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Algebra Contribution
Algebra Contribution
A. 10x2 + x -8 =0
B. 12x2 + x +4 =0
C. 12x2 + x - 6 = 0*
D. 10x2 - x +8 =0
2. What is the discriminant of the equation 6x2 + 7x – 13 = 0
3. Determine the k so that the equation 4x2+kx+1= 0 will have just one real solution.
A. 4* C. 5 B. 6 D. 8
A. A unique solution
C. Has no solution*
a. Reflexive Property
b. Symmetric Property
6. Determine the k so that the equation 4x2+kx+1= 0 will have just one real solution.
A. 4* C. 5 B. 6 D. 8
a. 16 b. 25* c. 36 d. 49
8. Twice the sum of two numbers is 28. The sum of their squares is 100. What is the product of the
two numbers?
A. 56 C. 28 B. 48 * D. 64
9. Two pipes A and B fill a cistern in 24 minutes and 32 minutes respectively. Assuming that both
pipes are opened simultaneously, when must the first tap be turned off so that the cistern may be filled
in 16 minutes?
10. How many minutes after 10:00 o’clock will the hands of the clock be opposite each other for the first
time? A. 22.76 C. 20.45 B. 21.81 * D. 21.48
11. A man is 9 times as old as his son. In 3 years, the father will be only 5 times as old as his son. What is
currently the difference in their ages?
A. 21 C. 24* B. 27 D. 30
12. Sarah has 71 coins in her wallet consisting of 10 peso, 5 peso coin, and 1 peso coins. if she has 3
fewer 10 peso coins than 3 times as many as 5 peso coins, and the 1 peso coins are 2 more than twice
the 5 peso coins, how much money does she have in her wallet?
13. A man travels in a motorized boat at the rate of 12 kph from his barrio to the town and come back to
his barrio at the rate of 10 kph. If the total time consumed is 3 hours and 10 minutes, what is distance of
the barrio to the town?
14. The ten’s digit of a certain two digit number exceeds the unit’s digit by four and is one less than twice
the unit’s digit. Find the number.
A. 65 C. 95* B. 85 D. 59
15.Sarah can walk 4 km in the time it takes Jane to walk 5 km. Sarah requires 3 minutes longer that Jane
to walk for a km. Find the rate of Sarah.