SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

EASY
1. What kinds of numbers do not terminate and do not repeat?
a. Irrationals Numbers
b. Integers
c. Whole Numbers
d. Rational Numbers

2. The sides of a polygon are 3,4,5,6, and 7cm. Find the perimeter of a similar polygon, if the side
corresponding to 5 cm is 9 cm long.
a. 45 cm
b. 55 cm
c. 25 cm
d. 30 cm
Solution:

3. If the letters of the word MATHEMATICS are repeatedly and consecutively written, what is the
2017th letter?
a. M
b. A
c. T
d. H

Solution: There are 11 letters on the word so every 11 letters, it repeats the sequence. Thus the remainder when 2017 is
divided by 11 gives the 2017th term. The third letter of MATHEMATICS is H.

4. Which concept on the left is not paired with numbers or symbols that illustrate it?
a. Integer, -4968
b. Coefficient, 5x+9= 3
c. Reciprocals, a/b + b/a = 1
d. Additive Inverse, 22+(-22)= 0

5. A line which touches a curve, but does not cut it, is known as what?
a. tangent
b. asymptote
c. secant
d. skew

6. Find the incorrect number in the following series: 4,9,16,24,36,49,64

7. If three children eat 4 kilos of rice in 5 days, how long will 12 children eat 48 kilos of rice?
a. 12 days
b. 15 days
c. 17 days
d. 20 days
Solution:

8. Which of the following symbol represents is an element of?

3 2
9. Solve for x in 21 = 0.
a. 1
b. -1
c. 2
d. -2
Solution:

62 92
10. Express the answer in lowest terms 248
9

a.
2
b. 3

c. 3
3
d. 2

Solution:

AVERAGE
1. The length of a rectangle is 8 cm more than its width. If the length is decreased by
9 and the width is tripled, the area is increased by 50%. What was the area of the
original rectangle?
a.90cm2
b.60cm2
c. 180 cm2
d. 120cm2

Solution:

Let w be the width of the rectangle. So the length is w+8 and the area of the rectangle
 is w(w + 8). Using the _rst condition,
[(w + 8) 9] (3w) = w(w + 8)(1:5)
(w 1)(3w) = (w2 + 8w)(1:5)
2w(w 1) = w(w + 8)
2(w 1) = w + 8 (sincew 6= 0)
2w 2 = w + 8
w = 10
Thus, the original dimensions of the rectangle are 10 cm by 18 cm which gives an area
of 180 cm2 .

2. An iron cube of side 16 cm is melted down and is used to make eight smaller iron cubes of the
same size. What is the length of the sides of the smaller iron cube?
a. 5cm
b. 4cm
c. 3cm
d. 2cm

Solution: The volume of the iron cube is 163 cu. m, i.e, 212 cu. m. Dividing it by 8, that is 29 cu. m per small cube.
Thus, each cube has side length 2 cm.

3. Frankie buys 1 pencil and 1 rubber for $1.10, Jimmy buys 1 pencil and 1 ruler for $1.3, Sandy
buys 1 ruler and 1 rubber for $1.40. What is the cost of 1 pencil?
e. $0.5
f. $0.6
g. $0.7
h. $0.8

4. What is the quotient when 3 5 + 5 4 4 3 + 7 + 3 is divided by x + 2?

5. The angle bisector at vertex B of 4ABC meets AC at D. If BC = 6;AC = 40 and CD = 15, nd AB.
a. 20
b. 15
c. 10
d. 5
 Solution:

6. Which of the following sets is finite?

7. What do we call the lines connecting the foci in an ellipse?

8. Felix has an average of 90 in five tests; each test is with 100 points. What is the lowest possible
score Felix could have gotten in a test?
a. 50
b. 55
c. 60
d. 70
Solution: The sum of his scores in his 5 tests is 5(90) = 450. To minimize his score in one of the tests, we need to
maximize the other 4 tests. Since the maximum value of the score in one test is 100, the 4 tests have a maximum
total of 400 points. Thus the minimum possible score in one of Felixs tests is 50.

9. The sum of the roots of the quadratic function 2 - 4x + 3 is 4. If all the coefficients of the
quadratic are increased by 2, what is the sum of the roots of the new function?
a. 4/5
b. 1/2
c. 2/3
d. 4/3

Solution:

10. The supplement of an angle is four times its complement. Find the angle.
a. 45
b.
c. 75
d. 90
Solution:

DIFFICULT
 1. A 400mL flask containing 40% alcohol mixture and a 600mL flask containing a 60% alcohol
mixture are put together in a single large flask. How many percent alcohol is the resulting
mixture? 50%
Solution:

2. What number cannot be represented in Roman Numerals? Zero

3. Anna has four cardboard squares, each of which has side of length 6 cm. She decides to form a
trapezoid by putting three squares side-by-side, cutting one square along a diagonal, discarding
one-half and putting the other half at one end of the squares. What is the area of the
trapezoid? 126 sq. cm

22
4. Rationalize the denominator and simplify: .
6+2

Solution:

5. What is the sum of all prime numbers less than 100? 1060
Solution: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97

6. What is the smallest positive angle which is co-terminal to 1125 ?

7. Find the length of h, the height drawn to the hypotenuse, of the right ABC with right angle at
C if h divides the hypotenuse into two parts of length 25 (from A) and 9. 15

Solution:

8. Find the area of the triangle formed by the coordinate axes and the line 3x + 2y = 6. 3 units

Solution: The intercepts (0, 3),(2, 0) and and the origin form a right triangle of legs 3 and 2 in length. Thus,
having an area of 3 2.

9. A conical tank full of water is emptied into an empty cylindrical tank of the same height. If the
base radius of the cylinder is twice that of the cone, what fraction of the cylinder will be filled

with water? 8 %
Solution:
 10 10
10. Archimedes described it as greater than 3 and less than 3 . Today that number is called
71 70

CLINCHER
1. One trillion is 1 followed by 12 zeros. What is 1 followed by 18 zeros?
a. 1 quadrillion
b. 1 quintillion
c. 1 septillion
d. 1 octillion

2. Evaluate 111 111 1112 . 12345678987654321

3. In what branch of mathematics are numbers represented by letters? Algebra

4. Which ancient civilization is said to have developed the decimal system, hundreds of years
before it was used in Europe?

a. Incas
b. Mesopotamia
c. Harappan
d. Babylonia