Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XII
Division of South Cotabato
STO. NINO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Sto. Nino, South Cotabato

GRADE 10 MATHEMATICS
THIRD QUARTER ASSESSMENT

Name: ________________________ Grade & Section ______________ Score: __________

GENERAL INSTRUCIONS: Choose the letter that you think best answers the questions. Write
your answer on the blank provided before the number.

_________ 1. What is the linear ordering or arrangements of the elements of a given set?
a. combination c. permutation
b. differentiation d. distinction

_________ 2. How many permutations can be made from the word PINOY?
a. 20 c. 80
b. 60 d. 120

_________ 3.What is the number of distinguishable permutations of the letters of the word JAZZ?
a. 4 c. 36
b. 12 d. 144

_________ 4. What is the selection of objects from a set?

a. combination c. permutation
b. differentiation d. distinction

_________ 5. Which of the following situation illustrates combination?

a. Arranging books in a shelf
b. Drawing names from a box containing 200 names
c. Forming different numbers from 5 given digits
d. Forming plate numbers of vehicles

_________ 6.Which of the following illustrates the number of combinations of n things taken r at a time?
n! r!
a. Cn =
r c. nCr =
( r−n ) ! r ! ( r−n ) ! n !

n! n!
b. n Cr = d. rCn =
( n−r ) ! r ! ( n−r ) ! n !

_________ 7. Mrs. Rivera asked James to draw all the diagonals of a certain polygon on the blackboard.
James was able to draw 27 diagonals which his teacher declared correct. What was the
given polygon?
a. pentagon c. hexagon
b. decagon d. nonagon

_________ 8. Two different arrangements of objects where some of them are identical are called _____
a. distinguishable permutations c. circular combination
b .unique combination d. circular permutation

_________ 9. If a coin is tossed 3 times, what is the probability that all the tosses come up heads
given that at least two of the tosses come up heads?
1 1
a. c.
6 3
 1 3
b. d.
4 8

________10.Lito likes to wear colored shirts. He has 10 shirts in the closet. Three of these are blue, four
are different shades of red, and the rest are of mixed of different colors. What is the
probability that he will wear a blue or red shirt?
7 4 3 4 3 7 37 4
a. + b. + c. + d. -
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

_______ 11. Given the Venn Diagram below showing the probabilities of Grade 10 students in either
basketball(B) or Volleyball (V) , what is P (V U B ).

V B

0.4 0.3 0.2

0.1

a. 0.1 c. 0.5
b. 0.2 d. 0.9

________12.A box contains 10 chips numbered 1 to 10. I a chip is drawn from a bowl, what is the
probability that it is 5 a number divisible by 3?
1 4
a. c.
3 3

2 5
b. d.
3 3

________13. Mary has 45 red balls, 12 blue balls and 24 white balls. What is the probability that Mario
Selects a red or a whit ball?
36 67
a. c.
81 81

57 69
b. d.
81 81

________14. A man tosses a fair coin eight times, and observes whether it yields a Head (h) or a Tail ( T).
Which of the following sequence of outcomes yields a Head (H) on his next toss?
(I) T TTTTTTT
(II) H HHHHHHH

a. I b. II c. either I or II d. neither I or II

________15. Suppose we have 8 different potted plants and we wish to arrange 4 of them in a row. How
do we denote the number of ways this can be done?
a. P(8 , 4) c. 4P8

4
b. P(4 , 8) d. P8

________16.Which of the following expressions represents the number of distinguishable permutations

of the letters of the word CONCLUSIONS?
a. 11! c. 11!__
 2!2!2!

b. 11! d. 11!__
2!2!2!2!
________17. Five persons enter a 12 seater passenger jeep. In how many ways can they be seated?
a. 75 400 c. 98 256
b. 95 040 d. 121 012

________18. How many triangles can be formed from 10 points if no three points are collinear?
10 ! 10 !
a. C3 =
10 c. C3 =
10
( 10−3 ) ! 10! (10−3 ) !

10 ! 3!
b. C3 =
10 d. 10 C3 =
3! (10−3 ) ! 3! (10−3 ) !
________19.A certain restaurant allows you to assemble your own vegetable salad. If there are 8 kinds
of vegetables available, how many variations of the salad can you make containing at least
5 vegetables?
a. 56 c. 93
b. 84 d. 96
________20. How many different 3-digits can be formed from the digits 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 if repetition
of digits is NOT allowed?
a. 840 c. 360
b. 720 d. 120
________21. In how many possible ways can Juan answer a 10-item matching type quiz if there are also
10 choices and he answer by mere guessing?
a. 3 628 800 c. 720
b. 40 320 d. 10
_______22. Barbara, Carol, Alice, Perla, and Sabrina are competing for two roles in a play. Assume that
the two to get roles will be randomly chosen from the five girls. What is the conditional
probability that Perla gets a role knowing that Carol does not get a role?
1 1
a. c.
4 2

1 3
b. d.
3 4
_______23. The probability that a visit to the school clinic is neither due to dental reasons nor medical
reasons is 35%. Of those coming to the clinic 30% are due to medical reasons and 40%
are due to dental reasons. What is the probability that a visit to the school clinic is due
both?
a. 0.05 c. 0.18
b. 0.12 d. 0.25

_______24.Mario has 5 blocks of different colors in a bag. One block is red, one is yellow, one is
green, one is black. Mario pulls out a block, looks at it, and puts it back in the bag. If
he does this 3 times, what is the probability that the 3 blocks selected are all of the same
color?
5 2
a. 3 c. 3
5 5
4 2
b. 3 d. 3
5 5

_______25. Mike’s basketball shooting record indicate that for any frame, the probability that he will score
in a two point shoot is 30% , a three-point shoot, 45% and neither, 25%. What is the
probability that he will score either in a two-point shoo o in a three-point shoot?
a. 75% c. 30%
b. 45% d. 25%

_______26.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 – 0.042
b. 2(1 – 0.42) d. 0.42(1 -0.42)
_______27. Calculate P(12 , 4).
a. 40 320 c. 990
b. 11 880 d. 495

_______28. If P(9 , r) = 504 , what is r?

a. 7 c. 5
c. 6 d. 3

_______29. If C(n , 5) = 252, then n = __________.

a. 7 c. 9
b. 8 d. 10

_______30.Calculate C( 18, 4).

a. 2 400 c. 4 896
b. 3 060 d. 7 344

_______31. If P(n , 4) = 17 160, then n = _________.

a. 9 c. 13
b. 11 d. 14

_______32. Among a large group of patients recovering from shoulder injuries, it was found that 22%
visit both a physical therapist and a chiropractor, whereas 12% visit neither of these. The
probability that a patient visits a chiropractor exceeds by 0.14 the probability that a patient
visits a physical therapist. Determine the probability that a randomly chosen member of this
group visits a physical therapist.
a. 0.26 c. 0.40
b. 0.38 d. 0.48

_______33. A box contains 4 red balls and 6 blue balls. A second box contains 16 red balls and an
unknown number of blue balls. A single ball is drawn from each box. The probability
that both balls are of the same color is 0.44. How many blue balls are there in the second
box?
a. 4 c. 24
b. 20 d. 44

_______34. There are four batteries, and one of them is defective. Two are to be selected at random for
use in a particular day. Find the probability that the second battery selected is not defective,
given that the first was not defective.
2 1
a. c.
3 3

1 1
b. d.
4 2

_______35. A survey of a group’s sports viewing habits over the last year revealed the following
Information:
i. 28% watched soccer
ii. 29% watched basketball
iii. 19% watched tennis
iv. 14% watched soccer and basketball
v. 12% watched basketball and tennis
vi. 10% watched soccer and tennis
vii. 8% watched all three sports

What percent of the group watched none of the three sports last year?
a. 24 c. 41
b. 36 d. 52
_______36. Jody has four cans of juice – one can of orange, one of pineapple, one of calamansi,
and one of guyabano. She chooses three of these cans to take to school. If she
chooses calamansi , what is the probability she also chooses pineapple?
7 2
a. c.
8 3

3 3
b. d.
4 8

_______37. Which situation illustrates permutations?

a. Forming a committee of councillors
b. Selecting 10 questions to answer out of 15 questions in a test
c. Choosing 2 literature books to buy from a variety of choices
d. Assigning rooms to conference participants

_______38.Let a = C(7,4), b = C(7,5), c = (2, 6) and d = C(7,7). If there are 7 points on a plane, no
three of which are collinear. What represents the total number of polygons that can be
formed with at least 5 sides?
a. a + b c. a + b+ c
b. c + d d. b + c + d

_______39. 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 8 committee members can be selected in 1 287 way
II. The 5 sophomores can be selected in 56 ways
III. The 3 freshmen can be selected in 10 ways

a. I only c. II and III

b. I and II d. I, II, and III

_______40. Suppose you roll a red die and a green die. The probability that the sum of the numbers on
4
the dice is equal to 9 is since there are 4 of the 36 outcomes where the sum is 9. What
36
if you see that the red die shows the number 5 but you still have not seen the green die?
What then are the chances that the sum is 9?
1 1
a. c.
6 3

1 2
b. d.
4 3

For nos. 41-43, refer to the situation below.

Some street foods were sampled and tested for the presence of disease-causing
bacteria or harmful chemicals. A random sample of 200 street foods of various types according to
how they are prepared was examined. The table below shows the results:

Type of Food Number of Food with Number of food Number of Food with
Bacteria only with Harmful both bacteria and Total
Chemicals only Harmful Chemicals
Fried 35 15 18 68
Boiled 46 14 32 92
Grilled 24 8 8 40
Total 105 37 58 200

_______41. What is the probability that street food selected at random is fried?
68 50
a. c.
200 142
 35 68
b. d.
105 142

________42. What is the probability that a food selected at random is both grilled and contained harmful
chemical?
40 16
c. c.
200 142

58 6
d. d.
105 200

________43. What is the probability that a randomly selected food has both bacteria and harmful
Chemicals?
40 16
a. c.
200 142

58 8
b. d.
200 58

________44. A sample of 150 plastic pipes were selected and subjected to shock resistance and scratch
resistance tests. The results are summarized in the table below.

Scratch Resistance Shock Resistance

High Low
High 125 12
Low 7 6

A pipe is selected at random. What is the probability that it has high shock resistance
given that it has high scratch resistance?
125 137
a. c.
132 150

125 132
b. d.
137 150

________45. If x = P(7 , 4) , y = P(8 , 4) , z = P(9 , 3), arrange x , y, z from smallest to greatest.

a. x , y, z c. y , x , z
b. z , x, y d. x , z , y

_______46. There are 11 different food items in a buffet. A customer is asked to get a certain
number of items. If the customer has 462 possible ways as a result, which of the
following did he possibly do?
a. Choose 4 out of the 11 items
b. Choose 6 out of the 11 items
c. Choose 8 out of the11 items
d. Choose 7 out of the 11 items

_______47.Suppose you secured your bike using a combination lock. Later, you realized that you
forgot the four digit code. You only remembered that code contains the digits 1, 9, 6, 2.How
many possible codes are there?
a. There are 24 possible codes.
b. There are 30 possible codes.
c. There are 50 possible codes.
d. There are 60 possible codes.

For numbers 48-49, refer to the given situation.

 There are 24 dolphins in an ocean park. The caretaker tags 6 of them with small chips
and returns them to the ocean park. The next month, he randomly selects five dolphins from
the ocean park.

_______48. Find the probability that exactly two of the selected dolphins are tagged.
a. 6C218C3 c. 6P318P2
24C5 24P5

b. 6C318C2 d. 6P218P3
24C5 24P5

_______49.What were some of your assumptions in item 48?

a. The number of dolphins doubled after six months
b. The number of dolphins increased four times after 6 months
c. The number of dolphins remains the same after 6 months
d. The number of dolphins decreased four times after 6 months

_______50.Billy ,Jomari , and Jose are in a bicycle race. What if each boy has an equal chance of
winning, what do you think is the probability that Jose wins the race?
1 1
a. c.
9 7

1 1
b. d.
6 3
ANSWER KEY : Grade 10- THIRD QUARTER

1. C
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. B
6. B
7. D
8. A
9. B
10. B
11. D
12. B
13. D
14. C
15. A
16. D
17. B
18. B
19. C
20. D
21. A
22. A
23. A
24. B
25. A
26. D
27. B
28. D
29. D
30. B
31. C
32. D
33. A
34. A
35. D
36. C
37. D
38. D
39. C
40. A
41. A
42. D
43. B
44. B
45. B
46. D
47. A
48. A
49. C
50.D