Grade 10 MMC 2018

____________ 1 The average of a number and √7 + √5 is √7 − √5. Find the number.

____________ 2 Find 𝑛 if 27.63% of 349 is 2.763% of 𝑛.
101!
____________ 3 Simplify: .
99!
____________ 4 If 3 = 90, ind the integer closest to 𝑛.
____________ 5 Find the largest positive integer 𝑛 such that (𝑛 − 18) ≤ 99 .
____________ 6 How many integers between 60 and 600 (inclusive) are divisible by 2 or by 3?
____________ 7 How many positive factors does the product of 3 different prime numbers have?
____________ 8 A triangle has area 30 cm2 , and two sides are 5 cm and 12 cm long. How long is the third
side?
____________ 9 If 𝐴 = {all prime numbers between 1 and 100}, 𝐵 = {2, 4, 6, … , 98, 100}, and 𝐶 = {3, 6, 9,
… , 96, 99}, how many elements does (𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) ∩ 𝐶 have?
____________ 10 Find the perimeter of a regular hexagon inscribed inside a circle whose area is 49𝜋 cm2 .
____________ 11 Sets 𝐴 and 𝐵 are subsets of a set having 20 elements. If set 𝐴 has 13 elements, at least how
many elements should set 𝐵 have to guarantee that 𝐴 and 𝐵 are not disjoint?
____________ 12 If the 2nd and 5th terms of an arithmetic sequence are −2 and 7, respectively, ind the
101st term.
____________ 13 Find the sum of the irst 71 terms of the arithmetic sequence above.
____________ 14 Find 𝑘 such that 𝑘 − 2, 2𝑘 + 2, and 10𝑘 + 2 are consecutive terms of a geometric sequence.
____________ 15 Three numbers form an arithmetic sequence with common difference 15. If the irst is
doubled, the second is unchanged, and the third is increased by 21, a geometric sequence
will be formed. Find the irst number of the geometric sequence.
____________ 16 The sum of an in inite geometric series have sum 14. If their squares have sum , ind
the sum of their cubes.
____________ 17 A sequence {𝑎 } has irst two terms 𝑎 = 3 and 𝑎 = 2. For every 𝑛 ≥ 3, 𝑎 is the sum of
all the preceding terms of the sequence. Find 𝑎 .
____________ 18 Let 𝑟 and 𝑠 be the roots of 𝑥 − 9𝑥 + 7 = 0. Find (𝑟 + 1)(𝑠 + 1).
____________ 19 If 𝑃(𝑥 + 2) = 3𝑥 + 5𝑥 + 4, ind 𝑃(𝑥).
____________ 20 Find the remainder when 𝑃(𝑥) = 27𝑥 + 81𝑥 + 5𝑥 + 20 is divided by 𝑥 + 3.
____________ 21 Find the constant term of the quotient when 𝑝(𝑥) = 6𝑥 − 8𝑥 + 𝑥 + 9𝑥 + 7 is divided
by 𝑥 + .
____________ 22 Find the constant 𝑘 if 𝑥 + 3 is a factor of 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 + 8𝑥 + (𝑘 + 1)𝑥 + 𝑘𝑥 + 15.
____________ 23 Find the largest real root 𝑥 of 2𝑥 − 5𝑥 − 2𝑥 + 2 = 0.
____________ 24 If 𝑝(𝑥) is a 3rd degree polynomial, 𝑝( ) = 𝑝(4) = 𝑝(−5) = 0, and 𝑝(0) = −200, ind
𝑝(2).
____________ 25 The midpoint of 𝑃(1, 2) and 𝐴 is 𝑄; the midpoint of 𝑃 and 𝐶 is 𝑆; the midpoint of 𝑄 and 𝑆
is 𝑅(5, 1.5). Find the coordinates of 𝐵, the midpoint of 𝐴 and 𝐶.
____________ 26 Find the radius of the circle with equation 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 4𝑥 − 3𝑦 + 5 = 0.
____________ 27 Give the equation (in center-radius form) of the circle having as a diameter the segment
with endpoints (−2, 10) and (4, 2).
____________ 28 The center of a circle is on the 𝑥-axis. If the circle passes through (0, 5) and (6, 4), ind the
coordinates of its center.
____________ 29 If 𝜃 is an angle in a triangle and sec 𝜃 = , ind tan 𝜃.

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sin 𝐵 + sin 𝐶
____________ 30 In △𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝐵𝐶 = 6, 𝐶𝐴 = 7, and 𝐴𝐵 = 8. Find .
sin 𝐴
____________ 31 In △𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝐴𝐵 = 3, 𝐴𝐶 = 2√3, and ∠𝐴 = 30∘ . Find 𝐵𝐶.
____________ 32 In a circle, chord 𝑃𝑄 is bisected by chord 𝑅𝑆 at 𝑇. If 𝑅𝑇 = 3 and 𝑆𝑇 = 6, ind 𝑃𝑄.
____________ 33 Rectangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is inscribed in a circle, 𝐵𝐶 = 2√3, and 𝐶𝐷 = 2. A point 𝑃 is chosen on
𝐴𝐵. Find ∠𝐴𝑃𝐵.
____________ 34 Pentagon 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷𝐸 is inscribed in a circle, 𝐵𝐶 = 𝐶𝐷 = 𝐷𝐸, and 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐴𝐸. If ∠𝐵𝐴𝐸 = 96∘ ,
ind ∠𝐵𝐷𝐴.
____________ 35 A line through a point 𝐴 outside a circle is tangent to the circle at 𝐷. Another line through
𝐵𝐶
𝐴 intersects the circle at points 𝐵 (closer to 𝐴) and 𝐶. If = 2 and 𝐴𝐷 = 6, ind 𝐴𝐶.
𝐴𝐵
____________ 36 In a circle, chords 𝐴𝐵 and 𝐶𝐷 intersect at 𝐸. If 𝐴𝐶 = 120∘ and 𝐵𝐷 = 20∘ , ind ∠𝐴𝐸𝐶.
____________ 37 Find the area (in sq units) of the region between two concentric circles if a chord of the
larger circle which is tangent to the smaller circle has length 7.
____________ 38 A triangle having sides 3√7, 9, and 12 units, is inscribed in a circle. Find the circumference
of the circle.
____________ 39 In the igure, quadrilateral 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is inscribed in a circle. Lines 𝐴𝐵 and 𝐶𝐷 intersect at 𝑃,
while lines 𝐴𝐷 and 𝐵𝐶 intersect at 𝑄. If ∠𝐴𝑃𝐷 = 50∘ and ∠𝐴𝑄𝐵 = 34∘ , ind ∠𝑃𝐴𝑄.
𝑄
∘ 𝐷

∘
𝑃 𝐴
𝐵

____________ 40 How many books (all different) are there if there are 5040 ways of arranging them in a
shelf?
____________ 41 Lila and Dolf each counted the number of three-digit positive integers that can be formed
using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Lila assumed a digit can be repeated, while Dolf assumed
no digit can be repeated. If they counted correctly, what is the difference between their
answers?
____________ 42 In how many ways can a photographer arrange 7 students for a club picture if Ana, Carol
and Iris must always be together, but Rey and Ruel should not be beside each other.
For problems 43 and 44: A committee is to be formed from 7 City 𝐴 residents and 9 City 𝐵
residents.
____________ 43 How many 6-member committees with 3 members from each city can be formed?
____________ 44 How many 5-member committees with more City 𝐴 than City 𝐵 members can be formed?
For problems 45 and 46: The numbers 1, 2, … , 25 are written on slips of paper which are placed
in a box.
____________ 45 If two slips are picked at the same time from the box, ind the probability that one number
is a multiple of 7 and the other is a multiple of 8.
____________ 46 If three slips are picked at the same time from the box, ind the probability that the sum
of the numbers is odd.
____________ 47 Two fair dice are rolled. Find the probability that one die is 2 while the other is a prime
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____________ 48 In a class of Grade 10 students, the probability that a random chosen student lies dogs
is 0.72, that a student likes cats is 0.54, and that a student likes neither is 0.11. Find the
probability that a student likes both dogs and cats.
____________ 49 In a company, the men who do not wear glasses are thrice as many as the men who do,
while the women who do not wear glasses are ten more than the women who do. The
probability that an employee wears glasses is . If a selected employee wears glasses,
the probability that the employee is a woman is . How many are the employees of the
company?
____________ 50 The number of ways of selecting 6 objects from 𝑛 distinct objects is the same as the num-
ber of ways of selecting and arranging 3 objects from 𝑛 distinct objects. Find 𝑛.

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