Part 1.

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following is equivalent to (𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 2)2 ?

A. 𝑥 4 + 2𝑥 3 + 6𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 4
B. 𝑥 4 + 3𝑥 3 + 6𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 4
C. 𝑥 4 + 4𝑥 3 + 6𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 4
D. 𝑥 4 + 4𝑥 3 + 8𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 4
E. None of the above
2. Two fair six-sided dice are thrown simultaneously. If one of the dice has a result of 4.
What is the probability that the result of the other dice is lower than the second dice?
A. 2/11
B. 3/11
C. 4/11
D. 5/11
E. 6/11
3. Twice the sum of the roots of a quadratic equation is 7 and their product is 13.
Determine the equation.
A. 2𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 26 = 0
B. 𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 13 = 0
C. 𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 13 = 0
D. 2𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 26 = 0
E. None of the above
4. How many 5-digit even numbers are there that have no repeating digits?
A. 13746
B. 13756
C. 13766
D. 13776
5. Determine which of the following is NOT a function of x.
A. 𝑦 = 2024𝑥 + 2024
B. 4𝑥 + 7𝑦 = 6969
C. −𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 2024
D. 𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − 𝑦 + 2024 = 0
E. None of the above
6. Determine the minimum value of 3𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 9
A. 79/12
B. 69/12
C. 59/12
D. 49/12
E. 39/12
7. Which of the following is divisible by x+3?
A. 𝑥 3 + 5𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 2
B. 𝑥 3 + 7𝑥 2 + 16𝑥 + 12
C. 𝑥 3 + 9𝑥 2 − 16𝑥 + 12
D. 𝑥 3 + 7𝑥 2 + 16𝑥 − 12
E. None of the above.
8. If 𝑎 and 𝑏 are non-negative integers such that 11𝑎 + 8𝑏 = 464, find the maximum value
of 𝑎 + 𝑏.
A. 58
B. 40
C. 37
D. 34
E. 30
9. When (4𝑥 + 𝑛)5 is expanded, the coefficients of 𝑥 2 and 𝑥 3 are equal. Determine the
value of 𝑛.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
10. A magic square can be made by arranging numbers 8 to 16 in the 9 places of a 3𝑥3
square grid such that all rows, columns, and both diagonals have the same sums.
Suppose three of the arranged numbers, as shown are related in terms of 𝑥. Determine
the value of 𝐴.

A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
E. 12
Part 2. Open-ended Questions

11. Adam’s age is 4 times the age of Ben. Eight years ago, the sum of their ages was 34. How
old is Adam now?
12. Jason’s age is 5 less than 4 times the age of John. Twelve years ago, the sum of their ages
was 51. How old is Jason now?
13. How many ways are there to arrange the letters in the word 𝑀𝐼𝑆𝑆𝐼𝑆𝑆𝐼𝑃𝑃𝐼?
14. In a school of 1000 students the number of students who failed the exams on the three
subjects is as follows: How many passed all the three subjects?
Failed Science 29
Failed English 35
Failed Math 50
Failed Science and English 15
Failed Science and Math 14
Failed English and Math 13
Failed all three 10

15. A certain task is to be done by A, B, C, and D multiple times individually. The tally of the
number of successful tasks out of the first 100 is as follows:
PERSON SUCESSFUL TASK (OUT OF 100
A 80
B 75
C 45
D 30
Determine the probability that at least one of them is able to finish the 101 st task
successfully.
16. Determine the shortest distance between the lines 30𝑥 − 40𝑦 + 118 = 0 and 30𝑥 +
18 = 40𝑦.
17. Triangle A is bounded by the points (-3,0,)(1,4) and (4,0) is congruent to triangle
B and shares a side at (1,4) and (4,0). Determine the coordinates of the possible right
most third point bounding B.
18. Refer to the figure below. ABCD is a square and E and F are on ̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅ , respectively,
𝐴𝐵 and 𝐵𝐶
such that 𝐷𝐸 ⊥ 𝐴𝐹. If GE=9 and 𝐵𝐶 − 𝐵𝐸 = 15, determine the area of ∆AFB.
19. The couple Jay and Julia invited 4 of their friends to sit on a round table. How many
sitting arrangements are there if Jay and Julia are to sit opposite each other?
20. Let X be a set containing all known prime numbers, Y be the set containing all positive
one-digit integers, and Z be the set containing all positive two-digit integers. Determine
the number of elements in (𝑋 ∩ 𝑌) ∪ (𝑋 ∩ 𝑍)

21. A tank is filled through an inlet pipe and emptied through an outlet pipe. If the tank is
fully filled, and then fully emptied, it would take 14 hours. If the tank is filled with both
pipes open, then the tank is filled in 24 hours. How many hours would it take to fill the
tank with the outlet pipe closed?
22. In a family, the sum of the ages of the parents is twice the sum of the children’s ages. Ten
years ago, the sum of the parent’s ages was 100 more than twice that of the sum of the
children’s ages. How many children are there?
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23. The third term in the expansion (𝑥 + 𝑥)𝑛 is 15𝑥 2 . Determine the fifth term in the
expansion.
24. A biased coin is designed such that the heads is four-times as likely to occur than a tails.
Determine the probability of getting more heads than tails when its thrown four times.
25. It is known that the Kelvin scale scales at the same rate with that of the Celsius scale.
And that 0 𝐾 = −273℃. Determine the temperature in ℉ of 323𝐾.
Part 1. Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following is equivalent to (𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 2)2 ?

A. 𝑥 4 + 2𝑥 3 + 6𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 4
B. 𝑥 4 + 3𝑥 3 + 6𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 4
C. 𝑥 4 + 4𝑥 3 + 6𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 4
D. 𝑥 4 + 4𝑥 3 + 8𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 4
E. None of the above
Answer: E
Solution:
(𝑥 2 )2 + 𝑥 2 + 22 + 2(𝑥 2 × 𝑥 ) + 2(𝑥 2 × 2) + 2(𝑥 × 2)
𝑥 4 + 𝑥 2 + 4 + 2𝑥 3 + 4𝑥 2 + 4𝑥
𝑥 4 + 2𝑥 3 + 5𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 4
2. Two fair six-sided dice are thrown simultaneously. If one of the dice has a result of 4.
What is the probability that the result of the other dice is lower than the second dice?
A. 2/11
B. 3/11
C. 4/11
D. 5/11
E. 6/11
Answer: E
Solution:
First, we need to get the total possible results
Since one of the dice is already 4
Assuming the first dice is 4
1×6=6
Assuming the second dice is 4
6×1=6
Since we overcount the result of both dice being 4 we will subtract 1
6 + 6 − 1 = 11
Getting the total possible value If one the dice is 4 in order for the second to be lower it has
to 1,2,3
1×3=3
We double this for the value of the dice could be swapped.
3×2=6
6/11
3. Twice the sum of the roots of a quadratic equation is 7 and their product is 13.
Determine the equation.
A. 2𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 26 = 0
B. 𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 13 = 0
C. 𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 13 = 0
D. 2𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 26 = 0
E. None of the above
Answer: A
Solution:
Let 𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 be the roots of the quadratic equation.
Using Vieta’s Formula:
2(𝑎 + 𝑏) = 7 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑏 = 13
Thus,
7
𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 13 = 0
2
2𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 26 = 0
4. How many 5-digit even numbers are there that have no repeating digits?
A. 13746
B. 13756
C. 13766
D. 13776
E. 13786
Answer: D
Solution:
Case 1:
0 as the unit digit
9 × 8 × 7 × 6 × 1 = 3024
Case 2:
2,4,6,8 as the unit digit
8 × 8 × 7 × 6 × 4 = 10752
3024 + 10752 = 13776
5. Determine which of the following is NOT a function of x.
A. 𝑦 = 2024𝑥 + 2024
B. 4𝑥 + 7𝑦 = 6969
C. −𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 2024
D. 𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − 𝑦 + 2024 = 0
E. None of the above
Answer: C
Solution:
In order for y to be a function of x it must only have 1 value of x
As we can observe for 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 2024, we let 𝑥 = 1. Then,
−12 + 𝑦 2 = 2024
𝑦 2 = 2025
𝑦 = ±45
6. Determine the minimum value of 3𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 9
A. 79/12
B. 69/12
C. 59/12
D. 49/12
E. 39/12
Answer: C
Solution:
7
3 (𝑥 2 + 𝑥) + 9
3
7 49 49
3 (𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + ) + 9 −
3 36 12
7 2 59
3(𝑥 + ) +
6 12
7. Which of the following is divisible by x+3?
A. 𝑥 3 + 5𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 2
B. 𝑥 3 + 7𝑥 2 + 16𝑥 + 12
C. 𝑥 3 + 9𝑥 2 − 16𝑥 + 12
D. 𝑥 3 + 7𝑥 2 + 16𝑥 − 12
E. None of the above.
Answer: B
Solution:
Using remainder theorem if we try so substitute 𝑥 = −3
Only 𝑥 3 + 7𝑥 2 + 16𝑥 + 12 yields 0
(−3)3 + 7(−3)2 + 16(−3) + 12 = 0
8. If 𝑎 and 𝑏 are non-negative integers such that 11𝑎 + 8𝑏 = 464, find the maximum value
of 𝑎 + 𝑏.
A. 58
B. 40
C. 37
D. 34
E. 30
Answer: A
Solution:
First, we need to find the minimum value of 𝑎 or 𝑏. 1 and 2 does not yield an integer value.
@𝑏 = 3
( )
11𝑎 + 8 3 = 464 𝑎 = 40 (40,3)
In slope-intercept form
11 464
𝑏=− 𝑎+
8 8
Since our slope is -11/8 as the of b increase by 11 a will decrease by 8
(a,b) (40,3) (32,14) (24,25) (16,36) (8,47) (0,58)
(0,58) yields the highest value 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 58
9. When (4𝑥 + 𝑛)5 is expanded, the coefficients of 𝑥 2 and 𝑥 3 are equal. Determine the
value of 𝑛.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
Answer: D
Solution:

By using Pascals Triangle we can determine the terms with 𝑥 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 3 .

10(4𝑥 )3 (𝑛)2 = 10(64𝑥 3 )(𝑛2 )
10(4𝑥 )2 (𝑛)3 = 10(16𝑥 2 )(𝑛3 )
640𝑛2 = 160𝑛3
4=𝑛
10. A magic square can be made by arranging numbers 8 to 16 in the 9 places of a 3𝑥3
square grid such that all rows, columns, and both diagonals have the same sums.
Suppose three of the arranged numbers, as shown are related in terms of 𝑥. Determine
the value of 𝐴.

A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
E. 12
Answer: B
Solution:
We must find the magic sum or the equal sums, that is
8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 108
= = 36.
3 3
Now, to start with the magic square, the best strategy is to put the middle value of the
collection of values in the middle tile, which is 12

(3𝑥 + 3) + (2𝑥 + 5) = 12 + (3𝑥 + 4)

5𝑥 + 8 = 3𝑥 + 16
𝑥=4
3(4) + 3 + 12 + 𝐴 = 36
𝐴=9
Part 2. Open-ended Questions

11. Adam’s age is 4 times the age of Ben. Eight years ago, the sum of their ages was 34. How
old is Adam now?
Answer: 40
Solution:
Let Adams age be 𝑎 and Bens age be 𝑏
𝑎 = 4𝑏 (1)
(𝑎 − 8) + (𝑏 − 8) = 34
𝑎 + 𝑏 = 50(2)
We substitute equation 1 to 2
4𝑏 + 𝑏 = 50
5𝑏 = 50 𝑏 = 10
𝑎 = 4𝑏 = 4(10) = 40
12. Jason’s age is 5 less than 4 times the age of John. Twelve years ago, the sum of their ages
was 51. How old is Jason now?
Answer: 59
Solution:
Let 𝐴 be John’s present age, which makes Jasons’s present age 4𝐴 − 5.
(𝐴 − 12) + (4𝐴 − 5 − 12) = 51
5𝐴 − 29 = 51
𝐴 = 16
We have
4(16) − 5 = 59.

13. How many ways are there to arrange the letters in the word 𝑀𝐼𝑆𝑆𝐼𝑆𝑆𝐼𝑃𝑃𝐼?
Answer: 34650
𝑀𝐼𝑆𝑆𝐼𝑆𝑆𝐼𝑃𝑃𝐼 have 11 letters with 𝑆 repeating 4 times 𝐼 repeating 4times and 𝑃
repeating 2 times.
11!
= 34650
4! 4! 2!
14. In a school of 1000 students the number of students who failed the exams on the three
subjects is as follows: How many passed all the three subjects?
Failed Science 29
Failed English 35
Failed Math 50
Failed Science and English 15
Failed Science and Math 14
Failed English and Math 13
Failed all three 10

Answer: 918
Solution:
First, we solve for the number of students that has at least 1 failed subject.
29 + 35 + 50 − 15 − 14 − 13 + 10 = 82
1000 − 82 = 918
15. A certain task is to be done by A, B, C, and D multiple times individually. The tally of the
number of successful tasks out of the first 100 is as follows:
PERSON SUCESSFUL TASK (OUT OF 100
A 80
B 75
C 45
D 30
Determine the probability that at least one of them is able to finish the 101st task
successfully.
3923
Answer: 4000
Solution:
We need to get probability of each failing the task
PERSON PROBABILITY OF FAILING
A 20/100=1/5
B 25/100=1/4
C 55/100=11/20
D 70/100=7/10
Solving for the probability of all of them failing
1 1 11 7 77
× × × =
5 4 20 10 4000
77 3923
Subtract that from 1: 1 − 4000 = 4000
16. Determine the shortest distance between the lines 30𝑥 − 40𝑦 + 118 = 0 and 30𝑥 +
18 = 40𝑦.
Answer: 2
Solution:
Using the formula for the shortest distance between two lines, we have
30𝑥 − 40𝑦 + 118 = 0
30𝑥 − 40𝑦 + 18 = 0
𝐴 = 30 𝐵 = −40 𝐶1 = 118 𝐶2 = 18
|118 − 18| 100
= =2
√302 + 402 50

17. Triangle A is bounded by the points (-3,0,)(1,4) and (4,0) is congruent to triangle
B and shares a side at (1,4) and (4,0). Determine the coordinates of the possible right
most third point bounding B.
Answer: (8,4)
Solution:
Point y and z has a distance of 4 − (−3) = 7 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠

We need to place our 3rd point such that it is 7 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 away from point x
(1 + 7,4) = (8,4)
18. Refer to the figure below. ABCD is a square and E and F are on ̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅ , respectively,
𝐴𝐵 and 𝐵𝐶
such that 𝐷𝐸 ⊥ 𝐴𝐹. If GE=9 and 𝐵𝐶 − 𝐵𝐸 = 15, determine the area of ∆AFB.

Answer: 150
Solution:
Since 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐵𝐶
̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅ = 15 = ̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐵 − 𝐵𝐸 𝐴𝐸
∠𝐴𝐺𝐸 = ∠𝐴𝐺𝐷 = 90
∠𝐴𝐸𝐺 = ∠𝐷𝐴𝐺 = ∠𝐴𝐹𝐵
∠𝐸𝐴𝐺 = ∠𝐴𝐷𝐺
With these we can have 3 similar triangles

9 15
= ; 𝐷𝐴 = 20
12 𝐷𝐴
𝐷𝐴 = 𝐴𝐵 = 20
12 9
= ; 𝐵𝐹 = 15
20 𝐵𝐹
20 × 15
𝐴∆𝐶𝐹𝐷 = = 150
2
19. The couple Jay and Julia invited 4 of their friends to sit on a round table. How many
sitting arrangements are there if Jay and Julia are to sit opposite each other?
Answer: 24
Solution:
Number of ways to arrange the 4 friends:
(4 − 1)! = 3!
Number of ways to insert Jay and Julia such that they are opposite each other: 2
Since we can switch Jay and Julia, we multiply by 2.
Hence, we have
3! × 2 × 2 = 24.
20. Let X be a set containing all known prime numbers, Y be the set containing all positive
one-digit integers, and Z be the set containing all positive two-digit integers. Determine
the number of elements in (𝑋 ∩ 𝑌) ∪ (𝑋 ∩ 𝑍).
Answer: 25
(𝑋 ∩ 𝑌 )
𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟
{2,3,5,7}
(𝑋 ∩ 𝑍)
𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑤𝑜 − 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠
(𝑋 ∩ 𝑌) ∪ (𝑋 ∩ 𝑍)
𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 100
Since it is a known fact that from 1-100 there are 25 prime numbers, then
|(𝑋 ∩ 𝑌) ∪ [(𝑋 ∩ 𝑍)|=25
21. A tank is filled through an inlet pipe and emptied through an outlet pipe. If the tank is
fully filled, and then fully emptied, it would take 14 hours. If the tank is filled with both
pipes open, then the tank is filled in 24 hours. How many hours would it take to fill the
tank with the outlet pipe closed?
Answer: 6
Solution:
Let 𝑥 be the flow of water from the inlet
Let 𝑦 be the flow of water from the outlet
Let 𝑉 be the volume of the tank
𝑉 𝑉
= 𝑎, = 𝑏
𝑥 𝑦
𝑎 + 𝑏 = 14, 𝑎 = 14 − 𝑏
𝑉 𝑥−𝑦 1
= 24, =
𝑥−𝑦 𝑉 24
𝑥 𝑦 1
− =
𝑉 𝑉 24
1 1 1
− =
𝑎 𝑏 24
1 1 1
− =
14 − 𝑏 𝑏 24
𝑏 − (14 − 𝑏) 1
=
(14 − 𝑏)(𝑏) 24
2𝑏 − 14 1
2
=
−𝑏 + 14𝑏 24
48𝑏 − 336 = −𝑏2 + 14𝑏
𝑏2 + 34𝑏 − 336 = 0
(𝑏 + 42)(𝑏 − 8) = 0; 𝑏 = 8 , 𝑎 = 6
22. In a family, the sum of the ages of the parents is twice the sum of the children’s ages. Ten
years ago, the sum of the parent’s ages was 100 more than twice that of the sum of the
children’s ages. How many children are there?
Answer: 6
Solution:
Let 𝑥 and 𝑦 be the sum of the parents’ ages and sum of the children’s ages, respectively.
𝑥 = 2𝑦
Also, let 𝑛 be the number of children.
Now,
𝑥 − 2(10) = 100 + 2(𝑦 − 10(𝑛))
2𝑦 − 20 = 100 + 2𝑦 − 20𝑛
20𝑛 = 120
𝑛 = 6.
1 𝑛
23. The third term in the expansion (𝑥 + 𝑥) is 15𝑥 2 . Determine the fifth term in the
expansion.
Answer:15/𝑥 2
Solution:
Using binomial expansion while focusing only on the exponent of 𝑥,
1 2
(𝑥 )𝑛−2 ( ) = 𝑥 2
𝑥
1
𝑥 𝑛−2 ( 2 ) = 𝑥 2
𝑥
𝑥 𝑛−4 = 𝑥 2
𝑛 = 6.
Hence, we have
6 1 4
( ) (𝑥 )6−4 ( )
4 𝑥
1
= 15𝑥 2 ( 4 )
𝑥
15
= 2
𝑥
24. A biased coin is designed such that the heads is four-times as likely to occur than a tails.
Determine the probability of getting more heads than tails when its thrown four times.
Answer: 512/625
Solution:
The probability of getting heads is
4 4
=
4+1 5
The probability of getting tails is
1 1
=
4+1 5
To ensure that we have more heads we need at least 3 heads.
The probability of getting 3 heads:
4 4 4 1 4! 256
( × × × )( ) =
5 5 5 5 3! 625
The probability of getting 4 heads
4 4 4 4 256
( × × × )=
5 5 5 5 625
The total probability:
256 256 512
+ =
625 625 625
25. It is known that the Kelvin scale scales at the same rate with that of the Celsius scale.
And that 0 𝐾 = −273℃. Determine the temperature in ℉ of 323𝐾.
Answer: 122
Solution:
323 𝐾 = −273 + 323 = 50°C
Converting 45°C to ℉, we have
9
(50 ( )) + 32 = 122 ℉.
5