Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge 2017

Elimination Round • Grade 8

Name: School: Score:

Instruction: Write your answer on the space provided before each item. Give all fractions in lowest terms and
all expressions in expanded form.

1. What is the sum of the reciprocals of all the positive divisors of 8?

2. Factor completely: 27x5y5 + 12x3y7.

3. Expand and simplify: (x + y)2 − (x − y)2 + (x + y)(x − y).

4. If 6x2 + kx − 8 = 2(3x + 1)(x − 4), what is the value of k?

5. Factor completely: .
6. What is the area of a square whose perimeter is 8x − 36?

7. Factor completely: 2x2 + 10x − 48.

8. What is the product of three consecutive odd integers if the middle integer is x?

9. Factor completely: 12x3y3 + 8x2y4 + 32xy5.

10. Write the fraction in lowest terms and without negative exponents: .

11. Simplify using scientific notation: .

12. Expand: (2 − 0.5y)3.

13. Simplify: .
14. The length, width and height of a box are in the ratio of 5 : 4 : 7. If the perimeter of the base is 54
cm, find the volume of the box.

15. Solve for .

16. The difference between the squares of two consecutive positive multiples of 5 is 1225. What is the
sum of the two multiples of 5?

17. The ratio of an angle to its complement is 5 : 13. Find the measure of its complement.

18. Solve for x: (0.25)2x−1 = (0.125)2−x.

19. If f(x) = x(4 − x), for which values of x is f(x) equal to x?

20. The midpoint of the segment joining the points A(−5,8) and B(x,y) is P(3,−1). What are the
coordinates of B?

21. Factor completely: 16x4 − y8.

22. How many digits does (1000)2017 have when expanded?

23. Give an equation in slope-intercept form of the line passing through the origin and
perpendicularto x + 2y = 5.

24. Perform the indicated operation and simplify: .

25. If you want to determine the favorite subject of your class, which measure of central tendency
should you use?
26. Perform the indicated operations and simplify: .

27. What is the difference between the mean and the median of 2,3,3,4,6,7,8,15?

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28. The surface area of a cube is 50% more than its volume. Find the total length of the edges of the
cube.

29. What is the slope of the line with y-intercept 6 and x-intercept −4?

30. If the standard deviation of a set of 20 numbers is 0, what is its range?

31. A date is randomly chosen from the month of February 2017. What is the probability that
thedate chosen is a prime number greater than 10?

32. Solve for x: (x − 3) + 2(x − 3) + 3(x − 3) + ··· + 200(x − 3) = 180900.

33. Donna’s age is 1/5 her grandfather’s age. In 35 years, the grandfather will be 100 years old. In
how many years’ time will Donna be 1/3 as old as her grandfather?

34. Find the greatest possible perimeter of an isosceles triangle with sides 10 cm and 8 cm.

35. If line ` passes through the origin and the point P(−3,8), what is the equation of ` in slopeintercept
form?

36. In 4ACE, ∠A = 42◦ and ∠C = 88◦. Arrange the sides of 4ACE from the shortest to the longest.

37. If Liza is half as old as Paul and Paul will be x years old in five years, what is Liza’s age 10 years
ago?

38. If two dice are rolled, what is the probability that the sum of the numbers showing is 7 or 11?
( 3x − 2y
=a
39. For what values of a and b will the system be inconsistent:
bx + y =4

40. Mark and Marry left home together and drove to their mother’s house which was 84 km away.
Mary drove at 60 kph and Mark drove 20 kph faster than Marry. After travelling 2/7 of the
journey, Mark stopped and wait for Marry. How long did Mark wait?

41. Solve for x and y: (12)3x+2 = (18)2y−1.

42. James and John can finish a job in 5 hours. If James can finish the job in 3 hours less time than
John, how long will each one finish the job alone?

43. The number of girls in a school is 160 more than 1/3 of the total enrolment in the school. The
number of boys is 280 more than 1/7 of the total enrolment in the school. How many pupils in
the school are girls?

44. The graph of two linear functions f(x) = ax + b and g(x) = bx − a are perpendicular. If

, what are the possible values of a + b?

45. If the sum of two numbers is 7 and their product is 8. What is the sum of their cubes?

46. The mean of 6 numbers is 28 while the mean of another set of 10 numbers is 36. What is the
mean of all the numbers combined?

47. Find all integers x such that is an integer.

48. In parallelogram ABCD, ∠A = (8x − 5)◦ and ∠C = (61 − 3x)◦. Find the measure of ∠B and ∠D.

49. In quadrilateral ABCD, AB = 8, BC = 12, CD = 16 and DA = 21. Find the range of possible lengths of
diagonal AC.
50. If a, b, and c are positive numbers such that a+b+c = 10 and , what

is the value of ?

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