Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge 2014

Session 1
Name: ________________________________________ Section: ___________ Score: ________
Instructions: Write your answer/s on the space provided before each item. Give all fractions and expressions in simplest
form.
6
∗1
_____1. Simplify: 5 5
+2 ÷
4 2

2 5
−
3 4
_____2. Simplify:
1 4
+
2 3

7
_____3. Write in scientific notation.
12500000

( 1 1 1 1
_____4. Simplify 2 – 1+ + + +
2 4 8 16
. )
_____5. Julie’s average for the first four tests is 88.5. If she wants an average of at least 90 in the five tests, what score must she get in
her last test?

_____6. Alma walks 4.5 kilometers in one hour. What is her average speed in meters per minute?

_____7. The Grade 7 pupils of a school are divided equally into Team A and Team B. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of
girls in Team A is 2:1 and in Team B it is 4:11. What is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in Grade 7?

_____8. A dress is marked with a 12% discount. If the dress is marked at Php1188, how much was it before the discount was applied?

( ) ( )
_____9. Simplify 2−
3 2
2
3 2
− 2+ .
2

_____10. What is the product of three consecutive odd integers if the middle integer is n?

3
_____11. What number is exactly midway and -9?
2

_____12. The price of a pencil is p pesos and a notebook costs Php12 more than a pencil. How much do 3 pencils and 2 notebooks
cost?

_____13. Compute 1− ( 23 )(1+ 23 )(1+ 49 ).

_____14. Subtract 2a – 4b + 9c from the sum of 3a + 5b – 3c and a – b + 7c.

_____15. If x is twice as far from 5 as it is from -7, what are the possible values of x?

_____16. What must be added to the product of 3x + 1 and 2x – 5 to obtain 4x2 – 5x – 6?

_____17. Let A be the set of all positive even integers less than 10, B the set of all prime numbers less than 10 and C be the set of all
one-digit numbers which are not multiples of 3. Find C/ (AUB).

_____18. In a triangle, the second angle is twice the first angle and the third angle is 12 degrees less than 5 times the first angle. What
is the measure of the largest angle?

_____19. Let the universal set U be the set of positive integers less than 20, A is the set of odd integers, B the set of perfect squares
and C the set of multiples of 3. Determine C/(A∩B)’.

_____20. In a class of 35 students, 10 speak Ilokano, 18 speak Bicolano, 16 speak Cebuano, 5 speak both Bicolano and Ilocano, 2
speak both Ilokano and Cebuano, 9 speak both Bicolano and Cebuano, and 2 speak all three languages. How many students do not
speak any of the three languages?

_____21. Simplify 2(5)2 – 6(–2)3 + (3 – 7)3.

_____22. How many different lengths of diagonals does a regular decagon have?

_____23. Give the solution set for 3[7 – 2(7x – 4)] = -42x + 45.

_____24. Paul is 20 years older than Jason. In 12 years, Paul will be twice as old as Jason will be then. How old is Paul now?

_____25. Karen jogs every morning while Roy cycles on the same route. If Roy’s speed is three times that of Karen and Roy starts 2
hours after Karen, how long does Roy cycle before she overtakes Karen?

_____26. Subtract 2a2 + 2ab – ac from the product of a + b and 2a – b + c.

_____27. A cylindrical container with radius 10 cm is filled with water to a height of 2 cm. The water is poured into a second cylindrical
container with radius 4 cm. How high will the water be in the second container?

_____28. Luis can arrange his stickers 6 or 9 to a page without any stickers left over. If he arranges his stickers 10 stickers to a page,
there are 2 stickers left over. What is the smallest number of stickers Luis can have?

_____29. ABCDEFGH is a regular octagon. What is the measure of ∠ BAD ?

_____30. Given rectangle ABCD, let E be the midpoint of side AB and F the midpoint of side BC. What part of rectangle ABCD is
triangle DEF?

_____31. At a party, married people came with husbands or wives. If half of the women and 1/6 of the men in the party were single,
what percentage of the people in the room were married?

_____32. If the length of a rectangle is x + 5, its width is 2x – 1, and its area is 2x2 + 5x + 7, what is x?

_____33. How many four-digit numbers are multiples of 12?

_____34. Simplify: (x2 – 4)(x – 2) – (x + 3)(x2 – 4x + 4).

_____35. If n and m are positive odd integers, what is the value of ¿ ?

( √ x −√ 2 ) ( √ x+ √2 )
_____36. Simplify .
x 2−4

_____37. A rectangle with dimensions x by x + 10 has the same area as the square with side x + 3. What is x?

_____38. If today is Saturday, what day is 1020 days from now?

_____39. Which is larger √ 75+1 or 8+ √3 ?

_____40. Which values of x satisfy |x +1|=|2 x−4| ?

_____41. What is the value of 1−( 12 )( 1− 13 )(1− 14 ) …( 1− 2013

1
)?
_____42. The base of a pyramid is a square and its other faces are equilateral triangles. Draw all the possible nets for the pyramid.

_____43. A car leaves A at 8 AM and travels to B at a rate of 60 kph. A bus leaves at 8:30 AM and travels to A at a rate of 75 kph. If
the car and the bus pass each other midway between A and B, at what time will the car pass the bus?

_____44. Which integer values of x satisfy

3 x+ 1< 2 x +11≤ 4 x – 3 ?

_____45. Find the solution set: 2<|2 x−3|≤ 5.

_____46. In a class of 30, ten students have computers at home and 15 have cellphones. What are the possible numbers of students
who don’t have a computer nor a cellphone?

_____47. If n is a positive integer, which of the following is a perfect square: 3n , (−3 )3 n ,3 ( 12n −1 ) ?
2 2

_____48. If 5n leaves a remainder of 8 when divided by 11, what is the remainder when 4n is divided by 11?

_____49. With what polynomial must 6x4 – 2x3 + x2 + x – 5 be divided to get a quotient of 2x2 + 5 and a remainder of 6x + 30?
_____50. Give the solution set of |3−2 x|+|−6+1|<12.

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Prepared by:

MARC VINCENT PACIO

Trainer