2017 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge (Grade 10 Elimination Round)
_________1. Arrange the following from least to greatest: 15%, 0.1, 3/25 .
_________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 are yellow?
_________3. If 3% of a number is 18, what is 20% of twice the number?
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_________5. What is 𝑄(𝑥) in (𝑥 + 2)𝑄(𝑥) + (4𝑥 + 2) =
_________6. Which is greater, 2√5 or 3√3?
_________7. If the point (-2,11) lies on the line 𝑦 = 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 slopeintercept form) that is parallel to 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 1 and passes through (1, -
2)?
_________10. 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.
− 2 + 2𝑛, what is 𝑎4?
𝑛+1 𝑛
_________15. If 𝑎𝑛 = (−1)
_________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?
_________19. If the numbers – 1/10 , 𝑎2, 𝑎3, 𝑎4, 𝑎5, 1/320 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?
_________21. 1. Find the sum of the infinite geometric series 3/2, − 3/8 + 3/32 − ⋯
_________22. Express 2. 24̅̅̅̅ in the form 𝑝/𝑞 where p and q are positive integers with gcf(𝑝. 𝑞) = 1.
_________23. When the polynomial 𝑃(𝑥) is divided by 2𝑥 − 𝑥, the quotient is 𝑥 + 1 and the remainder is 𝑥 + 2. What is
2 2
𝑃(𝑥)?
_________24. What is the remainder when 𝑃(𝑥) = 2𝑥 − 7𝑥 − 4𝑥 + 2 is divided by 𝑥 + 2?
4 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 + 𝑥 − 12𝑥 − 4 = 0
3 2
_________27. Let 𝑃(𝑥) be a third-degree polynomial such that 𝑃(−1) = 𝑃(1) = 𝑃(2) = 0 and 𝑃(3) = −16. What is 𝑃(−2)?
_________28. In a circle, chord AB is bisected by chord CD at M. If 𝐶𝑀 = 8 𝑐𝑚 and 𝑀𝐷 = 18𝑐𝑚, 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 ∠𝐴 = (2𝑥 + 12)°, ∠𝐶 = (3𝑥 + 18)° and ∠𝐷 = (2𝑥 − 15)°,
what is ∠𝐷?
_________31. Find the center of the circle 4𝑥 2 + 4𝑦 2 + 24 = 8𝑥 + 24y?
_________32. A circle with radius 4 cm is tangent to both x and y axes. How far is its center to the origin?
_________33. For what value of k will the line through (2𝑘, −7) and (8,2)contain the origin? Since the line must pass through
the origin, find the slope of the line passing through (0,0) and (8,2).
_________34. Find k so that the line 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 7 is perpendicular to 𝑘𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 2.
_________35. 5. Find all values of 𝜃 in the interval [0°, 360°] that satisfy the equation sin 𝜃 = tan 𝜃
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