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1. Evaluate 1 6 + 3 2 + 5 3 + … + 13 9 + 15 11.

2. The last three digits of 31402 is the pin code of Yamashita’s chest. Find the pin code
to open the chest.

3. Find the largest 4-digit number such that if the number is divided by 8, 11 and 12,
the remainders are 1, 2, and 5 respectively.

4. The prime factorization of the product of the factors of 15 is 32 x 52. What is the
highest exponent on the prime factorization of the product of the factors of 140?

5. What is the value of C if

2 2 2 2 2
�= − + −…− + ?
3−2 2 5−2 6 7−2 12 17−2 72 19−2 90

6. What is the product of the roots of x2－ax + b = 0, (where a and b are prime
numbers) if the roots are positive, distinct and are elements of the set of Integers?

7. If the moon is made out of cheese then the earth is flat. If the earth is flat then the
sun revolves around the earth. If the sun revolves around the earth then the moon
revolves around Mars. Assume that the moon is made out of cheese. Is the
statement, the moon revolves around Mars, true or false; or its truth cannot be
determined?
8. If three distinct points do NOT always determine a line then the intersection of two
distinct planes is NOT always a line. Assume that the intersection of two distinct
planes is always a line. Is the statement, three distinct points always determine a line,
true or false; or its truth cannot be determined?

9. In chess, a queen (Q) is worth a rook (R), a knight (N) and a pawn (P). A rook can
be exchanged with a bishop (B) and two pawns; while a bishop and 3 pawns is
worth 2 knights. How many knights can be exchanged for a queen?

10. Robert, Audrey, James and Jane are founders of ICE Corporation. One of them is
the president, one is the vice president, one is the secretary and one is the treasurer,
though not necessarily in that order. If (a) Robert and James both attended the
secretary’s birthday party; (b) both Audrey and the James received gifts from both
the president and the vice president; (c) Jane was not elected president. What is
each person’s position in ICE Corporation?

11. If 1 + 1 = 2 then ��� + 1 ≠ 0 or it is not true that the moon is made out of cheese. If
��� + 1 ≠ 0 then 80% of the world population is vaccinated against Covid19.
However, it is not the case that 80% of the world population is vaccinated against
Covid19. But if the Philippines has more than 7100 islands then the moon is made
out of cheese. The Philippines has more than 7100 islands. Based on the assumptions
above, which statement is true: 1 + 1 = 2 �� 1 + 1 ≠ 2?

12. The Philippines is planning to procure Covid-19 vaccines from several vaccine
manufacturers in order to immunize at least 60% of its population and achieve herd
immunity. A portfolio of vaccines A, B and C are being considered in order to
minimize cost AND maximize the number of people that can be vaccinated.
Vaccine A costs Php 2,000 per dose; vaccine B costs Php 1,000 per dose; while
vaccine C costs Php 200 per dose. Vaccine A manufacturer can only deliver 10 to
 20 million; vaccine B manufacturer can deliver exactly 5 million doses; and the
vaccine C manufacturer promises to deliver 30 to 50 million doses. Assume that the
Philippines has a population of 112 million and has allotted a budget for its national
vaccination program of about Php 73 billion but only Php 30 billion is allotted for the
purchase of vaccines from the manufacturers. Assume that only one dose of
vaccine is needed to immunize a person. The country should manage its portfolio of
vaccines and allot its budget to minimize cost AND to maximize the number of
people that can be vaccinated. How many Filipinos can be vaccinated?

(5 32 )(25 2 )(125 50 ) 18
13. Find the value of x in = 625 .
� 72

1
14. If y is a real number so that y2 – 7y - 1 = 0, find the value of �8 + �8
.

15. Find the value of x such that 2� exactly divides (54096 − 1).

16. Simplify and determine the value of x in the expression

2019
(�+4)2018 �2 −3�−10 21
(�2 +6�+8)2019
∙ �−5 2018
= 48.

17. In the equation below, �2 + 2 � + 3 + (60� + 11) = 0, find the minimum positive
value of integer m so that the equation has only integral solutions.

18. A number of people attended Manny Pacquiao’s victory party. Every nine people
share two pizzas, every 6 people share 3 platters of spaghetti, while every 12 people
share five pitchers of drinks. The party coordinator noticed that the total quantity of
 pizzas, platters of spaghetti and pitchers of drinks exceeds 15 than the number of
people in the party. How many people attended the party?

19. One of the famous landscape architecture built by Ildefonso Santos was the Manila
Paco Park. In one portion of the park stands a chapel which he revitalized in 1960
and a circular fountain with equation �2 + �2 − 24� − 32� + 175 = 0 referred to the
point of intersection of two adjacent perpendicular fortification walls in the park.
Determine the area of the fountain circle fronting the chapel.

20. In Luneta Park, there is a garden 72 m long and 52 m wide. It is divided into four
portions as shown in the figure. Given that AB = KY = 48 m, MN = HU = 38 m, and the
area of quadrilateral MAON is 816 m2, determine the area of BAOU.

M A B
U

O
N
H
K Y
21. In the figure below, the arcs PMS and HIR are portions of concentric circles with
� �
center at O. Central angles HIO and IOR are 12 and 6 radians, respectively. Arc HI
3�
is 4
m. The ratio of radii OS to OR is 4:3. Find the area of the shaded region. Use π
22
= .
7 P
K
M H

S R O
22. Circle X, Y and Z are each 15 cm in radius. They are tangent to each other
externally as shown in the figure. Line PR passes through their centers. Line PQ is
tangent to circle Z. Find the length of chord MN.

X Y Z
P R
M
N
Q

23. In triangle PHL, HR = RM, LS = SR, and PM = MS. The area of triangle MRS is 15 cm2.
Determine the area of triangle PHL.
P

M
R
S
H L

24. In Vigan, Ilocos Sur, a UNESCO World Heritage Center, there stands Fr. Jose Burgos’
monument in the famous Burgos Plaza. This monument is treated as the point of
reference and the two perpendicular demarcation lines that intersect at the
monument’s foot being the axes, all coordinates of points in the plaza are
measured in meters. Somewhere in this plaza stood a rectangular garden, with two
vertices at V (6, -5) and G (9, 7), which features native variety of ornamental plants.
The dimensions of the garden are integers in meters. Determine the area of the
garden.

25. What is the coefficient of the fourth term of the binomial expansion (� + �)10 ?

26. What is the sum of the coefficients of the third term and the fourth term of the
binomial expansion (2� + 3�)9 ?
27. What is the sum of all the coefficients of the terms of the multinomial expansion of
� + � + � 10 ?

28. Let � = {� ∈ �| 0 < � < 101}. How many subsets of C contain the element 1?

29. If� 0 = 1 and � � + 1 = � + 1 �(�), find �(10).

30. How many 3-digit numbers are there in which the sum of digits is 7?

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