2019 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd-Math Challenge

Elimination Round GRADE 10

Name: ____________________________________________________School:______________________________________________Score:_____________
Instructions: Write your answer on the space provided before each item. Give all fractions and ratios in lowest
terms. Figures are not drawn to scale.

____________________1. 15 percent of 350 is 30% of what number?

____________________2. Let p and q be the roots of . Find .

____________________3. How many integers between 80 to 800 are divisible by 9?

____________________4. Solve for n: nC8=1,287.

____________________5. If 3x = 2190, find the integer closest to x.

____________________6. If * +, * +, and * +, find ( )

____________________7. If the 2nd term of the arithmetic series is and its 4th term is , find its 2019th term.

____________________8. If the sum of 1st and 3rd term of an arithmetic sequence is and the sum of the
2nd and the 4th term is what is its 12th term?

____________________9. The 3rd term and 5th term of a geometric progression are and , respectively.
What is the sum of the 1st and 2nd term?
____________________10. Find the sum of the infinite geometric sequence .

____________________11. If and form an arithmetic series, find the 5th term.

____________________12. A cubic polynomial p(x) with leading coefficient 1, has as a factor, and remainder –7
when divided by –2. If p(0) = 15, find the remainder when p(x) is divided by + 1.

____________________13. Find A and B if x + 1 and x –3 are factors of

____________________14. List down all the roots of the equation

____________________15. Suppose that P is a 4th degree polynomial such that P(1) = P(2) = P(3) = P(4) = 0 and
P(5) = 120, find P(6).

____________________16. How many terms of the arithmetic series … must be added in order for their
sum to be 374?

____________________17. Find the center and radius of the circle with equation

____________________18. Find the coordinates of the vertex of f(x) = ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) .

____________________19. Find the remainder when is divided by 3 + .

____________________20. Find the largest root of the equation .

____________________21. The midpoint of R( ) and S is T( ). Find the coordinates of S.

____________________22. Give the equation of the circle, in center –radius form, passing through the
points (0,0), (6,0) and (0,8).

____________________23. Give the equation, in center-radius form, of the circle concentric with
and with twice radius.

____________________24. If f( + 5) = 3 2 + 5 + 5, find f( ).

____________________25. Find the sum of the numerator and denominator when the repeating
decimals … is written as a fraction in lowest terms

____________________26. Find all points on the x –axis whose distance from (3, 4) is twice the distance from (0, 2).
____________________27. The center of a circle is on the y-axis. If the circle passes through (0, 5) and (6, 4), find the

coordinates of its center.

____________________28. Two chords of a circle intersect at a 75° angle which intercepts two arcs, one of which
has measure 45 degrees. Find the measure of the other arc.

____________________29. Two chords of a circle intersect at a point, dividing one chord into parts with length 4 and 25
cm, and the 2nd chord into parts with lengths in the ratio 1 : 4. How long (in cm) is the 2nd chord?

____________________30. Two chords of a circle intersect at a 30° angle which intercepts two arcs, whose measures
differ by also 30°. Find the measure of the larger of these two arcs.

____________________31. Two chords AB and CD of a circle are perpendicular at their point of intersection P. If
AP = 2 cm, BP = 12 cm, and CP = 4 cm, how far is P from the center of the circle?

____________________32. How long is the shortest chord that can be drawn through a point 20 cm from the center of a
circle whose radius is 29 cm long?

____________________33. In a circle, AB and CD are two equal chords which, when extended, intersect at point E, where
B and D are nearer to E. If arc AC and arc AB measure ° and ° respectively find ∠E.

____________________34. Let P be a point outside a circle. A tangent is drawn from P, touching the circle at A.
A secant is drawn from P, whose internal segment BC is a diameter, where B is nearer to P.
If PC = 16 cm and PA = 12 cm , what is the radius of the circle?

____________________35. Find the equation (in the form ax + by = c with positive integer a) of the line tangent to the
circle at the point (3, 2)?

____________________36. In how many ways can 6 persons stand in a row if two of them insist not to stand next to
each other?

____________________37. What is the remainder when is divided by ?

____________________38. If cos and tan , find tan .

____________________39. If sin and tan , find sec A.

____________________40. Find all , - which satisfies the trigonometric equation

____________________41. Two dice are rolled. What is the probability of getting two numbers that are equal or
whose sum is 10?

____________________42. If five coins are tossed, what is the probability of getting at most four heads?

____________________43. Two coins are tossed. Each coin is biased in such a way that it is twice likely to get tails than
heads. What is the probability of getting at least one tail?

____________________44. How many books (all different) are there if there are 40,320 ways of arranging them
in a shelf?
____________________45. Today is Saturday. What day of the week is it 2019 days from today?
____________________46. How many codewords can be formed using all letters of the word COFFEE?
____________________47. In a class of Grade 10 students, the probability that a random chosen student likes puppies
is 0.75, that a student likes kittens is 0.58, and that a student likes neither is 0.15. Find the
probability that a student likes both puppies and kittens.
____________________48. An urn contains 10 chips numbered from 1 to 10. Two are selected at random. Find the
probability that the absolute value of their difference is at least 2. 4

(For item #49-50) From a group of 4 men and 5 women, how many committees of 3 members are possible if:

____________________49. With a man and two women?

____________________50. With two men and one woman if a certain man must be on the committee?
 2019 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd-Math Challenge
Elimination Round GRADE 10
(A PARALLEL TEST)

Key to Correction

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