Mathematics Department, Nueva Ecija High School
MATHEMATICS COMPETITION - Orals for Grade 10
15 SECOND QUESTIONS
4a
1. If 2a = 3b + 5, what is ? [32]
8b
2. What is the last digit of 32018 ? [9]
3. In a math class of size 50, the average score on the final exam is 68. The best ten exams are
all 100. What is the average of the other 40? [60]
4. What is the remainder when x51 + 51 is divided by x + 1? [50]
5. What is the y-coordinate of the vertex of the parabola y = x2 − 6x + 4? [-5]
6. Given that a + b + c = 5 and ab + bc + ac = 5, what is the value of a2 + b2 + c2 ? [15]
7. The numbers x and y satisfy 2x = 9 and 3y = 16. What is the value of xy? [8]
8. A two-digit number is written at random. What is the probability that the sum of its digits is
1
5? [ ]
18
9. What is the circumference of a circle inside of which is inscribed a triangle with side lengths 3,
4, and 5? [5π]
10. Compute the unique positive integer that, when squared, is equal to six more than five times
itself. [6]
11. What is the length of the interval of solutions to the inequality 1 ≤ 3 − 4x ≤ 11? [2.50]
30 SECOND QUESTIONS
h2i
1. If sin x = 2 cos x, then what is the value of sin x cos x?
5
2. In how many ways can Danielle, Francis, Mico, Laine, Evelyn, Julienne, and Pablo sit on a
round table if Mico, Laine, Pablo need to sit together? [144 ways]
3. Factor the polynomial 6x2 + 17xy + 7yz + 12y 2 + 5xz + z 2 . [(3x + 4y + z)(2x + 3y + z)]
4. Find the volume of a rectangular box whose left side, front side, and bottom have areas of 12
square inches, 30 square inches and 90 square inches, respectively. [180 cubic inches]
5. The polynomial p(x) = x4 + 2x3 + ax2 + 5x + b is divisible by x2 + x − 6 for certain values of
a and b. What is the sum of a and b? [-60]
√ √
6. There are unique integers a and b for which (1 + 5)3 = a + b 5. What is a + b? [24]
60 SECOND QUESTIONS
1. The sum of the first ten terms of a nonzero geometric series is 244 times the sum of the first
five terms. What is the common ratio? [3]
0
2. Two circles with centers O and O have radii of 9 inches and 12 inches, respectively. The centers
are 28 inches apart. How far from the center of circle O is the intersection of the line joining
0
the centers with the common internal tangent P P ? [12 inches]
3. If log2 (x) + log8 (4x) = 10, what is x? [x = 128]
4. Let P denote the point on the circle x2 + 2x + y 2 − 4y = 20 that is closest to (7, 8). What is
h3i
the slope of the line passing through both P and (7, 8)?
4
5. A 3 by 3 by 3 wooden cube is painted on all 6 faces and then cut into 27 unit cubes. One
unit cube is randomly selected
h 12 i and rolled. What is the probability that exactly two of the five
visible faces are painted?
27
6. If a, b, and c denote the solutions of the equation x3 − 2x2 − 5x + 8 = 0, what is value of
1 1 1 h 1 i
+ + ? −
ab ac bc 4
CLINCHER QUESTIONS
1. (15 seconds) If the operation ⊕ is defined by x ⊕ y = 2xy + 3y + y x , then what is the value of
2 ⊕ 5? [60]
π
2. (30 seconds) What is the smallest positive solution in the equation 5 cos x + 2 sin2 x = 4? [ ]
3
3. (60 seconds) Given log8 3 = p and log3 5 = q, find the value of log10 5 in terms of p and q.
h 3pq i
1 + 3pq
DO-OR-DIE QUESTION
Let p(x) = ax2 + bx + c for certain coefficients a, b, and c. If p(1) = 1, p(2) = 2, and p(3) = 4, what
is p(5)? [p(5) = 11]
