MMC 2014 Grade 9 Eliminations

Directions: Give all fractions in the lowest terms. Eliminate negative exponents and rationalize
denominators.
Give equation of the lines in slope-intercept form.
(−2𝑥 −3 𝑦 4 )−4
____________ 1 Simplify 𝑥(3𝑥 −2 𝑦 −1 )4 .
𝑥 5 𝑦 −3
6 √2
____________ 2 Simplify .
√7−2
____________ 3 Simplify −2√75 + 5√12 − 4√27.
3 3
____________ 4 Simplify 6𝑚𝑛4 √8𝑚11 𝑛4 − 2𝑚3 𝑛 √𝑚5 𝑛13 .
____________ 5 Simplify 𝑥𝑦 2 √16𝑥 3 𝑦 5 − 7𝑦√𝑥 5 𝑦 7 + 4𝑦 3 √4𝑥 5 𝑦 3 if x > 0 and y > 0.
𝑥−2 𝑥+5
____________ 6 Simplify + .
𝑥 2 −𝑥−6 𝑥 2 −2𝑥−15
____________ 7 Solve for x: x(6x – 1) = 12.
____________ 8 Find the equation of the line with x-intercept 3 and y-intercept -7.
____________ 9 Find the equation of the line passing through (2,3) and perpendicular to 7x - 5y = 40.
____________ 10 Find the constant s so that the lines (2s + 4)x + 5y = -7 and (s + 4)x + 3y = s are
parallel.
____________ 11 Find the point of intersection of the lines 5x + 2y = 16 and 10x - 3y = 46.
2°
____________ 12 Find the supplement of an angle measuring 7 .
7
____________ 13 If ∠X = (6 + 5k)○ and ∠Y = (158 - 3k)○ are supplementary, find the complement of ∠X.
____________ 14 The four points A(-6,2), B(-3,-2), C(9,7) and D form Rectangle ABCD. What are the
coordinates of D?
____________ 15 How many circles of radius 9 cm can be cut from a rectangular sheet of 3.7 m by 1.05 m?
____________ 16 In parallelogram PARK, ∠P = (7x)○, ∠A = (3x - 20)○ and ∠K = (5y – 10)○. What is x + y?
____________ 17 The angles of triangle are in the ratio of 11:12:13. Find the measure in degrees of each
of its
interior angles.
____________ 18 The vertex angle of an isosceles triangle is 63°. Find the measure of the base angle.
____________ 19 The regular polygon has 15 sides. Find the measure in degrees of each of its interior
angles.
____________ 20 An equilateral triangle has perimeter 27 cm. What is its area?

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____________ 21 A right triangle has legs 4√5 and 2√5. How long is the hypotenuse?
____________ 22 Quadrilateral PQRS has right angles at P and R. If PQ = 9, PS = 12 and QR = 10, find RS.
____________ 23 What is the area of quadrilateral PQRS from the previous problem?
____________ 24 The shortest legs of two similar triangles are 5 and 7.5. If the bigger triangle has perimeter
33,
find the perimeter of the smaller triangle.
____________ 25 (Figure 1) Suppose FG = 12, IJ = 18 and JK =
21.
Find GH.
____________ 26 (Figure 1) Suppose FG = x - 3, FH = x + 5,
IJ = x + 3, and JK = 2x. Find x.
____________ 27 (Figure 1) Suppose the perimeter of ΔFGH and
ΔIJK are 20 and 48, respectively. If GH = 12, find JK.
____________ 28 ATOM is an isosceles trapezoid having bases AT and MO, with AT < MO. If AT = 12,
TO = 6, and ∠TOM = 45○, find the perimeter of ATOM.
____________ 29 Find the area of ATOM from the previous problem.
____________ 30 The diagonals of a rhombus differ by 4. If the perimeter of the rhombus is 40, find its area.
____________ 31 The diameter of a sphere is the same as the side of a cube. If the cube’s volume is 512
cm3,
find the sphere’s exact volume.
____________ 32 (Figure 2) If TQ = 4√5 and TS = 12√5, find RT.
____________ 33 (Figure 2) If RS = 9√6 and TS = 18, find TQ.
____________ 34 (Figure 3) Find the perimeter of STUV.
____________ 35 Circles A and B have radii 5 and 7, respectively, and the distance between their centers A
and
B is 6. If the two circles intersect at points M and N, find the length of the common chord
MN.
____________ 36 What is the 16th term of the arithmetic sequence 13, 19, 25, …?
____________ 37 What is the sum of the first 21 terms of the arithmetic sequence from the previous
problem?
____________ 38 A geometric sequence has 1st term 5 and 4th term 80√2. What is its 2nd term?
____________ 39 A geometric sequence of positive terms has 5th term 24 and 9th term 384. Find the sum of
its
first 6 terms.

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____________ 40 Suppose a ball rebounds 3 the distance it falls. If it is dropped from a height of 20 m, how
far
does it travel before coming to rest?