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POLYGON

1. What is a polygon?

A) A closed figure with straight sides


B) A figure with curved sides
C) A three-dimensional shape
D) A line segment

2. How many sides does a triangle have?

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5

3. What is the sum of the interior angles of a pentagon?

A) 180 degrees
B) 360 degrees
C) 540 degrees
D) 720 degrees

4. Which of the following is a regular polygon?

A) Rectangle
B) Hexagon
C) Trapezoid
D) Rhombus

5. What do you call a polygon with eight sides?

A) Hexagon
B) Heptagon
C) Octagon
D) Nonagon

6. Which polygon has the largest number of sides?

A) Triangle
B) Pentagon
C) Decagon
D) Dodecagon

7. What is the name of a polygon that has all sides and angles equal?

A) Irregular polygon
B) Regular polygon
C) Concave polygon
D) Convex polygon
8. If a quadrilateral has two pairs of parallel sides, what is it called?

A) Trapezoid
B) Rectangle
C) Parallelogram
D) Rhombus

9. Which of the following shapes is NOT a polygon?

A) Circle
B) Square
C) Pentagon
D) Octagon

10. What is the name of a polygon with 12 sides?

A) Decagon
B) Dodecagon
C) Nonagon
D) Triskaidecagon

MATHEMATICIANS

1. Who is known as the "father of geometry"? A) Isaac Newton


B) Euclid
C) Carl Friedrich Gauss
D) Pythagoras

2. Which mathematician developed the theory of relativity? A) Albert Einstein


B) Henri Poincaré
C) Niels Bohr
D) Leonhard Euler

3. Who is famous for the formula eiπ+1=0e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0eiπ+1=0? A) René Descartes


B) Leonhard Euler
C) Georg Cantor
D) David Hilbert

4. Which mathematician introduced the concept of mathematical induction? A) Isaac Newton


B) Augustin-Louis Cauchy
C) Giuseppe Peano
D) Kurt Gödel
5. Who is known for contributions to the field of number theory and the statement of Fermat's
Last Theorem? A) Pierre de Fermat
B) Andrew Wiles
C) G.H. Hardy
D) John von Neumann

6. Which mathematician created the first systematic study of calculus? A) Isaac Newton
B) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
C) Archimedes
D) Blaise Pascal

7. Who is known for his work in set theory and the concept of cardinality? A) Georg Cantor
B) Kurt Gödel
C) David Hilbert
D) Alan Turing

8. Which mathematician is known for the development of the modern number system and his
work on algebra? A) Al-Khwarizmi
B) Fibonacci
C) Carl Friedrich Gauss
D) Euclid

9. Who formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation? A) Galileo Galilei
B) Isaac Newton
C) Johannes Kepler
D) Albert Einstein

10. Which mathematician is known for his contributions to topology and the concept of the
Möbius strip? A) Henri Poincaré
B) John Nash
C) Emmy Noether
D) Richard Rado

WORD PROBLEM

1. Maria has 5 apples, and she buys 3 more. How many apples does she have now? A) 5
B) 8
C) 3
D) 10
2. If a book costs $10 and you buy 2 books, how much do you spend in total? A) $10
B) $15
C) $20
D) $25

3. Tom has 12 candies and gives 4 to his friend. How many candies does Tom have left? A) 4
B) 8
C) 10
D) 12

4. Sarah wants to buy a toy that costs $25. She has $15. How much more money does she need?
A) $5
B) $10
C) $15
D) $20

5. A pizza is cut into 8 slices. If you eat 3 slices, how many slices are left? A) 3
B) 5
C) 6
D) 8

6. There are 4 birds on a tree, and 2 more birds join them. How many birds are there in total? A)
4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 8

7. If you have 10 pencils and lose 3, how many pencils do you have left? A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8

8. A box contains 20 chocolates. If you eat 5, how many chocolates remain in the box? A) 10
B) 15
C) 20
D) 25

9. Jenny has 10 balloons. If 2 of them pop, how many does she still have? A) 6
B) 7
C) 8
D) 9

10. If a car can travel 50 miles on a gallon of gas, how far can it go on 2 gallons? A) 50 miles
B) 100 miles
C) 150 miles
D) 200 miles
MEDIUM

POLYNOMIAL

1. What is the degree of the polynomial 5x3−4x2+7x−25x^3 - 4x^2 + 7x - 25x3−4x2+7x−2? A) 2


B) 3
C) 4
D) 5

2. Which of the following is the expanded form of (x+4)(x−3)(x + 4)(x - 3)(x+4)(x−3)? A)


x2+x−12x^2 + x - 12x2+x−12
B) x2+x+12x^2 + x + 12x2+x+12
C) x2+7x−12x^2 + 7x - 12x2+7x−12
D) x2+7x+12x^2 + 7x + 12x2+7x+12

3. What is the result of the polynomial division 2x3+6x2−4x2x\frac{2x^3 + 6x^2 - 4x}


{2x}2x2x3+6x2−4x? A) x2+3x−2x^2 + 3x - 2x2+3x−2
B) x2+3x+2x^2 + 3x + 2x2+3x+2
C) x2+3−2xx^2 + 3 - 2xx2+3−2x
D) 2x2+6x−42x^2 + 6x - 42x2+6x−4

4. If f(x)=3x2−2x+1f(x) = 3x^2 - 2x + 1f(x)=3x2−2x+1, what is f(3)f(3)f(3)? A) 4


B) 10
C) 20
D) 24

5. Which of the following polynomials is a perfect square? A) x2+4x+4x^2 + 4x + 4x2+4x+4


B) x2+5x+6x^2 + 5x + 6x2+5x+6
C) x2−9x^2 - 9x2−9
D) x2+3x+2x^2 + 3x + 2x2+3x+2

6. What is the remainder when 4x3−3x2+2x+14x^3 - 3x^2 + 2x + 14x3−3x2+2x+1 is divided by


x−1x - 1x−1? A) 4
B) 5
C) 6
D) 7

7. If p(x)=x3−6x2+11x−6p(x) = x^3 - 6x^2 + 11x - 6p(x)=x3−6x2+11x−6, what are the roots of the
polynomial? A) 1, 2, 3
B) 2, 3, 4
C) 1, 3, 4
D) 1, 2, 4

8. Which of the following is the factored form of x2−10x+21x^2 - 10x + 21x2−10x+21? A) (x−3)
(x−7)(x - 3)(x - 7)(x−3)(x−7)
B) (x+3)(x+7)(x + 3)(x + 7)(x+3)(x+7)
C) (x−2)(x−5)(x - 2)(x - 5)(x−2)(x−5)
D) (x−1)(x−21)(x - 1)(x - 21)(x−1)(x−21)
9. What is the leading coefficient of the polynomial 7x4−3x3+2x2+57x^4 - 3x^3 + 2x^2 +
57x4−3x3+2x2+5? A) 3
B) 2
C) 5
D) 7

10. If g(x)=2x2+3x−5g(x) = 2x^2 + 3x - 5g(x)=2x2+3x−5 and h(x)=x−2h(x) = x - 2h(x)=x−2, what is


g(h(x))g(h(x))g(h(x))? A) 2x2+3x−12x^2 + 3x - 12x2+3x−1
B) 2x2−3x−52x^2 - 3x - 52x2−3x−5
C) 2(x−2)2+3(x−2)−52(x - 2)^2 + 3(x - 2) - 52(x−2)2+3(x−2)−5
D) 2x2−4x+32x^2 - 4x + 32x2−4x+3

Answer Key

1. B) 3

2. A) x2+x−12x^2 + x - 12x2+x−12

3. A) x2+3x−2x^2 + 3x - 2x2+3x−2

4. B) 10

5. A) x2+4x+4x^2 + 4x + 4x2+4x+4

6. B) 5

7. A) 1, 2, 3

8. A) (x−3)(x−7)(x - 3)(x - 7)(x−3)(x−7)

9. D) 7

10. C) 2(x−2)2+3(x−2)−52(x - 2)^2 + 3(x - 2) - 52(x−2)2+3(x−2)−5

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