Metrobank-MTAP_DepEd Math Challenge 2017

Elimination Stage, Grade 10

Name: _______________________________________________ School: _________________________________________ Score:__________

Instruction: Write your answer on the space provided before each item. Give all fractions and expressions in
simplest form and all expressions in expanded form.
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_________________1. Arrange the following numbers from least to greatest: 15%, 0.1, 25.
_________________2. A box contains red, blue, and yellow balls. If the ratio of red to blue to yellow balls is 3 : 6 : 10
and there are 42 blue balls, how many balls are yellow?
_________________3. If 3% of a number is 18, what is 20% of twice the number?
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_________________4. If 𝑥 = -1, find the value of 𝑥 𝑥 + 𝑥 𝑥 .
_________________5. What is 𝑄(𝑥) in (𝑥 + 2)𝑄(𝑥) + (4𝑥 + 2) = 𝑥 3 + 5𝑥 2 + 9𝑥?
_________________6. Which is greater, 2√5 or 3√3?
_________________7. If the point (-2,11) lies on the line𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 3, what is 𝑚?
_________________8. The exterior angle of an equiangular polygon is 40°. How many sides does the polygon have?
_________________9. What is the equation of the line (in slope-intercept form) that is parallel to 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 1 and
passes through (1,-2)?
_________________10. If −11 − 6𝑤 ≥ −35, what is the largest value of 𝑤?
_________________11. The average of two radical expressions is √3 − √2. If one of them is √3 + √2, what is the
other radical expression?
_________________12. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 1 + 5𝑥 − 2𝑥 2 , what is 𝑓(1 + ℎ) − 𝑓(1)?
_________________13. Find the least value of 𝑘 for the equation 2𝑘 = 2(𝑥 − 1)2 + 5 to have a real root.
_________________14. A liquid mixture is 4% pesticide. Some amount of this mixture and some amount of water
are mixed to make 500 L of new mixture. Find the amount of water needed so that the new
mixture is 1% pesticide.
_________________15. If 𝑎𝑛 = (−1)𝑛+1 − 2𝑛 + 2𝑛, what is 𝑎4 ?
_________________16. If the numbers −15, 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 , 𝑎4 , 21 form an arithmetic sequence, what is 𝑎4 .
_________________17. If the third and ninth terms of an arithmetic sequence are 13 and 37, respectively, what is
the sum of the first six terms of the sequence?
_________________18. How many three-digit numbers from 100 to 500 are divisible by 12?
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_________________19. If the numbers − 10 , 𝑎2, 𝑎3, 𝑎4, 𝑎5, 320 form a geometric sequence, what is 𝑎4 ?
20. If the second and fourth terms of a geometric sequence are 250 and 10, respectively, what is the sum of the
first five terms of the sequence?
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21. Find the sum of the infinite geometric series 2 − 8 + 32 − ⋯.
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22. Express 2.24 in the form 𝑞, where 𝑝 and 𝑞 are positive integers with gcd(𝑝, 𝑞) = 1.
23. When the Polynomial 𝑃(𝑥) is divided by 2𝑥 2 − 𝑥, the quotient is 𝑥 2 +1 and the remainder is 𝑥 + 2. What is
𝑃(𝑥).
24. What is the remainder when 𝑃(𝑥) = 2𝑥 4 − 7𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 2 is divided by 𝑥 + 2?
25. Find the value of 𝑘 so that 𝑥 + 1 is a factor of 𝑃(𝑥) = 2𝑘𝑥 4 + 4𝑥 3 + 𝑘𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 3.
26. Solve for 𝑥 in the equation 3𝑥 3 + 𝑥 2 − 12𝑥 − 4 = 0.
27. Let P(𝑥) be a third-degree polynomial such that 𝑃(−1) = 𝑃(2) = 0 and 𝑃(3) = −16. What is 𝑃(−2)?
28. In a circle, chord 𝐴𝐵 is bisected by chord 𝐶𝐷 at𝑀. If 𝐶𝑀 = 8 𝑐𝑚 and 𝑀𝐷 = 18 𝑐𝑚, find 𝐴𝐵.
29. Chords AB and CD intersect at W such that CW: WD=3:2. If AW=6 cm and WB=16 cm, what is the length of
CD?
30. Quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle. Given that