Math Olympics 2019

Elimination Round
Name: ______________________________________ Group: ____________ Score:___________
Write your answer on the blank provided.

________________1. Translate “4 less than trice the square of x” to mathematical expression.

_______________2. Find the quotient and remainder when x 2+ xy+ y 2 is divided by x− y .

22
_______________3. Arrange in increasing order , 3.15, √ 3, π .
7

1 1
−
2 3
_______________4. Simplify .
1
4

________________5. Assume that the volume if a cube is (x2-2y)3.

2 1 1
______________6. What is the value of x −x + , if x= ?
x 2

______________7. If x + y=7 and xy=10 , what is the value of x 2+ y 2?

_______________8. What is the mean of the data set 2,4,7,7,10?

For the next three item, assume 10 students got the following test scores: 58, 98, 81, 59, 67, 81, 94,
84, 46, 32

_______________9. Find the median of the scores.

______________10. Find the mode of the scores.

______________11. What is the range of the scores.

______________12. Find the next two terms of the elements of the sequence 1, 8, 19, 32, 49,…
x
1−
_____________13. Simplify the complex fraction 1+
1
1−x

3
_____________14. A line with the slope passes through point (7, -3). Write a equation of the line in
2
the slope –intercept form.

_____________15. Solve the inequality: 2 x+5> 5 x−16

_____________16. Find the solution set of the linear system : (1) 2 x+5=−6 , and 5 x−2 y=14

x3 x 2 + x−6
_____________17. Perform the indicated operation and simplify : .
x2 −x−2 x 2 +3 x

______________18. The ratio of the measures of two consecutive angles of parallelogram is 5:4. What
are the measures of the angles of the parallelogram?

______________19. Two 6 sided dice are tossed simultaneously. If the dice are fair, what is the
probability that the sum of the two number on the dice is divisible by 4?

______________20. As a part of school’s wildlife reserve clean-up drive , a visit to a man-made forest
has been organized. Twelve teachers and staff, together with 215 students, signed up to pick up garbage
that has been left by tourist in the park. How many busses are needed for the trip, if each bus can
accommodate 50 people?

______________21. The advertised prices in a clothes store include a 12% value added tax. How much
goes to tax for a shirt with a tag price of Php 392?

_____________22. The mean of the six consecutive integers is 4. What is the smallest of the six
integers?

30 −3−2
_____________23. Simplify −1 −3
3 +3

____________24. Simplify √ 72+ √32−√ 2

____________25. What is the sum of the roots of x 2+ 5 x−6

__________26. What is the vertex of y=2 x 2−8 x−3 ?

__________27. The angles of a quadrilateral are in the ratio 2:3:3:4. Find its smallest angle.

__________28. The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3:4:6. Find the longest side (in cm) if its
perimeter is 52 cm.

__________29. Suppose y varies directly as x. if y=7 when x=4, find x when y=28.

__________30. Solve!: -243 + (-278) – (-243) =

64 x 3 y 7
__________31. Solve!: =¿
4 x5 y 10

Consider the figure for the next four problems. Line m and l are parallel.
t

126 ° m
b a

c
d l

_________32. What is the measure of angle b?

_________33. The sum of angle b and c.

_________34. What is the measure of angle a?

_________35. The difference of angle a and b?

_________36. It takes 10 hours for 6 painters to paint a house. How many hours would it take 15
painters?
1 −3
_________37. What is the distance between −1 and in the number line?
6 4

_________38. If 16 workers can finish a job in 4 hours, how long should it take 10 workers to finish
the same job?
_________39. The vertices of a triangle have coordinates (-2,3),(1,-2), and (6,2). Is the triangle
equilateral, isosceles, or scalene?

Problem 40
Problem 41 Problem 42

________40. In the figure above, what is θ so that lines L and M are parallel?

________41. In the figure above ABCD is a rectangle, AE = 3:1, CF = FD, and AG= GD. If the area of
ABCD 32 cm2, what is the area of triangle EFG?

________42. In the figure above, ABCD is a rectangle with DE ⊥ AC. If AB= 4 cm and BC= 3 cm,
how long is AE?

________43. A direct flight from Manila to Tokyo leaves at 12:50 am and arrives at Tokyo at 6:10 am
on the same day. If Japan time is one hour ahead if Philippine time. How many hours does it take to fly
from Manila to Tokyo?

________44. Herald can do a carpentry job in 21 minutes while Lexter can do the job in 28 minutes.
How long will it take them to finish the job Herald and Lexter work together?

________45. In a plane, the sides of ∠ A are parallel to the side of ∠B. determine the relationship
between the two angles.

_______46. A rectangular garden is 9 m by 11 m. a pathway of uniform width will be constructed

around the garden, forming a larger rectangle with are 120 m2. How wide (in m) should the pathway
be?

_______47. Mel fills his gas tank up with 6 gallons of premium unleaded gas for 298.80 pesos. How
much would it cost to fill an 18 gallon tank?

______48. There are a total of 42 computers. Each computers runs one of three operating systems;
OSX, Windows, Linux. The ratio of the computers running OSX, Windows, Linux is 2:5:7. Find the
numbers of computer that are running each of the operating systems.

_______49. How many litters of 20% alcohol solution should be added to 40 litters of a 50% alcohol
solution to make a 30% solution?

_______50. Sterling silver is 92.5% pure silver. How many grams of sterling silver must be mixed to a
90% silver alloy to obtain a 500g of a 91% silver alloy?
 ANSWER KEY

1. 3x2 – 4 45. ∠ A ≅ ∠ B or m∠ A=m ∠ B

2
3y 1
2. x +2 y + 46. 0.5 m or
x− y 2
22
3. √ 3, , , 3.15 47. 896.4 pesos
7
2
4. 48. 6 OSX, 15 Windows, 21 Linux
3
5. x3 – 6x2y + 12xy2 – 8y3 49. 80 litters
6. 7/4 50. 200 grams
7. 29
8. 6
9. 74
10. 81
11. 66
12. 68 and 91
x2 −2 x +2
13.
2−x
3 2 27
14. y= x −
2 2
15. x <7
16. (2,-2)
4 x +3
17.
x 2−1
18. 100°, 80°, 100°, 80°
7
19.
36
20. 5 buses
21. Php 42
22. -1
12 2
23. or 2 or 2.4
5 5
24. 9 √ 2
25. -5
26. (2,-11)
27. 60°
28. 24
29. 24
30. -278
16
31.
x2 y 3
32. 54 °
33. 108 °
34. 126 °
35. 72 °
36. 4 hours
5
37.
12
38. 6.4 hours
39. Scalene
40. 100°
41. 10 cm2
42. 1.8 cm
43. 5.7 hours
44. 12 minutes