ALGEBRA
WHAT WOULD BE THE
1. FIND THE MIDDLE TERM OF THE
EXPANSION ( X  1) .
2 16
16
ANSWER: 12870X
2. FIND THE TERM FREE OF X IN THE
3
EXPANSION OF ( X  X )
2 15
ANSWER: 5005
3. FIND THE SUM OF THE COEFFICIENTS
OF THE EXPANSION OF
(2 X  3Y  3Z ) 7 .
ANSWER: 128
4. FIND THE SUM OF THE COEFFICIENTS
OF THE EXPANSION OF
(3 X  4Y  2)11 .
ANSWER: -175099
5. FIND THE VALUE OF K SO THAT THE
ROOTS OF 2 X  3KX  8  0
2
8 6 6
ANSWER: 3
6. FIND THE VALUE OF K IN THE GIVEM
QUADRATIC EQAUTION OF 3 IS ONE OF
THE ROOTS.
3 X  KX  X  7 K  0
2 EQUAL TO 9 TIMES THE SUM OF ITS
ANSWER: 3
7. TWO REVIEWEES ATTEMPT TO SOLVE
A PROBLEM THAT REDUCES TO A
QUADRATIC EQUATION. ONE PF THEM
MADE A MISTAKE ONLY IN THE
CONSTANT TERM OF THE QUADRATIC
EQUATION AND GIVES AN 8 AND 2 FOR
THE ROOTS. THE OTHER REVIEWEE,
SOLVING THE SAME PROBLEM MADE
AN ERROR IN THE COEFFICIENT OF THE
FIRST DEGREE TERM ONLY AND GIVES
HIS ANSWER AS -9 AND -1 FOR THE
ROOTS.
CORRECT QUADRATIC EQUATIONS.
ANSWER: X  10 X  9
2
8. THE THIRD TERM OF THE BINOMIAL
EXPANSION (5 p  q ) IS
2
2
ANSWER: q
9. THE SU OF THE FIRST ELEVEN TERMS
OF THE ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE
BEINNING 50, 40, … IS
ANSWER: 0
10. IN AN ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE, THE
SECOND TERM IS 2 AND THE FOURTH
TERM IS -6. THE COMMON DIFFERENCE
IS
ANSWER: -4
11. THE FOURTH TERM OF THE
BINOMIAL EXPANSION OF (3S  2T )
5
3 3
ANSWER: 720S T
12. THE FIRST THREE TERMS OF A
2, ,
HARMONIC SEQUENCE IS 7 11 …
THE FIFTH TERM IS
ANSWER: 6/19
13. A CERTAIN TWO-DIGIT NUMBER IS
DIGITS. IF 63 WERE SUBTRACTED FROM
THE NUMBER, THE DIGITS WOULD BE
REVERSED. FIND THE NUMBER.
ANSWER: 81
14. THE SUM OF THE SECND AND THIRD
DIGITS OF A THREE-DIGIT NUMBER IS
EQUAL TO THE FIRST DIGIT. THE SUM
OF THE FIRST DIGIT AND THE SECOND
DIGIT IS 2 MORE THAN THE THIRD
DIGIT, IF THE SECOND AND THIRD
DIGITS WERE INTERCHANGED, THE NEW
NUMBER WOULD BE 54 MORE THAN
THE ORIGINAL NUMBER. FIND THE NEW
NUMBER.
ANSWER: 817

15. IF A=B AND B=C, THEN A=C. THIS IS

THE _________ PROPERTY OF REAL
NUMBERS.
ANSWER: TRANSITIVE

16. WHAT TIME AFTER 4 O’CLOCK WILL

THE HANDS OF A CLOCK BE TOGETHER
FOR THE FIRST TIME?
ANSWER: 4:21:49.09

17. HOW MANY MINUTES AFTER 7

O’CLOCK WILL THE HANDS OF A CLOCK
BE DIRECTLY OPPOSITE EACH OTHER
FOR THE FIRST TIME?
ANSWER:

18. IF A