Mathematics Reviewer Mathscielympics
Mathematics Reviewer Mathscielympics
MATHSCIELYMPICS
5 5 x
1. If x > 5, which is the largest? a. b. c.
x x−1 5
2. Simplify: 9x – (2y – 3x) – {y – (2y – x)} – {2y + (4x -3y)}
3 x −2 y 2 x− y
3. Perform the indicated operations: + .
5 x−3 3−5 x
4. Expand (2x – 3y)2.
5. The coordinate of A is -7 and that of B is 21. If M is the midpoint of AB, how long is AM?
6. A, B, and C are collinear with B between A and C. If the coordinate of B is -2, that of C is 6
and AB = 2BC, what is the coordinate of A?
4 8
7. Factor completely: 81x – 16y .
2 2
2 x −3 x−14 2 x −x−10
8. Simplify: 2
x 2 .
2 x −3 x−5 2 x −5 x −7
9. Find two numbers with a product of 60 and a sum of 19.
10. Expand: (3x2 – 2y2)3.
2
11. Find the value of 27 3 .
12. Find the value of (2-1 + 3-1)2.
13. Write (3x-6)(9x2) in simplest form.
14. A square has a perimeter of (12x + 28) cm. Find its area.
15. Express the product of two consecutive odd integers as a polynomial.
16. If the coordinates of the midpoint of the segment joining A(-3, 1) and B(x, y) are M(2, 4), find
B(x, y).
17. Find the least common multiple of: (2x2 + x – 6) and (2x2 – 5x + 3). [Give answer in factored
form].
18. Find the solution (x, y) in 5x – 4y = 19 and 7x + 3y = 18.
19. What is the remainder when 2x3 – 5x + 10 is divided by x – 2?
20. For what real values of x is -4 < 3x – 2 < 14
2
at
21. If s = vt - , solve for a in terms of s, v and t.
2
2 3
22. Solve for x: = .
x+1 2 x−2
4 1 17∧2 3
23. Solve for x and y − = + =19.
x y x y
24. What kind of system is x + y = 3 and 2x = 6 – 3y?
25. Three times a number decreased by 15 is at least 23 and at most 56. What is the biggest
integral value that the number can have?
26. If n is an integer, find the solution set of -5 < 2n – 1< 5.
5 n+2 3
27. For what value of n will reduce to .
7 n+1 4
2
28. Solve for x: 3x + 13x – 10 = 0.
29. Find the positive roots of 2x2 – 5x – 8 = 0.
3 2
30. Find an equation with integral coefficients such that the roots are and .
2 5
2 2
4 x −9 y
31. Simplify: 3 2 .
10 x +15 x y
2 2 2 2
a −9 y x −y
32. Multiply and simplify: x .
3 x −3 y a2−6 a+9
ab+ ac b b
33. Perform the indicated operations: x ÷ .
ab−ac b+ c b−c
34. Factor completely: xy3 + 2y2 – xy – 2.
35. If a – 2 is one factor of a3 – 8, what is the other?
36. If 28(32) is written as the difference of two squares, a2 – b2, what is a2?
37. If y varies directly as x and y =2 when x = 3, what is the equation of variation?
38. If y varies jointly as x2 and y, and z = 24 when x = 2 and y = 3, find z when x = 4 and y = 2.
1
39. If y varies inversely as x and y = 12 when x = 6, find x if y = .
2
40. Simplify: √ 18 - √ 8+ √ 50.
41. Multiply and simplify: (2√ 5+3 √ 2)(2√ 5−3 √ 2 ¿.
3 √ 7 +2 √ 2
42. Rationalize the denominator: .
2 √ 7−3 √ 2
43. Solve for x: √ 11−x −√ x +6=−3.
44. Divide: √ a b2 by √3 a2 b.
45. If the roots of 2x2 + 7x – 5 = 0 are r and s, find an equation with integral coefficients whose
roots are equal to 3r and 3s.
46. The sum of the numerator and denominator of a certain fraction is 104. The value of the
9
fraction reduces to . Find the fraction.
17
47. Twenty four men are engaged to do a piece of work in 38 days. After ten days, 8 men stop
work. In how many days can the rest finish the work?
48. For what value of k will the roots of x2 + 5x + k = 0 be real?
49. If 2x – y 1 and 4y = 8x + c, for what value(s) of c will the system be dependent?
50. If z varies directly as the square of x and inversely as y, what is the effect on z of doubling x
and tripling y ?
51. The first term of a geometric sequence is 5, and the second term is 10, what is the sixth term?
a. 160 b. 80 c. 320 d. 640
52.This refers to the sum of the terms of a geometric sequence.
a. series c. continuity
b. limit d. all of these
53. Find the sum of the first six terms of a geometric sequence whose first term is 2 and common
ratio of 2/3.
a. 1234/4567 b. 1330/243 c. 4/11 d. 760/4551
54.Find the sum of the first five terms of the geometric sequence 2, 8,32, 128, …
a. 243 b. 682 c. 679 d. 743
55. In an arithmetic sequence, 2, 6, 10,…; find n if nth nth term is 102.
a. 25 b. 26 c. 27 d. 28
56.What is the common ration f the sequence -1, ½, -1/4, 1/8, …?
a. -1 b. -1/2 c. 0 d. ½
th
57.5 Find the 12 term of the geometric sequence 1, 2, 4, …
a. 512 b. 1024 c. 2048 d. 1112
58. If a fifth-degree polynomial is divided by a third-degree polynomial, what is the degree of the
quotient?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
59. divide: x 3−5 x 2+ 2 x−10 by x 2+2.
a. x 2−7 x +16 b. x 2−3 x+ 8 c. x+5 d. x-5
p (x ) r (x)
60. In the division algorithm =Q ( x ) + what is the dividend?
d (x) ⅆ(x)
a. p(x) b. d(x) c. r(x) d. Q(x)
3 2
61. find the remainder when x −2 x + 4 x−3 is divided by x-2
a. 27 b. 5 c. -5 d. -27
62. if x 3−2 x 2+5 x +6 is divided by x-1, the remainder is zero.
a. true b. false c. neither d. cannot be
determined
63. what is the quotient when 2 x3 −9 x 2−2 x +3 is divided by ( 2x-1)?
a. 2 x 2−8 x−6 b. 2 x 2+8 x +6 c. x 2+ 4 x +3 d. x 2−4 x−3
64. If a sixth-degree polynomial is divided by a third degree polynomial, what is the degree of
the quotient?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
3 2
65. What is the remainder when x −4 x + x +8 is divided by x-2?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
4. If 500 or 25% of a graduating class are girls, how many are graduating?
a. 2,000 b. 10,000
c. 5,000 d. 20,000
7. Our school has 8 male teachers who comprises 25% of all our teachers. How many teachers do we
have?
a. 24 b. 32
c. 40 d. 28
8. if a picture frame is 27 cm long and 18 cm wide, what is the ratio of its length to its width?
a. 3:2 b. 2:3
c. 3:5 d. 5:3
9. In room A of SPUP review center, there are 1 man and 2 women, in room B there are 2 men and 4
women and in room C there are5 men and 10 women. What is the ratio between men and women?
a. ¾ b. 5/7
c. 1/3 d. ½
10. In how many ways can 5 basketball players be chosen from a group of 9 players?
a. 126 b. 15,120
c. 212 d. 362,880
11. If the probability that it will rain today is 5/8, what is the probability that it will not?
a. 1/8 b. 3/8
c. ¼ d. 100%
12. Solve for the value of x to make the proportion x:8=4;16 true.
a. 1 b. 2
c. 3 d. 4
13. In how many ways can a photographer arrange 6 people in a row to pose for a photograph?
a. 30 b. 600
c. 120 d. 720
15. The opposite of a right angle in a right triangle is ___________, and its two sides are_________.
a. opposite, adjacent b. adjacent, opposite
c. hypotenuse, leg d. Leg, hypotenuse
16. The legs of one right triangle are 9 and 12. While those another right triangle are 12 and 16. How
much longer is the perimeter of the larger triangle than the perimeter of the smaller triangle?
a. 84 b. 12
c. 7 d. 14
17. The grades in mathematics of the students in section A are as follows: 80, 75, 60, 95, and 100. What is
the mean of their grades?
a. 80.2 b. 81
c. 82 d. 81.2
18. The sum of the complementary angles is in the ratio of 1:4. What is the larger angle?
a. 18 b. 26
c. 72 d. 90
19. If three times a number is subtracted from seven times the number, the result is 12. What is the
number?
a. 6/5 b. 12/5
c. -3 d. 3
20. 4 mangoes cost PHP 29.00. At that price, what will two and a half dozen mangoes cost?
a. P 870 b. P 348.50
c. P 188.50 d. P 217.50
21.The sides of a triangle are 3, 6, 8. If the largest side of a similar triangle is 16. What is the shortest
side?
a. 6 b. 12
c. 18 d. 24
25. At Arman’s Co. Pretzels are moved from ovens to packaging in a line of 25. Every fifth pretzel is
tested for weight. Every third pretzel is tested for size. How many of the 25 pretzels are NOT checked or
tested?
a. 10 b. 11
c. 12 d. 13
26. If 50% of a number is 20, then what is 75% of the same number?
a. 10 b. 30
c. 20 d. 40
27. Mark falls 16ft in the first hour, 48 ft in the second hour, and 80 ft in the third hour during a free fall.
How many feet will he fall in the sixth hour?
a. 112 b. 144
c. 176 d. 208
28. In an algebra test, the highest grade was 42 more than the lowest grade. The sum of the two grades is
138. Find the highest grade.
a. 42 b. 48
c. 90 d. 96
29. Alibaba works 40 hours a week and makes PHP 80.00 an hour. What is his take home pay for 2 weeks
if PHP1,400.00 is deducted for tax?
a. PHP 96,400 b. PHP 5,000
c. PHP 7,800 d. PHP 1,800
30. What is the smallest positive integer that has 6, 8, and 10 as factors?
a. 80 b. 120
c. 240 d. 300
31. A stick 96 cm long is to be divided in the ratio 3:4:5. How long is the longest part?
a. 8 b. 16
c. 24 d. 40
32. What is the mean of seven long distance calls that lasted for 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 18, and 24 minutes?
a. 14 mins. b. 13 mins.
c. 12 mins. d. 11 mins.
33. What is the range in this setoff data 1,-2, 5, 3, -6, 4, and -4?
a. 4 b. 10
c. 3 d. 11
34. What is the mode of the set of scores 26, 40, 39, 49, 57, 28, 40, 57, 40, and 49?
a. 26 b. 40
c. 49 d. 57
37. What is the value when 8.56 is multiplied by 10 to the sixth power?
a. 8560 b. 856000
c. 85600 d. 8560000
38. A meter was cut at the 35-cm mark. What is the ratio of the smaller piece to the larger piece?
a. 7:13 b. 35:100
c. 65:35 d. 65:100
39. A certain number is doubled and increased by 10 is 14. What is the number?
a. 2 b. 3
c. 4 d. 5
40. It takes 8 days for 35 laborers to harvest coffee on a plantation. How long will 20 laborers take to
harvest coffee on the same plantation?
a. 4. 6 days b. 10 days
c. 14 days d. 20 days
44. simplify: 2 √ 9 x 4 y 2
a. 6 x 2 y 2 b. 6 x 2 y
c. 6 x 2 y 3 d. 6 x 2 y 4
46. One card is taken from a deck of cards. What is the probability of getting a face card?
a. 1/3 b. 3/13
c. 7/12 d. 2/3
47. A pair of dice is rolled once. Find the probability of getting a sum of 5 or 11?
a. 1/3 b. 1/6
c. 5/36 d. 7/36
48. If 9 in 798567 is change to a 5. How much smaller is the new number formed?
a. 30000 b. 3000
c. 40000 d. 4000
x
49. If 8 + =11, what is the value of 3x?
5
a. -15 b. 15
c. 30 d. 45
5
50. the simplest form of is________
√ a+ √ b
5( √ a+ √ b) 5 ab
a. b.
ab √ a+ √ b
5 5+ ab
c. d.
√ a− √b √ a+ √ b
51. What is the solution of the equation:
5 3
=
2(x+ 1) (x +2)
a. 4 b. 5
c.12 d. 16
52. If Kevin has an average of 78% on his first two tests and has an average of 86% on the next six tests.
What is his final average?
a. 81% b. 82%
c. 83% d. 84%
53. The sum of the two numbers is 48 and their difference is 12. What are the numbers?
a. 12 and 40 b. 15 and 36
c. 30 and 18 d. 60 and 12
54. The volume of a cube is equal to its surface area. What is the edge of the cube?
a. 4 b. 6
c. 8 d. 12
55. If the sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 900 degrees. Determine the number of sides.
a. 5 b. 6
c. 7 d. 8
56. James paid PHP 1800 for a motorcycle and a monthly installment of PHP 800 for 3 years. Calculate
the total amount paid by James.
a. PHP 30, 600 b. PHP 25, 800
c. PHP 28, 800 d. PHP 24, 800
57. How many distinct arrangements can be made from the word “DEEMED?
a. 60 b. 30
c. 90 d. 120
58. If P(x) =6 x 3−x 2−19 x−6 is divided by x-2, gives a quotient of ______.
a. 6 x 2−11 x +3b. 6 x 2−11 x−3
c. 6 x 2+ 11 x+3 d. 6 x 2+ 11 x−3
61. What is the perimeter of a rectangle whose length and width are 2x+5 and 3x-1 respectively?
a. 5x+4 b. 6x+2
c. 10x+8 d. 6x-2
62. The first angle of a quadrilateral is 50, the second is twice the first and the third is equal to the second.
What is the fourth angle of a quadrilateral?
a. 108 b. 110
c. 111 d. 100
63. A ball is drawn at random from a box containing 6 red balls, 4 white balls, and 5 blue balls. Find the
probability that it is white.
a. 1/3 b. 4/5
c. 4/15 d. 4/13
65. What is the probability of getting a sum of five when a pair of dice is rolled?
a. 5/36 b. 5/6
c. 2/3 d. 1/9
66. A company issues a three-letter security code to each employee. How many distinct codes can be
generated if each letter can be used only once for each code?
a. 15, 600 b. 78
c. 17,576 d. 75
67. Into how many four-hundred-gram packs of sugar can a 30-kilogram sack be repacked?
a. 80 b. 60
c. 50 d. 75
68. Find two positive numbers whose product is 64 and sum is minimum.
a. 8 and 8 b. 2 and 32
c. 1 and 64 d. 4 and 16
69. A coin is tossed twice. What is the probability that it is not 2 heads?
a. ¼ b. ½
c. 1/3 d. ¾
x
71. Given that +4=49. Find the value of x
3
a. 215 b. 105
c. 95 d. 135
72. A box weighs 1.3 kilos when it is empty. A bottle of wine weighs 1.5y. which expression gives the
weight of the box when it’s filled with Y bottles?
a. 1.3y+1.5 b. 1.5y -1.3
c. 1.3 + 1.5y d. 1.3y +1.5y
74. A little boy weighs seven kilos. How much is this in pounds?
a. 18.5 lbs. b. 15.4 lbs.
c. 16.4 lbs. d. 14.5 lbs.
79. A clerk is requested to file 800 cards. If he can file cards at the rate of 80 cards an hour. How many
remaining cards still need to be filled after he has worked 7 hours?
a. 560 b. 240
c. 260 d. 140
80. The sum of two integers is 4. The difference between the two integers is 10. Which is the smaller
integer?
a. -4 b. -8
c. -3 d. 7
81. There are 40 women in a committee consisting of 50 members. What is the ratio of the men to the
women?
a. 4:1 b. 4:5
c. 1:4 d. 5:4
82. Given the numerals 9,2,7,5. What is the difference between the largest 3-digit number and the
smallest 3-digit number that can be formed from those numerals if no digits are repeated in a number?
a. 500 b. 446
c. 718 d. 778
83. The difference of the two polynomials is 6m +5n -5p. if the second polynomial is 2m – 3n +2p, what
is the first polynomial?
a. 4m+8n-7p b. 8m +2n – 3p
c. -8m -8n -3p d. -m+8n+7p
84. A line has an equation of y=4x-5. Which of the following points lie on the line?
a. (-5, 7) b. (-3, 7)
c. (5, 25) d. (6, 19)
86. A letter is picked at random from the alphabet. Find the probability that the letter is contained in the
word “HOUSE” or the word “PHONE”.
a. 6/26 b. 7/26
c. 5/26 d. 10/26
87.How many five-digit numbers, each less than 70, 000 can be made with the digits 1, 2, 5, 7,9. If the
digits may be repeated?
a. 1250 b. 1975
c. 1875 d. 1450
88. If a letter is chosen at random from the English alphabet, find the probability that the letter is listed
somewhere after the letter g?
a. 5/26 b. 19/26
c. 9/26 d. 11/26
93. three numbers are in the ratio 2:5:7. If the biggest of the three is 140. What is the sum of the three
numbers?
a. 420 b. 210
c. 140 d. 280
95. How many lines can pass through two distinct points?
a. two lines b. one line
c. infinitely many d. none
2
a −5 a
96. simplify:
5−a
a. a b. -a
c. a-5 d. 5-a
x 5
97. Solve for x : =
x+ 8 15
a. 3 b. 4
c. 5 d. 6
98. Tomas scored 79, 84, 86, 88, and 92 in his tests in calculus. What would be his score on the 6 th test to
get an average of 85?
a. 81 b. 82
c. 83 d. 84
99. What is the slope given the points (3, -5) and (-2, 4)?
a. 5/9 b. -9/5
c.-5/9 d. 9/5
101. Determine the midpoint of the line segment joining the points (5, -3) and (-1,6)
a. (2, 3/2) b. (2,-3/2)
c. (3, 3/2) d.(1, 5/2)
102. The two complementary angles are in the ratio of 1:4. What is the larger angle?
a. 18 b. 72
c. 36 d. 90
103. If the measure of an angle is twice the measure of its complement, what is the measure of the angle?
a. 35 degrees b. 60 degrees
c. 90 degrees d. 120 degrees
104. What is the relationship that exists between the two acute angles of the right triangle?
a. complementary b. supplementary
c. linear pair d. adjacent
105. What is the measure of each side of a square whose perimeter is 108 inches?
a. 22 b. 23
c. 26 d. 27
106. The area of a rectangular garden is 40 square meters. The length of the garden is 3 meters more than
its width. Find the dimensions of the rectangular garden.
a. 10m by 4m b. 6m by 3m
c. 8m by 5m d. 7m by 4 m
107. A cube has a volume of 64 cubic meters. What are its dimensions?
a. 4x4x4 b. 16x2x2
c. 16x4x1 d. 8x8x1
108. Mark’s aquarium has length, width and height of 10 cm, 8 cm, and 6 cm respectively. The volume of
the aquarium is __________.
a. 240 cu. Cm b. 144 cu. Cm
c. 420 cu. Cm d. 480 cm. Cm
109. Which is the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 5 inches and 12 inches.
a. 13 in b. 18 in
c. 17 in d. 21 in
111. What measure of central tendency can best describe the size of t—shirts commonly used by the
teenagers?
a. mean b. mode
c. median d. range
112. What is 25% of 572?
a. 112 b. 137
c. 129 d. 143
114. How many times will the digit 7 appear between 1 to 100?
a. 9 b. 20
c. 19 d. 11
116. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 25 feet. If one leg is 24 feet. What is the length of the other leg?
a. 5ft b. 6ft
c. 7ft d. 8ft
117. In how many ways can you arrange three mathematics books (algebra, geometry, trigonometry) in
order on a shelf?
a. 6 b. 7
c. 8 d. 9
118. What day follows the day before yesterday id 2 days from now will be Sunday?
a. Tuesday b. Saturday
c. Wednesday d. Thursday
119. What kind of pattern consists of a series of shapes that are typically repeated?
a. geometric patterns b. wave
c. spiral patterns d. spiral
120. A pair of shoes originally priced at P600 is being sold at a discount of 30%. How much will you pay
for the shoes?
a. P180 b. P420
c. P300 d. P450
3 1
121. Find the average of the numbers -1, , and .
2 2
2 1
122. How much larger is than ?
3 6
123. If one ream contains 500 sheets of paper and a sheet of paper is 0.3 mm thick, how thick is one ream
in meters.
3
124. What is the second largest numbers among the numbers √ 2, , √ 3 ,1.4 ,∧1.6?
2
125. If an inch is about 2.54 cm, what is 1 cm to the nearest hundredth of an inch?
126. If U = {1, a, 2, b, 3, c, 4, d} and A = {1, 2, c, d}, what is Ac?
127. Using the same sets in Item 6 and B = {1, 2, 3, 4}, how many subsets does A ∩ Bc?
128. If |P|=10 ,|Q|=12 ,∧|P∪ Q|=15 , what is|P ∩Q|?
129. If |M ∩ N|=24∧|M ∪ N|=26 , what is|M |+|N|?
130. There were 59 participants during the recent math camp. Among them, 37 liked doing projects, 30
liked solving problems, and 13 liked both. How many of the participants did
not like at least one of these activities