Department of Education

Region VII Central Visayas

Division of Cebu Province

TULAY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Tulay, Minglanilla, Cebu

SEMI-FINAL TEST IN GRADE 10 – MATHEMATICS

Name: ____________________________ Grade & Section: _________________

I. Read each question carefully. Choose and encircle the letter of your choice. Show
your solutions for some additional points in a separate sheet of paper to be attached
at the back.
11. In how many ways can the organizer of the Sinulog
1. What is the value of the 3rd decile of the data set 8, 11, 12, Festival arrange the first three performers if there are 12
15, 17, 19, 21, 25? contingents in all?
A.11 B.12 C.15 D.17 a. 1, 728 b. 1, 320 c. 36 d. 15

2. Which of the following is the same as 80th percentile? 12. How many ways can the letters of the word ORANGES
A.3rd quartile C.8th percentile be arranged if the first letter must be an N?
B.8th decile D.79th percentile a. 7! b. 6! c. 4! 3! d. 7 x 6 x 5 x 4

3. Given the scores 12, 12, 15, 16, 19, 25, 27, 30, 32, what 13. What is the value of r in P(7, r) = 210?
is the value of upper quartile? A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
A.25 B.27 C.30 D.32
14. If P(n, 4) = 120, what is n?
4. When a distribution is divided into 100 equal parts, each A. 8 B. 7 C. 6 D. 5
score point that describes the distribution is called
_________. 15. Which of the following situations or activities order is
A. decile B. median C. percentile D. quartile important?
A. a lady selecting her outfit from her blouses, skirts
5. How many four-letter permutations can be formed from and sandals
the letters in the word HEPTAGON? B. choosing 3 out of your 5 friends to watch a movie
A. 32 B. 168 C. 860 D. 1680 C. making your 10- character password for your FB
account
6. Which of the following situations illustrates combinations? D. forming a dance troupe with 12 members
A. opening a combination lock
B. winning in a race 16. In how many ways can you arrange 10 different potted
C. entering the Password of your google account plants in a row?
D. forming triangles from 6 distinct points in A. 10! B. 9! C. 8! D. 7!
which no 3 points are collinear
17. Which of the circles has a center located at the y-axis?
7. Which of the following situations does order matter? a) 𝑥2+(𝑦+2)2=4 c) (x+3)2+(y+4)2=1
A. assigning seats to guests at dinner b) (x−4) +y =9
2 2
d) (x+6)2+(y−1)2=4
B. drawing a set of 6 numbers in the Mega Lotto
6/45 draw 18. What is the center of a circle given the equation
C. voting for 8 people to form a Supreme Student (x+4)2+(𝑦+1)2=100?
Government a) (−4,1) b) (4,1) c) (−4,−1) d) (1,4)
D. selecting 3 doughnuts out of a box of 12
different flavors 19. Given an equation of a circle, what is the first step to
sketch its graph?
8. In a 10 item Mathematics problem-solving test, how many a) Connect points to draw the circle
ways can you select 5 problems to solve? b) Determine the center and radius
A. 252 B. 254 C. 256 D. 258 c) Locate the center on the coordinate plane
d) None of these
9. Which of the following situations illustrates a combination?
A. arranging books in a shelf 20. What is the length of the radius of a circle given the
B. drawing names from a box containing 100 names equation 𝑥2+𝑦2=12?
C. forming different numbers from 5 given digits a) 12 b) 2√3 c) 144 d) 2√12
D. forming plate numbers of vehicles
10. How many ways can the letters in the word BRAINS be 21. Which part of a circle is not needed to sketch its graph?
arranged if the vowels must be together? a) Center b) Radius c) Radius point d) Chord
a. 6! b. 2! c. 2!5! d. 4!
22. Which of the following equations represents the biggest
circle?
a) 𝑥2+𝑦2=4 c) 𝑥2+𝑦2=1
 b) 𝑥2+𝑦2=9 d) 𝑥2+𝑦2=16

23. The center of a circle is at (7,−2) and the radius is 5

units. What is the equation of the 37. In a box containing 15 mint candies and 10 chocolates,
circle? what is the probability of getting a mint candy if 1 candy is
A) (𝑥+7)2+(𝑦−2)2=25 C) (𝑥+7)2+(𝑦−2)2=5 chosen at random?
B) (𝑥−7)2+(𝑦+2)2=25 D) (𝑥−7)2+(𝑦+2)2=5 A. 15 B. 25 C. 35 D. 45

24. What is the equation of a circle whose radius is ξ13 units 38. If P(A) = 0.2 , P(B) = 0.1 , and P(A∩ B) = 0.07 , what is
and its center is at the origin? P(A∪B)?
A) 𝑥2+𝑦2=ξ13 C) (𝑥+1)2+(𝑦+1)2=13 A. 0.13 B. 0.23 C. 0.3 D. 0.4
B) 𝑥2+𝑦2=13 D) (𝑥+1)2+(𝑦+1)2=13
39. Which of the following is the same as 6 ∙ 5 ∙4 ∙3?
25. Which of the following is a subset of a sample space? A. P(6,3) B. P(6,4) C. P(6,5) D. P(6,6)
A. event B. experiment C. sample point D. outcome
40. In how many ways can you arrange 10 different potted
26. What is the probability of the entire sample space? plants in a row?
A. 0 B. 0.5 C. 0.99 D. 1 A. 10! B. 9! C. 8! D. 7!
27. 36. Find the number of distinguishable permutations of the
letters of the word PROPOSAL.
A. 3 B. 2 C. 1 D. 0 A. 2 520 B. 5 040 C. 6 720 D. 10 080

28. Which of the following equations is TRUE? 41. The position of a single value in relation to other values
A. 3! 4! = 12! C. (3 + 2!) = 5! in a sample distribution refers to _______________.
B. 10! – 10! = 0! D. 9!9!=0! A.measures of central tendency
B.measures of variability
29. Abby, Betty, Carry, Dolly, and Eddy are sitting together C.measures of position
watching a concert. How many ways can they be seated? D.measures of dispersion
a. 7! b. 6! c. 5! D. 4!
42. Which of the following is equal to the median?
30. It is a selection of objects from a set. A.2nd quartile C.50th percentile
A. combination C. permutation B.5th decile D.all of these
B. differentiation D. distinction
31. Calculate C(20,5) 43. How many score points divide a distribution into 10 equal
A. 6 840 B. 15 504 C. 116 280 D. 1 860 480 parts?
A.10 B.9 C.4 D.3
32. In how many possible ways can the letters of the word
MISSISSIPPI be arranged? 44. How many score points divide a distribution into 10 equal
A. 77 B. 3 150 C. 34 650 D. 69 300 parts?
A.10 B.9 C.4 D.3
33. A school will choose 4 students from the top 10. How
many ways can the school choose the 4 students? 45. The upper quartile is also called _______.
A. 5 400 B. 5 040 C. 420 D. 210 A.1st quartile C. 75th percentile
B. 9th decile D. median
34. A student wants to answer a problem set. He has to
answer 7 from the 10 problems given. What is the 46. When a distribution is divided into 4 equal parts, each
number of ways to choose the problem to be solved? score point that describes thedistribution is called _____.
A. 80 B. 90 C. 110 D. 120 A.decile B.median C.percentile D.quartile

35. In a town fiesta, there is a beauty pageant with 12 47. Given the scores 7, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 20, what is the
candidates. In how many ways can the organizer value of lower quartile?
arrange the first three candidates? A.7 B.9 C.10 D.13
A. 132 B. 990 C. 1 320 D. 1 176
48. Which of the following is the same as 7th decile?
A.70th percentile C.3rd quartile
B.30th percentile D.3rd decile