Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge 2015

Session 2

Name: ________________________________________ Section: ___________ Score: ________

Instructions: Write your answer/s on the space provided before each item. Give all fractions and expressions in simplest
form.
__________1. Simplify: 2(3)2 – 3(2)3 + (1 – 4)3.
1 1
__________2. By how much is 3 – greater than 2 – ?
3 2
9
__________3. Write in scientific notation.
200000
__________4. What is the product of three consecutive multiples of 5 if the middle number is n?
__________5. If water pours into a tank at a rate of 1000 Liters per minute, at what rate is the tank being filled in kiloliters
per hour? (1kL = 1000L)
__________6. Subtract the sum of a + 2b + c and 3a – b – 2c from 6a + b – 2c.

__________7. Simplify (3 – 8) x ( −72 )− 52 (−2).

__________8. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 1620 o. How many sides has the polygon?

__________9. Simplify 3−( ) ( )

1 2
4
1 2
− 3+ .
4
__________10. The sum of two angles of a triangle is three times the third angle. What is the sum of the first two angles?
__________11. Danny had some stickers. He gave 1/3 of the stickers plus 1 sticker to his brother. Then he gave 1/3 of the
remaining stickers plus 4 stickers to his sister. Finally, he gave ½ of what remained plus 3 stickers to his
best friend. He found out that he had 4 stickers left. How many stickers did Danny have at first?
__________12. What number is 2/5 of the way from -3 to 5?
__________13. The number n is divisible by 3. The number n 2 is 3641A5. What digit does A represent?
__________14. What is the smallest positive integer that must be multiplied to 60 to get a perfect cube?
1
1+
4
__________15. Compute 10 ÷ .
3
2−
5
__________16. What three digit number is both the square of an integer and the cube of an integer?
( √ x – √ 3 ) ( √ x+ √3 )
__________17. Simplify .
x 2−3 x
__________18. If x is twice as far from -9 as it is from 3, what are the possible values of x?
__________19. Sandra is 18 years older than Paolo. In 13 years, Sandra will be twice as old as Paolo will be then. How old
is Sandra now?
__________20. Which is bigger √3 5∨ √3 ?
__________21. The average of 5 numbers is 14. The average of three of the numbers is 12. What is the average of the
other two numbers?
__________22. A sandwich costs p pesos. A cookie costs Php 9 less than a sandwich. How much more expensive are 8
cookies than 5 sandwiches?
__________23. Which values of x satisfy |2 x+ 1|=|2 x−9| ?
__________24. A car leaves P at 8 AM and travels to Q at a constant speed. A bus leaves Q at 8:45AM and travels to P at
a speed three times that of the car. If they meet at 10:00AM, find the ratio of the distance travelled by the
bus to the distance travelled by the car when they meet.
__________25. How many 3-digit numbers are multiples of 18?
__________26. If the perimeter of a square is 8x + 6, what is its area?
__________27. Two vertical poles are 3 meters apart. Jack is climbing one pole while Jill climbs the other. If the distance
between Jack and Jill is 5 meters, how much higher is Jill than Jack?
__________28. If the circumference of a circle is increased by 20%, by how much is its area increased?
__________29. A camp director prepared enough food for 100 students for 6 days. If only 75 students came, how long will
the food supply last?
__________30. How many two-digit numbers are neither divisible by 4 nor 5?
__________31. If n is a prime number not equal to 2, which of the following can be prime? n + 3, 2 n – 1, n2 + 1
__________32. What must be added to the product of (2x – 1) and (4x + 5) to obtain 4x 2 + 8x + 1?
__________33. If the greatest common divisor of two numbers is 12 and their least common multiple is 180, what are the
possible pairs of numbers?
__________34. Given a positive integer n, arrange the following from least to greatest: √ n+1 , √ n+ 1, n+1
__________35. What is the largest integer which is always a factor of the sum of three consecutive even integers?
__________36. If the sum of the first 100 positive integers is 5050, what is the sum of the next 100 integers?
__________37. With what polynomial must 3x4 – 3x3 + 5x2 + 2x be divided to get a quotient of 3x 2 + 2 and a remainder of 4x
– 2?
__________38. If 7n leaves a remainder of 8 when divided by 9, what is the remainder when 5n is divided by 9?
__________39. Find the solution set of |3−x|=11

__________40. Compute 1− ( 23 )(1− 25 )(1− 27 )(1− 29 )(1− 752 ) .

__________41. Each square in the figure has side length of 1. The curve in each square is a circular arc with center at a
corner of the square. What is the area of the shaded region?

__________42. What is the least common multiple of 168 and 420?

__________43. A salesman receives a basic salary of Php 10,000 and a commission of 5% on all sales. Find his total sales
in a month when he earned Php 25,000.
5
__________44. What is the absolute value of 2x2 – 8x + 2 at x = ?
2
7−x 4 x+ 3
__________45. Find all real numbers for which > .
2 4
3 x −1 2 x +5
__________46. For what values of x is < .
4 3
__________47. Write an equation of the line through (-2,3) and (1,4).
__________48. Solve for x and y: 7x – 3y = 23 and x + 2y = 13.
__________49. Pete is 12 years old and his grandfather is 63 years old. In how many years will Pete’s age be ¼ of his
grandfather?
__________50. ∆ ABC has its coordinates at A(a, -1), B(8, -1) and C(5, 4). If the base is twice the height, find a.
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