MMC 2018 Grade 10 Sectorals, Category A 1

Easy
E1 The first four terms of a geometric sequence are x, 3x, y, and 54. Find the value of y. [18]
E2 Using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 exactly once, how many even numbers can be formed? [48]
E3 Find the remainder when 4x 4 + 3x 3 + 2x 2 + x + 1 is divided by x − 1. [11]
E4 An arithmetic sequence has 2nd term 44 and 4th term 22. What is the 9th term? [−33]
√
E5 Find the radius of the circle with equation x 2 + y2 − 2x − 2y = 0. [ 2]
3 1
E6 An infinite geometric series with first term 1 has sum . What is the common ratio? [ ]
2 3
E7 Two chords of a circle intersect at a point, dividing one chord into parts with lengths 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? [25]
E8 In how many ways can 2 distinct numbers be chosen from the seven integers from −3 to +3 so that their
product is positive? [6]
E9 Two chords of the circle intersect at a 75○ angle which intercepts two arcs, one of which has measure
45○ . Find the measure of the other arc. [105○ ]
√ √
E10 Solve for x in the equation x + x + 5 = 5. [4]
EX A circle and a square have the same area. The circle has circumference 10π cm. Find the perimeter√(in
cm) of the square. [20 π]
Average
A1 Find A and B if x − 1 and x + 2 are both factors of x 3 − Ax 2 − Bx + 8. [A = 3, B = 6]
A2 If 5x, 2x − 1, and −2x form an arithmetic sequence, find the 4th term. [−11]
√
A3 Find the radius of a circle if it has a diameter with endpoints (−4, −5) and (−6, 3). [ 17]
A4 A tower is between two observers 300 m apart. The top of the tower is at an angle of elevation of
√45
○

and 60○ from these observers. Give the exact height (in meters) of the tower. [150(3 − 3)]
A5 An urn contains 10 chips numbered from 1 to 10. Two are selected at random. Find the probability
1
that their sum is 7. [ ]
15
AX Find all points on the x-axis whose distance from (3, 4) is twice the distance from (0, 2).
[(1, 0), (−3, 0)]
Difficult
D1 Three barangays sent 5, 3, and 2 representatives to a meeting. How many committees of 5 members
can be formed if 3 should be from one barangay and the other 2 from another barangay? [51]
AC
D2 In △ABC, the length of BC is the average of the lengths of the other sides. If cos A = , find the
AB
3
numerical value of cos A. [ ]
5
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D3 For any positive integer n, R n and S n are the sums of the first n terms of two arithmetic series, and
R n 3n + 1 17
= . Find the ratio of their respective 6th terms. [ ]
S n 4n + 6 25
D4 Secant segments are drawn from point P outside a circle, intersecting it at A, B, C, and D as shown (not
drawn to scale). Chords AD and BC intersect at E. If AE = 6.4, CE = 0.8, PA = 2 and PC = 7, find
AB. [40]

A 2
B P

6.4
E 0. 7
8
C
D

D5 A cubic polynomial p(x) with leading coefficient 1 has x − 1 as a factor, and leaves a remainder of −6
when divided by x − 2. If p(0) = 12, find the remainder when p is divided by x + 1. [24]
DX In how many ways can 7 people be lined up in a row for a picture if two of them should have at least 2
people between them? [2400]
Tiebreaker
TB1 Segment AB is divided by 3 points into 4 congruent segments. Find the coordinates of the point closest
to A, given the coordinates A(1, 5) and B(5, 1). [(2, 4)]
TB2 The 4 distinct zeros of p(x) = x 4 − Ax 2 + 225 have absolute values which are prime. Find A. [34]
TB3 In an infinite geometric series whose sum is 9, each term is 5 times the sum of all terms which follow
15 1
it. Find its first term and common ratio. [a1 = , r = ]
2 6
Do-or-Die
DoD The square shown is partitioned into 9 rectangles all with the same area. If the rectangle on the upper
right corner has height 49 units, find the length of its side AB. [64]
A B

49