PARAÑAQUE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL-MAIN

Schools Division of Parañaque City

S.Y. 2018-2019
First Periodic Test in Mathematics 10

Directions: Before answering the test, read and understand each item carefully. Write the CAPITAL letter of the best
answer on your answer sheet. Should you have questions, ask only your teacher. Do the test quietly.

1. What is the missing term in the sequence 2, 4, 6, 8, D. It is a sequence where each term after the first is
_? obtained by multiplying the preceding term by a
A. 9 C. 11 nonzero constant.
B. 10 D. 12 10. Which of the following sequences is arithmetic?
2. What is third term of the sequence 1, 2, _, 5, 8? A. 1, 2, 3, 4 C. 1, 1, 2, 3
A. 3 C. 5 B. 1, 3, 9, 27 D. 1, -1, 1, -1
B. 4 D. 6
3. What term best completes the sequence _, 10, 20, 11. Which of the following is NOT an arithmetic
40? sequence?
A. 0 C. 5 A. 2, 4, 8, 16, … C. 1, 1 ½ , 2, 2 ½ ,…
B. 1 D. 20 B. 5, 15, 25, 35,… D. 1, 2, 3, 4,…
4. Complete the sequence 2, 4, _, 8 with a correct term. 12. What is the common difference of the arithmetic
A. 6 C. 16 sequence 1, 9, 17, 25, 33, 41?
B. 10 D. 20 A. 6 C. 8
5. What is the 7th term of the sequence defined by B. 7 D. 9
n 13. How many terms are there in an arithmetic sequence
a n= ? 0, 2, 4…, 10?
n+1
A. 5/6 C. 7/8 A. 4 C. 6
B. 6/7 D. 8/9 B. 5 D. 7
6. Which of the following general terms describe the 14. Which term of the arithmetic sequence
sequence ½, ¼, 1/6, 1/8, …? 4, 1, -2, -5, … is -29?
1 1 A. 9th C. 11th
A. C. B. 10th D. 12th
n+1 4 n−2
15. What is the last term of the set of counting numbers
less than 20 which are divisible by 3?
1 1
B. 2 D. A. 6 C. 18
n +1 2n B. 15 D. 19
7. Observe the number of rectangles on each figure 16. How many terms are there in the arithmetic sequence
below, how many rectangles will there be in the next with a common difference of 5, first term is 4 and
figure? the last term is 24?
A. 2 C. 4
B. 3 D. 5
17. What is the 10th term of the arithmetic sequence
−¿3, 1, 5,…?
A. 30 C. 36
B. 33 D. 39
18. What is the general term or nth term of the sequence
__?__ 7, 9, 11, 13, 15,…?
A. 3n + 4 C. n + 2
A. 10 C. 12 B. 4n + 3 D. 2n + 5
B. 11 D. 13 19. What is the arithmetic mean of the sequence whose
8. What figures come next in the following sequence? first term is 0 and third term is −¿20?
A. −¿ 10 C. 1
, , ,, , , ,, , , , , , ,? B. 0 D. −¿ 20
____ 20. If three arithmetic means are inserted between 11
and 39, what is the second arithmetic mean?
A. 18 C. 32
A. 4 triangles C. 4 squares B. 25 D. 46
B. 3 triangles D. 3 squares 21. What is the sum of the first 20 terms of the sequence
9. Which of the following statements does NOT −¿10, −¿6, −¿2,…?
describe arithmetic sequence? A. 280 C. 560
B. 480 D. 960
A. It is a sequence that has a common difference. 22. What is the sum of the terms of the arithmetic
sequence 2, 5, 8, … , 23, 26, 29?
B. It is a sequence where every terms after the first A. 93 C. 186
is obtained by adding a constant. B. 155 D. 310
23. What is the arithmetic series of the sequence 1,2,3,
C. It is a sequence where the difference of any two …,28,29,30?
consecutive terms is constant. A. 30 C. 900
 B. 465 D. 930 38. A sequence in which the reciprocal of the terms
24. Which of the following statements describes form an arithmetic sequence is _______ sequence.
geometric sequence? A. arithmetic C. geometric
B. harmonic D. Fibonacci
A. It is a sequence that has a common difference. 39. Which set of numbers illustrates harmonic sequence?
A. ½, -1/2, ½, -1/2 C. ½, ¼, 1/6, 1/10
B. It is a sequence where every terms after the first B. 1/3, 1/9, 1/27, 1/81 D. ½, ¼, 1/6, 1/8
is obtained by adding a constant.
40. What is the next term of the harmonic sequence
C. It is a sequence where the difference of any two 1/3, 1/6, 1/9, 1/12, ___ ?
consecutive terms is constant. A. 1/13 C. 1/15
B. 1/14 D. 1/16
D. It is a sequence where each term after the first is 41. A sequence wherein the next term is obtained by
obtained by multiplying the preceding term by a adding the two preceding terms.
nonzero constant. A. arithmetic C. geometric
25. What is the missing term of the geometric sequence B. harmonic D. Fibonacci
4, -12, 36, __ ? 42. Which among the following sequences is Fibonacci?
A. -42 C. -72 A. 1, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1 C. 1, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16
B. -54 D. -108 B. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 D. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
26. Which of the following is NOT a geometric 43. What term completes the Fibonacci sequence
sequence? 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, ___, 13, 21,…?
A. 2, 4, 8, 16,… C. 4, 1, 1/4, 1/16,… A. 7 C. 13
B. -2, -7, -12, -17… D. 5, 15, 45, 135,… B. 8 D. 21
27. What is the common ratio of a geometric sequence 44. What is the next term in the Fibonacci sequence
500, 100, 20, 4? 2, 4, 6, 10, 16, …?
A. 1/5 C. ¼ A. 26 C. 36
B. 5 D. 4 B. 32 D. 38
28. Which of the following is a geometric sequence?
45. Glenn bought a car for Php 600,000. The yearly
A. 1, 2, 3, 4 C. 1, 4, 7, 10
depreciation of his car is 10% of its value at the start
B. 2, 4, 6, 8 D. 1, 1, 1, 1
of the year. What is its value after 4 years?
29. Which of the following geometric sequences is
A. Php 437,400 C. Php 438,000
finite?
B. Php 393,660 D. Php 378,000
A. 2, 4, 8, 16,… C. 3, 9,…, 243
46. In President Sergio Osmeña High School, suspension
B. 1, 3, 9, 27,… D. 100, 20, 4, …
of classes is announced through text brigade. One
30. In the geometric sequence 80, 40, 20, 10, what is the
stormy day, the principal announces the suspension
fifth term?
of classes via text messages to two teachers, each of
C. 10 C. 1/2
whom sends this message to two other teachers, and
D. 5 D. 80
so on. Suppose that text messages were sent in five
31. Find the 8th term of the geometric sequence whose
rounds, counting the principal’s text message as the
a1 =1 and r = 2.
first, how many text messages were sent in all?
A. 1024 C. 512
A. 32 C. 63
B. 256 D. 128
B. 62 D. 64
32. What is the 10th term of a geometric sequence
2, 4, 8,…?
47. A new square is formed by joining the midpoints
A. 10 C. 512 of the consecutive sides of a square 8 inches on a
B. 16 D. 1024 side. If the process is continued until there are
33. If two geometric means are inserted between 1 and already six squares, find the sum of the areas of all
125, find the second geometric mean. squares in square inches.
A. 1 C. 25 A. 96 C. 112
B. 5 D. 125 B. 124 D. 126
34. What term must be inserted to the geometric 48. A gardener makes a triangular planting with 58
sequence 1/64, 1/32, ___, 1/8, ¼, ½? plants in the front row, 53 in the second row, 48
A. 1 C. 1/4 in the third row and so on. If the pattern remains
B. ½ D. 1/16 consistent, in what row will there be 28 plants?
35. What is the sum of all the terms of the finite A. 5th row C. 6th row
geometric sequence 1, 5, 25, 125, 625, 3 125? B. 7 row
th
D. 8th row
A. 156 C. 3 906 49. A pendulum that is released to swing freely
B. 781 D. 19 530 travels 18 inches on the first swing, the
36. What is the sum of the first eight terms of the
pendulum travels 80% of the distance of the
geometric series whose first term is 3 and the
common ratio is 2?
previous swing. What is the total distance the
A. 765 C. 1024 pendulum traveled from the time it was released
B. 1539 D. 3069 until it stops? This problem illustrates _______.
37. What is the sum of all the terms of the infinite A. harmonic series C. Fibonacci series
geometric sequence ½, ¼, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32,…? B. geometric series D. arithmetic series
A. −¿ 1 C. 1 50. Twelve days before Valentine’s Day, Carl decided to
B. 0 D. 2 give Nichole flowers according to Fibonacci
sequence. On the first day, he sent one red rose, on
 the second day, two red roses, and so on. How many
red roses did Nichole receive during the tenth day?
A. 55 C. 144
B. 89 D. 233

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 TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
GRADE 10 MATHEMATICS
S. Y. 2018 – 2019
FIRST PERIODIC TEST

Competencies Number of Items Item Placement

1. Generates patterns 8 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
2. Illustrates arithmetic sequence 8 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16
3. Determines arithmetic means and nth term
4 17, 18, 19, 20
of an arithmetic sequence.
4. Finds the sum of the terms of an arithmetic
3 21, 22, 23
sequence
5. Illustrates a geometric sequence 4 24, 25, 26, 27
6. Differentiates a geometric sequence from
1 28
an arithmetic sequence
7. Differentiates a finite geometric sequence
1 29
from an infinite geometric sequence.
8. Determines geometric means and the nth
5 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
term of a geometric sequence
9. Finds the sum of the terms of a given finite
3 35, 36, 37
or infinite geometric sequence
10. Illustrates other types of sequences (e.g.
7 38,39,40,41,42,43,44
harmonic and Fibonacci)
11. Solves problems involving sequences 6 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50

KEY TO CORRECTION
GRADE 10 MATHEMATICS
S. Y. 2018 – 2019
FIRST PERIODIC TEST

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

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