SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CEBU PROVINCE

SAN FERNANDO DISTRICT 2

BALUNGAG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Balungag, San Fernando, Cebu
1 QUARTER EXAMINATIONS IN MATHEMATICS 10
ST

Name:_______________________________________ Grade: ____________ Score: _________

Directions: Choose the letter corresponding to the correct answer. Write your answer before the
number.
___1.If you are to write the next term of the sequence 12, 5, - 2, - 9,…what will it be?
A. - 7 B. - 11 C. - 16 D. - 26
___2. Which of the following is a finite sequence?
A. 1, 2, 3, 4,…5 B. 2, 4, 8, 16, 32,… C. 20, -15, 10, - 5, … D. 6, 2, -2, - 4, ...
___3. The pattern of a certain sequence is “multiply by - 3”. Which of the following sequences follows
the pattern?
A. 81, 27, 9, 3, 1 B. -1, 3, -27, 81 C. 3, 9, 27, 81 D. -2, -6, -18, -54
___4. Which of the following completes the sequence 64, ___, 16, 8, ___?
A. 42 and 2 B. 40 and 4 C. 32 and 6 D. 32 and 4
___5. The first term of a sequence is 5. Which of the following patterns would make the sequence
arithmetic? I. Add 4 to the previous term. II. Multiply 4 to the previous term.
III. Subtract 4 from the previous term. IV. Divide the previous term by 4.
A. I only B. I and II only C. I and III only D. II and IV only
___6. Give the common difference of the arithmetic sequence 0.25, 0.4, 0.55, 0.7.
A. 0.65 B. 0.73 C. 0.81 D. 0.85
___7. Which of the following has a constant difference?
A. 2, 6, 18, 54 B. 16, 25, 36, 49 C. -10, 6, 16, 20, 30 D. 35, 23, 11, - 1
___8. One of the sequences below is NOT an arithmetic sequence. Which one is it?
A. 9, 7, 5 , 3, 1 B. 0, - 3, 6, - 9, 12 C. – 1, - 2, - 3, - 4,- 5 D. ½, 1, 1½, 2, 2
½
___9. Find x so that x – 3, 4x + 7, x + 5,… form an arithmetic sequence.
A. 5 B. – 4 C. 3 D. – 2
___10. The common difference of an arithmetic sequence is 1⁄2. If the first term is 1⁄4, find the 7th term.
3 1 1
A. 2 B. 3 C. 3 D. 3
4 4 2
___11. In the sequence 6, 13, 27, 55, …, each term after the first is determined by multiplying the
preceding term by m and then adding n. What is the value of n?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
___12. What is the next term of the sequence in item # 11?
A. 72 B. 87 C. 103 D. 111
___13. Kevin is monitoring the growth of a seedling by measuring its height daily. He noticed that the
height of the seedling is increasing at a constant rate of 1.75 cm per day. If the initial height of the
seedling is 9.25 cm, in how many days would it be 25 cm long?

A. 8 days B. 9 days C. 10 days D. 11 days

___14.At 3:25 PM, a car is running at a speed of 84 km/h at point A then decreases its speed every
minute by 12 km/h and stops at point B. At what time did the car stop at B?

A. 3:30 PM B. 3:31 PM C. 3:32 PM D. 3:33 PM

___15.If five arithmetic means are inserted between -9 and 9, what is the third mean?
 A. 3 B. – 3 C. 0 D. 6
___16. Find the arithmetic mean between 35 and - 9.
A. – 22 B. 13 C. 15 D. – 12
___17. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is 6 and the common difference is 19. Find the 17th
term.
A. 300 B. 305 C. 307 D. 310
___18. Which term of the arithmetic sequence 7, 22, 37, . . . is 112 ?
A. 7th term B. 8th term C. 9th term D. 10th term
___19. In an arithmetic sequence, a3 = 8 and a7 = 24. What is the common difference?
A. 6 B. 5 C. 4 D. 3
___20. If w = - 2 and 2w - 1, w + 1, w + 5,…, form an arithmetic sequence, find the 10th term.
A. 27 B. 31 C. 35 D. 39
___21. If a1 = - 3 and d = 2, write the explicit formula of the arithmetic sequence.
A. an = 5n + 2 B. an = 5n - 2 C. an= 2n – 5 D. an= 2n + 5
___24. Find the missing term of the arithmetic sequence 253, 58, ___, - 332,….
A. – 195 B. – 137 C. – 132 D. – 129
___25. The 4th term of an arithmetic sequence is 17 and the 9th term is 32. Find the 14th term.
A. 42 B. 45 C. 46 D. 47
___26.What is the common ratio of the sequence 4,12,36,…?
A. 4 B. 3 C. 8 D. -3
___27. Due to Covid-19 pandemic the number of online sellers in a certain town increases every week.
On the first week, there were only 6 online sellers and after 4 months there were already 51 of them. If
the increase of the number of sellers per week is constant, what is the increase per week?
A. 6 B. 5 C. 4 D. 3
___28. Which of the following is an arithmetic series?
A. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 C. 2 + 9 + 16 + 23 + 30
B. 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 D. 1 + 2 + 3 + 5 + 8
___29. What is the sum of all odd integers between 8 and 26?
A.153 B. 151 C. 149 D. 148
___30. Which of the following is the sum of all the multiples of 3 from 15 to 48?
A. 315 B. 360 C. 378 D. 396
___31. The sum of the first 12 terms of an arithmetic sequence is 390. If the first term is 5, find the
common difference.
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
___32. In an arithmetic series, a1 = - 5 and d = 3. If Sn = 15, find n.
A. 6 B. 7 C. 8 D. 9
___33. Find the sum of the first 10 terms of the arithmetic sequence 4, 10, 16 …
A. 300 B. 305 C. 310 D.315
___34. A theater has 50 seats in the first row. Each row behind the first row gains two additional seats.
How many seats are there in the theater if there are 80 rows?
A. 8160 B. 8270 C. 8320 D. 8450
___35. Julia is planning to buy dress. She started saving P10 on the first day and increases the amount
by P5 each day thereafter. If her dress costs P675, how many days would it take her to raise that
amount?
A. 20 days B. 18 days C. 16 days D. 15 days