Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF LAGUNA
SINILOAN SUB-OFFICE
GOV. FELICISIMO T. SAN LUIS NATIONAL AGRO-INDUSTRIAL INTEGRATED HIGH SCHOOL
KAPATALAN, SINILOAN, LAGUNA

Mathematics 10

Multiple Choices: Choose the letter that you think best answers the question.

1. What comes next in the pattern 1, 2, A, 3, 4, E, 5, 6, I, 7, 8, O, 9, 10, ___ ?

A. B B. D C. U D. C
2. Find the missing letter to complete the pattern Z, Y, A, B, X, W, C, D, ___, U, E, F?
A. G B. T C. V D. W
3. Mathilda wants to find the fifth term of the sequence -12, -7, -2 which concept will you
suggest to be used?
A. Arithmetic Sequence C. Harmonic Sequence
B. Geometric Sequence D. Fibonacci Sequence
4. Which of the following is an arithmetic sequence?
A. 21, 18, 15, … C. 4, 2, 0, …
B. -6, -2, 2, … D. 80, 20, 5, …
5. A sequence whose consecutive terms have a common ratio.
A. Arithmetic Sequence C. Harmonic Sequence
B. Geometric Sequence D. Fibonacci Sequence
6. An r in the geometric sequence is referred as the common ratio, which among the following
best describes it?
A. It is a fixed amount multiplied.
B. To find the common ratio, divide the second term by the first term
C. It cannot be equal to zero.
D. All of the above.
7. The following are examples of geometric sequence, EXCEPT
A. 6, 1, 8, 15, 22 C. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
B. 324, 108, 36 D. 3, 15, 75, 375

For numbers 8 to 11, use the illustration on long division that follows:

Divide by

nd
line

8. What is the remainder?

A. 0 B. -5 C. 5 D. 25
9. Which is the divisor?
A. C.
D. 0
B.
10. Which is the quotient?
 A. C.

B. D. 0

11. What is the process used to obtain the ?

A. Multiplying by C. Adding by

B. Dividing by D. Subtracting by (5x-5)

12. Which of the following is a polynomial?
i.

ii.

iii.
A. i only B. ii only C. i and ii D. i and iii
13. The following is an examples of polynomials EXCEPT

A. C.
D.
B.
14. What is the next term in the sequence 3, 4.5, 6, 7.5?
A. 8 B. 8.5 C. 9 D. 9.5
15. If three arithmetic means are inserted between and , find the first of these arithmetic
means.
A. 3 B. -3 C. -6 D. -9
16. Which term of the arithmetic sequence is ?

A. C.
D. 112th term
B.
17. If three arithmetic means are inserted between and , find the second arithmetic mean.
A. 18 B. 25 C. 32 D. 46
18. In the sequence 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16 what is the common difference?
A. 3 B. 4 C. -3 D. -4
19. In the sequence 1, 3/2, 2, 5/2, 3, … an arithmetic sequence?
A. Yes, because it has a common ratio of ½.
B. Yes, because it has a common difference of ½.
C. Yes, because it has a common ratio of 1.5.
D. Yes, because it has a common difference of 1.5.
20. What is the next term in the geometric sequence ?
A. 4 B. -4 C. -12 D. 12
21. What is the tenth term of a geometric sequence with as the fourth term and as the
common ratio?
A. 2048 B. 2058 C. 1024 D. 1034
22. If three geometric means are inserted between and , find the third geometric mean.
A. 64 B. 32 C. 16 D. 4
23. In the given polynomial, determine its name.
A. Quadratic Trinomial C. Quartic Polynomial
B. Linear Monomial D. Cubic Polynomial
24. Which term of the arithmetic sequence is ?
A. 9th term C. 11 term
th

B. 10th term D. 12th term

 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF LAGUNA
SINILOAN SUB-OFFICE
GOV. FELICISIMO T. SAN LUIS NATIONAL AGRO-INDUSTRIAL INTEGRATED HIGH SCHOOL
KAPATALAN, SINILOAN, LAGUNA
25. What is the next term in the Fibonacci sequence ?
A. 123 B. 124 C. 134 D. 144
26. Find the sum of the geometric sequence where the first term is , the last term is ,
and the common ratio is .
A. 58 593 C. 58 595
B. 58 594 D. 58 596
27. Find the eighth term of a geometric sequence where the third term is and the common
ratio is .
A. 2 187 B. 6 561 C. 19 683 D. 59 049
28. What is the sum of all the odd integers between and ?
A. 153
B. 151
C. 149
D. 148
29. Find the sum of infinity of
A. 0.2 B. 1.666… C. 1.25 D. 1.5
30. If the remainder after dividing polynomial by is , which of the
following must be the value of ?
A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 13
31. Which of the following polynomials is exactly divisible by ?

A. C.

B. D.
32. If is divided by using synthetic division, the numbers
in the first row would be
A. C.

B. D.
33. Given . What is the value of ?
A. 20 B. 30 C. 40 D. 50
34. Ramilo is the track and field representative of the Maginoo High School for the Palarong
Pambansa. He begins training by running miles during the first week, miles during the
second week, and miles on the third week. Assume this pattern continues, how far will he
run on the tenth week?
A. 18.5 miles C. 21.5 miles
B. 20 miles D. 23 miles
35. A culture of bacteria doubles every hours. If there are bacteria at the beginning, how
many bacteria will there be after hours?
A. 1 024 000 C. 8 388 000
B. 2 048 000 D. 4 194 000
36. What is the leading coefficient of the polynomial, ?
 A. 3 B. 5 C. 8 D. 9
37. Which polynomial is equal to ?

A. C.

B. D.
38. What is the value of such that is a factor of ?
A. 8 B. 9 C. 10 D. 11
39. Find so that is a factor of .
A. -3 B. -2 C. -1 D. 0
40. What is the quotient when is divided by ?

A. B. C. D.
41. A mine worker discovers an ore sample containing of radioactive material. It was
discovered that the radioactive material has a half-life of day. About how much of the
radioactive material will be present after days?
A. 3.9 mg B. 7.8 mg C. 15.6 mg D. 31.2 mg
42. Which expression gives the remainder when is divided by ?
A. P (-5) B. P (-2) C. P (2) D. P (5/4)
43. Gabriel will evaluate an degree polynomial in at using synthetic division. How
many coefficients of will be written in the first row of the synthetic division procedure?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
44. Mafhei divided by and obtained as remainder. Here is
her solution

What is her error?

i. She did not change the sign of the divisor.
ii. She did not arrange the terms of the polynomial in decreasing powers of .
iii. The sum in the third row is incorrect.
iv. The numerical coefficients in the first row were not properly written.
A. i only
B. ii only
C. ii and iv only
D. i and iii only
45. The remainder after dividing by is . Which of the following is
the value of ?
A. 9
B. 19
C. -19
D. -11

For numbers 46 to 50. Read and understand carefully. Copy and complete the table.
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF LAGUNA
SINILOAN SUB-OFFICE
GOV. FELICISIMO T. SAN LUIS NATIONAL AGRO-INDUSTRIAL INTEGRATED HIGH SCHOOL
KAPATALAN, SINILOAN, LAGUNA