2017 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge

Grade 10 Category A
Sectoral Competition (03/24/2017)

Easy Round (15-seconds) - To be solved mentally

1. In how many ways can 3 girls and 3 boys be arranged in a row such that the
girls are always next to each other? [ 144 ]
6
2. What is the remainder when 3 x −10 x+ 4 is divided by ( x+ 1) ? [ 17 ]
2 2
3. What is the center of the circle with equation x + y + 4 x−6 y=3 ?
[ (-2,3) ]
4. Find all values of x such that −4<3 x−1 ≤ 11 . [ −3< x ≤ 4 ]
5. If - 2 and 1 are the 3rd and the 5th term of an Arithmetic sequence, what is the
first term? [ -5 ]
6. If x+ y=2 and 3 x− y=14 , what is the value of y ? [ -2 ]
7. If the legs of a right triangle are 2 and 4 cm, what is the cosecant of the smallest
angle? [
√5 ]
8. Factor completely 2
4 xy −4 x − y
2
. [ −(2 x – y )2 ]

2
9. If f ( x)=x −3 x . What is f (x−1) ? [
2
x – 5 x +4 ]
10. If 1+2+3+4 +...+k =325 , what is k ? [ 25 ]

Average:(30 seconds)
1. If y=f ( x) is a quadratic function whose x - intercepts are -2 and 4 and y -
intercept equal to 16. What is f (−1) ? [ 10 ]
2. 6 slips of paper are numbered 1 to 6. Two slips were chosen at random. What is
the probability that the sum of the 2 numbers chosen is odd? [ 3/5 ]
3. If an included side is doubled, the included angle remained the same and the
other included side is tripled, how many times will the area be changed? [ 6 ]
4. Find the value of b such that the minimum value of f (x)=3 x 2−4 x+ b is equal
to 0. [ 4/3 ]
5. In an arithmetic sequence, the 2nd and 30th term are 7 and 91 respectively.
What is the 10th term of the sequence? [ 31 ]

Difficult: (1-minute questions).

1. By selling a balut at 12 pesos each, a vendor gains 19.7%. The cost price of the
the balut rises by 12.5%. If he sells the balut at the same price as before, what is
his new gain in percent? [ 6.4% ]
2. A regular hexagon and an equilateral triangle have equal perimeters. If the area
of hexagon is 6 √ 3 cm2 , what is the area of the equilateral triangle? [ 4 √ 3 cm 2
]
3. A father is 3 times as old as his son. 4 years ago, he was four times as old as his
son. What will be the age of the son 6 years from now? [ 18 years old ]
4. How long is the shortest chord of the circle 20 cm from the center with radius 29
cm? [ 21 cm ]
x +10 A B
5. Find a and b such that = + such that x is an element of all real
x −4 x−2 x +2
2

numbers except ±2 . [A=3,B=-2]