PROFICIENT PROBLEM SOLVERS
Grade 9 & Grade 10
SAMPLE TEST
1. If a rectangle is inscribed in a circle with a radius of 15 cm, what is the length of the diagonal of the
rectangle?
a. 7.5
b. 15
c. 22.5
d. 30
2. The midpoints of the sides of a triangle are connected to form a smaller triangle. If the smaller triangle
7 √3
has a perimeter of + 𝑐𝑚, find the perimeter of the larger triangle.
8 4
7 √3
a. 4
+ 2 𝑐𝑚
14 2√3
b. + 𝑐𝑚
8 8
8 √3
c. + 𝑐𝑚
7 3
2 √3
d. 3
+ 8 𝑐𝑚
3. The difference between 40th and 20th term of an arithmetic sequence is 120. Find the positive common
difference.
a. 4
b. 6
c. 8
d. 10
4 8 8
4. Simplify (1 + √3)(1 + √3)(1 + √3)(1 − √3).
a. -2
b. -1
c. 0
d. 1
5. The legs of a right triangle are 15 cm and 20 cm. Find the latitude to the hypotenuse.
a. 6 cm
b. 8cm
c. 10 cm
d. 12 cm
5 4 5 4 5 4
6. What is the sum of the given series, 3 − 5 + 32 − 52 + 33 − 53 + ⋯ ?
a. 0
b. ½
c. 1
d. 3/2
7. Find the radius of the circle inscribed in a right triangle with legs 7cm and 24 cm?
a. 3 cm
b. 4 cm
c. 5 cm
d. 6 cm
8. In a group of 12 friends, how many unique pairs of friends can be formed if each pair represents a team
for a project?
a. 66
b. 55
c. 44
d. 33
9. A box contains 3 blue, 3 red, and 4 green balls. If two balls are picked randomly from the box, what is the
probability that they are of different colors?
a. 7/13
b. 11/15
c. 17/21
d. 19/20
10. The sum of the ages of Bobby and Mercy is 60. Nine years ago Bobby was three years more than one-half
as old as Mercy was then. How old is Mercy nine years ago?
a. 13
b. 18
c. 24
d. 26
11. The first term of geometric sequence is 4 and the common ration is 2. Determine the smaller term that is
greater than 100.
a. 102
b. 116
c. 128
d. 132
12. A point (2,-5) is located outside the circle given by 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 25. Calculate the length of the tangent line
segment from the given point to the circle.
a. 2
b. 5
c. 8
d. 13
13. Three different faces of a rectangular box has areas 4𝑐𝑚2 , 9𝑐𝑚2 and 25𝑐𝑚2. Find its volume.
a. 30𝑐𝑚3
b. 150𝑐𝑚3
c. 300𝑐𝑚3
d. 900𝑐𝑚3
7−1 +70
14. Evaluate .
7−3 +7−2
a. 342
b. 49
c. 7
d. 1/7
15. Find the value of 𝑓(𝑥 + 2), if 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 4.
a. 4x
b. 𝑥 2
c. 𝑥 − 4
d. 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 2
16. The amount of material M needed varies directly with x and inversely with 𝑦 3 . If M=25 when x=1- and y=2,
find M when x=15 and y=3.
a. 9
b. 10
c. 9/100
d. 100/9
17. A chemist mixes 2 liters of a 15% alcohol solution with 5 liters of 25% alcohol solution. What is the
percentage of alcohol in the resulting mixture?
a. 3.7 %
b. 8.9 %
c. 16.8 %
d. 22.14 %
18. Determine the number of five-digit number that can be formed using the digits 1,3,5,7,8, and 9, if the first
digit is 7, and one of the other digits must be 1, and no digit can appear more than once.
a. 144
b. 96
c. 72
d. 48
√𝑥+4 +√𝑥−4
19. Solve for x in the equation = 2.
√𝑥+4−√𝑥−4
a. 6
b. 5
c. 4
d. 3
20. If 𝑦 = 3⃒𝑥⃒ and −2 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 4, what is the range of y?
a. (∞, −∞)
b. [2, 75]
c. [1, 81]
d. [0,21]