Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge 2013 NCR Sectoral Finals Second Year Category A 15-Second Questions [2 points each] 1.

1. In a two-digit number, the tens digit is four less than the units digit. If the sum of the digits is 12, what is the number? [ 48 ] 2. The dierence between one-half of a number and one-fourth of the same number is 4. What is the number? [ 16 ] 3. What is the slope of the line perpendicular to the line 6x 2y + 5 = 0? 4. Factor: 2x3 16. 5. Solve for x in the inequality x2 4. 6. What are the coordinates of the lowest point of the parabola y = 2(x + 1)2 + 4? 7. What is the area of a triangle whose vertices are at (0, 0), (5, 0), and (1, 4)? [ 1/3 ] [ 2(x 2)(x2 + 2x + 4) ] [ (, 2] [2, ) ] [ (1, 4) ] [ 10 square units ]

8. The lengths of the sides of a triangle are consecutive odd integers. If its perimeter is 33 cm, how long is the shortest side? [ 9 cm ] 9. If 20 men can nish a job in 15 days, how long will it take 30 men to nish the same job? 10. Using exponents, what is the largest number that can be formed using three 9s? 11. What is n so that 1 + 2 + 3 + + n < 50? 30-Second Questions [3 points each] 1. What integer must be added to the numerator and subtracted to the denominator of the fraction 17/32 to produce a fraction equal to 3/4? [4] 2. Triangle ABC is right-angled at B . Let D be the midpoint of the hypotenuse AC . If AB = 6 cm and BC = 10 cm, what is the area of ADB ? [ 15 cm2 ] 3. The sum of three consecutive even integers is more than 300. What is the minimum possible value of the least number among the three? [ 100 ] [ 0 and 3 ] 4. Solve for x in the equation 4 3x = x. 5. Which is greater, 456789 456791 or 4567902 ? 6. Solve for x in the equation 3 + 5 3x = . x1 x2 [ 4567902 ] [ 4 ] [ 10 days ] [ 99 ] [9]
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1-Minute Questions [5 points each] 1. Three times Anns age is 6 more than twice Toms age. Four years ago, the sum of their was 24. How old is Tom now? [ 18 years old ] 2. Find the values of k for which the parabola y = 3(3x + 4)2 2k + 3 intersects the line y = 4. [ k 1/2 ] 3. Let ABCD be a square. On side AB , an equilateral triangle ABE is constructed, where E is outside the square. Find the measure of CED. [ 30 ] 4. If (2x y ) : (x + y ) = 2 : 3, what is (x2 + 3y 2 ) : y 2 ? 5. If 3x2 + 11x + 3 = 0, what is x + [ 73 : 16 ] 1 ? [ 11/3 ] x 6. The base of a triangle is (3x2 2x + 1) cm and its area is (6x3 13x2 + 8x 3) cm2 , how long is the altitude? [ (4x 6) cm ]
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C.1. What is xx if x = 2? C.2. If x1 y 2 + 2y 2 = 2 , solve for x in terms of y . x y + 2y 1 C.3. For what values of x is x 2x ?

[ 16 ] [ x = y 2 + 2y 1 ] [ [0, 1/4] ]

DoD. Give three ordered pairs (a, b) of integers that satisfy the system of inequalities: a + 2b > 10, 3a + 2b < 15, and b < 7. [ (1, 6), (0, 6), (1, 5); no other ]

2.A.1. Three times Anns age is 6 more than twice Toms age. Four years ago, the sum of their was 24. How old is Tom now?

2.A.2. Find the values of k for which the parabola y = 3(3x + 4)2 2k + 3 intersects the line y = 4.

2.A.3. Let ABCD be a square. On side AB , an equilateral triangle ABE is constructed, where E is outside the square. Find the measure of CED.

2.A.4. If (2x y ) : (x + y ) = 2 : 3, what is (x2 + 3y 2 ) : y 2 ?

2.A.5. If 3x2 + 11x + 3 = 0, what is x +

1 ? x

2.A.6. The base of a triangle is (3x2 2x +1) cm and its area is (6x3 13x2 +8x 3) cm2 , how long is the altitude?

2.A.C.3. For what values of x is

x 2x ?

2.A.DoD. Give three ordered pairs (a, b) of integers that satisfy the system of inequalities: a + 2b > 10, 3a + 2b < 15, and b < 7.