First MEQG Google Sheet Quiz (GSQ)

Hosted by Engr. Jeffrey Robles

Dec 09, 2017

Disclaimer: Most of the questions here are sourced from www.artofproblemsolving.com, and some postings in Math Enthusiasts Quiz Group and Elite Math
Circle Facebook groups, although I have tweaked the problems somehow.

Category Question Answer

Easy Define operation a@b as "a + sqrt(ab+sqrt(ab+sqrt(ab+...))). Determine the value of x if 3@x = 9. 10

Easy If x + x^2 + x^3 + x^4 + ... + x^2017 = 2017 where x is not equal to 1, what is the value of (1 - x^2018)/(x - 1)? -2018

The positive four-digit intergers that use each of the prime digits 2,3,5, and 7 exactly once are ordered from least to
Easy 4494.5
greatest. What is the median in this list?

There are five unmarked envelopes on a table, each with a letter for a different person. If the mail is randomly distributed
Easy to these five people, with each person getting one letter, what is the probability that exactly four people get the right 0
letter?

Three dice, with faces labeled 17 throug 22, are rolled at simultaneously. What is the probability that the sum is 57?
Easy 25/216
Express your answer as a common fraction, m/n.

The sum of an infinite geometric series is 1.5 while the sum of the squares of its terms is 0.45. What is the sum
Average 27/152
of their cubes? Express in simplified fraction form.

Determine the remainder when the sum of the following base-7 numbers 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 2016 is divided by 49 (base 10).
Average 42
Express your answer in base 10.

The point A(m,2) is reflected over the x-axis to point B. The latter is then reflected about the line y = -x to point C. If the
Average 53/2
resulting area of triangle ABC is 49, what is m?

In triangle ABC, BC is 8 units long while median AD is 5 units long. What is the maximum value of AB^2 + AC^2?
Average 82
[Note that AB and AC refers to the length of AB and BC respectively]

Average How many positive integers are part of the domain of f(x) = (sqrt(1024-x^2))/(1 - log_3 (x-5) )? 27

How many ordered integer triples (a,b,c) where 0<=a,b,c<=10 satisfy [(a^2)(b) + (b^2)(c) + (c^2)(a) - (a)(b^2) - (b)(c^2)
Difficult 341
- (c)(a^2)] = 0?

Difficult If x satisfies x^2 + 3x + 3/x + 1/x^2 = 26 and x can be written as a + sqrt(b) where a and b are positive integers, find a + b. 5
 Find the 123rd positive integer that can be written using no digits other than digits 0 and 1 in base 3. Express your answer
Difficult 1084
as a base 10 integer.

Two marbles are drawn from a box containing 10 marbles numbered 1 through 10. What is the expected value of the
Difficult 88/3
product of the numbers on the two marbles? Express your answer as a common fraction, m/n.

Let a , b and c be the roots of x^3 - 4x - 8 = 0 . Find the numerical value of the expression (a+2)/(a-2) + (b+2)/(b-2) +
Difficult 7
(c+2)/(c-2).