MMC 2019 Grade 10 National Team Orals 1

Easy
E1 If 2a = 5, what is 4a+2 ? [400]
E2 The legs of a right triangle are 6 and 12 cm long. What is the area of the circle that circumscribes the
triangle? [45π cm2 ]
E3 Find the coordinates of the vertex of the parabola y = 2x 2 + 4x − 3. [(−1, −5)]
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E4 Let g1 + g2 + g3 + ⋯ be an infinite geometric series with a common ratio of . If g3 = 4, what is the sum
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of the series? [27]
√
E5 What is the radius of the circle with equation x 2 + y 2 − 6y = 3? [2 3 units]
E6 A line has slope −2 and passes through the point (1, 4). Find an equation of the line. [y = −2x + 6]
E7 In an arithmetic sequence, the sum of the first four terms is 20, while that of the first seven is 47. What
is the sixth term of the sequence? [9]
E8 Given two parabolas, what are the possible number of points of intersection of these parabolas?
[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, infinitely many]
E9 Jose and his younger brother, Pepe, can clean their house together in 3 hours. Working alone, Jose can
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clean of the house in 2 hours. How long will it take Pepe to clean the house alone? [9 hours]
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E10 What is the probability of getting exactly two heads in flipping a fair coin four times? [ ]
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Average
A1 The zeros of the third-degree polynomial P(x) are −2, 1, and 3. If P(−1) = 16, what is P(4)? [36]
A2 In a standard deck of playing cards, a full house is a hand of 5 cards consisting of 3 cards of the same
rank and a pair of cards of the same rank. How many full houses are possible? [3744]
A3 Two vertical poles, one 6 m high and the other 9 m high, are erected 10 m away from each other. A taut
wire runs from the top of one pole to an anchor on the ground between the poles and then to√ the top
of the other pole. What is the least possible length of the wire? [5 13 m]
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A4 If 2, a, b, and 8 are consecutive terms of a harmonic sequence, what is a + b? [ ]
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A5 What is the least five-digit number that is divisible by each of the integers from 2 to 10? [10 080]
Difficult
D1 The parabola y = −2x 2 +3x + c intersects the line y = c(1− x) at exactly one point. Find the coordinates
of this point. [(0, −3)]
D2 How many three-digit numbers, greater than 500, have at least two of their digits the same? [139]
D3 Let a1 , a2 , . . . be an arithmetic sequence. If a p = q and a q = p, where p < q, what is a pq in terms of p
and q? [p + q − pq]
√
D4 The points (0, 2), (0, −4), (3, 5) lie on a circle. Find the radius of this circle. [3 5 units]
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D5 Triangle ABC is isosceles with AB = BC = 12 cm. Side AC is extended to a point D such that AC = CD.
Let E be the midpoint of AB, and let DE intersect BC at F. Find CF. [4 cm]
Tiebreaker
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TB1 One number is three times another number, and their sum is . By how much does the larger number
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exceed the smaller number? [ ]
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TB2 If 10x 2 + 58x + 84 = A(x + 3)2 + B(x + 1) + C for all x, what is A + B + C? [4]
TB3 A rectangle is inscribed in a circle. If the ratio of the length to the width of the rectangle is 5 ∶ 2, what
is the ratio of the area of the rectangle to that of the circle? [40 ∶ 29π]