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Mathematics Encounter Elimination Round

Grade 10
Name: ___________________

Yr. & Sec.: __________________ Date: ________________

Directions: Write your answer on the space provided. Simplify fractions and expressions should
be in expanded form.
___________1. If

f ( x )=2 x 3 ( 12 x )5 , then

___________2. Simplify

4 x8
2
y

3
2

y3
6
27 x

( )( )

__________?

f ( 1 )=

2
3

___________3. What is the perimeter of the square whose length of each side is
___________4. Multiply

3x
+1 ?
4

(x n+ 2)( x 2 n2 x n+ 4)

___________5. If

x 42 x 33 x 24 x 8

___________6. If

3 x =81

and

is divided by

4 y =64 , what is

(x2) , the remainder is

( x y ) ?

___________7. How many terms must be in the progression 3, 5, 7 in order for the
sum to be 2600?
___________8. The first three terms of an arithmetic sequence are 20, 16 & 12. Which
element is -96?
___________9. Simplify the expression

4 2

32 a4
.
2
b
3 x2 5 x +2 .

___________10. Simplify the expression

___________11. Factor the trinomial
2
___________12. Evaluate ( x 23 y 2 ) .

6 y (2 y )

___________13. What is the sum of the integers on the number line starting from -20 to +20?
___________14. The average of seven consecutive odd integers is 27. What is the largest among
the
integers?
___________15. If 3 people can complete a planting project in 8 days, how long will it take 4
people?
___________16. Subtract 4 y 25 y+ 2 from 6 y 25 .
___________17. Simplify

( a+2 b )2 ( 2a+ b )2

___________18. Give the factors of

(a2 x2 ) .

___________19. What is the remainder if we divide

by (2 y+ 3) .
___________20. Simplify 3 2+2 18+ 2 .

4 y +18 y +8 y4

___________21. Which of the following is FALSE?

a. A diameter of a circle is the longest chord of the circle
b. A secant of a circle contains a chord of the circle
c. Two radii of a circle always form a diameter of the circle
d. A tangent intersects a circle at a unique point.

___________22. Which of the following is TRUE?

a. Two congruent circles may have unequal radii
b. If two circles have the same center then they are congruent
c. The degree measure of a circle is 180
d. If two minor arcs are congruent then their corresponding central angles
are
congruent
___________23. What is the value of x (in degrees) in the given figure?

68

____________24. What is the value of x (in degrees) in the given figure?

x

150exterior
____________25. If two secants intersect in the
of a circle then the measure of the angle
formed is equal to?
a. the sum of the measures of the intercepted arcs.
b. the positive difference of the measures of the intercepted arcs.
c. half the sum of the measures of the intercepted arcs.
d. half the positive difference of the measures of the intercepted arcs.
____________26. What is the value of x (in degrees) in the given figure?

270

9 0

_____________27. What is the value of x (in degrees) in the given figure?

x 45

122

_____________28. What do you call the distance around the circle?

_____________29. What is the area of the sector of the circle?

60
r= 40cm

_____________30. What is the length of the line segment joining points G(9,-1) and H(7,-3). What
are
the coordinates of its midpoint?
_____________31. The midpoint of segment PQ is (3,-4). If P has coordinates (-7,-9), what are the
coordinates of Q?
_____________32. Write the equation of the line with slope of m = 3 and with y intercept of 3.
_____________33. Write the equation of the line with passing through the points (4,3) & (8,6).
_____________34. Write the equation of the line with the slope of m = 5 and passing through the
point (2,4).
_____________35. Write the equation of the line with x-intercept of 3 and y-intercept of 5.
_____________36. What should be the value of the slope of a line that is perpendicular
to 7x -21y = 8?
_____________37. What should be the value of the slope of the line that is parallel to 3x y = 7?
_____________38. A man has two pairs of shoes, three suits and two pants. How many different
combinations of apparel can be worn?
_____________39. A group of 10 businessmen converge in a social gathering. If each shakes
hands
with all the other, how many handshakes are there?
_____________40. How many arrangement of the word SUIT are there if U and I must always be
together?
_____________41. Six people run for president, 4 for vice president, and 5 for secretary. In how
many
ways can the 3 officers be selected?
_____________42. S&R offers personal, medium and large pizzas, thin pan or stuffed crust, and a
choice of 8 toppings. How many possible one-topping pizzas are there?
_____________43. How many ways you can arrange the letters from LTA?
_____________44. An item was already discounted by 10% but had to be discounted again by
another 10% to make the price even more attractive to customers. Overall, by
how many percent was the item discounted? (MTAP 2015 Elimination Round
Question)
_____________45. A class of 30 students took two quizzes. Sixteen passed the first quiz and 20
passed
the second. If four students failed both quizzes, how many passed both?