Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula
Division of Zamboanga Sibugay
Pangi, Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay

Table of Specifications
Third Quarter Examination
Mathematics 10

Learning Competencies Easy Average Difficult Total

• Illustrates the 1,2,3,4, 5,6 6

permutation of objects.
• derives the formula for 7,8,9 10,11 5
finding the number of
permutations of objects
taken at a time. n r
• solves problems 12 1
involving permutations.
• illustrates the
combination of objects. 13,14,15 16,17 5
• differentiates
permutation from 18, 19 2
combination of objects
taken at a time. n r
• derives the formula for 20,21,22 23 4
finding the number of
combinations of n objects
taken r at a time
24 1
• solves problems
involving permutations
and combinations.
• illustrates events, and
25,26 2
union and intersection of
events.
• illustrates the probability 27 1
of a union of two events.
• finds the probability of 28 1
.(AUB)
• illustrates mutually 29 1
exclusive events.
• solves problems 30 1
involving probability.

Total 18 9 3 30
 MATHEMATICS GRADE 10
Third Quarter Examination

Name: __________________________________ Score: ___________

School: _________________________________ Date: ____________
Grade & Section: _________________________

Directions: Read and understand the questions carefully. Choose only the letter of your answer and
write it on the space provided.

_____ 1. What do you call the different arrangements of the objects of group where order is
important?
A. Selection B. Differentiation C. Permutation D. Combination

____ 2. Which situation or activity involves permutation?

A. Matching shirts and pants
B. Forming different triangles out of 5 points on a plane, no three of which are collinear.
C. Assigning telephone numbers to subscribers.
D. Forming a committee from the members of club.

_____3. What is the exact value of 4! (4 factorial) ?

A. 8 B. 12 C. 24 D. 48

_____4. In how many ways can 4 people be seated around a circular table?
A. 7 B. 6 C. 12 D. 8

_____5. Find the number of distinguishable permutations of the letters of the word “EDUCATED”.
A. 1 680 B. 10 080 C. 20 160 D. 40 320

_____6. How many distinct permutations can be made from the letters of the word “FRIEND”?
A. 30 B. 120 C. 360 D. 720

_____7. Which represents the formula in finding the number of permutation taken r at a time?

𝑛!
A. P = n! C. P(n, r) =
(𝑛−𝑟 )!
𝑛!
B. P(n, r) = D. P = (n – 1)!
(𝑛−𝑟 )! 𝑟!

_____8. What is P (8,3)?

A. 56 B. 336 C. 1400 D. 1716

_____9. Which expression represents the number of distinguishable permutations of

the letters of the word “CONCLUSIONS”?
11! 11! 11!
A. 11! B. C. D.
8! 2!2!2! 2!2!2!2!
_____10. What is r if P(5, r) = 20?
A. 4 B.3 C. 2 D.1

_____11. If x = P(6, 4), y = P(7, 3), and z= P(8, 4)

How will you arrange x, y, and z from smallest to greatest?

A. z, x, and y B. y, z, and x C. y, x, and z D. x, y, and z

_____12. In how many ways can a code be formed from the digits 0 to 9 If a digital lock code must
contain 5 different digits? A. 15,120 B. 30,240 C. 15,1200 D.1,000,000

_____13. What do you call the selection of objects from a set?

A. Combination B. Differentiation C. Distinction D. Permutation
_____14. Which situation does NOT illustrate combination?
A. Selecting fruits to make a salad
B. Assigning telephone numbers to home
C. Choosing household chores to do after classes
D. Selecting posters to hang in the walls of your room
8!
_____15. Calculate 5!.3!.
A. 75 B. 56 C. 336 D. 28

_____16. Calculate: C (8, 3)

A. 56 B. 70 C. 112 D. 1680

_____17. If C(n,4)=126, what is n?

A. 11 B. 10 C. 9 D. 7

_____18. Which situation 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

_____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. Calculate: C (10, 3)

A. 103 B. 120 C. 210 D. 220

_____21. If C(n , 5) = 252, then n = _____.

A. 7 B. 8 C. 9 D. 10

_____22. Calculate: C (4, 2)

A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8

_____23. How many ways can a club of 4 students be arranged in a class of 10 students?
A.20 B. 210 C. 120 D. 35

_____ 24. Which of the following is/are true 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,

I. The 8 committee members can be selected in 1, 872 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. I, II and III D. II and III

_____25. A set that contains all of the elements that are in both events. It is written as A∩B.
A. Intersection of events
B. Union of Events
C. Mutually Exclusive Events
D. Dependent Events
_____ 26. A set that contains all of the elements that are in at least one of the two events. It is written
as A∪B?
A. Intersection of events
B. Union of Events
C. Mutually Exclusive Events
D. Dependent Events
_____ 27. Which event does NOT illustrate Mutually Exclusive Events?
A. Drawing a king or an ace from a deck of cards.
 B. Getting a white ball or a red ball from an urn of white and red balls.
C. Getting a number multiple of 3 and divisible by 2 when a dice is thrown.
D. Getting three heads or three tails when three coins are flipped.

_____ 28. The spinner on the right is spun.

What is the probability of a spin that results in a number less than 4?
1 3 4 5
A. B. C. D.
4 8 8 8

_____29. Brian likes to wear colored shirts. He has 10 shirts in the closet. Three of these are blue,
four are in different shades of red, and the rest are of mixed or different colors.
What is the probability that he will wear a blue or a red shirt?
7 4 3 4 3 7 7 4
A. + B. + C. + D. -
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

_____30. Mario has 5 blocks of different colors in a bag. One block is red, one is yellow, one is green,
one is blue, and one is black. Mario pulls out a block, looks at it, and puts it back in the
bag.
What is the probability that the 3 blocks selected are all of the same color If he does this 3
times?
5 1 4 5
A. 3 B. 3 C. 3 D.
5 5 5 4𝑥5