Name: Date:

Grade and Section: Score: /40

MATHEMATICS 10
Math Quiz Bee
Elimination Round
General instructions: Read and understand the questions carefully. Use the answer sheet in
answering the test. If the answer is not in the choices, shade letter E. Use a pencil in shading.

I. Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which of the following is the standard form of a quadratic equation?
A. a x 2 +bx +c B. a x 2 +bx +c=0
C. f ( x )=a ( x−h )2 +k D. f ( x )=a x2 +bx + c

2. Which of the following is the vertex form of a quadratic function?

A. a x 2 +bx +c B. a x 2 +bx +c=0
C. f ( x )=a ( x−h )2 +k D. f ( x )=a x2 +bx + c

3. What is the vertex of the function f ( x )=2 ( x +3 )2−2 ?

A. (-3,-2) B. (3,-2)
C. (-3,2) D. (3,2)

4. What is the standard form of 2 x 2+3 x=4 x−8 ?

A. 2 x 2−x+ 8=0 B. 2 x 2+7 x +8=0
C. 2 x 2−7 x+ 8=0 D. 2 x 2−x−8=0

5. One of the factors of x 2−4 x−5 is x−5 . What is the other factor?
A. x + 1 B. x + 4
C. x + 5 D. x – 1

6. What is the discriminant of the quadratic equation: 5 x 2−5 x−5=0 ?

A. 125 B. -125
C. 75 D. -75

7. What are the factors of the quadratic expression: 3 x 2+12 x +9?

A. (x +3)(x−3) B. 3( x 2−11)
C. (3)(x +3)( x+ 3) D. ( x +3 ) (x +3)

8. Which among the choices is a perfect square trinomial?

A. x 2+ 4 x +8 B. x 2−4 x−8
C. x 2−6 x−9 D. x 2−6 x +9

9. Which of the following determines the opening of the parabola in the standard form of a
quadratic equation:a x 2 +bx +c = 0?
A. a B. b C. c D. cannot be determined
10. What are the x-intercepts of the quadratic function: f ( x )=−x2−2 x +8?
A. 4 and 2 B. -4 and -2 C. -4 and 2 D. -2 and 4

11. Simplify the given expression: 4 x 2 y 0 z−2.

2 0 2 2
4x y 4x 4x
A. 4 x 2 z−2 B. 2 C. 2 D. −2
z z z

3
3 ( r+ s )
12. Simplify the given expression: −2
( r + s)
3
A. 3 ( r + s )3 ( r + s )2 B. 3 ( r + s )5 C. 3(r+ s) D.
( r +s )−5

13. Change the radical expression to exponential notation: √3 25 x2

1 1 2 2 2
A. ( 25 x 2 ) 3 B. ( 52 x 2) 3 C. 5 3 x 3 D. ( 5 x ) 3

14. Simplify the given by using the product rule. ( √3 8 x 2 )( √3 8 y 2 )

A. √3 64 x 2 y 2 B. 4 √3 x 2 y 2 C. 2 √3 2 x 2 y 2 D. √ ( 8 x 2 ) (8 y 2)
3

15. Perform the indicated operation: −3 √ 45+2 √ 12+ 3 √6−3 √ 20.

A. −15 √ 5+4 √ 3+3 √ 6 B. 15 √ 5+4 √ 3+3 √ 6
C. −15 √ 5+4 √3−3 √6 D. −15 √ 5−4 √ 3+3 √ 6

16. Perform the indicated operation: −3 √ 18+3 √ 8−√ 24

A. −√ 2 B. −3 √ 2−2 √ 6
C. −3 √ 2+ 2 √ 6 D. 3 √ 2−2 √ 6

#17-18. Solve for the product of the following.

17. (−2 √ 6 ) ( 3 √ 6 )

A. -6 B. −6 √ 36 C. −36 D. −√ 36

18. (−3 √ 3 ) ( 5+ √ 4 )

A. −3 √ 15−6 √ 3 B. −15 √ 3−6 √ 3 C. −3 √ 15−3 √ 7 D. −3 √ 15−3 √ 12

#19-20. Rationalize the following.

19.
√2
2 √3
4 √6 √6 √6 √6
A. B. C. D.
12 3 6 12

20.
√2−3 √3
√3

A.
√6−9 B.
√6 +9 C.
√6−6 D.
√6 +6
3 3 3 3
21. The measure of the base angles of an isosceles trapezoid are 3x + 5 and 2x + 6 respectively.
What is the value of x?
 A. 1 B. 8 C. 16 D. 27

22. The mid-segment of a trapezoid measures 18cm. if one of the base measures 11cm, what is
the measure of the other base?
29
A. 25cm B. 29cm C. cm D. 191cm
2

23. John and Luke are swimming on a rectangular pool. John swam from point K to point E,
while Luke swam from point I to point T. Which of them swam farther?
K I

T E
A. Luke B. John
C. Same distance D. Cannot be determined.

24. A garden field has an enclosure in a form of a parallelogram. The diagonals of this field are
congruent. If the longest side is 2x + 3, the side parallel to it is 4x - 8. What is the value of x?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7

25. Which of the following statements describe a similar figure?

A. Figures which have the same shape.
B. Figures which have the same size.
C. Figures which have the same shape and size.
D. Figures which have the same shape but different size.

v 2
26. What is the value of v in the proportion: = ?
84 21
1 1
A. B. C. 7 D. 8
8 7

24+ 4 y 11
27. What is the value of y in the proportion: = ?
y 2
1 −1
A. B. C. 16 D. -16
16 16
28. Bea and her friends pitched 4 tents in 60 minutes on a camping site. How long will they take
to pitch 5 tents?
A. 74 B. 75 C. 76 D. 77

29. Ivern reduced the size of a photo to a height of 6 in. What is the new width if it was
originally 12 in tall and 6 in wide?
1 1
A. B. 3 C. D. 2
3 2
30. Which of the following lengths form a right triangle?
A. a = 6, b = 8, c = 9 B. a = 6, b = 8, c = 10
C. a = 5, b = 6, c = 8 D. a = 4, b = 6, c = 8
31. What do you call the side opposite the right angle?
 A. Opposite side B. Adjacent side C. Congruent side D. Hypotenuse

32. The lengths of the sides of a triangle are: a = 5 cm, b = 12 cm, and c = 14 cm where c is the
hypotenuse. Which among the statements is incorrect?
A. The given lengths form a right triangle.
B. The given sides do not form a right triangle.
C. The value of the longest side must be 13 to form a right triangle.
D. None of the above.

33. What do you call a constant number that is added to the term of an arithmetic sequence to
produce the next term?
A. common difference B. indicated term C. constant term D. first term
34. Which of the following is an arithmetic sequence?
A. 7, -7, 7, -7, … B. 1, 3, 5, 9, … C. 1, 10, 20, 30, … D. 1, -1, -3, -5, …
35. What is the 18th term in the arithmetic sequence 3, 9, 15, 21, …?
A. 81 B. 87 C. 93 D. 99

36. What is the sum of the first 10 terms of the sequence 5, 15, 25, …?
A. 320 B. 405 C. 500 D. 605

37. What do you call a constant number multiplied to the term of a geometric sequence to
produce the next term?
A. common difference B. indicated term C. common ratio D. number of
terms

38. Which of the following is an example of a geometric series?

A. 3, -3, 3, -3, -3, … B. 1, -3, 9, -27, -81, …
C. 4, 16, 64, 256, 1026, … D. 1, 3/2, 9/4, 27/8, 81/16, …

39. What is the 7th term of the sequence: 2, 8, 32, 128, …?

A. 2048 B. 8192 C. 32,768 D. 131,072

40. The common ratio in a geometric sequence is 3, and the fifth term is 486. What are the first
three terms?
A. 12, 15, 18 B. 8, 24, 72 C. 7, 10, 13 D. 6, 18, 54