DIAGNOSTIC TEST

Mathematics 10

INSTRUCTION: Read and analyze each question carefully, shade the circle that corresponds to your answer
in the answer sheet.
1. Find the first 5 terms of the sequence, an= 3n+2.
A. 5, 6,7, 8,9 B. 5, 8,11,14,17 C. 5,7,9,11,13 D. 5,9,13,17,21

2. Supply the missing term in the sequence 1, 4, 27, ___, 3125

A. 250 B. 252 C. 254 D. 256

3. Determine the sequence where every term after the first is obtained by adding a constant called the
common difference
A. Arithmetic B. Geometric C. Harmonic D. Fibonacci

4. Find the 14th term of the arithmetic sequence 12, 15, 18, 21 …
A. 49 B. 50 C. 51 D. 52

5. Insert two arithmetic means between 5 and 26.

A. 10 and 12 B. 12and 14 C. 14 and 16 D. 12 and 19

6. What is the sum of all the even integers between 8 and 26?
A. 130 B. 136 C. 137 D. 138

7. What is the fifth term of the geometric sequence 4, 8, 16, 32,…?.

A. 48 B. 60 C. 64 D. 84

8. Find the sixth term of a geometric sequence where the third term is 36 and the common ratio is 3.
A. 2916 B. 972 C. 324 D. 108

9. Insert three geometric means between 1 and 625.

A. 3, 9, 27 B. 4, 16, 64 C. 5, 25, 125 D. 6, 36, 216

10. Moces saved P5 in January. Suppose he saved twice the amount he saved in the previous month, how
much will he save at the end of one year?
A. Php 4,096.00 B. Php 20,475.00 C. Php 20,480.00 D. Php120,000

11. What is the ninth term in the Fibonacci sequence 1, 1, 2,3,5,8,…?

A. 34 B. 44 C. 54 D. 88

12. Find the next term in the harmonic sequence 1/5, 1/12,1/19,1/26?
A. 1/30 B. 1/31 C. 1/32 D. 1/33

13. Find the remainder when 4x2 +3x + 1 is divided by x + 3.

A. 28 B. 27 C. 26 D. 25

14. Find the value of k so that (x+4) is a factor of x4+kx3-4x2.

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

15. Solve the polynomial equation x3 + 4x2 – 15x – 18=0 ?

A. -1,-3 and -6 B. -1,-3 and -6 C. -1, 3 and -6 D. -1,-3 and 6

16. Which of the following is an example of polynomial function?

C. f ( x )  4 x  3x  5 x  28
3 2
A. f ( x )  x  8  2 x  2 x
2 3

1 3 1 4 50
f ( x)  6
 2  4 D. f ( x)  3 x  2 x2
B. 4 x 4 x 2 x 5x

17. What are the x-intercepts of the function f ( x )  ( x  4)( x  2)( x  1)( x  3) ?
A. 4, -2,1,3 C . -4, -2,1,-3
B. -4, -2,-1,3 D. -4, -2,1,3

18. What is the angle whose vertex is on a circle and whose sides contain chords of the circle?
A. central angle C. intercepted angle
B. inscribed angle D. circumsribed angle
19. How many line/s can be drawn through a given point on a circle that is tangent to the circle?
A. one C . three
B.two D. four

40. What is the total measure of the central angles of a circle with no common interior points?
A. 480 C . 180
B. 360 D. 120

21. What is the distance between points P(3,-5) and Q (14,55)?

A.59 C.61
B.60 D.62

22. A quadrilateral is a parallelogram if both pairs of opposite sides are equal in length. If
A (-1,0), B (3,8), C (3,2), and D are consecutive vertices of a parallelogram, what are the coordinates of
point D?
A.(-2,-7) C.(-3,-6)
B. (-1,-6) D.(-1,-7)

23. What is the midpoint of the segment joining A(7, 3) andB (3, 4)
7 7
(2,  ) (2, )
A. 2 C. 2
9 7
( 2, ) (2, )
B. 2 D. 2

24. Which of the following equation describes a circle on the coordinate plane with a center at
( 3,-5) and a radius of 7 units?
A. ( x  3)  ( y  5)  7 C. ( x  3)  ( y  5)  7
2 2 2 2 2 2

B. ( x  3)  ( y  5)  7 ( x  3) 2  ( y  5) 2  7 2
2 2 2
D.

25. What figure is formed when the points A (3,7), B(11,10), C (11,5) and D (3,2) are connected consecutively?
A.parallelogram C. square
B.rectangle D. trapezoid

26. The center of the circle can be found at ( 4,-1) and its radius is 7 units, What is its general equation?
A.
C. x  y  8 x  2 y  32  0
2 2

x  y  8 x  2 y  32  0
2 2

B. x  y  8 x  2 y  32  0 D. x  y  8 x  2 y  32  0
2 2 2 2

27. Among the situations below, which one illustrates permutation?

A. forming a committee of fishermen
B. selecting 5 questions to answer out of 10 questions in a quiz
C. choosing 3 literature books to read from a variety of choices
D. assigning rooms to workshop participants

28. In a deck of cards; the Ace, Queen and King of Diamonds are drawn. How many possible arrangements
can we make if we will use all three cards at the same time?
A. 3 arrangements D. 9 arrangements
B. 6 arrangements E. 12 arrangements

29. Which of the following expressions represents the number of distinguishable permutations of the letters of
the word CONFUSIONS?
A. 10! C. 10! / 2! 2! 2!
B. 10! / 6! D. 10! / 2! 2! 2! 2!

30. Which of the following situations illustrates combination?

A. arranging books in a shelf
B. drawing names from a box containing 200 names
C. forming different numbers from 5 given digits
D. forming plate numbers of vehicles
31. To derive the formula of combination, we divide the formula of permutation on n objects taken r at a time
by _____.
A. P B. n! C. C D. r!

32. How many different 3 story books can be chosen from a selection of 10 story books?
A. 120 B. 360 C. 720 D. 840

33. Refer to the figure on the right.

The international club of a school has 105 members, many of whom speak
multiple languages. The most commonly spoken languages in the club are
English, Korean, and Chinese

What is the union of the number of students who speaks English and
Chinese
A. 21 C. 41
B. 37 D. 94

The Venn diagram on the right shows the number of grade 10 students who
joined the school’s Dance Troupe (D) and Choral Group (C).

34. Solve for P(D U C).

A. 35/49 C. 62/146
B. 49/62 D. 146/159

35. Suppose you roll a red die and a green die. The probability that the sum of the numbers on the dice is
equal to 9 is 4/36 since there 4 of the 36 outcomes where the sum is 9. What if you see that the red die
shows the number 5, but you still have not seen the green die? What then are the chances that the sum is
9?
A. 1/6 B.1/4 C.1/3 D.2/3

36. The lower quartile is equal to __________.

A. 50th percentile C. 2nd decile
B. 25th percentile D. 3rd quartile

37. In the set of scores: 14, 17, 10, 22, 19, 24, 8, 12 and 19, the median score is _________.
A. 17 B. 16 C. 15 D. 13

38. In the data set of 1, 3, 7, 7, 16, 21, 27, 30 and 31. Which of the following lower and upper quartile?
A. 3 and 30 C. 7 and 30
B. 7 and 27 D. 1 and 31

39. For the data set below, which value is in the 75th percentile?
{1, 3, 3, 4, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17}
A.9 B. 10 C. 15 D. 16

40. If a value represents the 95th percentile, this means _______________.

A. 95% of all values are below this point
B. 95% of all values are above this point
C. 95% of the time you will observe this value
D. there is a 5% chance that this value is incorrect

41. In a 70-item test, Erika got a score of 50 which is the third quartile. This means that _____.
A. she got the highest score C. she surpassed 75% of her classmates
B. her score is higher than 25% of her classmates D. 75% of the class did not pass the test
42. The quartile are the score points which divide a distribution into four equal parts. Which of the following is
NOT true?
A. 50% are above the second quartile
B. 25% of the distribution are below the first quartile
C. 50% are below the second quartile
D. 75% are below the third quartile

43. Which of the following data values is the 50th percentile?

{0.28, 1.52, 5.21, 5.36, 5.52, 5.97, 6.26, 6.36, 6.79, 8.47}
A. 5.36 B. 5.52 C.5.97 D. 6.26
44. Rona got a score of 55 which is equivalent to 70th percentile in a mathematics test. Which of the following is
NOT true?
A. She scored above 70% of her classmates
B. 30% of the class got scores of 55 and above
C. If the passing mark is the first quartile, she passed the test
D. Her score is below the 5th decile.

45. It divide a rank-ordered data set into four equal parts

A. percentile B. quartiles C. decile D. missile
46. In a 100-item test, the passing mark is the 3rd quartile. What does it imply
A. The students should answer at least 75 items correctly to pass the test.
B. The students should answer at least 50 items correctly to pass the test
C. The students should answer at most 75 items correctly to pass the test
D. The students should answer at most 50 items correctly to pass the test

47. The 1st quartile of the ages of 250 grade 10 students is 16 years’ old . What does it mean?
A. Twenty-five percent of the students are 16 years’ old
B. Most of the students are below 16 years’ old
C. Seventy-five percent of the students are 16 years old and above
D. One hundred fifty students are younger than 16 years old

48. The median can also be described as ______________.

A. the middle observation when the data is arranged in ascending order
B. the second quartile
C. the 50th percentile
D. all of the above

49. Which of the following is true about the quartile system?

A. The first quartile will always be greater than the third quartile.
B. The first quartile is the median of the upper half of the data.
C. The third quartile will always be greater than the first quartile.
D. The third quartile is the median of the upper half of the data.

50. Charlene got a score of 55 which is equivalent to 70th percentile in a mathematics test. Which of the
following is not true?
A. She scored above 70% of her classmates
B. Her score is below the 5th decile
C. If the passing mark is the first quartile, she passed the test
D. Thirty percent of the class got scores of 55 and above
TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
DIAGNOSTIC TEST
MATHEMATICS 10
SY 2019-2020
Index Competencies Item Placement
1 Generate and describe patterns
1
2 Find the nth term of a sequence
2
3 Illusrate an arithmetic sequence
3
4 Determine the nth term of a given arithmetic sequence
4
5 Find the arithmetic means of an arithmetic sequence
5
6 Solve problems involving arithmetic sequence
6
7 Illustrate a geometric sequence
7
8 Determine the nth term of a given geometric sequence
8
9 Find the geometric means of a geometric sequence
9
10 Solve real-life problems involving geometric sequence
10
11 Illustrate other types of sequences like harmonic sequence and
Fibonacci sequence
11,12
12 Prove the remainder theorem and factor theorem
13
13 Factor polynomials
14
14 Solve polynomial equations
15
15 illustrates polynomial functions. 16
16 graphs polynomial functions 17
17 proves theorems related to chords, arcs, central angles, and 18
inscribed angles.
18 illustrates secants, tangents, segments, and sectors of a circle. 19
19 proves theorems on secants, tangents, and segments. 20
20 derives the distance formula. 21
21 applies the distance formula to prove some geometric properties. 22,23
22 illustrates the center-radius form of the equation of a circle. 24
23 determines the center and radius of a circle given its equation and 25,26
vice versa.
24 Illustrate of the permutations of objects. 27
25 Derive the formula for finding the number of permutations of n 28
objects taken r at a time.
26 Solve problems involving permutation. 29
27 Illustrate the combination of object. 30
28 Derive the formula for finding the number of combinations of n 31
objects taken r at a time.
29 Solve problems involving permutations and combinations. 32
30 Illustrate events and union and intersection of events. 33
31 Find the probability ( A U B ). 34
32 Solve problems involving probability. 35
33 Illustrates the following measures of position: quartiles, deciles, and 36,37,38
percentiles
34 Calculates, a specified measure of position ( e.g. 90th percentile) of 39
a set of data
35 Interprets measures of position 40-42
36 Solves problem involving measures of position 43-44
37 Formulates statistical mini-research 45-47
38 Uses appropriate measures of position and other statistical 48-50
methods in analyzing and interpreting research data
Prepared By: Inspected By:

Ma. Lourdes O. Moredo Mr. Ferdinand Macatugob

SST 1- Mathematics Teacher in Charge / MT 1 - MAPEH

ANSWER KEY

1. B 11. A 21. C 31. D 41. C

2. D 12. D 22. B 32. A 42. A
3. A 13. A 23. D 33. C 43. B
4. C 14. B 24. C 34. D 44. D
5. D 15. C 25. A 35. A 45. B
6. B 16. C 26. C 36. B 46. A
7. C 17. D 27. D 37. A 47. C
8. A 18. B 28. B 38. B 48. D
9. C 19. A 29. C 39. C 49. B
10. B 20. B 30. B 40. A 50. D