Mtap Questions
Mtap Questions
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2. What is the common difference of the arithmetic sequence whose first term is 5
and 20th term is 100?
3. Write a formula for the nth term of the arithmetic sequence 9, 1, -7, -15, -23,.
4. What is the remainder when f(x) = x5 - 2x4 + 3x3 - 4x2 + 5 is divided by x + 1
5. What is the largest negative integer that satisfies the inequality I 3x+2 I > 4?
6. How many zeros of the function does the polynomial function y = 3x 4 – 2x + 5x5 –
x3 + 2 – 2x2 has?
7. In ABC, <B is twice <A, and <C is three times as large as <B. Find <C.
9. The 9th and the 11th terms of an arithmetic sequence are 28 and 45, respectively.
What is the 12th term?
10. There are seven finalists in the CAYS Rock Battle of the Bands. In how many
ways can the judges choose second runner-up, first runner-up and champion?
11. The angle formed by two secants intersecting in the exterior of the circle
measures 640. One of the intercepted arcs is 2080. What is the measurement of
the other intercepted arc?
12. Mrs. Santos asked Renz to draw all the diagonals of a certain polygon on the
blackboard. Renz was able to draw 27 diagonals which his teacher declared
correct. What was the given polygon?
13. A dart board has a diameter of 40 cm and is divided into 20 congruent sectors.
What is the area of one of the sectors? Use π = 3.14
14. In Triangle ABC, <B= 900, <ACB =280, and D is the midpoint of AC. What is
<BDC?
15. One of the roots of the polynomial equation 2𝑥 3 + 9𝑥 2 − 33𝑥 + 14 = 0 is 2. Find
the other roots.
16. Find a cubic polynomial equation with roots -2, 2 and 4.
18. A man is walking away from a lamppost with a light source 6 meters above the
ground. The man is 2 meters tall. How long is his shadow when he is 10 meters
from the lamppost?
19. An auditorium has 5 seats on the first row, 6 seats on the second row, 7 seats on
the third row, and so on and has 20 rows of seats. How many seats are there in
the auditorium?
20. The volume of a box is 12x3+23x2+5x cubic inches, where x represents the width
of the box. If the height of the box is five inches more than thrice the width, what
is the length of the box?
21. Find the solution set of the inequality x2 < 5x - 6
22. Find the sum of the infinite geometric series 1, 1/4, 1/16, 1/64, ...
23. What is the factored form of 𝑥 3 + 3𝑥 2 − 10𝑥 − 24 ?
24. Pipes are being stored in a pile with 25 pipes in the first layer, 24 in the second,
and so on. If there are 12 layers, how many pipes does the pile contain?
25. What is the arithmetic mean between -44 and 80?
26. What are the roots of the function P(x) = (x + 2)(x – 3)(2x + 3)?
27. In ABC, AB II DE, AC = 10cm, CD = 7cm, and CE= 9 cm. Find BC.
28. Find a polynomial P(x) of degree 3 that has zeros -2, 0, 7, and the numerical
coefficient of x2 is 10.
29. How should the polynomial function f(x) = 2x + x3 + 3x5 + 4 be written in standard
form?
30. Find the quotient and the remainder when P(x) = 8x + x3 – 5x2 + 2 is divided by
(x – 2).
31. What is an angle whose vertex is on a circle and whose sides contain chords of
the circle?
32. The first term of a geometric sequence is 1,536, and the common ratio is ½.
Which term of the sequence is 6?
33. In ABC, <B=2<A. The bisectors of these angles meet at D, while BD extended
meet AC at E. If <CEB = 700, find <BAC.
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34. Find the sum of the series 3 + 32 + 33 +… .
36. If an inscribed angle of a circle intercepts a semicircle, then the angle is _______.
38. In the figure on the right, mXY = 1500 and mMN =300. What is the m XPY?
40. What is the measure of each central angle in degrees, if a circle is to be divided
into 12 equal parts?
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