Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION III – CENTRAL LUZON
DIVISION OF MABALACAT CITY
DOÑA ASUNCION LEE INTEGRATED SCHOOL
XEVERA, TABUN, MABALACAT CITY, PAMPANGA

SUMMATIVE TEST IN MATHEMATICS 10

1st Quarter (Week 3, Week 4 and Week 5)

Read each question carefully then encircle the letter of the best answer from the given
choices.

1. All sequences below are geometric sequence EXCEPT

1 1 1 1 15 15
A. , , , B. 30, 15, , C. 36,30, 24, 18 D. -8, -16, -32, -64
2 4 8 16 2 4
2. What are the next two terms of the sequence -4, 12, -36, . . .?
A. 108, -324 B. 72, -144 C. 144, -576 D. -108, 324
3. What type of sequence is 7, -21, 63, -189 ?
A. finite arithmetic sequence C. infinite geometric sequence
B. finite geometric sequence D. infinite arithmetic sequence
4. Which of the following represents a geometric sequence?
A. -6,- 8,- 10, -12 C. -1, -5, -25, -125
B. 10, 20, 30, 40 D. 20, 26, 32, 38
5. 10, 20, 30, 40, . . . is an example of arithmetic sequence and 10 , 20, 40, 80, . . . is an
example of which of the following ?
A. Fibonacci sequence C. Geometric sequence
B. harmonic sequence D. Binomial theorem
6. What is the common ratio of the sequence 3, 6, 12, 24 . . . ?
A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 6
7. If the common ratio of geometric sequence is -3. What are the next three terms if a 1= 5?
A. -15, 45, -135 B. 15, 75, 125 C. 5, -15, 45 D. 5, 45, -135
8. Given the geometric sequence 144, 72, 36, 18, . . . , what is the common ratio?
1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
3 2 5 4
9. What is the geometric mean between 8 and 18?
A. 5 B. 9 C. 10 D. 12
−3
10. Find the 6th term of a geometric sequence whose first term is and whose common
4
ratio is 2 .
A. -24 B. -36 C. -12 D. -72
11. Insert 3 geometric means between 2 and 32.
A. 16, 8, 4 B. 4, 8, 16 C. 8, 16, 24 D. 6, 18, 24
12. What is the 10 term of the geometric sequence 3, 6, 12, . . .?
th

A. 1, 024 B. 2, 048 C. 1,536 D. 1, 496

13. What is the nth term of the geometric sequence 4, 8, 16, 32, …?
A. an= 4(3)n-1 B. an= 4(-2)n-1 C. an= 4(-4)n-1 D. an= 4(2)n-1
14. The fifth term of a geometric sequence is 1 and the common ratio is 1/3. Find the first
term.
A. 3 B. 12 C. 9 D. 81
15. In a geometric sequence, the common ratio is -3 and the 5 term is 405. What is the
th

first term?
 A. -15 B. -5 C. 5 D. 45

16. What is the sum of the first seven terms geometric sequence 3 + 6 + 12 + 24 . . .?
A. 762 B. 381 C. 333 D. 429
1 1 1
17. What is the sum of the infinite geometric sequence , , ,...?
3 6 12
2 3 2 1
A. b. C. D.
3 4 5 6
1
18. If first term in a geometric sequence is 4 and the common ratio is , what is the 9th
2
term?
1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
64 32 128 256
19. What term is 486 in the geometric sequence 2, 6, 18, . . . ?
A. 7th term B. 6th term C. 5th term D. 8th term
20. A pile of milk cans has 25 on the first layer, 23 on the second layer, and 21 on the third
layer. How many milk cans are there on the 8th layer?
A. 11 B. 7 C. 9 D. 13
21. A piece of a spoiled fish has some bacteria in it. The number of bacteria increases 3
times every hour. If the number of bacteria is 50 on the first hour, what is the total number
of bacteria after 7 hours?
A. 164 000 B. 492 075 C. 18 300 D. 54 650
22. There are 30 rows of seats in a concert hall with 25 seats in the first row, 30 seats in
the second row, 35 seats in the third row, and so on. How many seats are there in the
concert hall?
A. 2, 925 B. 3, 050 C. 3, 100 D. 2, 900
23. Hazel promised to increase her daughter’s monthly allowance. She gave her ₱ 250.00
on the first month, ₱ 350.00 on the second month, and ₱450.00 for the third month. How
much will her daughter receive on the 10th month?
A. ₱ 1 150.00 B. ₱ 1 350.00 C. ₱ 1 250.00 D. ₱ 1450.00
24. You visit the Grand Canyon and drop a rock off the edge of a cliff.  The distance the rock
will fall is 20 feet the first second, 32 feet the next second, 44 feet the third second, and so
on in an arithmetic sequence. What is the total distance the object will fall in 7 seconds?
A. 296 feet B. 392 feet C. 496 feet D. 448 feet
25. Anna donates ₱ 60 on the first week to “ Duyan ni Maria Children’s Home”, ₱120 on the
second week, ₱ 240 on the third week. The amount doubles each week. How much is her
total donation for 11 weeks?
A. ₱120, 600 B. ₱123, 720 C. ₱122, 820 D. ₱130, 800

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