FIRST SUMMATIVE TEST

MATHEMATICS 10
S.Y. 2020-2021
Date: October 19-23, 2020

Name: _______________________________________________ Score: ________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICES: Read the following carefully. Choose the correct answer and write the letter only
before each item.

1. Which of the following set of numbers shows a pattern?

A. {1, -1, 1, -1,1} C. {4, 16, 15, 34}
B. {3, 5, 6, 9, 14} D. {1, 1, 3, 4, 6}
2. Which of the following numbers is a term of the sequence given by a n = 6n – 3?
A. -1 B. 1 C. 3 D. 6

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3. Which of the following numbers is the 14th term of the sequence with its nth term an = ?
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A. 4 B. 7 C. 12 D. 16
4. Given the terms of the sequence 1, -1, -3, -5, …, give the next three terms.
A. -6, -7, -8 C. -6, -8, 7
B. -7, -8, -9 D. –7, -9, -11
5. What are the next two numbers that will complete the sequence 100, 121, 144, 196, 225, ___, ___?
A. 256, 289 C. 258, 291
B. 289, 324 D. 291, 326
6. Which term of the sequence defined by an = n2 + 8 is 233?
A. 14th term C. 15th term
th
B. 16 term D. 17th term
7. Find the general term of the sequence 1, 16, 81, 256, …
A. an = 2n – 1 C. an = n4
B. an = n3 D. an = 2n3
8. Which of the following equation is the nth term of the sequence-4, 2, 8, 14, 20, …?
A. an = -8 + 4n C. an = -10 + 6n
B. an = -14 + n D. an = 16 – 7n
9. Which term of the sequence -5, 12, 29, 46, … is 250?
A. 16th term C. 18th term
th
B. 20 term D. 26th term
10. The general term of the sequence 3, 12, 27, 48, … is an = 3n2, what will be the nth term of the
sequence 1, 10, 25, 46, …?
A. an = 3n2 - 1 C. an = 3n2 + 1
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B. an = 3n - 2 D. an = 3n2 + 2
11. What is the next term of the arithmetic sequence 14, 20, 26, 32,...?
A. 36 B. 38 C. 40 D. 192
12. Find the common difference of the arithmetic sequence 2, -3, -8, -13, ...
A. -5 B. -1 C. 1 D. 5
13. Which term of the arithmetic sequence -8, -11, -14 ... is -35?
A. 8th term B. 9th term C. 10th term D.11th term
14. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 3 and the 20th term is -54. What is the common difference
of the sequence?
A. 9 B. 6 C. 3 D. -3
15. Find the arithmetic mean between 7 and 39.
A. 16 B. 23 C. 32 D. 113
16. Which sequences illustrate finite geometric sequence?
A. 9, 36, 144,... C. 5, 15, 45,..., 1 215

B. , , , ,... D....,- 4, 16, 64, 256

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17. Identify infinite geometric sequence from the given sequences.

A. 5, , ,... C. 6, -24, 96, -384

B.-3,15,-75,...,9 375 D.1,5,25,125,...,3 125
18. Determine which of the following illustrate infinite geometric sequence.
A. 10, 20, 40, 80 C.1, 3, 9, 27, 81
1 1 1
B. 2,6,18,...,1 458 D....,1, , ,
4 16 64
19. Given a geometric sequence of 2, 12, 72, and 432, what is the common ratio?
A. 2 B.6 C.12 D.72
20. 2, 6, 18, 54, 162,..., is an infinite geometric sequence. Which of the following is the last term?
A. -2 B.-3 C.-162 D. cannot be
determined
21. Which of the following illustrates an infinite geometric sequence?

A. , , , ,... C. 3, -6, 12, -24, 48

B. n = 5, a1 = 4, a5 = 324 D.6 terms of -2, 2, -2, 2,...
22. Which of the following sequences does not illustrate finite geometric sequence?

A. 3, -1, , - C. a1 = 3, r = -
B. 3, 12, 48,..., 3 072 D. a1 = -4, r = -2, an = 32
23. Which of the following does not illustrate infinite geometric sequence?

A. 1, , ,... C. a1 = 1, r =
B. 81, 27, 9, 3,... D. a1 = 1, r = 3, n = 67

24. What is the common ratio in a geometric sequence 5, 1, , ,...

A. B. C.1 D.5
25. What is the last term and the common ratio of the given finite geometric sequence 7, 21, 63,
189?
A. 7 and 3 C. 7 and 21
B. 3 and 21 D. 3 and 189
26. What is the next term in the geometric sequence 6, –24, 96, ___?
A. – 128 B. 384 C. – 192 D. – 384
27. If three geometric means are inserted between – 9 and – 729, find the second geometric mean.
A. – 27 B. – 81 C. – 243 D. 54
28. Find the sixth term of a geometric sequence where the third is 63 and the common ratio is 3.
A. 189 B. 567 C. 1 701 D. 5 103
29. If three geometric means are inserted between 45 and 0.3645. What is the first geometric mean?
A. 9 B. 11.5 C. 13.5 D. 15.5
30. The geometric sequence that has fourth term 4.05 and first term – 0.15. Find the common ratio.
A. –5 B. –4 C. –3 D. –2
31. Jerome an antique collector has a table that costs P9 000.00. If its value increases by 5% each year.
What is its value after 8 years?
A. 12 410.90 B. 12 663.90 C. 12 636.90 D. 12 500.00
32. Which of the following is the twenty-fifth term of the sequence whose first term is 11 and the seventh
term is 59?
A. 109 B. 178 C. 203 D. 256
33. What term of a geometric sequence is 49 152 if the second term is 12 and the third term is –24?
A. 10th term B. 12th term C. 14th term D. 16th term
34. Which of the following is a harmonic sequence?
1 2 1 2 1 3 5 3 7
A. , , , , C. ,1, , ,
4 9 5 11 6 4 4 2 4
1 11 1 1 1 1 1
B. 4 , 4 ,5, ,6 D. , , , ,
2 2 3 6 12 24 48

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35. To practice social and physical distancing due to the COVID 19 pandemic, students inside the
classroom are arranged alternately as shown in the given illustration below. The classroom can only
accommodate four rows with at most 5 seats per row. If 5 seats are placed in the first row, how many
seats are available in the third row and how many students can use the classroom in every session?

A. 4 seats, 18 students C. 4 seats, 20 students

B. 5 seats, 18 students D. 5 seats, 20 students

36. A stack of oranges has 12 layers with 144 oranges at the bottom layer. There are 121 oranges in the
second layer and 100 oranges in the third layer. If the pattern continues, how many oranges are there
in the ninth layer?
A. 9 B. 13 C. 16 D. 20
37. A certain kind of virus is believed to triple its number every hour. How many viruses will there be after
3 hours if there are initially 2 000 viruses present?
A. 6 000 B. 18 000 C. 54 000 D. 162 000
38. A male bee is one of the many amazing creations. Unlike a female bee that has both a mother and a
father, a male bee is born with only one parent, his mother. Starting off with a male bee, how many bees
are there in its tenth generation?
A. 34 B. 55 C. 89 D. 144
39. A farmer has eight baskets used in collecting chicken eggs from his poultry house. He placed three
eggs in the first basket, six eggs in the second, and twelve eggs in the third. If he continues to put eggs
on the next baskets in such a way that each has twice the number of eggs as the basket before it, then
how many eggs does the farmer collect?
A. 80 B. 410 C. 765 D. 850
40. If the bus travels at 75 kph and back along the same route at 50 kph. What is the average rate of
speed for the entire trip?
A. 60 kph B. 62.5 kph C. 68.57 kph D. 70.21 kph
41. What is the remainder when ( 2x50 – 5) is divided by (x-1)?
A. 8 C. -5
B. 5 D. -3
42. Given P(x) = 3x3 + 5x2 – 4x -8, what is the value of P(3)?
A. 120 C. 109
B. 115 D. 106
43. What is the remainder when (9x + 8x2 +7x3 + … + x9) is divided by (x+1)?
A. 8 C. -5
B. 6 D. -9
44. If the remainder after dividing polynomial (4x 3 + x2 + k) by (x + 2) is -23, which of the following must
be the value of k?
A.10 C. 7
B.9 D. 5
45. What is the value of k such that (x - 1) is a factor of (5x3 + kx2 – 6)?
A. 10 C. 5
B. 7 D. 1
46. What is the value of k so that (y – 3) will be a factor of (y 3 + ky + 3)
A. -16 C. -12
B. -14 D. -10
47. What is the remainder when P(x) = x3 + 8x2 + 6x – 12 is divided by x + 2?
A. 10 C. 5
B. 6 D. 0
48. Find k so that (a + 3) is a factor of 2a3 + ka2 – 8a + 3.
A. 4 C. 2
B. 3 D. 1
49. (x – r) is a factor of P(x) if and only if __________.
A. P(r) ≠ 0 C. P(r) = 0
B. P(r) = 1 D. P(r) has two negative roots
50. If P( -4) = 0, which of the following statements is true about P(x)?
A. x+4 is a factor of P(x) C. 4 is a root of P(x) = 0
B. P(x) = 0, has four negative roots D. P(0) = - 4

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