2004 Metrobank-MTAP-NCR Math Challenge
Sectoral Finals – Grade 2
A. 15-second questions – 2 points each
1) There are 48 pupils in a class. If 1/6 are absent, how many are present?
Answer: 40
2) What is the remainder when 97 is divided by 4?
Answer: 1
3) How many prime numbers are there between 10 and 20?
Answer: 4
4) Jasmin and Jack bought two pairs of shoes. Each pair cost P425, how much in all did they pay?
Answer: P850.00
5) Eight boys have P4.50 each. How much money do they have in all?
Answer: P36.00
6) How many hours are there in 2 ½ days?
Answer: 60
7) Our class library has 5 kinds of books. There are 98 books of each kind. How many books do we have?
Answer: 490
8) A kilo of mangoes costs P75. How many whole numbers of kilos can I buy for P500?
Answer: 6
9) During a school program, 128 seats are occupied but 15 pupils are standing. How many are attending the program?
Answer: 143
10) If the 3 in 4358 is change to 7, by how many is the new number increased?
Answer: 400
11) What is 9 more than the difference of 51 and 33?
Answer: 27
B. 30-second questions – 3 points each
1) One morning, a vendor sold 3 ½ dozen mangoes and 4 dozen chicos. How many fruits did the vendor sell?
Answer: 90
2) Nina has 78 U.S. stamps. She has 2/3 as many Japanese stamps. How many foreign stamps has she?
Answer: 130
3) Nellie has 25 P5-coins and Liza has 9 P10-coins. How much more money does Nellie have than Liza?
Answer: 35
4) Randy went to a ballgame at 12:30 p.m. and arrived home at 8:15. How long was he out?
Answer: 7 hours, 45 minutes
5) The smallest divisor (other than 1) of 18 and 30 is 2. What is the biggest divisor or 18 and 30?
Answer: 6
6) Kris had read 3/7 of her book that has 182 pages. How many more pages has she to read?
Answer: 104
C. 1-minute questions – 5 points each
1) Mrs. Santos paid her water bill with 9 P20-bills, 6 P5-coins and 5 25¢-coins. How much was his water bill?
Answer: P 211.25
2) A gardener harvested 264 carrots. He bundled them in three’s and sold all. He sold each bundle for P15. How many in all did he get?
Answer: P 1, 320.00
3) A sandwich costs P14 and a coke costs P8.50. If I have a P100-bill how many of my friends and myself can have a sandwich and coke?
Answer: 4
4) A playground is 75 m by 65 m. If I jog around it 9 times, how many meters will that be?
Answer: 2,520 m
5) Miguel had a P500-bill. He changed half of it into 10-peso coins and the rest in 5-peso coins. How many coins he get?
Answer: 75
6) Cynthia saves P10.50 a week. How many weeks does she need to save to buy herself a blouse worth P165?
Answer: 16 weeks
Clincher questions
1) One third of 90 is how much more than ¼ of 80?
Answer: 10
2) What is tenth number in the pattern 47, 42, 37, 32, …?
Answer: 2
3) A janitor is arranging 152 chairs, 12 chairs to a row. The last row is not full. How many more chairs are needed to fill up the last row?
Answer: 4
Do-Or-Die questions
1) Five oranges and one apple cost P66. One orange and 5 apples cost P54. How much do 5 oranges and 5 apples cost?
Answer: 100
2) Mother saved P3570 from January to July. How much did she save each month?
Answer: 510