BAGONG SILANGAN HIGH SCHOOL

FIRST QUARTER
SUMMATIVE TEST 2
MATHEMATICS 10
School Year 2021 – 2022

Name: __________________________________________ Section:________________

DIRECTIONS: Choose and write the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.
1. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The numbers 1,2,8,3,... forms a sequence.
B. The terms of an arithmetic sequence whose common difference is positive are decreasing.
C. The terms of the sequence 5,10,20,40,... form an arithmetic sequence.
D. The sum of the terms of an arithmetic sequence is called arithmetic series.

2. What is the sum of the first eight terms of the arithmetic sequence 4, 10, 16, 22, …?
A. 154 B. 200 C. 252 D. 310

3. What is the sum of the first 15 terms of an arithmetic sequence whose first and last terms are 10 and -18?
A. – 60 B. – 45 C. – 30 D. – 15

4. What is the sum of the first 12 terms of an arithmetic sequence whose first term and common difference are
8 and 9 respectively?
A. 650 B. 690 C. 730 D. 770

5. Which of the following gives the sum of the first 10 natural numbers?
A. 55 B. 5,050 C. 500,500 D. 50,005,000

6. What is the sum of the first 10 terms of an arithmetic sequence whose first and 10th terms are 22 and 40
respectively?
A. 290 B. 300 C. 310 D. 320
7. What is the sum of the first 20 terms of an arithmetic sequence whose 3rd term is 9 and common difference
is 3?
A. 540 B. 570 C. 600 D. 630
8. What is the sum the all the multiples of 4 between 5 and 100?
A. 1124 B. 1148 C. 1172 D. 1196
9. The sum of the first 10 terms of an arithmetic sequence is 205. If the first term is 12, what is the last term of
the sequence?
A. 29 B. 41 C. 53 D. 65

10. A hall has 30 rows. Each successive row contains one additional seat. If the first row has 25 seats, how
many seats are in the hall?
A. 1 185 B. 1 815 C. 1 970 D. 1 780

11. Which of the following is not an arithmetic sequence?

A. 2,5,8,11,... B. 4,11,18,25,... C. -2,8,-14,20,... D. 12,9,6,3,...

12. Which of the following is NOT an example of geometric sequence?

A. 24,12,6,3,… B. 4,8,16,32,… C. 5,10,30,120,… D. 100,50,25,12.5,…

13. What is the common ratio of the sequence 12, - 24, 48, - 96…?
A. 1/2 B. – 1/2 C. 2 D. – 2

14. Which of the following is NOT true about the sequence 256, 64, 16, 4, …?
A. The sequence is a geometric sequence.
B. The next term of the sequence is 1.
C. The common difference of the sequence is ¼.
D. The sequence is decreasing.

15. The 3rd term of a geometric sequence is 75. What is the first term if the common ratio is 5?
A. 3 B. 6 C. 9 D. 12
16. The common ratio of a geometric sequence is the common difference of the sequence 12, 16, 20, 24, …
What is the first term of the geometric sequence if the 3rd term is 32?
A. 8 B. 6 C. 4 D. 2

17. Which of the following NOT true about a geometric sequence?

A. If the common ratio is greater than 1, then the geometric sequence is increasing.
B. If the signs of the terms of the geometric sequence are alternating, then the common ratio is less than zero.
C. The terms in a geometric sequence are obtained by dividing the preceding term by the common ratio.
D. If the common ratio is greater than zero, then the terms of the geometric sequence have same signs.

18. Which of the following is NOT true about the geometric sequence 5, - 10, 20, - 40, …?
A. The next term is 80.
B. The common ratio of the sequence is 2.
C. The common ratio of the sequence is less than zero.
D. The terms on the even – numbered positions are all negative.

19. Which of the following is TRUE about the geometric sequence whose first and third terms are 8 and 32?
A. The common ratio is 8.
B. The 2nd term is 20.
C. The common ratio can be 2 or – 2.
D. The next term if 40.

20. The common ratio of a geometric sequence is – 3. If the second term is 18, how many times of the first
term is the 3rd term?
A. 1 B. 3 C. 6 D. 9