First Grading Exam

Math 10
Name: ___________________________________________ Grade & Section: ___________________

Directions: Choose the letter that you think best answers the question. Write your answer before the
number.

_____1. In the sequence 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, what is _____11. Which polynomial is equal to 25𝑦 2 − 𝑥 2 ?
the common difference? a. (5𝑦 + 𝑥)(5𝑦 + 𝑥)
a. 3 b. 4 b. (5𝑦 + 𝑥)(5𝑦 − 𝑥)
c. -3 d. -4 c. (5𝑦 − 𝑥)(5𝑦 − 𝑥)
_____2. What is the sum of all odd integers d. (5𝑦 + 𝑥)(−5𝑦 − 𝑥)
between 8 and 26? _____12. If 𝑃(−2) = 0, which of the statements is
a. 153 c. 149 true about 𝑃(𝑥)?
b. 151 d. 148 a. 𝑥 + 2 is factor of 𝑃(𝑥)
_____3. Which is the next term of the geometric c. 𝑃(𝑥) = 0, has 2 negative roots
sequence 4, −12, 36? b. 2 is root of 𝑃(𝑥)
a. −42 c. −72 d. 𝑃(0) = −2
b. −54 d. −108 _____13. Which value is the sum of the geometric
_____4. Nerissa wants to find the fifth term of a sequence 2, 8, 32, 128, 512?
sequence -12, -7, -2,3 which concept will you a. 682 c. 686
suggest to be used? b. 684 d. 688
a. Arithmetic sequence _____14. Which is the sum of the geometric
b. Geometric sequence sequence 2, ½, 1/8…?
c. Fibonacci sequence a. 8/3 c. 10/3
d. Harmonic sequence b. 9/3 d. 11/37
_____5. What is the next term in the geometric _____15. What is the 5 term for the sequence 3,
th

sequence 324, −108, 36? 6, 12, 24...?

a. 12 c. −4 a. 36 c. 48
b. 4 d. −12 b. 40 d. 52
_____6. If three geometric means are inserted _____16. One of the roots of the polynomial
15
between 120 and 2 , what is the third of these equation 2𝑥 3 + 9𝑥 2 − 33𝑥 + 14 = 0 is 2. Find
the other roots.
geometric means? 1 1
a. 60 c. 15 a. 2 and 7 c. − 2 and 7
b. 30 d. 1 1
b. 2 and −7
1
d. − 2 and −7
_____7. Which one is the 7th term of the geometric
2 2 _____17. Which is not a polynomial?
sequence 10, 2, 5 , 25 , … ? a. X2-4x+5 b. X-3-4x-5
2
a. 125
2
c. 3125 c. 3X - X +4x+5
4 3 d. X4
2 2 _____18. What is the remainder when
b. 625 d. 15625 (x9+2x83x7+…+9x) is divided by (x-1).
_____8. What is the sum of the first six terms of a. 45 b. 90
the geometric sequence with first term 40 and c. 180 d. 360
1
the common ration of 2 ? _____19. What is the remainder when (x100+5) is
315 315 divided by (x-1)?
a. c.
4 8 a. 5 b. 10
315
b. 2 d. 315 c. -5 d. -10
_____9. Which set of numbers is an example of _____20. In President Sergio Osmeña High School,
harmonic sequence? suspension of classes is announced through text
1
a. 2 , −1, 2, −4 brigade. One stormy day, the principal
1 1 1 1
announces the suspension of the classes to two
b. 3 , 9 , 27 , 81 teachers, each of whom sends this message to
6 13 9 5
c. 2 11 , 1 15 , 1 19 , 1 23 two other teachers, and so on. Suppose that the
2 2 2 text message was sent in five round, continuing
d. 1, 3 , 5 , 7 the principal’s message as the first, how many
_____10. What is the quotient when (𝑥 2 − 14𝑥 + text messages were sent in all?
49) is divided by (𝑥 − 7)? a. 31 c. 63
a. 𝑥 + 7 c. 𝑥 − 7 b. 3 d. 64
b. 𝑥 − 49 d. 𝑥 + 4
_____21. A culture of bacteria doubles every 2 What is the error?
hours. If there are 500 bacteria at the beginning, i. He did not change the sign of the
how many bacteria will there be after 24 hours? visor.
a. 1024000 c. 838800 ii. He did not arrange the terms of the
b. 2048000 d. 4194000 polynomial in decreasing powers of 𝑥.
_____22. A mine worker discovers an ore sample iii. The sum in the third row is incorrect.
containing 500 mg of radioactive material. It was iv. The numerical coefficients in the first
discovered that the radioactive material has a row were not properly written.
half-life of 1 day. About how much of the a. i only c. ii and iv only
radioactive material will be present after 7 days? b. ii only d. i and iii only
a. 3.9 mg c. 15.6 mg _____30. If you square 5 more than a positive
b. 7.8 mg d. 31.2 mg number, the result is 88 more than 12 times the
_____23. Aling Puring’s 24-hour Convenience number. Find the number.
Store opened eight months ago. The first month a. 9 and -7 c.11 and -2
she made a profit of PHP 3,000. Each month b. 8 and -10 d. 1 and -2
thereafter, her profit averaged 20% greater than _____31. Glenn bought a car for PHP 600,000. The
that of the previous month. How much profit did yearly depreciation of his car is 10% of its value
Aling Puring earn during her 8th month of of its start of the year. What is it’s the value after
business? 4 years?
a. PHP 10,794.5424 a. PHP 437,400 c. PHP 393,660
b. PHP 10,739.5424 b. PHP 438,000 d. PHP 378,000
c. PHP 10,729.5424 _____32. During a free-fall, a sky diver jumps 16
d. PHP 10,719.5424 feet, 48 feet, and 80 feet on the first, second, and
_____24. Which expression will be used to find the third fall, respectively. If he continues to jump at
statement “the sum of a number and its square is this rate, how many feet will he have jumped
72”? during the tenth fall?
a. x+2x= 72 c. x+x2= 72 a. 304 c. 314 928
b. x+(2x)2= 72 d. x+72= 2x b. 336 d. 944 784
_____25. Abigail is 6 years older than Jonathan, ^ _____33. A new square is formed by joining
years ago she was twice as old as he. How old is midpoints of the consecutive sides of a square 8
each now? inches on a side. If the process continues until
a. 3.9 mg c. 15.6 mg there are already six squares, find the sum of the
b. 7.8 mg d. 31.2 mg area of all squares in square inches.
_____26. a. 96 c. 124
a. c. b. 112 d. 126
b. d.
_____27. What are the numbers if the sum of two For item numbers 34-48, refer your answer on
numbers is 72 and one of the numbers is twice the situation given. Read and understand the
the other? situation below, then answer or perform as
a. 24 and 48 c. 30 and 60 directed.
b. 20 and 40 d.22 and
_____28. Twelve days before Valentine’s Day, Carl PISO LANG PO
decided to give Nicole flowers according sent During the first day of school in January,
one red rose, on the second day, two red roses, your adviser suggested an outreach program as
and so on. How many roses did Nicole receive your last activity for this school year. Your class
during the tenth day? decided to visit an orphanage and give them a
a. 10 c. 89 simple children’s party. You decided then that
b. 55 d. 144 for 40 school days, students could put any
_____29. Denver divided (7𝑥 3 − 10𝑥 + 11𝑥 2 − 5 amount in the Piso Box. That day, somebody put
by (𝑥 + 3) and obtained −317 as remainder. a peso in the box. Then, PHP 10 was added in the
Here is the solution. box on the second day, PHP 19 on the third day,
−3 7 −10 11 −5 and so on. The amount of money being added in
−21 93 −312 the Piso Box is increasing in that manner
___________________________ throughout the 40-day period.
7 −31 104 −317
_____34. Suppose that, being a very excited
student, you want to figure out how much money
the class can save after 40 school days. What
kind of sequence do you think these savings
would generate?
 a. Arithmetic sequence
c. Harmonic sequence
b. Geometric sequence
d. Fibonacci sequence
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_____35. Suppose that the 29th day is your
birthday and you decide to put money in the box
instead of treating your friends to some snacks.
Out of curiosity you want to know how much
money was put in the box on this day. What is
this amount?
a. 𝑎29 = 253
b. 𝑎29 = 325
c. 𝑎29 = 523
d. 𝑎29 = 235
_____36. Suppose you are the treasurer of the
class and you want to present to your classmates
how much money you could use for the outreach
activity after 40 days, how could you explain it to
them?
a. compute 𝑠40 = 7060
b. compute 𝑠7060 = 40
c. compute 𝑠40 = 11075
d. compute 𝑠11075 = 40
_____37. Using the given data, write the formula
that will best give the correct amount in the box
after n days.
(9𝑛−7) (7𝑛−9)
a. Sn= 2 b. Sn= 2
(7𝑛−19) (19−7𝑛)
c. Sn= 2 d. Sn= 2
_____38. After hearing the treasurer’s report, you
figure out how much money will be put in the
box on the 50th day. Knowing this, present it to
your classmates and convince them to extend the
number of days from 40 to 50 to be able to give a
very memorable party to the orphans. How will
you show the computations?
a. compute 𝑠40 = 7060
c. compute 𝑠50 = 11075
b. compute 𝑠40+50 = 7060
d. compute 𝑠40+50 = 11075
_____39. A rocket rises 30 feet after 1 second, 85
feet after 2 seconds, and 140 feet after three
seconds. If it continues to rise at this rate, how
many feet will it rise after 16 seconds?
a. 780 ft b. 830 ft
c. 855 ft d. 910 ft
_____40. The perimeter of a rectangle is 30 cm. Its
area is 54 cm2. what are the dimensions of this
rectangle?
a. 6 and 9 b. 12 and 4
c. 3 and 6 d. 2 and 3

“Life is a math equation. To gain the most, you

have to know how to convert negatives into
positives.” – Anonymous