MMC 2013 Third Year Divisions 1

Easy
E1 What is the least common multiple of 9x and 4x 2 ? [36x 2 ]
E2 A parallelogram has base 5 cm and height 7 cm. Find its area. [35 cm2 ]
E3 Two sides of a triangle are 14 cm and 20 cm. What is the range of values for the third side?
[6 cm < 3rd side < 34 cm]
E4 A right triangle is inscribed in a circle with radius 5 cm. How long is the hypotenuse? [10 cm]
E5 On a number line, find the coordinate of the midpoint of PQ if P and Q have coordinates 4 and 8,
respectively. [6]
E6 The area of a circle is 49π cm2 . Find the circumference in terms of π. [14π cm]
E7 A parallelogram has sides 7 cm and 13 cm. Find its perimeter. [40 cm]
E8 What is the 4th term of the arithmetic sequence 10, 7, 4, . . .? [1]
E9 If x ∶ y = 2 ∶ 3 and x + y = 20, find y. [12]
E10 A base of a triangle is 7 cm long. How long is the segment joining the midpoints of the other sides?
[3.5 cm]
EX If the area of a square is 25 cm2 , find its perimeter. [20 cm]
Average
A1 What is the area of a right triangle that has one leg 16 cm and hypotenuse 20 cm? [96 cm2 ]
A2 Find the sum 2 + 4 + 6 + ⋯ + 10 + 12. [42]
A3 z varies directly as the cube of x. If z = 16 when x = 2, find z when x = 3. [54]
A4 Two parallel chords of a circle both have length 24 cm. If the distance between them is 10 cm, what is
the radius of the circle? [13 cm]
A5 The sum of two numbers is 23 and their difference is 9. Find the larger number. [16]
AX How many sides does a convex polygon have if the sum of all its angles is 720○ ? [6]
Difficult
D1 The diagonals of a rhombus are 12 cm and 16 cm long. How long is one side of the rhombus?
[10 cm]
D2 The numbers 30, 60, x form a geometric sequence. What is 30 + 60 + x? [210]
D3 Three circles, with radii 5 cm, 6 cm, and 8 cm, are externally tangent to each other. Find the perimeter
of the triangle formed by their centers. [38 cm]
3
D4 Find all the real roots of 2x 3 − x 2 − 3x = 0. [ , −1, 0]
2
D5 The first term of an arithmetic sequence is −5, and the third term is 1. What is the sum of the first three
terms? [−6]
DX In △ABC, AB = 21 cm, AC = 24 cm, and BC = 30 cm. How long are the sides of a similar triangle with
perimeter 25 cm? [7 cm, 8 cm, 10 cm]
 MMC 2013 Third Year Divisions 2

Tiebreaker
TB1 A circle is tangent to the x-axis and its center is at (1, 2). Find its radius. [2 units]
TB2 Factor completely: 8a3 + 8. [8(a + 1)(a 2 − a + 1)]
√
TB3 How long is the part of the line x + y = 1 that lies on the first quadrant? [ 2 units]
Do-or-Die
DoD In an arithmetic sequence, the second term is 62 and the fourth term is 4. What is the fifth term?
[−26]