EDUCATIONAL CONSORTIUM “SANTO DOMINGO DE GUZMÁN”

“LICEO SANTO DOMINGO” SCHOOL

“SANTO DOMINGO, EL PREDICADOR” SCHOOL
LIMA – PERÚ

SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAM

Mathematics Department

SECONDARY LEVEL I
SOLUCIONARY
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You don´t have any penalty from the wrong answer.

Part A : Each answer correct value 2 . Until maximum of 10 questions.

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1. The volumen of a cube is 125 cm . Find the area of the total surface.
2
a) 125 cm
2
b) 130 cm
2
c) 150 cm
2
d) 175 cm
2
e) 190 cm

Solution:
3
a =125 a=5 cm.
2 2
A= 6a 6(5 )
2
Answer: =150 cm

2. The edge of a cube measures 2cm. Calculate the total area.

2
a) 24 cm
2
b) 25 cm
2
c) 26 cm
2
d) 27 cm
2
e) 28 cm

Solution:
2 2
At=6 a 6(2)
2
Answer: =24 cm

3. The edge of a cube measures 3cm. Calculate the volumen

3
a) 27 cm
3
b) 28 cm
3
c) 29 cm
3
d) 30 cm
3
e) 40 cm
f) Solution:
3 3
V=a = (3)
3
Answer: =27 cm

4. Calculate the value of x: 23.22x .23x = 243

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a) 3
b) 5
c) 8
d) 10
e) 11

Solution:
3+ 2 x + 3x 43
2 =2
3 + 2 x + 3x = 43
5 x = 40

Answer: x=8
3x
5. Find x: 5 = 81
3
a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 9
e) 10
Solution:
x -5
3 = 81
x -5 4
3 =3
x -5 = 4

Answer: x=9

6. In the next factoring, find A+B:

2
2x + 5x - 12
Ax -3
x B

a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 8
e) 9
Solution:
2
2x + 5 x - 12
2x - 3 = -3 x \ A=2
x 4 = 8x B=4
5x A+B=2+4=6

Answer: 6

2 2
7. Do: ( a + b ) - ( a -b )
2ab
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a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 4
e) 5
Solution:
4ab
=2
2ab

Answer: 2

8. Four brothers live in a four-floor building. Arturo lives on the first floor, Mario lives lower than
Jorge and Willy lives one floor higher than Mario. What floor does Willy live in?
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fourth
e) Basement
Solution:

First floor = Arturo, second floor= Mario, Third = Willy, Fourth = Jorge

Answer: Third

9. The result of: E = (x+4)2 + (x-4)2 – 2(x2-4) is:

a) 40
b) 24
c) 20
d) x2
e) N.A.
Solution

2 2 2
E = x + 8x + 16 + x - 8x + 16 -2x +8

E = 40
Answer: 40

10. How many dividers does the number have: N = 12 4.153 ?

a) 20
b) 120
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c) 216
d) 288
e) 292

Solution:

N=(22.3) 4 (3.5)3

8 4 3 3
N = 2 .3 .3 .5
8 7 3
N = 2 .3 .5

CD = ( 8 +1) ( 7 +1) ( 3 +1)

9.8.4
CD = 288

Answer: 288

Part B: Each answer correct value 6 . Until maximum of 10 questions.

11. In a farm, there are 30 animals, have about hens and rabbits. We count 74 legs in
total. How many hens are more respect of the number of rabbits?
a) 7
b) 13
c) 16
d) 17
e) 12

Solution: x: the number of rabbit

(30 – x) the number of hens
4x + 2(30 – x) = 74
2x = 14
X=7

rabbit : 7 hens: 23

Answer: : 23 – 7 = 16 hens

12. If 10 6m is the diagonal of a cube. Find the total area

2
a) 1200 m
2
b) 1300 m
2
c) 1400 m
2
d) 1500 m
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2
e) 1600 m
Solution:

D = a 3 = 10 3 2

( )
2
a = 10 2 � AT = 6a 2 � 6 10 2 = 6 ( 200 )
Answer: AT = 1200m 2

13. The base of a straight parallelepiped in a square of 2cm. On the side its height is equal
to the perimeter of the base. Find the volume.
3
a) 28 cm
3
b) 36 cm
3
c) 19 cm
3
d) 30 cm
3
e) 32 cm

Solution:

V = AB �h
AB = 22 = 4cm 2
h = 2pB = 8cm 3
\V = 32cm 3

Answer: 32cm 3

14. If we know that:

52 – 32 = a 82 – 22 = b
42 – 12 = c 32 – 32 = d
indicates the correct alternative:
a) a+c > b
b) c+d > a
c) c-a > 0
d) b-c > 2a
e) a+b+c+d <0

Solution:
a = 16, b = 60
c = 15, d = 0
Answer: b-c>2a
15. Knowing that 20 workers are working, 6 hours a day do a work in 10 days; So, how many
days 30 workers, working 8 hours a day can do a work the difficulty is twice from the
previous one?
a) 8
b) 10
c) 12
d) 9
e) 11
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Solution:

workers h/d days dificult

20 6 10 1
30 8 x 2
IP IP D

Answer: 10 days

16. Two successive increases of 25% are equivalent to a single increase of:
a) 50 %
b) 56, 25 %
c) 54, 25 %
d) 50, 62 %
e) 43, 75 %

Solution:
� 25 �25 �
AU = �
25 + 25 + % = 56,25%
� 100 � �

Answer: 56,25%

17. Marilyn says: "In 16 years my age will be 4 times the age I was 14 years ago" How old am I
in years?
a) 20
b) 22
c) 24
d) 26
e) 28
Solution:

x= age of Marylin
x+16=4(x-14)
x= 24
Answer: 24

x 4 -5x 2 + 4x -m
18. In the following division: ; exact. Indicate if “m” is:
x +1
a) Positive
b) Negative
c) Null
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d) doesn't exist
e) Imaginary

Solution:
1 0 -5 4 -m
x=-1 -1 1 4 -8
1 -1 -4 8 0

Answer : m=-8
19. Knowing that a donkey tied to a rope 3m long, it takes 5 days to eat all the grass at your
scope. How long would it take if the rope were 6m?
a) 15
b) 10
c) 20
d) 8
e) 17
Solution:
area Time
9p 5
36p x
36 p�5 days
x = = 20 días
9p
Answer: 20
º
20. Find: “x” in: 43x 1 + x 03 = 13

a) 2
b) 3
c) 5
d) 6
e) 4
Solution:
º
110x + 4304 = 13
º º º
(13 + 6)x + (13 + 1) = 13
º
6x + 1 = 13
x =2

Answer: 2

Part C: Each answer correct value 8 . Until maximum of 5 questions.

21. In a building there is a tank in a regular hexahedron shape where the edge measures 6m.
If the tank is full of its maximum capacity each day and each department, a person consumes
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18m each day, calculate how many people are there in the building.
a) 8
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b) 9
c) 10
d) 11
e) 12

Solución:

3 3 216
V=6 = 216 m Number of persons=
18
Answer : =12

22. Calculate the area of the circle, the circumference has an equation.

2 2
C:x - 4x + y + 6y + 9 = 0
a) 4 pu2
b) 3pu2
c) 6 pu2
d) 2 pu2
e) 5 pu2

Solucionario:
4
h =+ = +2
2
6
k = - = -3
2
2
9 = 4+9-r
�r =2
Area of circle= p .22 = 4p u 2

Answer: 4p u 2
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23. Find: a + b + c, if: = =
aaa bbb ccc
2a + b2 + c = 52
a) 16
b) 17
c) 18
d) 19
e) 20

Solution:
Break up this number and the figures in form polynomial

=k

Of : 2 by: k=

then:

Answer:

24. Ana buys a Tablet and they make two successive discounts of 30% and 40% in the
appliance store, discount 232 soles. Find the initial price of the Tablet.
a) S/.200
b) S/.400
c) S/.250
d) S/.500
e) S/.450
Solution:

� 30�40 �
Dv = �
30 + 40 - % = 58%
� 100 ��
initial price=N
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58% N = 232
N = 400
Answer: 400

25. The Acosta family consists of 5 people and spend S /. 60,000 to live 3 months in a city of
Otawa. How much should you spend to live in the city of Toronto for 5 months if the cost of
living is 5/4 of the previous one, knowing that the mother-in-law joins the family?
a) S/.150 000
b) S/.155 000
c) S/.160 000
d) S/.148 000
e) S/.250 650

Solution:
Person cost time cost of living
5 6 0000 3 1
6 X 5 5/4
+ + +
2

6�60000��
5 5 / 4�2
x =
5��
3 1
1

Answer: 150 000