Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education REGION

VI – WESTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CADIZ CITY
CADUHA-AN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

3rd QUARTER Examination

MATH 10

Name:___________________________________Grade&Section:___________________Date:________
I. Direction: Encircle the correct answer.
1. It is an arrangement of all or part of a set of objects, with regard to the order of the
arrangement?
a. Combination b. Differentiation c. Integration d. Permutation
2. Which of the following situations or activities involve permutation?
a. Matching shirts and shorts
b. Assigning telephone numbers to subscribers
c. Forming a committee for an organization
d. Choosing a card in a set of cards
3. The following method can be used to solve permutation except:
a. Listing Method b. Tree Diagram c. Formula d. Bar Chart
4. Which of the following is the formula in solving permutation n objects taken r at a time?
n! n!
a. P= ( n−r ) ! b. P = p ! q !r ! c. P = (n-1)! d. P = n!
5. It is a selection of possible arrangements of objects, without regard to the order in which
objects are selected?
a. Combination b. Differentiation c. Integration d. Permutation
6. Which of the following describes combination of objects?
a. Choosing 5 questions to answer out of 10
b. Entering a PIN on an ATM machine
c. Opening a combination lock
d. Winning a contest
7. In a town fiesta singing competition with 9 contestants, in how many ways can the
organizer arrange the first three singers?
a. 72 b. 504 c. 3024 d. 6048
8. How many distinguishable permutations of the letters can be made from the word
STATISTICS?
a. 720 b. 6500 c. 50,400 d. 362,880
9. Gabriela invited her close friends Melvin, Chia, Jessica, Arnold and Jason to her 18th
birthday. She prepared a special circular table with chairs to be occupied by her five friends.
In how many ways can they arranged themselves on a table?
a. 10 b. 24 c. 120 d. 360
10. In a 10-item Mathematics problem-solving test, in how many ways can you select only
five questions?
a. 120 b. 210 c. 252 d. 524
11. If P(9, r) = 504, what is r?
a. 7 b. 6 c.5 d. 3
12. If P(n, 4) = 17 160, then n = ____ .
a. 9 b. 11 c.. 13 d. 14
13. If x = P(7, 4), y = P(8, 4), and z = P(9, 3), arrange x, y, and z from smallest to greatest.
a. x, y, z b. z, x, y c. y, x, z d. x, z, y
7!
14. Calculate. 3! 2!
a. 420 b. 840 c. 1680 d. 2520
15. Which of the following can be a value of r in C(15, r) = 1365?
a. 6 b. 5 c. 4 d. 3
16. Khristelle was able to calculate the total number of 3-digit numbers that can be formed
from a given set of non zero digits, without repetition. If there were 60 numbers in all, how
many digits were actually given?
a. 8 b. 7 c. 6 d. 5
17. How many different rays can be formed from 8 distinct points on a plane, no three of which
lie on the same line?
a. 56 b. 28 c. 26 d. 4
18. If a committee of 8 members is to be formed from 8 sophomores and 5 freshmen such that
there must be 5 sophomores in the committee, which of the following is/are true?
I. The 8 committee members can be selected in 1 287 ways.
II. The 5 sophomores can be selected in 56 ways.
III. The 3 freshmen can be selected in 10 ways
a. I only b. I and II c. II and III d. I, II, and III
19. In a gathering, each of the guests shook hands with everybody else. If a total of 378
handshakes were made, how many guests were there?
a. 30 b. 28 c. 25 d. 23
20. If 4 marbles are picked randomly from a jar containing 8 red marbles and 7 blue marbles, in
how many possible ways can at least 2 of the marbles picked are red?
a. 1638 b. 1568 c. 1176 d. 1050
II. Direction. Identify the following situations/questions if it is permutation or combination.
Write the letter of the correct answer before the number.

a. PERMUTATION b. COMBINATION

_____21. Encoding of passwords in your social media account.

_____22. Selecting 8 people to form a Student Affairs Committee.
_____23. Finding the number of different ways that a family of 6 can be seated around a
circular table with 6 chairs.
_____24. How many different sets of 5 cards each can be formed from a standard deck of 52
cards?
_____25. A box contains 4 red balls, 6 green balls, and 5 yellow balls. In how many ways
can you choose 4 green balls?
_____26. How many ways can you select five videos from a list of nine videos?
a. 126 b. 15 120 c. 3 024 d. 1207.
_____27. In a school club, there are 6 choices for the president, a vice-president, a secretary
and a treasure. Assuming that each of them is qualified for any of these positions, in how
many ways can the 4 officers be elected?
a. 15 b. 80 c. 120 d.360
____28. A medical researcher needs 6 people to test the effectiveness of an experimental
drug, if 12 people have volunteered for the test, in how many ways can 6 people be
selected?
 a. 924 b. 1 320 c. 95 040 d. 665 280
_____29. In how many ways can a committee of 6 students be chosen from 8 boys and 7
girls if there must be 4 girls in the committee?
a. 63 b. 980 c. 1 470 d. 5 005
_____30. A school has scheduled three volleyball games, two soccer games, and four
basketball games. You have a ticket allowing you to attend three of the games. In how
many ways can you go to two basketball games and one of the other events?
a. 30 b. 18 c. 11 d. 60
III. Direction: Choose the letter of your answer in each number and write the answer before
the number.
a. Venn Diagram b. Events c. Union

d. Intersection e. Experiment f. Sample Space

_____31. It is the set of all possible outcomes (universal set) of an experiment.
_____32. It is the procedure (or process) or an activity that we do which has an observable
result.
_____33. A diagram that uses circles to represent sets, in which the relations between the
sets are indicated by the arrangement of the circles.
_____34. A set that contains all of the elements that are in at least one of the two events. It is
written as A ∪ B.
_____35.A set that contains all of the elements that are in both events. It is written as A ∩ B.
For numbers 6-8. The Venn diagram shows the activities participated by the Grade 10 –
Sampaguita students.

Volleyball Basketball
5 4 3
2
3 7

6 5 Athletics

_____36. How many students are playing either volleyball or basketball?

a. 24 b. 8 c. 18 d. 6
_____37. How many students participate in one event only?
a. 29 b. 2 c. 13 d. 19
_____38. How many students do not participate in any of the activities?
a. 6 b. 12 c. 18 d. 24
_____39. If the probability that a person lives in an industrialized country of the world is 1/5,
find the probability that a person does not live in an industrialized country?
1 2 3 4
a. 5 b. 5 c. 5 d. 5
_____40. Jody has four cans of juice- one can of orange, one of pineapple, one of calamansi,
and one of guyabano. She chooses three of these cans to take to school. If she chooses
calamansi, what is the probability she also chooses pineapple?
7 3 2 3
a. 8 b. 4 c. 3 d. 8
Prepared by:
Irish Thea S. Alegado
 Math Teacher

ANSWER KEY

1.D 21. A
2.B 22. B
3. D 23. A
4.A 24. B
5.A 25. B
6.A 26. A
7.B 27. A
8.C 28. A
9.B 29. B
10.C 30. A
11. D 31. F
12. C 32. E
13. B 33. A
14. A 34. C
15. C 35. D
16. D 36. A
17. A 37. C
18. C 38. A
19. B 39. D
20. D 40. C

Prepared by:
Irish Thea S. Alegado
Math Teacher