MMC 2019 Grade 10 Eliminations

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____________ 1 What is the distance between −1 and − on the number line?
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____________ 2 In a class, the ratio of the number of girls to boys is 5 ∶ 4. If only 15 girls had enrolled in
the class, the ratio would have been 25 ∶ 8. How many students are in the class?
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____________ 3 Twice a certain number is the average of and 1 . What is the number?
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____________ 4 If 0.15a = 0.33b, what is the x in the proportion a ∶ bx = 11 ∶ 10?
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____________ 5 Chris drives from City A to City B on an expressway. After driving for 2 hours, Chris
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saw a sign that reads “City A - 225 km; City B - 198 km”. Continuing at the same constant
speed, what is his total travel time from City A to City B?
____________ 6 A cylindrical bottle with radius 15 cm is half-filled with water. A circular stone is dropped
inside the bottle (completely submerging into the water) and the water level rises by
2.5 cm without spilling over. What is the radius of the stone?
____________ 7 Let A = {0, 1, 2, . . . , 10} and B = {x ∣ x is a prime number less than 20}. What is A ∩ B?
____________ 8 Using sets A and B in the previous item, what is the cardinality of (A − B) ∪ (B − A)?
____________ 9 Solve for x in (x − 1) − 2(x − 2) + 3(x − 3) − 4(x − 4) + ⋯ − 10(x − 10) = 0.
____________ 10 A military camp has provisions for 60 days. If, after 15 days, 500 men strengthen them
and the food lasts 40 days longer, how many men were there in the camp originally?
____________ 11 The average of two numbers is x + y. If one number is x, find the other number.
____________ 12 In 6 years, Kate will be thrice as old as she was 10 years ago. How old was Kate 10 years
ago?
____________ 13 Two consecutive angles of a quadrilateral are 98○ and 112○ . Find the obtuse angle between
the bisectors of the other two angles.
____________ 14 If 16 workers can finish a job is 4 hours, how long should it take 10 workers to finish the
same job?
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____________ 15 What is the least integer that satisfies the inequality (7 − x) < 15?
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____________ 16 In the figure above, what is θ so that lines ℓ and m are parallel?
____________ 17 In the figure above, ABCD is a rectangle, AE ∶ EB = 3 ∶ 1, CF = FD, and AG = GD. If
the area of ABCD is 32 cm2 , what is the area of △EFG?
____________ 18 In the figure above, ABCD is a rectangle with DE ⊥ AC. If AB = 4 cm and BC = 3 cm,
how long is AE?
____________ 19 Last week, Mark computed the average height of his tomato seedlings, and it was 2.2 cm.
After one week, each seedling grew 1 cm more. What is the new average height of the
seedlings?
____________ 20 A linear function f satisfies f (0) = −1 and f (1) = −4. If f (x) = m(x − 2) + b, what is b?
____________ 21 In tossing three fair coins, what is the probability of getting at least two heads?
____________ 22 What is P(x) if (2x + 1)P(x) + (3x − 1)(2x + 1) = 2x 2 + 5x + 2?
____________ 23 Factor completely: 26a 2 b 2 − 12a 3 b − 12ab3

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____________ 24 If 3x − 2 = , where P(x) and Q(x) are polynomials, what is P(x) + Q(x)?
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____________ 25 In the sequence 7, 6, 3, 9, 2, . . ., each term after the second is equal to the units digit of
the sum of the two preceding terms. What is the 2018th term?
____________ 26 The vertices of a triangle have coordinates (−2, 3), (1, −2), and (6, 2). Is the triangle
equilateral, isosceles, or scalene?
____________ 27 The point (h, −6) is equidistant to both points (2, 2) and (7, −1). What is h?
____________ 28 The lines 3y = 2x + 12 and 3x + y + 7 = 0 intersect at (h, k). What is h + 4k?
____________ 29 For what values of x is the inequality 2x 2 < 7x true?
____________ 30 If L11/4 is 50% larger than L5/2 , what is 50% of L?
____________ 31 Find all values of x such that ∣x − 2∣ = 2 − x.
____________ 32 Find the area of the closed region determined by the lines x + y = 7, 2y = 5x, and 2x = 5y.
____________ 33 If 6 p = 2, 6q = 5, and 6r = 15, write r in terms of p and q.
____________ 34 A box contains 6 red balls and 4 blue balls. Drawing three balls from the box randomly,
what is the probability that exactly two of these balls are red?
____________ 35 The vertex of a parabola is at (−3, 2). If the parabola passes through the point (−4, 4),
what are the coordinates of its y-intercept?
____________ 36 Let a1 , a2 , a3 , . . . be an arithmetic sequence. If a4 = −6 and a20 = 12, what is a25 ?
____________ 37 If a polynomial is divided by 2x + 5, the remainder is 12. What is the remainder when
the same polynomial is divided by 4x + 10?
____________ 38 The sum of the roots of 4x 2 = 8x − d is twice their difference. Find the value of d.
____________ 39 Factor completely: a3 c + 8ab3 − 8b 3 c − a 4
____________ 40 By joining the midpoints of a triangle, a smaller triangle is constructed. If the area of the
larger triangle is 18 cm2 , what is the area of the smaller triangle?
____________ 41 A circle of radius 10 cm circumscribes a triangle having an area of 96 cm2 . If one side of
the triangle is 20 cm, how long is its shortest side?
____________ 42 Let S(a, b) denote the sum of the integers from a to b. Find S(100, 500).
____________ 43 An isosceles trapezoid is circumscribed about a circle. If the parallel sides are 18 and
6 cm, what is the radius of the circle?
____________ 44 The product of the 3rd, 9th, and 15th terms of a geometric sequence is 3375. Find the 9th
term.
____________ 45 Chord AB is bisected at M by chord CD. If CM = 8 cm and MD = 18 cm, how long is
AB?
____________ 46 If 8x 3 + 2x 2 − 61x + 15 = (2x + a)(x + b)(4x + c), what is 2a2 bc + 4ab2 c + abc 2 ?
____________ 47 The sides of a triangle are 6, 10, and 12 cm long. If θ is its smallest angle, what is sin θ?
____________ 48 Let P be a point inside rectangle ABCD. If PD = 12, PC = 7, and PA = 10 cm, find PB.
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____________ 49 Simplify: + + +⋯+
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____________ 50 You have 6 coins of distinct weights and a beam balance with two pans. What is the
minimum number of weightings that could identify with certainty the second lightest
coin?