LONG TEST #1 IN MATHEMATICS 10 FIRST GRADING SY 2019 – 20120

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*Erasures are wrong when you cannot justify.

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. ENCIRCLE THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER.
1. The domain of a sequence is the set of ____________.
M. all positive integers T. all real numbers
A. all negative integers H. all rational numbers
2. The following are examples of infinite sequence EXCEPT:
M. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ... T. 1, 4, 9, 16, ..., 100
A. ..., 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2 H. ..., -4, -2, 0, 2, 4, ...
3. What is the next term of the sequence 1, 3, 7, 15, 31?
M. 63 A. 47 T. 127 H. 39
4. What number comes next in the sequence 5, 7, 11, 17, 25, 35, ...?
M. 47 A. 49 T. 45 H. 50
5. What number comes next in the sequence 4, 14, 29, 49, ...?
M. 64 A. 69 T. 74 H. 79
6. Fill in the missing value in the sequence 1, 4, ____, 256, 3125?
M. 16 A. 25 T. 27 H. 36
7. Determine the general rule that governs the sequence 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ...
M. 𝑎𝑛 = 2𝑛 − 1 T. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑛(𝑛 − 1)
A. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑛(𝑛 + 1) H. 𝑎𝑛 = 2𝑛+1
8. When the terms in the arithmetic sequence are increasing in magnitude, the common
difference is ____________.
M. positive A. negative T. zero H. whole number
9. If three arithmetic means are inserted between -15 and 9, find the first arithmetic mean.
M. 3 A. -3 T. -6 H. -9
3 11
10. What is the arithmetic mean between 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ?
7 7
1
M. 7 A. 2 T. 1 H. 7

II. FIND THE INDICATED TERMS OF THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE IN GENERAL RULE.
11. 𝑎𝑛 = −11 + 7𝑛; 𝑎9
𝑛−1
14. 𝑎𝑛 = ; 𝑎16
𝑛+1

12. 𝑎𝑛 = 100 – n; 𝑎25

𝑛2
15. 𝑎𝑛 = ; 𝑎10
2
13. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑛(𝑛 − 1); 𝑎11

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LONG TEST #1 IN MATHEMATICS 10 FIRST GRADING SY 2019 – 20120

III. DETERMINE IF THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE IS ARITHMETIC OR NOT. IF YES, WRITE THE COMMON
DIFFERENCE (d), OTHERWISE WRITE NOT.
16. 3, 1, -1, -3, -5, … ________________________
17. 2, 5, 9, 14, 20, 27, … ________________________
1 2 4
18. 3 , 3 , 1, 3 , ... ________________________

19. 3, 8, 13, 18, ... ________________________

20. 12, 8, 5, 3, 2, ... ________________________
21. -11, -5, 1, 7, 13, ... ________________________
22. x – 1, x, x + 1, x + 2, x + 3 ________________________
23. 4, 16, 64, 256, ... ________________________
24. √2, 2√2, 3√2, 4√2, 5√2, ... ________________________
13 7 15
25. 3, ,2, ,… ________________________
4 4

IV. SOLVE. (USE THE APPROPRIATE FORMULA)

26 – 27. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 2 while the 18th term is 87. Find the common
difference of the sequence.

28 – 29. 𝐼𝑓 𝑎14 = 53 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎16 = 61, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎1 ?

30 – 31. What is the 17th term of the arithmetic sequence if 𝑎8 = 5 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎9 = 0?

32 – 33. What term of the arithmetic sequence 5, 9, 13, 17, ... is 401?

34 – 35. What term of the arithmetic sequence 2, 7, 12, 17, ... is 122?

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