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Mathematics Grade 10
Diagnostic Test
Direction: Read and analyze each item. Write the letter of the correct answer on the blank space provided
before each number.

_____1. What is the next number in this sequence 2, 8, 32, …?

A. 120 B. 122
C. 128 D .130
_____2. What are the first four terms of the sequence a n = 2n - 1?

A. 1, 3, 5, 7 B. 1, 4, 9, 16

C. 1, 2, 4, 8 D. 1, 1, 3, 5

_____3. Which of the following equations describes the sequence 1, 4, 9, 16, …?

A. y = 2x- 1 B. y = x2

x
C. y = D. y = x + 3
2

_____4. What is the common difference of the given arithmetic sequence 2, 11, 20, 29, …?
A. 8 B.7

C. 9 D. 10
_____5. Which of the following sequences are arithmetic?
i. 8, -2, -12, -22 ii. -19, -12, -5, 2,9 iii. 1 ,2, 4, 8, 16 iv. 0.6, 0.9, 1.2, 1.8
A. ii and iii B. i and iii only
C. i and ii D. iii and iv
_____6. What are the first six terms of the arithmetic sequence from the given data, a 1= 15 and d = 3?
A. 11, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27 B. 15, 18, 21, 24, 27
C. 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 D. 11, 13, 15, 18, 21,24
_____7. If three arithmetic means are inserted between 7 and -9, find the second arithmetic mean.

A. - 1 B. 0

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_____8. What is the nth term of the arithmetic sequence 6, 9, 12, 15.…?

A. a n = 3n + 4 B. a n = 3n + 3

C. a n = n + 4 D. a n = 4n – 2

_____9. What is the sum of all the odd integers between 6 and 22?

A. 104 B. 108

C. 110 D. 112

____10. What is the sum of the first 20 terms of the series 17 +22 + 27 +…?

A. 1190 B. 1290

C. 1300 D. 1309

____ 11. The first four terms of arithmetic sequence are 8, 14, 20, and 26. What is the 12th term?

A. 84 B. 80

C. 78 D. 74

____ 12. The fifth term of an arithmetic sequence is 19, a 1= 3 and the sum of the first five terms is 55.
What is the common difference?

A. 4 B. 6

C. 8 D. 10

____13. What is the next term in the geometric sequence 324, -108, 36?

A. -12 B. -4

C. 4 D. 12

____14. What is the common ratio of the geometric sequence -6, 42, -294, 2058, ...?

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A. -7 B.
7

C. 3 D. 5

____ 15. What is the value of n of the given geometric sequence -1, -2, -4, -8, -16?
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A. – 1 B.
2

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 C. 1 D. 2

_____16. Which of the following is a geometric sequence?

A. 2, 12, 22, 32, … B. 11, 15, 19, 23, …

C. 3, 9, 27, 81, … D. 5, 8, 11, 14, …

_____17. The terms of a geometric sequence is obtained by multiplying by a nonzero constant called the
________.

A. common difference B. common ratio

C. term D. zero

_____18. Below are geometric sequences, EXCEPT:

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A. 27, 9, 3, 1, ,… B. 256, -128, 64, -32, …
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3 5 1 1 1 1
C. 1, , 2, , … D. , , ,
2 2 2 4 8 16

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_____19. What is the geometric mean between and 9?
9

A. 0 B. 1

C. 2 D. 3

_____20. Find the 4th term of the geometric sequence whose first term is 3 and common ratio 5.

A. 625 B. 425

C. 415 D. 375

_____21. Find the sum of the first five terms of the geometric sequence 0.2, 0.02, 0.002, …

A. 2.2 B. 2.0

C. 0.20 D. 0.22222

1 1 1
_____22. Find the sum to infinity of geometric sequence , , ,…
10 100 1000

1 1
A. B.
10 9

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 2 5
C. D.
9 9

_____23. If three geometric means are inserted between 3 and 48, find the value of the second geometric
mean.

A. 8 B. 10

C. 12 D. 24

_____24. Which of the following is the nth term of the given geometric sequence if the a 1= 3 and r = 2?

A. a n=2(3)n -1 B.a n=3(2)n -1

C. a n=(3)n -1 D. a n=( 2)n -1

_____25. A culture of bacteria doubles every hour. If there are 500 bacteria at the first hour, how many
bacteria will there be after 4 hours?

A. 500 B. 1500

C. 3000 D. 4000

_____26. A rocket rises 30 feet after 1 second, 85 feet after 2 seconds and 140 feet after 3 seconds, if it
continues to rise at this rate, how many feet will it rise after 16 seconds?

A. 780 ft B. 830 ft

C. 845 ft D. 855 ft

_____ 27. Dominique saved 10 pesos on the first day of the year,12 pesos on the second day, 14 pesos on
the third day and so on, up to the end of the year. How much did she save on the 365th day?

A. Php 700 B. Php 718

C. Php 738 D. Php 768

_____ 28. During an enrolment in a certain barangay high school 25 students are enrolled in the first day, 35
students on the second day, and 45 students enrolled on the third day. Considering the difference
of enrolment in three days, what is the total number of students after a seven-day enrolment?

A. 360 B. 385

C. 400 D. 410

_____29. What is the next term in the Fibonacci sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89?
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 A. 123 B. 124

C. 134 D. 144

For items 30 and 31, use the illustration on long division that follows:

Divide (25x2 -50x +25) by (5x-5)

5x – 5 25x2 -50x + 25

25x2 - 25x
-25x + 25
-25x + 25
0

_____30. What is the remainder?

A. -5 B. 0

C. 5 D. 25

_____31. Which is the divisor?

A. 0 B. 5x + 5

C. 5x - 5 D. 25x2 -50x + 25

_____32. What is the quotient when (x2 -14x +49) is divided by (x-7)?

A. (x + 7) B. (x + 4)

C. (x - 7) D. (x - 49)

_____33. If (7x4 - 5x5 – 7x3 +2x -3) is divided by (x+3) using synthetic division, the numbers in the first
row would be?

A. -5 7 -7 0 2 -3 B. 1 -5 -7 0 2 -3

C. -7 1 -5 0 2 -3 D. -3 1 -7 0 2 -5

_____34. Below are true statements about the Remainder Theorem if P(x) is divided
by (x- r), EXCEPT:

A. The remainder R is a constant and is equal to P(r).

B. The remainder R and the value of polynomial are the same.
C. The remainder R is solved by subtracting r from the polynomial P(x).
D. The remainder R is solved using the synthetic division or long division.

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_____35. What is the remainder when (x4- 3x3 + 4x2 - 6x + 4) is divided by (x – 2)?

A. 4 B. 0

C. -2 D. -4

_____36. If P (-2) = 0, which of the following statements is true about P(x)?

A. x + 2 is a factor of P(x) B. 2 is a root of P(x) = 0

C. P(x) = 0, has two negative roots D. P (0) = -2

_____37. What is the rational root of (x-1) (x2 – 3) = 0?

A. -1 B. -3

C. 1 D. 3

_____38. What is the remainder when (5x100 + 5) is divided by (x – 1)?

A. -10 B. -5

C. 5 D. 10

_____39. What is the value of k so that (x-3) will be a factor of (x3 + kx + 3)?

A. -10 B. -12

C. -14 D. -16

_____40. The factored form of 3x3 – 6x2 is 3x2 (x – 2). What is the common factor?

A. 3x B. 3x2

C. 3x3 D. (x – 2)

______41. What is the factored form of P(x) = x4 + x3 + x2 + x?

A. (x) (x + 1) (x2 + 1) B. (x)(1) (x2 + 1)

C. (x) (x-1) (x2 + 1) D. (x) (-1) (x2 + 1)

______42. Which of following are the complete factors of x3 +5x2 – x - 5?

A. (x +1) (x+1) (x+5) B. (x +1) (x+1) (x+5)

C. (x) (x-1) (x2 + 1) D. (x -1) (x+1) (x+5)

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______43. If P(x) is a polynomial equation of degree n and with real coefficients, then it has at most?

A. one real roots B. infinite real roots

C. n real roots D. zero real root

______44. If a root of a polynomial equations occurs n times it is called a ________.

A. n real roots B. rational root

C. root of multiplicity of 2 D. root of multiplicity of n

______45. Below are the roots of x (x+3) (x+3) (x-1) (2x +1) = 0, EXCEPT:

A. -3 B. 0

C. ½ D. 1

______ 46. One side of the rectangle is (3x + 1) cm and the other side is (x -2) cm. What is the perimeter of
the rectangle?

A. (8x – 2) cm B. (6x + 2) cm

C. (2x – 4) cm D. (3x2 – 5x – 2) cm

______47. The total cost of (3a – 2b) units of cellphone is (6a2 + 5ab – 6b2) pesos. What is the expression
that will represent the cost of one cellphone?

A. (3a + 3b) B. (3a- 3b)

C. (2a + 3b) D. (2a – 3b)

______48. Mrs. Cruz wanted that the length of her handkerchief to be 25 cm longer than twice the width
of the handkerchief. Which of the following expressions represents the area of the handkerchief?

A. A = (2w + 25) (w) B. A= (w + 25) (w)

C. A = (2w – 25) (w) D. A = (l + 25) (w)

______49. Which of the following is a polynomial function?

A. P(x) = 3x4 + 6x3 + x2 - 2 B. P(x) = 10y-2 – 8y + 9
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C. P(x) = √ x + x5 D. P(x) = + 4x - 6
x
______50. What is the leading coefficient of the polynomial function, P(x) = 5x9 + 4x8 + 4x5?

A. 3 B. 5
C. 8 D. 9

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 Mathematics Grade 10
1st Periodic Test

ANSWER KEY

1. C 25. D
2. A 26. D
3. B 27. C
4. C 28. B
5. C 29. D
6. B 30. B
7. A 31. C
8. B 32. C
9. D 33. A
10. B 34. C
11. D 35. B
12. A 36. A
13. A 37. C
14. A 38. D
15. D 39. A
16. C 40. B

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17. B 41. A
18. C 42. D
19. B 43. C
20. D 44. D
21. D 45. C
22. B 46. A
23. C 47. C
24. B 48. A

COGNITIVE PROCESS DIMENSION

Learning Competencies
Duratio
No. of
n % Rememberin Creat
Questions Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating
The learners should be (Hours) g g
able to…

1.GENERATES
PATTERNS.
1 2 6 3 1 1 1

2.ILLUSTRATES
2 AN ARITHMETIC 2 6 3 2 1
SEQUENCE.

3.DETERMINES
ARITHMETIC
MEANS, NTH
TERM OF AN
ARITHMETIC
1
3 SEQUENCE,AND 4 6 2 1 2 1
3
SUM OF THE
TERMS OF A
GIVEN
ARITHMETIC
SEQUENCE.

4.ILLUSTRATES A
4 2 6 3 2 1
GEOMETRIC

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 SEQUENCE.

5.DIFFERENTIATE
S A GEOMETRIC
5 SEQUENCE FROM 2 6 3 2 1
ARITHMETIC
SEQUENCE.

6.DETERMINES
GEOMETRIC
MEANS,NTH TERM
OF A GEOMETRIC
SEQUENCE AND
1
6 SUM OF THE 4 6 3 2 1
3
TERMS OF A
GIVEN FINITE OR
INFINITE
GEOMETRIC
SEQUENCE.

7.SOLVES
PROBLEMS 1
7 3.5 5 3 2
INVOLVING 1
SEQUENCES.

8.PERFORM
DIVISION OF
POLYNOMIALS
8 USING LONG 2.5 8 4 2 1 1
DIVISION AND
SYNTHETIC
DIVISION.

9.PROVES THE
REMAINDER
THEOREM ,FACTO 1
9 4 6 1 1 3 1
R THEOREM AND 3
THE RATIONAL
ROOT THEOREM.

1 10.FACTORS
2 6 3 2 1
0 POLYNOMIALS.

1 11.ILLUSTRATES
2 6 3 2 1
1 POLYNOMIAL

10
 EQUATIONS.

12.SOLVES
PROBLEMS
1 INVOLVING
2 6 3 2 1
2 POLYNOMIALS
AND POLYNOMIAL
EQUATIONS.

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