1st Quarter Math Olympics

Grade 10 Mathematics

_________________ 1. The first term of a geometric sequence is 4, and the second term is 12, what is the
fifth term?
_________________ 2. The 4th and 10th terms of an arithmetic sequence are 48 and 68. What is the 1st
term?
_________________ 3. What is the largest root of the equation 

(−1 )n+1 (n−1)(n+2)

_________________ 4.  In the sequence, a n= , what is a 10?
n
n
(−1)
_________________ 5. Find the 20 term of the sequence a n= 2 .
th

n
_________________ 6. The area of a rectangle is 4 x 4 +4 x 3 + 4 x 2+2 x +1 square centimeter . If the length of the
rectangle is 2 x2 +1 centimeter , what is the width of the rectangle?

_________________ 7. Find k so that x−2 is a factor of P ( x ) =x3 −k x 2−4 x +20

_________________ 8. What are the factors of x 2−2 x−24 ?

_________________ 9. Evaluate the polynomial x 3+ x2 + x +3 if the value of x = -2.

_________________ 10. Find the 12th term of the geometric 1, 2, 4, …
Answer key:
1. 324
2. 38
3. 2
−54
4.
5
1
5.
400
6. 2 x2 +2 x+ 1 cm or centimeters
7. 5
8. (x+4) (x-6)
9. -3
10. 2,048