MMC 2015 Grade 8

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____________ 1 Find the average of the numbers −1, , and .
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2 1
____________ 2 How much larger is than ?
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____________ 3 If one ream contains 500 sheets of paper and a sheet of paper is 0.3 mm thick, how thick
is one ream in meters?
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____________ 4 What is the second largest number among the numbers 2, , 3, 1.4, and 1.6?
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____________ 5 If an inch is about 2.54 cm, what is 1 cm to the nearest hundredth of an inch?
____________ 6 If U = {1, a, 2, b, 3, c, 4, d } and A = {1, 2, c, d }, what is A c ?
____________ 7 Using the same sets in Item 6 and B = {1, 2, 3, 4}, how many subsets does A ∩ Bc have?
____________ 8 If |P | = 10, |Q | = 12, and |P ∪ Q | = 15, what is |P ∩ Q |?
____________ 9 If | M ∩ N | = 24 and | M ∪ N | = 26, what is | M | + | N |?
____________ 10 There were 59 participants during the recent math camp. Among them, 37 liked doing
projects, 30 liked solving problems, and 13 liked both. How many of the participants did
not like at least one of these two activities?
____________ 11 If x = 4 and y = −3, what is x2 y + x y2 ?
____________ 12 Simplify x(1 + y) − 2 y( x − 2) + x y.
p
ab ab
____________ 13 If a and b are positive constants, simplify p
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p
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a4 b 3
____________ 14 What is the quotient when 6 x4 + x3 + 4 x2 + x + 2 is divided by 3 x2 − x + 1?
____________ 15 In Item 14, what is the remainder?
____________ 16 If A + B = x − 2 y, what is A 2 + 2 AB + B2 + 4 x y?
____________ 17 If x + y = 7 and x y = 5, what is x3 + y3 ?
____________ 18 If the length, width, and height of an open-top rectangular box are ( x + 3) cm, x cm, and
( x − 3) cm, what is its surface area?
____________ 19 A man walked x km for 2.5 hrs, then jogged (2 x + 3) km for 3.5 hrs, and finally walked
again (5 x − 3) for 4 hrs. If the average speed for the entire exercise is 4 kph, what is x?
____________ 20 Simplify (a − 3)(a + 3) a2 + 3a + 9 a2 − 3a + 9 .
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____________ 21 When P ( x) is divided by x2 + 2, the quotient and remainder are both x. What is P (−1)?
____________ 22 If two more than twice p is four less than twice q, express q in terms of p.
____________ 23 If x is nonnegative and 3 x − 4 ≤ x, what is the least value of x?
____________ 24 In Item 23, what is the maximum value of x?
____________ 25 Solve for x in the equation x + 2( x + 1) + 3( x + 1) + · · · + 10( x + 1) = 110.
____________ 26 Solve for x in the equation |2 x − 3| = 5.
____________ 27 If ∠B is the complement of ∠ A , and the supplement of ∠ A is 138◦ , what is ∠B − ∠ A ?
____________ 28 If the diagonals of rectangle ABCD meet at E and ∠ AEB = 140◦ , what is ∠EBC ?
____________ 29 If two exterior angles of a triangle measure 80◦ and 130◦ , what is its smaller interior
angle?
____________ 30 In a grouped data, if 100 − 200 forms one class, what is the class interval of the data?
____________ 31 Factor completely: a2 c2 + b2 d 2 − a2 d 2 − b2 c2
x3 − 4 x
____________ 32 Simplify .
x3 − x2 − 6 x
1 1 1
____________ 33 Perform the indicated operations: − −
x x+1 x−1
2 x2 − 2 x − 4 x2 − x − 6 4 x + 8
____________ 34 Perform the indicated operations: · ÷
x2 − 5 x + 6 x2 + 4 x + 3 3 x + 9

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____________ 35 Simplify 1 − .
1 − 1−x x
1 x−1
____________ 36 Solve for x in the equation x + = .
x−2 x−2
____________ 37 The points (0, 0), (2, 3), and (4, 0) form a triangle. What is its perimeter?
____________ 38 Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the segment joining the points (−3, 2)
and (5, 2).
____________ 39 A man agrees to invest part of his 1-million-peso inheritance at an annual interest rate
of 5%, while the rest at 6% interest. If, at the end of the year, he needs a total interest of
Php 56,200, how much should he invest at 5%?
____________ 40 If 2 x + 5 y = 10 and x = 3 y − 1, what is 11 x + 11 y?
____________ 41 If f (2 x) = 2 − 3 x, what is f (10)?
____________ 42 What is the equation of the line that is parallel to 2 x + 5 y + 6 = 0 and passes through (1, 1)?
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____________ 43 What is the domain of the function f ( x) = x − 1 − 2?
____________ 44 Find the range of the function in Item 43.
____________ 45 If 4 ABC ∼
= 4DEF , AB = 2 x − 2 cm, and DE = 5 y + 3 cm, what is x when y = 10?
____________ 46 Let ABC be an isosceles right triangle with AC as its hypotenuse, and let D and E be
midpoints on AB and AC , respectively, such that DE ∥ BC . If AB = BC = x and DE = y,
what is the area of the trapezoid DECB in terms of x and y?
____________ 47 If | x| + x + y = 8 and x + | y| − y = 14, what is x + y?
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____________ 48 If 90 = 2 and 90 = 5, what is 45 ?
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____________ 49 Let ABCD be a square. Three parallel lines `1 , `2 , and `3 pass through A, B, and C,
respectively. The distance between `1 and `2 is 4 cm, and the distance between `2 and `3
is 5 cm. Find the area of the square.
____________ 50 At least how many numbers should be selected from the set {1, 5, 9, 13, . . . , 125} to be as-
sured that two of the numbers selected have a sum of 146?