair of interior angles on the same side of the
transversal is 180o. If the measures of each angle in the said pair are (6x – 7 ) and (7x + 5) degrees.
What is the value of x ?
[ 14 ]
5. A moving point A has gone 3 ¼ rotations along the circumference of the unit circle. If the movement is
counterclockwise, what is the total distance covered by A ?
[– 13  /2 ]

6. A pair of dice is rolled. What is the probability that their sum is greater than 8 given that the numbers on
the top faces match?
[ 2/6 or 1/3 ]
7. If the x  7 = 5 , what is/are the value/s of x ?
[ x = 2, 12 ]

8. The degree measures of the angles of the triangle are in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 5. What is the measure of the
exterior angle adjacent to the smallest angle?
[ 144 ]

9. A function is defined as f(x) = 4x – 5. What is its inverse function ?

x5
[ f-1(x) = ]
4
10. The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 50 cm., and the base is 16 cm. What is the length of the altitude
drawn to the base?
[ 15 cm. ]

11. What are the coordinates of the center of circle 0 if the endpoints of its diameter AB are at A ( 4, 9 )
and B(– 10, 1) ?
[ ( – 3, 5 ) ]
12. Let f be the function which is defined as f = { (x,y)/ y  5  x . What is the domain of f ?
[x ≤ 5]
13. What is the range of the relation y  x  2 x ?
2

[y ≥–1

30- Second Questions:

1. A pair of sneakers that regularly sells for Php3500.00 is on sale for Php 2800.00. What is the percent
discount?
[ 20 % ]

2. Twice the sum of a number and 9 is the same as four times the difference obtained when 6 is subtracted
from the number. What is the number ?
[ 21 ]

3. If ( 3x – 2y ) cm represents the length of the radius of a circle, what expression represents

 its area ?
[ ( 9 x 2  12 xy  4 y 2 )  cm2 ]

4. The dimensions of a brick, in inches, are 4 by 6 by 8. How many such bricks are needed to have a total
volume of exactly one cubic foot?
[ (12 x 12 x 12)/192 = 9 ]

5. Steve is 5 years older than Peter. If the sum of their ages is at most 37 years, what is the oldest that
Peter can be ?
[ 16 ]

6. Amy goes shopping and spends 1/3 of her money on a dress. She then goes to another store and spends
½ of the money she has left on shoes. If Amy has Php 560.00 left, after these two purchases, how
much money did she have when she started shopping?
[ Php 1680.00 ]

7. An athlete jogs a certain distance at the rate of 8 kph and returns over the same track running at the
rate of 24 kph. If it took him a total time of 2 ½ hours, what is the total distance he covered?

[ 30 km ]

8. Solve for all possible values of x : 4 x 2  11 x  3 .

1
[ x≤  or x ≥ 3 ]
4
9. What is the equation of the line passing through the point ( 2, – 1 ), and perpendicular to the line
through the points ( 4, 3) and (– 2, 5 ) ?
[ 3 x  y  7  0 or
y  3x  7 ]

10. What is the solution set of the system of linear equations 2 x  y  3 and x  3y  5 ?
[ ( 2, 1 ) ]

11. Mrs. Guzman has 5 children. She divides the following household tasks among them by assigning them
to do one of these tasks: cleaning, cooking, washing clothes, gardening and marketing. How many
different assignments can be made?
[ 5 ! = 120 ]

12. The sum of two numbers is 54. If their difference is 4, what are the numbers?
[ 25, 29 ]

13. What is the remainder if the polynomial expression ( x 4  2 x 3  3 x 2  4 x  8 ) is divided

by ( x – 2 ) ?
[ – 28 ]

1 Minute Questions:

1. The perimeter of a certain rectangle is 24 cm. When the length of the rectangle is doubled and the
 width is tripled, the area of the rectangle is increased by 160 sq cm. Find the dimensions of the original
rectangle.
[ 4 cm., 8 cm ]

2. How soon after one o’clock will the hands of a clock extend in opposite directions?

[ 1: 38 2/11 ]

3. What is/are the equation/s of a line/s passing through (– 2, – 4 ) and has the sum of its intercepts equal
to 3.
[ x – 2y – 6 = 0
4x – y + 4 = 0 ]
4. What is the fourth term in the expansion of ( x + 2 )9 ?
[ 168 2 x6 ]

5. Find the value of x if 3 2 x 5  3 x  2  2 .

[ x=–2]

6. The 8th term of an arithmetic progression is 26. If the 20th term is 62, what is the 40th term of the
progression ?
[ 122 ]
7. Solve for  on 0 0 <  < 360 0 : 2 cos 2   1  sin  .
[ 30 0 , 150 0 , 270 0 ]

8. Solve for x : 9  2x  4x .
9 3
[ , ]
2 2

9. Bill is 5 years less than twice as old as Benjamin. A year ago Bill was 13 years less than three times as
old as Benjamin was then. How old are they now?
Benjamin : 7 yrs old
Bill : 9 yrs old