Department of Education

Region IV – MIMAROPA
Schools Division of Marinduque
District of Mogpog
BUTANSAPA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Butansapa, Mogpog, Marinduque

MATHEMATICS GRADE – 10
THIRD QUARTER EXAMINATION
Name: ___________________________ Date: ____________________
Grade & Section: ____________________
Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on the
space provided before each number.
________1. It is an arrangement of the objects such that order of the
arrangement of the objects should be considered.
A. Combination C. Circular Permutation
B. n-Factorial D. Permutation
________2. What is the other term for “permutation”?
A. arrangement/order C. choices
B. combination D. groupings
________3. The permutation of n objects taken r at a time is denoted by.
A. nPr C. rPn
B. Pnr D. Prn
________4. It is the different possible arrangements of objects in circle.
A. Permutation C. Combination
B. n-Factorial D. Circular Permutation
________5. Which of the following situations or activities involve permutation?
A. matching shirts and pants
B. forming different triangles out of 5 points on a plane, no three of
which are collinear
C. assigning telephone numbers to subscribers
D. forming a committee from the member of a club?
8!
________6. Simplify
5!
A. 16 C. 42
B. 120 D. 336
________7. In how many ways can 5 people arrange themselves in a row for
picture taking?
A. 16 C. 42
B. 120 D. 336
_________8. Three university scholars will arrange themselves in a row for
picture taking. How many different arrangements in a row can be formed by
them?
 A. 3 C. 4
B. 6 D. 8
__________9. Find the number of ways a student can answer a Matching Type
Test that is composed of 5 items with 5 choices?
A. 68 C. 84
B. 100 D. 120
_________10. Find the number of distinguishable permutation of the letters of
the word EDUCATED.
A. 1 680 C. 10 080
B. 20 160 D. 40 320
__________11. A license plate begins with three letters. If the possible letters are
A, B, C, D, and E, how many different permutations of these letters can be
made if no letter is used more than once?
A. 240 C. 120
B. 60 D. 30
__________12. Which of the following requires combination?
A. Entering the PIN of your ATM card.
B. Arranging three people to pose for a picture.
C. Choosing 3 of your friends to attend to your birthday party.
D. Forming 3-digit numbers from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ad 7.
__________13. If there are 11 people and only 4 chairs are available, in how
many ways can they be seated?
A. 1720 B. 2640
C. 5540 D. 7920
__________14. The number of combinations of n objects taken r at a time is
defined by the expression _________.
n! n!
A. C.
r! ( n−r ) ! r !
n!
B. D. n !
( n−r ) r !
_________15. Selecting two representatives from 8 candidates requires ______.
A. Combination C. FCP
B. Permutation D. Probability

__________16. The combination of n objects taken r at a time is:

n! r!
A. C(n, r)= C. C(n, r)=
r ! ( n−r ) ! r ! ( n−r ) !
n! r!
B. C(n, r)= D. C(n, r)=
n ! ( n−r ) ! r ! ( r−n ) !
__________17. Ten people at a party shake hands once with everyone in the
room. How many handshakes took place?
A. 20 C. 30
B. 45 D. 55

__________18. If the solution to C (n, 3) = 10, what is the value of n?

A. 4 C. 5
B. 6 D. 7
__________19. If a coin is tossed 4 times, how many numbers of possible
outcomes are there?
A. 2 C. 4
B. 16 D. 8
C.
__________20. In how many ways can you arrange 5 potted plants in a row?
A. 100 C. 150
B. 120 D. 200

__________21. There are nine people participating in a raffle. Three Php 500 gift
check from the same store are to be given out as prizes. How many ways can
the gift check be awarded?
A. 84 C. 540
B. 648 D. 720
__________22. Find the number of distinguishable permutations of the letters of
the word GOOD.
A.6 C.9
B.10 D.12

___________23. Which of the following distinguishes permutation from

combination?
A. The arrangement of the objects when the order of arrangement is
not important.
B. A collection of objects where order is significant.
n!
C. The formula of n distinct objects taken r at a time C(n, r)=
r ! ( n−r ) !
D. The arrangements of the objects are in a definite order.
___________24. Which of the following situation DOES NOT illustrate
permutation?
A. The number of ways can a group of 8 people arrange in a row of 8
sets.
B. The number of ways can a committee of 5 be selected from a class
of 8.
C. Entering the PASSWORD of your Facebook account.
D. Opening a combination lock of the bicycle.
____________25. In the problem “In how many ways can a committee of 6 be
chosen from equally competent 6 administrators and 4 supervisors?”, which of
the solutions illustrates the problem?
10! 10 !
A. C (10,6)= C. C (10,6)=
4!6! 10! 4 !
10 ! 10 !
B. P (10,6) = D. P (10,6) =
( 10−6 ) ! ( 6−10 ) !
__________26. How many numbers of 3 different digits can be formed using the
digits 0, 1, 3, 5, and 8?
A. 40 C. 60
B. 70 D. 80

___________27. In a town fiesta singing competition with 12 contestants, in how

many ways can the organizer arrange the first three singers?
A. 132 C. 990
B. 1320 D. 1716

___________28. A Math professor gave his class a problem set consisting of 10

problems and required each students to answer 7 problems. In how many ways
can a student choose 7 problems from a problem set?
A. 120 C. 604 800
B. 210 D. 640 800

___________29. In a room, there are 10 chairs in a row. In how many ways can
5 students be seated in consecutive chairs?
A. 120 C. 252
B. 600 D. 720
___________30. In how many ways can 4 men and 3 women arrange themselves
in a row for picture taking if the men and women must stand in alternate
positions?
A. 30 C. 144
B. 600 D. 720
___________31. It is the results of an experiment.
A. Experiments C. Outcomes
B. Sample Space D. Simple Events
___________32. What does this symbol “U” represent?
A. Intersection, “and” C. Intersection, “or ”
B. Union, “and” D. Union, “or ”

___________33. When you roll a die, which of the following is the sample space?
A. S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 6} C. S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
 B. S = {2, 4, 6} D. S = {3, 4, 5, 6}
Use the figure below to answer numbers 34 and 35.
___________34. What event
set represents the union of
the sets A and B?
A. {2, 4, 8}

C. {6,12}
B. {5, 6, 7, 9,12} D. {2, 4,5,6,7,8,9,12}

___________35. What event set represents the intersection of the sets A and B?
A. {2, 4, 8} C. {6,12}
B. {5, 6, 7, 9,12} D. {2, 4,6,8,12}
___________36. Let S= {5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30} be the sample space of an
experiment and let T = {5, 10}, V= {5, 20, 30} and W= {10, 15, 25}. Find P (T U
V).
A. {5, 10, 20, 30} C. {10, 15, 20, 30}
B. {5, 15, 25,30} D. {10, 15, 25, 30}
___________37. Given the following events H, I, and J:
H= {1,2)}
I= {(1, 2),(2,1)}
J= {(1, 1), (1, 2), (1,3),(2,1)}
What is P (H U I)?
A. {(1,1), (1,2)} C. {(1,2), (2,1)}
B. {(1,3), (2,1), (1,2)} D. {(1,2)}

___________38. Brian likes to wear colored shirts. He has10 shirts in the closet.
Three of these are blue, four are in different shades of red, and the rest are of
mixed or different colors. What is the probability that he will wear a blue or a
red shirt?
7 1
A. C.
10 3
3 1
B. D.
10 10
___________39. A nationwide survey revealed that 42% of the population likes
eating pizza. If two people are randomly selected from the population, what is
the probability that the first person likes eating pizza while the second one
does not?
A.0.42+ (1−0.42) C.1-0.42
B.2 (1−0.42) D.0.42 (1−0.42)
___________40. A set of possible outcomes resulting from a particular
experiment.
A. events B. sample space C. possibilities D. universal
___________41. The Venn diagram below shows the probabilities of grade 10
student joining both Drum and Bugles Corps(x) or Dance Group (y).

What is {x∩y}?
A. {a, b, c} C. {e, d}
B. {a, b, c, d} D. {a, b, c, d, e, f, g}
__________42. A bowl contains 15 chips numbered 1 t 15. If a chip is drawn
randomly from the bowl, what is probability that it is 7 or 15?
1 2
A. C.
15 15
3 15
B. D. ∨1
10 15
__________43. From problem no. 41, what is the probability that the students
participate in the Drum and Bugle Corps?
2 3
A. C.
7 7
4 5
B. D.
7 7
__________44. Gorgeous, JM rolls two dice. The first die shows a 3.The second
die rolls under his desk and he cannot see it. Now, what is the probability that
both dice show 3?
1 1
A. C.
36 6
1 1
B. D.
4 3
__________45. Which of the following pairs is a not-mutually exclusive events?
I. Sit down and standup
II. Dance and pinch your nose
III. Two dice: Odd and even
IV. Getting a head and a tail when tossing a coin
A. II only B. III only C. II and III only D. All of the above
__________46. Which of the following situations illustrate mutually exclusive
event?
A. Turning left and turning right
B. Turning left and scratching your head
C. Drawing kings and hearts in a standard deck of cards
D. Getting an odd and a number less than 3 when rolling a die?
__________47. Given S={1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}, A={1,3,5,7,9}, and B={2,4,6,8,10}.
Are events A and B mutually exclusive?
 A. Yes B. No
For number 48 to 49, refer to given situation below.
A jar contains 5 red balls, 4 green balls, and 3 blue balls. If 3 balls are
picked at random. Find the probability that :
__________48. All 3 balls are green
3 3
A. C.
11 22
7 1
B. D.
55 55
___________49. 2 are red and 1is blue
3 3
A. C.
11 22
7 1
D. D.
55 55
___________50. The letters M, H, T, and A are written on slips of paper. The four
slips of paper are placed in a hat. The slips are then selected one at a time from
the hat. What is the probability that the order in which they are chosen spells
MATH?
2 1
A. C.
13 24
1 1
B. D.
36 12