Math Quiz

2017
 2 minute and 30 sec problem

Two arithmetic sequences an and bn are

multiplied term by term to produce the
sequence a1b1, a2b2, a3b3... = 468, 462,
384, ... What is the next term of this
sequence?

Answer: 234
 1 minute and 30 sec problem

Find all values of x for which the function

f(x)= -2x3+9x2+24 is increasing.

Answer: (0,3)
 1 minute and 30 sec problem

From the top of a vertical cliff 80.0m high,

the angles of depression of two buoys
lying due west of the cliff are 23 ⁰ and 15 ⁰,
respectively. How far are the buoys
apart?

Answer: 110.10m
 1 minute and 30 sec problem

A company wants to manufacture a

closed cylindrical aluminium cans with a
volume of 1000 cc. What would be the
least amount of material to be used in
square centimeter?

Answer: 553.58
 1 minute and 30 sec problem

One thousand feet of fencing is to be

used to surround two areas, one square
and one circular. Find the minimum sum
of the two areas.

Answer: 35006 sq. ft

 1 minute and 30 sec problem

Determine the units digit of the 25 th term

of the geometric sequence of positive
numbers whose first three terms are x,
2x+7 and 10x-7.

Answer: 7
 1 minute problem

Two pipes can fill a certain tank in 12

minutes. The larger pipe alone can fill it in
10 minutes less time than the smaller
pipe. How long will it take for the smaller
pipe alone to fill the tank?

Answer:30 minutes
 1 minute and 30 sec problem

Find the location of the center of the mass

of the system consisting of m1, m2, m3
located on the number line if given that
m1=5g at x1=-2, m2=8g at x2=1 and m3=3g
at x3=5.

Answer: 0.8125
 1 minute problem

Locate where the function f(x)=3x 5/3

changes its concavity.

Answer: None
 1 minute problem

Calculate the probability of not getting a

red ball in the first draw from a bag
containing 4 red balls, 3 green balls and 5
blue balls.

Answer: 2/3
 2 minute problem

Juanito deposited Php 100 per month in

an account paying 6% interest
compounded monthly for 24 months.
Therafter, he made no deposits or
withdrawals for 5 years. How much must
have accumulated in his account after
that seven-year period?
Answer: Php 3430
 2 minute problem

Find the radius of the circle inscribed in

the triangle bounded by the lines x-y+4=0,
7x-y-2=0 and x+y+4=0.

Answer: 1.77
 1 minute problem

How many tangent line/s drawn to the

graph of 2y= x2 +6x-4 contain/s P(-1,-9)?

Answer: 2