Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge 2017

Grade 8 Elimination Stage (Drill 1)

Name: ____________________________________School:
____________________Score:_________________

Instructions: Write your answer on the space provided before each item. Give all
fractions in lowest terms and all expressions in expanded form. If there is more than one
answer, write all of them.

_________________1. If the numbers x4, 4x, and x form an arithmetic progression, what
is x?
_________________2. What is the area of a triangle with sides 10, 10 and 12?
_________________3. An item was already discounted by 10% but had to be discounted by
another 10% to
make the price even more attractive to customers. Overall, by how
many percent was
the item discounted?

________________4. A dormitorys 24 rooms can accommodate either one or two boarders.

If at the
moment there are 39 boarders and there are no empty rooms, how
many rooms are occupied by only one boarder?

_________________5. Two 7 x 7 squares overlap, forming a 7 x 11 rectangle. What is the

area of the region in
which the two squares overlap?

_________________6. What is the area of the circumcircle of a triangle whose sides are of
length 6, 8, and
10?

_________________7. The parallel sides of a trapezoid are of length 3 and 6 cm. If the third
side measures 5
cm and the last side is perpendicular to the first two, what is the area
of the trapezoid?

_________________8. What is the remainder when (2x+1)(2x+3)(2x+5) + 7 is divided by

2x1?
5 5 x+3
__________________9. If 5 1+x = 252, find x.

_________________10. What is 12 + 34 + 56 + + 20132014?

_________________11. A square whose side measures 1cm. is inscribed in a circle. What is
the area of the
region inside the circle but outside the square?
_________________12. What is the remainder when 20142015 is divided by 9?
2

__________________13. Solve the inequality: 32 x +3 x2>1.

_________________14. Find the area of a triangle whose vertices have coordinates (2, 3), (-
4, 2) and (10, 1).
_________________15. If p + q =22, what is the smallest value of p2 + q2 ?
________________16. A class of 30 students took two quizzes. Sixteen passed the first quiz
and 20 passed the
 second. If four students failed both quizzes, how many passed both?
_________________17. If (4x ) (5x) = (2x ) (7X), what is x?
_________________18. At 12 noon, a car starts from a point P and moves 42kph south. At 1 pm,
another car starts
from P and moves 84 kph east. Assuming that both cars maintain their speed
and direction, what is the distance between the two cars at 3 pm?
3

__________________19. What is 54 divided by 5?

_________________20. Find the remainder when 2x5 + x4 -3x3 x2 + 3 is divided by 2x.

_________________21. Find the zeroes of the function f(x)= 4x3 - 4x2 -7x -2.
1
__________________22. Give the values of x and y that satisfy the equation y= 3 x + 2

and y= x2.
_________________23. Factor completely: 12x3 48x2 57x 15.
_________________24. Find k so that x + 3 is a factor of x(x + 1) (x + 2) + k.
f ( 1+ a )f (1)
_________________25. If f(x) = 13x, evaluate a .

________________26. Find the vertex of the function f(x) = x2 3x + 9.

________________27. Given points A(x, 7), B(2, y) and C(8, 1), find x and y so that B is the
midpoint of AC.

_________________28. Find the quotient: (x3 + 9x2 + 25x +21) (x + 3)

________________29. The sum of the measures of the interior angles of a regular polygon
measures is 1260.
What is the measure of one exterior angle?

________________30. The length of a rectangle is cm more than the square of its width.
If the length is
reduced by 1 cm, the area of the resulting rectangle is 3 square cm.
Find the dimensions
of the original rectangle?

________________31. Find the equation of the line passing through (3, -10) and whose
slope is half of
the slope of the line 4x2y + 1 = 0.

________________32. In parallelogram RSTU, angle R = (3x +y), angle S = (y4) and

angle T =( 4x8).
Find angle U.

________________33. Find the product of the roots of the quadratic equation 3x 5x 2 + 1 =

0.

________________34. A square is inscribed inside a circle of radius 10 cm. Find the

perimeter of the square.
2 a+5 a2
_________________35. Simplify 2
6 a +13 a5 + 4 a 17 a+18 .
2

________________36. Which of the following is/are functions? A. y=5x3, B. y=x2

3x +4,
C. x= y 2 3y +2 D. y=
3 x4
________________37. Write y=2x2 + 4x -3 in the form y=a(x-h)2 + k.

________________38. Find a polynomial function with integral coefficients and lowest

degree whose roots
are -2, 2 , 1.
________________39. The x-intercept and y-intercept of a line are -2 and 4 respectively.
Write the equation of the line.
________________40. Four more than four times a number is the same as 6 less than six
times the number.
Find the number.
22011 +22011+ 22011+ +22011

_________________41. 8 terms
= 2x, find x.

________________42. What is the equation of the line perpendicular to the line xy + 2 =0

and
passing through (1, 0).
________________43. Find the distance between the two parallel lines x3y+2=0 and 2x
6y3=0.
_________________44. Find an equation with integral coefficients whose roots are (2 2
) / 3.

________________45. Solve for x: 44x = 64x+1.

________________46. What is the discriminant of x2 -4x + 8 = 0.
_________________47. If Joxan buys 15 apples and 20 oranges, her 500 is just enough.
But, if she buys 10
apples and 26 oranges, she will have 40 more for snacks. Find
the cost of an apple.
________________48. Subtract: (3x3 -2x2 + 5x +5) from (7x3 -3x -8).
________________49. If P(x)=Q(x)D(x) + R(x), P(x)=6x 4 -5x3 -7x2 +7 and D(x)=3x2+ 2x +1 ,
find R(x).

7 +5
_________________50. Rationalize the denominator of 3+ 5 .

________________51. An isosceles triangle has a 55 base angle, what is its vertex angle?

________________52. Joemarie can paint a room with a brush in 8 hours. Joesie John can
paint it with roller
in 2hours. How long will it take the two to paint the room together?
________________53. Does the set (0,1), (2,2), (2, -2), (4,1) belong to a function?
( x3)
________________54. What is the domain of the function y= (x 24 ) .

________________55. If y=2x and -3 x 2 , what is the range of y?

_______________56. What is the slope of the line passing through (-1, 0) and (0, 0).
_______________57. What is the value of (1x2016)+(2x2016)+(3x2016)+(4x2016)?
_______________58. If 10% of 10% of a certain number is 2, what is the number?
_______________59. What is the center of the circle x2 -6x +y2 +12y+38 =0?
_______________60. If f(x)=2x+1912, find f(1) + f(2) +f(3)+.+f(100).
 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge 2017
Grade 8 Elimination Stage (Drill 1)

Name: ____________________________________School:
____________________Score:_________________

Instructions: Write your answer on the space provided before each item. Give all
fractions in lowest terms and all expressions in expanded form. If there is more than one
answer, write all of them.

_______________1. An isosceles triangle has a 55 base angle, what is its vertex angle?
_______________2. Joemarie can paint a room with a brush in 8 hours. Joesie John can paint
it with roller
in 2hours. How long will it take the two to paint the room together?

_______________3. Does the set (0,1), (2,2), (2, -2), (4,1) belong to a function?
 ( x3)
________________4. What is the domain of the function y= ( x 24 ) .

________________5. If y=2x and -3 x 2 , what is the range of y?

_______________6. What is the slope of the line passing through (-1, 0) and (0, 0).

_______________7. What is the value of (1x2016)+(2x2016)+(3x2016)+(4x2016)?

_______________8. If 10% of 10% of a certain number is 2, what is the number?

_______________9. What is the center of the circle x2 -6x +y2 +12y+38 =0?
_______________10. If f(x)=2x+1912, find f(1) + f(2) +f(3)+.+f(100).
5 x+3
5
________________11. If 5
1+x = 252, find x.

_______________12. What is 12 + 34 + 56 + + 20132014?

_________________13. A square whose side measures 1cm. is inscribed in a circle. What is
the area of the
region inside the circle but outside the square?

_______________14. What is the remainder when 20142015 is divided by 9?

2

________________15. Solve the inequality: 32 x +3 x2>1.

_______________16. Find the area of a triangle whose vertices have coordinates (2, 3), (-4,
2) and (10, 1).
_______________17. If p + q =22, what is the smallest value of p2 + q2 ?
_______________18. A class of 30 students took two quizzes. Sixteen passed the first quiz
and 20 passed the
second. If four students failed both quizzes, how many passed both?

_______________19. If (4x ) (5x) = (2x ) (7X), what is x?

_______________20. At 12 noon, a car starts from a point P and moves 42kph south. At 1 pm,
another car starts
from P and moves 84 kph east. Assuming that both cars maintain their speed
and direction, what is the distance between the two cars at 3 pm?
3

________________21. What is 54 divided by 5?

1
________________22. Give the values of x and y that satisfy the equation y= 3 x + 2 and

y= x2.
_______________23. Factor completely: 12x3 48x2 57x 15.
_______________24. Find k so that x + 3 is a factor of x(x + 1) (x + 2) + k.
f ( 1+ a )f (1)
________________25. If f(x) = 13x, evaluate a .

________________26. Find the vertex of the function f(x) = x2 3x + 9.

________________27. Given points A(x, 7), B(2, y) and C(8, 1), find x and y so that B is the
midpoint of AC.

_________________28. Find the quotient: (x3 + 9x2 + 25x +21) (x + 3)

________________29. The sum of the measures of the interior angles of a regular polygon
measures is 1260.
What is the measure of one exterior angle?

________________30. The length of a rectangle is cm more than the square of its width.
If the length is
reduced by 1 cm, the area of the resulting rectangle is 3 square cm.
Find the dimensions
of the original rectangle?
________________31. Find the equation of the line passing through (3, -10) and whose
slope is half of
the slope of the line 4x2y + 1 = 0.

________________32. In parallelogram RSTU, angle R = (3x +y), angle S = (y4) and

angle T =( 4x8).
Find angle U.
________________33. Find the product of the roots of the quadratic equation 3x 5x 2 + 1 =
0.

________________34. A square is inscribed inside a circle of radius 10 cm. Find the

perimeter of the square.
2 a+5 a2
_________________35. Simplify 2
6 a +13 a5 + 4 a 17 a+18 .
2

________________36. Which of the following is/are functions? A. y=5x3, B. y=x2

3x +4,
C. x= y 2 3y +2 D. y=
3 x4

________________37. Write y=2x2 + 4x -3 in the form y=a(x-h)2 + k.

________________38. Find a polynomial function with integral coefficients and lowest

degree whose roots
are -2, 2 , 1.

________________39. The x-intercept and y-intercept of a line are -2 and 4 respectively.

Write the equation of the line.

________________40. Four more than four times a number is the same as 6 less than six
times the number.
Find the number.
2011 2011 2011 2011

_________________41.

2 +2 + 2 + +2
= 2x, find x.
8 terms

________________42. What is the equation of the line perpendicular to the line xy + 2 =0

and
passing through (1, 0).

________________43. Find the distance between the two parallel lines x3y+2=0 and 2x
6y3=0.
_________________44. Find an equation with integral coefficients whose roots are (2 2
) / 3.

________________45. Solve for x: 44x = 64x+1.

________________46. What is the discriminant of x2 -4x + 8 = 0.

_________________47. If Joxan buys 15 apples and 20 oranges, her 500 is just enough.
But, if she buys 10
apples and 26 oranges, she will have 40 more for snacks. Find
the cost of an apple.

________________48. Subtract: (3x3 -2x2 + 5x +5) from (7x3 -3x -8).

________________49. If P(x)=Q(x)D(x) + R(x), P(x)=6x 4 -5x3 -7x2 +7 and D(x)=3x2+ 2x +1 ,

find R(x).

7 +5
_________________50. Rationalize the denominator of 3+ 5 .