ROUND 1- QUESTIONS

1. Rectangle ABCD is rotated 90 clockwise about (1, 5). What coordinate is point C
transformed to?

(A) (1,2) (B) (2,5) (C) (2,1) (D) (4,1 )

Ans: D

2. What is the value of K in the following sequence?

2, 7, 14, 23, 34, K

(A) 45 (B) 46 (C) 47 (D) 53

Ans: C

3. In the diagram, not drawn to scale, TF is a vertical pole of height 20m standing on
horizontal ground PF. The angle of depression of point P from the top of the pole is
45O. What is the distance of PF?

(A) 10m (B) 20m (C) 42m (D) 90m

Ans: B

4. Which of the following is a subset of {b , c , d } ?

(A) { } (B) {a} (C) {1, 2, (D) {a, c,

3} d}

Ans: A
 5. A student has a maximum of 720 words from a combination of letters of a word given.
The word is

(A) Engla (B) Washingt (C) Franc (D) Beijin

nd on e g
Ans: C

6. Chris buys a bag of apples weighing 2.4 kilograms. What is the least weight that the bag
of apples should have before Chris can make a complaint about it being under-weight?

(A) < 2kg (B) < (C) <2.4k (D) <0.05

2.35kg g kg
Ans: B

7. The fifth term of the sequence an = 2n+3 is

(A) -13 (B) -7 (C) 7 (D) 13

Ans: D

8. cos(-435) =

(A) (B) (C) (D)

cos15 cos15 sin15 sin15

Ans: D

9. A triangle of area 2m is enlarged by a scale factor of 3. What is the area of the

enlarged triangle?

(A) 6m2 (B) 9 m2 (C) 18 m (D) 12 m2

Ans: C

10. If 3x+1 = 81 then x equals

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 3

Ans: D

11. If there are 16 telephone poles in a straight line, each pole 80 meters apart, how far is it
from the first pole to the last?

(A) 1120 (B) 1280 (C) 1200

m m m
 Ans: C
12. A Scientist places one bacteria cell on a petri dish. The number of bacteria on the dish
trebles each minute. There will be 81 cells after T minutes. What is the value of T, given
that

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

Ans: C

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ROUND 2 QUESTIONS

1. (A) The period of cot(x) is

Ans:

(B) The period of sin(x)/2 is

Ans: 4

(C)The period of tan(x) is

Ans: 2

2. (A) radians is the same as 180. Which one of these angles given in
degrees represents a whole multiple of radians?

Ans: 900

(B) sec2 =

Ans: 1 + tan2

(C) If cos = 1/2, then is equal to

Ans:45

3. (A) 5 persons can be seated at a round table in

Ans:24 ways

(B) The letters of the CANADA taken all at a time can be written in

Ans: 720 ways

(C) If nC12 = nC6 the value of n is

Ans:18
 4. (A) If the roots of x2 - 5x + a = 0 are equal, then a =

Ans: 25/4

(B) If x2 - 7x + a has a remainder 1 when divided by x + 1, then

Ans : a = -7

(C) If x3 + 9x +5 is divided by x, then the remainder is

Ans: 5

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SPEED ROUND QUESTIONS

1. How many prime numbers are there from 11 to 19?

Ans: Four - 11, 13, 17, 19

2. A regular pentagon with sides of length 6m is enlarged by a scale factor 0.5. What is the
perimeter of the enlarged pentagon?
Ans: 15m

3. What is five-eighths as a decimal?

Ans: 0.625

4. Two cubes, A and B have same volume 5cm and 625cm respectively. What is the
scale factor of the surface area of B to the surface area of A?
Ans: 25

5. Which mathematical term is an anagram of page center?

Ans: Percentage

6. What was the last year which read the same right side up as upside down?
Ans: 1961

7. What system of measurement begins with the digits 000000 and ends with the digits
235959?
Ans: Digital 24 hour clock

8. What A is a formula containing letters and numbers?

Ans: Algebra

9. The probability a horse wins race B is dependent on whether it wins race A. The
probability it wins race A is 0.5 and the probability it wins both races is 0.2. Find the
probability the horse wins race B given that it has won race A.
Ans: 0.4

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10. If f(x) = 1+ x then f(f(x)) is

1+ x
Ans: 2+ x

11. What is the missing number in the following sequence?

8, 16, 32, , 128, 256, 512
 Ans: 64

12. This is a calculating device with beads.

Ans: Abacus