Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
DIVISION OF CEBU PROVINCE
IPHO Bldg., Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City
District of Bantayan II
SILLON INTEGRATED SCHOOL

FIRST QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT

GRADE 10 MATHEMATICS
SY 2019-2020

Name:_______________________________________ Date:_________________ Score:______

Grade/Section:_______________________ Teacher: ____________________________

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 on the space provided for at the
right.

1. Narisa 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. If 1, -1/2, ¼, -1/8 is a geometric sequence, what is the common ratio?

a. 1/2 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 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 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

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. -675 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

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 sum of the series
to be 116?
a. 8 b. 9 c. 10 d. 11

29. If (7x4 – 5x5 – 7x3 + 2x – 3) is divided by (x +3) using synthetic division, the numbers in the first row
would be
a. -5 7 -7 0 2 3 c. 1 7 -7 0 2 -3
b. -7 -7 -5 0 2 -3 d. -3 7 -7 0 2 -5
30. Which polynomial gives a quotient of ((3x2 + 2x + 4) and a remainder of 19 when divided by (2x – 3)?
a. 6x3 – 5x2 + 2x c. 6x3 – 5x2 + 2x + 7
b. 6x – 5x + 4x + 7
3 2
d. 6x3 + 5x2 + 2x + 7
31. Given P(x) = 2x3 + 3x2 – 5x – 12. What is the value of P(3)?
a. 56 b. 55 c. 54 d. 53
32. Gabriel used a synthetic division to find the quotient if (5x2 – 16x + 4x3 – 3) is divided by (x – 2). He
obtained -19 as remainder. His solution is shown below.

What is the error?

i. The sign of the divisor was not changed.
ii. The terms of the polynomial were not arranged according to decreasing powers of x.
iii. The sum entries in the third row are incorrect.
iv. The numerical coefficients of the first row were not properly written.
a. i only b. ii only c. ii and iv only d. i and iii only
33. What is the quotient when (2x + 4x – 5x + 2x – 3) is divided by (2x2 + 1)?
4 3 2

a. x2 + 2x – 3 c. x2 – 2x – 3
b. x – 2x + 3
2
d. x2 + 2x + 3
34. Which expression gives the remainder when P(x) = 4x2 + 2x – 15 is divided by x – 2?
5
a. P(-5) b. P(-2) c. P(2) d. P(4)

35. Which of the following is a polynomial?

i. 4x3 + 9x – 5x2 + 7

ii. 2x5 + x2 + x3 + 2x + 5
1
iii. 𝑥 2 +3𝑥+6

a. i only b. ii only c. i and ii d. i and iii

36. The following are examples of polynomials, EXCEPT

a. x2 – 4x + 5 b. 4x3 + 8x2 + 10x – 7 c. 3x4 – 5x3 + 2x – 1 d. x3 – y3

For items 37 to 40, use the illustration on long division that follows:
 Divide (5x2 + 14x – 24) by (x + 4).

37. What is the remainder?

a. 5x – 6 b. x + 4 c. – 6 d. 0

38. Which is the divisor?

a. x + 4 b. 5x -6 c. 5x2 + 14x – 24 d. 0

39. Which is the quotient?

a. x + 4 b. 5x -6 c. 5x2 + 14x – 24 d. 0

40. What is the process used to obtain the 2nd line?

a. Subtracting 5x from (x + 4) c. Adding 5x to (x + 4)

b. Dividing 5x by (x + 4) d. Multiplying 5x by (x + 4)