Grade 10 Math Comp Set 2
Grade 10 Math Comp Set 2
(SCHOOL LEVEL)
A. EASY
B. AVERAGE
1. Solve for x:
2. i wh t r th ssi s s ?
3. Find the sum of all positive integers less than 1000 that are divisible by 7.
4. Find a quadratic equation with integral coefficients whose roots are
5. Given the following set of numbers (5, 10, 12, 15, 12, 19, 22), what is the mean of the
set to the nearest tenth?
6. The half-life of a substance is 15 hours, how long will it take for a given amount of
the substance to decay to 25% of its original amount?
7. There are several dogs and people in a dog park. It is noted that there are 23 heads
and 84 feet. How many dogs are there?
8. At a party, every two people shook hands once. How many people attended the
party if there were 66 handshakes?
9. Twenty-six people, numbered consecutively 1 through 26, are seated equally spaced
around a circular table. Which numbered person is seated directly across from
person 9?
10. Two roads diverge from point A at an angle of 30 degrees. Pete walks along one road
at 8 km per hour. And Joe walks along the other road at 6 km per hour. How far
apart are they after two hours?
C. DIFFICULT
1. The altitude of a trapezoid is 7 less than three times its median. Find the sum of its
altitude and median if its area is 40 .
2. The sides of a triangle lie on the line
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3. Two inlet pipes can fill an empty swimming pool in 3 days and 6 days respectively. A
pump can empty a full pool in 4 days. How long will it take to fill the empty pool if
both pipes are open and the pump is on?
4. An urn contains only blue and red marbles. If you randomly select 6 marbles at a
time at least one of them will be red and if you randomly select 9 marbles at a time
there will be at least one red and one blue. What is the maximum number of marbles
in the urn?
5. Sixty men working on a construction job have done 1/3 of the work in 18 days. The
project is behind schedule and must be accomplished in the next twelve days. How
many more workers need to be hired?