FIRST PERIODICAL TEST IN MATHEMATICS GRADE 10

I. Multiple Choice.Read each problem carefully then choose the letter of the correct
answer.

1. What is the next term of the sequence?

1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, ___?
A. 4 C. 1
B. 1/121 D. ½
2. Which of the following is NOT an arithmetic sequence?
A. 1, 6, 8, 12, 10… C. -9, -7, -5, -3, -1…
B. 39, 45, 51, 57… D. 2, 5, 8, 11, 14,…
3. If the common difference of an arithmetic sequence is 4 and A(6) = 15, What is the first
term of the sequence?
A. -9 B. -5 C. 11/5 D.35
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4. If the general term of a sequence is (n-1)/(n+1), find the 3 term of the sequence.
A. -2 B. 1/3 C. ½ D. 3
5. Find the sum of the arithmetic series
(-4) + (-2 ½) + 1 + … + 11
A. 11 B. 38 ½ C. 236 ½ D. 3 ½
6. If the 3rd term of a geometric series is -3 and the sum of the 4th term and the 5th term is -6,
find the 7th term of the series.
A. -3 or 24 B. 2 C. -48 or -3 D. -3/4 or -3
7. What is the nth term of the sequence -5, 0, 5, 10, 15, 20….?
A. An = 5n-10 B. An = n+5 C. An = 4n-2 D. An = n-6
8. Maria is getting better in Math. On her first test she scores 40 points, then she scores 48,
56, 64 and 72 on her next 4 tests and her scores increase arithmetically thereafter. If she
takes 10 tests, how many points will she earn on the last test?
A. 120 B. 112 C. 104 D. 100
9. Which of the following is a geometric sequence?
A. 2, 6, 18, 54…. C. 50, 40, 30, 20….
B. 58, 60, 62, 64…. D. 56, 70, 120, 300…
10. Harmonic mean is the reciprocal of ______?
A. Arithmetic mean C. Geometric mean
B. Mode D. Median
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11. The 1 term of an arithmetic sequence is equal to 200 and the common difference is equal
to -10. Find the value of the 20th term.
A. 20 B. 5 C. 10 D. 12
12. Romeo makes 12.00 an hour for his first hour of work, 17.00 his 2nd hour, 22.00 his third
hour and so on. How much money will he earn on his 50th hour of work?
A. 200 B. 250 C. 225 D. 257
13. Which is NOT a polynomial ?
A. 4 B. 3x C. x-1+y-1 D. x2+x-5
14. What is the leading term in f(x)= (2x-1)(2x+1)(x+2)
A. 4x B. 4x2 C. 4x3 D. 4x4

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15. Find the polynomial function given the following information:
a4= -2 ; a2 = 3 ; a0= 4; n=4
A. f(x)= -2x4+3x3+4 C. f(x)= -2x4+3x2+4
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B. f(x)= -2x -3x -4 D. f(x)= -2x4-3x2+4
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16. Given f(x)= 3x -4x+5, find f(-2)
A. 9 B. -15 C. -25 D. 25
17. Find the remainder when P(x) = 2x4+5x3+2x2-7x-15 is divided by (2x-3).
A. -6 B. -2 C. 2 D. 6
18. Determine the dividend in the given division problem done synthetically
-3˩ 2 -3 0 4 -1
-6 27 -81 231
2 -9 27 -77 230

A. 2x4-3x2+4x-1 C. 2x4-3x3+4x-1
B. 2x4-3x3+4x2-1 D. 2x4-3x3-4x-1
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19. If x+2 is a factor of x -7x-6=0, what are the other factors?
A. (x+1) and (x-3) C. (x+3) and ( x+1)
B. (x-1) and (x+3) D. (x+6) and (x-1)
20.Which of the following below is a factor of polynomial of x5+2x4-5x3-10x2+4x+8=0?
A. x-1 B.x-5 C. x+5 D. x+1
21. Find the polynomial equation with roots 1,2,and 3.
A. x3+ 6x2 +11x -6 =0 C. x3- 6x2 +11x -6 =0
B. x3- 6x2 -11x +6 =0 D. x3+ 6x2 +11x +6 =0
4 3
22. What is the quotient when x +x +1 is divided by x+1?

2 2 1 3 2 3 1
A. x2 + x+1 B. x + x +1 C. x + x +1 D. x + x +1
23. To find the quotient of ( 2x2+4x+12) ÷(x-3), which of the following solutions of synthetic
division will be obtained?

A. 3˩ 2 0 4 12 C. -3˩ 2 0 4 12
6 18 66 6 18 66
2 6 22 78 2 6 22 78

B. 3˩ 2 4 12 D. -3˩ 2 4 12
6 30 6 30
2 10 42 2 10 42
24. What roots of the polynomial are equivalent to x2 – x – 12 = 0?
A. 1 and -2 B. -2 and -3 C.-3 and 4 D. 4 and -5
25. A rectangular garden in a backyard has an area of (3x2 + 5x- 2) square meters. Its width is
(x+2) meters. Find the length of the garden.
A. 3x+1 B. 3x-1 C. x-3 D. x+3
26. What is the next term of the geometric sequence 2, 4, 16,…?
A. 256 B. 20 C. 40 D. 80
27. Which of the following represent a sequence?
A. 1, 5, 9, 11, 15 C. 2, 4 16, 20, 26
B. -5, -2, 1, 4, 7 D. 10, 12, 20, 32, 40
28. What is the nth term of the arithmetic sequence 4, 10, 22,46,…?
A. 3n + 4 C. 2n + 2
B. n + 2 D. 2n + 6
29. During the INAA Meet, an athlete jumps 15 ft, 28 ft, 41 ft on the fist, second and third try
respectively. If he continue at this rate, how many feet will he jumped during the 9th
jump?
A. 73 ft. B. 80 ft C. 72 ft D. 119 ft
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30. What is the 7 term of the geometric sequence 220, 110, 55,…?

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 55 55 55 55
A. B. C. D.
4 8 16 2
31. If 3 arithmetic means are inserted between -10 and 32. What is the 5th term?
A. 18 B. 32 C. 11 D. 4
32. Jane drops 123, 148, 173,198 pesos in her coin bank for 4 consecutive days. How much
will she earn at the end of the week?
A. 1361 B. 1386 C. 865 D. 1113
33. If three geometric means are inserted between 5 and 3,125; then the second geometric
mean is
A. 25 B. 75 C. 125 D. 225
34. What is the sum of the first five terms of 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96,… ?
A. 90 B. 93 C. 96 D. 99
35. Evaluate the sum to infinity of ½ , ¼ , 1/8, 1/16,…
A. 1 B. ½ C. ¼ D. 1/8
36. A Fibonacci sequence is a sequence where its first terms are either both 1, or 1 and 0, and
each term thereafter is obtained by adding the two preceding terms. Which of the
following sequences suits this definition?
A. 1, ½, ¼ , 1/8, 1/16,… C. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,…
B. 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16,… D. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8,…
37. -1/42, -1/35, -1/28, -1/21,… illustrates what type of sequence?
A. Arithmetic B. Fibonacci C. Geometric D. Harmonic
38. If a sequence has domain consisting the set {1, 2, 3,…} then it is considered
A. Finite Sequence C. Finite Geometric Sequence
B. Infinite Sequence D. Infinite Geometric Sequence
39. What is the tenth term of the geometric sequence 8, 4, 2, 1,…?
A. 1/8 B. 1/16 C. 1/32 D. 1/64
40. Which of the following is a quotient of 3x + 5x3 – 8 ÷ x – 1 ?
A. 5x2 + 8x + 5 C. 5x2 + 5x + 8
B. 5x2 + 8 D. 8x2 + 5x + 5
41. Below is the solution when x + 5x3 + 2x2 + 7x + 30 is divided by x + 2
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-2 ] 1 5 2 7 30
-2 -6 8 -30
1 3 -4 15 0
Express the third row as a polynomial in x
A. x 3 - 3x2 + 4x + 15 C. - x 3 + 3x2 - 4x + 15
B. x 3 + 3x2 - 4x + 15 D. x 3 - 3x2 + 4x – 15
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42. If ( 2x – 54) is divided by ( x – 3 ) using synthetic division, the numbers in the first row
would be.
A. 2x2 + 6x + 18 C. 2x2 + 6x – 18
B. 2x2 - 6x + 18 D. -2x2 + 6x + 18
43. Agnes used synthetic division to find the quotient if ( 2x + x 3 + 7x2 – 40 ) is divided by
( x – 2 ). She obtained 0 as remainder. Her solution is shown below. What is the error?
2] 1 7 -2 -40
2 18 40
1 9 10 0
A. The sign of the divisor was not changed.
B. The terms of the polynomial were not arranged according to decreasing powers of x.
C. One of the entries in the first row has incorrect sign.
D. The third row is incorrect.
44. Which of the following is NOT a root of x(x+3)(x+3)(x-1)(2x+1) = 0
I. 0 II. -3 III. -1 IV. ½
A. I only B. II only C. I and II only D. III and IV only
45. Which is NOT a root of x4 – 8x3 + 12x2 + 32x – 64 = 0?
A. – 4 B. 2 C. 4 D. – 2

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II. Identification: Identify whether the given sequence is Arithmetic, Geometric, Harmonic or
part of a Fibonacci. Then, give the next term of the sequence.

46 – 47. 8, 16, 24, …

48. – 49. 1/3, 1/9, 1/27, …
50 – 51. 216, 36, 6, 1, …
52 – 53. 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, …
54 – 55. 1, 5/4, 3/2, 7/4, …
56 – 57. 1/24, 1/20, 1/16, 1/12, …
58 – 59. 2√3, 5√3, 8√3, 11√3, …
60 – 61. 6/17, 6/23, 6/29, 6/35, …
62 – 63. -18, 54, -162, 486, …
64 – 65. 40, 8, 8/5, 8/25, …

III. Write P if the expression is polynomial and NP if it is not.

66. 6x2 + 4x – 5
67. 2x3 + 5
68. -2x4 + 3x – 2x2
69. 3/(x2 + 1) + 6
70. -7x2/4 + 5
71. 4√x3 – 2
72. x√3 + 2x +5
73. -10x5 + 6x1/3– 1
74. 7x11 + 10
75. 14x5 – 3x + 1

IV. Computation
A. Find the remainder.

76 – 77.(x3 – 2x2 + x + 6) ÷ ( x - 3)
78 – 79. ( x4 – 3x3 + 4x2 – 6x + 4) ÷ ( x – 2)
80 – 81.(4x3 + 11x2 + 8)÷ ( x + 3)
82 – 83.(5x4 + 8x3 + x2 + 9x + 3) ÷ ( x + 2)
B. Find the quotient.

84 – 85. ( x2 – 3x + 7) ÷ ( x + 5)
86 – 87. ( 2x3 – 10x2 + x – 5) ÷ ( x – 1)
88 – 89. ( x3 – 2x2 + x – 2) ÷ ( x – 1)
C. Find the roots of the following polynomial equations: (Show complete solutions.)

90 – 91. (x + 1)(x + 2)(x – 1) = 0

92 – 93. (x – 3)2(x + 2)4 (x – 5) = 0
94 – 95.x3 + x2 – 8x – 6 = 0 ; one root is -3
96 – 100.x4 + x3 - 16x2 - 4x + 48 = 0