2005 Math Challenge CAT A

Solve each item and write the answer on the blank before the number. Use π = 3.14. Give equations of lines in
the form ax+by+c=0.

1. If 1 inch = 2.54 cm. How many meters equal 80 inches.

2. A rectangular school yard is 168 m by 145 m. How many hectares is it?

3. RJ ran 3.45 km while jun ran 3850 m. How much farther did Jun run?

4. Which of 5/8, 68/10, 7/12,13/25 is non-terminating if changed to a decimal?

5. Which is greater 14/17 or 15/19?

6. Round 495 356 760 to the nearest ten million.

7. Change 9/14 to a decimal to the nearest thousandth.

8. How many times as great is the underlined 5 in 3 576 159 in than the 5 that is not underlined?

9. How many integers are there between -6 and 9?

10. Evaluate: |4 - 10| + |21 - 9| - |7 - 18|.

11. Write the product of 3 consecutive even numbers as a polynomial if the smallest is x - 2.

12. An artificial lake had a diameter of 124 m. If you jog around it 5 times, how many meters will that
be? [π = 3.14]

13. Express 0.0000457 in scientific notation.

14. Express 6.038 x 107 in decimal notation.

15. Simplify: 2x – [-5 + (3x-2y-7)-5x-8y] + 9y.

16. What will you add 5x2-7x+10 to get 9x2+5x-7?

17. Subtract 5x2 -12x + 9 from 7x2 + 3x – 5

18. Divide (15x3 – x2 -18x + 8) by (3x-2)

19. Multilply (4x-5y)(2x2-3xy+7y2)

20. What is the remainder when 4x3+7x2-8x+4 is divided by x+3?

21. Find the product of (3x-7)(5x+8)

22. Expand (3x-4y)(9x2 + 12xy + 16y2)

23. A rectangular park is 48m long and 14 m wide. How long will a diagonal walk across it be?

24. If your step is 75 cm and take 80 steps a minute. What is your speed in kilometers per hour?

25. On an arithmetic calculator. What will you get if you key in: 12 - 5 X 22 + 16 ÷ 10?
26. What will you get on a scientific calculator if you key in : 12 - 5 X 22 + 16 ÷ 10?

27. If x = 2, y = -3 and z = ½, Evaluate: 2x3y3z2

28. How many pieces of ribbon 2.4 dm long can be cut from a roll of 15 m long?

29. What is the ratio of 24 dm to 4 m?

30. A graduated cylinder has water to the 54 mL mark. When a marble was dropped in the water
rose to the 81 mL mark. What is the volume of the marble?

31. A subdivision water tank is 4.5 m long, 2.8 m wide and 3.4 m high. How much water does it
contain when full?

32. If the water in tank in #22 is placed into 100 liter containers, how many will be completely filled?

33. Write in symbols: the sum of the cubes of x & y divided by their difference.

34. The ratio of two numbers is 3:5. If their sum is 120. Find the bigger number.

35. If 3x – 7y = 18 and y = -3, what is x?

36. Solve for x: (4x+5)/3 = (3x-2)/2

37. For what values of x is (3x-2)/3 – (2x+3)/4 < 5?

38. Write as an inequality: “ 7 less than thrice y is less than 9 more than twice y.”

39. Solve for x |3x-4| = 11

40. Solve for x: |7 – 2x| = 3

41. Find the equation of the line in the graph.

42. Find the equation of the line through(-2,5) and (4,7)

43. What is the equation of the line given by: X -2 -1 0 1 2

y 11 9 7 5 3

44. Find the equation of the line passing though A (2,5) and parallel to 3x – 4y = 7.

45. A car left town A at 3:00 PM at 45 km/h for town B. An hour later another car at 60 km/h was sent
to stop the first car. At what time will the second car overtake the first car?

46. The sum of 3 numbers is 135. The 2nd is 5 more than the 1st and the 3rd is 5 more than the
second. Find the third number.

47. Find the area of the region bounded by the two axes and the line y = 9 – 4x

48. What is the vertex of the graph of y = |2x-5| - 3

49. What is the area of the triangle with vertices at A(-2,1) B(8,1) and C(2,9)

50. How many people can be seated at 12 square (4 person) tables lined up end to end in a straight

Line?