SENIOR SECONDARY SET I

Multiple Choice
√
1. Which of the following is the expression for ?

A. 2 + -5
B. 2 + -4
C. 2 + -3
D. 3 + -2
E. 3 + -2

2. Let and be lines intersecting at the point . Determine

?

A. B. C. D. E.

3. Let be the least common multiple of all integers 10 through 30, inclusive. Let be the
least common multiple of , 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40. What is the value of ?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 37 D. 74 E. 2886
4. Which of the following conditions is sufficient to guarantee that integers a, b, and c satisfy
the equation a (a – b) + b (b – c) + c (c – a) = 1?
A. and
B. and
C. and

D. and –
E.

5. A number satisfies the equation . Find the value of .

A. 1 √ B. 2 √ C. 3 √ D. 4 √ E. 5 √

6. For , a positive integer, let be the quotient obtained when the sum of all positive
divisors of is divided by , such that . What is
?

A. B. C. 1 D. E.

7. The largest prime factor of 16384 is 2 because 16384 = . What is the sum of the digits of
the greatest prime number that is a divisor of 16383?
A. 3 B. 7 C. 10 D. 16 E. 22

8. The product of the lengths of the two congruent sides of an obtuse isosceles triangle is
equal to the product of the base and twice the triangle’s height to the base. If the vertex
angle of the triangle is , what is ?
√ √
A. B. C. D. √ E. √

9. Find the total amount at the end of three years if $10, 000 is deposited at an interest rate of
10% compounded annually.
A) $13, 031 B) $13, 103 C) $13, 310 D) $13, 311 E) $13, 320
10. If $10, 000 is deposited in a bank at an interest rate of 10% per year compounded
continuously, what is the total amount at the end of ten years?
A) $15 937.42 B) $17 182.82 C) $25 927.42
D) $27 182.82 E) $30 041.66

OPEN – ENDED

11. A right rectangular prism whose surface area and volume are numerically equal has edge
lengths , and . Determine the value of .

12. A football game was played between two teams, the Mariteses and the Chuychuyans. The
two teams scored a total of 34 points, and the Mariteses won by a margin of 14 points. How
many points did the Chuychuyans score?

13. Determine the value of the following expression

14. The ratio of to is , the ratio of to is , and the ratio of to is . What is the
ratio of to ?

15. What is the value in simplest form of the following expression?

√ +√ +√ +√

16. Suppose that is a real number greater than 1 such that √ √ √ . Find .

17. What is the maximum value of for real values of t?

18. Simplify√ .

19. For all , what is the value of

20. Suppose is 150% of . What percent of is ?

21. Two lines with slopes ½ and 2 intersect at (2, 2). What is the area of the triangle enclosed
by these two lines and the line ?

22. Evaluate the expression

√ √
( )
√ √
If

√ √

where are such that |x| |y| > 0.

23. How many even three-digit integers have the properties that their digits, all read from left
to right, are in strictly increasing order?

24. The parabola has vertex and y–intercept where h 0. What

is ?
25. Suppose that , , and are real numbers such that

Find .
 SOLUTIONS

Multiple Choice

√
1. Which of the following is the expression for ?

A. 2 + -5
B. 2 + -4
C. 2 + -3
D. 3 + -2
E. 3 + -2

Answer: A.

Solution:
√
=

=
= +
=

2. Let and be lines intersecting at the point .

Determine ?

A. B. C. D. E.

Answer: D) 9/4

Solution:
3. Let be the least common multiple of all integers 10 through 30, inclusive. Let be the
least common multiple of , 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40. What is the value of ?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 37 D. 74 E. 2886

Answer: D. 74

Solution
X= 7
Now, using the same logic, we find that
Y = X 2 37,
Because we have an extra power of 2 and extra power of 37. Thus, = 2 37 = 74.

4. Which of the following conditions is sufficient to guarantee that integers a, b, and c

satisfy the equation a (a – b) + b (b – c) + c (c – a) = 1?
A. and
B. and
C. and

D. and –
E.

Answer: D. and –
Solution: Plugging in every choice, we see that only choice D works.
We have b = a + 1, c = a, so
a(a – b) + b(b – c) – c(c – a) = a (a – (a + 1)) + (a + 1)((a + 1) – a) + a(a – a)
= a(-1) + (a + 1)(1) + 0
= -a + a + 1
=1

5. A number satisfies the equation . Find the value of .

A. 1 √ B. 2 √ C. 3 √ D. 4 √ E. 5 √

Answer: B. 2 √

Solution: Multiply m + = 4 by m to get a quadratic equation or

.
√ √
By the quadratic formula, is either or .

When simplified, we obtain √ and √ .

6. For , a positive integer, let be the quotient obtained when the sum of all positive
divisors of is divided by , such that . What is
?

A. B. C. 1 D. E.

Answer: B.

Solution: The prime factorization 768 is 3 and the prime factorization of 384 is 3
so

f(768) = (1 + + … + )(1 + ) =
 f(384) = (1 + + … + )(1+ ) =

by difference - = .

7. The largest prime factor of 16384 is 2 because 16384 = 2^14. What is the sum of the
digits of the greatest prime number that is a divisor of 16383?
A. 3 B. 7 C. 10 D. 16 E. 22

Answer: C. 10

Solution: Note that the largest prime factor of 16, 383 = 16384 – 1 = 2^14 – 1
= (2^7+ 1) (2^7- 1)
= 129 ∙ 127
= 3 ∙ 43 ∙ 127
Since 127 is prime, it yields that 1 + 2 + 7 = 10.

8. The product of the lengths of the two congruent sides of an obtuse isosceles triangle is
equal to the product of the base and twice the triangle’s height to the base. If the vertex
angle of the triangle is , what is ?
√ √
A. B. C. D. √ E. √

Answer: A.

Solution: Let the lengths of the two congruent of the triangle be , the desired produce of
. Note that the product of the base and twice the height is 4 times the area of the triangle.
Set the vertex to be , we derive the equation

( )
9. Find the total amount at the end of three years if $10, 000 is deposited at an interest
rate of 10% compounded annually.
A) $13, 031 B) $13, 103 C) $13, 310 D) $13, 311 E) $13, 320

Answer: C) $13, 310

Solution:
By using the formula with P = $10, 000, r = 10% = 0.1 and n = 3,
We have
A = (10,000)( = $13, 310.00
Remarks:
The equation can be modified to amounts compounded
semiannually, quarterly, monthly and so on. If s denotes the number of conversion periods
per year, then the number of conversion periods after n years is ns, and the rate per period
is r/s. Thus, the total amount A at the of n years in ns, and the rate per period is r/s. Thus,
the total amount A at the end of n years when a principal P is invested at a rate of r per year
compounded s times per year is ( )

10. If $10, 000 is deposited in a bank at an interest rate of 10% per year compounded
continuously, what is the total amount at the end of ten years?
A) $15 937.42 B) $17 182.82 C) $25 927.42
D) $27 182.82 E) $30 041.66

Answer: D) $27 182.82

Solution:
By using the formula A = where P = 10, 000, e = 2.71828, r=0.1, n=10, then we
have

11. A right rectangular prism whose surface area and volume are numerically equal has
edge lengths , and . Determine the value of .
Answer: 576

Solution:
i) The surface area of this right rectangular prism is 2( + +
).
ii) The volume of this night rectangular prism is .
iii) By equating the numerical values of the surface area and volume, we have
2( + + )
=
Dividing both sides by , we get

2( = 1. (1)

Recall that = and =n ,

So, we rewrite (1) as

2 + + =1
2 =1
= 1  x = 576.

12. A football game was played between two teams, the Mariteses and the Chuychuyans.
The two teams scored a total of 34 points, and the Mariteses won by a margin of 14
points. How many points did the Chuychuyans score?

Answer: 10
Solution:
Let the Chuychuyan’s score be x. The Mariteses then scored x + 14. Since the teams
combines scored 34, we
13. Determine the value of the following expression

Answer: 1

Solution: Using difference of squares to factor the left term, we get

=1
14. The ratio of to is , the ratio of to is , and the ratio of to is . What is
the ratio of to ?

Answer: 16:3

Solution:

= ( )( )( )

Which means a : c = 16 : 3.

15. What is the value in simplest form of the following expression?

√ +√ +√ +√

Answer: 10
Solution:

√ +√ +√ +√

=√ +√ +√ +√
= 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10

16. Suppose that is a real number greater than 1 such that √ √ √ . Find .

Answer: 13/27

Solution: We start with n to the first power. Each cube root multiplies the exponent by 1/3
and each further product of n increase the exponent by 1, so we get

((((1 ) + 1) ) + 1) . Tallying all this up gives m = 13/27.

Or √ √ √ = √ √

= √

=( )

= 

n= .
17. What is the maximum value of for real values of t?

Answer:

Solution: Let u = . Then the expression the problem can be written as

( – ) =

Note that is attained for some value of t between t = 0 and t = 1, thus the maximal
value of R is

18. Simplify √ .

Answer: √ √

Recall:

Solution:

√ √

√ √ √

√ √

19. For all , what is the value of

 Answer: or
Solution:
We first expand the expression:

We can now divide out of a common factor of n! from each term of the numerator

Factoring out (n+1), we get

20. Suppose is 150% of . What percent of is ?

Answer: 200
Solution:
Without loss of generality, let . Then, we have and . Thus,
, so is 200% of .

21. Two lines with slopes ½ and 2 intersect at (2, 2). What is the area of the triangle enclosed
by these two lines and the line ?
Answer: 6
Solution: Let us first work out the slope-intercept form of all three lines: and
implies that

So , while implies , so . As implies

that , thus the lines are , and . Now we find
the intersection points between each of the lines with , which are and
). Using the distance formula and then Pythagorean Theorem, are that we have an
isosceles triangle with base √ and height √ whose area is 6.
Or other solution:
We find the three points of intersection. Label these:
 A(2,2). B(4,6) and C(6,4).

By the Pythagorean Theorem, √ and √ . By Law of Cosines

( √ ) ( √ ) ( √ )
√ √
Therefore, √ so the area is √ √

22. Evaluate the expression

√ √
( )
√ √
If

√ √

where are such that |x| |y| > 0.

| |
Answer: | |

√ √
Solution: √
=( )
√ √ √

( ) √
√ √

√ √
√ ( )

√ √ √

√ | |
√
√ | |
23. How many even three-digit integers have the properties that their digits, all read from left
to right, are in strictly increasing order?
Answer: 34
Solution:
The last digit is 4, 6, or 8.
If the last digit is , the possibilities for the first two digits correspond to 2- element subsets
of

Thus, the answer is ( ) ( ) ( )

24. The parabola has vertex and y–intercept where h 0. What

is ?
Answer: 4
Solution:
By substituting , we find that , so our parabola is
.

The -coordinate of the vertex of a parabola is given by

Additionally, substituting , we find that

( )

( )

( )

Since it is given that , then

25. Suppose that , , and are real numbers such that

Find .
Answer: -60
Solution:
Let

where and .
So, we have , and from the second equation get . Finally, from the third
equation we get . So, this is the answer, .