JUNIOR SECONDARY

MULTIPLE – CHOICE QUESTIONS:

1. Find the sum of the digits of 102021 − 102020 + 1 when expanded.

(a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 18180 (e) 18188

2. Let 𝑎 and 𝑏 be positive integers less than or equal to 2021. Find the
largest possible value of 𝑏 given that 𝑏 is the remainder when 2021 is
divided by 3𝑎.
(a) 337 (b) 1010 (c) 1011 (d) 2018 (e) 2020

3. A 4-in by 3-in image is enlarged proportionally such that its diagonal is

40 inches long. What is the area of the enlarged image in square
inches?
(a) 96 (b) 254 (c) 432 (d) 576 (e) 768

4. A team of five carpenters can build a house in exactly 2 months. At this

same rate, how many more carpenters are needed in the team to be
able to build 4 houses in exactly 5 months?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 8 (e) 13

5. Suppose 𝑓(𝑥) is a linear function such that 𝑓(−1) = −10 and 𝑓(2) =
−1. Determine the value of 𝑓(2021).
(a) 6056 (b) 6059 (c) 6063 (d) 6065 (e) 6072
6. If −5 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 0, determine the smallest possible value of 𝑥 2 + 6𝑥.
(a) -9 (b) -5 (c) -3 (d) -1 (e) 0

√3
7. In ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, ∠𝐴 = 90° and cos 𝐵 = . Determine the value of cot 𝐶.
3

√2 √3
(a) (b) (c) √2 (d) √3 (e) √6
2 3

8. The perimeters of two similar triangles are in the ratio 3 ∶ 7. If the area
of the larger triangle is 196 square units, what is the area of the smaller
triangle?

(a) 28 (b) 36 (c) 49 (d) 64 (e) 84

9. In how many ways can eleven candies be divided among 3 kids such
that each kid gets at least 2 candies?

(a) 17 (b) 18 (c) 19 (d) 20 (e) 21

10. What is the median of all the integers from 221 to 2021?

(a) 1010 (b) 1011 (c) 1120 (d) 1121 (e) 2921
OPEN – ENDED QUESTIONS:

173 −73
11. Find the value of .
24 2 −7×17

𝑘 2 +2𝑘+7
12. How many positive integers 𝑘 will make integer?
𝑘+1

13. Five years from now, Adam will be half as old as Bryan. If 4 years
ago Bryan was 5 times as old as Adam, how old is Bryan now?

14. A certain liquid mixture is 50% alcohol. 210 L of water was added to
the mixture to make a new mixture that is 20% alcohol. If 100 liters of
the new mixture was removed, how much more liters of water than
alcohol are there in the final mixture?

15. Find the sum of the finite sequence 1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + ⋯ + 2021.

16. Find the remainder of 𝑥 2021 + 𝑥 2020 + 𝑥 2019 when divided by 𝑥 4 − 𝑥.

17. The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 6√2. If the ratio of
the lengths of its legs is √15: 3, determine the area of the triangle.

18. In parallelogram ABCD, ∠𝐴𝐵𝐶 = 120°, ∠𝐴𝐷𝐵 = 50°, and ∠𝐴𝐶𝐵 =

40°. If a point E is chosen on diagonal BD such that 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐵𝐸,
determine ∠𝐶𝐴𝐸.
19. A student got an average score of 96 in her five tests with each test
having 100 as the highest possible score. If the student got different
scores for all the tests, what is the smallest possible score she could
have gotten in a test?

20. If you randomly assign an integer value for 𝑛 from 0 to 11,

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determine the probability that is an integer.
𝑛−3

21. A group of thirty kids composed of boys and girls is asked to select
which sport they like between basketball and volleyball. There are a
total of 23 kids who like basketball and 17 kids who like volleyball.
Among these kids, 16 girls like basketball and 9 boys like volleyball. For
those kids who only like basketball, there are 5 more girls than boys.
Determine the total number of boys in this group of 30 kids.

22. Given that 2𝑛 divides 20! × 21!, what is the largest possible value of
𝑛?

23. A cyclist and a motorist both have travelled 90 km. The motorist did
it 3 hours faster than the cyclist. If the motorist and the cyclist had
2 5
travelled with and of their speed, respectively, both could have taken
3 3

the same travel time. Determine the actual speed of the cyclist in km/h.

24. A man is standing at a certain distance from a 20-foot-tall light post

and the length of his shadow is 9 feet shorter than his distance from the
 post. If the man moves 4 feet closer to the post, his shadow becomes 2
feet long. How tall is the man in unit feet?

25. How many integers 𝑥 can satisfy the inequality 5 < |1 − 2𝑥| ≤ 9?

26. Given that the 2nd and 5th terms of a geometric sequence are 12
and -768, respectively, what is the sum of the first six terms of the
sequence?

27. A right triangle is inscribed in a circle of area 9𝜋. If one of the legs of
the right triangle is 4 units long, calculate its area.

28. In ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 where 𝐴𝐶 = 𝐵𝐶, a point 𝐷 is chosen on side 𝐴𝐵 such that

𝐴𝐷 = 8 and 𝐷𝐵 = 𝐶𝐷 = 4. Find the area of triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶.

29. How many three-digit positive integers less than 697 can you form
using the digits 0, 3, 6, 7, and 9 if repetition of digits is not allowed?

30. Adam, Bryan, and Chad go to a restaurant together with their two
other friends. Adam insists on sitting beside either Bryan or Chad. In
how many ways can the 5 of them be seated around a circular table in
the restaurant?
Answer Key

1. (c) 10 16. 1
2. (b) 1010 17.
9√15
2
3. (e) 768
18. 35°
4. (b) 3
19. 86
5. (a) 6056
20. 7/12
6. (a) -9
21. 13
7. (c) √2 22. 36
8. (b) 36 23. 18
9. (e) 21 24. 4
10. (d) 1121 25. 4
11. 10 26. 2457
12. 3
27. 4√5
13. 19 years old
28. 12√3
14. 150
29. 23
15. 1011
30. 20