MATHEMATIC

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QUESTION
1
What kinds of numbers do not terminate
and do not repeat?

A. Irrationals Numbers
B. Integers
C. Whole Numbers
D. Rational Numbers
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ANSWER:

A. Irrational Numbers
QUESTION
2
The sides of a polygon are 3,4,5,6, and
7cm. Find the perimeter of a similar
polygon, if the side corresponding to 5 cm
is 9 cm long.
A. 45 cm
B. 55 cm
C. 25 cm
D. 30 cm
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ANSWER:

A. 45 cm
QUESTION
3
If the letters of the word MATHEMATICS
are repeatedly and consecutively written,
what is the 2017th letter?
A. M
B. A
C. T
D. H
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ANSWER:

D. H
QUESTION
4
Which concept on the left is not paired
with numbers or symbols that illustrate it?
A. Integer, -4968
B. Coefficient, 5x+9= 3
C. Reciprocals, a/b + b/a = 1
D. Additive Inverse, 22+(-22)= 0
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ANSWER:
C.
Reciprocals,
a/b + b/a = 1
QUESTION
5
A line which touches a curve, but does not
cut it, is known as what?
A. Tangent
B. Asymptote
C. Secant
D. Skew
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ANSWER:

A. Tangent
QUESTION
6
Find the incorrect number in the following
series: 4,9,16,24,36,49,64

A. 16
B. 24
C. 36
D. 64
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ANSWER:

B. 24
QUESTION
7
If three children eat 4 kilos of rice in 5
days, how long will 12 children eat 48 kilos
of rice?
A. 12 days
B. 15 days
C. 17 days
D. 20 days
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ANSWER:

B. 15 Days
QUESTION
8
Which of the following symbol
represents “is an element of”?
A. ∈
B. ⊂
C. ∩
D. ⊆
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ANSWER:

A. ∈
QUESTION
9
 -

Solve for x in = 0.
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A. 1
B. -1
C. 2
D. -2
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ANSWER:

C. 2
QUESTION
10
Express the answer in lowest terms
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A.
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 ANSWER:

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A.
Average
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CORRECT ANSWER
QUESTION
1
The length of a rectangle is 8 cm 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?
a. 90 sq. cm
b. 60 sq. cm
c. 180 sq. cm
d. 120 sq. cm
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ANSWER:

C. 180 sq. cm
QUESTION
2
An iron cube of side 16 cm is melted down
and is used to make eight smaller iron
cubes of the same size. What is the length
of the sides of the smaller iron cube?
A. 5cm
B. 4cm
C. 3cm
D. 2cm
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ANSWER:

D. 2 cm
QUESTION
3
Frankie buys 1 pencil and 1 rubber for
$1.10, Jimmy buys 1 pencil and 1 ruler for
$1.3, Sandy buys 1 ruler and 1 rubber for
$1.40. What is the cost of 1 pencil?
A. $0.5
B. $0.6
C. $0.7
D. $0.8
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ANSWER:

A. $0.5
QUESTION
4
What is the quotient when
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is divided by x + 2?
 
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A.
QUESTION
5
The angle bisector at vertex B of 4ABC
meets AC at D. If BC = 6;AC = 40 and CD =
15, nd AB.
A. 20
B. 15
C. 10
D. 5
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ANSWER:

C. 10
QUESTION
6
Which of the following sets is finite?

 
A.
B.
C.
D.
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 ANSWER:

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B.
QUESTION
7
What do we call the lines connecting the
foci in an ellipse?
A. Ellipsoid
B. Major Axis
C. Vertex
D. Minor Axis
 
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ANSWER:

B. Major Axis
QUESTION
8
Felix has an average of 90 in five tests;
each test is with 100 points. What is the
lowest possible score Felix could have
gotten in a test?
A. 50
B. 55
C. 60
D. 70
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ANSWER:

A. 50
QUESTION
9
The sum of the roots of the quadratic
function - 4x + 3 is 4. If all the coefficients
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of the quadratic are increased by 2, what is

the sum of the roots of the new function?
A. 4/5
B. 1/2
C. 2/3
D. 4/3
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ANSWER:

C. 2/3
QUESTION
10
The supplement of an angle is four times
its complement. Find the angle
 
A.
B.
C.
D.
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B. 60
Difficult
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QUESTION
1
A 400mL flask containing 40% alcohol
mixture and a 600mL flask containing a
60% alcohol mixture are put together in a
single large flask. How many percent
alcohol is the resulting mixture?
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ANSWER:

50 %
QUESTION
2
What number cannot be represented
in Roman Numerals?
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ANSWER:

Zero
QUESTION
3
Anna has four cardboard squares, each of
which has side of length 6 cm. She decides to
form a trapezoid by putting three squares side-
by-side, cutting one square along a diagonal,
discarding one-half and putting the other half
at one end of the squares. What is the area of
the trapezoid?
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ANSWER:

126 sq. cm
QUESTION
4
Rationalize the denominator and
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simplify: .
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 ANSWER:

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√ 𝟑 −𝟏
QUESTION
5
What is the sum of all prime
numbers less than 100?
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ANSWER:

1060
QUESTION
6
What is the smallest positive
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angle which is co-terminal to ?

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QUESTION
7
Find the length of h, the height drawn
to the hypotenuse, of the right ABC
with right angle at C if h divides the
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hypotenuse into two parts of length 25

(from A) and 9.
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ANSWER:

15
QUESTION
8
Find the area of the triangle formed by the
coordinate axes and the line 3x + 2y = 6.
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 ANSWER:

𝟐
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𝟑 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔
QUESTION
9
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?
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8
QUESTION
10
Archimedes
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described it as greater than and less
than . Today that number is called
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ANSWER:

Pi
Clincher
QUESTION
1
One trillion is 1 followed by 12 zeros.
What is 1 followed by 18 zeros?
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ANSWER:

1 quintillion
QUESTION
2
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Evaluate .
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ANSWER:
12345678987654
321
QUESTION
3
 In what branch of
mathematics are numbers
represented by letters?
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ANSWER:

Algebra
QUESTION
4
Which ancient civilization is said to have
developed the decimal system, hundreds
of years before it was used in Europe?
 
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ANSWER:

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