Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF QUEZON PROVINCE
EMILIO V. QUIZON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
(formerly Camflora National High School Annex)
San Andres District

2nd PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

Mathematics 10
NAME:______________________________________ SCORE:___________________
YEAR/ SECTION: ______________________________ Teacher: __________________

I. Direction: Shade the letter of the best answer

A B C D
1. Which of the following is a polynomial?
i. 4x3+9x-5x2+7
ii. 2x-5+x-2+x-3+2x+5
1
iii. 2
x +3 x +6
A. i only c. i and ii
B. ii only d. i and iii
2. The leading coefficient of the polynomial 5x10+ 4x12+4x6+x4-x is
A. 4 c. 10
B. 5 d. 12
3. What is the quotient when x -25 is divided by x-5?
2

A. x-5 c. x+5
B. x-25 d. x+25
4. Which expression gives the remainder when P(x)= 4x2+2x-5 is divided by x-2?
A. P(-5) c. P(2)
5
B. P(-2) d. P( ¿
4
5. What is the remainder when (5x100+5) is divided by (x-1).
A. 5 c. -5
B. 10 d. -10
6. Which of the following polynomials is exactly divisible by (3x+1)
A. 6x2+17x+5 c. 3x3+4x2-8x-3
B. 9x +6x+1
2
d. all of the above
7. If (7x -5x -7x +2x-3) is divided by (x+3) using synthetic division, the numbers in the first
4 5 3

row would be
a. -5 7 -7 0 2 -3 c. 1 7 -7 0 2 -3
b. -7 -7 -5 0 2 -3 d. -3 7 -7 0 2 -5
8. Given P(x)= 2x +3x -5x-12. What is the value of P(3)?
3 2

A. 56 c. 54
B. 55 d. 53
9. Gabriel used synthetic division to find the quotient if (5x2-16x+4x3-3) is divided by
(x-2). He obtained -19 as remainder. His solution is shown below.

2 5 -16 4 -3
10 -12 -16
5 -6 -8 -19
What is the error?
i. The sign of the divisor was not changed.
ii. The terms of the polynomial were not arranged according to decreasing powers
of x.
iii. The sum entries in the third row are incorrect.
iv. The numerical coefficients of the first row were not properly written
A. i only c. ii and iv only
 B. ii only d. i and iii only
10. Genber will evaluate an 8 degree polynomial in x at x=10 using the remainder theorem
th

and synthetic division. How many coefficients of x will be written in the first row of the
synthetic division procedure?
A. 8 b. 9 c. 10 d. 11
11. In this theorem, it states that if the polynomial P(x) is divded by (x-r), the remainder R is
a constant and is equal to P(r).
A. Factor Theorem c. Polynomial Theorem
B. Remainder Theorem d. Division Theorem
12. The Polynomial P(x) has x-r factor if and only if_______________________.
A. P(x)=0 b. P(r)=0 c. P(x)= any number d. P(r)= any number
13. In the circle below, what is the measure of angle BAD if arc CBD is a semicircle and
measure of angle BAC = 70?

A. 20 c. 110
B. 70 d. 150

14. What do you call the angle formed by two rays whose vertex is the center of the circle
whose rays intersects the at a point dividing it into arcs?
A. Central angle c. Angle bisector
B. Inscribed angle d. Angle of the circle
15. If the degree measure of a minor arc is less than the measure of a semicircle, how about
the measure of a major arc?
A. Greater than the measure of minor arc
B. Equal to the measure of minor arc
C. Greater than the measure of semicircle
D. Equal to the measure of semicircle

II. For item no. 16-25: In circle A below, measure of angle BAD=42, measure of angle EAG=30 and
FAE is a right angle. Find the following measure of an angle or an arc.

Angle Measuremen Arc Measurement

t
Angle BAF 16. Arc BF 21.
Angle CAF 17. Arc CF 22.
Angle BAC 18. Arc DG 23.
Angle CAE 19. Arc CE 24.
Angle FAD 20. Arc FBD 25.

III. For item no. 26-30. Use synthetic division for number 26-27 and long division for number 28-30
to find the quotient and remainder in each of the following. Write your complete solution.

26-27. (3x3+x2-22x-25) divided by (x-2) Quotient: _______________________

Remainder: _____________________

28-30. (2x4+5x3+ 3x2+8x+12) divided by (2x+3) Quotient: _______________________

Remainder: _____________________

“Life is a math equation. In order to gain the most, you have to know how to convert negative into
positive”

Prepared by
 FARRA P. VALENCIA
G10 Mathematics Subject Teacher