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FIRST MONTHLY EXAMINATION IN MATHEMATICS 10

SY 2018-2019

Direction: Read each item carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on
your answer sheet.
1. What is the next number in the sequence −5, 10, −20, 40, …?
A. −50 B. −𝟖𝟎 C. 50 D. 80
2. Find the 33rd term of the sequence 4, 9, 14, 19, …
A. 164 B. 159 C. 104 D. 109
3. Find the 10 term of the sequence 24, 12, 6, 3, …
th
1 3 𝟑 3
A. B. C. D.
3 4 𝟔𝟒 16
4. Find the common ratio of the geometric sequence whose 𝑎1 = −5 and 𝑎7 = −320.
A. -2 B. 2 C. -3 D. 3
5. Give the first and last terms of the arithmetic sequence with geometric means of 10, −20, 40.
A. 30 and 12 B. 32 and 8 C. 27 and 7 D. -5 and -80
6. What is the nth term of the sequence 1, 3, 9, 27 …?
A. 𝑎𝑛 = 2𝑛 + 1 B. 𝑎𝑛 = 3𝑛 + 1 C. 𝒂𝒏 = 𝟑𝒏 D. 𝑎𝑛 = 1 − 2𝑛
7. Which of the following is a geometric sequence?
1 1 1 1
A. 1, 4, 9, 16, … B. 3, 6, 12, 24 C. 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, … D. 1, , , , ,.
2 3 4 5
8. What are the first three terms of the artihmetic sequence whose nth term is given by 𝑎𝑛 = 1 + 2𝑛?
A. 3, -15, 75 B. -3, 15, -75 C. 3, 5, 7 D. 15, 45, 135
For nos. 9 to 12. Match Column I with Column U
I U
9. …,5, 8, 13, 21, A. Arithmetic Sequence

1 1 1
10. 1, , , , B. Fibonacci Sequence
2 8 16

11. 1, 4, 7, 10, … C. Geometric Sequence

1 1 1 1
12. , , , D. Harmonic Sequence
4 8 12 16

13. What is the first term of a geometric sequence whose fourth term is −64 and a common ratio of −2?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 5 D. 8
14. If 5 arithmetic means are to be inserted between −29 𝑎𝑛𝑑 19, what is the 4th mean?
A. 13 B. -21 C. 11 D. -5
15. Insert 2 geometric means between 3 and 375.
A. 15 and 75 B. 25 and 75 C. 30 and 150 D. 50 and 100
16. What is the 10 number in 1, 4, 9, 16, …?
th

A. 121 B.100 C. 81 D. 64
17. Which of the following is used in finding the nth term of an arithmetic sequence?
𝑛 𝑎1 (1−𝑟 𝑛 )
A. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 𝑟 𝑛−1 B. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑 C. 𝑆𝑛 = (𝑎1 + 𝑎𝑛 ) D. 𝑆𝑛 =
2 1−𝑟
18. In the arithmetic sequence 8, 14, 20, 26, 32, …, which term is 116?
A. 17th B. 18th C. 19th D. 20th
19. Find the sum of the first 200 positive even integers.
A. 2250 B. 5050 C. 10,100 D. 20,200
20. What are the next 3 terms of the Fibonacci sequence 8, 13, 21, …?
A. 13, 21, 34 B. 9, 17, 26 C. 28, 35, 42 D. 34, 55, 89
21. Find the value of 𝑥 if the arithmetic mean of 3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 3𝑥 + 5 𝑖𝑠 8.
𝟖 5
A. B. C. 3 D. 8
𝟑 3
22. The sum of the terms of an arithmetic sequence is defined by:
𝑛 𝑎1 (1−𝑟 𝑛 )
A. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 𝑟 𝑛−1 B. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑 C. 𝑆𝑛 = (𝑎1 + 𝑎𝑛 ) D. 𝑆𝑛 =
2 1−𝑟
23. What are the first five terms of the sequence 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑛 − 2?
A. −2, −1, 0, 1, 2 B. −1, −2, −3, −4, −5 C. −3, −1, 1, 3, 5 D. -1, 0, 1, 2, 3
24. How many terms are there in an arithmetic sequence whose first term is −5, common difference is 4 and last
term is 63?
A. 9 B. 10 C. 18 D. 19
25. Find the seating capacity of a movie house with 40 rows of seats if there are 25 seats in the first row, 28 seats
on the second, 31 in the third row, and so on.
A. 3,430 B. 3,340 C. 4,125 D. 4,175
26. What is the common difference of the sequence 1, 4, 7, 10, …?
A. 3 B. -3 C. 2 D. -2
27. ___________ is used to find the nth term of a geometric sequence.
𝑛 𝑎1 (1−𝑟 𝑛 )
A. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 𝑟 𝑛−1 B. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1) C. 𝑆𝑛 = (𝑎1 + 𝑎𝑛 ) D. 𝑆𝑛 =
2 1−𝑟
28. What is the 26th term of the 27, 25, 23, 21, …?
A. 0 B. -5 C. -23 D. -37
29. Find the 27th term of the arithmetic sequence whose first term is 11 and 7th term is 59.
A. 229 B. 219 C. 159 D. 157
30. Which of the following is not a Fibonacci sequence?
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
A. 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 B. 𝟖 , 𝟓 , 𝟐 , 𝟏, 𝟒 C. 1, 2,3, 5, … D. 21, 34, 55, 89, …
31. The following are not geometric, EXCEPT:
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
A. 1, 3, 9, 27, 81 B. 2, 4, 8, -16, -32 C. , , , , D. , , , 1,
2 4 6 8 10 8 5 2 4
32. The 1st term of an arithmetic sequence is −1 and the 15th term is -43. Find the common difference.
A. 2 B. -2 C. 3 D. -3
33. To find the sum of the terms of a geometric sequence, use the formula ____________.
𝑛 𝑎1 (1−𝑟 𝑛 )
A. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 𝑟 𝑛−1 B. 𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎1 + (𝑛 − 1) C. 𝑆𝑛 = (𝑎1 + 𝑎𝑛 ) D. 𝑆𝑛 =
2 1−𝑟
34. What is the first term of an arithmetic sequence whose 6th and 7th are 40 and 47 respectively?
A. 5 B. 19 C. 12 D. 7
35. Insert 3 arithmetic means between 20 and 36.
A. 20, 22, 24 B. 24, 28, 32 C. 21, 24, 27 D. 22, 26, 30
36. What is the common ratio of the sequence 3, 9, 27, 81, …?
1 1
A. 3 B. -3 C. D. −
3 3
1 1 1 1
37. What is the 8th term of the harmonic sequence , , , −1, − ?
8 5 2 4
𝟏 1 1 1
A. − B. − C. − D. −
𝟏𝟑 19 22 25
38. Find the sum of the first 8 terms of geometric sequence 3, 9, 27, 81, …
A. -4920 B. 9840 C. 19680 D. 6561
39. How many terms are there in the geometric sequence 15, 30, …, 7680?
A. 9 B. 10 C. 11 D. 12
40. Find x such that the sequence 5, 20, x+60 is geometric.
A. 13 B. 15 C. 18 D. 20
41. Find the sum of the infinite geometric sequence 8, 4, 2, 1, , …
A. 4 B. 8 C. 16 D. 32
42. Zyron saved P100.00 in January. Suppose he saved twice the amount he saved the previous month. How
much would he save at the end of the year?
A. P204, 750 B. 409,500 C. P512,000 D. P20, 000
43. What are the first and last terms of the geometric sequence whose geometric means are
125, 25, 5?
A. 250 and 5 B. 130 and 5 C. 150 and 0 D. 625 and 1
44. Find 𝑎6 in an arithmetic sequence where 𝑎3 = −4 and 𝑎8 = 11.
A. 2 B. 4 C. 5 D. 8
45. Any number in the sequence is called ______.
A. Common ratio B. Common difference C. means D. term
3
46. Find 𝑎5 in a geometric sequence where 𝑎3 = 24 and 𝑎10 = .
16
A. 1 B. 3 C. 6 D. 7
47. If 3 geometric means are to be inserted between 3 and 48, what is the 2nd mean?
A. 4 B. 8 C. 12 D. 16
48. The number being added to every term of an arithmetic sequence to obtain the next term is called _
A. Arithmetic Series B. Geometric Series C. common difference D. common ratio
49. 8, 5, 2, −1. … is an example of _______.
A. Arithmetic B. Fibonacci C. Geometric D. Harmonic
50. What is the common difference of the sequence 50, 43, 36, 29, 22?
A. 7 B. -7 C. 17 D. -17

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