MMC 2007 First Year Sectorals 1

Easy
E1 How many numbers between 100 and 200 are divisible by 6? [17]
E2 What is the range of the function y = x 2 − 2x? [y > −1]
E3 If one side of a square is increased by 100% by how many percent is the area increased? [300]
√ √ √
E4 For what values of x does x 2 − 3 have two distinct roots? [x > 3 or x < − 3]
E5 What is the 3rd term in the expansion of (a + b 2 )8 , where the exponents of a are in decreasing order?
[28a 6 b 4 ]
55
E6 If r and s are the two roots of 2x 2 − 11x + 10 = 0, what is the value of rs(r + s)? [ ]
2
E7 If AB = 7x − 2, BC = 2x + 8, and B is the midpoint of segment AC, find AC. [24]
7
E8 For what values of x is the graph of y = 7 − 2x above the x-axis? [x < ]
2
E9 What is the equation of the circle centered at (−1, 2) and tangent to the x-axis? Give the answer in
center-radius form. [(x + 1)2 + (y − 2)2 = 4]
√
35π 2
E10 What is the value of sin ( )? [ ]
4 2
EX What is the range of the function y = 7 − x 2 ? [y ≤ 7]
Average
49
A1 If 4x 2 − 7x + k = 0 has two equal roots, what is k? [ ]
16
A2 If logx 2401 = 4, find x. [x = 7]
A3 A square and a circle have equal perimeters. What is the ratio of the area of the square to the area of
the circle? [π ∶ 4]
1
A4 For what values of x is 2x > ? [x > −2]
4
A5 If log(a + b) = p and log(a − b) = q, what is log(a 2 − b 2 )? [p + q]
AX If one root of 3x 2 + ax + 5 = 0 is 5, what is the value of a? [−16]
Difficult
17
D1 For what value(s) of p will (p + 2)x 2 + (2p + 3)x + p − 1 = 0 have real roots? [p ≥ − ]
8
D2 If y varies inversely as x and x is increased in the ratio 3 ∶ 5, how is y changed?
3
[new value is
of old value]
5
D3 A triangle whose perimeter is 54 cm is circumscribed about a circle of radius 4 cm. What is the area of
the triangle? [108 cm2 ]
D4 Solve for θ on 0○ ≤ θ ≤ 360○ : 2 cos2 θ = 1 + sin θ [30○ , 150○ , 270○ ]
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3 log 5 − 5 log 3
D5 If 32x=5 = 5x+3 , use logarithms to solve for the value of x. [x = ]
2 log 3 − log 5
DX Solve for x: x 4 − 10x 2 + 9 = 0 [−1, 1, −3, 3]
Tiebreaker
7
TB1 If f (x) = 4x , what is f ( )? [128]
2
TB2 O is a point on the segment joining P(−2, 4) and Q(14, 12) such that 3PO = OQ. Find the coordinates
of O. [(2, 6)]
TB3 If z varies as the square of y and inversely as x, find the percent change in z if y increases by 20% and
x decreases by 20%. [z increases by 80%]
Do-or-Die
DoD Two concentric circles are such that a chord of the larger, 36 cm long, is trisected by the smaller. The
sum of the radii of the two circles is also 36 cm. Find the length of the radius of the larger circle.
[22 cm]