MATH3 CHALLENGE-5

Easy

E1 What is the value of (19 − 2 + 4) ÷ 3 × 2? [14]

E2 What is 50% of ¼ of 60? [7.5]

E3 Express 0.45 as a fraction in simplest form. [9/20]

E4 Three apples and a glass of water can make 2 glasses of apple shake. How many apples are needed if you
want to make 12 glasses of apple shake? [18]

E5 What is the next term in the sequence? 2, 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, ___ [38]

E6 If 6 boys can make 12 boxes in 3 minutes, how many boys are needed to make 120 boxes in 1 hour? [3]

E7 The perimeter of a rectangle is 400 cm. If the width is 125 cm, what is the length of the rectangle? [75 cm]

E8 Alice has ₧130 and her brother has ₧45. After their uncle had given each of them an equal amount of
money, Alice had twice as much money as her brother. How much did their uncle give each of them? [₧40]

E9 Three kilograms of mangoes cost ₧126 while 5 kilograms of guavas cost ₧175. How many kilograms of
guava can you buy if you have ₧187? [3 kg]

E10 When the clock reads 3:30, what kind of angle is formed by the hands of the clock? [acute]

EX How many different prime factors does 180 have? [3]

Average
A1 The cost of a canned juice decreased from ₧120 to ₧105. What fraction of the original price is the amount
of decrease? [1/8 ]

A2 The length of a rectangle is 2 more than twice its width. If its perimeter is 22 cm, what is its length?[8 cm]

A3 Maria and Sonia started with different numbers. Maria kept adding 5 to her number up to the fifth time.
Sonia kept adding 7 to her number also up to the fifth time. The difference in the sum s that they got is 8. What
is the sum of the numbers they started with? [12]

A4 A box of 50 mL toothpaste costs ₧37 and a box of 115 g bath soap costs ₧28. Dan received a change of
₧5 for the ₧200 that he gave the cashier for the boxes of toothpaste and boxes of bath soap that he bought.
How many boxes of toothpaste and boxes of bath soap did he buy? [3 boxes of each]

A5 The average of four numbers is 47.5. Ten is added to the sum of the four numbers and the new average is
computed. What is the difference between the old average and the new average? [2.5]

AX There are 32 red ballpens and 56 blue ballpens in a box. When the same numbers of red ballpens and blue
ballpens were added in each respective box, the ratio ofred ballpens to blue ballpens became 7 ∶ 11. How many
ballpens were added in all? [20]

Difficult
D1 A jar is 3/8 full of water. When 3 liters of water where poured into it, it became three-fifths full. How many
liters of water can the jar contain? [13 1/3 liters]
D2 For short rides, a regular tricycle fare costs ₧8 for the first kilometer and ₧1.50 for every additional
kilometer. Ms. Santos received a change of ₧8 for the ₧50 that she gave the driver for her fare and for those
of her two friends. How many kilometers did they travel? [≥ 5 km but < 6 km]

D3 The clock reads 3 o’clock. What is the degree measure of the angle formed by the hands of the clock? [90○]

D4 Observe the sequence 4, 11, 18, 25, . . .. What is the sum of the first 15 terms of the sequence? [795]

D5 A box weighs 3 guavas. The same box weighs 5 apples. If an apple weighs 210 g, what is the weight of a
guava in grams? [350 g]

DX A salesman has a basic salary of ₧25 000 a month. He has a commission of 5% on all sales over ₧50 000.
How much did he get in a month when his sales amounted to ₧250 000? [₧35 000]

Tiebreaker
TB1 In a quadrilateral, if the 4 angles are congruent, then what kind of angles are they? [right angles]

TB2 Counting numbers from 1 to 100 are written. What is the difference in the number of times the digit 7
appears in the tens place and in the ones place? [0]

TB3 The cost of a book increased from ₧95 to ₧110. What fraction of the original price is the amount of
increase? 3/19]

Do-or-Die
DoD A dress was sold at 10% discount. When not sold, it was sold again at another percent off. If the total
discount was 14.5%, how many percent was the second discount? [5%]