Metrobank-MT! Math Challenge 2019 * Elimirgtion Nage, 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. 1. What is the distance between —1} and —3 on the number line? 2, In a class, the ratio of the number of girls to boys is 5: 4. Ifonly 15 more girls had enrolled in the class, the ratio would have been 25:8. How many students are in the class? 8. Twice a certain number is the average of j and 1]. What is the number? 4, If 0.150 0.33), what is x in the proportion @ : ba = 11:10? 5. Chris drives from City A to City B on an expressway. After driving for 2} hours, Chris sew a sign that reads “City A - 225 km; City B - 198 km”. Continuing at the samé constant speed, what is his total travel time from City A to City B? 6. A cylindrical bottle with radius 15 cm is half-filled with water. A circular stone is dropped inside the bottle (completely submerging into the water) and the water level rises by 2.5 cm without spilling over. What is the radius of the stone? 7. Let A= {0,1,2,...,10} and B = {2[2 is a prime number less than 20). What is ANB? . Using sets A and-B in the previous item, what is the cardinality of (A — B) U(B - A)? . Solve for x in (x — 1) - 2(2 - 2) + 3a - 3) — 4(e- 4) + ---- 10(- 10) = 10. A military camp has provisions for 60 days. If, after 15 days, 500 men strengthen them and the food lasts 40 days longer, how many men were there in the camp originally? LL. The average of two numbers is x + y. If one number is z, find the other number. 12. In 6 years, Kate will be thrice as old’as she was 10 years ago. How old was Kate 10 years ago? 18. Two consecutive angles of a quadrilateral are 98° and 112°. Find the obtuse angle between the Disectors of the other two angles. 14, If 16 workers can finish a job in 4 hours, how long should it take 10 workers to finish the same job? 115. What is the least integer that satisfies the inequality 3(7— 2) < 15? & 4 7 G zy m > le Peohien 16 Problem 17 Problem 18 16. In the figure above, what is @ so that lines é and m are parallel? 17. In the figure above, ABCD is a rectangle, AE : EB = 3: 1, CF = FD, and AG = GD. If the area of ABCD is 32 cm?, what is the area of AEFG ? 18. In the figure above, ABCD is a rectangle with DE 1 AC. If AB = 4 cm and BC = 3 cm, how long is AE ? 19. Last week, Mark computed the average height of his tomato seedlings, and it was 2.2 em. This ‘week, each seedling grew 1 em more. What is the new average height of the seedlings? 4. I f(z) = (x — 2) +6, what is b? |. A linear function f satisfies (0) Land (1) ‘This material is property of the Metrobank Foundation and the Mathematics Teachers Association of the Philippines. ‘This muterial is not for sale, reprodottion, and/er disizibaiion. Page 1 of 2- In tossing three fair coins, what is the probability of getting at least two heads? ,.* se What is P(x) if (22 +1) P(e) + (82 — 1)(2r4 1) = 20? + 52427 |. Factor completely: 26025? ~ 120% If 3x — a 53. where P(z) and ae) ) are polynomials, what is P(z) + Q(z)? 25. In the sequence 7,6,3,9, term gfter the second is equal to the units digit of the sum of the two preceding terms. What is t th term? 26. The vertices of a triangle have coordinates (~2,3), (1,—2), and (6,2). Is the triangle equilateral, isosceles, or scalene? 27. The point (h, -6) is equidistant to both points (2,2) and (7,—1). What ish ? 28. The lines 3y = 2 +12 and 3x +y+7=0 intersect at (h,k). What is h+ 4k ? 29. For what values of z is the inequality 22? < 7r true? 80. If Z!/* is 50% larger than L°/2, what is 50% of L ? ‘81. Find all values of such that |x — 2| = 2-2. ‘82. Find the area of the closed region determined by the lines x+y = 7, 2y = 5, and 2x = 5y. 88. IF @ = 2, 6% =5, and 6” = 15, write r in terms of p and g. 34, A box contains 6 red balls and 4 blue balls. Drawing three balls from the box randomly, what is the’probability that exactly two of the balls are red? 85. The vertex of a parabola is at (3,2), If the parabola passes through the point (~4,4), what are the coordinates of its y-intercept? 86. Let ax,a2,a3,... be an arithmetic sequence, If ag = —6 and azg = 12, what is aay? 87. If a polynomial is divided by 2c + 5, the remainder is 12. What is the remainder when the same polynomial is divided by 4x +10? 38. The sum of the roots of 4x? = 82 —d is twice their difference. Find the value of d. “ 89. Factor completely: a%c + Sab? — 86%c 40. By joining the midpoints of a triangle, a smaller triangle is constructed. If the area of the larger triangle is 18 cm?, what is the area of the smaller triangle? 41. A circle of radius 10 cm circumscribes a triangle having an area of 96 cm?. If one side of the triangle - is 20 cm, how long is its shortest side? 42. Let $(a,6) denote the sum of the integers from a to b. Find $(100, 500). 43. An isosceles trapezoid is circumscribed about a circle. If the parallel sides are 18 end 6 cm, what is the radius of the circle? s 44, The product of the 3rd, 9th, and 15th terms of a geometric sequence is 3375. Find the 9th term. 45. Chord AB is bisected at M by chord CD. If CM =8 cm and MD = 18 cm, how long is AB ? 46. If 823 + 22? — 612 +15 = (2r +a)(x+8)(42 +c), what is 2a%be + dab e+ abe? ? 47. The sides of a triangle are 6, 10, and 12 cm long. If @ is its smallest angle, what is sin 8 ? 48. Let P be a point inside rectangle ABCD. If PD = 12, PC = 7, and PA = 10 em, find PB. aes 2018 +atato tor 50. You have 6 coins of distinct weights and a beam balance with two pans. What is the minimum