SECOND QUARTER EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS GRADE 10

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Directions: Choose the letter that best answers each question. Write your answer on your answer sheet.

1. Which of the following could be the value of n in the equation f(x)= xn if f is a polynomial
function?
a. -2 b. 0 c. ¼ d. √3
2. Which of the following is NOT a polynomial function?
a. f(x)=𝜋 b. f(x)= -2/3x3 +1 c. f(x)=-x+√5x3 d. f(x)=x1/5-2x2
3. What is the leading coefficient of the polynomial function f(x)=x-2x3-4?
a. -4 b. -2 c. 1 d. 3
4. How should the polynomial function f(x)=1/2x-x2+11x4+2x3 be written in standard form?
a. f(x)= 11x4+2x3+1/2x-x2 b. f(x)= -x2+1/2x+2x3 +11x4
c. f(x)= 11x4+2x3-x2+1/2x d. f(x)=1/2x-x2+2x3+11x4
5. What is the degree of the polynomial function -4x2 – 25x3 + x – 4x4 + 1?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 1
Given: FG and HI are diameter of circle. The measure of ∠ 𝐺𝐸𝐷 = 36° and ∠ 𝐻𝐸𝐺 = 65°
H G

⋅ D

F I
Use the choices below in answering item nos. 6-9.
a. 360 b. 1800 c. 650 d. 790
6. What is the measure of ∠ 𝐷𝐸𝐼?
7. What is the measure of ∠ 𝐹𝐸𝐼?
8. What is the measure of arc HGI?
9. What is the measure of arc GD?
10. A segment whose endpoints lie on the circle is called a ________.
a. radius b. chord c. secant d. tangent
11. An angle whose vertex is on a circle and whose sides contain chords of the circle.
a. central angle b. inscribed angle c. right angle d. supplementary angle
12. What kind of angle is the inscribed angle that intercepts a semicircle?
a. Straight b. obtuse c. right d. acute
13. If two inscribed angles of a circle intercept arcs or the same arc, then the angles are ________.
a. congruent b. complementary c. supplementary d. perpendicular
14. If a quadrilateral is inscribed in a circle, then its opposite angles are __________.
a. congruent b. complementary c. supplementary d. perpendicular

Use the choices below in answering item nos. 15-18.

 a. point of tangency b. common external tangents
c. common tangent d. common internal tangents
15. Tangents which do not intersect the segment joining the centers of the two circles.
16. A line that is tangent to two circles on the same plane.
17. Tangents that intersects the segment joining the centers of the two circles.
18. The point of intersection of the tangent line and the circle.
19. A part of a secant segment that is outside a circle.
a. point of tangency b. common external tangents
c. external secant segment d. external tangent segment
20. A line coplanar with the circle and intersects it at one and only one point.
a. tangent b. secant c. external secant segment d. external tangent segment
Use the figure below in answering item nos. 15-18.
C
O

N
Y
21. What is the external secant segment in the figure above?
a. CO b. NO c. YO d. YN
22. Which of the following is NOT a formula for finding the distance between two points on the
coordinate
plane?
a. d=|x2-x1| b. d=|y2-y1| c. d=√(𝑥2 − 𝑥1 )2 + ( 𝑦2 − 𝑦1 )2 d. d=
√(𝑥2 + 𝑥1 )2 + ( 𝑦2 − 𝑦1 )2
Use the choices below in answering item nos. 23-26.
a. midpoint formula b. coordinate proof c. midpoint d. horizontal
distance
23. A formula that can be used to find the coordinates of the midpoint of a line segment on the
coordinate plane.
24. The absolute value of the difference of the x- coordinates of two points.
25. A proof that uses figures on a coordinate plane to prove geometric relationships.
26. A point on a line segment and divides the same segment into two equal parts.
27. What is the center and radius of the equation x2 + ( y – 4)2 =9?
a. (1, -4) ; 9 b. (0, 4) ; 3 c. (1, -4) ; 3 d. (0, -4) ; 3
28. Which of the following equation describes a circle on the coordinate plane with center at (2,-3)
and a radius of 5 units?
a. (x-2)2+(y+3)2=252 b. (x+2)2+(y-3)2=52 c. (x-3)2+(y+2)2=252 d. (x-2)2+(y+3)2=52
29. What is the center and radius of the equation x2 + y2 = 81?
a. (0, 0); 9 b. (1, 1); 81 c. (0, 1); 9 d. (1, 0); 9
30. Which of the following is the general form of the equation ( x + 2)2 + (y – 9) = 64?
a. x2 + y2 + 4x -18y+21 = 0 b. x2 + y2 +-4x -18y-21 = 0
c. x2 + y2 + 18y -4x+21 = 0 d. x2 + y2 + 4x -18y+12 = 0
31. Given that f(x)=7x-3n+x2, what value should be assigned to n to make f a function of degree 7?
a. -7/3 b. -3/7 c. 3/7 d. 7/3
32. A car manufacturer determines that its profit, P, in thousands of pesos, can be modelled by the
function P(x)=0.001 25x4+x-3, where x represents the number of cars sold. What is the profit at
x=150?
a. Php 75.28 b. Php 632,959.50 c. Php 3,000,000.00 d. Php 10,125,297.00
33. In circle F below, AG is a diameter. What is m AD if m∠ DFG=650?
a. 650 D G
b. 1150 F
c. 1300
d. 2300 A
34. Which is true about the masures of an inscribed angle to its intercepted arc?
a. The measure of the angle is one-half the measure of its intercepted arc.
b. The measure of the angle is twice the measure of its intercepted arc.
c. The measure of the angle is equal to the measure of its intercepted arc.
d. The measure of the angle is thrice the measure of its intercepted arc.
35. In the figure, arc AB ≅ arc AC. If m∠ 𝐵 = 4𝑋 + 5 and m∠ 𝐶 = 2𝑋 + 35, what is m∠A?
a. 650 A
b. 600
c. 550
d. 500 B C
36. In the figure on right, which is an inscribed angle?
a. ∠RST P
b. ∠PQR R
c. ∠QVT S
d. ∠QST
Q T
V
37. Which of the following of the following lines is tangent to circle F as shown in the figure below?
a. line DE
b. line AG D G
c. line BD F.
d. line AE B E
A C
38. Line AB is tangent to circle C at D. If the measure of arc DF = 166 and the measure of arc DE =
78,
What is measure of angle ABF?
a. 44
b. 61 F

c. 88 C ∙ E
d. 122 B
A D
 39. What is the value of x in the figure below? 40. What is the value of x in the figure
below?
M
a. 8 L a. 15
9
b. 16 3 4 A b. 16 x
S
c. 4 F 6 S c. 9
16
d. 3 x d. 25 C
G
41.Point Q is the midpoint of ST. Which of the following is true about ST?
a. ST=QS+QT b. ST=QS-QT c. ST=2|QS-QT| d. ST=2|QS+QT|
42. Which of the following would give the coordinates of the midpoint of P(-6,13) and Q(9,6)?
−6+13 9+6 −6+9 13+6 −6−13 9−6 −6−9 13−6
a. ( 2
, 2
) b. ( 2
, 2
) c. ( 2
, 2
) d. ( 2
, 2
)
43. What is the distance between points D(-10,2) and E(6,10)?
a. 16 b. 20 c. 10√2 d. 8√5
44. The coordinates of the vertices of a rectangle are W(-2,6), I(10,6), N(10,-3) and D(-2,-3).
What is the length of a diagonal of the rectangle?
a. 7.5 b. 9 c. 12 d. 15
45. What is the center of the circle x +y -4x+6y-36=0? 2 2

a. (9,-3) b. (3,-2) c. (2,-3) d. (2, -10)

46. The distance between points M(x,5) and C(5,-1) is 10 units. What is the x-coordinate of M if it
lies in the second quadrant?
a. -7 b. -3 c. -1 d. 13
47. Your friend Aaron Marielle asks your help in drawing a rough sketch of the graph of y=-
(x2+1)(2x4-3)
by means of the Leading Coefficient Test. How will you explain the behavior of the graph?
a. The graph is falling to the left and rising to the right.
b. The graph is rising to both left and right.
c. The graph is rising to the left and falling to the right.
d. The graph is falling to both left and right.
48. Mang Jose cut a circular board with a diameter 80 cm. Then, he divided the board into 20
congruent sectors. What is the area of each sector?
a. 80𝜋 cm2 b. 320𝜋 cm2 c. 800𝜋 cm2 d. 1600𝜋 cm2
49. A radio signal can transmit messages up to a distance of 5 km. If the radio signal’s origin is
located
at a point whose coordinates are (-2, 7). What is the equation of the circle that defines the
boundary up to which the messages can be transmitted?
a. (x-2)2+(y+7)2=25 b. (x+2)2+(y-7)2=5
c. (x+2)2+(y-7)2=25 d. (x-2)2+(y+7)2=5
50. Karen has a necklace with a circular pendant hanging from a chain around her neck. The chain
is
tangent to the pendant. If the chain is extended as shown in the diagram on the right, it forms
an
 angle of 300 below the pendant. What is the measure of the arc at the bottom of the
pendant?

a. 600
b. 750
c. 1200
d. 1500