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Department of Education
REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF SILAY CITY
SIBATO INTEGRATED SCHOOL

First Quarter Exam

Mathematics 10

Name: ___________________________________________ Grade & Section: ___________

PART I- MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read each statement carefully and choose the letter that
best corresponds to the statement. Write ONLY the letter of your answer before the
number.

1.Kimberly wants to find the fifth term of a sequence -12,-7, -2, -3. Which concept will you
suggest to be used?
a. Arithmetic Sequence b. Geometric Sequence c. Fibonacci d. Harmonic

2. Which of the following is an arithmetic sequence?

a. 21, 18, 15,… b. -6, -2, 2… c. 4, 2, 0 d. 80, 20, 5…

3. Which among the following is NOT a geometric sequence?

a. 5, 10, 20, 40 b. -11, 22, -44, 88 c. 2, 6, 18, 54 d. 3, 8, 13, 18

4. What is the common ratio if 1, -1/2, ¼, -1/8 is a geometric sequence?

a. ½ b. -1/2 c. 1/4 d. -1/4

5. In the sequence 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, what is the common difference?

a. 3 b. 4 c. -3 d. -4

6. An r in the geometric sequence is referred to as a common ratio, which among the following
best describes it.
a. It is the 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 the Fibonacci sequence EXCEPT:

a. 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5 b. 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 c. 192, 16, 208, 224 d. 1, 4, 7, 10, 13

8. Which among the following is the harmonic sequence of a sequence 3, 8, 13, 18?
a. -3, -8, -13, -18 b. 1/3, 1/8, 1/13, 18 c. 3.0, 8.0, 13.0 d. NONE OF THE ABOVE

9. What is the fiftieth term of the arithmetic sequence 3, 7, 11, 15…?

a. 53 b. 151 c. 199 d. 203

10. What is the twentieth term of the arithmetic sequence 21, 18, 15, 12, ...?
a. -39 b. -36 c. 1 d. 78

11. The fifth term of an arithmetic sequence is 11 and the tenth term is 41.
What is the first term?
a. -19 b. -13 c.-9 d. 6
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12. What is the thirty-second term of the arithmetic sequence -12, -7, -2, 3, ... ?
a. 143 b. 148 c. 153 d. 167

13. Find the tenth term of the arithmetic sequence 1, 6, 11, 16…
a. 40 b. 42 c. 44 d. 46

14. Find the 27th term of the arithmetic sequence -4, -1, 2, 5, 8.
a. 70 b. 72 c. 74 d. 76

15. What is the sum of the first sixteen terms of the arithmetic sequence 1, 5, 9, 13. ?
a. 62 b. 496 c. 528 d. 992

16. What is the sum of the first 30 terms of the arithmetic sequence 50, 45, 40, 35?
a. -67 b. 275 c. 675 d. 3675

17. What is the sum of the eleventh of the arithmetic sequence 7, 12, 17, 22, ... ?
a. 154 b. 295 c. 795 d. 1090

18. Find the 7th term of the sequence 2, 6, 18, 54?

a. 100 b. 500 c. 1300 d. 1458

19. What is the 5th term for the sequence 3, 6, 12, 24…..?
a. 36 b. 40 c. 48 d. 52

20. What is the common difference of the sequence 3, 11, 19, 27, 35?
a. -8 b. 8 c. -14 d. 14

21. Find the sum of the geometric sequence 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96.
a. 189 b. -189 c. 190 d. -190

22. Find the sum of the geometric sequence 2, 8, 32, 128, 512.
a. 682 b. 684 c. 686 d. 688

23. Find the sum of the geometric sequence 2, ½, 1/8……..?

a. 8/3 b. 9/3 c. 10/3 d. 11/3

24. What is the next term of the sequence 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 29?
a. 46 b. 47 c. 48 d. 49

25. Find the next two terms of the sequence 192, 16, 208, ____, _____....7408.
a. 208 and 224 b. 200 and 224 c. 300 and 224 d. 400 and 224

26. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is equal to 200 and the common difference
is equal to -10. Find the value of the 20th term.
a. 10 b. 20 c. 30 d. 40
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27. A display of cans on a grocery shelf consists of 20 cans on the bottom, 18 cans in the next
row, and so on in an arithmetic sequence, until the top row has 4 cans. How many cans, in total,
are in the display?
a. 100 b. 108 c. 116. d. 124

28. How many terms of the arithmetic sequence -3, 2, 7….must be added together for the sume
of the series to be 116?
a. 8 b. 9 c. 10 d. 11

29. QAR, RAS, SAT, TAU, _______.

a. UAV b. UAT c. TAS d. TAT

30.

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

31. Which of the following patterns shows infinite sequence?

a. 6,12,18,24,30 c. First 20 whole numbers
b. English Alphabets d. 100, 50,25, 12.5

For item numbers 32 – 34, divide (5x² + 14x – 24) by (x +4) using long division.
32. What is the remainder?
a. 5x – 6 b. 0 c. -6 d. 2
33. What is the divisor?
a. x + 4 b. 5x – 6 c. 5x² + 14x -24 d. 0
34. What is the quotient?
a. 5x – 6 b. x + 4 c. 5x² + 14x -24 d. x + 2
35. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. If (x+2) is divided by (x² +5x + 7), then the remainder is 1.
b. If (x² +5x + 7) is divided by x + 2, then the remainder is 1.
c. If 1 is divided by (x + 2), then the remainder is x² + 5x + 7.
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36. Which of the following is a polynomial?

a. 2x + 1 b. x 3 +2 x 2−7 c. 2 √ x d. 0

37. The following are examples of polynomials, EXCEPT ________.

2
a. y² - 4x + 15 b. a³ - b³ c. +1 d. 0
x

38. What is the degree of the polynomial 4x⁴ + x³ + x² + x?

a. 3 b. 5 c. 9 d. 4

39. 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) (X + 1) d. (x -1)(x +1)

40. Which of the following is NOT a polynomial equation?

a. -3x + 5x¹⁴ - 3 b. 5x = 0 c. x + x˜² = 0 d. 4x + 2 = 0

II. Matching Type. Match the polynomial equation from column A to its corresponding
factors in column B. Write the letter of the correct answer in the
space provided.

A B

____41. 2x² + 6x + 4 = 0 A. (x – 3) (x +3)

____42. x² - 9 = 0 B. (2x + 2)(x+2)

____43. y² - 10y + 25 = 0 C. (m – 13) ( m +13)

____44. x³ - 36x = 0 D. (y -5)²

____45. m² - 169 E. x(x+6) (x -6)

III. Identify the degree of each Polynomial equations. Write YES if it is a polynomial
equations and NO if not in the space provided.

____46. x⁴ +13x + 40 = 0

____47. y²³ + 35y – 100 = 0

____48. h³ - 4h² +2h + 4 = 0

____49. x⁴ + 8x² + 24 = 0

____50. n² - 8n + 16 = 0
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Department of Education
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SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF SILAY CITY
SIBATO INTEGRATED SCHOOL

Mathematics 10
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