MMC 2016

Sectoral Level, Category B

February 11, 2016

Disclaimer: inexact wording, may not be 100% accurate. I can vouch that the wording for grades 8 and 10
are sort of accurate, but not for grades 7 and 9. If you have any corrections or additions, please contact me at
[email protected], or through my Facebook account, Carl Joshua Quines. It is hoped that an official copy will
be released in the near future.
Grade 7.

E1. What must be subtracted from −9 × 6 to obtain 70? [−124]

E2. What is the remainder when 2x2 − 20 is divided by x + 3? [−2]

E3. The length of a rectangle is 50% longer than its width. If the area of the rectangle is 54 sq. m, what is its
perimeter? [30 m]

E4. A square is inscribed in a circle of radius 3. What is the area of the square? [18 sq. units]

E5. What is the sum of (2x + 3)(2x − 3) and 3(2x + 3)? [4x2 + 6x]

E6. A pentagon is formed by an equilateral triangle sharing a side with a square. What is the average of the
measure of the smallest and biggest angles of the pentagon? [105◦ ]

E7. The sum of the squares of two numbers is 76 and their product is 6. What is their difference? [8]

E8. A polygon has 14 diagonals. How many sides does the polygon have? [7]

E9. What is the value of 20 + 2−1 + 2−2 + 2−3 + 2−4 ? 31

[ 16 ]
√
E10. What is the value of 1.69 × 10−16 ? [1.3 × 10−4 ]

A1. If 201625AB is divisible by 12, what is the smallest two digit number AB? [20]

A2. In rectangle ABCD, M is the midpoint of diagonal BD. If AB = 4 and ∠AM B = 120◦ , what is the length
of diagonal BD? [8]

A3. The average weight of the pupils in a class is 16 kg. If the average weight of the girls is 14 kg, and the average
weight of the boys is 19 kg, what is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls? [2:3]

A4. Of the 40 students in a class, 28 are wearing watches while 16 are wearing eyeglasses. Find the greatest
number of students who are not wearing a watch or eyeglasses. [12]

A5. Tom and Jerry are cycling towards each other at the same time. Tom’s speed is five-sixth than that of Jerry.
If they meet when Jerry has cycled 42 km, how far apart were they at the beginning? [77 km]

D1. A square picture is in a square frame. The side lengths of the frame and the picture are integers and the
border is more than 1 inch. If the area of the border is 51 sq. in, what is the area of the picture? [49 sq. in]

D2. In how many ways can Daryl distribute 20 candies to his 3 friends if each friend must receive at least 5
candies? [21 ways]
D3. Three identical pails were filled with water. Pail A had a weight of 3.2 kg when it was two-thirds full. Pail B
had a weight of 1.95 kg when it was one-fourth full. What fraction of pail C is filled if it has a weight of 3.6
kg? [ 45 ]

D4.

D5.

Grade 8.

E1. A triangle has many “centers”. How do we call the center of the triangle that is determined by its three
altitudes? [Orthocenter]

E2. Evaluate 203 − 163 . [3904] (3984 was said)

E3. Find all prime numbers that are more than 2016 but less than 2050. [2017, 2027, 2029, 2039]

E4. Find the sum of all positive divisors of 2016. [6552]

E5. What is the sum of the mean, the median and the mode of the numbers 2, 0, 1, 4, 2, 0, 1, 5, 2, 0, 1, 6, 2, 0, 1,
7? [6.625] (6.75 was said)

E6. A motorboat can travel at an average speed of 11 kph in still water. Travelling with the current, the motorboat
can travel 77 km down the river in the same amount of time it takes to travel 44 km upstream against the
current. Find the speed of the current. [3 kph]

E7. If f (x) = 3x2 + 4x − 7, what is f (f (−1))? [153]

E8. Two standard dice are rolled. What is the probability of the sum on the two dice is greater than or equal to
5
8? [ 12 ]

E9. Find the area of the circle that is inscribed in a 60◦ sector of a circle with radius 12 units.
[16π sq. units] (24π was said)

E10. Find the radius of the circle inscribed in a triangle of sides 20, 21 and 29 cm. [6 cm]
25
A1. In a deck of cards, what is the probability of choosing two red cards? [ 102 ]

A2. In triangle ABC, AC = 5, BC = 12, AB = 13. L, M and N , are respective midpoints of AC, BC and AB.
Find the length of median M C. [ 13
2 ]
3 x2 y xy 2 y3
A3. Expand ( 32 x − y4 )3 . [ 8x
27 − 3 + 8 − 64 ]

A4. How many three-digit even numbers can be formed from the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, if repetition of
digits is not allowed? [252]

A5. A set of 9 numbers are arranged from smallest to highest. The average of the first 5 numbers is 7, while the
average of the last 5 numbers is 12. If the average of all 9 numbers is 8 92 , find the median of the set. [21]

D1. In Jose Rizal High School, there are 1500 students. Every day, each student takes 6 classes, and each teacher
teaches 5 classes. Each class has 40 students and 1 teacher. How many teachers are there at Jose Rizal High
School? [45 teachers]

D2. In a classroom, two-fifths of students are wearing black socks, and three-fourths of the students are wearing
gray pants. What is the minimum number of students in the classroom wearing both black socks and gray
pants? [3]

D3. The vertices of a triangle are (0, 0), (3, 5), and (6, 2). Find the coordinates of the centroid of this triangle.
[(3, 73 )]
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D4. Find the radius of the circle inscribed in an isosceles triangle with base 8 and legs 12. [2 2 units] ( 8 3 2 was
said)

D5. How many triangles are in the given configuration? [84 triangles]

C1. Solve for x: x2 + 2015x = 2016. [1, −2016]

C2. Solve for x: x2016 − x2014 = x2015 − x2013 . [−1, 0, 1]

C3. What is the area of the region bounded by the graph of |x + y| + |x − y| = 4?

[16 sq. units]

Grade 9.

E1. A triangle has many “centers”. How do we call the center of the triangle formed by its three angle bisectors?
[Incenter]
√ √ √
E2. In simplest form, what is the numerical value of 2016 3 2016 6 2016? [2016]

E3. What is the value of sin−1 − 21 ? [− π6 or −30◦ ]

√
E4. What is cos(sin−1 13 )? [232]

E5. Simplify cos−1 θ + sin−1 θ. [ π2 or 90◦ ]

E6. There are 2 each of red, green, blue and white socks. What is the minimum number of socks to pull out to
get a matching pair? [5]

E7. How many three-letter words can be formed by the letters of LOGARITHMS without repetition? [720]

E8. Evaluate 2016 × 20152014 − 2015 × 20162015. [−1]

E9. Find 4 consecutive odd integers whose sum is 2016. [501, 503, 505, 507]

E10. If 4a = 5, 5b = 6, 6c = 7, and 7d = 8, find the value of abcd. [ 32 ]

√ √ √
A1. Find the infinite sum 1 + 5 + 5 5 + 25 + 25 5 + 125+. . . [no sum]
√ √
A2. Find sin 75◦ . [ 2+ 6
4 ]

A3. Find the numerical coefficient of x10 in the expansion of (x − 1)15 . [−3003]

A4. The point with coordinates (1000, 2016) is reflected on the line y = 2000. What are the coordinates of this
point? [(1000, 1984)]

A5. Solve for x: |x − 2|(x − 4)(x + 5) ≥ 0. [x ≥ 4, x = 2, x ≤ −5]

D1. Find the sum of all integer solutions of 1 < (x − 2)2 < 25 [12]
a a
D2. If a and b are one-digit positive integers, find all the fractions b where the infinite series b + ba2 + ba3 + · · · = 13 .
[ 14 and 72 ]

D3. In triangle ABC, AB = 2AC. Point D and R are on segments AB and AC respectively such that
∠BAC = ∠ACD. Find the measure of angle A. [90◦ ]

D4. In a 13-14-15 triangle, find the length of the altitude to the base of 14 units.
[12 units]

D5. In triangle ABC, a = 7 cm, b = 3 cm and c = 5 cm. Find the measure of ∠A.
[120◦ ]
 Grade 10.

E1. If x = 2.3 × 102015 and y = 7.7 × 102016 , what is x + y in scientific notation?

[7.93 × 102016 ]

E2. In how many ways can we select a group of 3 men and 4 women from a group of 6 men and 5 women? [100
ways]
√
E3. A circle has center at (−3, 6) and passes through (3, 3), find its radius. [3 5 units]
√
E4. In triangle ABC, ∠A = 60◦ , AC = 2 cm and AB = 3 cm, what is BC? [ 7 cm]
√ √
E5. Factor the expression x2 + 4x − 1 in the field of real numbers. [(x + 2 − 5)(x + 2 + 5)]

E6. At least how many coins is to be tossed on a table so that the probability of getting all heads is less than
3
100 ? [6]

E7. What is the maximum value of f (x) = (2 − x)(x + 6)? [16]

E8. If y = 2x and x + 2y = 15, what is y? [6]

E9. The legs of a right triangle are 6 and 8 cm. What is the area of the circle that circumscribes the right triangle?
[25π sq. cm]

E10. If the vertex of the parabola y = 2x2 + bx + c is (2, 3), what is c? [11]
√ √
A1. If 3, a, b, c, 27 form a geometric sequence, what are the possible values of a + b + c? [9 + 12 3, 9 − 12 3]

A2. A man is 8 years older than his wife, and 6 times as old as his son. When the son was born, the age of the
wife is four-fifth of that of his husband. Find the age of the son now. [8 years old]

A3. If −1 is one of the roots of 2x3 − 3x2 − 8x + k = 0, find the other roots. [− 21 , 3]
√
A4. What is the area of a regular hexagon with perimeter 48 cm? [96 3 sq. cm]

A5. Find the tenth term of a non-constant arithmetic sequence, where the first term is 4, and whose first, fifth,
and seventeeth terms form a geometric sequence. [22]

1
D1. Simplify 1 + . [x + 2]
1
1−
1
1+
x
D2. Find the solution set of x3 + 12 ≤ x2 + 8x. [(−∞, 3] ∪ 2]

D3. What are the coordinates of the point on (x − 1)2 + (y − 2)2 = 5 that is closest to the point (7, −1)? [(3, 1)]

D4. Charles has a probability of 13 in winning a game against his younger sister. If they play four times, what is
the probability that he will win at least twice? [ 11
27 ]

D5. If a1 = 3, a2 = 5, and an = 3an−1 − 2an−2 for n ≥ 3, what is a2016 ? [1 + 22016 ]

 MMC 2016: Regional Individual Written Competition

Part I. Write your answer on the space provided before each item. Each correct answer earns 2 points.

1. Solve for x in the equation 2 [3 (2 − x) − 2 (4x + 1)] = 3 [2 (x + 1) − (4 − 2x)].

h
−1 i−1
2. Simplify x − 1 − 1 − x−1 .

3. In a classroom of 45 students, 26 like donuts and 15 like sandwiches. At most how many students do not like donuts and
sandwiches?

4. Find the sum of 1 + 0.2 + 0.02 + 0.002 + . . ..

5. The sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence is 3. If its nth term and common difference are −7 and −3 respectively,
what is n?

6. Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the segment joining the points (−1, 2) and (5, −2).

7. Find the solution set of the inequality x4 ≥ 2x3 + 3x2 .

8. What is the slope of the line tangent to the circle x2 + y 2 + 6x = 2y + 30 at the point (3, −1)?

9. What is the remainder when x6 is divided by 2x + 1?

10. In 4ABC, let D and E be points on AB and BC such that DE is parallel to AC. If BD = 5 cm, AD = 2 cm, and BE = 7
cm, how long is CE?

11. A subset containing 1009 elements is randomly selected from the set {1, 2, 3, . . . , 2016}. What is the probability that such subset
contains two consecutive integers?

12. If 2x = 3y + 9 and 3x + 2y = 6, what is 2x + 10y?

13. If f (2x + 5) = 3x2 − x + 1, what is f (1)?

14. In 4ABC, let D, E, and F be points on sides AB, BC, and AC, respectively, such that AD = AF and CE = CF . If
6 ABC = 78◦ , what is 6 DF E?

15. If sec θ = −2 and sin θ > 0, what is sin θ + tan θ?

Part II. Write a complete and neat solution to each problem. Each correct solution earns 3 points.

1. The graph of a third-degree polynomial function f is tangent to the x-axis at the the point (2, 0), crosses the x-axis at (−3, 0),
and crosses the y-axis at (0, −12). What is f (−1)?

2. Find the center of the circle that passes through the points (0, 0), (4, 0), and (6, 6).

3. In 4ABC, AB = 10 cm, BC = 8 cm, and 6 C = 30◦ . Three circles, each of radius 2 cm, are drawn centered at A, B, and C.
Find the area of the region inside the triangle but outside the circle.

4. If 1 + 2 + 3 + . . . + k = n2 and 1 ≤ n ≤ 100, find the values of k.

5. If the lengths of the sides of a right triangle form an arithmetic sequence, prove that the triangle is similar to the 3-4-5 right
triangle.

Part II. Write a complete and neat solution to each problem. Each correct solution earns 5 points.

1. Prove that the sum of the distances from any point inside an equilateral triangle to its three sides is equal to the altitude of the
triangle.

2. In an arithmetic sequence, the mth and nth terms are n and m, respectively, where m 6= n. What is its first term in terms of
m and n?
3 3 3
3. Solve for x in the equation (2016x + 2015) = (x + 1) + (2015x + 2014) .
 MMC 2016: Regional Individual Written Competition
Answer Key

Part I (2 points each)

1. 7/17
2 [3 (2 − x) − 2 (4x + 1)] = 3 [2 (x + 1) − (4 − 2x)]
12 − 6x − 10x − 4 = 6x + 6 − 12 + 6x
7
x = 17

2. 2x −
h1
−1 i−1 h
i−1
x−1 −1

−1
−1
x − 1 − 1 − x−1 =x− 1− x =x− x−1 = 2x − 1

3. 19
maximum complement achieved when all 15 students who like sandwiches also like doughnuts =⇒ 45 − 26 = 19

4. 11/9
0.2 11
1 + 0.2 + 0.02 + 0.002 + . . . = 1 + 1−0.1 = 9

5. 6
Sn = n2 (a1 + an )
3 = n2 {[−7 − (n − 1) (−3)] + [−7]}
3n2 − 17n − 6 = 0
(n − 6) (3n + 1) = 0 =⇒ n = 6

6. 3x − 2y = 6 (or equivalent form)

midpoint: (2, 0)
slope of the segment = − 23
3
equation of the perpendicular bisector: y = 2 (x − 2) = 32 x − 3 or 3x − 2y = 6

7. (−∞, −1] ∪ {0} ∪ [3, +∞) or {x | x ≤ −1 or x = 0 or x ≥ 3}

x4 − 2x3 − 3x2 ≥ 0 =⇒ x2 (x − 3) (x + 1) ≥ 0
solution set = (−∞, −1] ∪ {0} ∪ [3, +∞)

8. 3
center of circle: (−3, 1)
slope of segment joining (−3, 1) and (3, −1) = − 13
slope of the tangent line = 3

9. 1/64

6
remainder = − 21 = 1
64

10. 14/5 cm
7 7+CE 14
4BAC ∼ 4BDE =⇒ 5 = 7 =⇒ CE = 5 cm

11. 1
any subset with 1009 elements from {1, 2, 3, . . . , 2016} always has two consecutive integers =⇒ probability = 1

12. −6
subtract the two given equations: − x − 5y = 3
multiply by − 2 : 2x + 10y = −6

13. 15
2x + 5 = 1 =⇒ x = −2
2
f (1) = 3(−2) − (−2) + 1 = 15

14. 51◦
let 6 ADF = 6 AF D = θ and 6 CEF = 6 CF E = α
(180◦ − 2θ) + (180◦ − 2α) + 75◦ = 180◦
θ + α = 129◦ =⇒ 6 DF E = 180◦ − (θ − α) = 51◦
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15. − 3/2
sec θ < 0 and sin θ > 0 =⇒ θ lies in Quadrant II
√
3
√
sec θ = −2 =⇒ sin θ = 2√ and tan θ = − 3
√ √
sin θ + tan θ = 23 − 3 = − 23

Part II (3 points each)

2
1. f (x) = a(x − 2) (x + 3) (1 point)
2
f (0) = a(0 − 2) (0 + 3) = −12 =⇒ a = −1 (1 point)
2 2
f (x) = −(x − 2) (x + 3) =⇒ f (−1) = −(−1 − 2) (−1 + 3) = −18 (1 point)

2. perpendicular bisector of segment joining (0, 0) and (4, 0) : x = 2 (1 point)

perpendicular bisector of segment joining (0, 0) and (6, 6) : y = −x + 6 (1 point)
intersection of two perpendicular bisectors is center of circle: (2, 4) (1 point)

3. area of 4ABC = 21 BC × (altitude from A) = 12 (8) (10 sin 30◦ ) = 20 cm2 (1 point)
total area of circular sectors = half of area of circle of radius 2 cm = 12 π · 22 = 2π cm2


(1 point)
area of region = 20 − 2π cm2 (1 point)

4. n2 = 1 + 2 + 3 + . . . + k = 21 k (k + 1) =⇒ 2n2 = k (k + 1) (1 point)
discriminant = 1 + 8n2 must be perfect square (1 point)
n2 ∈ 12 , 62 , 352

=⇒ k ∈ {1, 8, 49} (1 point)

5. let a and d > 0 be first term and common difference of AP, respectively
2 2
a2 + (a + d) = (a + 2d) (1 point)
a = 3d (1 point)
sides of right triangle: 3d, 4d, 5d =⇒ The right triangle is similar to the 3-4-5 triangle. (1 point)

Part III (5 points each)

1. Let P be any point inside an equilateral triangle ABC, and let the length of each side of 4ABC be s. Let the respective
 and AB be x, y, and z. Let h be the altitude of 4ABC.
distance from P to BC, AC,
area of 4ABC = 0.5hs  
 (3 points for four correct items)
area of 4P BC = 0.5xs 
(2 points for three correct items)
area of 4P AC = 0.5ys  
 (1 point for one or two correct items)
area of 4P AB = 0.5zs

area of 4P BC + area of 4P AC + area of 4P AB = area of 4ABC (1 point)
0.5xs + 0.5ys + 0.5zs = 0.5hs =⇒ x + y + z = h (1 point)

2. Let a and d be the first term and common difference of the AP, respectively.
a + (m − 1) d = n (1 point) and a + (n − 1) d = m (1 point)
subtracting the equations: (m − 1) d − (n − 1) d = n − m =⇒ (m − n) d = n − m (1 point)
m 6= n =⇒ d = −1 (1 point)
a + (m − 1) d = n =⇒ a + (m − 1) (−1) = n =⇒ a = m + n − 1 (1 point)

3. Observation: 2016 = 1 + 2015 and 2015 = 1 + 2014. (1 point)

3 3 3 
Factoring sum of two cubes: (2016x + 2015) = (x + 1) + (2015x + 2014) 

3 
(2016x + 2015) = [(x + 1) + (2015x + 2014)] × (some quadratic factor) 
3
(2016x + 2015) = (2016x + 2015) × (some quadratic factor) 


2015
2016x + 2015 = 0 =⇒ x = − 2016 is one root.

3 3 3 
Factoring difference of two cubes: (2016x + 2015) − (x + 1) = (2015x + 2014) 
3 
[(2016x + 2015) − (x + 1)] × (some quadratic factor) = (2015x + 2014) 
3
(2015x + 2014) × (some quadratic factor) = (2015x + 2014) 


2014
2015x + 2014 = 0 =⇒ x = − 2015 is another one root.

Similarly, x = −1 is the last root.
(2 points for the first group; 1 point for the next group; 1 point for the last root)
(1 point for guessing all the roots without solution)
 MMC 2016: Regional Finals
15-Second Questions (2 points each)
1. If f (x) = x3 + 2x2 + x, what is f (−2)? [ −2 ]

2. Find the equation of the line that passes through the origin and is perpendicular to the line 3x + 7y = 8. [ 3y = 7x ]

3. Two similar triangles have areas 25 and 49 cm2 . If the shortest side of the smaller triangle is 15 cm, how long is the shortest
side of the bigger triangle? [ 21 cm ]

4. Solve for x in the inequality x2 + x ≤ 0. [ −1 ≤ x ≤ 0 ]

5. What are the coordinates of the center of the circle x2 + y 2 + 4x − 2y + 2 = 0? [ (−2, 1) ]

3
6. If 6 and 3 are the second and third terms of a geometric sequence, what is the fifth term? [ 4 ]

7. If tan θ = − 43 and sin > 0, what is cos θ? [ − 35 ]

[ − 25 , 2 ]

8. Find the values of x that satisfy the equation |5x − 4| = 6.

9. Jose is 16 years old and Carlos is 6 years old. How many years from now will Jose be twice as old as Carlo? [4]

10. What is the least value of the function f (x) = (x + 2) (x − 6)? [ −16 ]

11. Find the equation of the line with intercepts at (0, 4) and (−2, 0). [ y = 2x + 4 ]

30-Second Questions (3 points each)

1. What is the least positive integer n such that 1 + 2 + 3 + . . . + n > 100? [ 14 ]
31
2. If five coins are tossed, what is the probability of getting at most four heads? [ ] 32

[ − 12 , 0, 4 ]

3. Solve for x in the equation 2x3 = 7x2 + 4x.

4. Two chords intersect within a circle. The first chord is divided into two segments, 5 cm and 12 cm long. If the second chord is
divided into segments, one of which is 4 cm longer than the other, how long is the second chord? [ 16 cm ]

5. What is the remainder when x4 − x is divided by x2 − 1? [ −x + 1 ]

6. Solve for the values of x and y that satisfy the equations 3x + 2y = 8 and x − 4y = 12. [ x = 4, y = −2 ]

1-Minute Questions (5 points each)

√ √
1. Solve for x in the equation 7x + 9 + x = 3. [0]

2. A tunnel is 1.7 km long. A train 100 m long enters the tunnel at a constant speed of 30 kph. How long will it take the train to
completely pass the tunnel? [ 0.06 hr ]

3. If a and b are the 4th and 5th terms of an arithmetic sequence, what is its 10th term? [ 6b − 5a ]

4. Find the equation of the line tangent to the circle x2 + y 2 + 2x = 4 at the point (−2, 2). [ y = 21 x + 3 ]

5. In how many ways can eight students be divided into four groups of two? [ 105 ]

6. A quiz has 20 questions with seven points awarded for each correct answer, two points deducted for each wrong answer, and
zero point for each question omitted. Jack scores 87 points. How many questions did he omit? [5]

Clincher Questions
1
C1. In rolling a pair of dice, what is the probability of getting a sum of 4? [ 12 ]

C2. When the polynomial P (x) is divided by x2 + 3, the quotient is x2 − 4 and the remainder is 2x − 1. What is the remainder
when P (x) is divided by x + 1? [ −15 ]
√
C3. Find the length of a common external tangent of two externally tangent circles of radii 3 cm and 7 cm. [ 2 21 cm ]

Do-or-Die Question
DoD. The sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence is 21. If its first term and common difference are −2 and 0.25, respectively,
what is n? [ 24 ]
 MMC 2016
Regional Level, Category B

February 19, 2016, March 4, 2016

Disclaimer: inexact wording, may not be 100% accurate. I can vouch wording for grade 6 is pretty accurate.
If you have any corrections or additions, please contact me at [email protected], or through my Facebook
account, Carl Joshua Quines. It is hoped that an official copy will be released in the near future, but MMC did
not release a copy of the regional questions last year, so. . . I will be relying on the transcription of my teacher for
grades 7 and 8, as I was unable to attend the actual competition. I do not have a copy of the grade 9 questions.
Grade 6.

E1. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 99. The largest number in the sum is 34. What is the smallest
number is this sum? [32]

E2. Twenty poles are placed in a straight line. The distance between any two consecutive poles is 3 m. What is
the distance between the first and the tenth pole? [27 m]

E3. Two circles have a common center. The radius of the larger circle is 7 cm and the radius of the smaller circle
is 3 cm. What is the area between them? Give your answer in terms of π. [40π sq. cm]

E4. In the number 500500 how many times greater is the value of the leftmost 5 than the value of the rightmost 5?
[1000]

E5. What is the value of (1 × 2016) + (2 × 2016) + (3 × 2016) + (4 × 2016)? [20160]

E6. When a certain number is divided by 8, the quotient is 4 and the remainder is 2. What is the number? [34]

E7. How many prime numbers are factors of 30? [3]

E8. On a sheet of paper, a line is drawn through the center of a square drawn on the paper. How many times
does this line intersect the sides of the square? [2]

E9. In what month does the one hundredth day of the year occur? [April]

E10. What number should be on the blank? 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 × 6 = 2 × 12 × . [30]

A1. How many of the integers from 2 to 999 are squares of whole numbers? [30]

A2. My dog was 120 m from home and my cat was 70 m from home. I called them and they both ran directly
toward me. If my dog ran twice as fast as my cat, how far from home was my cat when my dog reached
home? [10 m]

A3. What is the fewest number of squares each with a perimeter of 4 cm that will completely cover a square with
a side of 4 cm? [16]

A4. If 10% of 10% of a certain number is 2, what is the number? [200]

A5. Rick multiplied his age by 2, added 20, divided by 2, and then subtracted his age. What number did Rick
finally get? [10]
 D1. A circle and a square intersect so that two sides of the square are radii of the circle. If a side of the square is
3 cm, what is the area of the region inside the square but outside the circle? [9 − 9π
4 sq. cm]

D2. Lloyd was born 6 14 years after Alex. The sum of their ages is 66 11
12 years. How old is Alex?
7
[36 12 years]

D3. On a shelf, 38 of the books are geometry, 13 of the remaining books are algebra, and the rest are statistics. If
there are ten statistics books, find the total number of books on the shelf. [24]

D4. A ferris wheel can accommodate 60 people in 20 minutes. How many people can ride the ferris wheel in 4
hours? [720 people]

D5. If the month of July has 5 Tuesdays, and three of them fall on even-numbered days, what is the date of the
third Tuesday in July? [July 16]

C1. A whole number is greater than 20 and less than 2000. What is the smallest possible value of the sum of all
its digits? [1]

C2. In a list of 200 numbers, each number after the first number is 4 more than the number that comes before it.
What is the difference between the first and the last number of this list? [796]

C3. The base of a triangular prism is a right triangle with legs 3 cm and 4 cm, respectively. If the height of the
prism is 5 cm, what is its total surface area? [72 sq. cm]

DoD. Rica owns 3 houses and makes money by renting them out. She charges 3 times as much per month for the
second house than the first. The monthly rent for the third house is 18000 pesos less than the sum of the
monthly rents for the first two houses. The first house was vacant for five months, but otherwise rents were
received every month from the tenants of the three houses. Rica had a total rent receipt of 603,000 pesos for
the year. How much per month was the rent of the third house? [18000 pesos]

Grade 7.

E1. What is the result when 5 × −6 is subtracted from −9 × −2? [48]

3
+ 61
E2. What is the value of 4
4− 13
? [ 14 ]

E3. The number of students increased by 10% this year. If there are 1540 students this year, how many students
were there last year? [1400]

E4. If x is twice as far from −2 as it is from 1, what is x? [0, 4]

√
E5. If x2 = 5, what is x? [5]

E6. Expand and simplify: (2x + z − 1)(2x − z + 1). [4x2 − z 2 + 2z − 1]

952 −252
E7. Simplify 7 . [1200]

E8. Factor completely: x2 − 4 + 3(x + 2). [(x + 1)(x + 2)]

E9. What is the remainder when x3 − 5x + 3 is divided by x − 2? [1]

E10. Ms. Salvador has 40 students. Whe she asked if they studied last weekend, 23 said they studied last Saturday
and 28 said they studied last Sunday. If 15 students said they studied both days last weekend, how many
students did not study on both Saturday and Sunday? [4]

A1. Two circles share a common center and hae integer radius. If the area between the two circles is 19π sq. cm,
what is the perimeter of the smaller circle? [18π cm]

A2. The sum of 2 numbers is 12 and the difference of their squares is 96. What is the smaller number? [2]
3
A3. If Gabi is x years old and is 7 as old as Free, in how many years will Gabi be half as old as Free? [ x3 years]
A4. Dante is taking a 150 km trip driving at 40 kph in the last 2 hours. What should be his speed for the
remainder of the 3 hours to have an average of 50 kph? [70 kph]

A5. A pitcher contains 440 mL of water mixed with 60 mL of juice concenrate If 150 mL of the mixture is poured
out and replaced with water, so that the volume is the same. What is the percentage of concentrate in the
new mixture? [8.4%]

D1. How many positive integers less than 216 are divisible by 28 but not by 12? [48]

D2. The sum of two numbers is 9 and their product is 25. What is the sum of their cubes? [54]

D3. If the sum of fifty consecutive integers that come after n is 6525, what is the sum of fifty consecutive integers
before n? [3975]

D4. If the sum of the digits of a two digit number is subtracted from the number, the units of the digit number is
4. How many two digit numbers have this property? [10]

D5. In the figure, each vertex of the square is joined to the midpoint of the opposite side. What fraction of the
square is shaded? [ 15 ]

Grade 8.

E1. There is 20 peso, 50 pesos, 100 pesos and 500 peso bills in a box. You select one bill at random. What is the
probability that the amount remaining in the box is less than 650 pesos? [ 34 ]

E2. For which values of a is the point (a − 2, 1 − a) on the second quadrant? [a < 1]
n n
E3. If the inverse of 3 is an integer, then 6 is an integer. True or false? [True]

E4. If 3x − 4y = 9, what is the value of 8y − 6x? [−18]

E5. Transform the following statement to an if-then statement: all equilateral triangle are acute.
[If a triangle equilateral, then it is acute.]

E6. Factor completely: y 4 − 81x4 [(y 2 + 9x2 )(y − 3x)(y + 3x)]

E7. If 3 is the x-intercept of the line x − 3y + 2c = 0, what is c?. [ −3

2 ]

E8. Among the following points indicate all that are solutions of the inequality 5x + 2y > 17: (3, 1), (3, 2), (4, −2),
(5, −3). [(3, 2), (5, −3)]
782 −962
E9. Find the value of 78+96 . [−18]

E10. The probablity of selecting a female from a group of 50 people is 0.6. How many males are in the group? [20]

A1. Let ABCDE be a pentagon with parallel sides AB and BE. Angle ADC is 146◦ and angle EDC is 120◦ .
Find angle BCD. [94◦ ]

A2. Give the slope-intercept form of the line whose y-intercept is twice the x-intercept and is passing through
(2, −3). [y = 2x + 1]

A3. At the given instant container A has 6 liters of water, B has 12 liters of water. If the volume of container A
is increased by 2 liters per minute, and B is decreased 2.5 liters per minute, what will be the volume in both
containers are the instant they contain an equal amount of water? [ 26
3 liters]

A4. Let S = {1, 2, . . . , 1000}. If a number is selected at random, what is the probability that it is divisible by 17?
29
[ 500 ]

A5. In triangle ABC, angle A is 34◦ , and the exterior angle of vertex B is complentary to angle C. Find angle B.
[118◦ ]
D1. Point D is inside triangle ABC such that BD and CD are angle bisectors of angle ABC and angle ACB,
respectively. BD is equal to CD. Find angle BDC if angle BAC is 32◦ . [163◦ ]

D2. In the system 8y − 3x ≤ 16, 3x + 8y ≥ −18 for which solution (x, y) is x + y least? [(−6, −4)]

D3. Triangle ABC has vertices A(−2, 6), B(4, 4), C(4, a). Find the values of a such that the area of triangle ABC
is equal to 21. [11, −3]

D4. The y-intercept of two perpendicular lines are b and −2. The x-intercept are 3 and a, respectively. If
a + b = 15, find the slope of both lines. [−3, 13 ]

D5. You tossed three unbiased coins then remove all tails in the result, and you tossed the remaining coins. What
is the probability that you tossed exactly three tails in the remaining coins? [ 27
64 ]

Grade 10.1
1
E1. The first term and common ratio of a geometric sequence is 2016 and 2 respectively. What is the fourth
term? [252]

E2. The area of the circle circumscribing a right triangle is 45π sq. cm. Find the hypotenuse of the triangle.
√
[6 5 cm]

E3. What is the vertex of the parabola y = (x + 4)(2 − x)? [(−1, 9)]
15
E4. Find the remainder when x5 − x is divided by 2x + 1. [ 32 ]

E5. In a circle, 2 internal chords divide each other into 2 segments. One segment of a chord is 3 cm and 8 cm.
While the other segment of the second chord is 2 cm longer than the other. Find the length of the second
chord. [10 cm]
√
E6. If x and y are positive numbers such that x2 + y 2 = 8 and xy = 2, find x + y. [2 3]

E7. A circle passes through (0, 0), (6, 0) and (0, 5). What is the center of the circle? [(3, 52 )]

E8. What is the largest value of x that satisfies the inequality 3x2 + x3 ≤ 0? [0]

E9. The graph of the function f (x) = a(x + 1)3 passes through the point (1, 4). What is f (3)? [32]

E10. Simplify (102 × 98) − (105 × 95). [21]

72
A1. The geometric mean and harmonic mean of two numbers are 6 and 13 . What is the sum of the two numbers?
[13]

A2. Two sides of a triangle are 8 cm and 10 cm, and the angle between them is 60◦ . Find the perimeter
√ of the
triangle. [18 + 2 21 cm]

A3. If one root of 2x3 + 3x2 = 5x + k is −1, find the other roots. [ 23 and −2]

A4. Two opposite vertices of a square lie at (0, 4) and (7, 3). Find the other vertices. [(3, 0), (4, 7)]
√ √
A5. Solve for x in the equation 3 + x = 3x − 11 [25]

D1. A tank contains 150 L of mango puree and 50 L of water. Then 40 L of the mixture is removed and is
replaced by 40 L of water. What is the percentage of mango puree in the final mixture? [60%]

D2. Find the point on the x-axis equidistant to the points (8, 1) and (0, 5). [( 52 , 0)]

D3. A third-degree polynomial satisfies P (0) = −3 and P (1) = 4. When P (x) is divided by x2 + x + 1 the
remainder is 2x − 1. In the same division, what is the quotient? [3x − 2]
1
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D4. In how many ways can 3 distinct numbers be chosen from the set {1, 2, 3, . . . , 10} such that the sum of the
numbers is odd? [60]

D5. Find the sum of all 3-digit odd positive integers. [247500]
 MMC 2016: National Individual Finals

15-Second Questions (2 points each)

1. If x = 2, what is 1 + x + x2 + . . . + x6 ? [ 127 ]
2. A parabola intersects the x-axis at −2 and 4, and it passes through the point (0, 16). Find the coordinates of
its vertex. [ (1, 18) ]
3. The third and tenth terms of an arithmetic sequence are −8 and 20. What is the fifth term? [0]
4. Find the coordinates of the center of the circle x2 + y 2 − 6x + 8y − 1 = 0. [ (3, −4) ]

5. If f (x) = kx2 + 3x − 2 and f (2) = 0, what is f (−1)? [ −6 ]

3

6. Find the solution set of the inequality x2 (x + 3) (2x − 3) ≥ 0. [ (−∞, −3] ∪ {0} ∪ 2 , +∞ ]
7. In how many ways can six students stand in a row if two of them insist not to stand next to each other? [ 480 ]
8. The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is 6 cm. What is the cosine of the angle opposite the side
√
of
length 3 cm? [ 23 ]
9. Find the smaller angle between the hour and the minute hands of a clock at 12:20. [ 110◦ ]
10. If x + 5y = 8 and x − 3y = 4, what is x + y? [6]

30-Second Questions (3 points each)

1. Find the area of the quadrilateral whose vertices are (2, 4), (4, 2), (6, 8), and (10, 6). [ 4 square units ]
5an +2
2. The sequence {an } satisfies the relation an+1 = 5 with a1 = 4. What is a2016 ? [ 810 ]
3. A circle of radius 12 cm intersects with another circle of radius 18 cm at right angles. Find the difference of
the areas of the non-overlapping portions of the circles. []
4. Two dice are rolled. What is the probability of getting two numbers that are equal or whose sum is 10? [ 29 ]
p √ p √
5. Simplify 9 + 4 5 + 14 − 6 5. [5]

1-Minute Questions (5 points each)

√
1. Simplify 1 + 3 + 1−1√3 − 1+1√3 . [1]

2. The three pairwise sums of the zeros of a cubic function f are 4, 7, and −1. If f (0) = 1, what is f (2)? [ − 43 ]
3. Let S be the sum of the first n > 0 terms of the arithmetic sequence 29, 32, 35, . . . , and T the sum of the first
2n terms of the arithmetic sequence −20, −16, −12, . . .. For what value(s) of n is S = T ? [ 11 ]
4. If three of the roots of the equation x4 + ax2 + bx + c = 0 are 1, 2, and 3, what is b? [ 60 ]
5. The area of a triangle is A cm2 , and its perimeter is P cm. If the area of its inscribed circle is 2π cm2 , what
√
is
A 2
P ? [ 2 ]
 MMC 2016: National Team Finals

15-Second Questions (2 points each)

1. The hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle is 12 cm. Find its area. [ 36 cm2 ]
2. One of the roots of the equation 6x4 + 11x3 − 6x2 − 9x − 2 = 0 is 1. Find the sum of the other roots. [ − 17
6 ]
√
3. If cos θ = − 31 and tan θ > 0, find tan θ. [2 2]
4. Two circles of radii 4 and 5 cm intersect at two points. If the segment joining these points is 6 cm long,
√ find
the distance between the centers of the circles. [ 4 + 7 cm ]
5. If f (x) = k(x + 2)(2x − 3) and f (1) = 6, what is f (0)? [ 12 ]

6. Find the sum of the first twenty even natural numbers. [ 420 ]
7. Find the equation of the line tangent to the circle x2 + y 2 + 4x − 6y = 0 at the origin.
[ y = 32 x ]
8. A chord bisects a second chord. If the segments of the first chord are 5 and 10 cm long, how long is the√second
chord? [ 10 2 cm ]
5
9. The fourth and seventh terms of a geometric sequence are 5 and 40, respectively. What is its first term? [ 8 ]
10. The zeros of the polynomial P (x) = x3 + ax2 + bx + c are 2, 3, and 4. Find a + b + c. [ −7 ]

30-Second Questions (3 points each)

1. The sum of the first three terms of an arithmetic sequence is equal to its fifth term. If the eighth term is 20,
what is the second term? [4]

2. A man drove 300 km in a car. If his average speed had been 5 kph faster, his travel time would have been 15
minutes less. Find his original average speed. [ 75 kph ]
3. Two of the roots of the equation x3 + ax2 + bx − 6 = 0 are −1 and 2. What is b? [ −5 ]
4. In 4ABC with AB < AC, let D be a point on AC such that AB = AD. If 6 ABC − 6 ACB = 40◦ , what is
6 DBC? [ 20◦ ]

5. From a group of 5 women and 7 men, how many different committees consisting of 3 women and 4 men can be
formed if two of the men refuse to serve on any committee together? [ 250 ]

1-Minute Questions (5 points each)

1. Solve for x in the equation 2x4 + 3x3 = 8x2 + 12x. [ x ∈ {−2, − 32 , 0, 2} ]
2. Find the point on the circle x2 + y 2 + 2x = 4y + 3 that is nearest to the line x + y = 7. [ (1, 4) ]
3. A regular octagon is to be constructed by cutting congruent isosceles right triangles from the corners
√ of a unit
square. How long is each side of the octagon? [ 2 − 1 unit ]
4. []
5. When 3x3 + 19x2 + 37x + 26 is expressed as a(x + 2)3 + b(x + 2)2 + c(x + 2) + d, find a, b, c, and d.
[ (a, b, c, d) = (3, 1, −3, 4) ]