Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
Division of Tanauan City
PRES. JOSE P. LAUREL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Sulpoc, Tanauan City
SY 2019-2020

FIRST PERIODICAL TEST REVIEWER

MATHEMATICS 10

I. Directions: Read the following statements carefully. Write the letter of the corresponding answer on
the answer sheet.
_____1. 1,2,3,4,5, … is a set of number written in succession, this set is known as _______.
A. pattern B. sequence C. subscript D. term
_____2. Complete the pattern: a, b, c, d, e, f ----- f, a, e, b, d, c ----- c, f, d, a, e b, ----- ____________
A. a, b, c, d, e, f B. f, e, d, c, b, a
C. b, c, e, f, a, d D. d, b, a, c, f, e
_____3. Which of the following does NOT belong to the group?
A. -8, -4, -2, -1 B. 1, 3, 9, 27 C. 2, 10, 50, 250 D. 5, 10, 15, 20
_____4. What kind of sequence is shown in item no. 3?
A. harmonic B. geometric C. Fibonacci D. arithmetic
_____5. What is the next number of the sequence 3, -2, -7, -12?
A. -14 B. -15 C. -16 D. -17
_____6. Which term of the arithmetic sequence 12, 14, 16, 18, …. 348?
A. 164th term B. 169th term C. 174th term D. 179th term
_____7. If three arithmetic means are inserted between -14 and 6, what is the first term of this arithmetic
means?
A. -9 B. 9 C. -4 D. 4
_____8. “The sum of all the multiples of 7 between 1 and 500” is a statement that describe a ________
sequence.
A. finite arithmetic B. finite geometric
C. infinite arithmetic D. infinite geometric
_____9. It is the summation of the term of a sequence which have a constant number added on the preceding
term. What do you call to this summation?
A. harmonic series B. geometric series
C. Fibonacci series D. arithmetic series
_____10. What is the sum of the integers 1 to 1000 inclusive?
A. 100100 B. 500500 C.50000 D. 250250
_____11. How many terms has been added if the sum of a sequence is 144, 14 is its first term and the common
difference is 4?
A. 6 B. 12 C. -6 D. -12
_____12. 100, 50, 25, 12.5,… is an example of what sequence?
A. harmonic B. geometric C. Fibonacci D. arithmetic
_____13. All of the following is an example of geometric sequence EXCEPT,
A. 1, 5, 25, 125 B. 2, 4, 8, 16 C. 1, 3, 9, 27 D. 1/5, 1/10, 1/15
_____14. If Arithmetic Sequence : common difference, then Geometric Sequence:_______________.
A. common ratio B. common name C. common goods D. common beliefs
_____15. What is the ratio of the sequence 5/2, 1/4, 1/40?
A. 0.25 B. 0. 20 C. 0.15 D. 0.10
_____16. Which of the following statement is true about finite and infinite sequence?
A. Finite and infinite sequence goes on forever.
B. Finite and infinite sequence has first and last term.
C. Finite sequence goes on forever while infinite sequence has first and last term.
D. Finite sequence has first and last term while infinite sequence goes on forever.
_____17. 3, 6, 12, 24 is a sequence which have first and last term, this is an example of what sequence?
A. finite arithmetic B. finite geometric
C. infinite arithmetic D. infinite geometric
_____18. Which of the following sequence is an example of an infinite sequence?
A. 3, 5, 7, 9, …, n B. …, 2, 6, 10, 14
C. terms between 1-1000 D. all terms of the sequence ½, ¼. 1/6
_____19. What is the 6th term of the geometric sequence 10, 2, 2/5, 2/25, …?
A. 2/125 B. 2/625 C. 2/3125 D. 2/15625
_____20. If three geometric means are inserted between 256 and 1, find the third of these geometric means.
A. 1/4 B. 4 C. 16 D. 64
_____21. What is the ratio of the geometric mean, 2, __, __, __. __, __, 128?
A. 64 B. 6 C. 3 D. 2
_____22. What is the 5th term of the geometric sequence of item # 21?
A. 16 B. 32 C. 64 D. 128
_____23. Find the sum of the geometric sequence where the first term is 2, the last term is 65,536, and the
common ratio is 8.
A. 74 896 B. 74 897 C. 74 898 D. 74 899
_____24. Find the sum of the 120th term of the sequence 12, -12, 12, -12, …
A. 0 B. -12 C. 12 D. 1440
_____25. Which among the following geometric sequence can be added to identify its’ series?
A. 3/2, 5/2, 7/2, 9/2, … B. 3/2, 6/2, 6, 12, …
C. 480, 120, 30, 7.5, … D. 1.5, 2.25, 3.38, 5.06, …
_____26. What is the sum of the sequence 1/2, 1/8, 1/32, 1/128, …?
A. ½ B. 2/3 C. ¼ D. 5/6
_____27. What is the next term of the Fibonacci sequence with 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89?
A. 144 B. 134 C. 124 D. 123
_____28. Which of the following is an example of harmonic sequence?
A. ½, -1/2, ½, -1/2 B. ½, -1, 2, -4
C. 1/3, 1/9, 1/27, 1/81 D. 2, 2/3, 2/5, 2/7
_____29. Twelve days before Valentine’s Day, Carlos decided to give Nicole some flowers according to
Fibonacci sequence. On the first day, he sent two red rose, on the second day, three red roses, and so
on. How many roses did Nicole receive during the tenth day?
A. 144 B. 89 C. 55 D. 10
_____30. In President Jose P. Laurel National High School, suspension of classes is announced through text
brigade. One stormy day, the principal announces the suspension of classes to three teachers, each of
whom sends this message to three other teachers, and so on. Suppose that text messages were sent in 6
rounds, counting the principal’s text message as the first, how many text messages were sent in all?
A. 32 B. 64 C. 364 D. 1, 093
_____31. A culture of bacteria doubles every 4 hours. If there are 700 bacteria at the beginning, how many
bacteria will there be after 24 hours?
A. 22 400 B. 2 867 200 C. 5 872 025 600 D. 11 744 051 200
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For items 32 to 34, use the illustration on long division that follows: Divide 5𝑥 + 14𝑥 − 24 𝑏𝑦 𝑥 + 4 ..
5𝑥 − 6
𝑥+4 5𝑥 2 + 14𝑥 − 24
Second line 5𝑥 2 + 20𝑥
−6𝑥 − 24
−6𝑥 − 24
0
_____32. What is the remainder of equation?
A. 0 B. -6 C. x+4 D. 5x - 6
_____33. Which is the divisor?
A. 5𝑥 2 + 14𝑥 − 24 B. 𝑥 + 4 C. 5𝑥 − 6 D. 0
_____34. What is the process use to obtain the 2nd line?
A. Adding 5x to (x+4) B. Multiplying 5x by (x+4)
C. Dividing 5x by (x+4) D. Subtracting 5x from (x+4)
_____35. Gabriel used synthetic division to find the quotient if (5x³ – 16x + 4x² – 3) is divided by (x – 2). He
obtained –19 as remainder. His solution is shown below.

What is the error?

i. The sign of the divisor was not changed.
ii. The terms of the polynomial were not arranged according to decreasing powers of x.
iii. The sum entries in the third row are incorrect.
iv. The numerical coefficients of the first row were not properly written.
A. ii only B. ii and iv only C. i and iii only D. i only
_____36
. Which A. 2𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 2 B. 2𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 + 1 C. 4𝑥 2 − 16 D. all of the above
of the
following polynomials is exactly divisible by (2x – 1)?
_____37. If P(-1) = 0, which of the following statements is true about P(x)?
A. x+1 is a factor of P(x) B. 1 is root of P(x) = 0
C. P(x) = 0, has two negative roots D. P(0) = -1
10
_____38. What is the remainder when 3𝑥 + 7 is divided by x +1?
A. 0 B. 4 C. 7 D. 10
3
_____39. Factor 27𝑥 − 512 completely.
A. (3x - 8)( 9x² + 24x + 64) B. (3x - 8)( 9x² - 24x - 64)
C. (3x - 8)( 9x² + 24x - 64) D. (3x - 8)( 9x² - 24x + 64)
_____40. Which are the factors of 𝑥 2 − 12𝑥 + 36?
A. (x + 6) (x – 6) B. (x – 6) (x – 6) C. (x + 6) (x + 6) D. (x + 3) (x – 12)
_____41. Which of the following is a polynomial?
i. 3𝑥 3 + 9𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 7
ii. 2𝑥 −5 + 4𝑥 − 2𝑥 − 1
1
iii.
𝑥 2 −2𝑥+4
A. i and iii B. i and ii C. ii only D. i only
_____42. What is the degree of the polynomial does 𝑥 4 - x³ - 11x² + 9x + 18 = 0?
A. 18 B. 4 C. 3 D. 1
𝑛
_____43. What should n be if f(x) = 𝑥 defines a polynomial function?
A. any number except 0 B. a nonnegative integer
C. any number D. an integer
_____44. How many positive real roots does 𝑥 4 - x³ - 11x² + 9x + 18 = 0 have?
A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1
_____45. One of the roots of the polynomial equation 2x³ + 9x² -33x + 14 = 0 is 2. Find the other roots.
A. -½ and 7 B. 1/2 and 7 C. -½ and -7 D. 1/2 and -7
_____46. Which of the following method cannot be used in solving polynomial equation?
A. Irrational Root Theorem B. Remainder Theorem
C. Synthetic Division D. Zero Product Property
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_____47. Genber will evaluate an 8 degree polynomial in x at x=10 using Remainder Theorem and synthetic
division. How many coefficients of x will be written in the first row of synthetic division procedure?
A. 11 B. 10 C. 9 D. 8
_____48. Find a cubic polynomial equation with roots -2, 2 and 4.
A. x³ - 4x² - 4x + 16 = 0 B. 10x³ - x² - x + 16 = 0
B. x³ - 4x² - x + 16 = 0 D. x³ + 4x² - 4x + 16 = 0
_____49. Find four consecutive even numbers such that the product of the first, third and fourth is 2240. Which
of the following equation will satisfy the problem?
A. x(x + 2)(x + 4) = 0 B. x(x+2)(x+4) = 2240
C. x(x + 4)(x + 6) = 0 D. x(x + 4)(x + 6) = 2240
_____50. What are the values of x on the problem in #49?
A. 12, 14, 16 B. 12, 16, 18 C. 10, 12, 14 D. 10, 14, 16

God Bless!!!
Prepared by:

MIKEE C. TOLENTINO
Mathematics Teacher