High School Mathematics Review 6.

What must be k so that x2 + 3x + k is a

perfect square trinomial?
1. What is the slope of the line 3x - 4y = 5?
Ans: Apply the completing the square
Ans: method:
Write in slope-intercept form
3𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 5 k = (3/2)2 = 9/4
− 4𝑦 = 5 − 3𝑥
𝑦 = −
5
+
3
𝑥 Hence, k = 9/4
4 4
The slope is ¾
7. If a2 - b2 = 9 and a + b = -3, what is a - b?

2. If x + y = -12, what is the value of x2 + 2xy

Ans:
+ y2?
a2 - b2 = (a + b)(a - b)
9 = (-3)(a - b)
Ans:
a - b = -3
By square of binomial
The answer is -3.
(x + y)2= x2 + 2xy + y2
(-12)2 = 144
8. What is the midpoint of the points (-3, 1)
The answer is 144
and (0, 2)?

3. What is the length of a square’s diagonal

Ans:
whose side is 2 cm long?
−3 + 0 1+2 −3 3
𝑀 = ( , ) = ( , )
Ans: Use the formula diagonal = 𝑠 2 2 2 2 2

Thus, the diagonal length is 2 2 cm

Hence, the midpoint is the point (-3/2, 3/2)

4. The length of a square is expressed as

9. What is the value of x in: 2x + 4 = 4x?
3x - 5, what is the area of the square.
Ans:
Ans: (3x - 5)2 = 9x2 - 30x + 25 square units
Write both sides with a base of 2:
2x + 4 = 22x
5. What is the least integer that satisfies the
Since we have same bases:
inequality: 3x - 2 > 4
x + 4 = 2x
x=4
Ans:
3x - 2 > 4
10. If x + 4 = 12, what is 2x - 5?
3x > 4 + 2
Ans:
3x > 6
Start by computing the value of x:
x>2
x + 4 = 12
x = 12 - 4 = 8
The least integer in this interval is 2. So the
Now, substitute x = 8 into 2x - 5:
answer is 2.
2(8) - 5 = 16 - 5 = 11
Thus, the answer is 11.
11. Solve for the value of x in 2x - 5 = 10? 16.What is the supplement of a 120-degree
Ans: angle?
2x - 5 = 10
2x = 5 + 10 Ans: Supplementary angles have a sum of
2x = 15 measurements equal to 180 degrees.
2x/2 = 15/2
x = 15/2 180 - 120 = 60 degrees

12. The perimeter of a square is 48 cm. 17. If p + q = 10, what is p2 + 2pq + q2?
What is its area?
Ans:
Ans: Note that (p + q)2 = p2 + 2pq + q2
If the perimeter of the square is 48 cm, then If p + q = 10, then:
the length of its side must be 48/4 = 12 cm. (p + q)2 = p2 + 2pq + q2
(10)2 = p2 + 2pq + q2
It follows that the area of the square must 100 = p2 + 2pq + q2
be: 12 x 12 = 144 cm2.
Thus, the answer is 100.
2
13. What is f(-3) if f(x) = 2x - x + 5?
18. Find the solution set of 3x - 2 < 7
Ans: Substitute x = -3 to the given function: Ans:
3x - 2 < 7
f(-3) = 2(-3)2 - (-3) + 5 3x < 2 + 7
f(-3) = 2(9) + 3 + 5 3x < 9
f(-3) = 18 + 3 + 5 x<3
f(-3) = 26
Answer is x < 3
The answer is 26.
19. Determine the solution of 2x + 5 > 14
14. There are 500 students in an Ans:
auditorium, if 40% of the students are male, 2x + 5 > 14
how many are female. 2x > -5 + 14
2x > 9
Ans: x > 9/2
No, of male students: 0.40 x 500 = 200
No. of female students: 500 - 200 = 300 20. If N + 9 = 5, what is 2N - 7?
Ans:
The answer is 300. Solve for N first:
N+9= 5
15. If 52 = 25, what is 252? N = -9 + 5
Ans: N = -4
252 = 25 x 25 = 625.
Substitute N = -4 to 2N - 7:
2(-4) - 7 = -8 - 7 = -15
 10 = 2(4 + 5x)
The answer is -15. 10/2 = 4 + 5x
5 = 4 + 5x
21. What is f(x - 3) if f(x) = x2 - 1?
Ans: Therefore, the value of 4 + 5x is 5?

Substitute x = x - 3 into f(x): 25. What is sin230 + cos230 equal to?

Ans: sin2x + cos2x is always equal to 1,
f(x - 3) = (x - 3)2 - 1 where x is an acute angle.
f(x - 3) = x2 - 6x + 9 - 3
f(x - 3) = x2 - 6x + 6 26. The interior angles of a triangle have the
following measurements: 3x - 1, x, and 2x +
Answer is x2 - 6x + 6. 5, what is x?

2 3
𝑥𝑦 Ans: The sum of the measurements of the
22. Simplify 5 10
𝑥 𝑦 interior angles of a triangle is 180 degrees.
Thus, we have:
Ans:
By the quotient rule: (3x - 1) + x + (2x + 5) = 180
x2 - 5y3-10 5x + 4 = 180
x-3y-7 5x = 176
Applying the negative quotient rule, we x = 176/5
have:
1
3 7
27. What is the sum of the measurements of
𝑥𝑦
the interior angles of a regular hexagon?

23. Calculate (9 - 3x)(9 + 3x)

Ans: Use the formula S = 180(n - 2), where
n is the number of sides of the regular
Ans:
polygon and S is the sum of the
Apply difference of two squares special
measurements of the interior angles.
products:
S = 180(6 - 2) = 180(4) = 720
92 - (3x)2 = 81 - 9x2.
The answer is 720 degrees.
Hence, the answer is 81 - 9x2.
28. What is the sum of the measurements of
24. If 16 - 25x2 = 10 and 4 - 5x = 2, what is
the interior angles of a regular dodecagon?
the value of 4 + 5x?
Ans: A dodecagon has 12 sides. Apply the
Ans:
same method performed in item 27:
Note that 16 - 25x2 = (4 - 5x)(4 + 5x) via the
difference of two squares.
S = 180(12 - 2) = 180(10) = 1800 degrees.

Using the given values in the problem, we

The answer is 1800 degrees.
can solve for 4 + 5x:
29. Determine y if x = -19 in 2x + y = 27. 31. What must be k so that 2kx - 8 = 10 is
Ans: true if x = -1.
To determine the value of y when x = -19 in
the equation 2x + y = 27, you can substitute Ans:
x = -19 into the equation and solve for y. Substitute x = -1 to the equation then solve
for k:
2(-19) + y = 27
-38 + y = 27 2k(-1) - 8 = 10
y = 27 + 38 -2k - 8 = -10
y = 65 -2k = -10 + 8
-2k = -2
Thus, y = 65. k=1

30. Two men can finish a task in 15 days. 32. There are 180 mangoes in a large
How many days can 8 men finish the same basket. After four days, the farmer noticed
task? that 45 mangoes were missing. What
percent of the original number of mangoes
Ans: was left?
This is a case of an inverse proportion.
Since it takes more men to finish a task Ans:
quickly. To find the percentage of the original
number of mangoes that is left after 4 days,
𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 =
𝑘 you can use the following formula:
𝑚𝑒𝑛

𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 # 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠
𝑘 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 = 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔 # 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠
× 100
15 = 8

135
𝑘 = 15(8) 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 = 180
× 100 = 75

𝑘 = 120 Hence, the answer is 75%

Use this value of k to find the number of 33. On the 1st day of the month, Samantha
days 8 men can finish the same task: saved P10. On the following day, she saved
P12. On the third day, she saved P14, and
𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 =
180
=
45
= 22. 5 so on. How much did Samantha save on the
8 2
51st day?

Therefore, 8 men can finish the task in 22.5

Ans:
days.
It seems Samantha is increasing her
savings by P2 each day. The sequence of
savings follows an arithmetic progression
where the first term (a1) is P10, and the
common difference (d)
is P2.
35. Jonathan has P512 more money than
Use the formula for the nth term of an Chris. If Chris has P2100 pesos, what is the
arithmetic progression: total amount of money that the two boys
have?
𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑
𝑎51 = 10 + (51 − 1)(2) Ans:
Let's denote the amount of money Jonathan
𝑎51 = 10 + (50)(2) = 10 + 100 = 110 has as J. According to the given
information, Jonathan has P512 more than
Therefore, Samantha saved P110 on the Chris. So, we can express J in terms of
51st day. Chris's money:

34. The ratio of the measurements of the J=2100+512

interior angles of a triangle is 2: 3: 5, what is
the measurement of the smallest angle? Now, calculate J:

Ans: J = 2612
The sum of the interior angles of any
triangle is always 180 degrees. Now, to find the total amount of money that
the two boys have, you add Chris's money
The ratio of the measurements of the to Jonathan's money:
interior angles is given as 2:3:5.
Total = 2100 + 2612
To find the actual measurements of each Total = 4712
angle, we need to divide the total sum (180
degrees) by the sum of the parts of the ratio Therefore, the total amount of money that
(2+3+5=10), and then multiply each part of Jonathan and Chris have together is P4712.
the ratio by this value.
36. What is the slope of the line containing
Let's calculate the measurements: the points (-3, 1) and (0, 5)?
Smallest angle: 2/10 x 180 = 36 degrees
MIddle angle: 3/10 x 180 = 180 degrees Ans: Use the slope formula with x1 = -3, y1 =
Largest angle: 5/10 x 180 = 90 degrees 1, x2 = 0, and y2 = 5.

Therefore, the measurement of the smallest 𝑚 =

𝑦2 − 𝑦1
=
5−1
=
4
𝑥2 − 𝑥1 0 − (−3) 3
angle is 36 degrees.

Thus, the slope of the line is 4/3

37. The radius of a circular park is 12 m.

What is the area of the park (use pi = 3.14).
Ans: The formula or the area of a circle is Meanwhile, the area of the square can be
2
𝐴 = π𝑟 , where r is the radius. obtained by squaring the length of its side.
Substitute r = 12 in the formula and Since the side of the square in this problem
π = 3. 14 is 12 cm long, then its area must be
2 2
𝐴 = (3. 14)(12)
2 (𝑥 + 2) = 𝑥 + 4𝑥 + 4 cm2
2
𝐴 = (3. 14)(144) The final answer is 𝑥 + 4𝑥 + 4 cm2.
𝐴 = 425. 16 cm2
Thus, the area is 425.16 cm2.

38. Regina obtained the following scores on

her math tests: 90, 91, 92, 93, and 90. What
is the average of her five tests?

Ans: To find the average of a set of

numbers, we add the numbers and divide
the sum of the number of addends.
So, let’s start by adding Regina’s grades: 90
+ 91 + 92 + 93 + 90 = 456.
There are five addends, so we divide 456 by
5:
456 ÷ 5 = 91. 20

Hence, Regina’s average is 91.20.

39. How many one-fourths are there in 12?

Ans: We can answer this question by

dividing 12 by ¼
To divide a number by a fraction, we just
obtain the reciprocal of the fraction and then
proceed to multiplication:
1 4 12 4 48
12 ÷ 4
= 12 × 1
= 1
× 1
= 1
=
Thus, the final answer is 48.

40. A square has a perimeter of (4x + 8) cm.

What is its area?

Ans: Let’s identify the side length of the

square first. Since a square has all four
sides congruent, then its side is
4𝑥 + 8 4(𝑥 + 2)
4
= 4
= 𝑥 + 2 cm long.