MAKATI SCIENCE TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

FIRST GRADING EXAMINATION

GRADE 10
MATHEMATICS

NAME:________________________________ Section: ________________ DATE:______________

A. Instructions: Encircle the letter of the CORRECT answer. If your answer is not among the choices,
please write the correct answer.

1) Narisa wants to find the fifth term of a 9) What is the twentieth term of the
sequence -12 ,-7, -2, -3 which concept will arithmetic sequence 21, 18, 15, 12, ... ?
you suggest to be used? a. -39
a. Arithmetic Sequence b. -36
b. Geometric Sequence c. 1
c. Fibonacci d. 78
d. Harmonic 10) The fifth term of an arithmetic sequence is
2) Which of the following is an arithmetic 11 and the tenth term is 41. What is the
sequence? first term?
a. 21, 18, 15,… a. -19
b. -6, -2, 2… b. -13
c. 4, 2, 0 c. -9
d. 80, 20, 5… d. 6
3) Which among the following is NOT a 11) What is the sum of the first sixteen terms
geometric sequence? of the arithmetic sequence 1, 5, 9, 13. ?
a. 5, 10, 20, 40 a. 62
b. -11, 22, -44, 88 b. 496
c. 2, 6, 18, 54 c. 528
d. 3, 8, 13, 18 d. 992
4) If 1, -1/2, ¼, -1/8 is a geometric sequence, 12) Find the 7th term of the sequence 2, 6, 18,
what is the common ratio? 54?
a. 1/2 a. 100
b. -1/2 b. 500
c. 1/4 c. 1300
d. -1/4 d. 1458
5) In the sequence 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, what is 13) Find the sum of the geometric sequence 3,
the common difference? 6, 12, 24, 48, 96.
a. 3 a. 189
b. 4 b. -189
c. -3 c. 190
d. -4 d. -190
6) An r in the geometric sequence is referred 14) What is the 5th term for the sequence 3,
to a common ratio, which among the 6, 12, 24…..?
following best describes it? a. 36
a. It is the fixed amount multiplied. b. 40
b. To find the common ratio, divide c. 48
the second term by the first term. d. 52
c. It cannot be equal to zero 15) A display of cans on a grocery shelf
d. ALL OF THE ABOVE. consists of 20 cans on the bottom, 18 cans
7) The following are examples of Fibonacci in the next row, and so on in an arithmetic
sequence EXCEPT: sequence, until the top row has 4 cans.
a. 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5 How many cans, in total, are in the
b. 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 display?
c. 192, 16, 208, 224 a. 100
d. 1, 4, 7, 10, 13 b. 108
8) What is the fiftieth term of the arithmetic c. 116
sequence 3, 7, 11, 15…? d. 124
a. 53
b. 151
c. 199
d. 203
 MAKATI SCIENCE TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES
FIRST GRADING EXAMINATION
GRADE 10
MATHEMATICS

B. Tell whether the following is a Geometric or Arithmetic Sequence, if so, what is the common ratio or
common difference? Use the back of your test paper as your scratch paper.

_____________ 16. 2,10,50,250, …

_____________ 17. 1,2,6,24,120,720,5040, …
_____________ 18. 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, …
_____________ 19. 5, 15, 45, 135, …
_____________ 20. an = (n-4) (n+2)

C. Find the first 3 terms of the following sequence.

21. an = 2n/2

22. an = 2n+4

23. an = n3+2n2+1

24. an = (n+1)2 (n+2)

25. an = 2n

BONUS: Gumawa ng hugot gamit ang math.