San Manuel District

San Agustin Integrated School

FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION – MATHEMATICS 10

2019 - 2020
Directions: Read the question carefully. Solve the questions and choose the letter of the correct answer.
1) A sequence is a succession of numbers in a particular order. What do you call each number in a sequence?
A. constant B. set C. term D. variable
2) What do you call a sequence in which every succeeding term is obtained by adding a particular constant?
A. arithmetic B. Fibonacci C. geometric D. Harmonic
For numbers 3-6, Use the arithmetic sequence formula An = a1 + (n-1)d to answer the following questions:
3) What does An stand for? A. common difference B. first term C. last term D. Number of terms
4) What does a1 stand for? A. common difference B. first term C. last term D. Number of terms
5) What does n stand for? A. common difference B. first term C. Last term D. Number of terms
6) What does d stand for? A. common difference B. first term C. Last term D. Number of terms
7) What is the next term in the sequence 71, 63, 55, 47, 39? A. 30 B. 31 C. 32 D. 33
8) What is the common difference in the arithmetic sequence 13, 26, 39, 52, 65? A. 10 B. 11 C.12 D. 13
9) What is the 13th term of the arithmetic sequence -8, -2, 4, 10, 16, . . . ? A. 52 B. 58 C. 64 D. 70
10) Sally made deposits from her school monthly allowances. She deposited Php 50.00 on the first month, Php 60.00 on the second
month, Php 70.00 on the third month and so on, until she made 36 deposits. What was the amount of her last deposit?
A. Php 350.00 B. Php 400.00 C. Php 450.00 D. Php 500.00
11) An architect is creating a triangular shaped sculpture made of metallic marbles. There are 44 of the marbles in the first row with
two less in each row. How many marbles are in the 22nd row? A. 10 B. 6 C. 4 D. 2
12) If 2x + 1, 5x – 15, 3x + 4 form an arithmetic sequence, what is the value of x? A. 3 B. 5 C. 7 D. 9
13) What must be the value of k so that 8k + 4, 6k – 2, and 2k -7 will form an arithmetic sequence?
A. 3 B. 2 C. 1 D. ½
14) Which of the following is an arithmetic sequence?
A. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, . . . B. 3, 9, 27, 81, 243, . . . C. 5, 10, 16, 23, 31, . . . D. 9, 17, 25, 33, 41, . .
15) What do you call a sequence in which every term after the first is obtained by multiplying the preceding term by a non-zero
constant? A. arithmetic B. Fibonacci C. geometric D. Harmonic
16) What do you call a constant number obtained by dividing any term by its preceding term in a sequence?
A. common constant B. common ratio C. constant quotient D. constant ratio
17) What do you call the terms between any two given terms of a geometric sequence?
A. arithmetic means B. term C. geometric means D. variable
18) What is the formula to find the sum of an infinite geometric series?
𝑎1 𝑎1 𝑎1 𝑎1
A. S = B. S= C. S = D. S =
1+𝑟 1−𝑟 𝑟−1 𝑟+1
For numbers 19-22, Use the nth term of geometric sequence An = a1rn-1 to answer the following questions:
19) What does An stand for? A. common ratio B. first term C. last term D. number of terms
20) What does a1 stand for? A. common ratio B. first term C. last term D. number of terms
21) What does n stand for? A. common ratio B. first term C. last term D. number of terms
22) What does r stand for? A. common ratio B. first term C. last term D. number of terms
23) Find the next two terms of a geometric sequence 8, 20,50, …
A. 100 and 200 B. 125 and 250 C. 125 and 312.5 D. 150 and 350
24) In a geometric sequence 3, -6, 12, -24, 48, what is the common ratio? A. -2 B. -1 C. 1 D. 2
25) What is the 28th term of a geometric sequence 7, −7, 7, −7, …? A. -7 B. -1 C. 7 D. 28
26) What is the missing term in a sequence 5, 15, ____, 135? A. 20 B. 3 C. 45 D. 60
27) A spoiled sliced of fish has some bacteria in it. The number of bacteria increases 3 times every hour. If the number of bacteria is
1000 on the first hour, what is the total number of bacteria at the end eight hours?
A. 1 187 000 B. 2 187 000 C. 3 187 000 D. 4 187 000
28) The number of bacteria in a certain culture doubles every 3 hours. If there are 5 bacteria to start with, find the number in 24
hours.
A. 1280 B. 640 C. 512 D. 256
29) If 2x - 13, x + 1, 3x + 3 forms a geometric sequence, what is the value of x?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8
30) Which set of numbers is an example of geometric sequence?
A. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5. . . B. 3, 15, 25, 125, . . . C. 3, 6, 9, 12, . . . D. 5, 10, 20, 40, . . .
31) What is a sequence such that the reciprocals of the terms form an arithmetic sequence?
A. arithmetic B. geometric C. harmonic D. Fibonacci
32) Which of the following is a harmonic sequence?
A. 6/11, 6/17, 6/23, … B. 2, 4, 6, 8, … C. 1/3, 1/9, 1/27, … D. 5, 8, 13, 21, …
33) What is the next term in the sequence 1, 1/3, 1/5, 1/7, …?
A. 9 B. 2/7 C. 1/9 D. 1/14
34) What do you call a sequence where its first two terms are either both 1 or 0 and 1; and each term, thereafter, is obtained by
adding the two preceding terms? A. arithmetic B. geometric C. harmonic D. Fibonacci
35) What is the next term of the sequence 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, …? A. 5 B. 60 C. 89 D. 110
36) Which of the following is a part of Fibonacci sequence?
A. 89, 144, 233, … B. -2, 0, 2, 4, … C. 27, 9, 3, 1, … D. ¼, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, …
37) Which of the following is a polynomial function?
A. P(x) = 𝑥3 + 2𝑥 + 1 B. P(x) = 5𝑥√3 + √3𝑥2 + 4𝑥 − 2 C. P(x) = 𝑥2⁄3 + 2𝑥1⁄3 + 5 D. P(x) = 14/x
38) What is the degree of the polynomial function f(x) = -x(x + 2)(x – 1)?
A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1
39) How should the polynomial function f(x) = 3 + x4 + 3x5 – x2 be written in standard form?
A. f(x) = 3 – x2 + x4 +3x5 B. f(x) = 3 + x2 + x4 + 3x5 C. f(x) = 3x5 + x4 – x2 + 3 D. f(x) = 3x5 + x4 – x2 – 3
3 2
40) Write 2x + 14x + 20x in factored form.
A. 2x(x – 2)(x – 5) B. 5x(x + 2)(x + 2) C. 2x(x + 5)(x – 2) D. 2x(x + 2)(x + 5)
For items 41-43, use the illustration on long division that follows:

41) What is the remainder? A. 5x – 6 B. x + 4 C. 5x2 + 14x – 24 D. 0

42) What is the divisor? A. 5x – 6 B. x + 4 C. 5x2 + 14x – 24 D. 0
43) What is the quotient? A. 5x – 6 B. x + 4 C. 5x2 + 14x – 24 D. 0

44) What is the quotient of (x2 + 3x + 10) ÷ (x + 2)? A. x + 2 B. x + 1 C. 8 D. x2 + 3x +10

45) What is remainder of item #44? A. x + 2 B. x + 1 C. 8 D. x2 + 3x +10
46) Below is the solution when P(x) = (x3 + 6x2 + 2x – 12) is divided by (x + 2).

Express the third row as a polynomial in x.

A. x2 – 4x – 6 B. x2 – 4x + 6 C. x2 + 4x + 6 D. x2 + 4x – 6
47) If (7x – 5x – 7x + 2x – 3) is divided by (x + 3) using synthetic division, the numbers in the first row would be
4 5 3

A. 7 -5 -7 2 -3 B. -5 7 -7 0 2 -3 C. -7 -7 -5 0 2 -3 D. -5 7 -7 2 -3
48) What is the quotient when x2 – 25 is divided by x – 5? A. x – 5 B. x -25 C. x + 5 D. x + 25
49) The leading coefficient of the polynomial 5x10 + 4x12 + 4x6 + x4 – x is
A. 4 B. 5 C. 10 D. 12
50) The total cost of (3a – 2) units of cell phone is (6a2 + 5a – 6) pesos. What expression represents the cost of one cell phone?
A. 2a + 3 B. 3a + 2 C. 2a + 2 D. 2a2 + 3

Prepared by:

MARK KIVEN C. MARTINEZ

TEACHER I Checked by:

BRENDA M. SOTTO
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