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Grades 9 & 10

INSTRUCTIONS

December 13, 2013

1. Do not open the booklet until you are instructed to do so.
2. The duration of the test is 75 minutes.
3. The test is composed of 30 multiple choice items. Use the information pro-
vided in each item to choose the best answer from the four possible options.
4. On the answer sheet, write your name, school, and other information cor-
rectly. Use only a mongol no. 2 pencil. Do not use a pen.

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5. Completely shade the circle that corresponds to your answer on the answer
sheet.
6. Mark only one circle for each question on the answer sheet. If more than one
circle is shaded, it will automatically be considered an incorrect answer.
7. To change an answer, erase any error completely on the answer sheet and
mark your new answer.
8. Talking, cheating, and assisting others during the test are strictly prohibited.
These are grounds for disqualification. Leaving the room while the test is
going on is also prohibited.
10. Submit the answer sheet to the proctor assigned at the end of the test.
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On the dartboard below, the proba- Maria, Rai and Sharmaene have 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
bility of hitting a certain region is pro- their birthday today. The sum of Solve       ... If x   y   2 , then what is
portional to its corresponding area. The 2 3 4 9 8 27 x y
their ages is 30 and the product of
outer circle has a radius of 4 and the 1
their ages is 270 more than the prod- 1 x2 
inner circle has a radius of 2. The two
uct of their ages on their birthday a. 1 b. the value of x2 ?
diameters divide each circle into 4 2 1
last year. What is the sum of the y2  2
equal parts. If two darts hit the board, y
what is the probability that the score is squares of their ages?
an even number? c. 0 d. – 1
a. 90 b. 109 a. 1 b. 2

c. 302 d. 810 c. 3 d. 4
a. 1 b. 49
16 256

81 65
c. d.
128 128
16
STOP 2 4

What is the sum of the interior In the figure below, AB DE.

angles of a polygon with 20 sides? Solve for the value of x.
Check Your Work A B
a. 3240 b. 3600 x D E

c. 3420 d. 3060

a. 40 b. 60

c. 80 d. 100

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Kath has a broken calculator. If Sorted numbers are positive
The symbol means If one root of x3  kx 2  5x  6  0 the + (addition) key is pressed, it numbers, with two or more digits,
”older than”. For example, if is 2, then what is the sum of the adds 46; when the – (subtraction) key such that the digits from left to right
Grace Liz other two roots? is pressed, it adds –46; if the × are strictly in increasing order. 34,
,then Grace is older than Liz. Based (multiplication) key is pressed, it 123 and 479 are examples of sorted
on the illustration below, who is the adds 69; and when the ÷ (division) numbers but 122, 63, and 294 are
oldest? a. 2 b. 1 key is pressed, it adds –69. If the oth- not. If the sorted numbers are listed
er keys do not function, what number in increasing order, what is the 64th
closest to 2013 can Kath get from the sorted number?
c. 0 d. – 1 calculator which, when turned on,
displays 0?
a. 149 b. 169
a. 2001 b. 2012

a. Ali b. Patrick c. 189 d. 239

c. 2018 d. 2024
c. Muktar d. Qas
6 8 26 28
1 1 In the figure below, the circles
Fatima wants to make a bracelet, Calculate sin15 If f ( x  )  x3  3 , find f (x). are arranged in such a way that 1/6 of
composed of beads, for her friend x x
the circumference of one circle is in-
Nor. If she has blue, yellow, red, side another circles. If all the circles
orange, and green beads, in how a. 6  2 b. 6  2 are of radius 1, what is the total area
many ways can the beads be ar- 4 4 1 of the shaded regions?
a. x  b.  x3  3x
ranged in the bracelet? x

a. 3 b. 6
c. 1 d. 1
2 4 1
c. x3  d. x3  3x
x3
c. 9 d.12
a. 4   3 b. 4   2 3
3 2 3

c. 5 d. 5   3
3 2

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In the figure, B and D are centers of
two circles. If ABCD is a square and
the area of the shaded region is 36 π
cm2, what is the length of |DE|?
What is the area of the triangle In a certain city, all telephone num- In the figure, |O1O2| = 5 cm and
below? bers are composed of 7 digits and r1 + r2 = 17 cm. Find the values
C always start with either 9 or 8. If a of r1 and r2.
telephone has its 2 and 5 buttons
9 defective, how many phone num-
10 bers can it dial?
B
A 11
a. 40,320 b. 524,288

a. r1 = 11cm, r2 = 6 cm
a. (12 2 12)cm c. 10,080 d. 2,097,152
a. 30 2 b. 15 2 b. r1 = 6 cm, r2 = 11 cm
b. (12 2  12)cm
c. r1 = 12 cm, r2 = 5 cm
c. 12 2cm
c. 30 5 d. 15 5
d. 12cm d. r1 = 4 cm, r2 = 13 cm
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Solve for x if If f ( x)  ax 2  bx  c and Calculate 22 a if a  .log2 5.

x2  x4  ...  0.125 and f  x  1  f  x   f  x  1  x 2  1
x x2
7 12 4 6 5 C , what is the value of f  2  ?
1    ...  1. 3 B 1 2 2 4 a. 5 b. 25
4 16
4 15 2 A 3 11 a. 5 b. 7
. 3 9
a. – 3 b. 3 and – 3
Based on the figure above, what is c. 32 d. 16
the value of A + B + C? c. 13 d. 13
9 3
c. – 2 and – 1 d. 0
a. 19 b. 24

c. 25 d. 28

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Solve for x if eln(2 x 1)  10log x  1. (5k – 4)x – ky + 3 = 0 and Find the remainder when 20132013
y = (k+1)x – 3 are equations of is divided by 15.
lines. If these lines are parallel, what
a. 0 b. 1 is the value of k?
a. 3 b. 6
In the figure above, What is the val- c. 2 d. 3
ue of tan x if all the squares are con- a.  2 b. 2 c. 9 d. 12
gruent and of side 1 unit?

a. 4 units b. 3 units c. 2 d. 2

c. 2 units d. 1 unit

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How many two – digit positive in- A ball is dropped from a height of 5 Cesar went to a mall to buy school Solve 6
32 6 32 6 32... .
tegers xy can satisfy the equation meters. It falls and bounces by 3/5 supplies he needed for the entire
(x – 2)2 + (y – 1)2 = 0? of its previous height. On which school year. He bought three types
bounce will it first not rise to a of school supplies: notebooks, pen- a. 0 b. -1
height of more than 1/2 meter? cils, and erasers.
a. 4 b. 3
All he bought except 18 are c. -2 d. undefined
th th
a. 4 bounce b. 5 bounce notebooks.
c. 2 d. 1 All he bought except 21 are
pencils.
c. 6th bounce d. 7th bounce All he bought except 19 are
erasers.

How many notebooks did he buy?

a. 8 b. 9
c. 10 d. 11

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