Here's a list of 50 senior high school mathematics questions along with their answers, covering various topics such as algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, and statistics.
Algebra
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Question: Solve for \( x \): \( 2x + 3 = 11 \).
Answer: \( x = 4 \) -
Question: Factor the polynomial: \( x^2 - 9 \).
Answer: \( (x - 3)(x + 3) \) -
Question: What is the quadratic formula?
Answer: \( x = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a} \) -
Question: Simplify \( \frac{4x^3y^2}{2xy} \).
Answer: \( 2x^2y \) -
Question: If \( x + y = 10 \) and \( x - y = 2 \), find \( x \) and \( y \).
Answer: \( x = 6, y = 4 \) -
Question: What is \( (2x^2)(3x^3) \)?
Answer: \( 6x^5 \)
Geometry
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Question: Find the area of a triangle with a base of 10 cm and height of 5 cm.
Answer: \( 25 , \text{cm}^2 \) -
Question: What is the circumference of a circle with a radius of 7 cm?
Answer: \( 14\pi , \text{cm} \) (approximately \( 43.98 , \text{cm} \)) -
Question: Calculate the volume of a cylinder with a radius of 3 cm and height of 5 cm.
Answer: \( 27\pi , \text{cm}^3 \) -
Question: What is the Pythagorean theorem?
Answer: \( a^2 + b^2 = c^2 \) (for a right triangle) -
Question: If the lengths of the sides of a rectangle are 4 cm and 7 cm, what is its perimeter?
Answer: \( 22 , \text{cm} \) -
Question: Find the area of a circle with a diameter of 10 cm.
Answer: \( 25\pi , \text{cm}^2 \) (approximately \( 78.54 , \text{cm}^2 \))
Trigonometry
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Question: Find \( \sin(30^\circ) \).
Answer: \( \frac{1}{2} \) -
Question: What is the cosine of \( 60^\circ \)?
Answer: \( \frac{1}{2} \) -
Question: What is the tangent of \( 45^\circ \)?
Answer: \( 1 \) -
Question: Solve for \( x \) if \( \tan(x) = 1 \) within the interval \( [0^\circ, 360^\circ] \).
Answer: \( x = 45^\circ, 225^\circ \) -
Question: What is the value of \( \sec(30^\circ) \)?
Answer: \( \frac{2\sqrt{3}}{3} \) -
Question: If \( \sin(x) = 0.5 \), what are the possible values for \( x \)?
Answer: \( x = 30^\circ \) (or \( 150^\circ \) in \( [0^\circ, 360^\circ] \))
Calculus
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Question: What is the derivative of \( f(x) = x^2 \)?
Answer: \( f'(x) = 2x \) -
Question: Calculate the integral \( \int 2x , dx \).
Answer: \( x^2 + C \) -
Question: What is the limit of \( \frac{x^2 - 1}{x - 1} \) as \( x \) approaches 1?
Answer: \( 2 \) -
Question: Find the integral of \( \sin(x) \).
Answer: \( -\cos(x) + C \) -
Question: What is the second derivative of \( f(x) = 3x^3 \)?
Answer: \( f''(x) = 18x \) -
Question: If \( f(x) = 4x - 7 \), find the value of \( f'(2) \).
Answer: \( f'(x) = 4 \), so \( f'(2) = 4 \)
Statistics
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Question: What is the mean of the data set \( 3, 7, 9, 5, 11 \)?
Answer: \( 7 \) -
Question: Calculate the median of the data set \( 3, 7, 9, 5, 11 \).
Answer: \( 7 \) -
Question: Find the mode of the data set \( 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5 \).
Answer: \( 4 \) -
Question: What is the standard deviation of \( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 \)?
Answer: \( 1.41 \) (approximately) -
Question: In a standard normal distribution, what is the mean?
Answer: \( 0 \) -
Question: What is the probability of flipping a coin and getting heads?
Answer: \( \frac{1}{2} \)
Combinatorics
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Question: How many ways can you choose 3 items from a set of 10?
Answer: \( \binom{10}{3} = 120 \) -
Question: In how many ways can you arrange the letters in the word "MATH"?
Answer: \( 24 \) -
Question: How many different 5-digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1 to 9 without repetition?
Answer: \( 9 \times 8 \times 7 \times 6 \times 5 = 15120 \) -
Question: What is the number of combinations of 5 objects from a set of 12?
Answer: \( \binom{12}{5} = 792 \) -
Question: How many ways can you distribute 4 identical candies to 3 different children?
Answer: \( \binom{4 + 3 - 1}{3 - 1} = \binom{6}{2} = 15 \)
Number Theory
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Question: What is the greatest common divisor (GCD) of 60 and 48?
Answer: \( 12 \) -
Question: What is the least common multiple (LCM) of 6 and 8?
Answer: \( 24 \) -
Question: Is the number 37 prime?
Answer: Yes -
Question: What is the prime factorization of 84?
Answer: \( 2^2 \times 3^1 \times 7^1 \) -
Question: What is \( 3^4 \)?
Answer: \( 81 \)
Miscellaneous
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Question: Evaluate \( \log_{10}(100) \).
Answer: \( 2 \) -
Question: If \( f(x) = 2x + 1 \), find \( f(3) \).
Answer: \( 7 \) -
Question: What is the sum of the angles in a triangle?
Answer: \( 180^\circ \) -
Question: Convert \( 45^\circ \) to radians.
Answer: \( \frac{\pi}{4} \) radians -
Question: If a car travels at a speed of 60 km/h, how far will it travel in 2.5 hours?
Answer: \( 150 , \text{km} \) -
Question: What is the formula for the area of a rectangle?
Answer: \( A = \text{length} \times \text{width} \) -
Question: Evaluate \( 5! \).
Answer: \( 120 \) -
Question: Solve for \( x \) in the equation \( 3x - 4 = 5 \).
Answer: \( x = 3 \) -
Question: Find the slope of the line that passes through the points (2, 3) and (4, 7).
Answer: \( 2 \) -
Question: What is the sum of the first 10 positive integers?
Answer: \( 55 \)
These questions encompass a variety of mathematical concepts relevant to high school curricula and competition formats.