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2004 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge

Sectoral Finals - Grade 6
A.

15-second questions 2 points each

156

1.

10
9

2.

What is the largest whole number less than 190 that is divisible
by 78?
I am thinking of a number. If

2
4
of the number is , what is the
5
9

number?
25%

3.

Shoes that cost P600 are sold for P750. What is the gain percent?

P7.00

4.

Bus fare is P4.00 for the first 4 km and 50 for each additional
km. How much is the fare for 10 km?

20 yrs. old

5.

One-fourth of Joses age plus of his age equals 15 years. How

old is Jose?

14

6.

How many times as great is 140,000 than 104

9 cm

7.

A rectangle has an area of 108 cm 2. If the length is 12 cm, what

is the width?

12:45 PM

8.

From Manila, it takes 3 hours to reach Lucena. To reach

Lucena at 4:15 PM, what time should I leave Manila?

6 cm

9.

If the total surface area of a cube is 216 cm2, what is the length of
an edge?

B.

10. What digit may be used to replace 4 in 849 to make it divisible

by 11?

10

11. 40% of 70 is what percent of 280?

30-second questions 3 points each

9

1.

An equilateral triangle has a side of 30 cm. How many smaller

equilateral triangles of side 10 cm can be cut from it?

5:35

2.

A plane travelling at 600 km/hr was 50 km from an airport at

5:30. At what time will it be over the airport?

P375,000

3.

A rich man divided P900,000 among his three sons in the ratio
3:4:5 according to age. How much did the eldest got?

45

4.

The mean of three numbers is 37. If two of the numbers are 34

and 32, what is the third number?

96

5.

If the side of a square is increased by 40% by how many percent

is the area increased?

78 m

6.

A rectangular garden has an area of 368 m2. If the length is 23 m,

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what is its perimeter?
C.

1-minute questions 5 points each

P16,250

1.

A salesman has a basic salary of P4,500 and a commission of 5%

on all sales above P50,000. How much did he earn when his
monthly sales amounted to P285,000?

16 cm

2.

An isosceles triangle has a base of 20 cm and an altitude of 12

cm. If each leg is 15 cm, find the length of the altitude to a leg.

P87.00

3.

125
2

4.

What is the reciprocal of 0.016?

3421,

5.

In a 4-digit number, the thousands digit is thrice the units digit;

the hundreds digit is 3 more than the units digit and the tens digit
is the difference of the thousands and the units digit. Find at least
2 numbers that satisfy the conditions.

6.

If s:r = 3:5 and r:t = 4:7, what is s:t?

6542,
9663
12:35

1
of the
3
money belong to John. Of the remaining money, Jun has P20
more than Joey. How much of the money belong to Jun?
John, Jun and Joey together have P240. P6 more than

Clincher questions
21

1.

25

2.

16%

3.

If thrice a number decreased by 10 equals 53, find the number.

2
be
5
changed into P20-bills, into P50-bills and the rest into 5-peso
coins. How many bills and coins did she get?
Mother has a P500-bill. At her bank, she asked that

The cost of a book increased from P95 to P110. By how many

percent, to the nearest whole number, did the cost increase?

Do-Or-Die questions
31.36 kg.

1.

81

2.

A beam 2 m long, 14 cm wide and 8 cm thick weighs 1.4 kg per

cubic decimeter. What is the weight of the whole beam? [The
answer in the paper is 22.4 kg but Dad said should be 31.36 kg
(V = lwh = 20dm x 1.4dm x 0.8dm = 22.4dm3 x 1.4 = 31.36kg)]

Four small squares are put together to form a bigger square. If

the perimeter of the big square is 72 cm, what is the area of each
small square?
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