2019 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd-Math-Challenge

Division Finals – Team Oral Competition

GRADE 7

15 – Second Questions

1. If 1 megabyte is equal to 𝟏𝟎𝟔 bytes and 1 gigabyte is equal to 𝟏𝟎𝟗 bytes, how many gigabytes
𝟏
are there in 1 megabyte? [ 𝟏𝟎−𝟑 𝒐𝒓 𝟏𝟎𝟑 ]
2. Divide 𝟐. 𝟒 𝐱 𝟏𝟎−𝟖 by 𝟔 𝐱 𝟏𝟎𝟖 and write the quotient in scientific notation. [ 𝟒 𝒙 𝟏𝟎−𝟏𝟕 ]
3. Point 𝑸 lies midway between points 𝑷 and 𝑹 on a number line. What is the coordinate of 𝑹 if
𝑷 and 𝑸 have coordinates −𝟏𝟔 and −𝟕, respectively? [ 2 ]
4. How many sides does a regular polygon have if the measure of each interior angle is 𝟏𝟔𝟎°?
[ 𝟏𝟖 ]
5. Assume 𝑨 and 𝑩 are subsets of the set of integers. If 𝑨 is the set of multiples of 𝟐, and 𝑩 is the
set of multiples of 𝟑, describe the elements 𝑨 ∩ 𝑩. [ 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟔 ]
6. Find the value of 𝒃 so that 𝒙 = 𝟑 is a solution of the equation
𝒃𝟐 + 𝒃(𝒙 − 𝟑) + 𝟑𝒃 = (𝒃 − 𝒙)𝟐 . [1]
7. Find the product: (𝟏 − 𝒙)(𝟏 + 𝒙 + 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒙𝟑 ⋯ + 𝒙𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖 ). [ 𝟏 − 𝒙𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗 ]
𝟏 − 𝒘𝟐
8. Simplify 𝟏 − |𝒘| given that 𝒘 < 𝟎. [𝟏−𝒘]
9. Find the solution set of the inequality 𝒙𝟑 − 𝟑𝒙𝟐 > 𝟎 and express it in interval notation.
[(𝟑, ∞)]
10. If the polynomial 𝟏𝟎𝒙𝟐 − 𝟕𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐 is divided by 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟑, the quotient is 𝟓𝒙 + 𝒃 and the
remainder is 𝟐𝟏. Find the value of 𝒃. [ −𝟏𝟏]
11. Assume ∗ is a rule for combining any two real numbers 𝒂 and 𝒃 given by 𝒂 ∗ 𝒃 = 𝒂 + 𝒃 − 𝟐.
What is the value of 𝒃 such that 𝒂 ∗ 𝒃 = 𝒂? [𝟐]

30 – Second Questions

1. A camera drone travels at a speed of 40 miles per hour. How many feet can it travel if its
maximum flight time is 20 minutes? [ 𝟕𝟎, 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 ]
𝒙−𝟏 𝟐𝒙+𝟔
2. If 𝟔 ∙ 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟐𝟒 ∙ 𝟐 , what is the value of 𝒙? [𝟔]
𝟒 𝟐𝟔𝟖
3. Express the repeating decimal 𝟖. 𝟏𝟐𝟏𝟐𝟏𝟐 … as a fraction in lowest terms. [ 𝟖 𝟑𝟑 𝒐𝒓 𝟑𝟑
]
𝒙+𝟑 𝒙+𝟐 𝒙+𝟔
4. Solve for 𝒙: 𝟑
− 𝟐 = 𝟔
[ −𝟑 ]
5. In a pie chart that shows the monthly family expenditures on different items, the central angle
of the sector representing the expenses on food is 𝟏𝟒𝟒°. How much is spent on food if the
monthly family income is Php 22,000? [ 𝑷𝒉𝒑 𝟖, 𝟖𝟎𝟎 ]
6. What is the solution set of the equation 𝟓 − |𝟏 − 𝟐𝒙| = 𝟐? [ {−𝟏, 𝟐}]
1 – Minute Questions

1. Each student in a class of 𝟒𝟎 has an active account on at least one of the following social
networking sites: Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp. Thirty students are active on Facebook,
𝟐𝟎 on Instagram, and 𝟏𝟕 on WhatsApp. If 𝟏𝟑 students are active on both Facebook and
Instagram, 𝟕 on both Instagram and WhatsApp, and 𝟓 on all three sites, how many students
are active on either Facebook or Instagram but not on WhatsApp? [ 𝟐𝟑 ]
2. If the sum of 𝟐𝒙 and its reciprocal is 3, what is the sum of 𝟖𝒙 and its reciprocal? [ 𝟏𝟖 ]
3. A data set consisting of 8 whole numbers has mean, median and mode that are all equal to 3.
What is the largest possible number in the data set if the smallest number is 2? [𝟔]
4. In the figure, the areas of the shaded region and the rectangle are in the ratio 𝟐: 𝟑, and the
areas of the shaded region and the circle are in the ratio 𝟑: 𝟓. If the total area of the unshaded
regions in the rectangle and the circle is 21 square units, what is the area of the shaded
region? [ 𝟏𝟖 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬 ]

5. Write the product (𝒂𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐 )(𝒄𝟐 + 𝒅𝟐 ) as a sum of two squares. [ (𝒂𝒄 + 𝒃𝒅)𝟐 + (𝒂𝒅 − 𝒃𝒄)𝟐 ]
6. John has Php 100 and Php 500 bills. How many Php 500 bills does he have if there are 34 bills
altogether and the total amount is Php 11,800? [ 21]

Clincher Questions

C.1. On January 1, 2019, the NASA New Horizons spacecraft returned a sharp image of the
farthest object ever explored by a spacecraft. The image consists of two spheres, one
smaller than the other, joined together like a giant snowman. Scientists called the smaller
sphere Thule and the bigger sphere Ultima. If the volume of the Ultima is three times the
volume of Thule, how many times is the diameter of Ultima bigger than the diameter of
𝟑
Thule? [ √𝟑 ]

C.2. On a quiz, the mean of the scores of five students is 13.6. If the highest score is deleted, the
mean of the four remaining scores is 12.5. Find the highest score. [ 𝟏𝟖 ]

C.3. In an isosceles triangle, the measure of the exterior angle adjacent to one of the base angles
is 𝟏𝟏𝟓°. What is the measure of the vertex angle? [ 𝟓𝟎°]

Do-or-Die Question

DoD. If 𝒏! = 𝒏(𝒏 − 𝟏)(𝒏 − 𝟐). . . 𝟏, what is the remainder if 𝟏! + 𝟐! + 𝟑! + ⋯ + 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗! is divided

by 15? [𝟑]