2008 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge

National Individual Written Competition Fourth Year

Part I. Write your answer on the space before the corresponding number. Each correct answer earns
2 points.
________1. Find the diameter of the sphere whose surface area is 324pi square cm.
________2. Find the angle that is equal to one-half of its supplement.
________3. If log(9!) = a, what is log(10!)?
________4. If x = 21/y, find the value of x3y.
________5. If tan x = and tan y = 1/3, where x and y are both in the third quadrant, find sin(x + y).
e x + ex
________6. Find the value of x if e x ex = 2.
________7. Painters A and B, working together, can finish painting the house in 6 days. Working
alone, painter A can finish it in 5 days less than painter B. How long will it take painter B
to finish the work alone?
________8. A circle is inscribed in a square of side 8cm. On one of the corner spaces between the
circle and the square, the largest possible circle is drawn. Find the radius of this smaller
circle.
________9. If the graphs of the equations 3x 5y + 4 = 0 and 2x + ay 11 = 0 intersect at right
angles, find the value of a.
________10. Given the points (-3, 33 4),(0,-4), and (3, 33 4), find the equation of the parabola
that passes through these three points.
________11. Find the exact value of the infinite expression 6+ 6+ 6+ .
________12. Six teams enter a basketball tournament. Each team plays until it loses two games.
What is the least number of games to be played for the tournament?
________13. If logx 2 + logx 2 = 2, solve for x.
________14. The lengths of the sides of a triangle are 13cm, 13cm, and 10cm. Find the radius of the
inscribed circle.
________15. Let f(x) be a function such that f(x) + 2f(-x) = sin x for every real number x. What is the

value of f( 2 )?
Part II. Give a complete and neat solution. Each correct and complete solution earns 3 points.
1. The base of a triangle is 15 cm. Two line segments are drawn parallel to the base, terminating in
the other two sides, and dividing the triangle into three equal areas. Find the lengths of the parallel
segments.
2. The expression 7+4 3 - 74 3 can be simplified into a 3 , where a is an integer. Find
a.
3. One root of mx2 10x + 3 = 0 is two-thirds of the other root. Find he value of m and the sum of the
roots.
4. Simplify 1 x 1! + 2 x 2! + 3 x 3! + + 2008 x 2008!.
5. Determine all sequences of consecutive integers (more than one term) whose sum is 2008.
Part III. Give a complete and neat solution. Each correct and complete solution earns 5 points.
1. Given triangle ABC and DE || BC, with D on AB, E on AC, and AD < DB. Let F and K be the feet of
the perpendiculars from D and E to BC, respectively. If the ratio of the areas of triangle ABC to that of
rectangle DEKF is 32 : 7, determine the ratio of AD : DB.
2. A rectangle has length 4cm and width 2cm. A semicircle is drawn inward on each length of the
rectangle. Find the area of the region inside both semicircles.
3. Five positive integers a, b, c, d, and e (all greater than one) make the following equations true:
a(b + c + d + e) = 128
b(a + c + d + e) = 155
c(a + b + d + e) = 203
d(a + b + c + e) = 243

e(a + b + c + d) = 275.
Find the five integers.