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1st Grading Examination, S.Y. 2018 - 2019 40
Grade 10 Mathematics

Family Name, Given Name Middle Name Learner Reference Number Year & Section

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Shade the circle that correspond the letter of your answer.
A B CD
1. It is a sequence where every term after the first is obtained by adding a constant called the
common difference.
a. arithmetic sequence b. geometric sequence
c. harmonic sequence d. Fibonacci sequence
2. It is the difference between any two consecutive terms in an arithmetic sequence.
a. variable b. constant c. exponent d. coefficient
3. What are the next three shapes? , , , , , , , , , , __, __, __, , , …
a. , ,  b. , ,  c. , ,  d. , , 
4. Which of the following is an arithmetic sequence?
a. 2, 6, 18, 54, 162 b. 1, -3, 9, -27, 81
c. 800, 400, 200, 100, 50 d. 5, -2, -9, -16, -23
5. Find the common difference in the arithmetic sequence 13, 10, 7, 4, …
a. -3 b. -1 c. 1 d. 3
6. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 2 while the 10th term is 38. Find the common
difference of the sequence.
a. 6 b. 5 c. 4 d. 3
7. If three arithmetic means are inserted between 11 and 39, find the second arithmetic mean.
a. 18 b. 25 c. 32 d. 46
8. Which term of the arithmetic sequence 4, 1, -2, -5, . . . is -29?
a. 9th term b. 10th term c. 11th term d. 12th term
9. What is the sum of all the odd integers between 8 and 16?
a. 53 b. 51 c. 49 d. 48
10. It is a sequence where each term after the first is obtained by multiplying the preceding term
by a nonzero constant.
a. arithmetic sequence b. geometric sequence
c. harmonic sequence d. Fibonacci sequence
11. It is a sequence such that the reciprocals of the terms form an arithmetic sequence.
a. arithmetic sequence b. geometric sequence
c. harmonic sequence d. Fibonacci sequence
12. It is a sequence where its first two terms are either both 1, or 0 and 1; and each term,
thereafter, is obtained by adding the two preceding terms.
a. arithmetic sequence b. geometric sequence
c. harmonic sequence d. Fibonacci sequence
13. Which of the following is an arithmetic sequence?
a. 3, 6, 12, 24, 48 b. 4, 10, 16, 22, 28

c. , , , , d. 5, 8, 13, 21, 34
14. Find the common ratio in the geometric sequence 5, -25, 125, -625, 3125.

a. b. c. 5 d. -5
15. The first term of a geometric sequence is -2 while the 6th term is -64. Find the common ratio
of the sequence.

a. 2 b. -2 c. d.
16. If three geometric means are inserted between 16 and 81, find the second geometric mean.
a. 24 b. 36 c. 48 d. 54
17. Which term of the geometric sequence 6, 12, 24, 48, . . . is 768?
a. 6th term b. 7th term c. 8th term d. 9th term
18. Find the 6th term of the geometric sequence where the 2 nd term is 6 and common ratio is 2.
a. 12 b. 24 c. 48 d. 96
19. A polynomial expression P(x) is an expression where the nonnegative integer n is called the
degree of the polynomial and numerical coefficients are real numbers. Which of the following
is NOT a polynomial expression?
a. x2 – 4x + 5 b. 4x-3 + 8x-2 + 10x – 7 c. 3x4 – 5x3 + 2x – 1 d. x3 – 9
20. Which of the following is a polynomial?
i. 4x3 + 9x – 5x2 + 7
ii. 2x-5 + x-2 + x-3 + 2x + 5

iii.
a. i only b. ii only c. i and ii d. i and iii
21. The leading term of a polynomial expression is the term with the highest degree. What is the
leading coefficient of the polynomial 5x10 + 4x12 + 4x6 + x4 – x?
a. x-5 b. x - 25 c. x + 5 d. x + 25
2
22. What is the quotient when x – 25 is divided by x – 5?
a. 4 b. 5 c. 10 d. 12

For items 23 to 26, use the illustration on long division that follows:
Divide (5x2 + 14x – 24) by (x + 4)

23. What is the remainder?

a. 0 b. x + 4 c. 5x - 6 d. 5x2 + 14x – 24
24. What is the divisor?
a. 0 b. x + 4 c. 5x - 6 d. 5x2 + 14x – 24
25. What is the quotient?
a. 0 b. x + 4 c. 5x - 6 d. 5x2 + 14x – 24
26. What is the process used to obtain the 2 nd line?
a. subtracting 5x from (x + 4) b. dividing 5x by (x + 4)
c. adding 5x to (x + 4) d. multiplying 5x by (x + 4)

27. Which of the following can be used as a divisor when diving polynomials using the synthetic
method?
a. 3x3 - 6 b. x2 + 4 c. x - 6 d. 2x2 – 1
28. Using synthetic method, determine the quotient when 5x3 + 3x – 8 is divided by x – 1.
a. 5x2 + 5x + 8 b. 5x2 - 5x - 2 c. 5x2 + 5x - 2 d. 5x2 + 5x – 8
29. Using synthetic method, determine the remainder when 2x3 – 54 is divided by x – 3.
a. 3 b. 2 c. 1 d. 0
30. Gabriel used synthetic division to find the quotient if (5x – 16x + 4x3 – 3) is divided by
2

(x – 2). He obtained –19 as remainder. His solution is shown below.

2 5 -16 4 -3 Row 1
10 -12 -16 Row 2
5 -6 -8 -19 Row 3
 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. i only b. ii only c. ii and iv only d. i and iii only
31. Which of the following is/are the method/s in finding the remainder if P(x) is divided by x - r?
a. synthetic division b. Remainder Theorem
c. both a and b d. none of these
32. Which of the following describes the Remainder Theorem?
a. If polynomial P(x) is divided by (x – r), then the remainder R is a constant and is equal to
P(r).
b. If polynomial P(x) is divided by (x – r), then the remainder R is a constant but not equal to
P(r).
c. If polynomial P(x) is divided by (x – r), then the remainder R is zero and is equal to P(r).
d. If polynomial P(x) is divided by (x – r), then the remainder R is zero but not equal to P(r).
33. Find the remainder when (5x2 – 2x + 1) is divided by (x + 2).
a. 2 b. 5 c. 25 d. 0
3 2
34. Find the remainder when (2x + x + 7x – 40) is divided by (x – 2).
a. 2 b. 5 c. 25 d. 0
35. Which of the following polynomials will have a remainder of 0 when divided by x + 1?
a. x2 + 2x + 1 b. x2 + 4x – 4 c. x2 – 6x + 8 d. x2 – 9
36. x – r is a factor of P(x) if and only if the remainder R of P(r) ÷ (x – r) is ____.
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
37. Which of the following describes the Factor Theorem?
a. If (x – r) is a factor of P(x), then P(r) = 0. b. If P(r) = 0, then (x – r) is a factor of P(x).
c. both a and b d. none of these
3 2
38. Which of the following is a factor of 3x – 8x + 3x + 2?
a. x+1 b. x – 1 c. x + 2 d. x – 3
3 2
39. Which of the following is a factor of 3x + 2x – 37x + 12?
a. x+1 b. x – 1 c. x + 2 d. x – 3
3 2
40. (x – 2) is factor of x – 2x – x + 2. What are the other factors?
a. (x + 1)(x + 1) b. (x – 2)(x – 1)
c. (x + 1)(x – 1) d. (x – 2)(x + 1)

GOOD LUCK!  Sir REYGIE L. FABRIGA