GRADE 11 – General Mathematics

MTAP: ORAL CATEGORY

Easy Round
1. If f x   5x 2  3, what is f  2?
Answer: 17

2. What are the coordinates of the point located 2 units to the left of the y-axis
and 5 units below the x-axis?
Answer: (-2,5)

3. Find the inverse of f x  5x  7 .

x7
Answer: y 
5

4. Find the value of ln e 3 .

Answer: 3

5. Rewrite the logarithmic equation ln x  2 in exponential form.

Answer: e 2  x

Average Round
1. Find the value of x of log 15 x  log 30 .
Answer: x  2

2. Find the value of x of log 3 x  4  log 3 2 x  4.

Answer: x  8

Difficult Round
1. At the start of year 2002, the population of a municipality is 1,000,000 with grow
rate of 3% annually. At this rate, in what year will the municipality reach the
1,092,727 populations?
Answer: after 3 years, or in the year 2005

Clincher

1. Find the value of ln e.

Answer: 1
GRADE 11 – General Mathematics
MTAP: WRITTEN CATEGORY

Easy Round
x2
1. Find the inverse of f  x   .
3x  5
 5x  2
Answer: y 
3x  1

Solution

2. Find the horizontal asymptote of f x  

3x  1x  3 .
2 x  1x  4
3
Answer: y 
2

Solution
f x  
3x  1x  3  3x 2  8x  3
2 x  1x  4 2 x 2  7 x  4
Since, the polynomials in the numerator and denominator
have equal degree. The horizontal asymptote is the ratio of the
3
leading coefficients: y 
2
Average Round
1. Suppose a culture of 300 bacteria is put in a petri dish and culture doubles every
hour. How many bacteria will there be after 9 hours?
Answer: 153,600 bacteria

Solution
P9  P1  r 
9

P9  3001  1
9

P9  3002
9

P9  300512
P9  153,600

2. Solve the logarithmic equation log 5 x  1  log 5 x  3  1  0

Answer: x  2 or x  4

Solution
log 5 x  1  log 5 x  3  1  0
log 5 x  1x  3  1
51  x  1x  3
5  x 2  2x  3
0  x 2  2x  8
0  x  4x  2
x40 x2 0
x  4 x2
Difficult Round
1. An amount of Php200,000 is invested in a business establishment that pays
12.5% compounded quarterly. Find the total investment after 2 years?
Answer: after 2 years, the total investment is Php 255,824.24

Solution
mt
 r
A  P 1  
 m
 4  2 
 0.125 
A  200,0001  
 4 
A  200,0001  0.03125
8

A  200,0001.03125
8

A  200,0001.279121187
A  P 255,824.24