Grade 7 Mtap Math Challenge: Writers

GRADE 7 MTAP
MATH CHALLENGE
(A COMPILATION OF MTAP QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS)
WRITERS:
CHARITY D. ALMENIANA (San Pedro National High School)
EDNA C. ESPIRITU (Batangas Eastern Colleges)
SHERNA M. MAGNAYE (Balayan National High School)
JAYVERLIE C. MANGUBAT (Apolinario Mabini National HS)
REYNALYN I. RAMOS (Bauan Technical High School)
ANNALIZA VIVO (Dacanlao G. Agoncillo National High School)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS TO THE MTAP DIVISION ELIMINATION

TEST
2003 Metrobank MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge
B. QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS TO THE MTAP DIVISION FINALS

Metrobank MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge
Division Elimination Round
SOLUTIONS
Mathematics I
Directions: Check your answers. Analyze the solution given in

every question. Be sure you deeply understand the concepts
involved. Test yourself again, by answering the questions. Use π =
3.14 when necessary. Give linear equations in the form y = mx + b.
1. How many times as great is the underlined 5 in 254 376 578

than the five is not underlined?
Solution: 254 376 578
10 000000
=¿100 000
100
Answer: 100 000
2. If 1 inch = 2.54cm, how many meters equal 60 inches?
Solution: 1 inch = 2.54cm
1 m = 100 cm
2.54 cm 1m 60(2.54)
60 inches x 1 inc h X 100 cm = = 1.524 m
100
Answer: 1.524 m
3. How many hectares equal to 3.5 km2?
Solution:
1 hectare = 10, 000 m2
1 km = 1 000 m
1 km2 = 1 000 000 m2
2 1000 000 m 2 1 hectare
3.5 km x x = 350 hectares
1 km 2
10 ,000 m 2
Answer: 350 hectares
4. Dean ran 2.3 km while Greg ran 3035 m. Who ran farther
and by how much?
Solution:
1 km = 1 000 m
Dean = 2.3 km = 2 300 m
Greg = 3035 m
1 035 m – 2 300 m = 235 m
Answer: 235 m
5. If the price of rice at the beginning of a month is ₱20 kg and
the inflation for that month is 4.5%, what is the expected
price at the end of the month?
Solution:
4.5% = 0.045
20 x 0.045 = 0.90
₱ 20 + 0.90 = ₱ 20.90
Answer: ₱ 20.90
6. Which of 3/8, 123/10, 5/6, and 67/20 is non-terminating if
change to decimals?
Solution:
3 ÷ 8 = 0.375
123 ÷ 10 = 12.3
5 ÷ 6 = 0.83333. . .
67 ÷ 20 = 3.35
Answer: 5/6
7. Which is greater 14/17 or 15/19?
Solution:
14 15
x
17 19
By cross multiplication
14
= (14)(19) = 266
17
15
= (15)(17) = 255
19
14 15
Therefore 17 is greater than 19 .
14
Answer: 17
8. Round 456 963 to the nearest hundred.

Solution:
456 963 since 9 is greater than 5 then add 1 to 6 and
the remaining number after 6 are zeros.
Answer: 457 000
9. Change 4/7 to a decimal to the nearest thousandths.
Solution:
4 ÷ 7 = 0.5714 = 0.571
Answer: 0.571
10. Simplify: 2x–[-5 + (3x – 2y – 7) – 5x – 8y]– 4y
Solution:
2x–[-5 + (3x – 2y – 7) – 5x – 8y]– 4y
2x – (-5 + 3x - 2y - 7 – 5x – 8y) – 4y
2x – (-12 - 2x – 10y) – 4y
2x + 12 + 2x + 10y – 4y
4x + 6y + 12
Answer: 4x + 6y + 12
11. What will you add to 3x2 – 5x + 7 to get x2 + 6x – 7?
Solution:
x2 + 6x – 7 x2 + 6x – 7
- 3x2 – 5x + 7 + -3x2 + 5x - 7
-2x2 + 11x – 14
Answer: -2x2 + 11x – 14
12. What will you subtract from 5x2 – 3x + 5 to get 7x2 + 5x – 7?
Solution:
5x2 – 3x + 5 5x2 – 3x + 5
- 7x2 + 5x – 7 + - 7x2 – 5x + 7
-2x2 – 8x + 12
Answer: -2x2 – 8x + 12
13. Find the product of (3x – 2y)(2x2 – 3xy + 5y2)
Solution:
2x2 – 3xy + 5y2
3x – 2y
6x3 – 9x2y +15xy2
– 4x2y + 6 xy2 – 10y3
6x3 –13x2y + 21xy2 – 10y3
Answer: 6x3 –13x2y + 21xy2 – 10y3
14. What is the remainder when 4x3 – 7x2 + 5x – 7 is divided by
x – 2?
Solution:
By Synthetic Division
2 4 -7 5 -7
______8___2____14
4 1 7 7
Answer: 7
15. Write the product of 3 consecutive integers as a polynomial
if the smallest is x?
Solution:
First integer: x
Second integer: x + 1
Third integer: x + 2
(x)(x+1)(x+2)
(x)(x2 + 3x + 2)
x3 + 3x2 + 2x
Answer: x3 + 3x2 + 2x
16. An artificial lake has a diameter of 50 m. If you jog around
it, how many meters will that be?
Solution:
C = πd
= (3.14)(50m)
= 157 m
Answer: 157 m
17. If your step is 72 cm and you can make 80 steps a minute,
what is your speed per hour?
Solution:
Distance/step x number of steps = speed/minute
72 cm x 80 steps = 5 760 cm/min
5760 cm 60 min
Speed per hour = min
x h our = 345 600 cm/hr
345600 cm 1 km
= 1 hr
x 100 000 cm
= 3.456kph
Answer: 3.456 kph
18. What is the perimeter of the figure?
16 cm
18 cm
17 cm
40 cm 10 cm 19 cm
12 cm
52 cm
Solution:
P =16cm+18cm+17cm+40cm +10cm +19cm +12cm +52cm
= 184 cm
Answer: 184 cm
19. What is the area of the same figure 7?
Solution:
18 cm
A1
17 cm
40 cm A2 10 cm 19 cm
A3 12 cm
52 cm
Area of the figure = A1 + A2 + A3

= (16cm)(18cm) + (17cm + 16cm)(10cm) + (52cm)(12cm)
= 288cm2 + 330cm2 + 624cm2
= 1242cm2
Answer: 1242cm2
20. If n <√ 200<¿n + 1, what is n?
Solution:
√ 200 lies between 14 and 15
14 <√ 200<¿15
142 <200<¿ 152
196 < 200 ¿ 225
Therefore n = 14
Answer: 14
21. Which of the following is/are rational?
25 49
A. √ 574 B. √ 156 C.
√ 64
D.
√ 75
Solution:
A. √ 574 = √ 574
B. √ 156 = 2√ 39
25 5
C.
√ 64
= 8 (rational number can be expressed as
p/q)
49 7
D.
√ 75
=
5 √3
Answer: C.
22. The length of a rectangular garden is 15 m and the width is
8 m. How long is a diagonal of the garden?
Solution:
Let: a = length
b =width
RECTANGULAR GARDEN
c = diagonal 8 m
Using Pythagorean Theorem 15 m

c2 = a2 + b2
c2 = (15)2 + (8)2
c2 = 225 + 64
c2 = 289
c = √ 289
c = 17
Answer: 17
23. Evaluate ¿3-10| - |18 - 7| - |5 - 10|.
Solution:
¿3-10| - |18 - 7| - |5 - 10|
¿-7| - |11| - |-5|
7 – 11 – 5
-9
Answer: -9
24. Express 3.05 x 10-4 in decimal notation.
Solution:
3.05 x 10-4
Since the exponent is negative four, move the decimal
point 4 units to the right.
Answer: 0.000305
25. What is the value of (0.3)5?
Solution:
35 = 243 (move the decimal point 5 units to the right)
(0.3)5 = 0.00243
Answer: 0.00243
26. On an arithmetic calculator, what result will you get if you
key in 10 + 13 x 12 - 18/3
Solution:
10 + 3 x 12 - 18/3
13 x 12 - 18/3
156 - 18/3
138/3
46
Answer: 46
27. What will be the result of 10 + 3 x 12 - 18/3 on a scientific
calculator?
Solution:
10 + 3 x 12 - 18/3
10 + 36 - 18/3
10 + 36 - 6
46 - 6
40
Answer: 40
28. If x = 2, y = -1 and z = 3, find the value of 6x2y3/z2?
Solution:
6x2y3/z2
6(2)2(-1)3/(3)2
6(4)(-1)/9
-24/9 = -8/3 = -2 2/3
Answer: -2 2/3
29. The volume of a cube is 343 cm 3. What is the length of an
edge?
Solution:
V = e3
343 cm3 = e3
√3 343 cm3 = √3 e 3
7 cm = e
Answer: 7 cm
30. How many pieces of string 2.3 m long can be cut from a roll
50 m long?
Solution:
50 m ÷ 2.3 m = 21.74
Answer: 21 pieces
31. The ratio of two numbers is 4:7. If their sum is 121, what is
the bigger of the two numbers?
Solution:
4 + 7 = 11
121 ÷ 11 = 11
4 x 11 = 44
7 x 11 = 77
Answer: 77
3x+4 2 x−5
32. Solve for x: 2
+ 3
=5
Solution:
3x+4 2 x−5
2
+ 3
=5
3(3 x+ 4) 2(2 x−5)
+ =5
6 6
9 x+12 4 x−10
6
+ 6
=5
13 x +2
6
=5
13x + 2 = 6(5)
13x + 2 = 30
13x = 30 – 2
13x = 28
x = 28/13
Answer: 28/13
33. If 3x – 4y = 12 and x = 5, what is y?
Solution:
3x – 4y = 12
3(5) – 4y = 12
15 – 4y = 12
-4y = 12 – 15
-4y = -3
y=¾
Answer: ¾
34. Solve for x: 3 – 4x ≤ 9 – x.
Solution:
3 – 4x ≤ 9 – x
-4x + x ≤ 9 – 3
-3x ≤ 6
x ≥ -2
Answer: x ≥ -2
3 x −2 2 x +3
35. Solve for x: 3
+ 4 <¿ 5.
Solution:
3 x −2 2 x +3
3
+ 4
<¿ 5
4 (3 x−2) 3(2 x+3)

+ <¿ 5
12 12
12 x−8 6 x+ 9
12
+ 12 <¿ 5
18 x +1
<¿ 5
12
18x + 1 ¿ 12(5)
18x ¿ 60 -1
18x ¿ 59
x ¿ 59/18
Answer: 59/18
36. The product of two numbers is 864. If the greatest common
factor is 12, what is the least common multiple of the two
numbers?
Solution:
864 ÷ 12 = 72
Answer: 72
37. On a number line, what is the rational number midway
between 2/7 and 4/9?
Solution:
(2/7 + 4/9) ÷ 2
(18/63 + 28/63) ÷ 2
(46/63)(1/2)
23/63
Answer: 23/63
38. A man drove 220 km in 3 ½ hr. Part of the trip was at
60km/hr and the rest at 65km/hr. Find the time spent at the
slower speed?
Solution:
Speed of the car Time spent Distance
3 ½ hr 220km
60 X 60x
65 3½-x 65(3 ½ - x)
60x + 65(3 ½ - x) = 220

60x + 455/2 – 65x = 220
-5x = 220 – 455/2
-5x = (440-455)/2
-10x = -15
x = 3/2
Answer: 1 1/2 hrs
39. What is the slope of the line through A(-2, 5) and
B(4, 7)?
Solution:
y 2− y 1
m = x −x
2 1
7−5
= 4−(−2)
2
= 6 = 1/3
Answer: 1/3
40. What is the x – intercept of the line 4x – 5y = 9?
Solution:
4x – 5y = 9
4x – 5(0) = 9
4x = 9
x = 9/4
Answer: 9/4
41. Write 5x – 3y = 7 in the form y = mx + b.
Solution:
5x – 3y = 7
-3y = -5x + 7
5x 7
y = 3 −3
5x 7
Answer: y = 3 − 3
42. Solve for x in |2x - 3|= 7

Solution:
|2x - 3|= 7 |2x - 3|= 7
2x – 3 = 7 (2x – 3) = -7
2x = 7 + 3 2x - 3 = -7
2x = 10 2x = -7 + 3
x=5 2x = -4
x = -2
Answer: 5 & -2
43. Solve for x in |5 – 3x| + 4 = 15.
Solution:
|5 – 3x| + 4 = 15
|5– 3x| = 15 – 4
|5– 3x| = 11
5 – 3x = 11 5 – 3x = -11
-3x = 11 – 5 -3x = -11 -5
-3x = 6 -3x = -16
x = -2 x = 16/3
Answer: -2 and 16/3
44. Find the equation of the line in the graph.
Solution:
(-3, 0) (0, 4)
x y
+ =1
a b
x y
+ =1
−3 4
x y
−12 (
−3 4 )
+ =( 1 ) (−12)
4x – 3y = -12
-3y = -4x – 12
4x
y = 3 +4
4x
Answer: y = 3 + 4
45. What is the equation of the line with -2 and 3 as the x and y
intercepts respectively?
Solution:
x y
+ =1
a b
x y
+ =1
−2 3
x y
6 (
+ =1 6
−2 3 )
-3x + 2y = 6
2y = 3x + 6
3x
y = 2 +3
3x
Answer: y = 2 +3
46. What is the equation of the line x -2 -1 0 1 2

Solution: y 11 9 7 5 3
Use any two points from
(-2, 11)(-1, 9)
y 2− y 1
y – y1 = ( x −x )(x – x1)
2 1
9−11
y – 11 = ( −1−(−2) )(x – (-2))
−2
y – 11 = ( 1 )(x + 2)
y – 11 = -2x – 4
y = -2x – 4 + 11
y = -2x + 7
Answer: y = -2x + 7
47. George can paint a house in 10 days. Ken can paint the
same house in 12 days. How long will it take both to paint the
house?
Solution:
x x
+ =1
10 12
x x
60 (
+ =1 60
10 12 )
6x + 5x = 60
11x = 60
x = 60/11 = 5 5/11
Answer: 5 5/11 days
48. Find the equations of the line passing through A(2, 5) and
parallel to 2x – 3y = 5.
Solution:
2x – 3y = 5 m = 2/3 A(2, 5)
-3y = -2x + 5 y – y1 = m(x – x1)
2x 5 2
y = 3 −3 y – 5 = 3 (x – 2)
2x 4
m = 2/3 y – 5 = 3 −3
2x 4
y = 3 −3 + 5
2x 4 15
y = 3 −3 + 3
2 x 11
y= 3 +3
2 x 11
Answer: y = 3 + 3
49. The sum of three numbers is 138. The second is 5 more
than the first and the third is 5 more than the second. Find
the third number.
Solution:
Let x = 1st -- 41
nd
x+5=2 -- 46
x + 5 + 5 = 3rd -- 51
(x) + (x + 5) + (x + 5 + 5) = 138
3x + 15 = 138
3x = 138 – 15
3x = 123
x = 41
Answer: 51
50. A car left town A at 3:00 pm at 45 kph for town B. An hour
later another car at 60 kph was sent to stop the first car from
proceeding to town B. At what time will the second car
overtake the first?
Solution:
Speed Time Distance
Car 1 45 x+1 45x
Car 2 60 x 60(x + 1)
60x = 45(x + 1)
60x = 45x + 45
60x – 45x = 45
15x = 45
x=3
Car 1 - 4
Car 2 - 3
Answer: Car 2 will overtake car 1 at 6:00 pm.
Division Elimination
Mathemmatics I
Directions: Check your answers. Analyze the solution given in every

question. Be sure you deeply understand the concepts
involved. Test yourself again the questions.
1. If 1 inch = 2.54 cm, how many meters equal to 80 inches?

Solution:
2.54 cm. 1m
1 inc h
. x 100 cm.
x 80 inches
Answer: 2.0320 meters
2. A rectangular school yard is 168m by 145m. How many hectares is
it?
Solution: Area = 168m x 145m
A = 24, 360m2
1 hectare
24, 360m2 x 10 ,000 sq . m
Answer: 2.4360 hectares
3. RJ run 3.45 km. while Jun run 3850 m. How much farther did Jun
run?
Solution: RJ: 3.45 km. = 3, 450 m.
Jun: 3, 850 m.
3, 850 m - 3, 450 m = 400 m.
Answer: 400 meters
5 68 7 13
4. Which of 8 , 10 , 12 , 25 is non-terminating if changed to decimal?
Solution: 5÷8 = 0.625
68÷10 = 6.8
7÷12 = 0.583
13÷25 = 0.52
7
Answer: 12
14 15
5. Which is greater 17 or 19 ?
Solution: By cross multiplication, the product of 14 and 19 is
266 while the product of 17 and 15 is 255.
14
Therefore, 17 is greater.
14
Answer: 17
6. Round 495, 356, 760 to the nearest ten millions.

Answer: 500, 000, 000
9
7. Change 14 to a decimal to the nearest thousandths.
Solution: 9 ÷ 14 = 0.6428
Answer: 0. 643
8. How many times as great is the underlined 5 in 3, 576,159 than
the 5 that is not underlined?
Solution: The place value of the underlined 5 is hundred
thousands while 5 that is not underlined is tens.
Dividing 100, 000 by 10, will result to 10, 000.
Answer: 10, 000
9. How many integers are there between -6 and 9?
Solution 1: By listing: -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ,7, 8
Answer: 14
Solution 2: Subtract 1 from the distance between two
integers. The distance is the sum of their
absolute values.
|-6| + |9| = 15
15 – 1 = 14
Answer: 14
10. Evaluate |4 - 10| + |21 - 9| - |7 - 18|.
Solution: |4 - 10| + |21 - 9| - |7 - 18|.
= |-6| + |12| - |-11|
= 6 + 12 – 11
=7
Answer: 7
11. Write the product of three consecutive even numbers as a
polynomial if the smallest is x – 2?
Solution:
Smallest: x – 2
Middle: x – 2 + 2 = x
Largest: x – 2 + 4 = x + 2
x(x -2)(x + 2)
= x(x2 – 4)
= x3 – 4x
Answer: x3 – 4x
12. An artificial circular lake has a diameter of 124 m. If you jog
around it five times, how many meters will that be? ( π = 3.14)
Solution: C = πd
= 3.14(124 m.)
= 389.36 m.
5 x 389.36 m.= 1, 946.8 m.
Answer: 1, 946.8 m
13. Express 0.0000457 in scientific notation.
Solution: Place the decimal point between 5 and 7 so you
need to move five decimals places to the right.
Answer: 4.57 x 10-5
14. Express 6.038 x 107 in decimal notation.
Solution: Move thedecimal point 7 times to the left.
Answer: 60, 360, 000
15. Simplify: 2x – [-5 + (3x – 2y – 7) – 5x – 8y] + 9y
Solution: 2x – [-5 + (3x – 2y – 7) – 5x – 8y] + 9y = 2x –
[(3x – 2y – 12) – 5x – 8y] + 9y
= 2x – (-2x -10y -12) + 9y
= 2x + 2x + 10y + 12 + 9y
= 4x + 19y + 12
Answer: 4x + 19y + 12
16. What will you add to 5x2 – 7x + 10 to get 9x2 + 5x – 7?
Solution: 9x2 + 5x – 7 –(5x2 – 7x + 10) = 4x2 + 12x -17
Answer: 4x2 + 12x – 17
17. Subtract 3x2 -12x + 9 from 7x2 + 3x – 5
Solution: 7x2 + 3x – 5 – (3x2 -12x + 9) = 4x2 + 15x -14
Answer: 4x2 + 15x -14
18. Divide (15x3 – x2 - 18x + 8) by (3x - 2).

Solution:
2
3
15 -1 -18 8
10 6 -8
15 9 -12 0
Answer: 15x2 + 9x -1
19. Multiply: (4x – 5y)(2x2 – 3xy + 7y2)
Solution: 2x2 – 3xy + 7y2
4x – 5y
-10x y + 15xy2 – 35y3
2
8x3 – 12x2y + 28xy2

8x3 – 22x2y + 43xy2 – 35y3
Answer: 8x3 – 22x2y + 43xy2 – 35y3
20. What is the remainder when 4x3 + 7x2 – 8x + 4 is divided by x +
3?
Solution:
-3 4 7 -8 4
-12 15 -2
4 -5 7 -17
Answer: -17
21. Find the product of (3x – 7)(5x + 8).
Solution 1: 3x – 7
5x + 8
15x2 – 35x
24x - 56
2
15x – 11x – 56
Solution 2: Using the FOIL Method
F: (3x)(5x) = 15x2
O: (3X)(8) = 24x
I: (-7)(5x) = -35x
L: (-7)(8) = -56
Combine the product of the inner and the outer
terms.
Answer: 15x2 – 11x – 56
22. Find the product. (3x – 4y)(9x2 + 12xy + 16y2)
Solution: The given are factors of the difference of two
cubes. Multiply these two to get the product.
Answer: 27x3 – 64y3
23. A rectangular park is 48cm. long and 14m. wide. How long will
a diagonal walk across it be?
Solution:
14m
48m
Using the Pythagorean Theorem, you can find the
length of the diagonal.
c2 = a2 + b2
c2 = (48m)2 + (14m)2
c2 = 2, 304m2 + 196m2
c2 = 2500m2
√ c 2 = √ 2 ,500 m2
c = 50m
Answer: 50m
24. If your step is 75cm.and take 80 steps a minute, what is your
speed in kilometers per hour?
Solution:
75cm x 80 = 6,000cm. 6,000cm. x 60 = 360,000cm.
360,000cm.per hour = 3.6

100,000cm
Answer: 3.6kph
25. On an arithmetic calculator, what will you get if you key in: 12 –
5 x 22 + 16 ÷ 10?
Solution: 12 – 5 x 22 + 16 ÷ 10?
=7 x 22 + 16 ÷ 10
=154 + 16 ÷ 10
=170 ÷10
=17
Answer: 17
26. What will you get on a scientific calculator if you key in 12 – 5 x
22 + 16 ÷ 10?
Solution:
12 – 5 x 22 + 16 ÷ 10?
= 12 - 110 + 1.6
= -98 + 1.6
= -96.4
Answer: -86.4
1
27. If x = 2, y = -3 and z = 2 , evaluate 2x3y3z2.
Solution: 2x3y3z2
2(23)(-33)¿2)
1
2(8)(-27)( 4 ¿
1
-432( 4 ¿
-108
Answer: -108
28. How many pieces of ribbon, 2.4dm.long can be cut from a roll of
15m.long?
Solution: 2.4dm = 0.24m.
15 ÷ 0.24 = 62
Answer: 62m.
29. What is the ratio of 24dm. to 4m.
Solution: 4m. = 40dm.
The ratio will become 24:40 which are both
divisibleby 8. And so, the ratio will become 3:5.
Answer: 3:5
30. A graduated cylindrical cylinder has water to the 54mL mark.
When a marble was dropped in, the water rose to the 81mL
mark. What is the volume of the marble?
Solution: 81Ml – 51mL
Answer:54mL
31. A subdivision water tank is 4.5m long, 2.8m wide and 3.4m
high. How much water does it contain when full?
Solution: (4.5m)(2.8m)(3.4m)
= 42.84m3
Answer: 42.84m3
32. If the water tank in no. 31 is placed into a 100 liter container,
how many will be completely filled?
1000 L
Solution:42.84m3 x = 43, 840 liters
1 m3
43,840 ÷ 100 = 4, 384 containers
Answer:43,740 liters
33. Write in symbols: “the sum of the cubes of x and y divided by
their difference”.
x 3 + y3
Answer:
x3 − y 3
34. The ratio of two numbers is 3:5. If their sum is 120, find the
bigger number.
Solution: 3x + 5x = 120
8x = 120
x = 15
Since 5 is greater than three, then just multiply 15 to 5
to get the bigger number.
Answer: 75
4 x +5 3 x −2
35. Solve for x: 3 =2
4 x +5 3 x −2
Solution: 3 = 2
2(4x + 5) = 3(3x – 2)
8x + 10 = 9x -6
x = 16
Answer: 16
36. If 3x – 7y = 18 and y = -3, what is x?
Solution: 3x – 7y = 18
3x – 7(-3) = 18
3x = -3
x = -1
Answer: -1
3 x −2 2 x+ 3
37. For what values of x is 3
−
4
< 5?
3 x −2 2 x+ 3
Solution: 3 − 4 < 5
4 ( 3 x−2 ) −3(2 x+3)
<5
12
6 x−17
12
<5
6x – 17 < 60
77
x<6
77
Answer: x < 6
38. Write an inequality: “7 less than thrice x is less than 9 more

than twice y”.
Answer: 3x – 7 <2y + 9
39. Sole for x: |3x - 4| = 11.
Solution: |3x - 4| = 11 -|3x - 4| = 11
3x = 15 -3x + 4 =11
x=5 -3x = 7
−7
x= 3
−7
Answer: x = 5 and 3
40. Find the equation of the line that has a y-intercept of 2 and a
slope of 3.
Solution: In the slope-intercept form, y = mx + b, m is the
slope and b is the y-intercept. Just substitute the
given values.
Answer: y = 2x + 3 or 2x – y + 3 = 0
41. Solve for x: |7 – 2x| = 3
Solution: |7 – 2x| = 3 -|7 – 2x| = 3
-2x = -4 -7 + 2x = 3
x=2 x=5
Answer: x = 2 and 5
42. What is the slope of the line that passes through (-2, 5) and
(4, 7)?
y 2− y
Solution: m = x 1
2− x 1
7−5
m = 4−(−2)
2 1
m = 6∨3
2 1
Answer: m = 6 ∨ 3
43. What is the equation of the line given by:

X -2 -1 0 1 2
Y 11 9 7 5 3
Solution: Choose any two points on the given table. (-1, 9)
(1,5)
m = -2
y – y1 = m(x x1)
y – 9 = -2(x + 1)
y – 9 = -2x -2
2x + y = 7
Answer: 2x + y – 7 = 0
44. Find the equation of the line passing through (2, 5) and parallel
to 3x – 4y = 7.
Solution: 3x – 4y = 7
3
m= 4
3
y – 5 = 4 (x – 2)
4y – 20 = 3x – 6
3x – 4y + 14 = 0
Answer: 3x – 4y + 14 = 0
45. A car left town at 3:00 p.m. at 45km/h for town B. An hour later,
another car at 60km/h was sent to stop the first car. At what
time will the second car overtake the first car?
Solution: 45x = 60(x – 1)
45x = 60x – 60
x=4
Add 4 hours to 3:00p.m.
Answer: 7:00 p.m.
46. The sum of three numbers is 135. The second is 5 more than
the first and the third is 5 more than the second. Find the third
number.
Solution:
First x
Second x+5
Third x + 5 + 5
x + (x + 5) + (x + 5 + 5) = 135
3x + 15 = 135
x = 40
Answer: The third number is 50.
47. Find the area of the whose radius is 5.2cm. Express your
answer In terms of pi.
Solution:
Area of a Circle = π r 2
= (5.2cm)2 π
= (27.04 π )cm2
Answer: (27.04 π ) cm2
48. What is the vertex of the graph of y = |2x - 5| -3?
Solution: y = |2x - 5| -3
y = -3 2x = 5
5
x= 2
5
Answer: ( 2 , -3)
49. What is the area of the triangle with vertices at

A(-2. 1), b(8, 1) and C(2, 9)?
Solution:
The area of this triangle can be solved using the coordinates.
1
2
2 8 -2 2
9 1 1 9
1
2
|(72 -2 + 2) – (2 + 8 – 18)|
1
|80| ¿ 40
2
Answer: 40
Note: The vertices should be listed in a clockwise direction.
50. How many people can be seated at 12 square (4 person) tables
lined up end to end in a straight line?
Solution:
Answer: There are 26 persons who can sit in this

arrangement.
2006 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge
Mathematics I

involved. Test yourself again by answering the questions.
1. Use exponents to express 3920 as a product of prime

factors.
Solution 1: Factor Tree Method
3920
98 40
49 2 8 5
7 7 2 4
2 2
2●2●2●2●5●7●7
24●5●72
Answer: 24●72●5
Solution 2: Synthetic Division
5 3920
2 784
2 392
2 196
2 98
7 49
77
1
4 2
Answer: 2 ●7 ●5
2. What is the sum of primes between 20 and 40?
Solution: Between 20 and 40
23 + 37 = 60
29 + 31 = + 60
120
Answer: 120
3. What digit(s) can be placed in the blank in 87,78__ to
make it divisible by 18?
Solution 1: 487
18 8778
-72
157
-144
138
-126
12
List down the multiples of 18 then look for the multiple where
12 is the first two digits.
18 x_ 54 x_ 90 x_ 126 √ 162 x_
36 x_ 72 x_ 108 x_ 144 x_ 180 x_
Solution 2: Divisibility by 9 and 2
The sum of the digits must be divisible by 9 and it must
be an even number.
8 + 7 + 7 + 8 + n = 30 + n
The digit n must be 6 for it to be divisible by 9 and
similarly it is an even number which is divisible by 2.
Answer: 6
3
1
4. Change 11 to the nearest whole percent.
Solution:
Change first the mixed number into improper fraction.
Then divide the numerator by the denominator.
3 14
1
11 11
1.272 127.2%
11 14.000
-11
30
-2 2
80
-77
30
-22
8
Answer: 127%
5. What value will you get for 4 + 3 x 7 – 10 / 2 x 3 on
an arithmetic calculator?
Solution:
4 + 3 x 7 - 10 ÷ 2 x 3
7 x 7 - 10÷ 2 x 3
49 - 10 ÷ 2 x 3
39 ÷ 2 x 3
19.5 x 3
58.5
Answer: 58.5
an algebraic calculator?
Solution:
4 + 3 x 7 – 10 ÷ 2 x 3
4 + 21 - 5 x 3
4 + 21 - 15
25 - 15
10
Answer: 10
7. If 702 boys made up 52% of the students in a school, how
many students are in the school?
Solution: Divide 702 by 52%.
.52 702 52 70200
70 200 ÷ 52 = 1350
Answer: 1350
8. Change 257/14 to a mixed number.
Solution: 18
14 257
-14
117
-112
5
5
18
Answer: 14
9. What is the greatest common factor of 72 and 108?
Solution:
2 72 108
2 36 54
3 18 27
3 6 9
2 3
2 x 2 x 3 x 3 = 36
Answer: 36
10. What is the least common multiple of 72 and 108?
Solution:
2 72 108
2 36 54
3 18 27
3 6 9
2 3
2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 2 x 3 = 216
Answer: 216
11. Which is greater, 15/17 or 19/22?
Solution: Get the cross product of the fractions.
15 x 22 = 330 first fraction
19 x 17 = 323 second fraction
Answer: 15/17
7
12
12. Express 9
as an improper fraction.
Solution: Multiply the denominator by the whole number
then add the numerator.
115
Answer: 9
13. What is the ratio of 35 dm to 4.5 m?
Solution: 4.5 m = 45 dm
35 dm: 45dm
35 : 45 Divide both by 5.
Answer: 7 : 9
14. If the last 3 zeros in 5,000,000 are removed, the resulting
number is what percent of the original number?
Solution: 5 000 000 = 5 000
5000 1
= =0 . 001
5000000 1000
Answer: 0.001%
15. Three numbers are in the ratio of 2:4:5. If the sum is
209, what is the largest of the three?
Solution: x the common factor of the three numbers
2x : 4x : 5x = 209
2x + 4x + 5x = 209
11x = 209
x = 19
2(19):4(19):5(19)
38 : 76 : 95
Answer: 95
16. A flagpole casts a shadow of 18 m when a 5 m post casts a
shadow of 8 m. How high is the flagpole?
Solution: 5 : 8 = ___ : 18
(18 x 5) ÷ 8
90 ÷ 8
11.25
Answer: 11.25 m
17. A vendor borrowed ₱8,500 from their coop at 12% simple
interest. What amount will he pay at the end of 18 months?
Solution: 12% annually 18% for 1.5 years 0.18
₱ 8,500 + (₱8,500 x 0.18)
₱ 8,500 + ₱1,530 = ₱10,030
Answer: ₱10,030
18. A colored TV marked ₱12,500 was sold at a sale discount of
15%and an additional cash discount of 5% on the sale price. How
much was paid for it?
Solution: ₱12,500 - (₱12,500 x 0.15)
(₱12,500 - ₱1,875)
(₱10,625)(0.05)= ₱531.25
₱10,625 - ₱531.25 = ₱10,093.75
Answer: ₱10,093.75
19. An aquarium is 7 dm long, 4 dm wide and 5 dm high. How
many liters of water does it contain when 4/5 full?
Solution: a. Find the volume of the aquarium.
V = lwh
V = (7 dm)(4 dm)(5 dm)
V = 140 dm3140 L
b. (4/5)(140 L)= 112 L
Answer: 112 L
20. A graduated cylinder contains 54 mL of water. When a
marble was dropped in, the reading become 72 mL. What
is the volume of the marble?
Solution: 72 mL – 54 mL = 18 mL 18 cm3
Answer: 18 cm3
21. A temperature of 38ºC is equivalent to how many ºF?
Solution: ºF = 1.8( ºC) + 32º
ºF = 1.8(38 º)+ 32 º
ºF = 68.4 º + 32 º
ºF = 100.4 º
Answer: 100.4 ºF
22. Tom drove for 3 hours at 60 kph and another 2 hours at 70
kph. What was his average speed for the journey?
Solution: a.d = st d1 = (60 kph)(3 h) = 180 km
d2 = (70 kph)(2 h) = 140 km
b. s = d/t
(d1 + d2)/(t1 + t2) = 320 km/5 h = 64kph
Answer: 64 kph
23. The parallel sides of a trapezoid field are 245 m and 295 m
long and 150 m apart. What is the area of the field in hectares?
Solution: A = ½(b1 + b2)h
A = ½(245 m + 295 m)(150 m)
A = ½(540 m)(150 m)
A = (270 m)(150 m)
A = 405 000 m2
Answer: 405 000 m2
24. How much air is enclosed in a conical tent of radius 5 m and a
height of 6 m?
Solution: Find the volume of the cone.
V = 1/3 ᴨ r2h
V = 1/3(3.14)(5 m)2(6 m)
V = 1/3(3.14)(25 m2)(6 m)
V = 1/3(471 m3)
V = 157 m3
Answer: 157 m3
25. A rectangular grass lawn, 30 m by 24 m has a concrete path 2
m around inside it. What is the area of the path?
Solution: a. Find the area of the grass lawn.
A = (30 m)(24 m)= 720 m2
b. Find the area of the grass lawn
excluding the path.
A = (30 m–2 m)(24 m–2 m)
A = (28 m)(22 m)
A = 616 m2
c. Find the difference of the areas in a
and b.
720 m2 – 616 m2 = 104 m2
Answer: 104 m2
26. Pieces of soap, 10 cm by 5 cm by 3 cm, are to be packed into
a box 5 dm by 3 dm by 2.5 dm, interior dimensions. What is the
most number of pieces that can be packed into the box?
Solution: a. Find the volume of a piece of soap.
V = lwh
V = (10 cm)(5 cm)(3 cm)= 150 cm3
b. Find the volume (in cm3)of the box.
V = lwh
V = (50 cm)(30 cm)(25 cm)= 37,500 cm3
c. Divide the volume of the box by the
volume of a piece of soap.
37,500 cm3 ÷ 150 cm3 = 250
Answer: 250
27. Expand and simplify: 8a(2a–3b)+ 4b(4a–5b)–3a(a +2b).
Solution: 8a(2a–3b)+ 4b(4a–5b)- 3a(a + 2b)
16a2 - 24ab + 16ab–20b2–3a2 - 6ab
13a2- 14ab – 20b2

Answer: 13a2–14ab–20b2
28. Expand and simplify: 2a2b2(4a2b + 3ab2)- 5a2b(a2b2–ab2).
Solution: Use Distributive Property of Multiplication
over Addition
2a2b2(4a2b + 3ab2)- 5a2b(a2b2–ab2)
8a4b3 + 6a3b4 – 5a4b3 + 5a3b3
Answer: 3a4b3 + 6a3b4 + 5a3b3

29. Subtract 7a–3 from the product of 6a + 5 and 2a–7.
Solution: a. Use FOIL method.
(6a + 5)(2a–7) = 12a2–42a + 10a – 35
12a2–32a–35
b. (12a2–32a–35)–(7a–3)
12a2–32a–35–7a + 3
12a2–39a–32
Answer: 12a2–39a–32
30. If x = -3, y = ½ and z = 2, evaluate 4x2y3/z2.
4 x2 y3
2
Solution: z
36
2
4 (−3 ) (1/2)3 4 ( 9 )(1/8 ) 8 36 1 9
= = ⋅ =
22 = 4 4 8 4 8
Answer: 9/8
31. Factor: x3y2 – x3y – 3xy2 + 3xy.
Solution: a. Divide each term by the common monomial
factor.
x3y2 – x3y – 3xy2 + 3xy
xy(x2y–x2 - 3y + 3)
b. Factor by grouping.
xy(x2y–x2 - 3y + 3)
xy(x2y–x2)-( 3y–3)
(xy)(x2)(y–1) - 3(y–1)
(xy)(x2–3)(y–1)
Answer: (xy)(y–1)(x2–3)
32. Evaluate: (-33(43)/(2)4.
Solution: (-33(43)/(2)4
(-27)(64)/16
-1728/16
-108
Answer: -108
33. What must be added to 2x3–5x2 + x–7to get 5x3 + 3x2–
4x + 5?
Solution: 5x3 + 3x2–4x + 5 5x3 + 3x2–4x + 5
- 2x3– 5x2 + x –7 + -2x3 + 5x2 - x + 7
3x3 + 8x2 -5x + 12
Answer: 3x3 + 8x2 -5x + 12
34. Multiply: (2x–3)(2x2–5x + 3).
Solution: 2x2–5x + 3
2x–3
2
-6x +15x -9
4x -10x2 + 6x
3
4x3 -16x2 + 21x -9

Answer: 4x3 -16x2 + 21x–9
35. Divide 4x4y3 - 8x3y2 + 12x2y3 by 4x2y2.
Solution: Divide each term of the trinomial by the
monomial.
4 3 3 2 2 3
4x y −8 x y +12 x y
2 2
=x 2 y−2 x+3 y
4x y
2
Answer: x y–2x + 3y
36. Divide 4x3 + 4x2 - 13x + 5 by 2x + 5.
Solution: 4 4 -13 5
-10 15 -5
-6 2
-5 2 2 2
2 -3 1 0
Answer: 2x2 – 3x + 1
37. What is the remainder when 3x3 - 2x2 + 3x - 4 by x - 2?
Solution: 3 -2 3 -4
2 6 8 22
3 4 11 18
2
3x + 4x + 11
Answer: 18
38. What is the value of 8 - |5 - 12| + |7 - 16|?
Solution: 8 - |5 - 12| + |7 - 16|
8- 7 + 9
1 + 9
10
Answer: 10
39. For what value(s) of x is |3x - 7| = 5?
Solution: |3x - 7| = 5 -|3x - 7| = 5
3x–7 = 5 -3x + 7 = 5
3x = 5 + 7 -3x = 5 - 7
3x = 12 -3x = -2
x=4 x = 2/3
Answer: x = 4, 2/3
40. For what value(s) of x is |5 – 4x|= 9?
Solution: |5 – 4x|= 9 -|5 – 4x|= 9
5 – 4x = 9 -5 + 4x = 9
-4x = 9 – 5 4x = 9 + 5
-4x = 4 4x = 14
x = -1 x = 14/4
x = 7/2
Answer: x = -1, 7/2
41. Solve for x: 2(3x–4)–(2x + 3) = 5.
Solution: 2(3x–4)–(2x + 3) = 5
6x – 8 – 2x – 3 = 5
4x – 11 = 5
4x = 5 + 11
4x = 16
x=4
Answer: x = 4
42. Solve for x: 3(4x + 5) < 6x – 7.
Solution: 3(4x + 5) < 6x – 7
12x + 15 < 6x – 7
12x – 6x < -7 – 15
6x < -22
x < -22/6
x < -11/3
Answer: x < -11/3
3 x−5 2 x+5
=
43. Solve for x: 2 3 .
Solution: Get the cross product.
3 x−5 2 x+5
=
2 3
9x–15 = 4x + 10
9x–4x = 10 + 15
5x = 25
x=5
Answer: x = 5
44. The points (-2,1) and (-5,4) are reflected with respect to the y-
axis. What is the area of the figure formed by two points and their
reflections?
Solution:
A = ½(b1 + b2)h
A = ½(10 + 4)(3)
A = ½(14)(3)
A = 21
Answer: 21 sq. units
45. For what values of x is the graph of 2x – 3y – 4 = 0 below the
x-axis?
Solution: Let y = 0.
2x – 3y – 4 = 0
2x – 4 = 0
2x – 4 < 0
2x < 4
x<2
Answer: x < 2
46. What is the equation of the line through (2,-3) parallel to 2x–3y
= 7?
Solution: a.Change the equation 2x - 3y = 7 into
slope-intercept form.
2x – 3y = 7
-3y = -2x + 7
y = 2x/3 - 7/3
y = mx + b m = 2/3
b. Substitute m = 2/3 and the point (2,-3)
in the two-point formula:
Y −Y 1 =m ( X −X 1 )
y + 3 = 2/3(x–2)
y + 3 = 2x/3 – 4/3
3y + 9 = 2x – 4
3y = 2x – 13
-2x + 3y + 13 = 0 Multiply by -1.
2x–3y–13 = 0
Answer: 2x–3y–13 = 0
47. What is the equation of the line with 2/3 and -3/4 as x and y
Solution: Use the intercept-form.
x y
+ =1
a b
x y
+ =1
2 3
−
3 4
3x 4y
6 (2
−
3) =1
9 x−8 y=6
Answer: 9x–8y - 6 = 0
48. What is the vertex of the graph of y = 2 - |2x - 3|?
Solution: Let |2x - 3| = 0.
y = 2 - |2x - 3|
y=2
Equate -|2x - 3| to 0.
- |2x - 3|= 0
-2x + 3 = 0
-2x = -3
x = 3/2
Answer: (3/2, 2)
49. Find the largest of three consecutive even integers such that
the sum of the first two is 24 less than three times the largest?
Solution: Let x be the smallest even number
x + 2 be the next even number
x + 4 be the largest even number
x + x + 2 = 3(x + 4)–24
2x + 2 = 3x + 12 - 24
2x–3x = -12 – 2
-x = -14 Multiply by -1.
Answer: x = 14
50. The tens digit of a number is less than the units digit. If the
number is divided by the sum of the digits, the quotient is 4 and the
remainder is 3. What is the original number?
Solution: Let x ones
x – 3 tens
10( x−3 )+ x 3
=4 +
x+ x−3 x + x−3 Multiply both sides
by x + x -3
10(x - 3) + x = 4(2x - 3) + 3
10x – 30 + x = 8x – 12 + 3
11x–30 = 8x–9
3x = 21
x=7
Answer: x = 7
2007 Metrobank – MTAP – DepEd Math Challenge

First Year
every question. Be sure you understand the concepts involved.
Test yourself again by answering the questions.
1. Write 34 in a form that shows it is even or divisible by 2.

Solution: Since a number divisible by 2 is an even number,
get the factors of 34 whose one of its factors is 2.
Answer: (17)(2)
2. What digit/s can be placed in 458_6 so that the resulting
number/s is/are divisible by 3?
Solution: A number is divisible by 3 if the sum of its digits
is divisible by 3
4 + 5 + 8 + 6 = 23, the numbers closest to 23 divisible by 3 are
24, 27, 30 ; therefore the missing numbers are 1, 4, 7
Answer: 1, 4, 7
Solution: cross multiply
18 20
23
X 27
18
23
=(18)(27) = 486
20
27
=(23)(20) = 460
18 20
486 > 460, therefore >
23 27
18
Answer: 23
4. What is 6 7/12 – 3 11/18?

Solution: Change first the given to improper fraction, then
change the answer to mixed number
79 65 237−130 107 35
-
12 18
= 36
= 36
= 2 36
35
Answer: 2 36
5. What is 8 3/4 ÷ 2 1/2?

3 35 1 5
Solution: 84 = 4 ; 22=2
35 5 35 2 7 1
4
÷ 2 4
x 5
= 2
or 3 2
1
Answer: 32
6. Express 1980 as a product of its prime factors.

Solution: prime factorization
2⃒1980
2⃒990
3⃒495
3⃒165
5⃒5__
11
Answer: 22 32 5 11
7. If 9/13 = n/91, what is n?
Solution: cross multiply
9 n
13
X 91
13n = 9(91)
13 n 819
13
= 13
n = 63
Answer: 63
8. Change 2.35 to an improper fraction in lowest terms.
235 47
Solution: 2.35 = 100 = 20
47
Answer: 20
9. What is the GCF of 84, 105 and 147?
Solution: By factoring
84 = (2,3,4,6,7,12,14,21,28,42)
105 = (3,5,7,15,21,35)
147 = (3,7,21,49)
Answer: 21
10. What is the LCM of 84, 105 and 147?

Solution: Divide each number by their GCF, then multiply
the quotients and 21.
84 ÷ 21 = 4
105 ÷ 21 = 5 (4)(5)(7)(21) =2 940
147 ÷ 21 = 7
Answer: 2 940
11. The numbers {-5, -1, 0, 3, 6} are in what set of numbers?
Solution: The given set of numbers is the union of counting
numbers and its opposite, therefore these numbers belong to
the set of integers.
Answer: Integers
12. The numbers { π , √ 3, ∜ 7 } are in what set of numbers?
Solution: The given numbers are non-terminating
decimals, therefore these numbers are irrationals.
Answer: Irrationals
13. 75oC is equivalent to how many degrees Fahrenheit?
o 9
Solution: F = 5 oC + 32
o 9
F = 5 (75) + 32
o
F = 135 + 32
o
F = 167
Answer: 167oF
14. What is the answer if 3x/4 is multiplied by 2x/5?
3x 2x 6 x2 3 x2
Solution: 4 5
= =
20 10
3 x2
Answer:
10
15. Write 149 000 000 in scientific notation.
Solution: Move the decimal point 8 times to the left
149 000 000. 1.49 000 000
8
Answer: 1.49 x 10
16. Round 54.825128 to the nearest thousandth.
Solution: 54.825128
Answer: 54.825
17. If a pair of shoes marked Php 1200 is bought at a 12%
discount, how much will be paid for it?
Solution: To get the discount, multiply the marked price by
the rate of discount, then subtract the discount price to the
marked price to get the amount to be paid.
1200 x 0.12 = Php 144 discount price
1200 – 144 = Php 1 056 amount to be paid
Answer: Php 1 056.00
18. Multiply and simplify: 2x(3x – 4y) + y(4x – 3y)
Solution: 2x(3x – 4y) + y(4x – 3y)
6x2 – 8xy + 4xy – 3y2
6x2 – 4xy – 3y2
Answer: 6x2 – 4xy – 3y2
19. Given I. -5x3y2 II. y2x3 III. 7x2y3 IV. (3x3)(7y3), which of them
are similar? a. I & IV, b. I & III, c. I & II, d. all
Solution: Similar terms are terms with same literal
coefficients, therefore I and II are similar terms.
Answer: C
20. If x = -2, y = 3, and z = 2, find the value of 3(x3)y2/2z2.
Solution: Substitute the given values to the expression
3( x3 )( y 2) 3(−23 )(32) 3(−8)(9)
= = 2( 4) = -27
2(z¿ ¿2) ¿ 2(2¿¿ 2) ¿
Answer: -27
21. If x = 3, y = 2/3 and z = -2/5, find the value of 10x 2yz2.
Solution: Substitute the given values to the expression
2 −2 2 4 48
10(32)( 3 )( 5 )2 = 10(9)( 3 )( 25 ) = 5
48
Answer: 5
22. Multiply: (3x2 – x + 5) (2x2 + 5x – 6)

Solution: 3x2 – x + 5
2x2 + 5x – 6
6x4 -2x3 + 10x2
15x3 - 5x2 + 25x
_______ -18x2 + 6x – 30
6x4 + 13x3 – 13x2 + 31x – 30
Answer: 6x4 + 13x3 – 13x2 + 31x – 30
23. Find the sum of 4x3 – 5x2 + 3x – 7 and 2x3 + 3x2 + 2x + 11.
Solution: 4x3 – 5x2 + 3x – 7
2x3 + 3x2 + 2x + 11
6x3 – 2x2 + 5x + 4
Answer: 6x3 – 2x2 + 5x + 4
24. Subtract: (4x3 – 5x2 + 8x – 7) – (2x3 + 3x2 + 2x – 11).

Solution: 4x3 – 5x2 + 8x – 7 4x3 – 5x2 + 8x – 7
– 2x3 + 3x2 + 2x – 11 + -2x3 - 3x2 - 2x + 11
Change all the sign of the subtrahend 2x3 – 8x2 + 6x + 4

and proceed to addition process
Answer: 2x3 – 8x2 + 6x + 4
25. Divide 6a3 + a2 – 8a + 6 by 2a + 3.
Solution: By long method
___3a2 – 4a + 2______
2a + 3⃒6a3 + a2 – 8a + 6
(-)6a3 + (-)9a2 _____ follow the subtraction rule
-8a2 – 8a
-(+)8a2 –(+) 12a
4a + 6
(-)4a + (-)6
0
Answer: 3a2 – 4a + 2
26. A scout master has 45 ½ meters of rope for his 4 groups of
scouts. If each group needs 8 2/3 meters of rope, how much will
remain with the scout master?
Solution: Multiply the number of group to the length of rope
each group needs in order to get the total length of the rope
needed by these groups of scouts, then subtract it from the rope
brought by the scout master.
2 26
83 = 3 change to improper fraction
26 104
3
(4) = 3
1 91
45 2 = 2 change to improper fraction
91 104 273−208 65 5
- = = or 10
2 3 6 6 6
5
Answer: 10 6 meters
27. Mother bought 2.35 kilos of chicken. If one kilo cost Php 95,
how much did mother pay for the chicken?
Solution: Multiply the weight of the chicken to its cost per
kilogram to get the total amount.
2.35 x 95 = Php 223.25
Answer: Php 223.25
28. In a school with a population of 1560, 5 out of 12 of the
students are not living in the district where the school is. How
many of the students live in the district where the school is ?
Solution: In every 12 students, there are 5 students who
are not living in the district where the school is and there are 7
students who are living in that district.
1560 ÷ 12 = 130
130 x 7 = 910 students live in the district where the school is
Answer: 910
29. The upper and lower bases of a trapezoidal field are 145 m
and 189 m. The distance between them is 124 m. find its area
in hectares, to the nearest hundredth of a hectare.
Solution: A = b1 + b2 (h)
145m
2
124m
145+189
= 2
(124) 189m
334
= 2 (124)
= (167)(124)
= 20 708 m2 since 1 hectare = 10 000 m2
= 2.07 hectares
30. Find the largest integral solution to 5 – 3(4 – 5x)< 23.
Solution: 5 – 3(4 – 5x)< 23
5 – 12 + 15x < 23
-7 + 15x < 23
15x < 23 + 7
15x<30
15 15
x<2
Therefore, the largest integral solution is 1
Answer: 1
31. Find a value of “n” for which (5n + 2)/(7n + 1) reduces to ¾.

5 n+2 3
Solution: 7 n+1 = 4 cross multiply
4(5n + 2) = 3(7n + 1)
20n + 8 = 21n + 3
20n – 21n = 3 – 8
-n = -5 divide both sides by -1
n=5
Answer: n=5
32. ∆ ABC is isosceles with base BC. If AB = 3x+1 cm, AC = 2x+5

cm, and BC = x+11 cm, find the perimeter of ∆ ABC .
Solution:
A
3x + 1 2x + 5
B C
AB = AC the legs of
x +an11isosceles ∆ are congruent
Solve for x , 3x + 1 = 2x + 5
3x – 2x = 5 –1
x=4
Find the value of each side of the ∆ by substituting x = 4
3x + 1 = 3(4) + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13
2x + 5 = 2(4) + 5 = 8 + 5 = 13
x + 11 = 4 + 11 = 15
Therefore, the perimeter is 13 + 13 + 15 = 41 cm
Answer: 41 cm
33. Find two numbers whose sum is 90 and such that one-third
of the smaller is equal to one-seventh of the larger number.
Solution: let x be the first number
90 – x be the second number
1 1
Equation: 3 (x) = 7 (90 – x) cross multiply
7x = 3(90 – x)
7x = 270 – 3x
7x + 3x = 270
10x = 270
10 10
x = 27 first number
90 – 27 = 63 second number
Answer: 27 and 63
2 x−3 x−4 −3
- 3 < 2 .
2 x−3 x−4 −3
Solution: 2
- 3 < 2 multiply each term by 6 (LCD)
3(2x – 3) – 2(x – 4) < -9
6x – 9 – 2x + 8 < -9
4x – 1 < -9
4x<-8
4 4
x < -2
Answer: x < -2
2(x−3) x+ 4
35. Solve for - 4 =7
3
2(x−3) x+ 4
Solution: - 4 =7 multiply 12 to each term
3
to eliminate the denominator
8(x – 3) – 3(x + 4) = 84
8x – 24 – 3x -12 = 84
5x – 36 = 84
5x = 84 + 36
5x = 120
5 5
x = 24
Answer: x = 24
36. What is the slope of the line shown?

Solution: Given:(2,0)(0,4)
x2 −x1 4−0 4
m = x −x = 0−2 = −2 = -2
2 1
Answer: -2
37. What is the equation of the line shown?
Solution: x-intercept is 2 (a)
y-intercept is 4 (b)
x y
use a + b = 1
x y
2
+ 4
=1 multiply each term by 4
2x + y = 4
2x + y – 4 = 0 general equation of the line
Answer:2x + y – 4 = 0
38. What equation is represented by the table?
Solution: Pick 2 pairs, say (0,5) as (x 1,y1) and (1,3) as
(x2,y2).Use y – y1 = m (x – x1) to find the equation.
3−5
y – 5 = 1−0 (x – 0)
x -2 -1 0 1 2
y – 5 = -2x y 9 7 5 3 1
y = -2x + 5
Answer: y = -2x + 5
39. Write 3(y–2)+3(x–5)=6x–5 in the form y = mx+b.
Solution: 3(y–2) + 3(x–5) = 6x – 5
3y – 6 + 3x – 15 = 6x – 5
3y – 21 = 6x – 3x – 5
3y = 3x – 5 + 21
3y = 3x + 16 divide each term by 3
16
y=x+ 3
16
Answer: y = x + 3
40. If 2y = 6x – 10 and {-3 < x < 4}, what is the range of y?
Solution: x = 4 x = -3
2y = 6x – 10 2y = 6x – 10
2y = 6(4) – 10 2y = 6(-3) - 10
2y = 24 – 10 2y = -18 - 10
2y = 14 2y = -28
y=2 y = -14
Answer: {-14<y< 2}
41. What is the equation of the line with a slope of -3 and a y-
intercept of 4?
Solution: Given: m = -3, y-intercept (b) = 4
y = mx + b
y = -3x + 4
3x +y -4 = 0
Answer: 3x +y -4 = 0
42. ⃒ - 5⃒ - 3?
What is the vertex of the graph of y = 2x
Solution: let 2x – 5 = 0 ; thus, y = -3
2x = 5 divide both sides by 2
5
x= 2
5
Answer: 2 , -3
43. A certain sum of money is enough to pay A’s wages for 20

days or B’s wages for 30 days. For how long will it be enough if
both are at work?
Solution: let x be the length of days if both are at work
1 1 1
20
+ 30
= x
multiply each term by 60x
3x + 2x = 60
5x 60
5
= 5
x = 12
Answer: x = 12
44. The difference between two numbers is 5 and the difference
between the squares of the numbers is 95. Find the smaller
number.
Solution: let x be the smaller number
x + 5 be the bigger number
Equation: (x + 5)2 – x2 = 95
X2 + 10x + 25 – x2 = 95
10x = 95 – 25
10x – 70
x=7 smaller number
x + 5 = 7 + 5 = 12 bigger number
Answer: 7
45. The length of a rectangular garden is 3 m less than twice the
width. If the perimeter is at least 84 m, what is the smallest
width that the garden can have?
Solution: let 2x -3 be the length
x be the width
perimeter > 84
Equation: 2(2x – 3) + 2x > 84
4x -6 + 2x > 84
6x > 84 + 6
6x > 90 divide both sides by 6
x > 15
Answer: 15 meters
46. The tens digit of a 2-digit number is 5 more than the units
digit. If the number is equal to 8 times the sum of the digits, find
the number.
Solution: let x be the unit digit
x+5 be the tens digit
10(x + 5) + x be the number
Equation: 8(x + x + 5) = 10(x + 5) + x
8 (2x + 5) = 10x + 50 + x
16x + 40 = 50 + 11x
16x – 11x = 50 – 40
x=2 unit digit
x + 5 = 7 tens digit
Answer: 72
47. Runners A and B practice in round track going in opposite
directions. Runner A takes 40 minutes to go once around the
track. The two begin at the same time and meet every 15
minutes. How long does B take to go once around the track?
15 3
Solution: 40 = 8 distance covered by Runner A after 15
minutes
5
8
distance covered by Runner B after 15 minutes.
let x be the remaining hours Runner B needs to run
5 3
8
: 15 = 8
:x
5 3
8
x = 8
(15)
5x 45
8
= 8
cross multiply
x=9 thus, 9 + 15 = 24
Answer: 24 minutes
48. A 50-m piece of string is to be cut into two pieces so that the
first piece is 6 m longer than the second piece. Find the length
of the longer piece.
Solution: x be the first piece
x + 6 be the second piece
Equation: x + x + 6 = 50
2x = 50 – 6
x = 22 the first piece
x + 6 = 22 + 6 = 28 the second piece
Answer: 28
49. A bottle weighs 120 g when empty and 1.36 kg when full of
water. If 1 mL of water weighs 1 g, how many mL of water does
the bottle contain?
Solution: 1.36 kg = 1 360 g
1 360 g – 120 g = 1 240 g
1 g = 1 mL
1 240 g = 1 240 mL
Answer: 1 240 mL
50. In a certain Math course, a student needs between 720 and
810 points in order to get a B. the final exam is worth 200
points. If Cathy has 584 points just before the finals, what range
of scores on the final exam will give her a B for the course?
Solution: 720 – 584 = 136
810 – 584 = 226
Thus, Cathy should get at least 136 points in the final
exam to get a B.
Answer: 136 < score < 226
2008 Metrobank MTAP DepEd Math Challenge
Mathematics I
involved. Test yourself again by answering the questions. Use π =
3.14 and write equation of the line as ax + by + c = 0.
1. Round 69, 954 to nearest hundreds.
Answer:70 000
2. Find the greatest common factor of 8x4y6z5, 6x2y3z2,3x2y2z4
Solution: Find the variable common to each term and raised
it to the lowest exponent of that variable.
Answer: x2y2z2
3. What is the least common multiple of of 210 and 330?
Solution:
2 210 330
3 105 165
5 15 55
2 11
Answer: 2·3·5·7·11 = 2,310
4. Find the next number in the sequence 1, 3, 8, 16, ___.
Solution:
Get the common difference and observe that the 2 nd
difference is constant.
1 3 8 16 __
2 5 8 11
3 3 3
Therefore 16 + 11 = 27
Answer:27
5. A man is planning to fence the front part of the property with
posts 2 m apart. Short of money he decides to make the
posts 3 m apart and uses 3 posts less. How wide is the
property?
Solution: let x – width of the property

x x
= +3
2 3
x x
6[ 2 = 3 + 3]6
3x = 2x + 18
x = 18
Answer:18 m
6. Which of the following is /are NOT rational number?
1
( ½, 3 , 0.010010001..., 0.235235235..., )
Answer:0.010010001...
5 3
7. Which is larger, 17 or 11 ?
Solution: By cross multiplication the product of 5 and 11
which is 55 is greater than the product of 17 and 3 which is 51.
5
Thus, 17 is greater.
5
Answer: 17
1 1 2
8. What is the sum of 3 + 5 + 7 ?
Solution: Change the given fractions to similar by finding
LCD
1 1 2
3
+ 5
+ 7
35 21 30
= 105 + 105 + 105
86
= 105
86
Answer: 105
13 3 a
9. If a= 15 and b = 7 , what is b ?
13 3
Solution: 15 ÷ 7
13 7
= 15 × 3
91
= 45
91
Answer: 45
3 1
10. What is 1 5 – 3 4
3 1
Solution: 1 5 – 3 4
8 13
=5– 4
32 65
= 20 – 20
33
= - 20
33
Answer:- 20
2 2
11. What is the product of 5 3 and 2 5 ?
2 2
Solution: 5 3 ( 2 5 ) ?
17 12
= 3 ( 5)
68
= 5
68
Answer: 5
12. What is the degree of the expression 57x2y3z + 2x2yz2–xy?

Solution: Add the exponent of each variable in every term
and the degree is the highest sum
Answer:6
13. Change 0.125 to a fraction in lowest terms.
125 125 1
Solution: 1000 ÷ 125 = 8
1
Answer: 8
14. Simplify ( 8x2y-1z )÷( 3x-1yz-1 ) into an expression with positive
exponents.
Solution:8x2y-1z
3x-1yz-1
Answer: 8x3z2
3y2
15. Write 0.00000651 in scientific notation.
Answer: 6.51 x 10-6
16. To what subset of the real numbers does √ 2 belong?
Answer: Irrational numbers
17. A farmer bought 33,500 m2 of land. How many hectares did he

buy?
1ha
Solution: 33,500 sq.m( 10,000 sq . m. )= 3.35 hectares
18. A 15-dm diameter tablecloth is to be made. To allow for
sewing and overlap, an 18-dm diameter piece is cut from a 2m
by 2m material. How much clothing material is wasted? (Give
the answer to the nearest hundredths of a square meter.)
Solution: 2m by 2m = 20 dm by 20 dm = 400dm2
18 dm – diameter, r = 9 dm
A = π r2
= 3.14 (9dm )2
= 3.14 ( 81dm2 )
= 254.34 dm2
Area of cloth – area of tablecloth = wasted material
400 sq.dm – 254.34 sq.dm= 145.66 sq.dm
145.66 sq. dmchange to sq.m
1m = 100dm
145.66 sq.dm ÷ 100 = 1.46 m2
Answer: 1.46 m2
19. A room 6m by 5m is 4m high. Allowing 15 m 2 for a door and
windows, how many gallons of paint is needed to paint the
walls and celling if a gallon of paint can cover 15 m 2 of
surface?
Solution: Total Area to be painted =( area of the walls+
area of the ceiling) – area of door and windows
= [2(5m)(4m) + 2 (6m)(4m) + 5m(6m)]- 15 m2
= (40 m2 + 48 m2 + 30 m2 ) - 15 m2
= 118 m2 - 15 m2
= 103 m2
1 gal
103 sq.m ( 15 sq . m )
= 6.8666...gal
Answer: 7 gallons
20. A temperature of 50 0F is how many degrees in celcius?

Solution: 50 0F = _0C
0 5
C = 9 (0F – 32 )
5
= 9 (50 – 32 )
5
= 9 ( 18 )
0
C = 10
Answer: 10 0C
21. In a school with population of 2, 100, 2.5 out of 10 belong to
Math Club. How many members has the Math Club?
Solution: Let n–the no. of members of Math Club
2.5:10 = n: 2,100
10n = 5, 250
10 10
n = 525
Answer: 525
22. Three numbers are in the ratio of 3:5:7. If the sum is 450, what
is the middle number?
Solution:
Let x–the common factor of three numbers
3x + 5x + 7x = 450
15x = 450
5 5
x = 30
The three numbers are 3(30)=90, 5(30)=150 and
7(30)=210
Answer: 150
23. A building casts a 7.5 m shadow at the same time that a 40 m
pole casts a shadow of 3m. How high is the building?
Solution: Let a- height of the building
40:3 = a : 7.5
300 = 3a
300 3a
3
= 3
a= 100
Answer: 100 m
24. A salesman receives a basic salary of Php 20,000 and a
commission of 3% on all sales.Find his total sales in a month
when he received Php 35, 000?
Solution:Php 35,000 – Php 20,000 = Php 15,000
Php 15,000 is 3% of what amount
Php 15,000 ÷ 0.03
Php 500,000
Answer:Php 500,000.00
25. A man deposited Php 100, 000 at 4% interest compounded
quarterly. How much was his money at the end of the quarter?
Solution: Php 100,000 (1.01) = Php101,000
Php 101,000 (1.01 )=Php 102,010
Answer: Php 102,010
26. In a bakery, 250 cakes and 400 bread sold yesterday. The
number of cakes sold today decreased by 10% and that of
bread increased by 15%. Find the total number of cakes and
bread sold.
Solution: 250 ( 0.1) = 25
250- 25 = 225 cakes
400 ( 0.15 ) = 60
400 + 60 = 460 bread
Answer: 685
27. Kate had Php 800. She used 20% of it to buy school supplies
and 35% to buy a blouse. She saved 50% of the remainder.
How much did she save?
Solution: 20% + 35% = 55%
55% ( Php 800 )
= 0.55 ( Php 800 )
= Php 440.00
Php 800 – Php 440= Php 360.00
Savings = 50% of Php 360
= 0.50 ( Php 360)
= Php 180
Answer: Php 180.00
28. What is the absolute value of 2x2 – 8x + 2 at x=1?

Solution:|2x2 – 8x + 2|
= |2(1)2 – 8(1) + 2|
=|2–8+2|
= | -4 |
=4
Answer: 4
29. Simplify: 2x – 2[ 3x+2(x-1)]
Solution: 2x – 2[ 3x+2(x-1)]
= 2x – 2[ 3x+2x - 2]
= 2x – 6x – 4x + 4
= -8x + 4
Answer: -8x + 4
30. Add 3x2y2 +4xy2–7xy + 2x2y + 5 to 3x2y2 -xy2- 2x2y + 4xy -2
Solution: 3x2y2 +4xy2–7xy +2x2y + 5
3x2y2 -xy2 + 4xy - 2x2y -2

6x2y2 +3xy2–3xy +3
2 2 2
Answer: 6x y +3xy –3xy + 3
31. What is the product of 3x + 2 and 2x2 + x -1?
Solution: Apply distributive property , then combine like
terms
= ( 3x + 2 )( 2x2 +x -1)
= 6x3 + 3x2 – 3x + 4x2 + 2x – 2
= 6x3 + 7x2 –x – 2
Answer: 6x3 + 7x2 –x – 2
32. Divide 6x3 + 7x2 –x -2 by 3x + 2
Solution: 6 7 -1 -2
-4 -2 2
3 -3 0
-2 3 3 3
2 1 -1 0
Answer: 2x2 + x – 1
33. The solution set of 3x - 1 ¿ 2 in the domain

{-1,0,1,2,3,4] is _______.
Solution: 3x - 1 ¿ 2
= 3x ¿ 3
= x ¿1
Answer: { 2, 3, 4 }
34. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 11. If the digits
are reversed, the number formed is 9 more. Find the number.
Solution: Let x – tens digit
11-x - units digit
10x + 11 – x – the original number
10(11 - x ) + x – the reversed number
10 (11- x ) + x = 10x + 11 – x + 9
110 -10x + x = 9x + 20
-9x – 9x = 20 – 110
-18x = - 90
x = 5 tens digit
11-5 = 6 units digit
Answer: 56
35. Find all real numbers for which 7 - x ¿ 4x + 3.
Solution: 7 – x ¿ 4x + 3
-5x¿-4
-5 -5
4
x¿ 5
4
Answer: x ¿ 5
2 x +5 3 x −2
36. Solve for x: 3
= 4
Solution: To solve rational equation, eliminate all the
fractions by multiplying all the terms by the LCD
2 x +5 3 x −2
3
= 4
2 x +5 3 x −2
12 [ 3 = 4 ]12
4(2x + 5) = 3 ( 3x – 2 )
8x + 20 = 9x - 6
-x = - 26
x = 26
Answer: 26
3 x −1 2 x +5
37. For what value of x is 4
< 3
Solution: To solve rational equation, eliminate all the
fractions by multiplying all the terms by the LCD
3 x −1 2 x +5
4
< 3
3 x −1 2 x +5
12 [ 4 < 3 ]12
3 (3x-1 )< 4( 2x + 5 )
9x -3 < 8x + 20
x< 23
Answer: x < 23
38. If a is in { -7, -5, -2, 0,1, 3,4 }and b is in

{ -6, -4,-2, 0, 2, 4, 8 },what is the largest value of ab?
Answer: (-7) (-6) = 42
39. For what values of x is |12 – x | = 5?
Solution:12 – x = 5 -12 + x = 5 -x = 5 -12
-x = - 7 x = 17
x=7
Answer: 7, 17
40. Use factors to evaluate 1032 - 972
Solution:( 103 + 97 ) ( 103 – 97 )
= 200 ( 6 )
= 1,200
Answer: 1, 200
41. Factor a2 – b2 –ac – bc
Solution: a2 – b2 –ac – bc
= a2 – b2- ( ac + bc )
= (a+b )( a-b ) – c(a + b )
= (a+b )(a – b – c )
Answer: ( a+b )(a – b – c )
42. Factor 8x6 + y3

Solution: 8x6 + y3
= (2x2 + y ) ( 4x4 – 2x2y + y2 )
Answer: (2x2 + y ) ( 4x4 – 2x2y + y2 )
43. Factor completely : x4 – y4
Solution:x4 – y4
= (x2 – y2 )( x2 + y2 )
= ( x +y ) (x - y) ( x2 + y2 )
Answer:( x +y ) (x - y) ( x2 + y2 )
44. What is the x intercept of the line 4x + 2y- 7 = 0
Solution: To get the x – intercept , let y = 0
4x + 2y - 7 = 0
4x + 2(0) – 7 = 0
4x – 7 = 0
4x = 7
4 4
7
x= 4
7
Answer: 4
45. What is the equation of the line with y- intercept of -1 and

passing through the point ( 2,3 )
Solution:
( 0, -1 ) (2, 3 )
−1−3
m = 0−2
−4
= −2
m=2
y = mx +b
3 = 2(2) +b
3=4+b
-1 = b
y = mx + b
y = 2x - 1
Answer: 2x- y – 1= 0
46. Find three positive consecutive odd integers such that the
product of the first and second is 46 less than the square of
the third.
Solution: Let x – first odd integer
x + 2 – 2nd odd integer
x + 4 – 3rd odd integer
x( x+2) = (x +4 )2 – 46
x2 + 2x = x2 + 8x +16 - 46
x2 + 2x = x2 + 8x - 30
2x – 8x = - 30
-6x = -30
x=5
Answer: 5,7, 9
47. What is the vertex of the graph of y = |2x - 7|?
Solution: y = |2x - 7|
0 = 2x – 7
2x = 7
2 2
7
x= 2
7
Answer:( 2 , 0 )
48. Pete is 12 years old and his grandfather is 63 years old. In

how many years, will Pete’s age be ¼ that of his grandfather?
Solution :12 + x = ¼ ( 63 + x )
4[12 + x = ¼ ( 63 + x )]
48 + 4x = 63 + x
3x = 63 – 48
3x = 15
X=5
Answer: 5 years
49. What is the maximum value of y in y = 9-|2x – 5|
Solution: To get the maximum value of y, let the absolute
value expression zero
If |2x – 5 |=0, then y = 9
Answer: 9
50. A square lobby is to be tiled at a cost of Php 160.00 per
sq.meter. if the lobby were 2m narrower and 2 m longer, the
cost of tiling would be Php 35, 360. Find the dimension of the
lobby.
Solution: Php 160.00 per sq. meter
Php 35, 360.00 – total cost
Php 35, 360 ÷ Php 160 = 221
( x+ 2) (x – 2 ) = 221
x2 – 4 = 221
x2 = 225
x2 = 152
x = 15
Answer: 15 meters
Mathematics I

every question. Be sure you deeply understand the
concepts involved. Test yourself again, by answering the
questions. Use π = 3.14 when necessary. Give
equations of lines in the form ax + by + c = 0.
1. Which of the following sets is a natural numbers?

A. (1, 2, 3, . . .)
B. (0, 1, 2, 3, . . .)
C. (-2, -1, 0, 1, 2, . . .
Solution: ({1,2,3…}) are natural or counting numbers
Answer: A
2. Round 256 789 to the nearest thousand.
Solution: 256 789
Answer: 257 000
3. Evaluate; (22 x 32)2
Solution: (22 x 32)2
(24 x 34)
(16 x 81)
Answer: 1296
4. A = (. . . -2, -1, 0, 1/2, ¾, √ 3, √ 275, . . .) is a subset of what
bigger set?
Solution: {…-2,-1,0,½,¾,√ 3 , √ 2/5…}
Answer: Real Numbers
5. If x ¿ 0, what is |x|?
Solution: x<0 ,∣x∣
Answer: x or positive numbers
11 17
Solution: 13 , 20
11 17
13
X 20
cross multiply
(11)(20) _____ (17)(13)
220 ≤ 221
17
Answer: 20 is greater
7. Express 2520 as a product of its prime factors using

exponents.
Solution: 2520
∧
10 x 252
∧ ∧
2 x 5 2 x 126
∧
3 x 42
∧
6x7
∧
2x3
Answer: 23 x 32 x 5 x 7
Solution: 54 ={2,27 ,3,18,6,9}
81 ={3,27 }
Answer: 27
product
Solution: LCM = GCF
4,374
= 27
= 162
Answer: 162
10. Three first year sections collected 35 2/5 kilos, 41 4/7 kilos
and 38 5/7 kilos of old newspapers. How many kilos in all
did they collect?
2 4 5
Solution: 35 5 + 41 7 + 38 7
35 + 41 + 38 = 114
2 4 5 14+20+25 59 24
5
+ 7
+ 7
= 35
= 35
or 1 35
24
114 + 1 35
24
Answer: 115 35
11. Evaluate; (2/3)(1 ¾ + 2 ½). (Answer as mixed number)
2 3 1
Solution: ( 3 )(1 4 + 2 2 )
2 7 5
(
3 4
+ 2
)
2 7+10
(
3 4
)
2 17
( )
3 4 2
17
Answer: 6 or 2
12. Divide (6 ¾ - 3 4/5) by 2 7/10. (Answer as mixed number)

3 3 7
Solution: (6 4 – 3 4 ) ÷ 2 10
27 19 27
( 4 - 5 )÷ 10
135−76 27
( 20
)÷ 10
59 10
( 20 )( 27 )
2
59 5
Answer: 54 or 1 54
13. Write 2. 375 as a mixed number with the fraction in lowest

term.
375
Solution: 2 1000
3
Answer: 2 8

Solution: The decimal point must be at the right of a
non–zero digit so move the decimal point 4
places to the right.
Answer: 0.000131 = 1.31 x 10-4
Solution: Move the decimal point 7 places to the left.
Answer: 65 200 000 = 6.52 x 107
16. If 1 inch = 2.54cm, a man 170 cm tall is how many inches
tall to the nearest inch?
1∈.
Solution: 170cm ( 2.54 cm )= 66.9 in.
Answer: 67 in.
17. A farm is 260 m by 120 m. What is the area in hectares?

Solution: A = 260m by 120m
A = (260m)(120m)
31,200 m²
A= 10,000 m²
Answer: A= 3.12 ha
18. A circular course has an inner diameter of 318 m and an
outer diameter of 324 m. What is the average length of the
course to the nearest meter?
Solution:
324m
318m
C¿ = πd Cσ = πd
= (3.14)(318) = (3.14)(324)
= 998.52m = 1017.36m
C ¿+C σ 998.52 m+1017.36 m
2
= 2
2015.88 m
= 2
= 1,007.94m
Answer: 1,008m
19. A circular water tank has an inner diameter of 5m and
height of 6m. What is its capacity in liters?
Solution: V = πr ² h
= (3.14)(2.5m)²(6m)
= (3.14)(6.25m²)(6m)
= (3.14)(37.5m3)
V = 117.75m 3
1000 = 1m3
117.75 (1000 L)
Answer: 117,750 L
20. The ratio of the width to the length of a rectangle is 3:5. If

the area of the rectangle is 1500cm2, what is the length?
Solution: (3x)(5x) = 1500
15x2 = 1500
x2= 100
x = 10
W: L
3x : 5x
3(10): 5(10)
30 : 50
Answer: L = 50
21. What is the domain of the variable x in the equation?
Solution: The denominator must not be equal to 0.
Answer: All real numbers except 1.
22. What is f(2) if f(x) = 2x2 + 3x – 4?
Solution: f(2), f(x) = 2x²+3x-4
f(2) = 2(2)²+3(2)-4
= 8+6-4
Answer: 10
23. Evaluate |x2 – 4x - 3| at x = 2.
Solution: ∣ x 2−4 x−3∣at x=2
∣2²-4(2)-3∣
∣4–8–3 ∣
∣-7∣
Answer: 7
24. Multiply: (3x2 – 2x + 1)(x + 2).
Solution: (3x²-2x+1)(x+2)
3 x 2−2 x+ 1
x+2
3 x −2 x 2 + x
3
6 x 2−4 x +2
3x³ + 4x² - 3x + 2
Answer: 3x³ + 4x² - 3x + 2
25. Simplify and write the answers with positive exponents.

(3x2y3)(2x3y-1)/xy2
( 3 x2 y 3 ) (2 x3 y−1 )
Solution:
xy ²
5 2
6x y
xy²
Answer: 6 x 4
26. Divide 2x3 – 4x2 – x + 3 by x – 1.
Solution: (2x3 - 4x2 -x + 3) ÷ (x - 1)
Synthetic Division
1 2 -4 -1 3
2 -2 -3
2 -2 -3 0
Answer: 2x² - 2x – 3
27. Three times an angle minus 60° is equal to its supplement.

What is the angle?
Solution: x – angle
3x - 60 - other angle
3x - 60 = 180 - x
3x – 60 + x = 180
4x = 180 + 60
4 x=240
44
3x – 60 = 120°
Answer: x = 60° angle
3 x −2 2 x +1
28.For what values of x is 3
> 4
3 x −2 2 x +1
Solution: 3 > 4
4(3x - 2) > 3(2x + 1)
12x - 8 > 6x + 3
12x - 6x > 3 + 8
6x > 11
11
Answer: x > 6
29. If x is from the set (-2, -1, 0, 1, 2) and y is from (-4, -3, -2, -1,
0, 1, 2, 3, 4). What is the smallest possible value of xy?
Solution: xy → The product of the highest value of x
and the lowest value of y.
Answer: (2)(-4) = -8
30. Which of the following is/are not functions?
A. y = √ x 2−9 C. 2x2 – y2 + 3x – 6 =0
B. x2 + 3x + 2y + 5 =0 D. y = 2x2 – 5
Solution: x²-9≥ 0
For it to be a function
2x²+3x-6≥ 0
Answer: a and c
31. What is the slope of the line 2x + 3y + 3 = 0?
Solution: Rewrite the equation in slope-intercept form.
3y = -2x -3
−2
y= 3 x-3
−2
Answer: y = 3 x - 3
32. Find the y-intercept through a(1, 2) and b(-3, -4).

Solution: y- y1 = m(x - x1)
3
y - 2 = 2 (x - 1)
2y - 4 = 3x - 3 Multiply by 2.
2y = 3x + 1
3x 1
y= 2 + 2
y = mx + b
1
Answer: 2
33. Find the equation of the line with a slope of -1/2 and
containing the point (-3, 2)..
Solution: y - y1 = m(x - x1)
−1
[y - 2 = 2 (x + 3)⦌2 Multiply by 2
2y - 4 = -x - 3
Answer: x + 2y - 1 = 0
34. Find the equation of the line with an x-intercept of -1/2 and
y-intercept of 4.
x y
Solution: a + b = 1
x y
−1/2
+ 4 =1
y
[-2x + 4 = 1⦌ Multiply by 4
-8x + y = 4
8x – y + 4 = 0
Answer: 8x – y + 4 = 0
35. For what values of x is |3x - 2|= 7?
Solution: 3x-2 = 7 3x-2 = 7
3x = 7+2 3x = -7+2
3x 9 3x −5
3
=3 3
= 3
−5
x=3 x= 3
−5
Answer: x = 3, 3
36. Solve for x: |2x| = |3x - 4|

Solution: 2x = 3x - 4 2x = -(3x - 4)
2x - 3x = -4 2x = -3x + 4
2x - 3x = -4 2x + 3x = 4
-x = -4 5x = 4
4
x=4 x= 5
4
Answer: x = 4, 5
37. Factor: 2x2 – 12y2 – 5xy
Solution: 2x² - 5xy - 12y²
Answer: (2x + 3y)(x - 4y)
38. Factor: ax + bx + 3a + 3b
Solution: Factor by grouping
ax + bx + 3a + 3b
(ax + bx) +(3a + 3b)
x(a + b) + 3(a + b)
Answer: (x + 3)(a + b)
x³ y³
39. Factor: 125 - 8
Solution: Factor the difference of two cubes.
x³ y³
125
- 8
X y X² xy y²
Answer: ( 5 - 2 )( 25 + 10 + 4 )
( x 2 y ) (x 3 y 2)
40. Simplify:
xy
( x 2 y ) ( x 3 y 2)
Solution:
xy
5 3
x y
xy
Answer: x4y2
41. What is the remainder when x 3 + 4x2 – 2x + 3 is divided by
x+ 2?
Solution: Use Synthetic Division
-2 1 4 -2 3
-2 -4 12
1 2 -6 15
Answer: 15
42. What is the vertex of the graph of y = |2x - 3| - 5?
Solution: Let |2 x−3| = 0
y = |2 x−3| = -5
y = -5
Equation: 2x – 3 to 0
2x – 3 = 0
3
x= 2
3
Answer: ( 2 ,-5)
43. What is the range of the function in #42?

Solution: The minimum value of y or the range is -5 so
y ≥ -5
Answer: y ≥ -5
44. A sphere has a radius 5cm is placed inside a cube with an

interior edge of 10cm. What volume of the cube is filled with
air?
Solution: Subtract the volume of the sphere from the
volume of the cube.
4
V = 3 πr ³
4
= 3 (3.14)(5cm)³
4
= 3 (3.14)(125cm³)
1570 cm³
= 3
V = 523.33 cm³
V = S³
= (10 cm)³
V = 1000cm³
1000cm³ - 523.33cm³
Answer: 476.67cm³
z
45. In A = xy - (1- 4 )r 2, solve for r in terms of the other
variables, r a positive number.
z
Solution: A = xy - (1- 4 )r 2
z
[A = xy-(1- 4 )r 2]
r2 z
[A = xy-(r 2- )]
4
4A = 4xy – (4r 2-r 2z)
4A = 4xy –4r 2 + r 2z
4A - 4xy =–4r 2 + r 2z
4A - 4xy = r 2(-4 + z)
4 A−4 xy
Answer: r=
√ z−4
46. The edge of one cube is 3 cm less than the edge of a
bigger cube. If the volume of the larger cube is 513cm 3
more than that of the smaller cube, find the edge of the
smaller cube.
Solution: Edge
x → bigger cube
x - 3 → smaller cube → x - 3 = 6cm
V = x³ → bigger
V = (x - 3)³ → smaller
(x - 3)³ + 513 = x³
x³ - 9x² + 27x – 27 + 513 = x³
-9x² + 27x + 486 = 0
9x² - 27x – 486 = 0
x² - 3x – 54 = 0
(x - 9)(x + 6) =0
x = -6 and 9
Answer: 9
47. The sum of an integer and the square of its additive inverse
is 56. What is the number?
Solution: x + (-x)² = 56
x² + x – 56 = 0
(x + 8)(x - 7) = 0
x = -8
Answer: x = 7
48. Three consecutive odd integers are such that the product of
the first and second is 64 less than the square of the third,
find the largest of the even integers.
Solution: x, x + 2, x + 4 (three consecutive odd
integers)
(x)(x + 2) = (x + 4)² - 64
x² + 2x = x² + 8x + 16 – 64
x² + 2x = x² + 8x – 48
x² - 2x + 2x - 8x = -48
−6 x −48
−6
= −6
Answer: x = 8
49. The employees of a certain company were receiving an
average of ₱15, 000 a month. They all received an
increase of 10%. After 6 months, there was an economic
slowdown. To prevent a lay-off, the employees agreed to a
decrease of 10% on their salaries. What was average
salary then?
Solution: 15,000 + 10% increase
15,000 + 1500 = 16,500
16,500 – 10% decrease
16,500 – 1650
Answer: P = 14,850
50. An open box is 12 in long, 8 ½ in wide, 7 in high, external
dimensions and is made of wood ¼ in thick. Find the
volume of the wood the box is made of.
Solution: Subtract the volume of the space inside the
box from the volume of the box.
Vc = (12 in)(8.5 in.)(7 in.)
Vc = 714 in³
Vs = (11.5 in.)(8 in.)(6.75 in.)
Vs = 621 in³
Vc – Vs = 714 in³ - 621 in³
Answer: 93 in³
Mathematics I
involved. Test yourself again by answering the questions.
a
1. If a = 53 and b = 52, what is b ?
a 53 3−2
Solution: b = 2 =5 =5
5
Answer: 5
a
2. If a = 22(43) and b = 22(4), what is b ?
2 3 3−1
a 2 ( 4) (4 ) 4 2 16
Solution: b = 3 = 3−2 = 2 = 2 =8
2 (4 ) 2
Answer: 8
a
3. If a = 32(53) and b = 33(52), what is b ?
2 3
a 3 ( 5 ) 53 −2 5
Solution: b = 3 2 = 3−2 = 3
3 (5 ) 3
5
Answer: 3

Solution 1: Use Synthetic Division
2 72 180
2 36 90
3 18 30
3 6 15
2 5
2⋅2⋅3⋅3⋅2⋅5=360
Solution 2: The GCF of 72 and 180 is 36.
72 ÷ 36 = 2
180 ÷ 36 = 5
LCM = (36)(2)(5)= 360
Answer: 360
5. Write 210,000 in scientific notation.
Solution: The decimal point must be at the right of a
non-zero digit so move the decimal point 5 places to the left.
Answer: 2.1 x 105
Answer: 3.2 x 103
7. Which of a. 3.125 b.0.000134 c. √ 3 is an irrational?
Solution: √ 3=1.73205080 ...
Answer: c.√ 3
8. A room 5.1 m. by 3 m.is to be tiled by square tiles of side
15 cm. How many tiles are needed?
Solution: Convert 5.1 m. and 3 m to cm.
Area of the room
A = (510 cm)(30 cm)= 153 000 cm2
Area of a tile
A = (15 cm)(15 cm) = 225 cm2
153 000 cm2 ÷ 225 cm2 = 680
Answer: 680
9. Walking a distance of 5000 ft. in 15 minutes is equivalent
to a speed of how many km/h? (Use 1ft. = 30cm.)
2 3
5000 ft 30 cm 1 km 60 min
Solution: 15 min x 1 ft x 100,000 cm x 1hr =6 kph
20
Answer: 6kph
3 4
10. Which is bigger? 13 or 17 ?
51 3/13
52 4/17
Answer: 4/17
11. Mang Pedro sold a rectangular farm 165 m. by 96 m.of
Php 200 per square meter. How much did he get for his farm?
Solution: A = (165 m)(96 m) = 15,840 m2
(15,840 m2)(Php200) = Php 3,168,000
Answer: Php 3,168,000
12. A circle of radius 9 cm. is cut from a 20 cm.by 30 cm.piece of
cartolina. What area was left to the nearest centimeters?
Solution: Area of cartolina =(20 cm)(30 cm) = 600 cm2
Area of the circle = (3.14)(9 cm)2
= 254.34 cm2
600 cm2–254.34 cm2 = 345.66 cm2 346 cm2
Answer: 346 cm2
13. From a 100 cm by 100 cm by 60 cm block of marble, a
pyramid with a square base of 100 cm and height of 60 cm
was carved. Write the volume of the pyramid in scientific
notation.
1
V = s2 h
Solution: 3
1
V = ( 100 cm )2 ( 60 cm )
3
1
V = ( 600 , 000 cm )
3
3
V =200 ,000cm
Answer: 2 x 105 cm3
14. Write in scientific notation the volume of marble removed.
Solution: Volume of marble = (100 cm)(100 cm)(60 cm)
= 600,000 cm3
Volume of the pyramid = 200,000 cm3
600,000 cm3 - 200,000 cm3 = 400,000 cm3
Answer: 4 x 105 cm3
15. In 38 seconds, how many degrees do the second hand of a
clock move?
Solution: The second hand of a clock moves 6ºin every
second.
(38)(6º) = 228º
Answer: 228º
16. Peter left on June 20, 2008 and come back March 20, 2009.
How many days was he away?
Solution: 9 months – July to March
10 days – remaining days in June
(30 x 9) + 10 = 280
Answer: 280 days
Solution: ºF = 9/5(ºC) + 32º
ºF = 9/5(40º) + 32º
ºF = 72º+ 32º
ºF = 104º
Answer: 104ºF
18. Two numbers are in the ratio of 4:7. If the bigger number is 35.
What is the smaller number?
Solution: Let x be the smaller number
4 x
=
7 35
7x = 140
x = 20
Answer: 20
19. The ratio of the length to the width of a rectangle is 13:5.If the
perimeter is 72m, what is the width of the rectangle?
Solution: 2(L + W) = P L:W = 13x:5x
L + W = P/2
13x + 5x = 72/2
18x = 36
x=2
5x = 5(2) = 10 width
Answer: 10 m
20. An ore contains 5% of copper. How many tons of ore will
produce 500 kg of copper?
Solution: 500 kg is 5% of how many tons of ore?
500 ÷ 0.05 = 10,000 kg
1ton
10, 000 kg ( 1000 kg)=10 tons
Answer: 10 tons
21. If 42% of a school population is made up of 630 boys, how
many girls are there in that school?
Solution: 630 is 42% of the total population
630 ÷ 0.42 = 1,500 total population
1,500 – 630 = 870
Answer: 870 girls
22. Jane borrowed Php10,000 at 10% simple interest. If she paid
interest and principal at the end of 18 months, how much did
she pay?
Solution: I = Prt
= (₱10,000)(.1)(1.5)
= ₱1,500
A = ₱10,000 + ₱1,500 = ₱11,500
Answer: ₱11,500.00
23. Evaluate: |(x + 3)2 – 5(x2 + 4)| if x = 2.
Solution: |(2 + 3)2 – 5(22 + 4)|
|(5)2 - 5(4 + 4)
|25 - 5(8)|
|25 – 40|
|-15| 15
Answer: 15
24. Simplify: 3x(x2 + 2) - (x + 3)2 + 3x2 – 5x.
Solution: 3x(x2 + 2)- (x + 3)2 + 3x2 – 5x
3x3 + 6x – (x2 + 6x + 9)+ 3x2 – 5x
3x3 + 6x – x2 – 6x – 9 + 3x2 – 5x
3x3 + 2x2 – 5x – 9
Answer: 3x3 + 2x2 – 5x – 9
25. Simplify: 2(ab – 2) - 3[(ab – cd) + 4ab] + 4cd.
Solution: 2(ab – 2) 3[(ab – cd) + 4ab] + 4cd
2ab – 4 – 3(5ab – cd) + 4cd
2ab – 4 - 15ab + 3cd + 4cd
-13ab + 7cd – 4
Answer: 7cd – 13ab – 4
26. Evaluate: 2(x2 – 3) + (x + 2)2 – 3(1 – x2) at x = 2.
Solution: 2(22 - 3)+ (2 + 2)2 – 3(1 – 22)
2(4 – 3) + (4)2 – 3(1 – 4)
` 2(1) + 16 + 9
2 + 16 + 9 = 27
Answer: 27
27. Subtract. 3(x2 + 2x – 1) from 2(x – 1)2.
Solution: 2(x – 1)2 – 3(x2 + 2x – 1)
2(x2 -2x + 1) – 3x2 – 6x + 3
2x2 – 4x + 2 – 3x2 – 6x + 3
-x2 – 10x + 5
Answer: 5 – 10x – 5x2
28. Add 3x2 – 2x + 1 to 3x3 - 2x2 + 3.

Solution: 3x3 – 2x2 + 3
- + 3x2 – 2x + 1
3x3 + x2 – 2x + 4
Answer: 3x3 + x2 – 2x + 4
29. Simplify:(a2b3)3.
Answer: a6b9
30. Simplify:(ab2)(a2b)2.
Answer: a5b4
31. Divide 4a2b3c2 by 2ab2c.
Solution: Divide the numerator by the denominator.
Answer: 2abc
32. Multiply (x2 + 2x – 1) by (3x – 5).
Solution: x2 + 2x – 1
3x – 5
2
-5x –10x + 5
3x + 6x2–3x_____
3
3x3 + x2 -13x + 5
Answer: 3x3 + x2 – 13x + 5
33. What is the remainder when 2x3 + x2 - x + 5 is divided by x–1?
Solution: Use Synthetic Division
1 2
1 -1 5
2 3 2
2 3 2 7
Answer: 7
30
34. If 4x2 + 7x + 14 is the quotient and the remainder is x−2 , what is
the dividend?
Solution: 4x2 + 7x + 14
x–2
2
-8x –14x - 28
4x3 + 7x2 + 14x_____
4x3 – x2 - 28
+ 30
4x3 – x2 +2
3 2
Answer: 4x –x + 2
x −2
35. Solve for x in the inequality, 3 x −1 < 5.
x −2
Solution: 3 x −1 < 5
x–2 < 5(3x–1)
x–2 < 15x–5
-15x + x < -5 + 2
-14x < -3
x > 3/14
Answer: x > 3/14
36. Solve for x: (x–2)(x + 3) = (x + 1)(x–3).
Solution: (x–2)(x + 3) = (x + 1)(x–3)
x2 + x – 6 = x2 – 2x – 3
x + 2x = -3 + 6
3x = 3
x=1
Answer: x = 1
1 1 5 1
37. Simplify: 3 + 4 - 6 + 2 2 ÷ 3.
5
1 1 5 2 4 +3 5 5
+ − + = − +
Solution: 3 4 6 3 12 6 6
7
=
12
7
Answer: 12
38. If the sum of x and y is subtracted from the sum of their
squares, the answer is N. Write the relevant equation.
Answer: (x2 + y2) – (x + y) = N
39. Rite the equation of the line that passes through A(-2,3) and
B(1, -2).
Y 1 −Y 2
y−Y 1 = ( x− X 1 )
Solution: X 1 −X 2
3+2
y−3= (x +2 )
−2−1
5 10
y−3=− x−
3 3 Multiply both sides by 3.
5 10
y−3=− x−
3 3
3y – 9 = -5x – 10
5x + 3y + 1 = 0
Answer: 5x + 3y + 1 = 0
40. Factor: 2x2 – 5xy – 12y2.
Solution: Factoring Quadratic Trinomial
2x2 – 5xy – 12y2
Answer: (2x + 3y)(x – 4y)
145
41. The sum of an integer and its reciprocal is 12 . What is the
integer?
1 145
x+ =
Solution: x 12 Multiply both sides by 12x.
12x2 + 12 = 145x
12x2–145x + 12 = 0
(12x–1)(x–12) = 0
x = 1/12 x = 12
Answer: 12
42. Find the second of three consecutive positive even integers
such that the product of the first and second is 64 less than the
square of the third.
Solution: x 1st positive even integer
x + 2 2nd positive even integer
x + 4 3rd positive even integer
x(x + 2) = (x + 4)2 - 64
x2 + 2x = x2 + 8x + 16 - 64
x2–x2 + 2x–8x = -48
-6x = -48
x=8
Answer: 10
43. Factor completely a3 –b3 – a2b + ab2 - a + b.
Solution: Factor by grouping
a3–b3–a2b - ab2–a - b
(a3–a2b) - (b3 - ab2) – (a–b)
a2(a–b) - b2(b–a) –(a–b)
a2(a–b) + b2(a–b) –(a–b)
(a – b) (a2 + b2 – 1)
Answer: (a – b) (a2 + b2 – 1)
44. Starting at home, a salesman drove 20km east then 9km north,
then 4km east. Finally, he drove x km south and at that point,
he was exactly 25km away from home. Find x.
Solution:
c2 = a2 + b2
252 = 242 + (x – 9)2
625 = 576 + x2 – 18x + 81
625 = 657 + x2 – 18x
x2 – 18x + 32 = 0
(x – 16)(x – 2) = 0
x = 16 x=2
Answer: 16 km
45. A stone is thrown up so that its height above the ground after t
seconds is 88t – 16t2. After how many seconds is
it first 112 feet above the ground?
Solution: 88t – 16t2 = 112
16t2 – 88t + 112 = 0
2t2 – 11t + 14 = 0
(2t - 7)(t – 2) = 0
t = 7/2 t = 2
Answer: 2 seconds
46. If three vertices of a parallelogram are A(2,0), B(4,4), C(6,0),
find the fourth vertex D if D is in the fourth quadrant?
Solution:
Get the slope of AB and slope of CD.

Slope of AB = Slope of CD
(2,0)(4,4) (6,0)(x,y)
4−0 4 y−0
= =2
m = 4−2 2 m = x−6
y −0
2 = x−6
2x – 12 = y
distance of AB = distance of CD
d= √ ( 2−4 )2+( 0−4 )2 d= √ ( 6−x )2+ ( 0− y )2
= √ (−2 )2+(−4 )2 d= √ 36−12 x+ x2 + y 2
2 2
= √ 4+16 d = √ x + y −12 x+36
= √ 20
√ 20=√ x 2+ y 2−12 x+36
20 = x2 + y2 -12x + 36
x2 + y2 -12x + 36 – 20 = 0
Substitute y = 2x – 12
x2 + (2x–12)2 – 12x + 16 = 0
x2 + 4x2 – 48x + 144 – 12x + 16 = 0
5x2 – 60x + 160 = 0
x2 – 12x + 32 = 0
(x – 8)(x – 4) = 0
x=8 x=4
If x = 4, then
y = 2x - 12
y = 2(4) – 12
y = 8 – 12
y = -4
Answer: (4,-4).
47. Two vertices of isosceles Δ ABC are A(0,2) and B(2,2)

and AB is the base. Find the vertex C if it is on
the x-axis.
Solution 1: By plotting the points
Solution 2: AC = BC
√ ( x −0 )2+( 0−2 )2=√ ( x−2 )2+( 0−2 )2
√ x2+4=√ x 2−4 x +4 +4 Square both sides
2 2
x + 4 = x – 4x + 8
4 = -4x + 8
-4 = -4x
x=1
Answer: (1,0)
48. Peter wants to fence the frontage of his lot by using posts 3m.
apart. However, he found the posts two expensive, so he
bought 5 fewer posts and spaced them 4m. apart. How many
meters is the frontage of the lot?
Solution: Let x be the percentage of the lot
x x
= +5
4x = 3x + 60
x = 60
Answer: 60 m
49. How many 2-digit prime numbers have 3 or 7 in the ones digit?
Solution: By listing
13, 17, 23, 37, 43, 47, 53, 67, 73, 83, 97
Answer: 11
50. A ladder is leaning against a wall with its top reaching 20 ft.
above the ground and the lower end is 15 ft. from the wall.
When the lower end is pulled x ft. farther from the wall, the
upper and the lower end slides 13 ft. down. Find the value of x.
Solution: Use Pythagorean Theorem
c2 = a2 + b2 625 = 72 + (15 + x)2

c2 = 202 + 152 625 = 49 + 225 + 30x + x2
c2 = 400 + 225 x2 + 30x + 274 – 625 = 0
c2 = 625 x2 + 30x – 351 = 0
(x + 39)(x–9) = 0
x = -39 x = 9
Answer: 9 ft

Mathematics I
every question. Be sure you deeply understand the
concepts involved. Test yourself again, by answering
the questions. Use π = 3.14 when necessary. Write
equations in ax + by + c = 0.
1. What is the name of N = {1 , 2 ,3 , 4 ,5 …}?
Answer: Counting or Natural Numbers
2. Round 434.243 to the nearest ten.
Answer: 430
Solution: 48 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 2 x 2
60 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 5
2x2x3
Answer: 12

Solution: 48 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 2 x 2
60 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 5
2x2x3x2x2x5
Answer: 240
1
∧1
5. What rational number is between 5 ?
7
1 7
Solution: 5 = 35
1 5
=
7 35
6
Answer: 35
11 13
6. Which is bigger 13 or 15 ?
11 13
Solution: 13 15 cross multiply
165 < 169
13
Answer: 15
1 1 2
7. What is 2 3 + 3 7 - 4 3 ?
1 7 10 31
Solution: 2 3 = 2 21 5 21 = 4 21
1 3 31 2 31 14 17
+ 3 7 = 3 21 4 21 - 4 3 = 4 21 - 4 21 = 21
_____
10
5 21
17
Answer: 21
1 3
2 x
3 4
8. Evaluate 1
3
7 3 7 3
Solution: 3 x 4 = 4 x 1
21 1
Answer: 4 or 5 4
9. Change to scientific notation 0.000261.
Solution: 0.000261 The decimal point must be at
the right of a non-zero digit. So
move the decimal point 4
places to the right.
Answer: 2.61 x 10-4
10. To which subset of the set of real number does √ 3 belong?
Answer: Irrational Numbers
11. Peter has small farm measuring 240 m by 310 m. How
many hectares of land does Peter own?
Solution: (310m)(240m) A = (310m) (240m)
74,400 m²
= 74,400m2 A = 10,000 m²
A = 7.44 ha
Answer: 7.44 a2
12. A cylindrical water tank has a diameter of 1m and a heght
of 1.25 m. What is the capacity in liters?
Solution: V =π r 2h
V = (3.14) (1.25) (.25)
V = (3.14) (1.25) (.25)
V = 78 (1.25)
V = 0.98125m³
Answer: 981.25 L
13. Two numbers are in the ratio of 3:5. Their sum is 88, what is
the bigger number?
Solution: 3x + 5x = 88
x = 11
5(11) = 55
Answer: 55
14. A picture is 20 cm by 60 cm. If it is enlarged so that its
shorter side becomes 30 cm, what is the area of the resulting
picture?
Solution: 20:60 → 1:3 = 30:90
A = (30cm) (90cm)
Answer: A = 2700 cm²
15. Evaluate the expression 3x3 + 4x2 – x at x = 2.
Solution: 3(2)³ + 4(2)² - 2
3(8) + 4(4) – 2
24 + 16 – 2
40 - 2
Answer: 38
16. Simplify: 2(x2 + 1) + 3(x + 1)2 – 3x
Solution: 2x² + 2 + 3(x² + 2x + 1) – 3x
2x² + 2 + 3x² + 6x + 3 – 3x
2x² + 3x² + 6x – 3x + 2 + 3
Answer: 5x² + 3x + 5
17. Simplify: 2(x2 + x - 1) - 3(x – 2)2
Solution: 2x² + 2x – 2 – 3 (x² - 4x + 4)
2x² + 2x – 2 – 3x² + 12x – 12
Answer: - x² + 14x – 14
18. Multiply (a2 + b) by (a – b)
Solution: a²+b
x a – b_
a³ + ab
- a² b – b²
a³ + ab – a² b – b²
Answer: a³ + ab – a² b – b² or a³ – a²b + ab – b²
|−14|−|−26|+36
19. Evaluate:
|−16|−¿−10∨¿¿
−12+ 36 24
Solution: 6
= 6
Answer: 4
20. A piece of cartolina is 60 cm by 48 cm. It is to be cut into the
biggest possible squares without any material wasted. How
many squares can be cut?
Solution: A = (60cm) (48cm) = 2,880cm²
The highest possible area of the square is 144
2880
144
Answer: 20 squares
21. A small passenger plane flew a distance of 54 km in 70
minutes what was the speed in kilometres per hours to the
nearest km?
d 7 7 7
Solution: S = t t= 6 70÷10 = 6 = 6
54 km
54 6 324
= 7h 1
.7= 7 =
6
46.2 or 46
= 46.2 kph → 46 kph
Answer: 46
22. What is the sum of the first 50 counting numbers 1 + 2+ 3
+ . . . + 49 + 50?
Solution: By pairing numbers whose sum is 50. There
are 25 pairs plus 25 which has no pair.
(25 x 50) + 25 = 1275
Answer: 5127
23. Four consecutive odd numbers are added. If the smallest of
the 4 is 2x – 5, what is their sum?
Solution: 1st odd → 2x – 5
2nd odd → 3x – 3
3rd odd → 4x + 1
4th odd → 5x + 7
Answer: 14x
24. An edge of a cube is x + 3 cm. What is its volume?

Solution: Use special product (cube of a binomial)
(x 3)³ = (x³ + 9x² + 27x +27)cm³
Answer: (x³ +9x² + 27x +27) cm³
25. What is the remainder if 3x3 – 2x + 2 is divided by x – 2?
Solution: 2 3 0 -2 2
6 12 20
3 6 10 22
Answer: 22
26. By what will 3x2 + x + 1 be multiplied to get 6x 3 + 5x2 + 3x +
1?
Solution: 3x² + x +1
_____ 2x +1_
6x³ + 2x² + 2x
_____ x² + x + 1_
6x³ + 5x² + 3x + 1
Dividing 6x3 + 5x2 + 3x + 1 by 3x2 + x + 1

Answer: 2x + 1
1
27. Solve for a from the equation 2a + 1 = a - 2 .
1
Solution: [2a + 1 = a - 2 ] 2
1
2a – a = - 2 - 1
4a + 2 = 2a – 1
2 a −3
2
= 2
3
a = -2
3 1
Answer: a = - 2 or -1 2
28. Solve the inequality 2x -1 ¿ 3 – x.

Solution: 2x – 1 ˃ 3 – x
2x + 1 ˃ 3 + 1
3x 4
3
˃ 3
4
Answer: x ˃ 3
29. Jose got scores of 90, 85, 82 and 76 in the four exams.
What grade must he get in the fifth exam to have an average
of 84% or better?
Solution: x ≥ 84
90+85+ 82+76 + x
≥ 84
5
333 + x ≥ 420
Answer: x ≥ 87
30. The unit digit of a number is one more than twice the tens
digit. If the digits are reversed the resulting number is 45
more than the original number. What is the original number?
Solution: y = unit 9
x = tens 4
y = 2x + 1
10x + y + 45 = 10y + x y = 2(4) +1

10x – x – 10y+y = -45 y = 8+1
9x – 9y = - 45 y=9
9x – 9(2x+1) = -45
9x – 18x – 9 = -45
-9x = -45+9
-9x = -36_
-9
x=4
Answer: 49
31. Given the points A(0,0), B(4, 0), C(2, 4),and D(-2, 4). What
figure is ABCD if the points are plotted and connected in
order?
Solution: Plot the given points in Rectangular
Coordinate System and connect the points.
Answer: Parallelogram
32. Which of the following is/are functions?
a. x2 + 2y2 = 25 c. x2 + x + 2y2 + 8 = 0
b. x2 + 2x + y2 = 25 d. y = √ 3 x−5
Solution: By Definition
A function is a correspondence between
independent and dependent variable such that
each value of the independent variable
corresponds to one value of the dependent
variable.
x – independent variable y – dependent
variable
3x – 5 ≥ 0
5
x≥ 3
Answer: y = √ 3 x−5 or D
33. What is the range of the function y = √ x?
Answer: y ≥ 0
x2 +2
34. What is the domain of the function y = ?
x−2
Solution: x – 2 = 0, x = 2
Answer: R / { 2 } or all numbers except 2
35. What is the slope of a line passing through P 1(3, 2) and P2(-
4, 1)?
2−1
Solution: m = Y1 – Y2__ = 3+ 4
X1 – X2
1
Answer: 7
36. What is the x-intercept of the line 2x – 5y + 8 = 0?

2 x=−8
Solution: 2
Answer: x = - 4
37. The x – intercept and y – intercept of a line are 2 and (-5)
respectively. Write the equation of the line?
x y
Solution: 2 + −5 = 1
Multiply the equation by 10.
- 5x + 2y – 10
5
y – 0 = 2 (x-2)
5
y–0= 2 x–5
5
2 [y = 2 x – 5]
2y = 5x – 10
−5 x +2 y−10=0
−1
Answer: 5x – 2y + 10 = 0
38. Two vertices of a square located in the first quadrant are at
(0,0) and (0,4). Where are the other two vertices?
Solution: In a Cartesian Plane, move 4 units to the
right from the origin. Then 4 units above
. Answer: (4,0) and (4,4)
39. What is the product of (3x + 2y)(x – 3y)?
Solution: Use FOIL method
Answer: 3x² - 7xy - by²
40. Completely factor (a4 – b4)
Solution: Use Factoring by Difference of Two Squares
(a² + b²) (a² - b²)
Answer: (a² + b²) (a² - b²)
41. Factor 27x3 – 48xy2
Solution: Divide first by the common memorial factor
3x. Then by factoring using the difference of
two squares:
9x² - 16y² = (3x – 4y)(3x + 4y)
Answer: 3x (3x + 4y) (3x – 4y)
42. What is the greatest common factor of 27a5b3c2and 9a3b5c3?
Solution: 27 a5 b3 c2 = 33 a3a2 b3 c2
9 a3 b5 c3 = 32 a3b3b2c2c
Answer: 9 a³b³c²
43. Factor 3ac + 3ad + 2cb + 2db
Solution: (3ac + 3ad) + (2bc + 2bd)
3a(c + d) + 2b(c + d)
(3a + 2b) (c + d)
Answer: (3a + 2b) (c + d)
3 x 2 +5 x−2
44. Simplify:
( 9 x 2−1 ) (x 2−4 )
3 x 2 +5 x−2 ( 3 x−1 ) ( x +2)
Solution:
( 9 x 2−1 ) (x 2−4 ) ( 3 x−1 )( 3 x+ 1 )( x−2 ) (x +2)
1
Answer: ( 3 x +1 ) ( x−2)
6x 9 x−21 x 2
45. Multiply: 3 x −7 · 21 ÷
35
6x 9 x−21 x²
Solution: 3 x −7 21
÷ 35
6x 3(3 x−7) 35 30
3 x −7 x²
= x
21
30
Answer: x
x−1 2 x+3 3 x 2 +1
46. Simplify: x−5 + x−5 − 2
x −25
( x−1 )( x +5 ) + ( x +5 ) ( 2 x +3 )−(3 x 2+1)
Solution:
( x−5 ) ( x+5 )
x ²+ 4 x−5+2 x ²+13 x+15−3 x ²−1
= ( x −5 )( x +5 )
17 x +9
Answer: = x ²−25
47. Find the biggest of three consecutive odd numbers such

that the product of the second and the third is greater than
the square of the first by 110.
Solution: (x + 2)(x + 4) = x² + 110 x+4 = 17+4 = 21
x² + 6x +8 = x²+110
6x = 102
X = 17
Answer: 21
48. The sum of two numbers is 24 and their product is 143. Find
the numbers.
143
Solution: x + y = 24 x + x = 24
x ²+143
xy = 143 x
= 24
143
y= x x² + 143 = 24x
x² - 24x + 143 = 0
(x – 11) (x – 13) = 0
Answer: x = 11, x =13
49. Solve for x and y; 2x + 3y = 7, 4x – 5y = 25.
Solution: Multiply by -2 the equation 2x + 3y = 7
-4x – 6y = -14
+ 4x – 5y = 25_
-11y = 11
y = -1
2x + 3y = 7
2x + 3(-1) = 7
2x = 7+3
2x = 10
x=5
Answer: y = -1, x = 5
1 2
50. A boat travels 1 3 hours to go 20 km downstream and 2 9
hours to return. Find the rate of the boat in still water.
Solution: st = d
4 4 x +4 y
Downstream → 3 (x+y) = 20 3
= 20
20
Upstream → 9 (x-y) = 20 5(4x +4y = 60)
20x – 20y = 180 20x – 20y = 180
20x + 20y = 300
+ 20x – 20y = 180

Answer: x = 12 40x = 480

Mathematics I

involved. Test yourself again, by answering the questions. Use
π = 3.14 when necessary. Write equations in ax + by + c = 0.
1. Find the greatest common factor of 12x4y6z5, 9x2y3z2, 6x2y2z4.

Solution: The GCF of 12, 9, and 6 is 3. The GCF of each of
the
variables is the variable with the lowest
exponent:
for x is x2, for y is y2 and for z is z2.
Answer: 3x2y2z2
Solution: 210 = 7 x 3 x 2 x 5
330 = 11 x 3 x 2 x 5
GCF = 3 x 2 x 5 = 30
Answer: 30
Solution: 210 ÷ 30 = 7
330 ÷ 30 = 11
30 x 7 x 11 = 2310
Answer: 2310
4. Find the next number in the sequence 1, 3, 8, 16, __.
Solution: Find the pattern.
1 3 8 16 ___
2 5 8 11
Answer: 27
5. Which of the following is/are not rational numbers?
a. ¼ b. -1/7 c. 0.0200200002... d.
0.435435435...
Answer: c

Solution: 168 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 7
420 = 2 x 2 x 5 x 3 x 7
LCM = 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 2 x 5 = 840
Answer: 840
7. Which is larger 11/13 or 13/16?
11 x 16 = 176 for 11/13
13 x 13 = 169 for 13/16
Answer: 11/13
8. What is the sum of ¼ + 2/7 + ½?
1 2 1 7+8+14 29
+ + = =
Solution: 4 7 2 28 28
29
Answer: 28
9. If a = 14/15 and b = 7/3, what is a/b?

14 2
15 14 3 2
Solution: 7 = 15 × 7 = 5
5
3
2
Answer: 5
10. What is product of 7 3/5 and 3 ¾?

Solution: Change the mixed numbers to improper fraction.
3
19 38 15 57
× =
5 4 2
57 2
Answer: 2

625 625 1
Solution: 10000 ÷ 625 = 16
1
Answer: 16
12. Simplify (10x2x-1z)/(5x-2yz-2) into an expression with positive

exponents.
2 2 2
10 x 2 y−1 z 10 x z( x z ) 2 x 4 z 3
Solution: −2 −2 = = 2
5 x yz 5 y( y) y
4 3
2x z
Answer:
y2
Solution: Place the decimal point at the right of a non-zero
digit so move the decimal point 8 places to the left.
Answer: 3.245 x 108
14. To allow for sewing and overlap, an 18 dm diameter piece is
cut from a 2 m by 2 m material. How much clothing material
is wasted?
Solution: Convert meters to decimeters.
20 dm by 20 dm
A1 = (20 dm)(20 dm) area of the material
A1 = 400 dm2
A1 = π r2
A2 = (3.14)(9 dm)2 area of the material to be cut
A2 = (3.14)(81 dm2)
A2 = 254.34 dm2
A1 – A2 = 400 dm2 – 254.34 dm2 = 145.66 dm2
Answer: 145.66 dm2
15. A temperature of 77°F is how many degrees in Celsius?
5
( ° F−32 ° )
Solution: ºC = 9
5
( 77 °−32 ° )
= 9
5
( 45° )
= 9
ºC = 25º
Answer: 25ºC
16. In a school with a population of 600, 2.5 out of 10 belong to
the Mat 60
Club. How many members does the Math Club have?
2. 5
( )
Solution: 10
( 600 )=150
Answer: 150
17. A building casts a 7.7 m shadow at the same time that a 4m
pole casts a shadow of 2.2 m. How high is the building?
x 4
=
Solution: 7. 7 2. 2
2.2x = (4)(7.7)
2.2x = 30.8
x = 14
Answer: 14 m
18. A salesman receives a basic salary of ₱10,000 and a
commission of 5% on all sales. Find his total sales in a
month when he earned ₱25,000?
Solution: ₱25,000 - ₱10,000 = ₱15,000 commision
5% of x is ₱15,000
x = ₱15,000 ÷ 0.05
x = ₱300,000
Answer: ₱300,000
19. Kate had ₱800. She used 20% of it to buy school
supplies and 35% to buy a blouse. She saved 50% of the
remainder. How much did he save?
Solution: 20% + 35% = 55% expenses
55% of ₱800 = (₱800)(0.55)= ₱440
₱800 - ₱440 = ₱360 remaining amount
50% of ₱360 = (₱360)(0.5) = ₱180
Answer: ₱180
20. What is the absolute value of 2x2 – 8x + 2 at x = 5/2?
Solution: |2x2–8x + 2|
52 5 25 40
() () ( )
|2 −8 +2|=|2
2 2
− +2|
4 2
25 40
=| − +2|
2 2
15 −15+4
=|− +2| =| |
2 2
11 11
=|− |
2 = 2
11
Answer: 2
21. Add 3x2y2 + 4xy2 – 7xy + 2x2y + 5 to 3x2y2 – xy2 – 2x2y + 4xy
– 2.
Solution: 3x2y2 – xy2 – 2x2y + 4xy – 2
3x2y2 + 4xy2 + 2x2y –7xy + 5
6x2y2 + 3xy2 - 3xy + 3
2 2 2
Answer: 6x y + 3xy - 3xy + 3
7−x 4 x+3
>
22. Find all the real numbers for which 2 4
7−x 4 x+3
>
Solution: 2 4 Multiply both sides by 4.
14 – 2x ¿ 4x + 3
-2x – 4x ¿ 3 – 14
-6x ¿ -11
x ¿ 11/6
Answer: x ¿ 11/6
23. Solve for x: (2x + 5)/3 = (3x – 2)/4.
2 x +5 3 x−2
=
8x + 20 = 9x–6
8x–9x = -6 – 20
-x = -26
x = 26
Answer: x = 26
3 x−1 2 x +5
<
24. For what values of x is 4 3 ?
3 x−1 2 x +5
<
9x–3 ¿ 8x + 20
9x – 8x ¿ 20 + 3
x ¿ 23
Answer: x ¿ 23
25. For what values of x is |4x - 7| ¿ 9?
Solution: |4x - 7|¿ 9 -|4x - 7| ¿ 9
4x – 7 ¿ 9 -4x + 7 ¿ 9
4x ¿ 9 + 7 -4x ¿ 9 – 7
4x ¿ 16 -4x ¿ 2
x¿ 4 x ¿ -1/2
Answer: -1/2 < x < 4
26. For what values of x is |2x + 7| ¿ 8?
Solution: |2x + 7| ¿ 8 -|2x + 7| ¿ 8
2x + 7 ¿ 8 -2x–7 ¿ 8
2x ¿ 8 -2x ¿ 8
x¿8 -2x ¿ 15
x¿
−15/2
Answer: x ¿ 8 or x ¿ −15/2
Answer: 1.45 x 10-3
28. One square kilometer is equal to how many hectares?
Solution: 1 km2 = 1,000,000 m2
1 ha = 10,000 m2
1 ha
(
1 ,000 ,000 m
2
)
10 ,000 m2
=100 ha
Answer: 100 hectares

29. Write an equation of the line through (-2,3) and (1,4).
y −y
y− y 1 = 1 2 ( x−x 1 )
Solution: x 1−x 2
3−4
y−3= ( x +2 )
−2−1
−1
y−3= ( x+2 )
−3 Multiply both sides by 3.
3 y−9=x+2
0=x−3 y+2+9
x−3 y +11=0
Answer: x–3y + 11 = 0
30. Solve for x and y: 7x–3y = 23 and x + 2y = 13.
Solution: 7x–3y = 23
x + 2y = 13 Multiply by -7.
7x – 3y = 23
-7x - 14y = -91
-17y = -68
y=4
Substitute y = 4 in equation 2.
x + 2y = 13
x + 2(4) = 13
x + 8 = 13
x=5
Answer: x = 5, y = 4
31. Factor by grouping terms: x2 + 6x + xy + 6y.
Solution: x2 + 6x + xy + 6y
(x2 + 6x) + (xy + 6y)
x(x + 6) + y(x + 6)
(x + y)(x + 6)
Answer: (x + y)(x + 6)
32. Factor: 6k2 + 13k + 6.
Solution: Factoring quadratic trinomial
6k2 + 13k + 6
(3k + 2)(2k + 3)
Answer: (3k + 2)(2k + 3)
33. Factor completely: x4 – y4.
Solution: Factoring difference of two squares
x4 – y4 = (x2 + y2)(x2 – y2)
= (x2 + y2)(x + y)(x – y)
Answer: (x2 + y2)(x + y)(x – y)
34. What two numbers have a product of 56 and a sum of -15?
Solution: x + y = -15 x = -15 - y
xy = 56
Substitute x = -15 – y in equation 2.
xy = 56
y(-15–y) = 56
-15y – y2 = 56
y2 + 15y + 56 = 0
(y + 7)(y + 8) = 0
y = -7 y = -8
Answer: -8 and -7
35. What is the equation of the line with a y-intercept of 4 and
makes a triangle with the axes in Q1 with an area of 18
sq.units?
Solution: A = ½(bh)
18 = ½(b)(4)
18 = 2b
b=9 on the x-axis (9,0)
Use a = 9 and b = 4.
x y
+ =1
4x + 9y = 36
4x + 9y – 36 = 0
Answer: 4x + 9y – 36 = 0
2
( x ¿¿ 2+7 x−18) x +7 x −18
¿ 2
.
36. Simplify: (5 x ¿¿ 2−13 x+ 6) ¿ 5 x −13 x +6
Solution: Factor the numerator and denominator.

x 2 +7 x −18 ( x +9 ) ( x−2 ) x+9
= =
5 x 2 −13 x +6 ( 5 x−3 ) ( x−2 ) 5 x−3
x+9
Answer: 5 x−3
2 2 2
(8 x ¿¿ 2−16 xy ) 8 x −16 xy 4 x −8 y
¿ 2 2
⋅ 2 3
37. Multiply: (x ¿ ¿ 2−4 xy +4 y2 ) ¿ x −4 xy+ 4 y 2 x y .
2 2 2
8 x −16 xy 4 x −8 y
⋅
Solution: x −4 xy+4 y 2 2 x 2 y 3
2
8 x ( x−2 y ) 4 xy ( x−2 y ) 16
⋅ = 2
( x−2 y ) ( x−2 y ) 2 x 2 y 3 y
16
Answer: y2
5 5 x−10 5 5 x−10
÷ ÷
38. Divide:
2
x −9 x−3 . x −9 x−3
2
5 5 x−10 5 x −3
÷ = ⋅
Solution:
2
x −9 x−3 ( x+3 )( x−3 ) 5 ( x −2 )
1
=
( x+3 )( x−2 )
1
Answer: ( x +3 ) ( x−2 )
how many years will Pete’s age be ¼ that of his grandfather?
Solution:
Ages
present In x years
Pete 12 12 + x
grandfather 63 63 + x
4(12 + x) = 63 + x
48 + 4x = 63 + x
3x = 15
x=5
Answer: 5 years
40. A trapezoid ABCD has an area of 25 sq.units. Three of its
coordinates are B(1,8), C(2,3) and D(-6,3). Find the
coordinates of A.
b1 + b2
Solution:
( )
A=
2
h
8+x
25=(
2 )
(5 )
40+5 x
25=(
2 ) Multiply by 2.
50 = 40 + 5x
10 = 5x
x=2
Count 2 units to the left of (1,8).
Answer: (-1, 8)
41. Triangle ABC has its coordinates at A(a,-1), B(8,-1) and
C(5,4). If the base is twice the height, find a.
Solution: Since b = 2h
b = 2(5) = 10
Count 10 units from (8,-1)to the left.

(a, -1) (-2,-1)
Answer: a = -2
42. Find an equation of the line parallel to 2x–3y–3 = 0 and
passing through (-2,3).
Solution: Get the slope(m)by changing the equation into
slope
intercept form y = mx + b
2x–3y–3 = 0
-3y = -2x + 3
y = 2/3x – 1
y− y 1 =m ( x−x 1 )
2
y−3= ( x+2 )
3
2x 4
y−3= +
3y – 9 = 2x + 4
0 = 2x – 3y + 4 + 9
2x – 3y + 13 = 0
Answer: 2x–3y + 13 = 0
43. What is the surface area of a beach ball with a radius of 7
dm?
Solution: SA = 4 π r2
= 4(3.14)(7 dm)2
= 4(3.14)(49 dm2)
= 615.44 dm2
Answer: 615.44 dm2
44. How many cubic feet of water must be pumped into a
swimming
80 ft long, 45 ft wide to raise the water by 2 ft?
Solution: V = lwh
V = (80 ft)(45 ft)(2 ft)
V = 7200 ft3
Answer: 7200 ft3
45. A man is planning a fence the front part of his property with
posts
2 m apart. Short of money he decides to make posts 3 m
apart and uses 3 posts less. How wide is the property?
Solution: Let x be the width of the front part of the
property.
x x
= +3
2 3
x x
= +3
3x = 2x + 18
x = 18
Answer: 18 m
46. How much pure acid must be added to 2 liters of a 10%
solution of acid to obtain a mixture that is 20% acid?
Solution: Let x be the amount of pure acid added.
x + 0.1(2) = 0.2(2 + x)
x + 0.2 = 0.4 + 0.2x Multiply by 100.
100x + 20 = 40 + 20x
80x = 20
x = 2/8 = ¼
Answer: ¼ L or 0.25 L
47. Which point is not collinear with the others: A(-2,-7), B(-5,-
12), C(4,5) and D(2,1)?
Solution:
Answer: B(-5,-12)
48. Find an equation of the line perpendicular to 2x – 3y + 3 = 0
and passing through (2,-5).
Solution: Get the slope of the equation.
2x–3y + 3 = 0
-3y = -2x - 3
y = 2/3 x + 1
m = 2/3 m = -3/2 negative
reciprocal
y− y 1 =m ( x−x 1 )
3
y +5=− ( x −2 )
2
3
y +5=− x +3
2 Multiply by 2.
2y + 10 = -3x + 6
3x + 2y + 4 = 0
Answer: 3x + 2y + 4 = 0
49. Square MNOP is removed from rectangle PQRS leaving an
area of
92 cm2. If MQ = 4cm, and SO = 8cm, find the area of PQRS.
P O S
M N
Q R
Solution: Let x be the side of the square MNOP.
(8 + x)(4 + x) = 92 + x2
32 + 12x + x2 = 92 + x2
12x = 60
x=5
(8 + 5)(4 + 5) = (13)(9)
= 117
Answer: 117 cm2
50. Find the area of the region bounded by the x and y axes
and the line
y = 2x + 5.
Solution: Get the x and y-intercepts.
y = 2x + 5
0 = 2x + 5
-2x = 5
x = -5/2
a = -5/2 b = 5 Use the absolute
values.
A = ½(bh)
1 5
()
=
2 2
( 5)
25
=
4
25
Answer: 4 sq. units
Grade 7
Directions: Write your answer on the space provided before

each item.
Give all fractions in lowest terms and all expressions in
expanded form.
1 1 1
( )( )( )
1. Simplify: 2− 2 + 3− 3 + 4− 4 .
1 1 1
Solution: (2− 2 )+ (3− 3 )+ ( 4− 4 )
( 4−12 ) +(
9−1
3 )+(
16−1
4 )
( 32 )+( 38 )+( 154 )

( 18+32+45
12 )
( 9512 )=7 1211
11
Answer: 7 12
2. Let A={ a , b , c , d , e } , B= { a ,e ,i , o , u }and C={e , f , g , h ,i }. Find

( A ∩ B ) ∪(B ∩C ).
A B
Solution: b a o
c
d u
e
i
f g h
C
(A ∩ B) U (B ∩ C)
(a, e) U (e, i)
(a, e, i)
Answer: (a, e, i)
1
1. Write 50 000000 in scientific notation.
1 2 2
Solution: 50 000000 · 2 = 100 000000 = 0.00000002 = 2 x 10-8
Answer: 2 x 10-8
2. Nonoy left Butuan City to drive to Cagayan de Oro City at
6:15 PM and arrived 9:15 PM. If the averaged 80 kph and
stopped 30 minutes for dinner, approximately how far is
Cagayan de Oro from Butuan?
Solution: drive at 6:15 pm and arrived at 9:15 pm
9:15 – 6:15 = 3:00
3 hours – 30 minutes dinner = 2 ½ hours = 5/2
hours
80:1 = n:5/2
n = 80(5/2) = 200kph
Answer: 200 km
1 1
3. Simplify: (1− 2 )2 - (1+ 2 )2.
1 2+1
Solution: ( 2 )2 - ( 2 )2
1 9
( )-( )
4 4
−8
4
-2
Answer: -2
4. Let the universal set U be {1, 2, 3, …,20}. If S = {2, 4, 6, 8,
10, 12}, E = {3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18} and T = {15, 16, 17, 18, 20}
find {S ∪ E ∪T }’.
Solution:
U S
1 E
5 7 11 4 12
13 2 8 6 3
14
10 18
19
15
16 20
17
T
Answer: {1, 5, 7, 11, 13, 14, 19}
5. What is the product of two consecutive odd numbers if the

larger number is 3a – 4?
Solution: larger number = 3a – 4
smaller number = 3a – 4 – 2(since it is odd
number)
= 3a – 6
(3a – 4)(3a – 6)
F = (3a)(3a) = 9a2
O = (3a)(-6) = -18a
I = (-4)(3a) = -12a
L = (-4)(-6) = 24
Answer: 9a2 -30a + 24
6. Two angles are supplementary. One angle is 24°less than
thrice the other. What is the complement of the smaller
angle?
Solution: Let x and y the angles
x + y = 180
x = 3y – 24
x + y = 180
(3y – 24) + y = 180
4y – 24 = 180
4y = 180 + 24
4y = 204
4 y 204
=
4 4
y = 51 (smaller angle)
90 – 51 = 39(two angles are complementary
if their sum is 90)
Answer: 39°
2 5
+
3 6
7. Simplify: 4 1
−
5 3
2 5
+
3 6
Solution: 4 1
− 5
5 3
4 +5 9
6 6 9 15 45
12−5
= 7
= 2 x
6 7
= 14
15 15
45
Answer: 14
8. Let the universal set U be the set of all prime numbers less
than 20. A = {x|x is a prime factor of 210}, B = {x¿x is a prime
number greater than 10} and C = {3, 19}. Find A' ∩( B ∩C) ' .
Solution: A = {3, 2, 5, 7}
B = {11, 13, 17, 19}
C = {3, 19}
A' ∩( B ∩C) '
{ 11, 13 ,17 ,19 } ∩{2 , 3 , 5 ,7 , 11 , 13 ,17 }
{11, 13, 17}
Answer: {11, 13, 17}
11. Kristine receives a basic monthly salary of Php 18 000 plus
a
commission of 12% on her total sales. In her recent monthly
payday,
she received Php 21 000. How much was her total sales last
month?
Solution: Php 21, 000 – Php 18, 000 = Php 3, 000
Php 3, 000 ÷ .12 = Php 25, 0000
Answer: Php 25, 000
12. Simplify: (x+1)(x–2) – (x+2)(x–3) + (x+3)(x-4) - (x+4)(x-5).
Solution: (x+1)(x–2) – (x+2)(x–3) + (x+3)(x-4) - (x+4)(x-5)
(x2 –x – 2) – (x2 –x -6) + (x2 –x -12) – (x2 –x -20)
4 + 8
12
Answer: 12
13. How many two-digit prime numbers are there whose units
digit is greater than its tens digit?
Solution: By Listing
13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 37, 47, 59, 67, 79, 89
Answer: 11
14. Nila is now x years old. Three years ago, her father Ricky
was twice as old as she. Write Ricky’s age ten years from
now in terms of x.
Solution: Let x = Nila’s age 2x -3 = Ricky’s age
2x – 3 +10 = 2x + 7
Answer: 2x + 7
15. In the Math Department of a school, 10 teachers have
Yahoo accounts, 13 have Gmail accounts, and 6 have both
accounts. How many teachers in the department have Yahoo
or Gmail accounts?
Solution: Y G
4 6 7
4+ 6+ 7 = 17
Answer: 17
16. Together, Pearl and Harvey are going to visit their aunt on
Sunday. If Pearl visits their aunt every 6 days, while Harvey
every 8 days, on what they will they visit their aunt together
again?
Solution: Pearl = 6, 12, 18, 24
Harvey = 8, 16, 24
Mo Tue We Thur Fri Sa Su
n s d s t n
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24
Answer: Wednesday
17. What should be added to (x-3)(x+2) in order to get (x-4) 2?
Solution: (x-4)2 - (x-3)(x+2)
(x2 -8x + 16) – (x2 –x – 6)
-7x + 22
Answer: -7x + 22
18. Simplify: √ ¿ 1.8 x 104 −2.55 x 104 ∨+6.9 x 103
Solution: √ ¿ 1.8 x 104 −2.55 x 104 ∨+6.9 x 103
√|18 , 000−25 , 500|+6,900
√|−7 , 500|+6,900
√ 7 , 500+ 6,900
√ 14 , 400
120
Answer: 120
19. In a triangle, one angle is twice the second, and the third
angle is 20° less than the second. What is the measure of
the larger angle?
Solution: Let x = first angle - - > 50
2x = second angle - - > 100
x – 20 = third angle - - > 30
x + 2x + x – 20 = 180
4x - 20 =180
4x = 180 + 20
4x = 200
x = 50
Answer: 100°
20. In costs (x+3) pesos per square foot to paint a wall. If the
wall stands (4x+3)ft. high and (7x-2)ft. long, how much does
it need to paint the wall?
Solution: (4x + 3)(7x – 2)(x+3)
(28x2 – 8x + 21x – 6)(x + 3)
(28x2 + 13x – 6)(x + 3)
(x)( 28x2 + 13x – 6) +(3)( 28x2 + 13x – 6)
(28x3 + 13x2 – 6x) + (84x2 + 39x -18)
28x3 + 97x2 + 33x – 18
Answer: 28x3 + 97x2 + 33x - 18
21. In a class of 40 students, 27 like Math and 25 like Filipino.
At most how many students do not like at least one of these
subjects?
Solution: 40
M F
15 12 13
15 + 13 = 28
Answer: 28
22. How many four-digit numbers are multiples of 9?
Solution: an = a1 + (n-1)d
9999 = 1008 + (n – 1)(9)
9999 = 1008 + 9n - 9
9999 = 999 + 9n
9999 – 999 = 9n
9000 = 9n
1000 = n
Answer: 1000
23. Manuel can walk from his house to his school at the rate of
5.4 kph, and back at the rate of 3.6 kph. What is his average
speed for the entire walk in meters per second?
1000 m
Solution: (5.4 kph + 3.5 kph) x 3600 s
5 45
(9) x 18 = 18 = 2.5 ÷ 2 = 1.25
Answer: 1.25
24. A polynomial has quotient x2 – 3x and remainder x2 - 1 when
divided by x3 – 1. What is the polynomial?
Solution: (x3 – 1)(x2 – 3x) + (x2 – 1)
(x5 – 3x4 – x2 + 3x) + (x2 – 1)
(x5 – 3x4 + 3x – 1)
Answer: x5 – 3x4 + 3x – 1
25. Aldo cut a long piece of bamboo into four pieces. The
second piece was one-third of the first piece, the third piece
was one-third of the second, and finally the fourth piece was
one-third of the third. If the smallest piece was 2dm, how
long was the bamboo before it was cut?
Solution: 1st = 2 dm, 2nd = 2(3) = 6 dm
3rd = 6(3) = 18 dm 4th = 18(3) = 54 dm

2 + 6 + 18 + 54
80
Answer: 80 dm
26. In Teacher Ella’s class, a student receives a final grade of
A if the students garners of at least 92% in the five long
tests. After four long tests, Jonathan got an average of 91%.
At least how much should he get in the last long test to get a
final grade of A?
Solution: (92 x 5) – (91 x 4)
460 – 364
96
Answer: 96%
27. What is the largest prime factor of 2013?
Solution: 2013
671 13
61 11
2013 = 61 x 11 x 13
Answer: 61
28. A class of 47 students took examinations in Algebra and in
Geometry. If 29 passed Algebra, 26 passed Geometry and 4
failed in both subjects, how many passed both subjects?
Solution: 47 – 4 = 43 students passed
A G
17 12 14
29 26
Answer: 12
29. A runner started a course at a steady rate of 8kph. Five
minute later, a second runner started the same course at
10kph. How long did it take for the second runner to overtake
the first?
Solution:
Runner Time Speed
First x 8
Second x+5 10
x x+ 5
=
8 10
10x = 8(x + 5)
10x = 8x – 40
10x – 8x = 40
2x = 40
x = 20
Answer: 20 minutes
30. A rectangle has sides of (2x+3)cm and (4x+5)cm. How
many squares of sides x cm can be cut from it?
Solution: (2x + 3)(4x + 5) (2x)(4x) = 8x2
Answer: 8
31. Let ABCDE be a regular pentagon. What is the measure of
∠CAD?
Solution: Measure of each angle of a regular polygon =
( n−2 ) 180
n
Number of sides of a pentagon (n) = 5
( 5−2 ) 180
5
( 3 ) 180
A 5
108°
E B
108 ÷ 3
D C
36
Answer: 36°
32. The average of five numbers is 20. If the sum of two
numbers is 28, what is the average of the other three
numbers?
Solution: [(20 x 5) – 28] ÷ 3
(100 – 28) ÷ 3
72 ÷ 3
24
Answer: 24
33. A long straight steel bar is to be cut in the ratio 2:3:5. If the
middle piece is 7m., how long is the steel bar?
Solution: Let n = measure of the steel bar
2x + 3x + 5x = n
Middle piece = 7
3x = 7
x = 7/3
2(7/3) + 3(7/3) + 5(7/3) = n
(14/3) + (21/3) + (35/3) = n
70/3 = n
Answer: 70/3 m
34. Marvin is 10% taller than Homer, and Homer is 10% taller
than August. How much (in percent) is Marvin taller than
August?
Solution 1: Let x = Marvin; Homer = y; August
=z
x = y + 0.10y y = z + 0.10z
x = 1.10y y = 1.10z
x = 1.10y
= 1.10(1.10z)
x = 1.21z
x = z + 0.21z
Solution 2: Marvin : Homer 1.1 : 1
x Homer: August x 1.1
:1
1.21 : 1.1
:1
Answer: 21%
35. Which is the largest, a = 248, b = 336, or c = 524?
Solution: a = 248 b = 336 c = 524
a = (248)1/12 b = (336)1/12 c = (524)1/12
a = 24 b = 33 c = 52
a = 16 b = 27 c=
25
Answer: b = 336
36. What is the least value of x that satisfies the inequality 4(x
+ 3) – 7(2 - x) ≥ 2(2x – 7)?
Solution: 4(x + 3) – 7(2 - x) ≥ 2(2x – 7)
4x + 12 – 14 + 7x ≥ 4x – 14
11x – 2 ≥ 4x – 14
11x – 4x ≥ -14 + 2
7x ≥ -12
x ≥ -12/7
Answer: -12/7
37. When 3n is divided by 7, the remainder is 4. What is the
remainder when 2n is divided by 7?
Solution: 7(2) + 4 = 3n (find a least number that when
multiply to 7
and added to 4 will be divisible by 3)
14 + 4 = 3n
18 = 3n
6=n
(2n)/7 = (2)(6) ÷ 7
= 12 ÷ 7
= 1 5/7
Answer: 5
38. If the sides of a cube are tripled, what percent of the
original volume is the new volume?
Solution: If x = 1 original volume = (1)3 = 1
x = (1)(3) = 3 new volume = (3)3 = 27
(27 ÷ 1) x 100 = 2700
Answer: 2700
39. If 2ax4 – bx3 + 4cx2 – dx + 3e =(2x-3)(x+1)(x-2)(3x+1), what
is
ab + cd + e?
Solution: 2ax4 – bx3 + 4cx2 – dx + 3e = (2x-3)(x+1)(x-2)
(3x+1)
= (2x2 + 2x – 3x - 3)(3x2 + x – 6x - 2)
= (2x2 – x – 3)(3x2 – 5x – 2)
= (2x2)(3x2 -5x – 2) + (-x) (3x2 -5x – 2) + (-3) (3x2 -5x – 2)
= (6x4 – 10x3 – 4x2) + (-3x3 + 5x2 +2x) + (-9x2 + 15x + 6)
= 6x4 – 13x3 – 8x2 + 17x + 6
2a = 6; -b = -13; 4c = -8; -d = 17; 3e = 6
a=3 b = 13 c = -2 d = -17 e=2
ab + cd + e
(3)(13) + (-2)(-17) + 2
39 + 34 + 2
75
Answer: 75
12 1 9
40. If - 5 ≤x ≤− 2 and 3 ≤y ≤ 2 , what is the largest possible value
x− y
of x+ y ?
Solution: Since largest possible value take the largest
value of
x = -1/2 and y = 9/2
−1 9
−
x− y 2 2
x+ y = −1 9
+
2 2
−1−9 −10
2 2
= −1+ 9 = 8
2 2
−5
= 4
−5
Answer: 4
41. Which is smaller, A = (2015)(2014)(2013)(2012)(2011) or B
= 20135?
Solution: Let x = 2013
A = (2015)(2014)(2013)(2012)(2011)
= (2013 + 2)(2013 + 1)(2013)(2013 – 1)
(2013 – 2) = (x + 2)(x + 1)(x)(x-1)(x
-2)
= (x + 2)(x – 2)(x + 1)(x – 1)(x)
= (x2 – 4)(x2 – 1)(x)
= (x4 –x2 -4x2 + 4)(x)
= (x4 -5x2 + 4)(x)
= x5 – 5x3 + 4x
B = 20135
B = x5
Let us assume another value for x to lessen the
computation,
Let say x = 1
A = x5 – 5x3 + 4x B = x5
A = (1)5 – 5(1)3 + 4(1) B = (1)5
A=1–5+4 B=1
A=0 B=1
Answer: B
1
42. If x2- 3x + 1 = 0, find the value of x 2+ .
x2
Solution: x2- 3x + 1 = 0 - - > x2 = 3x -1
1 1
x 2+ 2 = (3x -1) +
x (3 x−1)
= ¿¿
9 x2 −6 x+1+1
=
3 x−1
2
9 x −6 x+2
=
3 x−1
9 ( 3 x −1 )−6 x+ 2
=
3 x−1
27 x−9−6 x+2 21 x−7
= 3 x−1
= 3 x −1
7(3 x−1)
= (3 x−1)
=7
Answer: 7
43. If (x + 3)(x – 2)(x + 1) = (x + 2)Q(x) + (x + 3)(x–2), what is
Q(x)?
Solution: (x + 3)(x – 2)(x + 1) = (x + 2)Q(x) + (x + 3)(x–2)
(x2 -2x + 3x – 6)(x + 1) = (x + 2)Q(x) + (x2 -2x + 3x -6)
(x2 + x – 6)(x + 1) = (x + 2)Q(x) + (x2 + x – 6)
(x)( x2 + x – 6) + 1(x2 + x – 6) = (x + 2)Q(x) + (x2 + x – 6)
(x3 + x2 – 6x) + (x2 + x – 6) = (x + 2)Q(x) + (x2 + x – 6)
(x3 + x2 – 6x) + (x2 + x – 6) – (x2 + x – 6) = (x + 2)Q(x)
x3 + x2 – 6x = (x+ 2)Q(x)
(x3 + x2 – 6x)/(x + 2) = Q(x)
x3 + x 2−6 x
Answer:
x+ 2
44. All faces of a 4-inch cube have been painted. If the cube is
to cut into 1-inch smaller cubes, how many of them have no
paint on all their faces?
Solution: Volume of a 4-inch cube = (4)3 = 64
Volume of a 1-inch cube = (1)3 = 1
Therefore there are 64 1-inch cube in a 4-inch cube
Total cube – cube painted(top and bottom + 2 nd and 3rd layer)
64 – (16 x 2 + 24)
64 – (32 + 24)
64 – (56)
8
Answer: 8
45. If x = -1, find the value of 2013x2013 + 2012x2012 + 2011x2011 +
2010x2010 + … + 2x2 + x.
Solution: Substitute the value of x
2013x2013 + 2012x2012 + 2011x2011 + 2010x2010 + … + 2x2 +
x
2013(-1)2013 + 2012(-1)2012 + 2011(-1)2011 + 2010(-1)2010 +. . . +
2(-1)2 + (-1)
2013(-1) + 2012 -2011 + 2010 -2009). . . + 2 - 1
-2013 + (1 + 1 + . . . +1) notice that as you continue
the computation you will see that it always give a
difference of 1
-2013 + (1006) from 2013 to 1 there are 2012 numbers
and to find out how many difference of 1, divide it by 2
-2013 + 1006
-1007
Answer: -1007
the sum of their cubes.
Solution: Let x and y be the numbers
x + y = 20; xy = 15
(x + y)2 = 202
x2 + 2xy + y2 = 400
x2 + y2 + 2(15) = 400
x2 + y2 + 30 = 400
x2 + y2 = 400 – 30
x2 + y2 = 370
x3 + y3 = (x + y)(x2 –xy + y2)

= (20)(370 – 15)
= 20( 355)
= 7100
Answer: 7 100
47. How many positive factors does 62 x (633 + 632 + 63 + 1) +
1 have?
Solution: 62 x (633 + 632 + 63 + 1) + 1
Let x = 63
(x – 1)(x3 + x2 + x + 1) + 1
(x4 – 1) + 1
x4
(63)4
(32 x7)4
(38 x 74)
Positive Factors = (8 + 1)(4 + 1)
= (9)(5)
= 45
Answer: 45
48. If the number 10,600 is expressed as the sum of 100
consecutive odd positive integers, what is the largest among
the odd integers?
n
Solution: Sn = 2 [(a1 + an)d]
100
10 600 = 2 [(1 + an)2]
10 600 = 50[(1 + an)2]
10 600 = 50(2 + 2an)
10 600 = 100 + 100an
10 600 – 100 = 100an
10 500 = 100an
105 = an
Answer: 105
2 n 4
49. How many positive integers n satisfy 7 < 13 < 5 ?
2 n 4
Solution: < <
7 13 5
2 n 4
( 13 ) < ( 13 ) < ( 13 )
7 13 5
26 52
< n<
7 5
4 < n < 10
(10 – 4) + 1 = 6 + 1 = 7
Answer: 7
50. What is the least number of square pieces into which a
cardboard, 13 feet long and 8 feet wide can be cut?
Solution: A = lw = (13)(8) = 104
Divide the area from least number of perfect square
(1, 4, 16, 25, 36, 49)
104/1 = 104
104/4 = 26
104/16 = 6 r. 8
104/25 = 4 r. 4
Therefore the least number of square pieces that
can be cut is 26.
Answer: 26
Grade 7
involved. Test yourself again, by answering the questions. Give all
fractions in lowest terms and all expressions in expanded form.
6 1 5
1. Simplify: 5 x 4 +2÷ 2
6 1 5
Solution: x +2÷
5 4 2
6 2
+2 ×
20 5
6 4 6+16 22 11
+ = = =
20 5 20 20 10
11
Answer: 10
2 5
−
3 4
2. Simplify: 1 4
+
2 3
2 5 8−15 −7 1
−
3 4 12 12 −7 6 −7
Solution: 1 4
= 3+ 8
= 11
= x
12 11
= 22
+ 2
2 3 6 6
−7
Answer: 22
7
3. Write 12500000 in scientific notation.
7 8 56
Solution: 12500000 x 8 = 1, 000 000 000 = 0.000 000 56 = 5.6 x
10-7
Answer: 5.6 x 10-7
1 1 1 1
(
4. Simplify: 2 – 1+ 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 .)
1 1 1 1 16+8+ 4+2+1
Solution: 2 – (1+ 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 ¿ = 2 – ( 16
¿
31
= 2 – ( 16 ¿
32−31
= 16
1
= 16
1
Answer: 16
5. Julie’s average for the first four tests is 88.5. If she wants an
average of at least 90 in the five tests, what score must she
get in her last test?
Solution: (90 x 5) – (88.5 x 4)
450 – 354
96
Answer: at least 96
6. Alma walks 4.5 kilometers in one hour. What is the seed in
meters per minute?
4.5 km 1000 m 1 hr
Solution: x x
1 hr 1km 60 min
4 500 m
60 min
= 75m/min
Answer: 75 m/min
7. The grade 6 pupils of a school are divided equally into Team
A and Team B. The ratio of the number of boys to the
number of girls in Team A is 2:1 and in Team B it is 4:11.
What is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls
in grade 6?
Solution: Assume that the total number of grade 6 pupils is
30,
therefore each team has 15 members.
Team A Team B
2:1 4:11
2x + x = 15 4x + 11 = 15
3x = 15 15x = 15
x=5 x =1
2(5):1(5) 4(1):11(1)
Therefore the ratio of boys to girls in Team A is
10:5 while in Team B is 4:11. Adding it, the ratio of
number of boys to number of girls in grade 6 is 14:16 =
7:8.
Answer: 7:8
8. A dress is marked with a 12% discount. If the dress is
marked at Php 1 188, how much was it before the discount
was applied?
Solution: 1 188 ÷ (100% - 12%)
1 188 ÷ 88%
1 188 ÷ 0.88 = 1 350
Answer: Php 1 350
9. Simplify: ¿.
3 2 2
3
Solution: ( ) ( )
2−
2
− 2+
2
4−3 2 4+3 2
( ) ( )
2
−
2
1 2 7 2
() ()
2
−
2
1 49
−
4 4
−48
=−12
4
Answer: -12
10. What is the product of three consecutive odd integers if the
middle integer is n?
Solution: since the middle is n, the first odd integers is n-2
and the
third is n + 2
(n – 2)(n)(n + 2)
(n2 – 4)(n)
n3 - 4n
Answer: n3 – 4n
11. What number is exactly midway between 3/2 and -9?
3 3−18 −15
Solution: 2
−9=
2
= 2 ÷2
−15 1
= 2 x2
−15
= 4
−15
Answer: 4
12. The price of a pencil is p pesos and a notebook costs Php

12 more than a pencil. How much do 3 pencils and 2
notebooks cost?
Solution: price of a pencil = p
price of a notebook = p + 12
three pencil and 2 notebooks price = 3p +
2(p + 12)
= 3p + 2p + 24
= 5p + 24
Answer: 5p + 24
2 2 4
( )( )
13. Compute: 1− 3 1+ 3 (1+ 9 )
Solution: (1− 23 )(1+ 23 )(1+ 49 )

( 3−23 )( 3+3 2 )( 9+49 )
( 13 )( 53 )( 139 ) = 6581
65
Answer: 81
14. Subtract 2a – 4b + 9c from the sum of 3a + 5b – 3c and a –

b + 7c.
Solution: [(3a + 5b – 3c) + (a – b + 7c)] – (2a – 4b + 9c)
(4a + 4b + 4c) – (2a – 4b + 9c)
2a + 8b – 5c
Answer: 2a + 8b – 5c
15. If x is twice as far from 5 as it is from -7, what are the
possible values for x?
Solution: 5 – (-7) = 12 distance of 5 to 12
2/3(12) = 8 since x is twice as far from 5 as it is
from -7
5 – 8 = -3 subtract it from 5 since x is twice as
far from 5
12 – (-7) = -19 it is also a value of x since -19 is
twice
as far from 5 as it is from -7
Answer: x = -3 and x = -19
16. What must be added to the product of 3x + 1 and 2x – 5 to
obtain 4x2 – 5x – 6?
Solution: (4x2 – 5x – 6) – (3x + 1)(2x – 5)
(4x2 – 5x – 6) – (6x2 – 15x + 2x – 5)
(4x2 – 5x – 6) – (6x2 – 13x – 5)
-2x2 + 8x – 1
Answer: -2x2 + 8x - 1
17. Let A be the set of all positive even integers less than 10, B
the set of all prime numbers less than 10, and C the set of
all one-digit numbers which are NOT multiples of 3. Find C|
(A U B).
Solution: A = {2, 4, 6, 8} B = {2, 3, 5, 7} C = {1, 2, 4, 5,

7, 8}
{1 , 2, 4 , 5 ,7 , 8 }
C|(A U B) = {2 ,3 , 4 5 , 6 ,7 ,8 } = {1}
Answer: {1}
18. In a triangle, the second angle is twice the first angle and
the third angle is 12°less than 5 times the first angle. What
is the measure of the largest angle?
Solution: Let x = first angle - - -> 24
2x = second angle - - - > 48
5x -12 = third angle - - - > 108
x + 2x + 5x – 12 = 180
8x = 180 + 12
8x = 192
x = 24
Answer: 108
19. Let the universal set U be the set of positive integers less
than 20, A the set of odd integers, B the set of perfect
squares and C the set of multiples of 3. Determine C|(A U
B)’.
Solution:
U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
18, 19}
A = {1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19}
B = {1, 4, 9, 16}
C = {3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18}
(A U B) = {1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19}
(A ∩ B)’ = {2, 6, 8, 10,12,14, 18}
{3 , 6 , 9 ,12 , 15 ,18 }
C|(A ∩ B)’ = {2 , 6 ,8 ,10 , 12 ,14 ,18 }
Answer: {3, 9, 15}
20. In a class of 35 students, 10 speak Ilocano, 18 speak
Bicolano, 16 speak Cebuano, 5 speak both Bicolano and
Ilocano, 2 speak both Ilocano and Cebuano, 9 speak both
Bicolano and Cebuano, and 2 speak all three languages.
How many students do not speak any of the three
languages?
Solution:
U = 35 I B
5 3 6
2
7
35 – ( 5 + 3 + 6 + 2 + 7 + 7 + 2)
35 – 30 = 5
Answer: 5
21. Simplify: 2(5)2 – (6)(-2)3 + (3 – 7)3
Solution: 2(5)2 – (6)(-2)3 + (3 – 7)3
2(25) – (6)(-8) + (- 4)3
(50) – (-48) + (-64)
98 – 64
34
Answer: 34
22. How many different lengths of diagonals does a regular

decagon have?
Solution: There are 7 diagonals

formed for each vertex of a
decagon. But every two of them
has the same measure
therefore 3 diagonals have the
same measure added to 1
diagonal of different measure.
Answer: 4
23. Give the solution set for 3[7−2(7 x−4)] = -42x + 45

Solution: 3[7−2(7 x−4)] = -42x + 45
3(7 – 14x + 8) = -42 x + 45
21 – 42x + 24 = -42x + 45
-42x + 45 = -42x + 45
Therefore, the solution set is real numbers.
Answer: set of real numbers
24. Paul is 20 years older than Jason. In 12 years, Paul will be
twice as old as Jason will be then. How old is Paul now?
Solution:
Present Age In 12 years
Jayson’s Age x x + 12
Paul’s Age x + 20 x + 20 + 12
x + 32 = 2(x + 12)
x + 32 = 2x + 24
x – 2x = 24 – 32
-x = -8
x=8
Paul’s present age - - > x + 20 = 8 + 20 = 28
Answer: 28 years old
25. Karen jogs every morning while Roy cycles on the same
route. If Roy’s speed is three times that of Karen and Roy
starts 2 hours after Karen, how long does Roy cycle before
she overtakes Karen?
Solution: 3x = x + 2
3x – x = 2
2x = 2
x=1
Answer: 1 hr
26. Subtract 2a2 + 2ab – ac from the product of a + b and 2a –
b + c.
Solution: (2a – b + c)(a + b) – (2a2 + 2ab – ac)
(a)(2a – b + c) + (b)(2a – b + c) – (2a 2 +
2ab – ac)
(2a2 – ab + ac) + (2ab – b 2 + bc) – (2a2 +
2ab – ac)
-ab + 2ac – b2 + bc
Answer: 2ac + bc – ab – b2
27. A cylindrical container with radius 10 cm is filled with water
to a height of 2 cm. The water is poured into a second
cylindrical container with radius 4 cm. How high will the
water be in the second container?
Solution: Volume of the first cylindrical container = V1
Volume of the first cylindrical container = V2
V1 = V2
π r h=π r 2
2
π (10 ) 2 = π (4 )2 h
2
π (100)2 = π (16) h
π (200) = π (16)h
h = 12.5
Answer: 12.5 cm
28. Luis can arrange his stickers 6 or 9 to a page without any
stickers left over. If he arranges his stickers 10 to a page,
there are 2 stickers left over. What is the smallest number
of sticker Luis can have?
Solution: 1. Find smallest number that is both divisible by
6 and
9.The possible numbers are 18, 36, 54, 72
2. The number should give a remainder of 2
when divided by 10. (18/10 r. 8, 36/10 r. 6,
54/10 r. 4, 72/10 r. 2)
Therefore 72 is the smallest number of sticker Luis can
have.
Answer: 72
29. ABCDEFGH is a regular octagon. What is the measure of
∠BAD?
( n−2 ) (180) ( 8−2 ) (180) ( 6 ) (180) 1080
Solution: = = = 8 = 135 ÷ 3
n 8 8
= 45°
Answer: 45°
30. Given rectangle ABCD, let E be the midpoint of side AB
and F is the midpoint of side BC. What part of rectangle
ABCD is triangle DEF?
Solution: E 1 1
A + B
4 8
F
2+ 1 3
=
D C 8 8
3
Answer: 8
31. At a party, married people came with their husbands or
1
wives. If half of the women and 6 of the men in the party
were single, what percentage of the people in the room
were married?
Solution:
Men Women
Single ½ ½
Married 1/6 5/6
Couple + Married
(1/2)(5/6) + (5/6 – ½)
5/12 + 1/3
5+4 9 3
= =
12 12 4
Answer: 75%
32. If the length of a rectangle is x + 5, its width is 2x -1, and its
area is 2x2 + 5x + 7, what is x?
Solution: A = lw
2x2 + 5x + 7 = (x + 5)(2x – 1)
2x2 + 5x + 7 = 2x2 – x + 10x – 5
2x2 – 2x2 + 5x + x – 10x = -5 – 7
-4x = -12
x=3
Answer: 3
33. How many four-digit numbers are multiples of 12?
Solution: an = a1 + (n-1)d
9996 = 1008 + (n – 1)(12)
9996 = 1008 + 12n - 12
9996 = 996 + 12n
9996 – 996 = 12n
9000 = 12n
750 = n
Answer: 750
34. Simplify: (x2 -4)(x – 2) - (x + 3)(x2 – 4x + 4)
Solution: (x2 -4)(x – 2) - (x + 3)(x2 – 4x + 4)
(x2 -4)(x – 2) - (x + 3)(x2 – 4x + 4)
[(x2)(x – 2) + (-4)(x – 2)] – [(x)( x2 – 4x + 4) + (3)( x2 –
4x + 4)]
(x3 – 2x2 -4x + 8) – (x3 – 4x2 + 4x + 3x2 – 12x + 12)
(x3 – 2x2 -4x + 8) – (x3 – x2 – 8x + 12)
-x2 + 4x – 4
Answer: -x2 + 4x - 4
35. If n and m are positive integers, what is the value of [(-2
m
¿n +2m +3−¿ ] ÷ 2 ?
2
Solution: Assume different positive integer for n and m, let

say n = 1 and m = 2.
2
[(-2¿(1) + 2(2)+ 3−¿] ÷ 22

[(-2¿+25 −¿] ÷ 22
(-2 + 25 + 2) ÷ 22
25 ÷ 2 2
23 = 8
Answer: 8
( √ x −√ 2 ) ( √ x +2)
36. Simplify: .
x2 −4
( √ x −√ 2 ) ( √ x +2)
Solution: .
x2 −4
x−2
( x+2 ) ( x −2)
1
= x−2
1
Answer: x−2
37. A rectangle with dimensions x by x + 10 has the same area

as the square with side x + 3. What is x?
Solution: A = lw A = s2
= (x)(x + 10) = (x + 3)2
= x2 + 10x = x2 + 6x + 9
x2 + 10x = x2 + 6x + 9
x2 – x2 + 10x – 6x = 9
4x = 9
x = 9/4
Answer: 9/4
38. If today is Saturday, what day is 1020 days from now?
Solution: 101/7 = r. 3
102/7 = r. 2
103/7 = r. 6
104/7 = r. 4
105/7 = r. 5
106/7 = r. 1
Notice that the remainder is repeating in every 6 th
power of 10.
20/6 = 3 r. 2 From Saturday the next two days are
Sunday and Monday.
Answer: Monday
39. Which is larger √ 75 + 1 or 8 + √ 3?

Solution: √ 75 + 1 or 8 + √ 3
√ 25 x 3+1 or 8 + √3
5√ 3 + 1 or 8 + √3
Answer: 8+ √ 3
40. Which values of x satisfy |x + 1| = |2x - 4|?
Solution: |x + 1| = |2x - 4|
x + 1 = 2x – 4 -x – 1 = 2x – 4
x – 2x = -4 – 1 -x – 2x = -4 + 1
-x = -5 -3x = -3
x=5 x=1
Answer: x = 1 or 5
1 1 1 1
( )( )
41. What is the value of (1 - 2 ¿ 1− 3 1− 4 … (1 - 2013 ¿?
1 1 1 1
Solution: (1 - 2 ¿ (1− 3 )(1− 4 ) … (1− 2013 )
( 2−12 )( 3−1
3 )( 4−1
4 ) …(
2013−1
2013 )
( 12 )( 23 )( 34 ) … 2012
2013
notice the pattern
1
2013
1
Answer: 2013
42. The base of a pyramid is a square and its other faces are
equilateral triangles. Draw all the possible nets for the
pyramid.
Answer:
43. A car leaves A at 8 AM and travels to B at a rate of 60kph.

A bus leaves B at 8:30 AM and travels to A at a rate of 75
kph. If the car and the bus pass each other midway
between A and B, at what time will the car pass the bus?
Solution: Let t = bus travel time t + 0.5 = car travel
time
The distance is equal.
d=d
rt = rt
60(t + 0.5) = 75t
60t + 30 = 75t
75t – 60t = 30
15t = 30
t = 2 hrs
Therefore 8:30 AM + 2:00 hrs = 10:30 AM
Answer: 10:30 AM
44. Which integer values of x satisfy 3x + 1 ¿ 2 x+11≤ 4 x −3?
Solution: 3x + 1 ¿ 2 x+11 ≤ 4 x −3
3x + 1 < 2x + 11 2x + 11 ≤ 4x – 3
3x – 2x < 11 – 1 2x – 4x ≤ -3 – 11
x < 10 -2x ≤ -14
x≥7
Answer: x = 7, 8, 9
45. Find the solution set: 2 ¿|2 x−3|≤ 5

Solution: 2 ¿|2 x−3|≤ 5 2 ¿|2 x−3|≤ 5
2 < 2x – 3 2x – 3 ≤ 5 2 < -2x + 3 -2x + 3 ≤
5
2 + 3 < 2x 2x ≤ 5 + 3 2x < 3 -2 3
– 5 ≤2x
5 < 2x 2x ≤ 8 2x < 1 -2
≤ 2x
5/2 < x x ≤4 x<½ -1 ≤
x
Answer: {x: -1 ≤ x < ½ or 5/2 ≤ x < 4} or [ -1, ½) U (5/2,
4]
46. In a class of 30, ten students have computers at home and
15 have cellphones. What are the possible numbers of
students who don’t have a computer or cellphone?
Solution: U = 30 computer cellphone
Answer: from 5 to 15 5 5 10
47. If n is a positive integer, which of the following is a perfect

2 10 15
square: 3n , ¿?
Solution: Let as assume that n is 1.
2
3n ¿
2
3(1) ¿
3(1) ¿
3 -27 3(12)
36
Answer: 3(12¿n
2
48. If 5n leaves a remainder of 8 when divided by 11, what is

the remainder when 4n is divided by 11?
Solution: 11(2) + 8 = 5n (find a least number that when
multiply to
11 and added to 8 will be divisible by 5)
22 + 8 = 5n
30 = 5n
6=n
(4n)/11 = (4)(6) ÷ 11
= 24 ÷ 11
= 2 2/11
Answer: 2
49. With what polynomial must 6x4 – 2x3 + x2 + x – 5 be divided
to get a quotient of 2x2 + 5 and a remainder of 6x + 30?
Solution: [(6x4 – 2x3 + x2 + x – 5) – (6x + 30)] / (2x2 + 5)
(6x4 – 2x3 + x2 - 5x - 35)/(2x2 + 5)
3x2 – x - 7
2x2 + 5 6x4 – 2x3 + x2 - 5x - 35
- 6x4 + 15x2
-2x3 -14x2 - 5x
- 2x3 - 5x
-14x2 - 35
- -14x2 - 35
0
Answer: 3x2 – x – 7
50. Give the solution set to |3 – 2x| + |-6 + 1| ¿ 12.
Solution: |3 – 2x| + |-6 + 1| ¿ 12 |3 – 2x| + |-6 + 1| ¿ 12
3 – 2x + 5 < 12 -3 + 2x + 5 < 12
8 – 2x < 12 2 + 2x < 12
-2x < 12 – 8 2x < 12 – 2
-2x < 4 2x < 10
x > -2 x<5
Answer: {x: -2 < x , 5} or (-2, 5)

Grade 7

every question. Be sure you understand the concepts involved.
Test yourself again by answering the questions.
1. Simplify: 2(3)2 – 3(2)3 + (1 – 4)3
Solution: 2(9) – 3(8) + (-3)3
18 – 24 – 27
-33
Answer: -33
2. By how much is 3 – 1/3 greater than 2 –1/2?
1 8 8 3
Solution: 3 - 3 = 3 -
3 2
1 3 16−9 7
2- 2= 2 6
= 6
7
Answer: 6
9
Solution: 9 ÷ 200000 = 0.000045 = 4.5 x 10-5
Answer: 4.5 x 10-5
4. What is the product of three consecutive multiples of 5 if the
middle number is n?
Solution: Let n – 5 be the 1st number
n be the 2nd number (middle number)
n + 5 be the 3rd number
(n – 5)(n)(n + 5) = n(n2 – 25) = n3 – 25n
Answer: n3 – 25n
5. If water pours into a tank at a rate of 100 liters per minute, at
what rate is the tank being filled in kiloliters per hour? (1 kL =
1000 L)
L 1 kL
Solution: 100 min x 1000 L = 0.1 kL/minute
kL 60 min
1.1 x
min 1 hour
= 6 kL/hr
Answer: 6 kL/hr
6. Subtract the sum of a + 2b + c and 3a – b -2c from 6a + b –

2c.
Solution: The sum of (a + 2b + c)+(3a – b -2c) is
4a + b - c
Subtract 6a + b – 2c and 4a + b – c by changing
the sign of the subtrahend then add
6a + b – 2c
-4a - b + c
2a –c
Answer: 2a – c
−7 5
7. Simplify: (3 – 8) x ( 2 ) - 2 (-2)
−7
Solution: (-5)( 2 ) + 5
35
(2)+5
35+10
2
45
2
45
Answer: 2
8. The sum of the interior angles of a polygon is 1620 o. How
many sides has the polygon?
Solution: let n be the number of sides
sum of the interior angles = (n – 2)180o
1620 = (n – 2)1800
1620 = 180n – 360
1620 + 360 = 180n
1980 180 n
180
= 180
n = 11
Answer: 11
1 1
9. Simplify:(3 - 4 )2 – (3 + 4 )2
1 1
Solution: (3 - 4 )2 – (3 + 4 )2
11 13
( 4 )2 - ( 4 )2
11 13 11 13 −2 24
( 4 − 4 ) ( 4 + 4 ) = ( 4 )( 4 ) = -3
Answer: -3
10. The sum of two angles of a triangle is three times the
third angle. What is the sum of the first two angles?
Solution: Let x be the third angle
3x be the sum of the first 2 angles
Equation: 3x + x = 180
4x = 180
x = 45
3x = 3(45) = 135o
Answer: 135o
11. Danny had some stickers. He gave 1/3 of the stickers plus
1 sticker to his brother. Then he gave 1/3 of the remaining
stickers plus 4 stickers to his sister. Finally, he gave ½ of
what remained plus 3 stickers to his bestfriend. He found that
he had 4 stickers left. How many stickers did Danny have at
first?
Solution: work backward
let x be the number of stickers
x
a. x - 2 – 3 = 4
x
(x - 2 – 3 = 4) 2
2x –x – 6 = 8
x = 14
x
b. x - 3 – 4 = 14
x
(x - 3 – 4 = 14) 3
3x –x – 12 = 42
2x = 54
x = 27
x
c. x - 3 – 1 = 27
x
(x - 3 – 1 = 27) 3
3x – x – 3 = 81
2x = 84
x = 42
Answer: 42
12. What number is 2/5 of the way from -3 to 5?

Solution: the distance from -3 to 5 is 5 – (-3) = 8
2 16 1
2/5 of 8 => 5 (8) = 5 or 3 5
1 1
-3 + 3 5 = 5
1
Answer: 5
13. The number n is divisible by 3. The number n2 is 3641A5.

What
digit does A represent?
Solution: If n is divisible by 3, then n2 is divisible by 9. In
symbol,
if n = 3 then n2 = 9.
A number is divisible by 9, if the sum of its digits
is
divisible by 9.
3 + 6 + 4 + 1 + 5 = 19, it is not divisible by 9 so
we need
to add 8 to make it 27, thus A = 8.
Answer: 8
14. What is the smallest positive integer that must be
multiplied to 60
to get a perfect cube?
Solution: The prime factors of 60 are 2x2x3x5, thus
we need
to multiply 2.3.3.5.5 to make it a perfect
cube.
2x3x3x5x5 = 450
Answer: 450
1
1+
4
15. Compute: 10 ÷ 3
2−
5
5
4
Solution: 10 ÷
7
5
5 5
10 ÷( x )
4 7
25
10 ÷
28
28 56
10 x 25 = 5
56
Answer: 5
16. What three-digit number is both the square of an integer and

the cube of an integer?
Solution: 3.3.3.3.3.3 = 729
32.32.32 = 729
33.33 = 729
Answer: 729
( √ x−√ 3)( √ x + √ 3)
17. Simplify:
x 2−3 x
Solution:
√ x 2−√ 9
x ( x−3 )
x−3
x(x −3)
1
x
1
Answer: x
18. If x is twice as far from -9 as it is from 3, what are the

possible values of x?
Solution:the distance from 3 to -9 is 12, thus 12÷ 3 = 4
a. 3 – 4 = -1 -9 + 2(4) = -1 x = -1
2(4) 4
-9 -1 3
b. 3 + 12 = 15 -9 + 2(12) = 15 x = 15
2(12)
12
-9 3 15
Answer: -1 and 15
19. Sandra is 18 years older than Paolo. In 13 years, Sandra

will be twice as old as Paolo will be then. How old is
Sandra now?
Solution: Let x be the present age of Sandra
Present Age 13 years from now
Sandra x + 18 x + 18 + 13
Paolo x x + 13
Equation: x + 31 = 2(x + 13)
x + 31 = 2x + 26
x – 2X = 26 – 31
-x = -5
x = 5 Paolo’s age
x + 18 = 5 + 18 = 23 Sandra’s age
Answer: 23 years old
20. Which is bigger √3 5 or √ 3 ?
Answer: √ 3
21. The average of 5 numbers is 14. The average of three of the
numbers is 12. What is the average of the other two
numbers?
Solution: 14 x 5 = 70 the sum of 5 numbers
12 x 3 = 36 the sum of 3 of the numbers
70 – 36 = 34 the sum of the other 2 numbers
34 ÷ 2 = 17 average of the other 2 numbers
Answer: 17
22. A sandwich costs p pesos. A cookie costs Php9 less than a
sandwich. How much more expensive are 8 cookies than 5
sandwiches?
Solution: 5(p) = 5p cost of 5
sandwiches
8(p – 9) = 8p – 72 cost of 8 cookies
8p – 72 – 5p = 3p – 72
Answer: Php 3p – 72
23. Which values of x satisfy ⃒
2x + 1⃒= ⃒
2x - 9⃒
?
Solution: 2x + 1 = + (2x – 9)
2x + 1 = 2x -9 2x + 1 = -2x + 9
2x – 2x = -9 – 1 2x + 2x = 9 – 1
0 = -10 4x = 8
No solution x=2
Answer: 2
24. A car leaves P at 8 AM and travels to Q at a constant speed.
A bus leaves Q at 8:45 AM and travels to P at a speed three
times that of the car. If they meet at 10:00 AM, find the ratio
of the distance travelled by the bus to the distance travelled
by the car when they meet.
Solution: distance = speed x time
let x be the speed of a car
Speed Time Distance

Car x 2 2x
Bus 3x 1.25 3.75x
Distance travelled by the bus: Distance travelled
by the car 3.75x : 2x => 375 : 200 => 15:8
Answer: 15:8
25. How many 3-digit numbers are multiples of 18?
Solution: 999 ÷ 18 = 55, there are 55 numbers divisible by
18 from
1 to 999
99 ÷ 18 = 5, there 5 numbers divisible by 18 from
1 to 99
Thus, 55 – 5 = 50, there are 50 numbers divisible by
18 from 100 to 999 (3-digit numbers)
Answer: 50
26. If the perimeter of a square is 8x + 6, what is its area?

Perimeter 8 x+6 3
Solution: Side of the square = 4
= 4
= 2x + 2
3 9
Area of the square = s2 = (2x + 2 )2 = 4x2 + 6x + 4
9
Answer: 4x2 + 6x + 4
27. Two vertical poles are 3 meters apart. Jack is climbing one
pole while Jill climbs the other. If the distance between Jack
and Jill is 5 meters, how much higher is Jill than John?
Solution: Pythagorean Theorem: c2 = a2 + b2
52 = a 2 + 3 2
25 = a2 + 9
25 – 9 = a2
16 = a2
a = 4 m , Jill is higher than Jack by 4m
Answer: 4 meters
28. If the circumference of a circle is increased by 20%, by how
much is its area increased?
Solution: Circumference = 2 π r
Suppose C = 100, an increase of 20% is C = 120
a. Get the radius
100 = 2 π r 120 = 2 π r
100 2 πr 120 2 πr
2π
= 2π 2π
= 2π
50 60
r= π r= π
b. Find the area: (A = π r2)
50 60
A = π ( π )2 A = π ( π )2
2500 3600
A = π( ) A = π( )
π2 π2
2500 3600
A= π A= π
c. Get the difference
3600 2500 1100
- =
π π π
d. Get the rate of increase
1100 2500 1100 π 1100
π
÷
π
= π
x 2500
= 2500
= 0.44 = 44%
Answer: 44%
29. A camp director prepared enough food for 100 students for 6
days. If only 75 students came, how long will the food supply
last?
Solution: Let x be the number of days the food supply will
last for
75 students
100 : x = 75 : 6
75x = 600
x=8
Answer: 8 days
30. How many two-digit numbers are not divisible by 4 nor 5?
Solution: There are 90 two-digit numbers.
a. 2-digit numbers divisible by 4
99 10
4
- 4 , 24 – 2 = 22
b. 2-digit numbers divisible by 5
99 10
- 5 , 19 – 1 = 18
5
c. 2-digit numbers divisible by 4 and 5
99
=4
20
d. 2-digit numbers divisible by 4 or 5
22 + 18 – 4 = 36
e. 2-digit numbers not divisible by 4 nor 5
90 – 36 = 54
Answer: 54
31. If n is a prime number not equal to 2, which of the following
can be a prime: n+3, 2n–1, n2+1?
Solution: Assume values of n
Answer: 2n – 1
32. What must be added to the product of 2x – 1 and 4x + 5 to
obtain 4x2 + 8x + 1?
Solution: a. Get the product of 2x – 1 and 4x + 5
(2x – 1)(4x + 5) = 8x2 + 6x – 5
b. Get the difference of 4x2 + 8x + 1 and 8x2 + 6x

–5
_ 4x2 + 8x + 1 4x2 + 8x + 1
+
_ 8x2 + 6x – 5 => -8x2 - 6x + 5
-4x2 + 2x + 6
Answer: -4x2 + 2x + 6
33. If the greatest common divisor of two numbers is 12 and their
least common multiple is 180, what are the possible pairs of
numbers?
Solution: LCM = 180 , GCF = 12 = 2.2.3
The product of this pair of numbers is (180)(12)=
2160 = 2160 = 2x2x2x2x3x3x3x5
Possible pairs a. 2x2x3x3 = 36 , 2x2x3x5 = 60
b. 2x2x3 = 12 , 2x2x3x5x3 = 180
Answer: 36 and 60, 12 and 180

34. Given a positive integer n. Arrange the following from least to
greatest: √ n+1, √ n+1, n + 1?
Solution: Assume values of n, for example let n = 9
a. √ n + 1 = √ 9 + 1 = 3 + 1 = 4
b. √ n+1 = √ 9+1 = √ 10 = 3.2
c. n+1 = 9 + 1 = 10
Answer: √ n+1, √ n+1, n + 1
35. What is the largest integer which is always a factor of the
sum of three consecutive even integers?
Solution: no. of consecutive integers x their common
difference
3x2=6
Answer: 6
36. If the sum of the first 100 positive integers is 5050, what is
the sum of the next 100 integers?
Solution: 101 + 102 + 103 . . . . . . . 198 + 199 + 200
101 + 200 = 301
102 + 199 = 301
103 + 198 = 301
301 x 50 = 15 050
Answer: 15 050
37. With what polynomial must 3x4 – 3x3 + 5x2 + 2x be divided to
get a quotient of 3x2 + 2 and a remainder of 4x – 2?
Solution: Subtract first the remainder from the dividend
then divide
the difference by 3x2 + 2
a. (3x4–3x3 + 5x2 + 2x)–(4x–2) = 3x4–3x3 + 5x2-2x + 2
b. x2 – x + 1
3x3 + 2 3x4–3x3 + 5x2–2x + 2
(-)3x4 +(-)2x2
-3x3 + 3x2 –2x + 2
-(+)3x3 -(+)2x
2
3x +2
2
3x +2
0
Answer: x2 – x + 1
38. If 7n leaves a remainder of 8 when divided by 9, what is the
remainder when 5n is divided by 9?
Solution:
a. Test the multiples of 9 to the given condition
9 + 8 = 17
18 + 8 = 26
27 + 8 = 35
35 is divisible by 7 then 7n = 35 thus n = 5
b. Substitute n = 5 to 5n/9
5n 5(5) 25
9
= = 9 = 18 r. 7
9
Answer: 7
39. Find the solution set: ⃒
3 - x⃒
>11.
Solution: 3 – x > 11 3 – x < -11
–x > 11 – 3 –x < -11 – 3
–x > 8 –x < -14
x < -8 x > 14
Answer: x < -8 or x > 14

2 2 2 2 2
40. Compute: (1 - 3 ) (1 - 5 ) (1 - 7 ) (1 - 9 ) (1 - 75 )
2 2 2 2 2
Solution: (1 - 3 ) (1 - 5 ) (1 - 7 ) (1 - 9 ) (1 - 75 )
1 3 5 7 73 73
( 3 ) ( 5 ) ( 7 ) ( 9 ) ( 75 ) = 675
73
Answer: 675
41. Each square in the figure has side length 1. The curve in
each square is a circular arc with center at a corner of the
square. What is the area of the shaded region?
Solution: let
Asquare = s2, A = 22, A=4

2 2
Acircle = π r , A = (3.14)(1 ), A = 3.14
Find the area of the shaded region
A4squares = 4 Acircle Asquare - Acircle
3.14 4 – 3.14 = 0.86
Therefore, 4 + 3.14 + 0.86 = 8
Answer: 8 square units

Solution: 168 = 2x2x3x7x2
420 = 2x2x3x7x5
LCM: 2x2x3x7x2x5 = 840
Answer: 840
43. A salesman receives a basic salary of Php10,000 and a
month when he earned Php25,000?
Solution: a. Find the amount of his commission
25,000 – 10,000 = 15,000
b. 15,000 is 5% of ___
15,000 ÷ 0.05 = 300,000
Answer: Php300,000
Solution: Substitute x = 5/2
5 5
2( 2 )2 – 8( 2 ) + 2⃒
⃒
25
2( 4 ) – 4(5) + 2⃒
⃒
25
⃒2 – 20 + 2⃒
25
⃒2 - 18⃒
25−36
⃒ 2 ⃒
−11
⃒2 ⃒
11
2
11
Answer: 2
45. Find all real numbers for which (7 – x)/2 > (4x + 3)/4.
7−x 4 x +3
Solution: 2
> 4
4(7 – x) >2(4x + 3)
28 – 4x > 8x + 6
-4x – 8x > 6 – 28
-12x > -22
11
x< 6
11
Answer: x < 6
46. For what values of x is (3x – 1)/4 < (2x + 5)/3?

3 x −1 2 x +5
Solution: 4
< 3
3(3x – 1) < 4(2x + 5)
9x – 3 < 8x + 20
9x – 8x < 20 + 3
x < 23
Answer: x < 23
47. Write an equation of the line through (-2,3) and (1,4).
Solution: let (-2,3) as (x1,y1) and (1,4) as (x2,y2)

y 2− y 1
y – y1 = x (x – x1)
2−x 1
4−3
y – 3 = 1−(−2) (x – (-2))
1
y – 3 = 3 (x + 2)
3(y – 3) = x + 2
3y – 9 = x + 2
-x + 3y – 9 – 2 =
-x + 3y – 11 = 0
x – 3y + 11 = 0
Answer: x – 3y + 11 = 0
48. Solve for x and y: 7x – 3y = 23 and x + 2y = 13.
Solution: System of linear equation (By substitution)
a. Solve for y, let x = -2y + 13
Substitute the value of x to 7x – 3y = 23
7(-2y + 13) – 3y = 23
-14y + 91 – 3y = 23
-17y = 23 – 91
-17y = -68
y=4
b. Solve for x, let y = 4
Substitute the value of y to any of the given
equation. Say x + 2y = 13
x + 2y = 13
x + 2(4) = 13
x + 8 = 13
x = 13 – 8
x=5
Answer: x=5

how many years will Pete’s age be ¼ that of his grandfather?
Solution:
Present Age x years from now

Pete 12 12 + x
Grandfather 63 63 + x
Equation: 4(12 + x) = 63 + x
48 + 4x = 63 + x
4x – x = 63 – 48
3x = 15
x=5
Answer: 5 years
50. ∆ ABC has its coordinates at A(a,-1), B(8,-1) and C(5,4). If the
base is twice the height, find a.
Solution:
The height is 5 units, therefore the base is 10 units since the

base is twice the height.
From B(8,-1), count 10 units to the left of the x-axis.
Thus a = 2 since 8 – 10 is -2.
Answer: -2

Grade 7

involved. Test yourself again, by answering the questions. Give
all fractions in lowest terms and all expressions in expanded
form.
1. Simplify: 6(2¿2 – (4 - 5¿3

Solution :
6(2)2 – (4 – 5)3
= 6(4) – (- 1)3
= 24 – (- 1)
= 24 + 1
= 25
Answer : 25
1 1
2. By how much is 3 - 3 greater than 2 - 2?
Solution :
1 8 1 −3
3- 3 = 3 2
– 2 = 2
8 −3 16 +9
= 3− 2 = 6
25
= 6
25
Answer : 16
11
Solution :
11/250,000 = 0.000044
Answer: 4.4 x 10-5
4. The product of two prime numbers is 302. What is the sum of
the two numbers?
Solution :
Since the product of two prime numbers is even, one
of the factors is 2, the only prime even number.
302 ÷ 2 = 151
151 + 2 = 153
Answer : 153
5. A shirt is marked ₱315 after a discount of 10% and value

added tax of 12%. What was the price of the shirt before tax
and the discount?
Solution :
Let x – be the original price
0.1 x – the discount
0.12( x−0.1 x ) - tax
x−0.1 x+ 12 ( x−0.1 x )=315
0.9 x+ 0.12 ( 0.9 )=315
0.9 x+ 0.0008 x =315
1.008 x=315
x=312.50
Answer : Php 312.50
6. How many different lengths of diagonals does regular
octagon have?
Answer: 3
1 1
7. What number is midway between 3 + 3 and 2 - 3 ?
Solution :
(3+ 13 )+(2− 13 )
2
10 5
+
= 3 3
2
15 1
= 3 ∙2
15
= 6
5
=2
5
Answer : 2
9 3
8. Simplify: (2 – 5) x (- 8 ¿ - 4 (−2).
Solution :
−9 3
( )
(2 – 5)× 8 − 4 (−2)
−9 3
= (-3)( 8 ) + 2
27 3
= 8 +2
27+12
= 8
39
= 8
39
Answer : 8
9. Simplify: ¿
Solution :
( 72 + 56 ) - ( 72 − 56 )
2 2
¿
[ 494 +2( 72 )( 56 )+ 2536 ]−[ 494 −2( 72 )( 56 )+ 2536 ]
49 35 25 49 35 25
¿ + + −( − + )
4 6 36 4 6 36
49 35 25 49 35 25
¿ + + − + −
4 6 36 4 6 36
70
¿
6
35
¿
3
35
Answer : 3
10. The sum of the measures of the interior angles of a polygon

is 1980°. How many sides has the polygon?
Solution :
Sum of interior angles = 180(n-2)
1980 = 180(n-2)
1980 = 180(n-2)
1980 = 180n – 360
2340 = 180n
n = 13
Answer : 13
11. The average of three numbers is 20. Two numbers are
added to the set and the average of the five numbers the
average becomes 42. If one of the numbers is twice the
other, what are the numbers added to the data?
Solution : Since the average of 3 number is 20,then their
sum is 60.
60 + 3x = 210
3x = 150
x = 50
Answer: 50 & 100

1
1+
5
12. Compute: 24 ÷ 1 .
2−
3
Solution :
1
1+
5
24 ÷
1
2−
3
6
5
¿ 24 ÷
5
3
6 3
¿ 24 ÷ ∙
5 5
600
¿
18
100
¿
3
100
Answer: 3
13. Subtract 5 a – 2 b+ c from the sum of 3 a+b−2 c and a−b+3 c .

Solution :
3a + b – 2c
a – b + 3c
4a + c
-(5a – 2b + c)
- a + 2b
Answer : - a + 2
14. Alex,Beth and Carla play a game in which the loosing

player in
each round gives each of the other players as much money
as the player has at that time. In round 1, Alex loses and
gives Beth and Carla as much money as they each have.
In round 2, Beth loses and in round 3 Carla loses. After 3
rounds, they find that they each have ₱40. How much
money did Alex have at the start of the game?
Answer : 80
15. Three two-digit numbers have consecutive tens digits and
have
units all equal to 5. If the tens digit of the smallest number
is n, what
is the sum of three numbers?
Solution :
Let 10 n+5 be the first number
10 ( n+1 ) +5be the second number
10 ( n+2 ) +5be the third number
( 10 n+5 ) + ( 10 n+15 )+ (10 n+ 25 )=30 n+ 45

Answer : 30 n+ 45
16. The length of a rectangle is 8cm more than its width. If the
length is decreased by 9 and the width is tripled, the area
is increased by 50%. What was the area of the original
rectangle?
Solution :
Let w – width of the rectangle
( w+8) – length of the rectangle
w (w+ 8) – original area of the rectangle
3 w ( w−1 ) =w ( w+ 8 ) +.50(w2 +8 w)
3 w 2−3 w=w 2+ 8 w+0.50 w 2+ 0.50(8 w)
3 w 2−3 w=1.5 w2 +8 w +4 w
1.5 w 2−3 w−12 w=0
1.5 w 2−15 w=0
w 2−10 w=0
w ( w−10 )=0
w=0 w=10
A=10 ( 80 )=180 cm2
Answer : 180 cm2
17. Evaluate: 236 x 542 + 548 x 764 + 542 x 764 + 236 x 458.
Solution :
236 ×542+ 458× 764+542 ×764+ 236 ×458 =
( 236 ×542+236 × 458 ) +¿
= 236 ( 542+458 )+764 ( 458+542 )
= 236 ( 1000 ) +746(1000)
= 1000(1000)
= 1 000 000
Answer: 1 000 000
18. TRUE or FALSE: If n is a real number, then n2 is positive.
Solution :
0 is real & when 0 is squared it is not positive
because 0 is neither positive nor negative.
Answer: False
19. If n kilos of rice costs p pesos, how much will x kilos of rice
cost?
Px
Answer: n
20. If the letters of the word MATHEMATICS are repeatedly

and consecutively written, what is the 2016th letter?
Solution :
Since the word MATHEMATICS has 11 letters, there
are 183 rounds to write the word continuously.
Because 183 ( 11 ) = 2013, there are three more letters
before arriving at 2016th letter. Thus , 2014th letter is M,
2015th letter is A and 2016th letter is T.
Answer : T
( x−√ 2 ) ( x+ √ 2)
21. Simplify: .
x 3−2 x
Solution :
(x + √ 2)( x− √2)
x 3−2 x
x 2−2
¿ 2
x ( x −2)
1
¿
x
1
Answer: x
22. If x is three times as far from -5 as it is from 15, what are

the possible values of x?
Answer: -15 or 0
23. If three children eat 4 kilos of rice in 5 days, how long will
12 children eat at 48 kilos of rice?
Solution :
3 children can eat 4 kilos of rice in 5 days,
12 children can eat 16 kilos of rice in 5 days
Since 12 children can eat 16 kilos of rice in 5 days, it
follows
that 12 children can eat 48 kilos of rice in 15 days
Answer: 15 days
24. A conical tank full of water is emptied into an empty
cylindrical tank of the same height. If the base radius of the
cylinder is twice that of the cone, what fraction of the
cylinder will be filled with water?
Solution :
Let x – radius of cone
2x – radius of cylinder
1
V cone = π x 2 h
3
V cyl =π (2 x 2) h
V cyl =4 π x 2 h
1
π x2 h
= 3
4 π x2 h
1 1 1
= 3 ∙ 4 = 12
1
Answer: 12
18
25. Find the minimum integer n for which n+1 is an integer.
Solution :
18
=−1
n+1
18=−n−1
n=−19
Answer : −19
26. The sum of the square roots of two positive integers is 5. If
the two integers differ by 5, what are the integers?
Solution :
√ x+ √ x−5=5 Square Both Sides
¿
x +2 √ x ( x−5)+ x−5=25
2 x−5+2 √ x 2−5=25
2 √ x 2−5=−2 x+30
2 2
(2 √ x 2−5) = (−2 x +30 )
4 ( x 2−5 ) =4 x 2−120 x+ 900
4 x2 −20=4 x 2−120 x+ 900
100 x=900
x=9
x−5=9−5=4
Answer: 4 and 9
27. A worm crawls 7.5 inches in 80 seconds. What is its speed

in feet per hour?
Solution :
1 ft
7.5∈ ¿ × ¿
80 s 3600 s 56.25 ft
12∈¿ × × =28.125 ¿
1 hr 2 hr
ft
Answer: 28.125 hr
28. By how much is (3x – 5)(x + 2) greater than (x + 4)(2x -1)?

Solution:
( 3 x−5 ) ( x+2 )−( x+ 4 )( 2 x−1 )
3 x 2+ x −10−(2 x 2 +7 x−4 )
3 x 2+ x −10−2 x 2−7 x+ 4
x 2−6 x−6
Answer: x 2−6 x−6
29. A game consists of drawing a number from 1 – 20. A player
wins if the number drawn is either a prime number or a
perfect square. What is the probability of winning this
game?
Solution :
Prime Nos. – 8 { 2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19 }
Perfect squares – 4 { 1,4,9,16 }
8 C1 + 4 C1 8+ 4 12 3
= = = =60 %
20 20 20 5
8 4 12 3
+ = = =60 %
20 20 20 5
3
Answer: 5 ∨60 %
30. The number of boys in a class is equal to the number of

girls. Nine boys are absent today, and this leaves twice as
many girls as boys in the classroom. How many students
belong to the class?
Solution :
x – no. of boys
y – no. of girls
x=y
x = 2(x - 9)
x = 2x – 18
18 = 2x – x
18 = x
y = 18
Answer: 36
31. A square region is removed from a rectangular region.
Which of the following can be true?
(a) The perimeter is decreased.
(b) The perimeter is not changed.
(c) The perimeter is increased.
Answer: (b) the perimeter is not changed.
32. A bag contains 5 black, 5 red, 6 blue, 6 green, 7 white, 8
yellow and 10 orange beads. At least how many beads can
be drawn from the bag to ensure that at least 3 beads of
the same color are chosen?
Solution :
(7×3) – 6
21 – 6 = 15 beads
Answer: 15
33. How many positive numbers less than 1000 divisible by 6
but not by 5?
Solution :
1000
=166
6
1000
=33
30
166−33=133
Answer : 133
34. A 4cm by 5cm by 7cm rectangular prism is painted in all
faces. If the prism is cut into 1cm x 1cm cubes, how many
cubes do not have paint on any of its sides?
Solution :
4 x 5 x 7 = 140
40 = 2(4x5x1) - Top and Bottom
40 = 2(4x1x5) – Front and Back
30 = 2(1x3x5) – 2 Sides
110
140 – 110 = 30
Answer : 30
35. Andrew is 5 years old and Charlie is 26. In how many years
will Charlie be 2 ½ times as old as Andrew?
Solution:
Age
Now In x years
Andrew 5 5+x
Charlie 26 26+x
5
26+ x= (5+ x )
2
25 5 x
[ 26+ x= +
2 2 ] Multiply By 2
52+2 x=25+5 x
27=3 x
9=x
Answer: 9
36. A car is driving along a highway at 55kph. The driver
notices a bus ½ km behind. The bus passes the car one
minute later. What was the speed of the bus?
Solution :
s1=55 kph - car
d
s2=
t
1
d= km
2
1
t= hr
60
1
km
2 1
s2= =( km)(60 hr )
1 2
hr
60
s2=30 kph
s1 + s2=55 kph+ 30 kph
s=85 kph
Answer: 85 kph
37. With what polynomial must 8x5 – 10x3 + 2x + 5 be divided to
get a quotient of 4x2- 3 and a remainder of 5 – x?
Solution :
Using long division, divide 8x5 – 10x3 + 2x + 5 by 4x2- 3
Answer: 2x3 - x
38. The volume of sphere is equal to its surface area. What is
the diameter of the sphere?
Solution :
4
V = π r3
3
SA=4 π r 2
4 3
π r =4 π r 2
3
r3 4 π 3
= ∙
r2 π 4
r =3
d=6
Answer: 6
39. If 3A54B10 is divisible by 330, what are the values of A and
B?
Solution :
Trial and error at the same time apply divisibility rule of
11, 10 and 3.
Answer: A = 0 and B = 8
40. Find the solution set: |5 – 2x|< 19.
Solution:
|5−2 x|<19 −5+2 x< 19
5−2 x <19 2 x<24
−2 x<14 x <12
x >−7
Answer: {−7< x <12 }
41. If 47 A2969 is equal to the square of 3(721 + A), find the
digit A.
Solution :
Number ends in 3 or 7 when squared gives a unit digit
9,
so think of digit A that will satisfy the condition given.
If A is zero, then [3(721 + A)] 2 will not give 9 as the unit
digit
If A is 8, then [3(721 + A)]2 will give 9 as the unit digit
Finally , verify whether 42A3969 = [3(721 + A)] 2 if A= 8
Answer: 8
42. Consider the sequence 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,5,5,5,5,5,...how
many numbers in the sequence are needed so that the sum
of the reciprocals is 100?
Solution :
1, 2,2, 3,3,3,,4,4,4,4, 5,5,5,5,5,…
Getting the sum of reciprocals of same numbers , ½ +
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
½ = 1, 3 +¿ 3 + 3 =¿ 1, ¼ + ¼ + ¼ + ¼ = 1, 5 +¿ 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 =
1, …
Observe that the sum of the reciprocals of the same
numbers is always 1, hence to get the sum of 100, the
numbers in the sequence must be up to 100 100’s.
Adding the sum of 1 + 2+ 3 +4 +5 + …+ 100 and by
pairing
1+100 = 101, 2+ 99 = 101, 3+98=101, 4 + 97 =101, 5 + 95
= 101,…
We get 50 pairs, hence 50 ( 101 ) = 5050
Answer: 5, 050
43. If n is a positive odd integer, which of the following is a
2
perfect square: 2n ,25 ( 3 n+2 ) , 7n (n +1) ?

Answer: 7n ( n+1) Since, n(n+1) is always even.
44. The sum of the first 50 odd integers is 2500. What is the
sum of the next 50 odd integers?
Solution:
50 pairs with the sum of 150
50 x 150 = 7500
Answer: 7 500
45. Felix has an average of 90 in five tests, each test with 100
points. What is the lowest possible score Felix could have
gotten in a test?
Solution:
90 x 5 = 450
100 x 4 = 400
450 – 400 = 50
Answer: 50
46. In square ABCD, P is the midpoint of AB and Q is the
midpoint of BC. What percent of the area of ABCD is the
area of ∆ PQD?
Solution :
Area of the square ABCD = 1 sq. unit
1 1
1− 2
[ 2
( ) ( 1 ) ( 0.5 ) +( ) ( 0.5 ) ( 0.5)
2 ]
1−(0.5+0.125)
1−0.625
0.375
Answer: 37.5%
9
47. If 1 ¿ x < 8 , which is bigger, √3 3 x∨√ 2 x ?
Answer: √3 3 x
48. Find the least positive integer that leaves a remainder of 1,
2 and 3 when divided by 3, 5 and 7, respectively.
Solution :
By listing
3+1= 4, 7,10,13,16,
19,22,25,28,31,34,37,40,43,46,49,52,55,…
5+2= 7,12,17,22,27,32,37,42,47,52,57,62,67,…
7+3=10, 17,24,31,37,45,52,59,66,…
Answer: 52
49. Find all points x on the real number line such that the sum
of the distance from x to 4 and from x to -4 is 12.
Answer: 6 & -6
50. If 11n leaves a remainder of 6 when divided by 7, what is

the remainder when 5n is divided by 7?
Solution :
Trial & error
Let n = 1,2 3,4,5,6,….
11(1) ÷ 7 = 1 r. 4
11(2) ÷ 7 = 3 r. 1
11(3) ÷ 7 = 4 r. 5
11(4) ÷ 7 = 6 r. 2
11(5) ÷ 7 = 7 r. 7, thus n=5
Therefore, 5(5) ÷ 7= 3 r. 4
Answer: 4
Metrobank MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge
QUESTIONS
Mathematics I
Directions: Test yourself again, by answering the questions. Use π

= 3.14 when necessary. Give linear equations in the form y = mx +
b.
1. How many times as great is the underlined 5 in 254 376 578

than the five is not underlined?
2. If 1 inch = 2.54cm, how many meters equal 60 inches?
3. How many hectares equal to 3.5 km2?
4. Dean ran 2.3 km while Greg ran 3035 m. Who ran farther
and by how much?
5. If the price of rice at the beginning of a month is ₱20 kg and
the inflation for that month is 4.5%, what is the expected
price at the end of the month?
6. Which of 3/8, 123/10, 5/6, and 67/20 is non-terminating if
change to decimals?
8. Round 456 963 to the nearest hundred.
9. Change 4/7 to a decimal to the nearest thousandths.
10. Simplify: 2x – (-5 – (3x – 2y – 7) – 5x – 8y) – 4y
11. What will you add to 3x2 – 5x + 7 to get x2 + 6x – 7?
12. What will you subtract from 5x2–3x + 5 to get 7x2 + 5x – 7?
13. Find the product of (3x – 2y)(2x2 – 3xy + 5y2)
14. What is the remainder when 4x3 – 7x2 + 5x – 7 is divided by
x – 2?
15. Write the product of 3 consecutive integers as a polynomial
if the smallest is x?
16. An artificial lake has a diameter of 50 m. If you jog around
it, how many meters will that be?
17. If your step is 72 cm and you can make 80 steps a minute,
what is your speed per hour? 16 cm
18. What is the perimeter of the figure?
18 cm
17 cm
40 10 cm 19 cm
cm16
cm
12 cm
52 cm
19. What is the area of the same figure 7?

20. If n <√ 200<¿n + 1, what is n?
21. Which of the following is/are rational?
25 49
B. √ 574 B. √ 156 C.
√ 64
D.
√ 75
22. The length of a rectangle garden is 15 m and the width is 8
m. How long is a diagonal of the garden?
23. Evaluate ¿3-10| - |18 - 7| - |5 - 10|.
24. Express 3.05 x 10-4 in decimal notation.
25. What is the value of (0.3)5?
26. On an arithmetic calculator, what result will you get if you
key in 10 + 13 x 12 - 18/3
27. What will be the result of 10 + 3 x 12 - 18/3 on a scientific
calculator?
28. If x = 2, y = -1 and z = 3, find the value of 6x2y3/z2?
29. The volume of a cube is 343 cm 3. What is the length of an
edge?
30. How many pieces of string 2.3 m long can be cut from a roll
50 m long?
31. The ratio of two numbers is 4:7. If their sum is 121, what is
the bigger of the two numbers?
3x+4 2 x−5
32. Solve for x: 2
+ 3
=5
33. If 3x – 4y = 12 and x = 5, what is y2?
34. Solve for x: 3 – 4x ≤ 9 – x.
3 x −2 2 x +3
35. Solve for x: 3
+ 4
<¿ 5.
36. The product of two numbers is 864. If the greatest common

factor is 12, what is the least common multiple of the two
numbers?
37. On a number line, what is the rational number midway
between 2/7 and 4/9?
38. A man drove 220 km in 3 ½ hr. Part of the trip was at
60km/hr and the rest at 65km/hr. Find the time spent at the
slower speed?
39. What is the slope of the line through A(-2, 5) and
B(4, 7)?
40. What is the x – intercept of the line 4x – 5y = 9?
41. Write 5x – 3y = 7 in the form y = mx + b.
42. Solve for x in |2x - 3|= 7
43. Solve for x in |5 – 3x| + 4 = 15.
44. Find the equation of the line in the graph.
45. What is the equation of the line with -2 and 3 as the x and y
x -2 -1 0 1 2
46. What is the equation of the line
y 11 9 7 5 3
47. George can paint a house in 10 days. Ken can paint the
same house in 12 days. How long will it take both to paint the
house?
48. Find the equations of the line passing through A(2, 5) and
49. The sum of three numbers is 138. The second is 5 more
than the first and the third is 5 more than the second. Find
the third number.
50. A car left town A at 3:00 pm at 45 kph for town B. An hour
later another car at 60 kph was sent to stop the first car from
proceeding to town B. At what time will the second car
overtake the first?
Mathematics I
Directions: Test yourself again.
1. If 1 inch = 2.54 cm, how many meters equal to 80 inches?
2. A rectangular school yard is 168m by 145m. How many
hectares is it?
3. RJ run 3.45 km. while Jun run 3850 m. How much farther did
Jun run?
5 68 7 13
4. Which of 8 , 10 , 12 , 25 is non-terminating if changed to
decimal?
14 15
5. Which is greater 17 or 19 ?
6. Round 495, 356, 760 to the nearest ten millions.

9
7. Change 14 to a decimal to the nearest thousandths.
8. How many times as great is the underlined 5 in 3, 576,159
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 three consecutive even numbers as a
polynomial if the smallest is x – 2?
12. An artificial circular lake has a diameter of 124 m. If you jog
around it five 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 to 5x2 – 7x + 10 to get 9x2 + 5x – 7?
17. Subtract 3x2 -12x + 9 from 7x2 + 3x – 5
18. Divide (15x3 – x2 - 18x + 8) by (3x - 2).
19. Multiply: (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. Find the product. (3x – 4y)(9x2 + 12xy + 16y2)
23. A rectangular park is 48cm. long and 14m. wide. How long
will a diagonal walk across it be?
24. If your step is 75cm.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, 2.4dm.long can be cut from a
roll of 15m.long?
29. What is the ratio of 24dm. to 4m.
30. A graduated cylindrical cylinder has water to the 54mL mark.
When a marble was dropped in, the water rose to the 81mL
mark. What is the volume of the marble?
31. A subdivision water tank is 4.5m long, 2.8m wide and 3.4m
high. How much water does it contain when full?
32. If the water tank in no. 31 is placed into a 100 liter container,
how many will be completely filled?
33. Write in symbols: “the sum of the cubes of x and y divided by
their difference”.
34. The ratio of two numbers is 3:5. If their sum is 120, find the
bigger number.
4 x +5 3 x −2
35. Solve for x: 3 = 2
36. If 3x – 7y = 18 and y = -3, what is x?
3 x −2 2 x+ 3
−
4
< 5?
38. Write an inequality: “7 less than thrice x is less than 9 more
than twice y”.
39. Sole for x: |3x - 4| = 11.
40. Find the equation of the line of the graph.
41. Solve for x: |7 – 2x| = 3
42. What is the slope of the line that passes 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 through (2, 5) and
45. A car left town at 3:00 p.m. at 45km/h for town B. An hour
later, another car at 60km/h was sent to stop the first car. At
what time will the second car overtake the first car?
46. The sum of three numbers is 135. The second is 5 more than
the first and the third 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?
2006 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge

Mathematics I
Directions: Test yourself again by answering the questions.
1. Use exponents to express 3920 as a product of prime
factors.
2. What is the sum of primes between 20 and 40?
3. What digit(s) can be placed in the blank in 87,78__ to
make it divisible by 18?
3
1
4. Change 11 to the nearest whole percent.
an arithmetic calculator?
an algebraic calculator?
7. If 702 boys made up 52% of the students in a school, how
many students are in the school?
8. Change 257/14 to a mixed number.
7
12
12. Express 9 as an improper fraction.
13. What is the ratio of 35 dm to 4.5 m?
14. If the last 3 zeros in 5,000,000 are removed, the
resulting number is what percent of the original
number?
15. Three numbers are in the ratio of 2:4:5. If the sum is
209, what is the largest of the three?
16. A flagpole casts a shadow of 18 m when a 5 m post casts

a shadow of 8 m. How high is the flagpole?
17. A vendor borrowed ₱8,500 from their coop at 12% simple
interest. What amount will he pay at the end of 18
months?
18. A colored TV marked ₱12,500 was sold at a sale discount
of 15%and an additional cash discount of 5% on the
sale price. How much was paid for it?
19. An aquarium is 7 dm long, 4 dm wide and 5 dm high. How
many liters of water does it contain when 4/5 full?
20. A graduated cylinder contains 54 mL of water. When a
marble was dropped in, the reading become 72 mL. What
is the volume of the marble?
22. Tom drove for 3 hours at 60 kph and another 2 hours at
70 kph. What was his average speed for the journey?
23. The parallel sides of a trapezoid field are 245 m and
295 m long and 150 m apart. What is the area of the
field in hectares?
24. How much air is enclosed in a conical tent of radius
5 m and a height of 6 m?
25. A rectangular grass lawn, 30 m by 24 m has a concrete
path 2 m around inside it. What is the area of the
path?
26. Pieces of soap, 10 cm by 5 cm by 3 cm, are to be packed
into a box 5 dm by 3 dm by 2.5 dm, interior
dimensions. What is the most number of pieces that can
be packed into the box?
27. Expand and simplify: 8a(2a–3b)+ 4b(4a–5b)–3a(a +2b).
28. Expand and simplify: 2a2b2(4a2b + 3ab2)- 5a2b(a2b2–ab2)
29. Subtract 7a–3 from the product of 6a + 5 and 2a–7.
30. If x = -3, y = ½ and z = 2, evaluate 4x2y3/z2.
31. Factor: x3y2 – x3y – 3xy2 + 3xy.
32. Evaluate: (-33(43)/(2)4.
33. What must be added to 2x3–5x2 + x–7to get 5x3 + 3x2–
4x + 5?
34. Multiply: (2x–3)(2x2–5x + 3).
35. Divide 4x4y3 - 8x3y2 + 12x2y3 by 4x2y2.
36. Divide 4x3 + 4x2 - 13x + 5 by 2x + 5.
37. What is the remainder when 3x3 - 2x2 + 3x - 4 by x - 2?
38. What is the value of 8 - |5 - 12| + |7 - 16|?
39. For what value(s) of x is |3x - 7| = 5?
40. For what value(s) of x is |5 – 4x|= 9?
41. Solve for x: 2(3x–4)–(2x + 3) = 5.
42. Solve for x: 3(4x + 5) < 6x – 7.
3 x−5 2 x+5
=
43. Solve for x: 2 3 .
44. The points (-2,1) and (-5,4) are reflected with respect
to the y-axis. What is the area of the figure formed
by two points and their reflections?
45. For what values of x is the graph of 2x – 3y – 4 = 0
below the x-axis?
46. What is the equation of the line through (2,-3)
parallel to 2x–3y = 7?
47. What is the equation of the line with 2/3 and -3/4 as x
and y intercepts respectively?
48. What is the vertex of the graph of y = 2 - |2x - 3|?
49. Find the largest of three consecutive even integers
such that the sum of the first two is 24 less than
three times the largest?
50. The tens digit of a number is less than the units
digit. If the number is divided by the sum of the
digits, the quotient is 4 and the remainder is 3. What
is the original number?

First Year
Directions: Test yourself again by answering the questions.

1. Write 34 in a form that shows it is even or divisible by 2.
2. What digit/s can be placed in 458_6 so that the resulting
number/s is/are divisible by 3?
4. What is 6 7/12 – 3 11/18?
5. What is 8 3/4 ÷ 2 1/2?
6. Express 1980 as a product of its prime factors.
7. If 9/13 = n/91, what is n?
8. Change 2.35 to an improper fraction in lowest terms.
9. What is the GCF of 84, 105 and 147?
10. What is the LCM of 84, 105 and 147?
11. The numbers {-5, -1, 0, 3, 6} are in what set of
numbers?
12. The numbers { π , √ 3, ∜ 7 } are in what set of numbers?
13. 75oC is equivalent to how many degrees Fahrenheit?
14. What is the answer if 3x/4 is multiplied by 2x/5?
16. Round 54.825128 to the nearest thousandth.
17. If a pair of shoes marked Php 1200 is bought at a 12%
discount, how much will be paid for it?
18. Multiply and simplify: 2x(3x – 4y) + y(4x – 3y)
19. Given I. -5x3y2 II. y2x3 III. 7x2y3 IV. (3x3)(7y3), which of
them are similar? a. I & IV, b. I & III, c. I & II, d. all
20. If x = -2, y = 3, and z = 2, find the value of 3(x3)y2/2z2.
21. If x = 3, y = 2/3 and z = -2/5, find the value of 10x 2yz2.
22. Multiply: (3x2 – x + 5) (2x2 + 5x – 6)
23. Find the sum of 4x3 – 5x2 + 3x – 7 and 2x3 + 3x2 + 2x +
11.
24. Subtract: (4x3 – 5x2 + 8x – 7) – (2x3 + 3x2 + 2x – 11).
25. Divide 6a3 + a2 – 8a + 6 by 2a + 3.
26. A scout master has 45 ½ meters of rope for his 4
groups of scouts. If each group needs 8 2/3 meters of rope,
how much will remain with the scout master?
27. Mother bought 2.35 kilos of chicken. If one kilo cost
Php 95, how much did mother pay for the chicken?
28. In a school with a population of 1560, 5 out of 12 of the
students are not living in the district where the school is. How
many of the students live in the district where the school is?
29. The upper and lower bases of a trapezoidal field are
145 m and 189 m. The distance between them is 124 m. find
its area in hectares, to the nearest hundredth of a hectare.
30. Find the largest integral solution to 5 – 3(4 – 5x)< 23.
31. Find a value of “n” for which (5n + 2)/(7n
145m + 1) reduces
to ¾.
124m
32. ∆ ABC is isosceles with base BC. If AB = 3x+1 cm, AC =
189m
2x+5 cm, and BC = x+11 cm, find the perimeter of ∆ ABC .
33. Find two numbers whose sum is 90 and such that one-
third of the smaller is equal to one-seventh of the larger
number.
2 x−3 x−4 −3
- 3 < 2 .
2(x−3) x+ 4
35. Solve for - 4 =7
3
36. What is the slope of the line shown?
37. What is the equation of the line shown?
x -2 -1 0 1 2
38. What equation is represented by the table?
y 9 7 5 3 1
39. Write 3(y–2)+3(x–5)=6x–5 in the form y = mx+b.

40. If 2y = 6x – 10 and {-3 < x < 4}, what is the range of y?
41. What is the equation of the line with a slope of -3 and a
y-intercept of 4?
42. ⃒ - 5⃒ - 3?
What is the vertex of the graph of y = 2x
43. A certain sum of money is enough to pay A’s wages for
20 days or B’s wages for 30 days. For how long will it be
enough if both are at work?
44. The difference between two numbers is 5 and the
difference between the squares of the numbers is 95. Find
the smaller number.
45. The length of a rectangular garden is 3 m less than
twice the width. If the perimeter is at least 84 m, what is the
smallest width that the garden can have?
46. The tens digit of a 2-digit number is 5 more than the
units digit. If the number is equal to 8 times the sum of the
digits, find the number.
47. Runners A and B practice in a round track going in
opposite directions. Runner A takes 40 minutes to go once
around the track. The two begin at the same time and meet
every 15 minutes. How long does B take to go once around
the track?
48. A 50-m piece of string is to be cut into two pieces so
that the first piece is 6 m longer than the second piece. Find
the length of the longer piece.
49. A bottle weighs 120 g when empty and 1.36 kg when
full of water. If 1 mL of water weighs 1 g, how many mL of
water does the bottle contain?
50. In a certain Math course, a student needs between 720
and 810 points in order to get a B. the final exam is worth
200 points. If Cathy has 584 points just before the finals,
what range of scores on the final exam will give her a B for
the course?
2008 Metrobank MTAP DepEd Math Challenge

Mathematics I
Directions: Use π = 3.14 and write equation of the line as ax + by +

c = 0.
1. Round 69, 954 to nearest hundreds.

2. Find the greatest common factor of 8x4y6z5, 6x2y3z2,3x2y2z4
3. What is the least common multiple of of 210 and 330?
4. Find the next number in the sequence 1, 3, 8, 16, ___.
5. A man is planning to fence the front part of the property with
posts 2 m apart. Short of money he decides to make the posts
3 m apart and uses 3 posts less. How wide is the property?
6. Which of the following is /are NOT rational number?
1
( ½, 3 , 0.010010001..., 0.235235235..., )
5 3
7. Which is larger, 17 or 11 ?
1 1 2
8. What is the sum of 3 + 5 + 7 ?
13 3 a
9. If a= 15 and b = 7 , what is b ?
3 1
10. What is 1 5 – 3 4
2 2
11. What is the product of 5 3 and 2 5 ?
12. What is the degree of the expression 57x2y3z + 2x2yz2–xy?
14. Simplify ( 8x2y-1z )÷( 3x-1yz-1 ) into an expression with positive
exponents.
16. What subset of the real numbers does √ 2 belong?
17. A farmer bought 33,500 m2 of land. How many hectares did
he buy?
18. A 15-dm diameter tablecloth is to be made. To allow for
sewing and overlap, an 18-dm diameter piece is cut from a 2m
by 2m material. How much clothing material is wasted? (Give
the answer to the nearest hundredths of a square meter.)
19. A room 6m by 5m is 4m high. Allowing 15 m 2 for a door and
windows, how many gallons of paint is needed to paint the walls
and celling if a gallon of paint can cover 15 m2 of surface?
20. A temperature of 50 0F is how many degrees in celcius?
21. In a school with population of 2, 100, 2.5 out of 10 belong to
Math Club. How many members has the Math Club?
22. Three numbers are in the ratio of 3:5:7. If the sum is 450,
what is the middle number?
23. A building casts a 7.5 m shadow at the same time that a 40 m
pole casts a shadow of 3m. How high is the building?
24. A salesman receives a basic salary of Php 20,000 and a
commission of 3% on all sales.Find his total sales in a month
when he received Php 35, 000?
25. A man deposited Php 100, 000 at 4% interest compounded
quarterly. How much was his money at the end of the quarter?
26. In a bakery, 250 cakes and 400 bread sold yesterday. The
number of cakes sold today decreased by 10% and that of
bread increased by 15%. Find the total number of cakes and
bread sold.
27. Kate had Php 800. She used 20% of it to buy school supplies
How much did she save?
28. What is the absolute value of 2x2 – 8x + 2 at x=1?
29. Simplify: 2x – 2[ 3x+2(x-1)]
30. Add 3x2y2 +4xy2–7xy + 2x2y + 5 to 3x2y2 -xy2- 2x2y + 4xy -2
31. What is the product of 3x + 2 and 2x2 + x -1?
32. Divide 6x3 + 7x2 –x -2 by 3x + 2
33. The solution set of 3x - 1 ¿ 2 in the domain
{-1,0,1,2,3,4] is _______.
34. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 11. If the digits
are reversed, the number formed is 9 more. Find the number.
35. Find all real numbers for which 7 - x ¿ 4x + 3.
2 x +5 3 x −2
36. Solve for x: 3
= 4
3 x −1 2 x +5
37. For what value of x is 4 < 3
38. If a is in { -7, -5, -2, 0,1, 3,4 }and b is in
{ -6, -4,-2, 0, 2, 4, 8 },what is the largest value of ab?
39. For what values of x is |12 – x | = 5?
40. Use factors to evaluate 1032 - 972
41. Factor a2 – b2 –ac – bc
42. Factor 8x6 + y3
43. Factor completely : x4 – y4
44. What is the x intercept of the line 4x + 2y- 7 = 0
45. What is the equation of the line with y- intercept of -1 and
passing through the point ( 2,3 )
46. Find three positive consecutive odd integers such that the
product of the first and second is 46 less than the square of
the third.
47. What is the vertex of the graph of y = |2x - 7|?
48. Pete is 12 years old and his grandfather is 63 years old. In how
many years, will Pete’s age be ¼ that of his grandfather?
49. What is the maximum value of y in y = 9-|2x – 5|
50. A square lobby is to be tiled at a cost of Php 160.00 per
sq.meter. if the lobby were 2m narrower and 2 m longer, the
cost of tiling would be Php 35, 360. Find the dimension of the
lobby.
Mathematics I

= 3.14 when necessary. Give equations of lines in the form ax + by
+ c = 0.
1. Which of the following sets is that of natural number?

2. Round 256 789 to the nearest thousand.
3. Evaluate; (22 x 32)2
4. A = (. . . -2, -1, 0, 1/2, ¾, √ 3, √ 275, . . . is a subset of what
bigger set?
5. If x ¿ 0, what is |x|?
7. Express 2520 as a product of its prime factors using
exponents.
10. Three first year sections collected 35 2/5 kilos, 41 4/7 kilos
and 38 5/7 kilos of old newspapers. How many kilos in all
did they collect?
11. Evaluate; (2/3)(1 ¾ + 2 ½). (Answer as mixed number)
12. Divide (6 ¾ - 3 4/5) by 2 7/10. (Answer as mixed number)
13. Write 2. 375 as a mixed number with the fraction in lowest
term.
16. If 1 inch = 2.54cm, a man 170 cm tall is how many inches
tall to the nearest inch?
17. A farm is 260 m by 120 m. What is the area in hectares?
18. A circular course has an inner diameter of 318 m and an
outer diameter of 324 m. What is the average length of the
course to the nearest meter?
19. A circular water tank has an inner diameter of 5m and
height of 6m. What is its capacity in liters?
20. The ratio of the width to the length of a rectangle is 3:5. If
the area of the rectangle is 1500cm2, what is the length?
21. What is the domain of the variable x in the equation?
22. What is f(2) if f(x) = 2x2 + 3x – 4?
23. Evaluate |x2 – 4x - 3| at x = 2.
24. Multiply: (3x2 – 2x + 1)(x + 2).
25. Simplify and write the answers with positive exponents.
(3x2y3)(2x3y-1)/xy2
26. Divide 2x3 – 4x2 – x + 3 by x – 1.
27. Three times an angle minus 60°is equal to its supplement.
What is the angle?
28. For what values of x is (3x -2)/3 ¿ (2x + 1)/4?
29. If x is from the set (-2, -1, 0, 1, 2) and y is from (-4, -3, -2, -1,
0, 1, 2, 3, 4). What is the smallest possible value of xy?
30. Which of the following is/are not functions?
C. y = √ x 2−9 C. 2x2 – y2 + 3x – 6 =0
D. x2 + 3x + 2y + 5 =0 D. y = 2x2 – 5
31. What is the slope of the line 2x + 3y + 3 = 0?
32. Find the y-intercept through A(1, 2) and b(-3, -4).
33. Find the equation of the line with a slope of -1/2 and
containing the point (-3, 2)..
34. Find the equation of the line with an x-intercept of -1/2 and
y-intercept of 4.
35. For what values of x is |3x - 2|= 7?
36. Solve for x: |2x| = |3x - 4|
37. Factor: 2x2 – 12y2 – 5xy
38. Factor: ax + bx + 3a + 3b
39. Factor: x3/125 – y3/8
40. Simplify: (x2y)(x3y2)/xy
41. What is the remainder when x 3 + 4x2 – 2x + 3 is divided by
x + 2?
42. What is the vertex of the graph of y = |2x - 3| - 5?
43. What is the range of the function in #42?
44. A sphere has a radius 5cm is placed inside a cube with an
interior edge of 10cm. What volume of the cube is filled with
air?
45. In A = xy – (1 – z/4)r 2, solve for r in terms of the other
variables, r a positive number.
46. The edge of one cube is 3 cm less than the edge of a
bigger cube. If the volume of the larger cube is 513cm 3
more than that of the smaller ube, find the edge of the
smaller cube.
47. The sum of an integer and the square of its additive inverse
is 56. What is the number?
48. Three consecutive odd integers are such that the product of
the first and second is 64 less than the square of the third,
find the largest of the even integers.
49. The employees of a certain company were receiving an
average of ₱15, 000 a month. They all received an
increase of 10%. After 6 months, there was an economic
slowdown. To prevent a lay-off, the employees agreed to a
decrease of 10% on their salaries. What was average
salary then?
50. An open box is 12 in long, 8 ½ in wide, 7 in high, external
dimensions and is made of wood ¼ in thick. Find the
volume of the wood the box is made of.
Mathematics I
Directions: Test yourself again the questions.

a
1. If a = 53 and b = 52, what is b ?=
a
2. If a = 22(43) and b = 22(4), what is b ?
a
3. If a = 32(53) and b = 33(52), what is b ?
5. Write 210,000 in scientific notation.
7. Which of a. 3.125 b.0.000134 c. √ 3 is an irrational?
8. A room 5.1 by 3m.is to be filled by square tiles of side 15cm.
How many tiles are needed?
9. Walking a distance of 5 ft. in 15 minutes is equivalent to a
speed of how many km/h? (Use 1ft. = 30cm.)
3 4
10. Which is bigger? 13 or 17 ?
11. Mang Pedro sold a regular farm 165m. by 96m.of Php.200
per square meter. How much did he get for his farm/
12. A circle of radius 9cm. is cut from a 20cm.by 30cm.piece of
cartolina. What area was left to the nearest centimeters?
13. From a 100cm by 60cm bloc of marble, a pyramid with a
square base of 100cm and height of 60cm was carved. Write
the volume of the pyramid in scientific notation.
14. Write the notation the volume of marble removed.
15. In 38 seconds, how many degrees does the second hand of
a clock move?
16. Peter left on June 20, 2008 and come back March 20, 2009.
How many days was he away?
17. A temperature of 40°C is equivalent to how many degreees?
18. Two numbers are in the ratio of 4:7. If the bigger number is
35. What is the smaller number?
19. The ratio of the length to the width of a rectangle is 13:5. If
the perimeter is 72m, what is the width of the rectangle?
20. An ore contains 5% of copper. How many tons of ore will
produce 500kg of copper?
21. If 42% of a school population is made up of 630 boys, how
many girls are there in that school?
22. Jane borrowed Php10,000 at 10% simple interest. If she paid
interest and principal at the end of 18 months, how much did
she pay?
23. Evaluate: |(x + 3)2 – 5(x2 + 4)| if x = 2.
24. Simplify: 3x(x2 + 2) = (x + 3)2 + 3x2 – 5x.
25. Simplify: 2(ab – 2) = 3[(ab – cd) + 4ab] + 4cd
26. Evaluate: 2(x2 – 3) + (x + 2)2 – 3(1 – x2) at x = 2.
27. Subtract. 3(x2 + 2x – 1) form 2(x – 1)2.
28. Add. 3x2 – 2x + 1 to 3x3 - 2x2 + 3.
29. Expand. (a2b3)3
30. Simplify. (ab2)(a2b)2
31. Divide. 4a2b3c2 by 2ab2c.
32. Multiply (x2 + 2x – 1) by (3x – 5).
33. What is the remainder when 2x3 + x2 - x + 5 is divided by x –
1?
30
34. If 4x2 + 7x + 14 is the quotient and the remainder is x−2 ,
what is the dividend?
x −2
35. Solve for x in the inequality, 3 x −1 < 5.
36. Solve for x: (x – 2)(x + 3) = (x + 1)(x – 3)
1 1 5 1
37. Simplify: 3 + 4 - 6 + 2 2 ÷ 3.
38. If the sum of x and y is subtracted from the sum of their
squares, the answer is N. Write the relevant equation.
39. Rite the equation of the line that passes through A(-2,3) and
B(1, -2).
40. Factor: 2x2 – 5xy – 12y2.
145
41. The sum of an integer and its reciprocal is 12 . What is the
integer?
42. Find the second of three consecutive positive even integers
such that the product of the first and second is 64 less than
the square of the third.
43. Factor completely a3 –b3 – a2b + ab2 = a + b.
44. Starting at home, a salesman drove 20km east then 9km
north, then 4km east. Finally, he drove x km south and at
that point, he was exactly 25km away from home. Fond x.
45. A stone is thrown up so that its height above the ground after
t seconds is 88t – 16t2. After how many seconds is it first 112
feet above the ground?
46. If three vertices of a parallelogram are A(2,0), B(4,4), C(6,0),
find the fourth vertex D if D is in the fourth quadrant?
47. Two vertices of isosceles triangle ABC are A(0,2) and B(2,2)
and AB is the base. Find the vertex C if it is on the x-axis.
48. Peter wants to fence the frontage of his lot by using posts
3m. apart. However, he found the posts two expensive, so
he bought 5 fewer posts and spaced them 4m. apart. How
many meters is the frontage of the lot?
49. How many 2-digit prime numbers have 3 or 7 in the ones
digit?
50. A ladder is leaning against a wall with its top reaching 20 ft.
above the ground and the lower end is 15ft. from the wall.
When the lower end is pulled x ft. farther from the wall, the
upper and the lower end slides 13ft. down. Find the value of
x.
Mathematics I
= 3.14 when necessary. Write equations in ax + by + c = 0.
1. What is the name of N = {1 , 2 ,3 , 4 ,5 …}?

2. Round 434. 243 to the nearest ten.
1
∧1
5. What rational number is between 5 ?
7
11 13
6. Which is bigger 13 or 15 ?
1 1 2
7. What is 2 3 + 3 7 - 4 3 ?
1 3
2 x
3 4
8. Evaluate 1
3
9. Change to scientific notation 0.000261.
10. To which subset of the set of real number does √ 3 belong?
11. Peter has small farm measuring 240 m by 310 m. How
many hectares of land does Peter own?
12. A cylindrical water tank has a diameter of 1 and a heght of
1.25 m. What is the capacity in liters?
13. Two numbers are in the ratio of 3:5. Their sum is 88, what is
the bigger number?
14. A picture is 20 cm by 60 cm. If it is enlarged so that its
shorter side becomes 30 cm, what is the area of the resulting
picture?
15. Evaluate the expression 3x3 + 4x2 – x a t x = 2.
16. Simplify: 2(x2 + 1) + 3(x + 1)2 – 3x
17. Simplify: 2(x2 + x - 1)- 3(x – 2)2
18. Multiply (a2 + b) by (a – b)
|−14|−|−26|+36
19. Evaluate:
|−16|−¿−10∨¿¿
20. A piece of cartolina is 60 cm by 48 cm. It is to be cut into the
biggest possible squares without any material wasted. How
many squares can be cut?
21. A small passenger plane flew a distance of 54 km in 70
minutes what was the speed in kilometres per hours to the
nearest km?
22. What is the sum of the first 50 counting numbers 1 + 2+ 3
+ . . . + 49 + 50?
23. Four consecutive odd numbers are added. If the smallest of
the 4 is 2x – 5, what is their sum?
24. An edge of a cube is x + 3 cm. What is its volume?
25. What is the remainder if 3x3 – 2x + 2 is divided by x – 2?
26. By what will 3x2 + x + 1 be multiplied to get 6x 3 + 5x2 + 3x +
1?
1
27. Solve for a from the equation 2a + 1 = a - 2 .
28. Solve the inequality 2x -1 ¿ 3 – x.
29. Jose got scores of 90, 85, 82 and 76 in the four exams.
What grade must he get in the fifth exam to have an average
of 84% or better?
30. The unit digit of a number is one more than twice the tens
digit. If the digits are reversed the resulting number is 45
more than the original number. What is the original number?
31. Given the points A(0,0), B(4, 0), C(2, 4),and D(-2, 4). What
figure is ABCD if the points are plotted and connected in
order?
32. Which of the following is/are fnctions?
c. x2 + 2y2 = 25 c. x2 + x + 2y2 + 8 = 0
d. x2 + 2x + y2 = 25 d. y = √ 3 x−5
33. What is the range of the function y = √ x?
x2 +2
34. What is the domain of the function y = ?
x−2
35. What is the slope of a line passing through P 1(3, 2) and P2(-
4, 1)?
36. What is the x-intercept of the line 2x – 5y + 8 = 0?
37. The x – intercept and y – intercept of a line are 2 and (-5)
respectively. Write the equation of the line?
38. Two vertices of a square located in the first quadrant are at
(0,0) and (0,4). Where are the other two vertices?
39. What is the product of (3x + 2y)(x – 3y)?
40. Completely factor (a4 – b4)
41. Factor 27x3 – 48xy2
42. What is the greatest common factor of 27a 5b3c2 and
9a3b5c3?
43. Factor 3ac + 3ad + 2cb + 2db
3 x 2 +5 x−2
44. Simplify:
( 9 x 2−1 ) (x 2−4 )
6x 9 x−21 x2
45. Multiply: 3 x −7 · 21 ÷
35
2
x−1 2 x+3 3 x +1
46. Simplify: x−5 + x−5 − 2
x −25
47. Find the biggest of three consecutive odd numbers such
that the product of the second and the third is greater than
the square of the first by 110.
the numbers.
49. Solve for x and y; 2x + 3y = 7, 4x – 5y = 25.
1 2
50. A boat travels 1 3 hours to go 20 km downstream and 2 9
hours to return. Find the rate of the boat in still water.
Mathematics I
= 3.14 when necessary. Write equations in ax + by + c = 0.
1. Find the greatest common factor of 12x4y6z5, 9x2y3z2, 6x2y2z4.

4. Find the next number in the sequence 1, 3, 8, 16, __.
5. Which of the following is/are not rational numbers?
a. ¼ b. -1/7 c. 0.0200200002... d.0.435435435...
7. Which is larger 11/13 or 13/16?
8. What is the sum of ¼ + 2/7 + ½?
9. If a = 14/15 and b = 7/3, what is a/b?
10. What is product of 7 3/5 and 3 ¾?
12. Simplify (10x2x-1z)/(5x-2yz-2) into an expression with positive
exponents.
14. To allow for sewing and overlap, an 18 dm diameter place
is cut from a 2m by 2m materials. How much clothing
material is wasted?
15. A temperature of 27°F is how many degrees in Celsius?
16. In a school with a population of 600, 2.5 out of 10 belong to
the Math Club. How many members have the Math Club?
17. A building casts a 7.7 m shadow at the same time that a
4m pole casts a shadow of 2.2 m. How high is the building?
18. A salesman receives a basic salary of ₱10, 000 and a
month when he earned ₱25, 000?
19. Kate had ₱800. She used 20% of it to buy school supplies
How much did he save?
21. Add 3x2y2 + 4xy2 – 7xy + 2x2y + 5 to 3x2y2 – xy2 – 2x2y + 4xy
– 2.
22. Find all the real numbers for which (7-x)/2 ¿ (4x + 3)/4.
23. Solve for x: (2x + 5)/3 = (3x – 2)/4.
24. For what values of x is (3x – 1)/4 ¿ (2x + 5)/3?
25. For what values of x is |4x - 7| ¿ 9?
26. For what values of x is |2x + 7| ¿ 8?
28. One square kilometre is equal to how many hectares?
29. Write an equation of the line through (2, -3) and (1, 4).
30. Solve for x and y: 7x – 3y = 23 and x + 2y = 13.
31. Factor by grouping terms: x2 + 6x + xy + 6y.
32. Factor: 6k2 + 13k + 6.
33. Factor completely: x4 – y4.
34. What two numbers have a product of 56 and a sum of -15?
35. What is the equation of the line with a y-intercept of 4 and
makes a triangle with the axes in Q 1 with an area of 18 sq.
Units?
( x ¿¿ 2+7 x−18)
36. Simplify: (5 x ¿¿ 2−13 x+ 6) ¿ ¿
(8 x ¿¿ 2−16 xy ) 4 x 2−8 y 2
37. Multiply: ¿ ¿ X
(x ¿ 2−4 xy +4 y2 )¿ 2 x2 y 3
5 5 x−10
38. Divide: 2 ÷ x−3
x −9
how many years will Pete’s age be ¼ that of his
grandfather?
40. A trapezoid ABCD has an area of 25 sq. Units. Three of its
coordinates are B(1,8), C(2,3) and D(-6,3). Find the
coordinates of A.
41. Triangle ABC has its coordinates at A(a,-1), B(8,-1) and
C(5,4). If the base is twice the height, find a.
42. Find an equation of the line parallel to 2x – 3y – 3 = 0 and
passing through (-2,3).
43. What is the surface area of a beach ball with a radius of
7dm?
44. How many cubic feet of water must be pumped into a
swimming 80 ft long, 45 ft wide to raise the water by 2 ft?
45. A man is planning a fence the front part of his property with
posts 2 m apart. Short of money he decides to make posts
3 m apart and uses 3 posts less. How wide is the property?
46. How much pure acid must be added to 2 liters of a 10%
solution of acid to obtain a mixture that is 20% acid?
47. Which point is not collinear with the others: A(-2,-7), B(-5,-
12), C(4,5) and D(2,1)?
48. Find an equation of the line perpendicular to 2x – 3y + 3 = 0
and passing through (2,-5).
49. Square MNOP is removed from rectangle PQRS leaving an
area of 92 cm2. If MQ = 4cm, and SO = 8cm, find the area
of PQRS. P S
O
M N
Q R
50. Find the area of the region bounded by the x and y axes and
the line y = 2x + 5.

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GRADE 7 MTAP

CHARITY D. ALMENIANA (San Pedro National High School)

EDNA C. ESPIRITU (Batangas Eastern Colleges)

SHERNA M. MAGNAYE (Balayan National High School)

JAYVERLIE C. MANGUBAT (Apolinario Mabini National HS)

REYNALYN I. RAMOS (Bauan Technical High School)

ANNALIZA VIVO (Dacanlao G. Agoncillo National High School)

A. QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS TO THE MTAP DIVISION ELIMINATION

B. QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS TO THE MTAP DIVISION FINALS

Directions: Check your answers. Analyze the solution given in

1. How many times as great is the underlined 5 in 254 376 578

8. Round 456 963 to the nearest hundred.

Area of the figure = A1 + A2 + A3

Using Pythagorean Theorem 15 m

4 (3 x−2) 3(2 x+3)

60x + 65(3 ½ - x) = 220

42. Solve for x in |2x - 3|= 7

46. What is the equation of the line x -2 -1 0 1 2

Directions: Check your answers. Analyze the solution given in every

1. If 1 inch = 2.54 cm, how many meters equal to 80 inches?

6. Round 495, 356, 760 to the nearest ten millions.

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

8x3 – 12x2y + 28xy2

360,000cm.per hour = 3.6

38. Write an inequality: “7 less than thrice x is less than 9 more

43. What is the equation of the line given by:

49. What is the area of the triangle with vertices at

Answer: There are 26 persons who can sit in this

Directions: Check your answers. Analyze the solution given in

1. Use exponents to express 3920 as a product of prime

13a2- 14ab – 20b2

Answer: 3a4b3 + 6a3b4 + 5a3b3

4x3 -16x2 + 21x -9

37. What is the remainder when 3x3 - 2x2 + 3x - 4 by x - 2?

2007 Metrobank – MTAP – DepEd Math Challenge

1. Write 34 in a form that shows it is even or divisible by 2.

4. What is 6 7/12 – 3 11/18?

5. What is 8 3/4 ÷ 2 1/2?

6. Express 1980 as a product of its prime factors.

10. What is the LCM of 84, 105 and 147?

22. Multiply: (3x2 – x + 5) (2x2 + 5x – 6)

6x4 + 13x3 – 13x2 + 31x – 30

Answer: 6x4 + 13x3 – 13x2 + 31x – 30

Answer: 6x3 – 2x2 + 5x + 4

24. Subtract: (4x3 – 5x2 + 8x – 7) – (2x3 + 3x2 + 2x – 11).

Change all the sign of the subtrahend 2x3 – 8x2 + 6x + 4

Therefore, the largest integral solution is 1

31. Find a value of “n” for which (5n + 2)/(7n + 1) reduces to ¾.

32. ∆ ABC is isosceles with base BC. If AB = 3x+1 cm, AC = 2x+5

36. What is the slope of the line shown?

40. If 2y = 6x – 10 and {-3 < x < 4}, what is the range of y?

43. A certain sum of money is enough to pay A’s wages for 20

Solution: let x – width of the property

12. What is the degree of the expression 57x2y3z + 2x2yz2–xy?

17. A farmer bought 33,500 m2 of land. How many hectares did he

20. A temperature of 50 0F is how many degrees in celcius?

28. What is the absolute value of 2x2 – 8x + 2 at x=1?

3x2y2 -xy2 + 4xy - 2x2y -2

33. The solution set of 3x - 1 ¿ 2 in the domain

38. If a is in { -7, -5, -2, 0,1, 3,4 }and b is in

42. Factor 8x6 + y3

45. What is the equation of the line with y- intercept of -1 and