MATHEMATICS COMPETITION – GRADE 10

SCHOOL LEVEL

A. EASY

1. Find the value of .

2. For what values of x is ?
3. What is the range of ?
4. Give the exact value of .
5. What are the roots of ?
6. Find the 15 term of the sequence 4, 7, 10, 13, …
th

7. What is the domain of the function

8. Triangle ABC has B = 90 C =30 and AB = 4 cm. Find AC.
9. In rolling two dice, what is the probability of getting a sum of 8?
10. What is the point of intersection of the system ?
11. Subtract – from – –
12. Find the measure of each exterior angle of a regular pentagon.
13. Write
14. How many poles will you need to make a straight 15 – foot fence with poles 5 feet
apart?
15. In how many ways can the letters of the word PENCIL be arranged in a row if the
consonants are in alphabetical order?

B. AVERAGE

1. For what values of x is ?

2. For what values of k is its own inverse?
3. Solve for x and y: .
4. F v u θ w θ≤ π θ θ
5. The perimeter of a rectangular garden is 52 m. Find its maximum area.
6. A polygon had d diagonals. If the polygon had one more side, it would have d+10
diagonals. How many sides does the polygon have?
7. A rectangle is divided into four smaller rectangles by drawing two perpendicular
lines. The areas of three of the rectangles are 6, 15, and 25 square units. What is the
area of the fourth rectangle?
8. Brad and Angelina each tipped their waiter 50 pesos. Brad tipped 4% of his bill
while Angelina tipped 10% of her bill. What is the total bill of the two?
9. A man rowed 30 km downstream. It took him 2 hours more time in going back than
in going downstream. If the current is 2kph, what is the speed in still water?
10. Evaluate: .

C. DIFFICULT

1. Find the number of positive four-digit integers x between 1000 and 9999 such that x
is increased by 2088 when the digits of x are reversed.
2. Given that for all values of x, what are the
values of a, b, and c?
3. A circle with an area a is contained in the interior of a larger circle with an area
. If the radius of the larger circle is 3, and if , and is an arithmetic
sequence, then what is the radius of the smaller circle?
4. In a high school graduating class of 100 students, 64 studied mathematics, 36
studied physics, and 2 studied neither subject. What is the probability that a student
selected at random from this class took only mathematics?
5. If v u .

TIME LIMIT: 1 HOUR

Note: Each answer is worth one (1) point!
GOOD LUCK and DO YOUR BEST!!!