TISA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

MASTERY TEST IN MATHEMATICS 10

FIRST QUARTER
Name: ____________________________________ Grade and Sec: ______________________ Score:
Direction: Read and analyze each question. Encircle the letter of your choice. Choose wisely because the best things in life is hard to
choose.
1. What must come next in the sequence: 8, 10, 13, 17 ? 15. It is also known as the average of the terms in an
A. 23 B. 22 C. 30 D. 24 arithmetic progression.
2. What explicit formula is being denoted in the given A. arithmetic mean B. arithmetic sequence
sequence: 4, 7, 10, 13…., C. arithmetic series D. arithmetic progression
A. An = 3n + 1 B. An = 1 + 1n 16. All of the following are examples of geometric
C. An = n3 + 1 D. An = 3n + n progression EXCEPT ____.
3. Which of the following sequence has an explicit A. x, 2x2 , 4x3 … B. 8, 16, 24, …
𝑛
formula of: An = 𝑛+1 C. -5, 10, -20, 40 … D. ½ , ¼ , 1/8 …
A. 2, 3, 4, 5… B. -2, -3, -4, -5, -6 …. 17. What is the common ratio of the geometric
1 3 9
1 2 3 4 progression: 2, 4 , 8, …
C. , , , ,
2 3 4 5
… D. 2, ½, ¼, 3…
3
4. What must be in the blank to complete the sequence: A. 2 B. ½ C. 1/3 D. ¼
x+2, 2x+1, 3x, __________? 18. Which of the following is the sum of all multiples of 3
A. 5x+1 B. 4x- 1 C. 4x+4 D. x- 1 from 15 to 48?
5. A sequence formed by taking the reciprocals of an A. 315 B. 378 C. 360 D. 396
arithmetic sequence? 19. The geometric mean of 13 and 117 is __________.
A. Harmonic B. Fibonacci C. Arithmetic D. none A. 40 B. 39 C. 38 D. 41
6. It is the sum of the terms in the sequence. 20. Which term of the arithmetic sequence 4, 1, -2, -5 ….
A. alpha B. series C. addition D. patterns is -29?
7. Which of the following is an example of arithmetic A. 9th term B. 11th term C. 10th term D. 12th term
sequence? 1 1 3 1
21. , , , is an example of _________.
8 4 8 2
I. x, 2x, 3x, 4x… III. 2x , x+2, 4, -x + 6…
A. geometric progression B. Fibonacci
II. m , 3m + n, 5m… IV. 4, 8, 16, 32, …
C. arithmetic sequence D. Harmonic
A. I and IV B. III only C. II only D. I and III
22. In the given geometric progression, -4, 8, -16….The
8. What is the next term in the arithmetic progression: 7,
highlighted number is the ________
4, 1, -2, ______
A. geometric sum B. first term
A. -5 B. 4 C. 5 D. -4
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C. geometric mean D. mode
9. Find the 18 term of the arithmetic progression: 3, 10,
23. Find the sum of 1, 0.2, 0.04, 0.008 ….
17, 24…
A. 0.2 B. 1.6666 C. 1.25 D. 1.5
A. 122 B. 150 C. 140 D. 200
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24. Fill in the blanks to complete the given progression: -
10 – 12. An arithmetic sequence has its 15 term of 53 5 5 5
10, ___,- 2 , 4 , − 8
and its 67th term is 261.
10. What is the common difference of the term in the A. -5 B. 10/4
sequence? C. 5 D. -10/4
A. -5 B. 4 C. 5 D. -4 25. The sum of the terms of the geometric progression is
11. What is the first term of the sequence? A. geometric sequence B. geometric mean
A. -5 B. 4 C. -3 D. -2 C. geometric series D. geometric shape
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12. What is the 10 term of the sequence? TEST II. PROBLEM SOLVING AND ANALYSIS:

A. 23 B. 39 C. 33 D. 40 1. In a display of cans, there are 18 cans in the

13. Complete the sequence: 2 , 4 , __, 16, 32 bottom row, 17 in the row above, 16 in the next
A. 6 B. 8 C. 10 D. 12 row and so on. How many cans are there all in all if
14. It is the constant number/expression being there are 10 rows?
multiplied by the term of the geometric progression to 2. Josefina Tan earns P250,000 per year as a
attain the next terms. principal in one of the leading universities in Cebu,
A. common difference B. common factor with an annual increase of P6, 600. When will her
C. common ratio D. common denominator salary reach P296, 200?

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ANSWER KEY
1. B 21. C
2. A 22. C
3. C 23. C
4. B 24. C
5. A 25. C
6. B TEST II. PROBLEM SOLVING
7. D 1. 225 CANS
8. A 2. 8th year
9. A
10. B
11. C
12. C
13. B
14. C
15. A
16. B
17. A
18. B
19. B
20. D

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