2007 Regional Individual Finals Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math

Challenge
Grade 6

Solve each item and write the answer on the blank before the number. [ 2 points
each]
Use π = 3.14

__________ 1. A typist can type an average of 85 words in 2 minutes. At this rate, how
long would it take to type a term paper of about 1232 words if a 5 minute
allowance is given for change of paper?
Give the answer to the nearest minute.

__________ 2. The base of isosceles ABC is 3 cm less than a leg. If the

perimeter is
42 cm and the altitude to the base is 12 15 cm, what is its area?
__________ 3. The outer dimensions of a picture frame are 36 cm by 24 cm. If the
frame
is uniformly 3 cm around a picture, what is the area of the picture?

__________ 4. A park is 115 m long and 95 m wide. How many times must a
jogger go
around the park completely to make sure he has run at least 5 kilometers?

__________ 5. A job can be done by 30 men in 35 days. After 10 days, 5 men left.
How long will the remaining men finish the job?

__________ 6. A car travels 140 km in 3.5 hours and a train travels 30 km in 50 min.
Find the ratio of the speed of the car to that of the train.

__________ 7. A hectare of riceland yields an average of 75 cavans per harvest. At

that rate about how many cavans, to the nearest cavan, is the yield per harvest of a
field 275 m by 250 m.
__________ 8. A swimming pool is 12 m by 8 m. It will be fenced so that the fence will
be 2 m away from the fool. What is the perimeter of the pool?

__________ 9. Electric posts are 50 m apart. How many posts are needed from town A
to town B which are 2.6 km apart if the first post is at A and the last post is at B?
__________ 10. A salesman has a basic salary of P4,500 and a commission of 5% on
all sales above P50,000. What were his total sales in a month when he earned
P13,177.50?

__________ 11. How many cubic meters of soil will be needed to raise a circular plot
of radius 7 m by 1.2 dm?

__________ 12. What is the remainder when 3 30 is divided by 4?

__________ 13. If 6401 ÷ N gives a quotient of 74 and a remainder of 37, what is N?

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__________ 14. PQ is a straight line. If ∠ b = 3 ∠ a – 15 , find ∠ b.
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P b a Q

__________ 15. A can 2 ½ dm long and 2 ½ dm wide and 4 dm high is full of oil.
How many 250 ml of oil can be filled from it?

II. Solve on scratch paper. Then, write a neat and complete solution on the given
space. Label all parts of the answer. [3 points each]

1.A lounge needs 72 m of carpet 54 m wide to cover it. How many

meters of carpet, 32 m wide will cover the same lounge?

2. A boy cycles a certain distance for 42 minutes at 10 km/hr. If he tries to cover the
same distance in 35 minutes, what must be his speed?

3. A wooden cube is of side 12 cm. Find the volume of the largest sphere that can

be cut from it. [Use π = 3.14]

4. How many degrees is the smaller angle between the hands of a clock at 1:40?

5. A class of 33 students counted off from 1 to 33. Each student who counted a
multiple of 3 stood UP. Then, the students who remained seated counted off again f
From 1 and those who counted a multiple of 3 stood UP.
The procedure was repeated. How many students remained seated after the 3rd
standing UP?

III. Solve on scratch paper. Then, write a neat and complete solution on the
given
space. Label all parts of the answer. [5 points each]

1. A machine can cap 1,800 bottles in one hour; another can cap 1,700 bottles an
hour. There are 20,000 bottles to be capped. How long will it take the 2 machines to
do the capping together?

2. City A is 625 km from City B. Greg left City A at 6:30 A.M. at 100 km/h for City B.
Fifteen minutes later, Rey left City B for City A at 80 km/h. At what time will Greg and
Rey meet assuming they are using the same road?

3. In one year, the gross income of a company was P16,500,000, which after the
payment of all working expenses including salaries, left a balance of P625,000. The
next year, the gross income increased by 10% and the working expenses increased by
12%. What balance remained?