2015 Grade 9 MTAP

Sectoral Level
Easy

1.) If , find .

2.) In a cube with sides of length 1 cm, one vertex is denoted by A. What is the sum of
the distances from A to each of the other vertices of the cube?
3.) Find two positive numbers in the ratio 7:12 so that the bigger number exceeds the
smaller by 10.

4.) Benigno buys four new tires and a new spare tire for his car. He rotates his tires so that
after driving 10 000 km, every tire has been used for the same number of kilometers. For
how many kilometers was each tire used?

5.) The longest side of a triangle measures 12 cm, and the altitude to this side is 4 cm.
What is the length of the shortest side if the altitude to this side measures 8 cm?

6.) A quadratic function satisfies and . Determine all the zeros

of

7.) Find the sum of the reciprocals of two numbers, given that the sum of the two numbers
is 18 and their product is 6.

8.) On square ABCD, one side measures 1 cm, E is the midpoint of AB and F is the point of
intersection of CE and the diagonal BD. How long is FB?

9.) Determine the quadratic function that satisfies and .

10.) If and are positive numbers such that , find .

11.) A triangle with sides in the ratio 3:4:5 is inscribed in a circle of radius 5 cm. Find the
area of the triangle.

Average

1.) Find a number that makes equal to .

2.) An MRT train 0.2 km long travels at a steady speed of 24 kph. It enters a tunnel 1 km
long at exactly 3:00. PM. At what time will the tail-end of the train come out of the tunnel?

3.) A rectangle is formed by placing three congruent rectangles as shown in this diagram.
What is the area of the larger rectangle, if the shorter side of the small rectangle measures
2 cm?
4.) If = , what are the zeros of ?

5.) Three identical equilateral corners of an equilateral triangle with side of length 1 cm is to
be cut off to reduce the area by one-half. how long should be the side of the cut-off corners?

6.) A rectangle has a diagonal of length cm and area 8 sq. cm. What is the perimeter
of the rectangle?

Difficult
1.) Solve for a number x satisfying

2.) The sides of an isosceles triangle measure 5x + 3, 3x + 7 and 2x + 15, where x is some
number. What is the largest possible perimeter of the triangle?
3.) For what value (x) of a will the quadratic
equations and have a common real solution?
4.) On his way from a vacation, a man figured that he will be home by 11:00 PM if he drives
at 60 kph. If he drives at 40 kph he will be home by 1:00 AM. How fast must he drive if he
wants to be home by 12:00 midnight?

5.) The area of rectangle ABCD is 24 sq. cm and E is the midpoint of CD, F is the point of
intersection of the diagonal AC and segment BE. Find the area of triangle EFC.

6.) The diagonal of a regular pentagon divides an interior angle into 2 angles. Find the
measure of the smaller angle.

Clincher
1.) The sum of the zeros, the product of the zeros, and the sum of the coefficients of the
function are all equal. What is their common value?

2.) Determine all values of x and y which make xy, x/y and x – y equal to each other.

3.) A point O lies inside equilateral triangle ABC so that . Find the
measure of .
Do or Die
1.) How many non-congruent right triangles have sides of integer lengths and have areas
numerically equal to three times their perimeters?

Answers
Easy
1.) 3/5
2.) cm
3.) 14, 24
4.) 8000
5.) 6 cm
6.) 2 and 15
7.) 3
8.) cm
9.) #
10.) 3
11.) 24 sq. cm
Average
1.) -42
2.) 3:03 PM
3.) 24 sq. cm
4.) x = -2, x = 3
5.)
6.) 12 cm

Difficult
1.) x = 2
2.) 105
3.) a = -3
4.) 48 kph
5.) 2 sq. cm
6.) 36°
Clincher
1.) a
2.) x = -1/2, y = -1
3.) 150°
Do or Die
1.) 6