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2007 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge

Regional Individual Finals - Grade 6
Solve each item and write the answer on the blank before the number. [ 2 points each]
22
Use = 3.14 or
Time: 90
7
minutes
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1.

A typist can type an average of 85 words in 2 minutes. At this

rate, how long would it take to type a term paper of about 1232
words if a 5-minute allowance is given for change of paper? Give
the answer to the nearest minute.

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2.

The base of isosceles

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3.

The outer dimensions of a picture frame are 36 cm by 24 cm. If

the frame is uniformly 3 cm around a picture, what is the area of
the picture?

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4.

A park is 115 m long and 95 m wide. How many times must a

jogger go around the park completely to make sure he has run at
least 5 kilometers?

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5.

A job can be done by 30 men in 35 days. After 10 days, 5 men

left. How long will the remaining men finish the job?

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6.

A car travels 140 km in 3.5 hours and a train travels 30 km in 50

min. Find the ratio of the speed of the car to that of the train.

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7.

A hectare of riceland yields an average of 75 cavans per harvest.

At that rate about how many cavans, to the nearest cavan, is the
yield per harvest of a field 275 m by 250 m.

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8.

ABC is 3 cm less than a leg. If the

1
perimeter is 42 cm and the altitude to the base is 12 cm, what
5
is its area?

A piece of rope 165 m long is cut into 3 pieces in the ratio

1 1
: :
2 3

5
. How long is the longest piece?
12
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9.

Electric posts are 50 m apart. How many posts are needed from
town A to town B which are 2.6 km apart if the first post is at A
and the last post is at B?

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10. A salesman has a basic salary of P4,500 and a commission of 5%

on all sales above P50,000. What were his total sales in a month
when he earned P13,177.50?

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11. How many cubic meters of soil will be needed to raise a circular
plot of radius 7 m by 1.2 dm?

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12. What is the remainder when 330 is divided by 4?

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13. If 6401 N gives a quotient of 74 and a remainder of 37, what is

N?

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14. PQ is a straight line. If

P
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II.

1.

b = 3 a 15o, find
c
b

b.

15. A can 2 dm long and 2 dm wide and 4 dm high is full of oil.

How many 250 mL of oil can be filled from it?

Solve on scratch paper. Then, write a neat and complete solution on the given
space. Label all parts of the answer. [3 points each]
A lounge needs 72 m of carpet
carpet,

5
m wide to cover it. How many meters of
4

3
m wide will cover the same lounge?
2

2.

A boy cycles a certain distance for 42 minutes at 10 km/hr. If he tries to cover

the same distance in 35 minutes, what must be his speed?

3.

A wooden cube is of side 12 cm. Find the volume of the largest sphere that can
be cut from it. [Use = 3.14]

4.

How many degrees is the smaller angle between the hands of a clock at 1:40?

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5.

A class of 33 students counted off from 1 to 33. Each student who counted a
multiple of 3 stood UP. Then, the students who remained seated counted off
again from 1 and those who counted a multiple of 3 stood UP. The procedure
was repeated. How many students remained seated after the 3rd standing UP?

III. Solve on scratch paper. Then, write a neat and complete solution on the given
space. Label all parts of the answer. [5 points each]
1.

A machine can cap 1,800 bottles in one hour; another can cap 1,700 bottles an
hour. There are 20,000 bottles to be capped. How long will it take the 2 machines
to do the capping together?

2.

City A is 625 km from City B. Greg left City A at 6:30 A.M. at 100 km/h for
City B. Fifteen minutes later, Rey left City B for City A at 80 km/h. At what time
will Greg and Rey meet assuming they are using the same road?

3.

In one year, the gross income of a company was P16,500,000, which after the
payment of all working expenses including salaries, left a balance of P625,000.
The next year, the gross income increased by 10% and the working expenses
increased by 12%. What balance remained?

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