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MTAP 2015 GRADE 9 QUALIFYING STAGE

Problem 1:

Simplify:

Solution:

We can rewrite the expression as follows,

By cross multiplication,

Since the denominator is an irrational number, we rationalize it


by multiplying the expression by 1 to preserve its identity.
Problem 2:

Evaluate:

Solution:

By long method, we can convert negative exponents to


fractions and simplify it using fractions.

Recall that

We do the same in the problem,

Simplify numerator and denominator as follows,


Problem 3:

Simplify:

Solution:

We can just do it by using fractions.

Extracting the perfect squares,


Problem 4:

Simplify:

Solution:

rewrite the expression as follows,

Rationalizing the denominator,

x-y cancels out leaving,


Problem 5:

If a, b, and c are real numbers such that and

Find the value of .

Solution:

Given the ratio of b and a and b and c, we find ways that b must
be of the same value in both proportions. By multiplying a
number that is equal to 1, such condition can be attained.

For the other ratio:


Since we already have a uniform values for a, b, and c. we can
say that a:b:c=2:10:5

Solving for the value of .

Problem6:

If and , what is x?

Solution:

We solve for y for the second equation,

Now, we substitute this y to the first equation,


Equate this to 0,

Observe that this is a quadratic equation in x/9, thus by


factoring we have

Solving for xs:

Solving for another x:

Since x>0 is the given restriction in the problem, the only


solution is x=9.
Problem 7:

If , what is f(x-3)?

Solution:
We can rewrite f(x) in factor form as follows,

To find f(x-3), we let x=x-3,


Problem 8:

If and , for all real number x. For what real


number does

Solution:

Solving for g(-a) and f(-a),

For f(-a),

Going back to the desired equation,

Solving for a:
Solving for another value of a:

Therefore, the answers are 0 and -1.

Problem 9:

Solve for x:

Solution:

First step is to square both sides of equation to remove the


outermost radical.

Squaring both sides again,


Problem 10:

Solve for x:

Solution:

By cross multiplying the left side of equation we have,

let A=2x, B=x+2,

Simplifying,

By factoring,
Plugging in the real values of A and B we have,

Solving for x:

Problem 11:

If , solve for x in

Solution:

To solve equations, we always eliminate fractions. By


multiplying the whole equation by we can remove all
fractions.

Now, since the right side of equation is radical, we raise both


sides by 2,
By factoring we have,

These factors will immediately tell us that the values of x are 1


and 9/4. By quick check however, 9/4 fails to satisfy the original
equation. Thus, the only solution is 1.

Problem 12:

Evaluate

Solution:

This is a nested radical and I already have a tutorial on how to


solve this problem. If youre used to see problem like this, you
might be able to solve it in less than 3 seconds. For real.

To solve this though, we let x be equal to


Square both sides,

Now, recall that

The square root of a positive number will always be positive.


Thus, the answer is 2. -1 is an extraneous root.

Problem 13:

Find the two consecutive integers whose product is 506.

Solution:

Let x be the smaller integer. Since we are looking for the two
CONSECUTIVE integers, the other number must be x+1.

It is stated that their product is 506, thus

Therefore, the numbers that we are looking for are


are 22 and 23.
Problem 14:

If and if , what is the larger root of

Solution:

Let x and y be the roots of equation.

By Vietas formula, we have

**

From the relationship of the coefficients, we solve for c in terms


of a and b.

***

We substitute *** to c of *,

****

From ** we solve for b/a,


We substitute this to ****

By factoring,

Since the roots are equal, there is no greater root. The answer
is -1.

Problem 15:

Solve for x in

Solution:
We also provided the easiest way to solve this quadratic
inequality in this site. But let us demonstrate the answer to this
problem.

In this format, the answer is in the form of a<x<b, where b>a


and a and b are the roots of inequality.

The roots are supposed to be 3/2 and -2. Thus, the solution set
is -2<x<3/2 or (-2,3/2)
Problem 16:

Solve for real numbers satisfying the inequality

Solution:

By rearranging,

Solving for x:

Obviously, -2 is an extraneous root since we have square root of


x in the left side of equation and the square root of any number
will always be greater than 0. Thus,

Check this tutorial on how to deal with quadratic


inequality flawlessly.
Problem 17:

Find the minimum value of

Solution:

Minimum value of quadratic equation can be found using the


following formula,

where a,b, and c are the coefficients of quadratic equation.

By substitution,
Problem 18:

Find the smallest value of

Solution:

By AM-GM Inequality theorem we have,

Applying the theorem,


Thus, the minimum value of x+5/x is

Problem 19:

Solve for b in the equation:

Solution:
By comparison, we can say that b=a+1. But a=3(constant part),
hence

Problem 20:

Write the quadratic equation with integer coefficients whose

roots are the reciprocals of the roots of

Solution:
This problem actually can be rigidly solved using Vietas
formula but there is a hippest way to solve problem like this
where we can solve it in just a matter of three to 4 lines long.

Let y be the roots of the desired equation. Since the given


equation has a root of x, we can establish the following relation
based on the condition given(reciprocal of the roots).

Now, we substitute this to the given equation,

Simplifying to have an integer coefficients we have,

Dropping y back to x,

Problem 21:

Compute the sum of all the roots of (x-2)(x+1)+(x-1)(x+4)=0


Solution:

To find the sum of the roots, we expand the equation,

Now, the sum of the roots of this quadratic equation is just the
negative ratio of b and a. Thus, the sum is -1.
Problem 22:

If r and s are the roots of , evaluate

Solution:

The sum of the roots of quadratic equation is again the negative

ratio of b and a. Thus,

This means that .

Actually, this problem doesnt really make sense at all. I was


expecting a twist somewhere. They might mistyped

this from this . The latter is more challenging


and adds flavor to the problem. Anyways, lets proceed.
Problem 23:

For what value(s) of m are the roots of equal?

Solution:

For a quadratic equation to have an equal roots, the


discriminant must be equal to 0. Thus,
Problem 24:

It is known that y varies as the square of x and y=8 when x=1.


What is y when x=8?

Solution:

Let k be the constant of proportionality. Since y varies as the


square of x we have,

Solving for k when y=8 and x=1,

Solving for y when x=8,


Problem 25:

Suppose that x and y are inversely proportional and are positive


quantities. By what percent does y decrease if x is increased by
25%?

Solution:

We let k be the constant of proportionality and we establish the


equation.
IF x in increased by 25%, the value of x will become 1.25x.
Since the constant of proportionality is constant. We equate the
ks of two situations.

From 1, the value of y decreases to 0.8. Thus, it decreased


by 20%.

Problem 26:

If 4 men can paint a house in 5 days, in how many days can 10


men paint the same house?
Solution:

This problem is an application of variation. As the number of


workers increases, the number of days to complete the job
decreases. Thus, they are inversely proportional.

Let m be the number of people, d be the number of days, and k


be the proportionality constant.

From this, we can say that

Or we can rearrange this as follows,

In variation, the proportionality constant is always constant.


Thus,

Thus, answer is 2 days.

Problem 27:
If y is proportional to the cube of y and x is proportional to the
fourth power of z, then y is proportional to which power of z?

Solution:

This problem is vague. y is proportional to cube of y doesnt


make sense. We will verify this problem first before writing the
solution.
Problem 28:

Running at uniform speed in a race, Alice can beat Ben by 20 m, Ben can beat Carlo by
10 m and Alice can beat Carlo by 28 m. How long is the race?

Solution:

Let d be the distance of the race,

Let r1 be the rate of Alice

Let r2 be the rate of ben

Let r3 be the rate of Carlo

Formulating equation:

For Alice:

d=r1(t)

For Ben:

d-20=r2(t)

Since alice finished 20 m ahead of Ben and the time is equal. Equating time we have,

For Ben can beat Carlo by 10 m. For Bens rate equation.

d=r2t

For Carlos rate equation,

d-10=r3t

Equating the time,

We can rewrite this as follows,

##
For Alice can beat Carlo by 28 m

Alices rate equation:

d=r1t

For Carlos equation:

d-28=r3t

equating time,

###

Now, we observe these 3 equations. We equate the first equation and last equation since
the ratio of the distance and the rate of Alice is just the same.

We can rewrite this equation as follows,

But we have the ratio of Carlos rate to Bobs rate in ##,

thus,

Voila! we have an equation in terms of distance of the race. By cross multiplication,

Therefore, the distance of the race is 100 m.

Problem 29:

Find the measure of the vertex angle of an isosceles triangle


whose base angles measure 65.
Solution:

An isosceles triangle has two base angles and one vertex angle.

Let x be the measure base angle.

x+65+65=180

x+130=180

x=180-130

x=50

Answer is 50 degrees.

Problem 30:
Find x if the angles of a quadrilateral measure x , (2x+10),
(3x+20) and (4x30).

Solution:

Since the sum of interior angles of quadrilateral is 360 degrees


we have,

x+2x+10+3x+20+4x-30=360

10x=360

x=360/10

x=36
Problem 31:

An equilateral triangle and a square have the same perimeter.


What is the ratio of the length of a side of the triangle to the
length of a side of the square?

Solution:

The perimeter of equilateral triangle can be found using the


formula,

where t is the length of the side

The perimeter of square can be found using the formula,

where s is the length of the side

Since the perimeter is equal, we equate their perimeters,


Since we are asked to find the ratio of the side of triangle to the
length of the side of the square we find t/s.

Thus, the ratio is 4:3

Problem 32:

John cuts an equilateral triangular paper whose sides measure


2 cm into pieces. He then rearranges the pieces to form a
square without overlapping. How long is the side of the square
formed?

After cutting, the area of the figure is still the same. To find the
area of an equilateral triangle, we use the following formula,

Where a is the length of the side of an equilateral triangle.

Finding the area we have,


Now, since the area of this triangle is equal to the area of the
square, we can use the formula of the area of the square to find
the length of the side.

Now, we equate the area of the triangle,

Since we are solving for s, we take the square root of both


sides,

Or,
Problem 33:

The sides of a triangle are of lengths 5, 12 and 13 cm. What is


the length of its shortest altitude?

Solution:

Draw the triangle and label


like shown below.

Since the triangle formed is


a right triangle, 12 and 5 are
also altitudes. If we draw another altitude to the hypotenuse
and label it x. Both 5 and 12 will become the hypotenuse of the
two new triangles formed. Thus, x is the shortest altitude.

Now, take note that

By similar triangles we can solve for the value of x.


Problem 34:

Each side of triangle ABC measures 8 cm. If D is the foot of the


altitude drawn from A to the side BC and E is the midpoint of
AD, how long is segment BE?

Solution:

Draw the figure as shown below,

Since this is an equilateral triangle, triangle ADB is a 36-60-90


triangle. Using the property of this triangle, the side of AD is
square root of 3 times the length of BD. Thus,

Since E is the midpoint of AD,

Now, triangle BDE also forms a right triangle and we can solve for BE using
Pythagorean theorem.
Problem 35:

A point E is chosen inside a square of side 8 cm such that it is


equidistant from two adjacent vertices of the square and the
side opposite these vertices. Find the common distance.

Solution:

Draw the figure like shown below,

The only way that a point will be equidistant from two adjacent vertices, it should
lie in the symmetrical axis of the square. Label the figure accordingly. If your
figure is not correct, your solution will not be correct as well.

To find the value of x, we use the right triangle formed in the upper left side of
upper right side. Either of the two.

Using Pythagorean theorem we have,


Problem 36:

A point E is chosen inside rectangle ABCD and its distances


from A, B and C are 2 cm, 3 cm and 4 cm. How far is E from D?

Solution:

If you draw the figure, it will give you thrill how to solve it
because the solution to this problem has never been teach for a
regular grade 9 students unless you studied the first tutorial we
posted in this website or you love reading olympiad math
problems.

This problem can be solved using British Flag Theorem, better


check that tutorial first before you go through. This theorem
states that if a point is selected inside the rectangle, the sum of
the square of the distances from a point from opposite vertices
are equal.

Thus,

By substitution,
Problem 37:

Find the area of a rectangle with diagonal 10 cm that is twice


as long as it is wide.

Solution:

The diagonal, length, and the width of the rectangle will form a
right triangle.

Let x be the width and the length will be 2x as given.

Using Pythagorean theorem,


Thus, the length is 45

Finding the area:

Problem 38:

Triangle ABC has a right angle at C. If sin A=1/3,what is cos A?

Solution:

Draw and label the figure as shown below. Label your angle,
label the opposite and the hypotenuse since sine is the ratio of
opposite side and hypotenuse.

We are asked for the value of cosA which is the ratio of


adjacent side to opposite side. Since the adjacent side is
unknown, we look for it using Pythagorean theorem.
Solving for cosA:

Where a is the adjacent side to the angle A and H is the


hypotenuse.

Problem 39:
A side of a triangle measures 3 cm. A line segment is drawn
parallel to this side, forming a trapezoid whose area is 2/3 of
the area of the triangle. How long is the line segment?

Solution:

Draw and label the triangle like shown below.

Since the segment is parallel to the side with length 3, two


similar triangles will be formed.

We let A be the area of the bigger triangle. Given that the area
of the trapezoid is 2/3 of A, the area of smaller triangle is 1-
2A/3=A/3.

Using the side-area relationship of two similar polygons, we


have

Where s1 and s2 are the length of the sides of bigger and


smaller triangle respectively. A1 and A2 are the corresponding
areas.
Problem 40:

A cone has volume 64 m3 vertex equal to 1/4. If the cone is cut


parallel to the base at a distance from the of the height of the
cone, what is the volume of the resulting cone?

Solution:

The figure would look like this.

The volume of the larger cone can be expressed as,

The volume of smaller cone can be expressed as,


Since the height is 1/4 of the bigger cone, the radius will follow
this proportion since the cones formed here are congruent.
(Parallel cut)

Dividing the volumes we have,

MTAP 2015 TEAM FINALS

15-sec: 1 point each


1. Determine all positive number x that satisfy 5x^2-10x. [x=2]
2. What is the fourth power of sqrt(2+sqrt(2))? [6+4*sqrt(2)]
3. Simplify: 4^(-k/2) * 8^(k-1)/3 [ 3/2^k]
4. If a*b=sqrt(a^2+b^2). What is the value of (3*4)*12 [13]
5. Suppose that x,y, and z are positive integers such that xy=6, xz=10, and yz=15.
What is the value of xyz? [30]
6. The yearly changes in the population of a certain town for two consecutive
years are 20% increase on the first yead and 20% on the second year.
What is the net change in percent over the two-year period? [4% decrease]
7. What is the slope of the line perpendicular to 2x+5y+2=0 [-2/5]
8. The area of a triangle is 100 cm^2. What will be its area if its altitude is
increased by 10% and its base is decreased by 10%? [99 cm^2]
9. The sum of two consecutive numbers is 2015. If 9 is added to each of the
numbers and then each of the resulting number is doubled, what is the sum
of the final two numbers? [4066]
10. A square and a triangle has have the same perimeter. If the square has area
of 144 cm^2, what is the area of triangle? [64*sqrt(3) cm^2]
11. Let r and s be the solution of x^2-3x+1=0. What is the value of (r+1)(s+1)? [5]

30-second question: 3 points each

1. If f(x)=x^2=x+1, find the sum of all number that y satisfies f(2y)=2. [1/2]
2. A man walks 1 km east and then 1 km northwest. How far is he from his
strating point? [sqrt(2-sqrt(2))]
3. Four men working for four days can paint 4 cars. How many cars can 6 men
working for 6 days paint? [9 cars]
4. The longer base of a trapezoid measures 10 cm and the line segment joining
the midpoint of the diagonals measures 3 cm. What is the lenght of the shorter
base? [4 cm]
5. What is the least possible value for x^2+3x+2 if x^2-3x-2=0? [6]
6. The point D is the midpoint of the side BC of equilateral triangle and E is the
midpoint of AD. How long is BE if a side of triangle ABC measures 8 cm?
[2sqrt(7)]

2015 Grade 9 MTAP Math Challenge Division Oral Competition

15-second question (2 points each)

1.) Determine all positive number x that satisfy 5x2 = 10x

2.) What is the fourth power of 2+ 2 ?


k k1
3.) Simplify 4 2
+8 3

4.) If a b = a2 +b2 , what is the value of (3 4) 12?

5.) Suppose that x, y and z are positive integers such that xy = 6, xz = 10 and yz =
15. What is the value of xyz?

6.) The yearly changes in population of a certain town for two consecutive years
are 20% increase on the first year and 20% decrease on the second year. What is
the net change in percent over the two year period?

7.) What is the slope of the line parallel to 2 x + 5y + 2 = 0.

8.) The area of a triangle is 100 sq. cm. What will be its area if its altitude is
increased by 10% and its base is decreased by 10%?

9.) The sum of two numbers is 2015. If 9 is added to each of the numbers and
then each of the resulting numbers is doubled, what is the sum of the final two
numbers?
10.) A square and a triangle have the same perimeter. If the square has area 144
sq. cm., what is the area of the triangle?
11.) Let r and s be the solutions of x2 x + 1 = 0. What is the value of (r+1)(s+1)?

30-second question (3 points each)

1.) If , find the sum of all numbers y that satisfies .


2.) A man walks 1 km east then 1 km northwest. How far is he from his starting
point?
3.) Four men working for four days can paint 4 cars. How many cars can 6 men
working for 6 days paint?
4.) The longer base of a trapezoid measures 10 cm and the line segment joining
the midpoint of the diagonals measures 3 cm. What is the length of the shorter
base?

5.) What is the least possible value of ?


6.) The point D is the midpoint of the side BC of equilateral triangle ABC and E is
the midpoint of AD. How long is BE if a side of ABC measures 8 cm?

1-minute question (5 points each)

1.) If the roots of are twice those , what is the value


of n?
2.) The lengths of the sides of a triangle are 10, 17 and 21 cm. How long is the
altitude of the triangle to longest side?
3.) Triangle ABC is isosceles. If A = 50, what are the possible measures of B?
4.) The medians AD and BE of ABC are perpendicular. Find the length of AB if BC
= 3 cm and AC = 4 cm.
5.) The product of three consecutive positive integers is 16 times their sum. What
is the sum of the three numbers?

Clincher Question

1.) Point E is on the side AC of ABC and points D and F are chosen on the side
AB such that DE || BC and EF || CD. Find the length of BD if AF = FD = 3 cm.
2.) In ABC, C = 30. If D is the foot of the altitude from A to BC and E is the
midpoint of AC, find the measure of EDC.
3.) One candle will burn completely at a uniform rate in 4 hours while another in 3
hours. At what time should the two candles be simultaneously lighted so that one
will be half the length of the other at 6:00 PM?
4.) Points P and Q are drawn on the sides BC and AC of triangle ABC such that
AQB and APB measures 110 and 80 respectively. If point R is chosen inside
ABC such that AR and BR bisects CAP and CAQ respectively, what is the
measure if ARB?
5.) Point E is the midpoint of the side BC of ABC and F is the midpoint of AE. The
line thru BF intersects AC at D. Find the area of AFD if the area of the triangle is
48 cm2.
2015 Grade 9 MTAP Math Challenge Division Oral Competition

15-second question (2 points each)

1.) Determine all positive number x that satisfy .


Answer: x = 2

2.) What is the fourth power of ?


Answer:

3.) Simplify
Answer:

4.) If a b = , what is the value of (3 4) 12?


Answer: 13

6.) The yearly changes in population of a certain town for two


consecutive years are 20% increase on the first year and 20%
decrease on the second year. What is the net change in percent
over the two year period?
Answer: 4% decrease

7.) What is the slope of the line parallel to 2x + 5y + 2 = 0.


Answer: -2/5

8.) The area of a triangle is 100 sq. cm. What will be its area if
its altitude is increased by 10% and its base is decreased by
10%?
Answer: 99 sq. cm.

9.) The sum of two numbers is 2015. If 9 is added to each of the


numbers and then each of the resulting numbers is doubled,
what is the sum of the final two numbers?
Answer: 4066

10.) A square and a triangle have the same perimeter. If the


square has area 144 sq. cm., what is the area of the triangle?
Answer: sq cm.
11.) Let r and s be the solutions of . What is the value
of ?
Answer: 5

30-second question (3 points each)

1.) If , find the sum of all numbers y that


satisfies .
Answer: 1/2

2.) A man walks 1 km east then 1 km northwest. How far is he


from his starting point?
Answer: 2-2 km

3.) Four men working for four days can paint 4 cars. How many
cars can 6 men working for 6 days paint?
Answer: 9 cars

4.) The longer base of a trapezoid measures 10 cm and the line


segment joining the midpoint of the
diagonals measures 3 cm. What is the length of the shorter
base?
Answer: 4 cm

5.) What is the least possible value of ?


Answer: 6, -1/4

6.) The point D is the midpoint of the side BC of equilateral


triangle ABC and E is the midpoint of AD. How long is BE if a
side of ABC measures 8 cm?
Answer: 27 cm

1-minute question (5 points each)

1.) If the roots of are twice those , what


is the value of n?
Answer: 8

2.) The lengths of the sides of a triangle are 10, 17 and 21 cm.
How long is the altitude of the triangle to longest side?
Answer:
3.) Triangle ABC is isosceles. If A = 50, what are the possible
measures of B?
Answer: 50, 80

4.) The medians AD and BE of ABC are perpendicular. Find the


length of AB if BC = 3 cm and AC = 4 cm.
Answer: 5 cm

5.) The product of three consecutive positive integers is 16


times their sum. What is the sum of the three numbers?
Answer: 21

6.) Point E is on the side AC of ABC and points D and F are


chosen on the side AB such that DE || BC and EF || CD. Find the
length of BD if AF = FD = 3 cm.
Answer: 6 cm

Clincher Question

1.) In ABC, C = 30. If D is the foot of the altitude from A to


BC and E is the midpoint of AC, find the measure of EDC.
Answer: 30

2.) One candle will burn completely at a uniform rate in 4 hours


while another in 3 hours. At what time should the two candles
be simultaneously lighted so that one will be half the length of
the other at 6:00 PM?
Answer: 3:36 PM

3.) Points P and Q are drawn on the sides BC and AC of triangle ABC such
that AQB and APB measures 110 and 80 respectively. If point R is
chosen inside ABC such that AR and BR bisects CAP and CAQ
respectively, what is the measure if ARB?
Answer: 95

Do or Die Question

Point E is the midpoint of the side BC of ABC and F is the midpoint of AE.
The line thru BF intersects AC at D. Find the area of AFD if the area of the
triangle is 48 cm^2.

Answer: 4 cm^2
1.) Determine all positive number x that satisfy .
2.) What is the fourth power of ?
Answer:

3.) Simplify
Answer:

4.) If a b = , what is the value of (3 4) 12?


Answer: 13

5.) Suppose that x, y and z are positive integers such that xy = 6, xz = 10


and yz = 15. What is the value of xyz?
Answer: 30 Continue reading
Directions: Give all fractions in the lowest terms. Eliminate negative exponents and
rationalize denominators. Give equation of the lines in slope-intercept form.

1. Simplify

2. Simplify:

3. Simplify:

4. Simplify:

5. Simplify: if and .

6. Simplify:

7. Solve:

8. Find the equation of the line with x-intercept 3 and y-intercept -7.

9. Find the equation of the line passing through and perpendicular


to .

10. Find the constant s so that the lines and are


parallel.

11. Find the point of intersection of the lines and

12. Find the supplement of an angle measuring

13. If and are supplementary, find the complement


of .

14. The four points A(-6,2), B(-3,-2), C(9,7) and D form Rectangle ABCD. What are
the coordinates of D?

15. How many circles of radius 9 cm can be cut from a rectangular sheet of 3.7 m
by 1.05m?

16. In Parallelogram PARK, , , and . What is


x+y?
17. The angles of triangle are in the ration of 11:12:13. Find the measure in
degrees ot each of its interior angles?

18. The vertex angle an isosceles triangle is 63. Find the measure of the base
angle?

19. The regular polygon has 15 sides. Find the measure in degrees of each of its
interior angles?

20. An equilateral triangle has a perimeter 27 cm. what is its area?

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