QUIZ BEE ELIMINATIONS: BASIC MATHEMATICS

Name: _______________________________
_____1. The average of 7 numbers is 24. The smallest of the numbers is 2 and the largest of the numbers is 31. What is the
average of the middle 5 numbers?
A. 25 B. 26 C. 27 D. 28
_____2. Two side lengths of a triangle are 5 and 6, which of the following CANNOT be the length of the third side?
A. 3 B. 6 C. 9 D. 12
_____3. Eric wishes to shift the graph of the function ƒ(x) = x² four places to the right and six places down from the origin (0,0).
Which equation represents this translation?
A. ƒ(x) = x – 42 + 6 C. ƒ(x) = (x2 − 4)2 − 6
B. ƒ(x) = (x − 4)2 − 6 D. ƒ(x) = x + 42 – 6
_____4. What is the slope intercept form of (13x − 5x) + 12 − 2y = 6?
A. y = 3x – 9 C. y = 6x + 2
B. y = 4x + 3 D. y = -2x + 5
_____5. The coordinates (−3, 5) and (3, 5) designate the diameter of a circle, what is its circumference?
A. 2π B. 4π C. 6π D. 8π
_____6. What is the solution set of | 2(x – 1) – 15 | = 7?
A. { 5 } B. { 12 } C. { 5,12 } D. { -5,12 }
_____7. A and B are reciprocals (when multiplied together their product is 1). If A < −1, then B must be which of the following?
A. 0 < B < 1 B. -1 < B < 0 C. B < -1 D. B < 0
_____8. Which of these is true for all real numbers x and y such that x > 0 and y < 0?
A. xy > 0 B. x + y > 0 C. x2 + y2 > 0 D. x – y < 0
_____9. The slope of the line represented by the equation 2(x − 3) − 6y = 10 is equal to what?
A. – 1/2 B. 1/3 C. 1/2 D. 2
_____10. Jenny’s house is 2 km away from her school. One day when going to school, Jenny runs for 20 minutes and arrived 5
minutes late. How many minutes earlier would Jenny be if she would use her bicycle at a rate of one-third kilometer per
minute?
A. 5 minutes B. 6 minutes C. 8 minutes D. 9 minutes
_____11. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The diagonals of a rhombus are congruent. C. All rectangles are rhombuses.
B. All rectangles are similar. D. Some rhombuses are rectangles.
_____12. Which coordinates satisfy the inequality: y+ 3 > −3(x − 2)
A. (0,2) B. (1,0) C. (-3, 15) D. (2, -2)
_____13. If h(x) = 3x + 4, what is h(2x − 3)?
A. -6X + 5 B. 6X – 5 C. 5X – 2 D. 5X + 2
_____14. If -1 < a < b < 0, then which of the following has the greatest value?
A. b – a B. a + b C. a – b D. 2b – a
_____15. Which trigonometric function can equal or be greater than 1.000?
A. Sine C. Tangent
B. Cosine D. none of the above
_____16. Simplify: 9log9(4) =
A. 3 B. 4 C. 9 D. 81
_____17. Simplify: 3log3(-5) =
A. -5 B. 3 C. 9 D. undefined
_____18. For all x real, √(x2 -4x + 4) =
A. x - 2 B. x + 2x + 2 C. |x - 2| D. x + 2
_____19. √(x 2 + 6x + 9) =
A. x + √(6x) + 3 B. x + 3 C. |x + 3| D. (x + 3) 2
_____20. If the whole graph of function f lies in quadrant IV, then the graph of the inverse of f lies in quadrant
A. I B. II C. III D. IV
_____21. What is the conditional form of the following statement: “If today is Wednesday then tomorrow is Thursday.”
A. If today is Wednesday, then tomorrow is Thursday.
B. If tomorrow is Thursday, then today is Wednesday.
C. If today is not Wednesday, then tomorrow is not Thursday.
D. If tomorrow is not Thursday, then today in not Wednesday.
_____22. Which statement is a counterexample for the following statement: “If Carl studies at least two hours for the test, then
Carl will pass.”
A. Carl studied only 30 minutes and Carl passed the test.
B. Carl studied 3 hours for the test and Carl did not pass.
C. Carl studied one hour for the test and Carl did not pass.
D. Carl studied for 2 hours and pass the test.
_____23. Which statement is a negation of the sentence: “Most fire trucks are red.”
A. Some fire trucks are white. C. 9 out of 10 fire trucks are red.
B. Some fire trucks are red. D. Most fire trucks are not red.
_____24. Pointing to a photograph of a boy Suresh said, "He is the son of the only son of my mother." How is Suresh related to
that boy?
A. Brother B. Uncle C. Cousin D. Father
_____25. A's son B is married with C whose sister D is married to E the brother of B. How D is related to A?
A. Sister B. Daughter's-in-law C. Sister-in-law D. Cousin

1. The length of a rectangular field is 7/5 its width. If the perimeter of the field is 240 meters, what are the length and width of
the field?
Let L be the length and W be the width. L = (7/5)W
Perimeter: 2L + 2W = 240, 2(7/5)W + 2W = 240
W = 50 m and L = 70 m.
2. Peter wants to get $200,000 for his house. An agent charges 20% of the selling price for selling the house for Peter.
a. What should be the selling price?
Let x be the selling price: x - 20%x = 200,000
Solve for x to find x = $250,000
b. What will be the agent's commission?
20% *250,000 = $50,000
3. John's annual salary after a raise of 15% is $45,000. What was his salary before the raise?
Let x be the salary before the increase. Hence x + 15% x = $45,000
Solve for x to find x = $39,130
4. Find the domain of the functions: f(x) = 1 / |x 2 - 4|
Domain is found by setting x 2 - 4 ≠ 0 because division by 0 is not allowed.
Domain: (-∞ , -2) U (-2 , 2) U (2 , ∞)
5. Find the range of the functions g(x) = | x + 3 | - 2
g(x) = |x + 3| - 2
|x + 3| ≥ 0 , for all x real.
Add -2 to both sides of the inequality
|x + 3| - 2 ≥ -2
The left side is the given function. Hence the range is given by the interval
[-2 , ∞)
6. Two dice are rolled, find the probability that the sum is
a. equal to 1
The sample space S of two dice is shown below.
S = { (1,1),(1,2),(1,3),(1,4),(1,5),(1,6), (2,1),(2,2),(2,3),(2,4),(2,5),(2,6),(3,1),(3,2),(3,3),(3,4),(3,5),(3,6) ,
(4,1),(4,2),(4,3),(4,4),(4,5),(4,6),(5,1),(5,2),(5,3),(5,4),(5,5),(5,6),(6,1),(6,2),(6,3),(6,4),(6,5),(6,6) }
Let E be the event "sum equal to 1". There are no outcomes which correspond to a sum equal to 1, hence
P(E) = n(E) / n(S) = 0 / 36 = 0
b. equal to 4
Three possible outcomes give a sum equal to 4: E = {(1,3),(2,2),(3,1)}, hence.
P(E) = n(E) / n(S) = 3 / 36 = 1 / 12
7. What letter comes two to the right of the letter which is immediately to the left of the letter that comes three to the right of
the letter that comes midway between the letter two to the left of the letter C and the letter immediately to the right of the
letter F? H
ABCDEFGH
8. Which does not belong in this sequence? ___

E. The black dot is moving one corner clockwise at each stage and the white dot is moving one corner anti-clockwise at
each stage.
9. You have 59 cubic blocks. What is the minimum number that needs to be taken away in order to construct a solid cube with
none left over?
The next cube number below 64(4 ×4 ×4) is 27(3 ×3 ×3).
In order to construct a solid cube, therefore, with none left over,
59 – 27 = 32 blocks need to be taken away.
10. What number should replace the question mark?
1, 101, 15, 4, 29, -93, 43, -190, ?
57. There are two alternative sequences : +14,-97
11. The average of three numbers is 29. The average of two of these numbers is 38. What is the third number?
3 numbers 29 x 3 = 87 total
2 numbers 38 x 2 = 76 total
The third number must therefore be 87 - 76 = 11.
12. Find the circumference of a circular disk whose area is 100 π square centimeters.
12. Let r be the radius of the disk. Area is known and equal to 100π; hence
100π = π r2
Solve for r: r = 10
Circumference = 2 π r = 20 π
13. The parallelogram shown in the figure below has a perimeter of 44 cm and an area of 64 cm2. Find angle T in degrees.

44 = 2(3x + 2) + 2(5x + 4) , solve for x

x=2
height = area / base
= 64 / 14 = 32/7 cm
sin(T) = (32/7) / 8 = 32/56 = 4/7, T = arcsin(4/7) = 34.8o
14. How many cases do you need if you have to pack 112 pairs of shoes into cases that each hold 28 shoes?
14. 112 pairs of shoes = 224 shoes.
= 224 ÷ 28
= 8.
15. What letter is missing? D F R O I O N D ___
K. The words FOOD and DRINK are spelled out by alternate letters.