CATEGORY NO. OF POINTS ALOTTED NO.

OF MINUTES TOTAL POINTS

QUESTIONS PER QUESTION PER QUESTION PER CATEGORY
EASY
4 1 1 4

AVERAGE
3 2 2 6
DIFFICULT
3 3 3 9
CLINCHER Applicable only if 1 3 – min max
(if necessary) there is tie score.
TOTAL 10 questions 20 minutes 19 points
Highest Possible
Score if No Ties.
EASY ROUND
EASY ROUND
QUESTION 1

[1] Which of the following sets is represented by the shaded region below?

[A] 𝐵 ∩ 𝐴

[B] 𝐴 ∪ 𝐵′

ANS. [C] 𝐴′

[D] 𝐴 − 𝐵
EASY ROUND
QUESTION 2

[2] How many hours and minutes are there in 0.525 days?

[A] 12 hours and 25 minutes

[B] 12 hours and 30 minutes

[C] 12 hours and 36 minutes

[D] 12 hours and 45 minutes

EASY ROUND
QUESTION 3

𝟐 𝟐
[3] Find the value of 𝒂 + 𝒃 if 𝒂 = −𝟓 and 𝒃 = 𝟑?

[A] 4 [C] 8

[B] - 4 [D] 16
EASY ROUND
QUESTION 4

[4] Simplify: −[𝟓𝒙 − 𝟐 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟏 + 𝟏]

[A] x - 3 [C] x + 3

[B] 3 - x [D] 3 + 2x
AVERAGE ROUND
EASY ROUND
QUESTION 1

[1] How many subsets are there in the set 𝑨 = {∗, @, #, =}

16 subsets
EASY ROUND
QUESTION 2

[1] If a rectangular lot has an area of 1 hectare and this will be

divided into square lots of 200 sq. meters each, how many of such
square lots are there?

50 of such square lots

EASY ROUND
QUESTION 3

𝒂+𝒃+𝒄 −𝟏
[1] Find the value of − 𝟑−𝟏 if 𝒂 = 𝟏, 𝒃 = 𝟐, and 𝒄 = 𝟑.
𝒂𝒃

Answer: 0
DIFFICULT ROUND
DIFFICLUT ROUND
QUESTION 1

[1] Simplify: 𝟏 + −𝟐 + 𝟑 + −𝟒 + 𝟓 + −𝟔 +. … … . . … + −𝟐𝟎𝟎 .

DIFFICLUT ROUND
QUESTION 2

[1] Let 𝜺 = {𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑, … 𝟏𝟎} be the universal set and

𝑨 = {even numbers} and 𝑩 = {𝟏, 𝟑, 𝟒, 𝟕, 𝟗}. Find
the cardinality of the set (𝑨 ∩ 𝑩)′?
DIFFICULT ROUND
QUESTION 3

[1] Simplify: 𝒙 − 𝟐{𝒙 + 𝟐 − 𝒙 + 𝟐 − 𝒙 + 𝟐 + 𝒙 + 𝟐}.

GRADE 8
CATEGORY NO. OF POINTS ALOTTED NO. OF MINUTES TOTAL POINTS
QUESTIONS PER QUESTION PER QUESTION PER CATEGORY
EASY
4 1 1 4

AVERAGE
3 2 2 6
DIFFICULT
3 3 3 9
CLINCHER Applicable only if 1 3 – min max
(if necessary) there is tie score.
TOTAL 10 questions 20 minutes 19 points
Highest Possible
Score if No Ties.
EASY ROUND
EASY ROUND
QUESTION 1

[1] Factorize: 𝒂𝒙 − 𝟔 − 𝟑𝒂 + 𝟐𝒙

[A] (𝑎 − 2)(𝑥 + 3) [C] (𝑎 − 2)(𝑥 − 3)

[B] (𝑎 + 2)(𝑥 − 3) [D] (𝑎 + 2)(𝑥 + 3)

EASY ROUND
QUESTION 2

𝒑𝟑 −𝟏
[2] Simplify:
𝒑−𝟏

[A] 𝑝 − 1
2
[C] 𝑝 − 𝑝 + 1
2

[B] 𝑝2 + 𝑝 + 1 [D] 𝑝2 − 𝑝 − 1
EASY ROUND
QUESTION 3

𝒙+𝟐 𝟑𝒙
[2] What is the value of 𝒙 in + = 𝟐?
𝟑 𝟐

8 5
[A] [C]
11 11

5 9
[B] [D]
8 13
EASY ROUND
QUESTION 4

[2] Given that 𝒙 − 𝒚 = 𝟓 and 𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟑, what is the value of 𝒚 ?

[A] 1 [C] −1

[B] 2 [D] 0
AVERAGE ROUND
AVERAGE ROUND
QUESTION 1

[1] If 𝒙 + 𝒚 = 𝟐 and 𝒙𝒚 = 𝟒, what is the value of 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 ?

AVERAGE ROUND
QUESTION 2

[2] what is the value of the ? below?

AVERAGE ROUND
QUESTION 3

[3] The vertices of a triangle are at the points

(𝟏, 𝟏), (𝟔, 𝟏), and (𝟑, 𝟒), what is the area of the
triangle?
DIFFICULT ROUND
DIFFICULT ROUND
QUESTION 1

[1] In three years’ time, John will be thrice as old

as Paul. If the sum of their present ages is 18.
Find the present age of John.
DIFFICULT ROUND
QUESTION 2

[2] The slope of a line passing through (𝒑, 𝟐)

and (𝟑, 𝟓) is 1. Find the value of 𝒑.
DIFFICULT ROUND
QUESTION 3

𝟏 𝟐
[3] If 𝒂 = and 𝒙 = , find the value of
𝒃 𝒚

𝒂𝒃 − 𝟐𝒙𝒚 + 𝟑𝒂𝒃 − 𝟒𝒙𝒚 + 𝟓𝒂𝒃 − 𝟔𝒙𝒚 + 𝟕𝒂𝒃 − 𝟖𝒙𝒚 + 𝟗𝒂𝒃 − 𝟏𝟎𝒙𝒚.

GRADE 9
CATEGORY NO. OF POINTS ALOTTED NO. OF MINUTES TOTAL POINTS
QUESTIONS PER QUESTION PER QUESTION PER CATEGORY
EASY
4 1 1 4

AVERAGE
3 2 2 6
DIFFICULT
3 3 3 9
CLINCHER Applicable only if 1 3 – min max
(if necessary) there is tie score.
TOTAL 10 questions 20 minutes 19 points
Highest Possible
Score if No Ties.
EASY ROUND
EASY ROUND
QUESTION 1

[1] What is the larger root in 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟏𝟓 = 𝟎?