MMC 2019 Grade 8 Eliminations

____________ 1 Find the next two terms of the elements of the sequence 1, 8, 19, 32, 49, . . ..
____________ 2 Factor completely: 49x 2 − 4y 2
____________ 3 Simplify: 5n + 5n + 5n + 5n + 5n
a 2p+3 b p+5
____________ 4 Write in lowest terms without zero or negative exponents:
a 2p−3 b p−1
(2x + 3)x + 1
____________ 5 Reduce to lowest terms:
(2x + 3)(x + 1)
x3 x2 + x − 6
____________ 6 Perform the indicated operation and simplify: ⋅
x 2 − x − 2 x 2 + 3x
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____________ 7 The conversion formula from Celsius (C) to Fahrenheit (F) is F = C + 32. Solve the
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equation for C.
____________ 8 Factor completely: x 3 + 125y 3
−1/3
x 6 y −5 z 8
____________ 9 Write in lowest terms without zero or negative exponents: (
x −6 y4 z −1
)

____________ 10 What is the perimeter of a square if its area is 25x 2 + 30x + 9, where x > 0?
____________ 11 As part of a school’s wildlife reserve clean-up drive, a visit to a man-made forest has been
organized. Twelve teachers and staff, together with 215 students, signed up for the trip
to pick up garbage that has been left by tourists in the park. How many buses are needed
for the trip, if each bus can accommodate 50 people?
⎧
⎪3x − 5y = 15
⎪
____________ 12 How many solutions does the system of equations ⎨ x y have?
⎪
⎪ − =1
⎩5 3
x
____________ 13 If f (x) = where x < 0, what is the value of f (c) if c < 0?
∣x∣
2 3x 5
____________ 14 Perform the indicated operation and simplify: + +
x +1 1−x 2 x −1
____________ 15 Factor completely: bx 3 + 5bx 2 − 16bx − 80b
2x + 3 5x − 2
____________ 16 Solve the equation: + 2x − 3 =
5 3
____________ 17 Solve the inequality: 2x + 5 > 5x − 16
____________ 18 Let n be an integer. Give the contrapositive of: If n is even then n2 is even.
____________ 19 The denominator of a fraction is 3 more than twice the numerator. If 5 is added to the
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numerator and subtracted from the denominator, the result is . Find the original frac-
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tion.
√
____________ 20 What is the domain of the function h(x) = x + 5?
1 x
____________ 21 Let f (x) = and g(x) = . What is ( f ○ g)(3)?
x +1 1−x
____________ 22 What is the slope of the line through the points (3, −2) and (−9, 4)?
____________ 23 In △ABC, m∠B = 57○ and m∠C = 33○ . Arrange the sides of the triangle in decreasing
length.
b b−x+y
____________ 24 Solve the equation for c: =
c c−z
x
____________ 25 Simplify the complex fraction: 1 − 1
1 + 1−x

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____________ 26 A line with slope passes through the point (7, −3). Write an equation of the line in
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slope-intercept form.
____________ 27 A line ℓ has x-intercept 5 and passes through the point (3, −2). What is the y-intercept
of ℓ?
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____________ 28 What are the domain and range of the function f (x) = ?
3−x
____________ 29 Write an equation of the line through (3, −5) whose graph has no x-intercept.
____________ 30 Write an equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining (−3, −2) and
(−7, 6). Give the answer in standard form.
____________ 31 The length of a rectangular lot is 3 less than twice its width. One of the longer sides is
against a brick wall so that only the three remaining sides needed fencing material. Find
the dimensions of the lot if 33 meters of fencing material was used.
____________ 32 The length of a large size balikbayan box is 9 inches longer than its width, and its height
is 2 inches shorter than its width. If the height of the box is x − 3, give the volume of the
box in terms of x.
____________ 33 A man has ₧y. If he spends x¢, how many pesos does he have left?
____________ 34 Find the maximum value of x such that 12! is divisible by 2x .
____________ 35 Emma is participating in a cosplay contest. If she can choose from 7 different outfits, 5
wigs, and 10 props, how many different cosplay costumes can she make?
⎧
⎪2x + 5y = −6
⎪
____________ 36 Find the solution set of the linear system ⎨ .
⎪
⎪
⎩ 5x − 2y = 14
y −2 − x −2
____________ 37 Write in lowest terms without zero or negative exponents: −2 −1
x y + x −1 y −2
____________ 38 Find two integers whose sum is 9 and whose difference is 11.
____________ 39 In Figure 1, A, B, C, D are coplanar points with AB = AC and BD = CD. If m∠A = 30○
and m∠D = 110○ , what is m∠ABD?

A t

30○ 3x + 8
ℓ

m
D 5x − 2

110○
C B
Figure 2
Figure 1

____________ 40 In Figure 2, lines ℓ and m are cut by a transversal t forming angles with measure (5x −2)○
and (3x + 8)○ . Find x so that ℓ ∥ m.
____________ 41 Find the area of the region on the first quadrant of the x y-plane, bounded by the x-axis,
the y-axis and the line 8x + 7y = 112.
____________ 42 The Philippine transport agency LTFRB recently approved a new formula to compute taxi
fares as follows: ₧40 for the first 500 meters, then ₧13.50 for each succeeding kilometer
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traffic. Compute the taxi fare for a 12.8 kilometer trip, if the taxi was caught in a traffic
jam 30 minutes.
____________ 43 The mean of a set of 40 numbers is 85, and the mean of another set of 50 numbers is 76.
What is the mean when the two sets are combined?
____________ 44 Vicki typed her book report at the rate if 35 words per minute. After 11 minutes, she still
had 840 words left to type. Let f (t) be the number of words left for Vicki to type, after
typing for t minutes. Write a formula for f (t).
____________ 45 Senior citizens get a 20% discount for admission tickets in a movie house priced ₧350
per adult. If 1200 tickets were sold and the total receipts was ₧402 500, how many senior
citizens watched the movie?
____________ 46 In a right triangle △ABC, the length of the hypotenuse AC is 18 cm. If m∠C = 2m∠A,
what is the length of AB?
____________ 47 Herald can do a carpentry job in 21 minutes while Lexter can do the job in 28 minutes.
How long will it take them to finish the job if Herald and Lexter work together?
____________ 48 The ratio of the measures of two consecutive angles of a parallelogram is 5 ∶ 4. What are
the measures of all the angles of the parallelogram?
____________ 49 In a plane, the sides of ∠A are parallel to the sides of ∠B. Determine the relationship
between the two angles.
____________ 50 Two 6-sided dice are tossed simultaneously. If the dice are fair, what is the probability
that the sum of the two numbers on the dice is divisible by 4?