Department of Education

Caraga Region
DIVISION OF BUTUAN CITY

DIVISION DIAGNOSTIC TEST

Mathematics
Grade 10

Directions: Choose the letter which corresponds to the correct answer from the given choices. Write the letter of your choice on the
answer sheet.

1. What do you call a sequence in which there is an equal difference between consecutive terms?
A. Arithmetic Sequence C. Geometric Sequence
B. Fibonacci Sequence D. Harmonic Sequence

2. Which of the following is an arithmetic sequence?

A. 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9… C. 1, -1, -3, -5…
B. 1, 10, 20, 30… D. 7, -7, 7, -7 …
3. Which sequence of numbers does this expression 3n – 5 describe?
A. -5, -2, 1, 4, 7, … C. -2, 1, 4, 7, 10, ...
B. -4, 9, 14, 19, 24, … D. 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, …

4. Which of the following represents the nth term of a geometric sequence?

A. an=a 1r n C. an= a nr n
B. an= a 1r n-1 D. an= a nr n-1
5. If three geometric means are inserted between 1 and 256, find the third geometric mean.
A. 4 C. 32
B. 16 D. 64
6. After solving the infinite geometric sequence, Roel got a sum of 5. If the first term is 4, what is its common ratio?
1
A. C. 3
5
1
B. D. 5
3

7. A contract specifies that Marlyn Figueroa will receive 5% pay increase each year for the next 30 years. She is paid Php
120,000 the first year. Which of the following is her total lifetime salary over a 30-year period?
A. Php 300,000.00 C. Php 3, 380, 000.00
B. Php 518, 633.09 D. Php 7, 972, 661. 7

8. Mark was saving for a pair of shoes. From his weekly allowance, he was able to save
Php 5.00 on the first week, Php 9.00 on the second, Php 13.00 on the third week, and so on. The amount of money being
saved by him is increasing in that manner throughout the 43-week period. Using the given data, make a formula that will
best give the correct amount of savings of Mark after n weeks.
( 4 n−6 ) n ( 4 n−14 ) n
A. Sn= C. Sn=
2 2
( 4 n+6 ) n ( 4 n+14 ) n
B . S n= D. Sn=
2 2

9. Candice divided (7x3 – 10x + 11x2 – 5) by (x +3) and obtained – 317 as remainder. Here is her solution.

-3 7 -10 11 -5
- 21 93 -312
7 -31 104 -317
 What is her error? _________________
I. The sum in the third row is incorrect.
II. She did not change the sign of the divisor.
III. The numerical coefficients in the first row were not properly written.
IV. She did not arrange the terms of the polynomial in decreasing powers. of x.
A. I only B. II only C. II and III only D. III and IV only

10. Which of the following expressions will give a remainder 0 when divided by x – 3?
I. The dividend should be x3 + 3. III. The dividend should be x3 – x2 – 7x + 3.
II. The dividend should be x3 – 27. IV. The dividend should be x3 + 3x2 – 3x + 3 .

A. I only B. II only C. II and III only D. I and IV only

11. What must be the value of k so that x + 6 is a factor of x3 + kx2 + 41x + 30?
A. 12 C. 24
B. 18 D. 30

12.Write a polynomial equation having – 1, – 5, and 4 as its roots.

A. x3 – 5x2 + x – 5 =0 C. x3 – 2x2 + 4x – 15 =0
B. x3 + 2x2 – 19x – 20 =0 D. x3 – 6x2 + 19x – 20 =0

13.The volume of a rectangular prism is ( 2 x3 +11 x 2 +11 x−4 ¿cm3 and its height is (x + 4) cm. Which of the following is the
area of its base?
A. (2 x 2−3 x+1) cm2 C. (2 x 3+3 x−1) cm2
B. (2 x 2+19 x +76) cm2 D. (2 x 2−19 x −76) cm2

14. What should n be if f(x) = xn defines a polynomial function?

A. an integer C. any number
B. a nonnegative integer D. any number except 0

15. Which of the following is an example of a polynomial function?

4
A. f (x)= 3
+3 x – 1 C. f (x)=√ 7 x - 2 x 6
x
3 3 2
B. f (x)=2 x 2 - x D. f ( x)=x3 + √ 3 x – 5
2
16. Sketch the graph of y= x (x + 2)2 using its properties.

A. C.

B. D.
 17. In circle F at the right, which of the following is an inscribed angle?

A. ∠ DFG C. ∠ DAG

B. ∠ DFA D. ∠ DAF

18. In circle U at the right, what is m ∠PRE if m∠ PUE = 56º?

A. 28 C. 56

B. 34 D. 124

19. Using the figure at the right, which of the following would give the measure of ZK ?

A. The measure of ZK is equal to the product of 4, 5 and 7.

B. The measure of ZK multiplied by 4 is equal to the product of 5 and 7.
C. The measure of ZK multiplied by 5 is equal to the product of 4 and 7.
D. The measure of ZK multiplied by 7 is equal to the product of 4 and 5.

20. What do you call a line that intersects the circle at exactly one point?

A. Diameter B. Radius C. Secant D. Tangent

21. Marjun wanted to plant three different colors of roses on the outer rim of a circular garden.
He stretched two strings from a point external to the circle to see how the circular rim can be
divided into three portions as shown in the figure on the right. Using the figure, what is the
measure of arc AB?

A. 48º B. 58º C. 164º D. 196º

22. From the main entrance of a park, there are two pathways where visitors can walk along going to the circular garden. The
pathways are both tangent to the garden whose center is 40 m away from the main entrance. If the area of the garden is about
706.5 m2, how long is each pathway?

A. 5√55m B. 6√66m C. 7√77m D. 8√88m

23. The coordinates of the vertices of a rectangle are L(-2, 6), O(10, 6), V(10, -3) and

E(-2, -3). Find the length of a diagonal of the rectangle?

A. 12 B. 15 C. 18 D. 21

24. Given the equation of the circle, x2 + y2 + 6x – 6y – 31 = 0, verify which of the following is its center-radius form.

A. (x-3)2 + (y+3)2 = 49 C. (x-3)2 + (y-3)2 = 49

B. (x+3)2 + (y-3)2 = 49 D. (x+3)2 + (y+3)2 = 49

25. On a grid map of a province, the coordinates that corresponds to the location of a cellular phone tower is (- 3, 9) and it can
transmit signals up to 13 km radius. Make an equation that represents the transmission boundaries of the tower?
 A. x2 + y2 + 6x –+18y – 79 = 0 C. x2 + y2 – 6x + 18y + 79 = 0

B. x2 + y2 - 6x – 18y – 79 = 0 D. x2 + y2 + 6x - 18y – 79 = 0

26. If the equation that represents the transmission boundaries of a cellular phone tower is x2 + y2 – 12x +4y - 249 = 0, what is the
farthest distance in kilometers the signal of the tower can be transmitted?

A. 15 km B. 16 km C. 17 km D. 18 km

27. What is the equivalent expression of P (n, r)?

n!
A. n! C.
(n−r )!
n!
B. (n-1)! D.
( n−r ) ! r !

28. Which situation illustrates permutation?

A. forming a committee of councilors
B. assigning rooms to conference participants
C. selecting 10 questions to answer out of 15 questions in a test
D. choosing 2 literature books to buy from a variety of choices

29. Mariz wants to find the number of distinguishable permutations of the letters of the word EDUCATED. Which of the following
would give the correct answer?
A. 1 680 C. 20 160
B. 10 080 D. 40 320

30. Lotto is a game of chance which is played by choosing six different numbers from
1 to 42. How many different bets are possible?

A. 1, 346, 432 bets possible C. 5, 245, 786 bets possible

B. 3, 542, 678 bets possible D. 714, 561, 120 bets possible

31. There are 11 different food items in a buffet. If the costumer has 462 possible ways to choose, which of the following did he
possibly do?
A. Choose 4 out of the 11 items C. Choose 8 out of the 11 items
B. Choose 6 out of the 11 items D. Choose 7 out of the 11 items

32. In a classroom, there are 10 male students, 12 female students, and 7 teachers. In how many ways can 3 male students, 7
female students and 5 teachers be chosen?

A. 933, 942 C. 3, 994, 920

B. 1, 995, 840 D. 77, 558, 760

33. 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 3 freshmen can be selected in 10 ways.
II. The 5 sophomores can be selected in 56 ways.
III. The 8 committee members can be selected in 1,287 ways.

A. I only C. II and III

B. I and II D. I, II, III
34. If 4 marbles are picked randomly from a jar containing 8 red marbles and 7 blue marbles, make an expression showing the
possible ways that at least 2 of the marbles picked are red.
A. N=C ( 8 , 2 )+ C ( 7 , 2 ) • C ( 8 , 3 ) +C ( 7 , 1 ) •C ( 8 , 4 ) +C ( 7 ,0 )
8! 7! 8! 7! 8! 7!
= + • + • +
6 ! 2! 5 ! 2! 5 ! 3 ! 6 ! 1 ! 4 ! 4 ! 7 ! 0 !
 B. N=C ( 8 , 2 ) • C ( 7 , 2 ) +C ( 8 , 3 ) •C ( 7 , 1 ) +C ( 8 , 4 ) •C (7 , 0)
8! 7! 8! 7! 8! 7!
= • + • + •
6 ! 2! 5 ! 2! 5 ! 3 ! 6 ! 1 ! 4 ! 4 ! 7 ! 0 !

C. N=P ( 8 , 2 ) + P ( 7 , 2 ) • P ( 8 , 3 ) + P ( 7 , 1 ) • P ( 8 , 4 ) + P ( 7 , 0 )
8! 7! 8! 7! 8! 7!
= + • + • +
6! 5! 5! 6! 4! 7!

D. N=P ( 8 , 2 ) • P ( 7 , 2 )+ P ( 8 , 3 ) • P ( 7 , 1 )+ P ( 8 , 4 ) • P ( 7 , 0 )
8! 7! 8! 7! 8! 7!
= • + • + •
6! 5! 5! 6! 4! 7!

35. What do you call the collection of all outcomes that are elements of one or the other of the sets A or B?
A. Complement of Events C. Intersection of Events
B. Disjoint of Events D. Union of Events

36. Identify which of the following illustrates the union of two events.

A. C.

B. D.

37. Given the data below, construct a Venn diagram showing ( A ∪ B).
U = {x: x is a letter in an English alphabet}
A = {y: y is a consonant letter}
B = {z: z is a letter in the word FOREVER}

A. C.

B. D.

38. A family has two children. Suppose that the birth of each child is an independent event and that it is equally likely to be
a boy or a girl. Let C denotes the event that the family has one boy and one girl. Let D denotes the event that the family has
at most one girl. Which of the following must be true about C and D?
A. C and D are independent events.
B. C occurs given that D does not occur.
C. C and D are not independent events.
D. C and D are mutually exclusive events.

39. When a distribution is divided into ten equal parts, each score point that describes the distribution is called a
___________.
A. Decile C. Percentile
B. Mean D. Quartile

40. How many percent are below the third quartile?

 A. 15% C. 50%
B. 25% D. 75%

For items 41 to 42, refer to the following set of scores obtained by the students in a Mathematics test,
45, 50, 23, 34, 67, 81, 45, 11, 99, 86, 78, 17, 45, 34, 87, 56, 45

41. Determine the D1 in the distribution?

A. 11 C. 23
B. 17 D. 34

42. Examine how many scores are lower than P60?

A. 10 C. 12
B. 11 D. 13

43. Ms. Chua is an English teacher. She is interested in the reading speed of her students. The following are the number of
words the students can read in one minute: 30, 10, 23, 50, 42, 20, 13, 19, 16, 25, 12, 11, 11, 16, 11. Formulate a statement
showing the position of the seventh decile.

A. The position of the desired Decile is equal to the quotient of seven over ten multiplied by the number of data.
B. The position of the desired Decile is equal to the quotient of seven over one hundred multiplied by the total
number of data.
C. The position of the desired Decile is equal to the quotient of seven over ten multiplied by the sum of the
number of data and one.
D. The position of the desired Decile is equal to the quotient of seven over one hundred multiplied by the sum of
the total number of data and one.

44. Among the list of selected forty-five countries (arranged in ascending order), UK’s social media usage penetration
which is 66% is the fifth decile. United States’ 70% social media penetration is the sixth decile. The Philippines has 67% social
media usage penetration. Decide which of the following best describes the given data?
A. The Philippines’ percent of social media penetration is higher than that of 22 countries’.
B. The Philippines’ percent of social media penetration is higher than that of 23 countries’.
C. The Philippines’ percent of social media penetration is higher than at least that of 22 countries’.
D. The Philippines’ percent of social media penetration is higher than at least that of 23 countries’.

45. The first quartile of the ages of 250 Grade 10 students is 16 years old. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Most of the students are below 16 years old.

B. Twenty-five percent of the students are 16 years old.
C. One hundred fifty students are younger than 16 years.
D. Seventy-five percent of the students are 16 years old and above.

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kN
−¿ cfb kN
46. In the formula in 4 , what is stands for?
Qk =LB+ i 4
fQk
A. lower boundary C. size of the class interval
B. frequency of the Q k class D. percentage of the total frequency

For items 47-49, refer to the table below.

Alice made a survey on the number of active Android applications her classmates have. The table summarizes the
results.

Class Interval Frequency Lower Class Boundary Less than Cumulative

(Android Application) Frequency (<cf)
(f) (LCB)
(Students)
26-30 3 25.5 50
21-25 13 20.5 47
16-20 10 15.5 34
11-15 15 10.5 24
 6-10 8 5.5 9
1-5 1 0.5 1

47. What is the size of the class interval?

A. 3 C. 5
B. 4 D. 6

48. Determine D 4 of the distribution?

A. 14. 17 C. 16.17
B. 15.17 D. 17.17

49. What does it mean if Q 1 is 11.67?

A. 25% of the students have at least 11 active android applications.
B. 11 students have at least 25% of the active android applications.
C. 11 students have at most 25% of the active android applications.
D. 25% of the students have at most 11 active android applications.

50. Thirty Grade 10 students took a 50-item Fourth Quarter Summative Test in Mathematics. Below are the scores obtained by the
students. Construct a Grouped Frequency Distribution Table with 5 classes for this data set.
42 18 16 39 30 12
40 41 26 16 32 14
14 20 45 18 21 15
34 44 22 18 38 29
15 22 25 26 18 19
19-25 6 18.5 3
A. 12-18 11 11.5 5
Class Frequency Lower Less than D.
Interval (f) Class Cumulative
Class Frequency Lower Less than
(Scores) Boundary frequency
Interval (f) Class Cumulative
(Scores) Boundary frequency
40-46 5 39.5 30
33-39 3 32.5 25 41-46 5 39.5 30
26-32 5 25.5 22 33-40 3 32.5 25
19-25 6 18.5 17 26-32 5 25.5 22
20-25 6 18.5 17
12-18 11 11.5 11
12-19 11 11.5 11
B.
Class Frequency Lower Less than
Interval (f) Class Cumulative
(Scores) Boundary frequency

40-46 5 39 30
33-39 3 32 25
26-32 5 25 22
19-25 6 18 17
12-18 11 11 11
.C.
Class Frequency Lower Less than
Interval (f) Class Cumulative
(Scores) Boundary frequency

40-46 5 39.5 11
33-39 3 32.5 6
26-32 5 25.5 5