QUIZ BOWL

AUGUST 13, 2019

FOR 15 SECONDS

THE SUM OF THE POSITIVE ODD INTEGERS FROM 1 TO K IS 9801. FIND THE VALUE OF K.

ANS. 197
FOR 20 SECONDS

WHAT IS THE EQUATION OF THE LINE, IN SLOPE- INTERCEPT FORM, THAT IS PERPENDICULAR TO
Y= -2X + 3 AND THE SAME Y- INTERCEPT AS Y= 2X -3?

ANS. Y= ½ X - 3
FOR 20 SECONDS

A SOLID WITH AN ELLIPTICAL BASE WITH MAJOR AXIS OF 18 INCHES AND A MINOR AXIS OF 12
INCHES. FIND THE VOLUME OF THE SOLID IF EVERY SECTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE MAJOR AXIS
IS AN EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE.

ANS. 748.24 CU. INCHES

FOR 15 SECONDS

FIND THE PRODUCT OF TWO NUMBERS IF THEIR DIFFERENCE IS 48 AND THE SUM OF THEIR SQUARES IS
3264.

ANS. 480
FOR 15 SECONDS

EVALUATE 1250 + 1251/3 + 1252/3 + 125 + ……. + 1252

ANS. 19531
FOR 20 SECONDS

THE PERIMETER OF AN ELLIPSE IS 28.448 UNITS. IF THE MAJOR AXIS IS 10 UNITS, WHAT IS THE LENGTH
OF ITS MINOR AXIS?

ANS. 8 UNITS
FOR 20 SECONDS

WHAT IS THE LARGEST VALUE OF K SUCH AS THAT 16X2 + KX – 13X + 49 IS A PERFECT SQUARE?

ANS. 69
FOR 25 SECONDS

THE RATE AT WHICH THE BODY COOLS IS PROPORTIONAL TO THE DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURE
BETWEEN THE BODY AND THE SURROUNDING ATMOSPHERE. IF THE BODY IN AIR AT 25 DEGREES
CELCIUS COOLS FROM 100 DEGREES CELSIUS TO 75 DEGRESS CELSIUS IN 3 MINUTES, WHAT IS THE
TEMPERATURE IN 5 MINUTES?

ANS. 63.157 DEGREES CELCIUS

FOR 20 SECONDS

IN HOW MANY WAYS CAN TWO INTEGERS BE SELECTED FROM NUMBERS 1 TO 50 SO THAT THEIR
DIFFERENCE IS EXACTLY 5?

ANS. 45 WAYS
FOR 20 SECONDS

FIND THE SUM OF POSITIVE INTEGRAL FACTORS OF 2048.

ANS. 4095
FOR 30 SECONDS

THE POPULATION OF THE PHILIPPINES DOUBLED IN THE LAST 30 YEARS FROM 1967 TO 1997.
ASSUMING THAT THE RATE OF POPULATION INCREASE WILL REMAIN THE SAME, IN WHAT YEAR WILL
THE POPULATION TRIPLE?

ANS. 2014
FOR 15 SECONDS

THE NUMBERS 2, 4, 6, 8…. ARE CONSECUTIVE EVEN NUMBERS. SUPPOSE THAT THE SUM OF FIVE
CONSECUTIVE EVEN NUMBERS IS 9940, WHAT IS THE MIDDLE NUMBER?

ANS. 1988
FOR 30 SECONDS

TWO BOTTLES OF EQUAL VOLUME CONTAIN ALCOHOL AND WATER. THE RATIO OF THE
AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL TO THE AMOUNT OF WATER IN THE FIRST BOTTLE IS 6:1 AND 3:5
IN THE SECOND.THE CONTENTS OF THE TWO ARE MIXED. WHAT WILL BE THE NEW RATIO
OF ALCOHOL TO WATER?

ANS. 69:43
FOR 30 SECONDS

IF A CIRCULAR TRACK IS 8 METERS WIDE AND IT TAKES A CAR TRAVELING AT CONSTANT SPEED, PI
MORE SECONDS TO TRAVEL THE OUTER EDGE THAT THE INNER EDGE, WHAT IS THE SPEED OF THE
CAR, IN METERS PER SECOND.

ANS. 16 METERS PER SECOND

FOR 20 SECONDS

DETERMINE THE SUM -1+3+-5+7+-9+11…….+439+-441

ANS. -221
FOR 30 SECONDS

WHEN A CIRCLE RADIUS OF 10 CM IS SQUEEZED BETWEEN TWO PARALLEL LINES 10 CM APART, ITS
AREA CHANGES BUT ITS PERIMETER REMAINS CONSTANT. WHAT FRACTION OF THE OLD AREA IS
THE NEW AREA IF THE ENDS ARE SEMICIRCLE?

ANS. 3/4
FOR 60 SECONDS

EIGHT REGULAR DICE ARE ROLLED AND THE PRODUCT OF THE TOP FACES IS 26 X 36. WHAT IS THE
LARGEST POSSIBLE SUM OF THESE FACES?

ANS. 38
FOR 30 SECONDS

WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF THE SIDES OF A LARGEST EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE INCRIBED IN A SQUARE
WITH THE DIMENSION 4 X 4 INCH?

ANS. 4.14 INCHES

FOR 60 SECONDS

HOW MANY INTEGERS BETWEEN -2002 AND +2002 ARE DIVISIBLE BY 3 OR 4 BUT NOT BY 5?

ANS. 1602 INTEGERS

FOR 30 SECONDS

FIVE CIRCLES HAVE EACH RADIUS OF 1, AND THEIR CENTERS LIE ON THE DIAGONAL OF THE
SQUARE. IN ADDITION, THE TWO OUTER CIRCLES ARE TANGENT TO TWO SIDES OF THE SQUARE.
COMPUTE FOR THE AREA OUTSIDE THE CIRCLES BUT INSIDE THE SQUARE.

ANS. 42.92 SQUARE UNITS

FOR 10 SECONDS

IF (x+yi)(2-4i)= 14-8i, FIND Y

ANS. 2
FOR 15 SECONDS

HOW FAR IS THE POINT 5,1 TO THE LINE 12X + 5Y – 13= 0?

ANS. 4
FOR 20 SECONDS

WHAT IS THE AREA OF THE LARGEST RECTANGLE THAT CAN BE INSCRIBE IN AN ELLIPSE WHOSE
AREA IS 8PI SQUARE UNITS?

ANS. 16 SQUARE UNITS

FOR 30 SECONDS

HOW MANY FOUR DIGIT NUMBERS BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 ARE THERE FOR WHICH THE
THOUSANDS DIGITS IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF THE OTHER THREE DIGITS?

ANS. 15
FOR 20 SECONDS

THE AVERAGE OF 7 NUMBERS IS 84. THE FIRST NUMBER IS INCREASED BY 1, THE SECOND BY 2, THE
THIRD BY 3, THE FOURTH BY 4, THE FIFTH BY 5, THE SIXTH BY 6 AND FINALLY SEVENTH BY 7. WHAT
WILL BE THE AVERAGE OF THESE NEW NUMBERS?

ANS. 88
FOR 20 SECONDS

THE AREA OF AN ANNULAR REGION BOUNDED BY TWO CONCENTRIC CIRCLES IS 40PI SQUARE
UNITS. WHAT IS THE AREA OF THE LARGER CIRCLE, IF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RADII OF THE
LARGER AND THE SMALLER CIRCLES IS 4?

ANS. 49 PI SQUARE UNITS

FOR 60 SECONDS

THE VERTICES OF A TRIANGLE ARE THE POINTS (0,0, (X,0), AND (0,Y), WHERE X AND Y ARE
POSITIVE. WHAT WOULD (X+Y) BE, IF ITS AREA IS 60 AND ITS PERIMETER IS 40.

ANS. 23
FOR 40 SECONDS

WHAT IS THE PRODUCT OF THE ROOTS OF THE FUNCTION,

F(X)= (5X-25)(X-4)+(2X-10)

ANS. 18
FOR 30 SECONDS

TODAY IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019. WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK WILL BE 29833 DAYS FROM NOW?

ANS. SUNDAY
FOR 30 SECONDS

A TANK CONTAINS 400 LITERS OF BRINE HOLDING 100 KG OF SALT SOLUTION. WATER
CONTAINING 125 G OF SALT PER LITER FLOWS INTO THE TANK AT THE RATE OF 12 LITERS PER
MINUTE, AND THE MIXTURE, KEPT UNIFORM BY STIRRING FLOWS OUT THE SAME RATE. FIND THE
AMOUNT OF SALT AT THE ENDOF 90 MINUTES.

ANS. 53.36 KG
FOR 30 SECONDS

UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, CANE SUGAR IN WATER IS CONVERTED INTO DEXTROSE AT A RATE
PROPORTIONAL TO THE AMOUNT THAT IS UNCONVERTED AT ANY TIME. IF, OF 75 KG AT TIME T=0, 8
KG ARE CONVERTED DURING THE FIRST 30 MINUTES, FIND THE AMOUNT CONVERTED IN 2 HOURS.

ANS. 27.23 KGS

FOR 30 SECONDS

WHAT IS THE ANGLE BETWEEN HOUR HAND AND MINUTE HAND AFTER 8 O’CLOCK THAT WILL BE
BISECTED BY THE LINE CONNECTING 9 TO THE CENTER OF THE CLOCK?

ANS. 13.846 DEGREES

FOR 30 SECONDS

WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT THE TWO PEOPLE OF THE GROUP OF 5 HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY?

ANS. 0.0271
FOR 30 SECONDS

THE LENGTHS OF THE TWO SIDES OF A PARALLELOGRAM ARE 8CM AND 15CM. FIND THE SUM OF THE
SQUARES OF THE DIAGONALS OF THE PARALLELOGRAM.

ANS. 578 SQ CM
FOR 30 SECONDS

IN TWELVE-HOUR PERIOD OF TIME, FOR HOW MANY MINUTES IS THE NUMBER OF THE HOUR
NUMERICALLY GREATER THAN THE NUMBER OF THE MINUTE?

ANS. 78