MMC 2019 Grade 7 Divisionals 1

Easy
E1 If 1 megabyte is equal to 106 bytes and 1 gigabyte is equal to 109 bytes, how many gigabytes are there in
1 megabyte? [10−3 ]
E2 Divide 2.4 × 10−8 by 6 × 108 and write the quotient in scientific notation. [4 × 10−17 ]
E3 Point Q lies midway between points P and R on a number line. What is the coordinate of R if P and Q
have coordinates −16 and −7, respectively. [2]
E4 How many sides does a regular polygon have if the measure of each interior angle is 160○ ? [18]
E5 Assume A and B are subsets of the set of integers. If A is the set of multiples of 2, and B is the set of
multiples of 3, describe the elements of A ∩ B. [multiples of 6]
E6 Find the value of Bb so that x = 3 is the solution of the equation b2 + b(x − 3) + 3b = (b − x)2 . [1]
E7 Find the product: (1 − x)(1 + x + x 2 + x 3 + ⋯ + x 2018 ). [1 − x 2019 ]
1 − w2
E8 Simplify given that w < 0. [1 − w]
1 − ∣w∣
E9 Find the solution set of the inequality x 3 − 3x 2 > 0 and express it in interval notation. [(3, ∞)]
E10 If the polynomial 10x 2 − 7x − 12 is divided by 2x + 3, the quotient is 5x + b and the remainder is 21.
Find the b. [−11]
EX Assume ∗ is a rule for combining any two real numbers a and b given bt a ∗ b = a − b − 2. What is the
value of b such that a ∗ b = a? [2]
Average
A1 A camera drone travels at a speed of 40 miles per hour. Ho many feet can it travel if its maximum flight
time is 20 minutes? [70 400 feet]
A2 If 6 ⋅ 16x−1 = 24 ⋅ 22x+6 what is the value of x? [6]
268
A3 Express the repeating decimal 8.121 212 . . . as a fraction in lowest terms. [ ]
33
x +3 x +2 x +6
A4 Solve for x: − = [x = −3]
3 2 6
A5 In a pie chart that shows the monthly family expenditures on different items, the central angle of the
sector representing the expenses on food is 144○ . How much is spent on food if the monthly family
income is ₧22 000? [₧8800]
AX What is the solution set of the equation 5 − ∣1 − 2x∣ = 2. [{−1, 2}]
Difficult
D1 Each student in a class of 40 has an active account on at least one of the following social networking
sites: Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp. Thirty students are active on Facebook, 20 on Instagram,
and 17 on WhatsApp. If 13 students are active on both Facebook and Instagram, 7 on both Instagram
and WhatsApp, and 5 on all three sites, how many students are active on either Facebook or Instagram
but not on WhatsApp? [23]
D2 If the sum of 2x and its reciprocal is 3, what is the sum of 8x and its reciprocal? [18]
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D3 A data set consisting of 8 whole numbers has mean, median, and mode that are all equal to 3. What is
the largest possible number in the data set if the smallest number is 2? [6]
D4 In the figure, the areas of the shaded region and the rectangle are in the ratio 2 ∶ 3, and the areas of
the shaded region and the circle are in the ratio 3 ∶ 5. If the total area of the unshaded regions in the
rectangle and the circle is 21 square units, what is the area of the shaded region? [18 square units]

D5 Write the product (a 2 + b 2 )(c 2 + d 2 ) as a sum of two squares. [(ac + bd)2 + (ad − bc)2 ]
DX John has ₧100 and ₧500 bills. How many ₧500 bills does he have if there are 34 bills altogether and the
total amount is ₧11 800? [21]
Tiebreaker
TB1 On January 1, 2019, the NASA New Horizons spacecraft returned a sharp image of the farthest object
ever explored by a spacecraft. The image consists of two spheres, one smaller than the other, joined
together like a giant snowman. Scientists called the smaller sphere Thule and the bigger sphere Ultima.
If the volume of Ultima is three times the volume of Thule, how many times is the diameter of Ultima
√
bigger than the diameter of Thule? [ 3 3]
TB2 On a quiz, the mean of the scores of five students is 13.6. If the highest score is deleted, the mean of
the four remaining scores is 12.5. Find the highest score? [18]
TB3 In an isosceles triangle, the measure of the exterior angle adjacent to one of the base angles is 115○ .
What is the measure of the vertex angle? [50○ ]
Do-or-Die
DoD If n! = n(n − 1)(n − 2)⋯1, what is the remainder if 1! + 2! + 3! + ⋯ + 2019! is divided by 15? [3]